5 Capitals who will be back in 2023

#2 Connor Brown

The Caps should 100 percent give Connor Brown another chance. After all we all barely got to see him play because he suffered the same injury Tom Wilson did last spring.

Brown played in just four games before the injury. The previous season he had 10 goals after scoring 21 the year before with the Ottawa Senators.

Brown suffered an ACL injury costing him the season. It led to more injuries and ultimately the Caps missing the playoffs.

Brown said this at breakdown day to the media:

"“It’s been the biggest test of my career so far, to be able to be honest, to go through this. You come to a new team, you’re adjusting early, playing with the new system, new guys and then to have the season cut really short like that after I felt like I settled in nicely in the preseason — I felt really good about my game coming into this as far as me personally and it was just, it’s obviously tough. When you get three games you don’t really have time to find a groove and then it’s cut short. But you gain perspective going through things like this, so at this point, I am grateful for the lessons and looking forward to the future.”"