By Daniel Love, Featurd
The Washington Capitals are getting calls on former first-round pick Andre Burakovsky, and they’re not hesitating to pick up the phone. Burakovsky has been struggling massively, finally breaking a 14-game goal-less streak in Tuesday’s game against the Sharks to raise his totals to an unimpressive six goals and six assists in 43 games played.
The 23-year-old forward, taken 23rd overall in 2013, has been poised to break out for a few seasons now, but struggles with health and consistency have continually plagued the young winger’s progress. As he’s stalled, fellow prospects Tom Wilson and Jakub Vrana have flourished past him, leaving the Swedish sniper and pending RFA as the odd man out on the depth chart.