Capitals interest growing in acquiring veteran goaltender
As the Washington Capitals have been struggling a bit, there seems to be interest growing from the organization to acquire a veteran goaltender at the trade deadline.
On Monday, Frank Seravalli and Ryan Clark had Samantha Pell of the Washington Post appear on The Daily Faceoff Show. According to Pell, the Capitals are contenders to acquire Marc-Andre Fleury and there's over a 50 percent chance that the team will have a new goalie by the deadline.
Clark: «When you look at where this team is, what's the thought on what they could do heading into the trade deadline?»
Pell: «The first one is definitely a goalie. I think, as everyone kind of knows, the Capitals are in on Marc-Andre Fleury. I mean, every team probably should be at this point.
Seravalli: «When you look at Washington's goaltending, who would be the Caps' Game 1 starter in the playoffs, if you mind, given where things stand and where Peter Laviolette goes with his goaltenders?»
Pell: «I would say if the playoff started tomorrow it would be Vitek Vanecek.
Seravalli: «You mention there's a 50 percent chance that Vanecek isn't on the team come playoff time. Give us some insight on what you think that means. Did the expansion draft give you an indication of what the Caps think of his future with the team?»
Pell: «I think it's more 50 percent that we could see a whole new goaltender in net for the Capitals come playoff time.
It will be interesting to see if the Caps have one or even two new goalies come playoff time, but either way the team will need to start finding ways to win to make another deep playoff run.
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Brandon Hagel | - | 5 | 5 | |
| Sebastian Aho | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Nico Hischier | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Macklin Celebrini | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Jakob Chychrun | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Seth Jarvis | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Nikita Kucherov | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Zachary Bolduc | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Will Cuylle | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Lars Eller | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Jake Guentzel | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Alex Iafallo | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Ivan Ivan | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Ivan Barbashev | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Drake Batherson | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Simon Edvinsson | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jack Eichel | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Morgan Frost | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Miro Heiskanen | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 22 | 18 | 4 | - | 36 | |
Devils | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 32 | |
Hurricanes | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 31 | |
Wild | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 30 | |
Golden Knights | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 30 | |
Capitals | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 29 | |
Maple Leafs | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Flames | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 27 | |
Stars | 20 | 13 | 7 | - | 26 | |
Rangers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||