The guitar and keyboard visible over Braden Holtby’s left shoulder might have driven home the laid-back Washington Capitals goaltender’s approach to the unexpected suspension of the NHL season.
There just isn’t lots for a hockey goalie to do to replicate live game action without games and practices. Holtby likened the current break to his usual offseason approach, when he puts hockey aside altogether.
“I’m not doing much right now,” Holtby, 30, said on an NHL conference call Monday. “In the summer I take two months off completely anyway, just to try and get my mind completely away from everything.