2021 was a weird but fun year for the Washington Capitals. What will 2022 bring? Hopefully not an even worser pandemic but a more exciting chase for the franchise’s second Stanley Cup and Alex Ovechkin‘s chase for goal scoring history.
We like to reflect and predict on things over here at Stars and Sticks and after we looked at the top 10 moments of 2021 it’s time to look ahead to 2022 and what it’ll bring. The Caps had two games postponed last week and a third one this week that was supposed to take place Monday. Hopefully things get back to normal and they’re back in action Wednesday night against the Nashville Predators.
#5 Team will be healthy come playoff time
This is not only a prediction but a prayer that the Capitals will be fully healthy come the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs. Right now a couple players are in. COVID protocol. Those players are Evgeny Kuznetsov, T.J. Oshie and Nicklas Backstrom. We finally got Backstrom recently but then he had to enter protocols after JUST returning from a hip injury.
Tom Wilson was about to return from an upper body injury before the season paused. Daniel Sprong got pulled from the ice at morning skate. Justin Schultz was also absent. When will the madness stop?