Tom Wilson is an enigma, wrapped in a riddle, nestled inside a puzzle, playing on the top line, concussing his opponents.
Jakub Vrana had a breakout season in 2017-18 …when he was given the chance.
Chandler Stephenson finally graduated from the Hershey Bears to give the Caps a glimpse at the future of their fourth line.
Any discussion of Alex Ovechkin‘s season that doesn’t begin and end with “Alex Ovechkin is the Stanley Cup Champion” is broken and wrong.
TJ Oshie didn’t come close to matching last year’s gaudy goal total, but he became a postseason assassin on the power play to help the Caps win the Cup. (more…)
For all the trouble the Caps blue line experienced in 2017-18, Dmitry Orlov was solid with a very tough workload.
Matt Niskanen lost a month to injury early in the season. When he came back, the team required him to do more than he’d ever done before.
Evgeny Kuznetsov had a breakthrough season and a historic postseason on his way to the Stanley Cup. He’s also extremely funny.
Braden Holtby had the toughest season of his career, lost his job, stayed positive, worked through it, and hand-delivered his team to the Cup final. Braden Holtby rules. If Braden Holtby is your hero, you picked a good hero.
Lars Eller had a down year. Well, until the, ya know –- until he scored the game-winning goal to win the Stanley Cup. It was a down year except for that.
