One of the most impressive feats of Washington’s Stanley-Cup victory last season is that, for the most part, they were able to keep the same group of guys together. They only lost the services of depth players such as Jay Beagle (free agency), Phillipp Grubauer (trade), and Devante Smith-Pelly (AHL) from their cup-winning roster of 2018. This is not easy to do in the salary-cap era. Just look at the 2010 Chicago Blackhawks as an example of that (of course that didn’t seem to slow them down). Where things have changed for the Capitals’ lineup is their bottom-six.
Washington Capitals: The Chandler Stephenson Dilemma
