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Washington Capitals

Outlook: For a team who has been regular season dominant and picking at the tail end of many rounds for the past 5+ years the Capitals are equipped with a decent farm system. Ilya Samsonov is the crown jewel, he’s the best goalie prospect in Russia and probably the world at the moment, he projects as a franchise goalie at the next level. Jakub Vrana was a top prospect however after ending the season with the big club he has been excluded from the rankings. Bowey and Siegenthaler both should crack the NHL lineup within the next 2 years, although neither project as a star both should be solid 2nd or 3rd pair defenseman. Lucas Johansen is your potential 1st or 2nd pair defenseman with a polished offensive game and solid skating if his defense matures he could very well have an impact sooner rather than later for the Capitals. It’s hard to not mention Connor Hobbs unreal season with Regina but as an overager most will say it doesn’t mean much. Another guy that must be mentioned is Travis Boyd after a solid career at Minnesota, his AHL career has gotten off to a great start most recently finishing 6th in points at 23 years old. The Caps look weak in the Forward pool with no player really having “top 6” potential although they do posses a lot of solid “plug in” guys. The best of them being Garrett Pilon who coming off a point per game season in the WHL will look to improve on that in his final year of Junior eligibility.

Ilya Samsonov

Goalie

22nd Overall 1st Round (2015)

Franchise NHL Goalie

2021/22 Season

Carey Price (MTL)

8.4

Lucas Johansen

Defense

28th Overall 1st Round (2016)

Top 4 NHL Defenseman

2018/19 Season

Matt Niskanen (WSH)

7.7

Madison Bowey

Defense

53rd Overall 2nd Round (2013)

Top 4 NHL Defenseman

Mid 2017/18 Season

Brady Skjei (NYR)

7.6 

Jonas Siegenthaler

Defense

57th Overall 2nd Round (2014)

Top 6 NHL Defenseman

2018/19 Season

Travis Hamonic (CGY)

7.5

Garrett Pilon

Center

87th Overall 3rd Round (2016)

Top 9 Center

2018/19 Season

Sean Couturier (PHI)

7.4 

Introducing our very own prospect rankings, each Metro division team will receive their own top 5 rankings and after we have released each top 5 we will release a Metro division top 25 prospects list. Prospects will be described by the following and ranked by the final category “prospect rating” which is made up of projected success, projected ceiling, success in the development leagues, and likelihood of success (For scaling Connor McDavid would be a 9.9, Victor Hedman a 9.3, Mika Zibanejad an 8.5, Travis Hamonic a 7.7, Oscar Lindberg a 6.9 and Matt Martin a 5.5. The category “player comparison” is based on similarity in player type not general talent (Ex: Gabriel Carlsson could be compared to the player Marc Staal was before the eye injury not the trainwreck he is today (Please no crying CBJ fans) or Julien Gauthier being compared to Rick Nash does not mean he is going to score 40 goals one year and then miss an empty net in a SCF the next).

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