Grading every Washington Capitals Draft Class since 2010
The Washington Capitals have been an above-average to great drafting team during the Alex Ovechkin era in DC despite usually not getting to select very high due to consistent team success. That was on full display when several major pieces of the team that won the Stanley Cup in 2018 had been drafted and developed over the last decade by the organization. Players like Evgeny Kuznetsov, Tom Wilson, Jakub Vrana, and Andre Burakovsky.
One constant in the team’s drafting has been Capitals assistant general manager Ross Mahoney who has long led the team’s best player available approach.
“There’s always players that slide every year whether they are from a certain country or not,” Mahoney said Wednesday. “There’s always surprises in the Draft. ”
With the 2022 Draft quickly approaching, I wanted to look back at the team’s drafting performance since 2010 to see what worked, what didn’t, and if there are any patterns. There will be no Finns in the making of this production.
Plus, there are grades. [Gets red marker out.] And lots of WHL defensemen.
By Chris Cerullo 3 months ago
