5 things to be grateful for as a Capitals fan

#2 Youth on the team

If there’s one thing Caps fans have begged for this past offseason, it was to get younger and quicker. While they didn’t really hit a home run in a trade or free agency, they looked in house and made a few small moves in order for that to happen and it’s paid dividends.

Per Capitals PR, Caps skaters aged 27 and younger have accounted for 56.8 percent of the team’s goals and 50.1 percent of the team’s points this season. Through the first 15 games of 2022 23 aka last season, skaters aged 27 and younger accounted for 17.1 percent of the goals and 17.4 percent of the points.

The Caps opening night roster consisted of seven players aged 25 years old or younger. The last time they had that many players 25 years of age or younger was the 2017 18 season and we all know how that season ended.

About that stat two paragraphs ago, it wasn’t that the players aged 27 or younger were bad last year. It was more of the fact that they were barley even on the ice in the first place. Now they are thanks to a new bench boss that is willing to try some things new with players both young and old. It’s all progress and it’s helped the Caps get hot.