3 bold predictions heading into Capitals preseason

#1 Hendrix Lapierre will make the opening night roster once again

For the second year in a row, Hendrix Lapierre will make the opening night roster. The big question will be how healthy the Caps will be as a whole.

If a majority of the team is healthy and it’s only the obvious trio that’s hurt, Lapierre could be a healthy scratch at best. But if someone else goes down, Lapierre gets inserted into the lineup.

I think we’ll actually see Lapierre in a Caps jersey more this season but there will be stretches were he gets sent down to the Hershey Bears to continue to further his development.

How will Lapierre do during the times he’s up? I think he’ll have four goals and nine assists for 13 points. That’s an improvement from last season and he should get a even bigger role on the team one year from now.

Lapierre is an explosive player and a good kid. He has vision on the ice that’s beyond his years and he could play center or wing kind of like McMichael. But centers will be mostly occupied so we’ll probably see Lapierre on the wing.

Those are our bold predictions for the preseason. We’ll have more bold predictions when it gets closer to the regular season.