"It's Tom Wilson, future Olympian and formerly despised pariah. Please forgive me; I'm about to piss a lot of you off with a graph. Here is Tom Wilson compared to pest-cum-superstar Brad Marchand: Except for Wilson's ACL injury, they're the same dude. They're a low-ice-time drama king who slowly worked his way up the lineup. Now they're indispensable, but they're still drama kings."
"They're a low-ice-time drama king who slowly worked his way up the lineup. Now they're indispensable, but they're still drama kings. As I write this, Wilson ranks first on the Caps in points. If you told me back in 2013 that this would be the case at the dawn of 2026, I'd assume we'd have experienced a great-ravine style global cataclysm. But no, it's just that Wilson really did become the mythical power forward we hoped and prayed he would."
2025 contained many small frustrations, but several memorable hockey moments stood out. Tom Wilson became the Washington Capitals' leading scorer and developed into an indispensable power forward despite past controversy and an ACL injury, following a career path similar to Brad Marchand as a low-ice-time, high-drama player who climbed the lineup. Alex Ovechkin, at 39, scored a February hat trick in a 7-3 Capitals victory over the Edmonton Oilers, halting a stretch when the Capitals scored 14 goals in 24 hours. William Nylander became a favored non-Caps player, managing Marner's exit better than some and showing visible friction with coach Craig Berube.
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