Dmitry Orlov: 2018-19 season review
There is no player on the Washington Capitals as misundersood as Dmitry Orlov.
Matt Niskanen: 2018-19 season review
Matt Niskanen has been considered Washington's number-one defender for years, but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore.
Evgeny Kuznetsov: 2018-19 season review
Evgeny Kuznetsov had one of the worst defensive seasons in recent NHL history, and it still wasn't a bad season overall, because…
Michal Kempny: 2018-19 season review
Michal Kempny's thighs were critical to Washington's Stanley Cup championship, and those same thighs were ruinous to their hopes to repeat.
Nick Jensen: 2018-19 season review
Adding Nick Jensen at the trade deadline was a hail mary pass by Brian MacLellan. For a while, it worked.
Dmitrij Jaskin: 2018-19 season review
Dmitrij Jaskin is a big, cheap forward with a good reputation and even better numbers -- but the coach won't play him.
Braden Holtby: 2018-19 season review
If you want to call Braden Holtby's 2018-19 season a bounce-back, I wouldn't blame you, but I think that might even undersell…
Carl Hagelin: 2018-19 season review
A major deadline acquisition, Carl Hagelin turned the Washington Capitals from decent to deadly. If only he could stay.
Lars Eller: 2018-19 season review
I doubt anyone thought of Lars Eller's 2017-18 season -- you know, the one in which he scored the Cup-winning goal -- as…
Nic Dowd: 2018-19 season review
Many Caps players competed to inherit the mantle of the great Jay Beagle, the heralded role of fourth-line center, but only one…
Christian Djoos: 2018-19 season review
Christian Djoos was a bright spot on a troubled Caps blue line, but two shadows fell on him in 2018-19: one a…
Pheonix Copley: 2018-19 season review
The Washington Capitals evidently liked what they saw out of Pheonix Copley's rookie season, as they extended him through the 2021-22 season,…
Brett Connolly: 2018-19 season review
Brett Connolly's about to be rich. It couldn't happen to a better 27-year-old silver fox.
John Carlson: 2018-19 season review
John Carlson is signed through the 2025-26 season, so going by current trends he will play approximately 69 thousand minutes before that…
Andre Burakovsky: 2018-19 season review
For all the expectations and anguish that followed him around this season, Andre Burakovsky managed to match his output from 2017-18 exactly:…
Travis Boyd: 2018-19 season review
Travis Boyd's rookie season had a slow and worrying start, but the progress he made is encouraging for 2019-20.
Nicklas Backstrom: 2018-19 season review
Nicklas Backstrom is on the wrong side of thirty, but I guess no one told his hockey that, because he's still fantastic.
Tom Wilson: 2017-18 season review
Tom Wilson is an enigma, wrapped in a riddle, nestled inside a puzzle, playing on the top line, concussing his opponents.
Jakub Vrana: 2017-18 season review
Jakub Vrana had a breakout season in 2017-18 ...when he was given the chance.
Chandler Stephenson: 2017-18 season review
Chandler Stephenson finally graduated from the Hershey Bears to give the Caps a glimpse at the future of their fourth line.
