Spaced out over the next few days, we will finish up our end-of-season profiles for every player on the Washington Capitals, a year-in-review of sorts looking at their statistics, story lines and such. The full list of published pieces can be found at the end.
The most significant detail of forward Michael Latta’s otherwise uneventful rookie NHL season, when he scored zero goals and notched six assists over 53 games on the fourth line, came away from the rink, captured by cameras and symbolized by an empty fridge. He and roommate Tom Wilson became the breakout stars of Epix’s “Road to the Winter Classic” series, shown riding to the rink with an expired inspection sticker, discussing how pickles were made over dinner in Columbus and, in the first episode, touring the crew through their Arlington pad.