General Manager Brian MacLellan clearly wasn’t going to wait until the summer to start getting the Capitals younger, faster, and better, as he sent Boston’s 2023 first-round pick and Erik Gustafsson to Toronto last week for a soon-to-be 23-year-old, smooth-skating, hard-hitting, and offensively skilled defensemen in Rasmus Sandin. He is exactly the kind of player the Capitals need going forward: young, skilled, cheap and with the potential to get better in the years ahead.
Sandin dressed for his first game with the Capitals on Saturday night against the San Jose Sharks and he quickly showed why MacLellan was so adamant about acquiring him.