"He's the main guy (with Detroit) and there's probably a little pressure on him to produce," Capitals GM Brian MacLellan said after the trade happened. "I think he comes here and he's just got to fit in. He's going to have a veteran group of players. I think he's going to learn from those veterans. I think we have a good leadership group of older guys that have been around. We have a lot of guys that have won a Cup. So I think it's up to him to fit in, play well, relax, and compete and I think everything will work out."
Now, Mantha is doing everything he can to become the player he once was as he enters the final season of a four-year, $22.8 million contract. "[The Capitals] came to get me two and a half years ago already and I feel like I haven't been the player they wanted so far," Mantha said Saturday after the team's third on-ice Training Camp session. "So that's my goal this year, to prove to them that that player's here (now) and he's ready to play."
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