Top 3 things that the Capitals need to fix for 2022
#1 Goaltending
In the opening paragraph I gave the definition to the word insanity. Nothing describes insanity more surrounding this team than the goaltending situation the last two years. They re-signed Ilya Samsonov and then traded back for Vitek Vanecek after the expansion draft.
After that trade back with the Seattle Kraken, many people speculated (including us) that the team wasn’t fully in on Samsonov… yet. Now they’re both restricted free agents this summer and one of them could be back or they both could be gone entirely.
On breakdown day, General Manager Brian MacLellan didn’t rule out a veteran goaltender either, saying he will explore all options.
Goaltending is the number one thing the Caps need to fix. They saw how running it back with Vanecek and Samsonov did not work and now they have to decide who they want to move forward with and which goalie to part ways with.
The Caps need a steady net minder in the crease next season. They’ll already be a year older as it is so they’ll be counting on someone to backstop the team while the offense does it’s thing.
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Those are the three things I would fix with the Caps next season.