Washington Capitals: The Fickle Finger of (Drafting) Fate — Picking 24th Overall

When the NHL meets in virtual space for the 58^th Entry Draft on October 6^th, fans of the Washington Capitals will have to wait a little while before knowing who the team selects in the first round. The Caps pick 24^th which, while the highest they will have selected (barring any trades) since 2015, when they took goalie Ilya Samsonov with the 22^nd overall pick, it will be a territory with which they have become familiar in the last decade plus. Only three times since 2008 have they drafted higher than the 20’s in the first round out of ten first round picks (2014, when they took Jakub Vrana with the 13^th overall pick, and 2012, when they took Filip Forsberg with the 12^th overall pick and Tom Wilson with the 16^th overall pick).