Vitek Vanecek, Ilya Samsonov, Washington Capitals (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
Goaltending has been a big question mark for the Washington Capitals over the past couple of seasons now. While Braden Holtby was the undisputed number one at the end of his tenure in Washington his play was less than convincing. After he left before the start of last season it was Ilya Samsonov’s net without question.
The backup position seemed to be easily filled as well when the Capitals signed Henrik Lundqvist in free agency last offseason. Everything seemed okay in net for the Capitals before last season started.