We finished the Regular season 1st in our division. We had quite a few key injuries, so the stats are pretty misleading. Guys like Zykov, Glebov and Pikkarainen missed quite a bit of time.

Bradley Boulerice had a career high point season though despite missing his linemates, a problem that needs to be addressed.

Capitals Stats Stats - 2023-24
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	GW	PIM	SOG	SPCT
Bradley Boulerice	82	35	43	78	8	2	25
Bryant Gudbranson	79	7	47	55	0	2	27
Nikolaj Ehlers	73	19	33	52	-8	6	16
Reginald Drummond	79	30	22	52	11	1	43
Shawn Sertich	79	32	17	49	13	8	16
Oleg Khomutov	82	9	36	45	16	3	36
Valentin Zykov	59	15	27	42	5	5	42
Eugene Bylsma	81	16	24	40	7	6	34
John Carlson	82	7	23	30	11	2	154
Tim Fata	82	12	14	26	10	1	46
Mikael Ohlund	75	8	17	25	-5	0	20
Boris Glebov	27	11	12	23	10	4	18
Alan Aubry	81	4	17	21	16	1	68
Ruslan Kapitanov	79	6	15	21	7	4	32
Lou Hamhuis	61	5	14	19	10	0	10
Jan Satan	70	10	9	19	4	3	21
Orlando Sipotz	82	4	12	16	0	1	41
Lasse Pikkarainen	52	3	13	16	-7	1	20
Andrei Ovechkin	27	2	12	14	-4	0	4
Vic Breen	53	5	9	14	3	0	32
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO
Kelly Schaeffer	63	36	15	11	1.99			.926	7
Robert Renberg	24	12	9	3	2.24			.920	2

In the playoffs, we battled hard, fighting off injuries once again.

Round 1. We defeated our main rivals, the Islanders 4-1
Round 2. We beat Carolina in a 4-2 series
Round 3. Buffalo was beat up and our top line was hot. 4-0 series sweep.

The finals was against the Phoenix Coyotes. We were down 2-3 when Bradley Boulerice went out with Post-Concussion Syndrome. Without our leading scorer, our other players stepped up though, winning game 6 5-2, and then game 7 by a score of 6-1.

One big key in the performance of the team was the call up of 3 inexperienced rookies. Toby Gelech, Shawn Forney and Blake Roach all found themselves playing key minutes, with the forwards on the scoring line with Boulerice, since Glebov, Zykov and Ehlers were injured, and Roach playing with Mikael Ohlund.

As you see: the experiment worked

Capitals Post-Season Stats Stats - 2023-24
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	GW	PIM	SOG	SPCT
Bradley Boulerice	20	20	8	28	18	5	2
Shawn Forney	22	3	17	20	19	0	11
Toby Gelech	22	10	10	20	19	3	10
John Carlson	22	2	12	14	12	2	20
Reginald Drummond	22	5	7	12	10	0	10
Eugene Bylsma	22	6	4	10	7	2	7
Mikael Ohlund	20	2	8	10	5	0	0
Alan Aubry	22	1	8	9	16	0	4
Bryant Gudbranson	14	2	6	8	5	0	2
Lasse Pikkarainen	22	0	8	8	9	0	4
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO
Kelly Schaeffer	22	16	2	4	1.72			.923	5

Offseason:

I didn't do much in this offseason. I traded Valentin Zykov and a future 1st to Pittsburgh for young 85 overall centerman Mike Edwards and James Neal, then moved Neal (who was just brought in cause of cap) for a 1st rounder.