ARLINGTON, Va. -- Goalie Braden Holtby re-signed with the Washington Capitals on Friday, getting a five-year, $30.5 million contract.
"Since Day One I've wanted to be the guy in the Washington Capitals net, since I got drafted by them," Holtby, 25, said. "It doesn't change. I'm just happy to have the opportunity and like in the past I know I still have to prove it."
Holtby is the first Capitals goalie signed to a contract of more than three years since Olaf Kolzig's five-year, $31 million extension in August 2001.