After the Capitals narrowly missed this past postseason due in large part to their scoring struggles, Washington General Manager Chris Patrick made it clear that bolstering the team’s top-six forward corps would be a priority this summer.
Patrick didn’t wait until free agency, which officially opens Wednesday, to add some offensive firepower to a unit whose leading goal-scorer last year, franchise legend Alex Ovechkin, will turn 41 in September and may have played his final NHL game.
In a two-day span last week, the Capitals acquired 28-year-old St. Louis Blues forward Jordan Kyrou and 30-year-old Buffalo Sabres forward Alex Tuch, who combined for six 30-goal campaigns over the last four years.