How Do Caps Move Forward After Ovechkin Era? I BMitch & Finlay

Craig Laughlin explains how the Washington Capitals should move forward with the veterans from this era moving on.

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00:00I still think, you know, the Ovechkin era is always going to be a special era because the amount of goals Ovechkin scored.

00:07I mean, even last year, I think when you had his playoff goals, it was like 42 or 43 goals that he scored.

00:13You can't replace that unless your young prospects are going to fill those holes.

00:18I still think the one area that they're going to be looking at come July 1st is to find a goal score.

00:24I just think that's on the plate because they want to really solidify their top six to get that goal score.

00:30And it's funny, everyone says, you know, this guy can score, that guy can score.

00:35They come to the NHL and they get you 15 to 20.

00:39You need a bonafide guy that the puck finds them and when it hits his stick, it's in the net.

00:43That's Alex Ovechkin.

00:45They don't come around too often.

00:47There's very few guys that score at his rate, at his age, throughout his career consistency.

00:53I would like them to find a top six winger this summer that can fill in the hole.

00:58Then we can go with Strom, Dubois.

01:01I think Michael will be 3C in the middle and then Dow.

01:05The middle part of the ice is so important.

01:07You look at the champions, Florida Panthers.

01:11They went Bennett or they went Barkoff and Bennett.

01:14One, two, big power.

01:16Forget who the third line center was.

01:17And then they had the fourth line with a veteran guy.

01:20And so they're built sort of the same way, but you need those big centers.

01:24And I think if Connor can move to the middle, be an asset creating offense on the third line,

01:29I think the Caps are going to be better off.