More Washington Capitals players are converging on the Washington, D.C. area for informal skates at MedStar Capitals Iceplex as training camp approaches. Dylan Strome and Trevor van Riemsdyk recently joined skates, following Pierre-Luc Dubois, Nic Dowd, John Carlson, and Sonny Milano. Strome, 28, led the Capitals in scoring for a second straight season with a career-best 82 points and was the team's top postseason scorer with 11 points in 10 games. Van Riemsdyk, 34, played all 82 games last season, recording 21 points and contributing on the penalty kill; next season is the final year of his three-year, $9 million extension. Local pros and college players are also joining before departing for their teams. Exact 2025 training camp dates have not been announced.
Strome, 28, is coming off a second straight season where he led the Capitals in scoring, recording a career-best 82 points (29g, 53a) in 82 games. With the 80-point year, Strome became just the fourth Caps player other than Alex Ovechkin to record an 80-point season in the Ovi era. The Ontario native finished within the top 20 in overall NHL scoring and was also the Caps' top scorer in the postseason, posting 11 points (2g, 9a) in 10 games.
Van Riemsdyk, 34, is headed into his sixth season with the Capitals and coming off the first season that saw him play in all 82 games for the team. In those 82 games, TVR recorded 21 points (1g, 20a), playing primarily third-pairing minutes and a large role on one of the team's penalty-killing units. Next season is the final year of the 3-year, $9 million extension that TVR signed with the Capitals during the 2022-23 campaign.
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