The Capitals have welcomed Tom Wilson back to DC ahead of the start of training camp.<\/p>\n
Wilson hit the ice on Monday morning for the team\u2019s informal skate at MedStar Capitals Iceplex. Other recent arrivals at the skate included Brandon Duhaime, Anthony Beauvillier, Hendrix Lapierre, and Ethen Frank.<\/p>\n
Wilson had a career year last season, remaining one of Washington\u2019s most important players while setting personal highs in goals, assists, and points. Alongside Alex Ovechkin (44 goals) and Aliaksei Protas (30 goals), Wilson was one of three Capitals players to hit the 30-goal threshold, ending the year with 65 points.<\/p>\n
Off the ice, Wilson continued to develop his role as a leader on the team. He served as a full-time alternate captain in 2024-25 after sharing the role with TJ Oshie the prior season, and he is widely expected to become the franchise\u2019s 15th captain whenever Alex Ovechkin retires.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat guy\u2019s the heart and soul of this team,\u201d Logan Thompson said of Wilson in March<\/a>. \u201cWorks hard every night and competes for us and sticks up for guys.\u201d<\/p>\n Wilson\u2019s success attracted the attention of Team Canada ahead of the 2026 Olympics, putting him in the running for a roster spot in Milan in February. He attended Canada\u2019s National Teams Orientation Camp<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n Both Duhaime and Beauvillier return to the Capitals after first coming to DC last season \u2014 Duhaime signed as a free agent last summer, while Beauvillier joined the team via a mid-season trade with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Duhaime recorded 21 points (9g, 12a) in 82 games (and became known for his locker-room barking<\/a>), while Beauvillier tallied five regular-season points (2g, 3a) and six playoff points (2g, 4a) for Washington before re-signing with the team in July<\/a>.<\/p>\n After spending most of the 2023-24 season in the NHL, Lapierre struggled to keep a roster spot on the Capitals last season, playing 27 games and recording 8 points (0g, 8a). He eventually returned to the AHL\u2019s Hershey Bears, where he recorded 32 points (7g, 25a) in 32 games.<\/p>\n Monday\u2019s informal skate included a series of drills as well as a full-rink four-on-four scrimmage. A separate group of prospects later took the ice after the larger informal skate, with participants including Ilya Protas, Ryan Chesley, and Alexander Suzdalev.<\/p>\n The Capitals\u2019 official preseason activities will kick off with Rookie Camp from September 12-15 in Annapolis, MD, with the first on-ice day of training camp set for September 18 at MedStar Capitals Iceplex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Capitals have welcomed Tom Wilson back to DC ahead of the start of training camp. Wilson hit…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-142251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}