The young Capitals’ goaltender has had an impressive first season in North America, further strengthening his value to the organization.
When the Washington Capitals stepped to the podium with the 39th overall pick at the 2014 NHL Draft, nobody expected them to draft a goaltender, especially one that was viewed as a reach in Vitek Vanecek. Nonetheless, that is exactly what the Capitals did, and as of today have one of the deepest goaltending pipelines in the entire league because of it.
Vanecek had never posted eye-popping number in his native Czech Republic until posting a 2.