5 fun facts about the Capitals as their season is officially over

#2 Enter Sandman

The brightest spot among the Capitals after the fire sale trade deadline was the addition of Rasmus Sandin in the Erik Gustafsson to the Toronto Maple Leafs trade. In the deal they got a young defenseman that will also be under contract next season.

Sandin is just 22 years old and in 19 games with the Caps he had three goals and 12 assists for 15 points. He had three assists in just his first game with the Capitals. He also had another three assist game in a road win over the New York Islanders.

At the end of the season he cooled off like the rest of the team but his assists were among the fastest in the first few games among a player to play his first few Capitals games in franchise history.

Sandin recently accepted an invite to represent Team Sweden at the 2023 World Championship of the IIHF. He’s also been spotted in attendance at Maple Leafs playoff games rooting on his former teammates.

He found out he got traded to the Caps in the middle of practice and lots of Leafs fans weren’t happy about it. After that short sample size we had after the trade deadline, we can see why!