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Biggest concern: It seems odd to point out that Washington has a scoring depth problem when the Capitals ranked second in that category last season. But, of course, Alex Ovechkin‘s history-making 44-goal campaign had a lot to do with that. Tom Wilson added 33. Dylan Strome‘s breakout year as a point-per-game skater was huge. And Aliaksei Protas overachieved with 30 goals.
There’s a sharp drop-off from there, though. Pierre-Luc Dubois collected just 66 points. Nic Dowd had only 27. There’s a strong chance Ovechkin won’t come close to his numbers from last season, and that puts too much pressure on Strome, Protas and Dubois to either keep pace with where they were or contribute more. Washington’s supporting cast has to work its way into the spotlight.
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