Dylan Strome

That's how spread out and how... how you can find so much value on this team going into this 2026 season, like guys who I don't even have in the top five somehow.

And it's surprising to me, Jordan Cairo, Dylan Strom, Pierre-Luc Dubois when he's, when he's healthy, Boone Jenner, Ryan Leonard, all of those guys, Cole Hudson, all those guys are going to be draftable players and they're going to be drafted to someone's fancy team.

tremendous amount of depth pieces that you can get from this Washington Capitals team.

However, it's the top five list for a reason.

And then obviously excels in specific categories, which are, you know, goals, goals and shot volume specifically, but he touches everything very nicely.

So Alex Tuck, 35 goals, 40 assists.

I think him, Dylan Strom, Jordan Cairo, you know, whether they mix and match throughout the season, he's going to find some really good chemistry and he's going to explode for another potentially career, career high season.

if I have to play devil's advocate for a little bit, when I was taking a look at this team, their lineups, their average minutes of a lot of like the two forwards that came in Jordan Cairo and Alex Tuck are guys that are used to being the premier forward on their team playing 19 plus minutes of ice time at night.

If Alex Ovechkin, I think, is your default first line left wing, it's a little bit early here, but I think that's kind of the default.

Dylan Strom will be his center.

Who plays right wing with Alex Ovechkin?

So let me just say, Carbs has been very competitive guarded when people have asked about what the lines are going to look like, because I think he's still trying to figure that all out.

Yeah, he's also pretty goddamn good.

Dylan Strome found his way there.

Pierre-Luc Dubois, they both have thrived there.

But Pierre-Luc Dubois, this is what, year two? For him in Washington? And this is where things...

A bit later, I give you my final answer on what the opening night center depth chart should actually look like.

But where we will start in today's episode is Dylan Strome.

Or pure Luke Dubois? Who should be the number one center? And I'm telling you right now, I think the Caps already have the answer.

Let's get into it here.

You know, there was some questions shortly after Backstrom stepped away about an Alex Ovechkin.

It was a breakdown day video saying that he would like some consistency, that it was a bit of a turnstile at the center position immediately following Nick Backstrom stepping away.

So I think Strome bringing that stability is not something that's necessarily going to pop up or show up on the back of a hockey card, but it is there.

And it's important because the top line has now even more firepower available to it.