Author’s Note: Between the writing of this article and the publishing of it, Barry Trotz mixed up the Caps’ top-6. It’s likely Andre Burakovsky won’t start tomorrow’ game on a line with Nicklas Backstrom or Marcus Johansson.
The Capitals’ 2013 first round draft pick, Andre Burakovsky, has kicked off his third season in the NHL, and has earned himself— at least for now— a spot in the top-six forward corps of what should be one of the League’s more potent offenses.
In his rookie campaign Burakovsky put up 22 points (9g, 13a) in 53 games, and followed that up with 38 points (17g, 21a) in 79 games for his 2015-2016 sophomore output.