Goaltender Braden Holtby led the Washington Capitals to the Stanley Cup in the 2017-18 season. He was drafted in the fourth round of the 2008 draft by the Caps.
Holtby’s understudy this season, Ilya Samsonov, was drafted in the first round of the 2015 draft. It is not unusual for the Caps to have home-grown talent between the pipes.
In fact, only five goalies have played for the Caps in the past ten seasons that were not drafted by the team. In the past decade, each NHL team with the exception of Vegas, has played 782 regular season games.