Connor McMichael, Washington Capitals (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
Should the Washington Capitals call up Connor McMichael?
Every year NHL teams bring in a group of players, usually within their own system and usually young guys, to come in a be a backup come playoff time. Those guys, as we just said, are usually younger guys with very little to no actual National Hockey League experience.
The point of this is two fold. One, again, we just said it, it’s back up. If a player gets injured or possibly even suspended you have that extra player just in case.