Well, after an awful start to the season and the costly acquisition of defenceman Jacob Hamilton from Vancouver, my Washington Capitals have improved with the call ups of Shawn Forney and Toby Gelech.

Currently I find myself at 28-17-3, good for 5th in the league.

Without a single player doing amazingly offensively, I still find myself 1st in the league goal scoring as a team, 6th defensively, #1 powerplay and 5th ranked penalty kill.

Here is the current roster, followed by Stastistics.

Washington Capitals (Shot=Overall)
#	CENTERS	AGE	HT	WT	SHOT	BIRTH PLACE
75	Eugene Bylsma (TWF)	23	6'1"	199 lbs	85	USA
47	Boris Glebov (SNP)	29	6'2"	205 lbs	83	Belarus
95	Ruslan Kapitanov (TWF)	29	6'4"	225 lbs	82	Russia
94	Toby Gelech (SNP)	21	6'4"	211 lbs	80	Canada
88	Andrei Ovechkin (SNP)	24	6'2"	206 lbs	80	Russia
79	Stanley Phillips (TWF)	26	6'2"	208 lbs	79	Canada
37	Shawn Sertich (TWF)	23	6'2"	203 lbs	78	Canada
52	Jerome Iginla (SNP)	23	6'2"	185 lbs	75	Canada
90	Dean Sugihara (TWF)	23	6'2"	213 lbs	75	Canada
23	Karel Kalkinka (SNP)	29	6'2"	201 lbs	76	Czech Republic
#	LEFT WINGS	AGE	HT	WT	SHOT	BIRTH PLACE
18	Bradley Boulerice (SNP)	26	6'2"	203 lbs	87	Canada
92	Reginald Drummond (SNP)	28	6'3"	218 lbs	81	USA
27	Ivan Arkipov (PWF)	27	6'5"	249 lbs	82	Russia
58	Tim Fata (GRN)	25	6'4"	222 lbs	80	Canada
17	Jan Satan (TWF)	28	6'4"	220 lbs	80	Slovakia
#	RIGHT WINGS	AGE	HT	WT	SHOT	BIRTH PLACE
83	Bryant Gudbranson (TWF)	26	6'0"	188 lbs	87	Canada
45	Shawn Forney (PLY)	22	6'3"	203 lbs	78	Canada
55	Howard Ryznar (PWF)	28	6'3"	234 lbs	81	Norway
21	Vic Breen (SNP)	28	6'2"	204 lbs	78	USA
97	Norm Anderson (SNP)	29	6'2"	192 lbs	77	USA
#	DEFENSE	AGE	HT	WT	SHOT	BIRTH PLACE
10	Jacob Hamilton (OFD)	27	6'2"	197 lbs	90	Canada
4	Oleg Khomutov (TWD)	28	6'4"	212 lbs	86	Estonia
8	Lasse Pikkarainen (TWD)	28	6'1"	192 lbs	84	Finland
2	Alan Aubry (TWD)	28	6'4"	216 lbs	81	USA
81	Mikael Ohlund (OFD)	28	6'3"	210 lbs	81	Sweden
40	Blake Roach (DFD)	21	6'6"	218 lbs	81	Canada
3	Lou Hamhuis (TWD)	28	6'4"	212 lbs	80	USA
6	Ruslan Taratukhin (DFD)	27	6'2"	202 lbs	80	Russia
70	Jarrod Conner (TWD)	24	6'6"	219 lbs	76	Canada
38	Morgan Hambly (DFD)	25	6'2"	206 lbs	76	Canada
#	GOALIES	AGE	HT	WT	SHOT	BIRTH PLACE
34	Kelly Schaeffer (BUT)	24	6'4"	206 lbs	89	USA
30	Sergej Malakov (BUT)	27	6'2"	200 lbs	81	Latvia
31	Robert Renberg (HYB)	27	6'2"	190 lbs	80	Sweden
29	Lee Dubnyk (BUT)	27	6'4"	206 lbs	77	USA

Capitals Midseason Stats Stats - 2023-24
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	GW	PIM	SOG	SPCT
Bryant Gudbranson	48	14	32	46	8	4	14
Boris Glebov	48	16	27	43	10	4	12
Bradley Boulerice	45	15	27	42	-6	1	6
Reginald Drummond	45	23	13	36	10	3	12
Shawn Forney	45	12	21	33	-3	2	19
Toby Gelech	38	14	17	31	-3	0	6
Oleg Khomutov	48	4	25	29	-1	1	29
Jacob Hamilton	48	7	20	27	8	3	14
Ivan Arkipov	39	4	16	20	13	2	22
Eugene Bylsma	48	9	10	19	6	2	26
Mikael Ohlund	39	5	11	16	4	0	8
Vic Breen	27	8	7	15	6	0	14
Ivan Arkipov	48	5	9	14	3	0	21
Howard Ryznar	45	3	10	13	5	0	13
Lasse Pikkarainen	35	3	8	11	6	1	6
Lou Hamhuis	18	3	6	9	2	1	8
Ruslan Kapitanov	48	3	5	8	-2	1	27
Jan Satan	45	3	2	5	-3	0	20
Tim Fata	24	2	2	4	-2	1	16
Blake Roach	38	0	3	3	9	0	38
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO
Kelly Schaeffer	35	20	15	0	2.44			.916	6
Sergej Malakhov	18	10	4	3	1.95			.916	1

Will probably look to bring in a little depth at the deadline, but I am happy where I'm at. Hoping for some health, as the defense has been beat up most of the year. Boulerice has struggled a bit without Gelech again, but Boris Glebov, who's been mostly a 3rd line center and powerplay specialist this year, will look to take advantage of the injury on the top line. Gelech, while only 80 overall, is definitely going to be a key to success for the future.