Well here we are in another critical season to try to win a cup before guys like Glebov, Hamilton, Khomutov, Gudbranson and Boulerice are too old. With these 5 key veterans who have been mainstays in the lineup for nearly a decade, I've tried to assemble the best supporting cast around them. In previous seasons, I had much more cap space to work with, but now my top 5 forwards and top 3 D all make huge contracts, as well as Kelly Schaeffer.

So, to combat that, I've gotten younger. Players like Vladimir Datsyuk, Jason Langenbrunner and Georges Rheaume have developed through the system, while I've also picked up guys like Rakell, Holloway, Kristensen, McNeill and Lewis through trade or free agency.

So far this season, we're struggling to find consistency, especially with Schaeffer having his most difficult season of his entire career. With a young goaltender like Henrich who has great upside behind him, we definitely won't be waiting too long if Schaeffer continues to struggle in the second half.

Here's the lineup and Stats so far:

Washington Capitals (Shot=Overall)
#	CENTERS	AGE	HT	WT	SHOT	BIRTH PLACE
47	Boris Glebov (SNP)	36	6'2"	205 lbs	85	Belarus
84	Vladimir Datsyuk (SNP)	22	6'1"	196 lbs	83	Russia
94	Toby Gelech (SNP)	28	6'4"	212 lbs	80	Canada
96	Jason Langenbrunner (TWF)	22	6'3"	216 lbs	80	Canada
26	Ron Weaver (TWD)	26	6'3"	216 lbs	76	Canada
63	William Johnston (PLY)	25	6'2"	201 lbs	74	Canada
35	Mark Ross (PLY)	24	5'11"	181 lbs	72	Canada
37	Dimitri Madigozhin (SNP)	23	6'1"	194 lbs	71	Lithuania
#	LEFT WINGS	AGE	HT	WT	SHOT	BIRTH PLACE
18	Bradley Boulerice (SNP)	33	6'2"	203 lbs	87	Canada
12	Markku Heino (PWF)	29	6'1"	223 lbs	87	Finland
24	Rudy Mahalak (PWF)	27	6'4"	239 lbs	80	Canada
51	Mats Rakell (SNP)	21	6'2"	206 lbs	80	Sweden
56	Gene Clark (SNP)	25	6'0"	181 lbs	75	Canada
#	RIGHT WINGS	AGE	HT	WT	SHOT	BIRTH PLACE
45	Shawn Forney (PLY)	29	6'3"	203 lbs	88	Canada
83	Bryant Gudbranson (TWF)	33	6'0"	188 lbs	86	Canada
42	Ian Holloway (SNP)	25	5'9"	180 lbs	79	Canada
20	John Lewis (SNP)	25	6'1"	184 lbs	74	Canada
88	Alvin Tokarski (SNP)	25	5'10"	184 lbs	74	Canada
#	DEFENSE	AGE	HT	WT	SHOT	BIRTH PLACE
10	Jacob Hamilton (OFD)	34	6'2"	197 lbs	90	Canada
4	Oleg Khomutov (TWD)	35	6'4"	212 lbs	86	Estonia
6	Bruce Harvey (DFD)	30	6'5"	222 lbs	85	Canada
3	Tommy Hewitt (OFD)	29	6'1"	199 lbs	82	Canada
14	Robert Kristensen (TWD)	26	6'6"	224 lbs	82	Sweden
60	Rory McNeill (TWD)	23	6'2"	210 lbs	78	Hungary
27	Georges Rheaume (DFD)	22	6'2"	204 lbs	77	Canada
61	Jay Eastwood (OFD)	26	6'0"	194 lbs	79	Canada
19	Cam Wisniewski (TWD)	27	5'11"	200 lbs	79	Poland
15	Seth Christensen (OFD)	28	6'1"	192 lbs	77	Canada
#	GOALIES	AGE	HT	WT	SHOT	BIRTH PLACE
34	Kelly Schaeffer (BUT)	31	6'4"	206 lbs	89	USA
31	Sheldon Henrich (HYB)	26	6'1"	182 lbs	83	Canada
32	Matthew Grumet-Morris (BUT)	27	6'6"	219 lbs	82	Canada

Statistics:

Capitals Midseason Stats Stats - 2031-32
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	GW	PIM	SOG	SPCT
Bradley Boulerice	47	12	30	42	10	3	10
Shawn Forney	47	10	30	40	3	2	31
Vladimir Datsyuk	47	24	13	37	4	5	8
Boris Glebov	47	19	14	33	12	5	14
Markku Heino	47	13	18	31	10	2	26
Bryant Gudbranson	47	6	24	30	8	0	36
Mats Rakell	45	16	6	22	4	4	6
Jacob Hamilton	44	3	19	22	6	0	8
Oleg Khomutov	47	5	15	20	7	1	41
Tommy Hewitt	47	4	15	19	3	1	8
Ian Holloway	47	7	11	18	3	3	6
Robert Kristensen	40	8	9	17	8	1	34
Jason Langenbrunner	47	5	10	15	-1	0	15
Toby Gelech	47	4	10	14	-2	0	27
Rudy Mahalak	42	5	9	14	3	0	22
Bruce Harvey	47	1	8	9	6	0	135
John Lewis	38	4	3	7	1	0	12
Rory Mcneill	12	1	3	4	0	0	11
Georges Rheaume	47	1	1	2	1	0	51
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO
Kelly Schaeffer	34	20	13	1	2.52			.906	1
Sheldon Henrich	15	7	7	1	2.11			.928	1