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Tom Wilson gunning for top-line right wing job

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.

Nearing the end, here’s forward Tom Wilson.

Wilson returned for his second NHL season cloaked in medical mystery, the product of a broken ankle suffered by what the Capitals merely called “a fall.” The surgery to repair his fractured fibula and subsequent rehabilitation curbed Wilson’s summer training, sending him scrambling to play catch up once training camp began.