Top 3 candidates likely to lead the Capitals in 2024-25

Nic Dowd

Last but simply not least as we're exactly TvR days away from the season is the 34 year old veteran who hails from Huntsville, Alabama. Last season he had 12 goals and 10 assists for 22 points on an everchanging fourth line. He did though provide two game winning goals, further proving how clutch the veteran can be.

Overall Nic Dowd has suited up for 369 regular season Caps games. His face off winning percentage is set at 48.1 last season so there's room for improvment there but overall his career face off winning percentage with the Caps is at 51.7 percent.

In those 369 career games, Dowd has 61 goals and 62 assists for 123 points and his plus/minus is at a +39. His career total in regular season games is 500 which is crazy to believe in the first place.

Two years ago in the playoffs against the Florida Panthers he had a face off win percentage of 51.4 percent. That was when the line was almost clicking sort of speak.

But perhaps what makes Dowd the most reliable is his puck poession metrics. In the end, that's what you want in a reliable center.