The Capitals’ goaltender has emerged as one of the best in the entire world. His path to get there was far from easy.
On March 5, 2014, the Washington Capitals acquired infamous Capitals-killing goaltender Jaroslav Halak in a late-breaking blockbuster on deadline day. It was a futile move in an attempt to push the Capitals to the playoffs in possibly their most disappointing season of the past decade. Goaltender Braden Holtby, who played in 48 games that season, was unseated as the starting netminder on this day, one that we can all look back on now just to realize how lucky we are today.