Adding Alex DeBrincat via free agency would improve team speed

We are well into free agency. Perhaps the Washington Capitals already added Alex DeBrincat or are working on a deal.

If and I mean a big IF, they are able to pull this off, it’ll be huge for the Caps top six. It would bolster their speed by adding a 25 year old right wing woes only five foot eight and 178 pounds.

DeBrincat was once a second rounder at 39th overall in 2016, being selected by the Chicago Blackhawks. He had just played one season in Ottawa with the Senators where he had 27 goals and 39 assists for 66 points.

In his final season with the Blackhawks the season before where he tied a career high with 41 goals and 37 assists for 78 points. The previous time he scored 41 goals was his…