NHL: King Leon & Co.: The German NHL stars

On Thursday night the NHL opens its doors again (from 2 a. m. live on DAZN).And there are also seven German runner-cracks.SPOX has confirmed the situation of Leon Draisaitl and Co.and provides an overview of the German teams.

There were some rumors that Grubauer could get a place as a starting goalie.In the end, the 25-year-old signed with Washington Capitals for another year, which will pay him $1.5 million for the twelve months. In 2018, Grubauer will once again be the Unrestricted Free Agent.

The capitals had probably the best goalie duo in the league.Grubauer was statistically even better than star-goalie Braden Holtby, whom he represented in 24 games.Thus, Grubauer had played one game too few to qualify for the Jennings Trophy on average for the fewest goals conceded. 2.04 goals per game would have been the best result (Holtby: 2.07 GAA).After all: The 25-year-old from Rosenheim celebrated the first three NHL-shutouts of his career.

Grubauer’s role will not change in the coming season.Holtby’s the number one inviolable.Nevertheless, the goalie gets another chance to prove himself in order to get a job in the coming season.In addition, a trade is not ruled out, as the caps in Phoenix Copley and Vitek Vanecek have even more capable goalies in the backhand.

After two Presidents’ trophies at a time, the capital bakes slightly smaller rolls.Justin Williams, Marcus Johansson and Kevin Shattenkirk are gone, but T. J.Oshie and Evgeny Kuznetsov.

After numerous disappointing defeats in the playoffs, Alex Ovechkin’s era seems to be coming to an end.The Russian netted “only” 33 times, and by 2015/16 there were 50 goals.If the 31-year-old regains his form, the caps could also play a good role this year, otherwise there could be a real fight for a playoff place.

season

squad

games

shutdowns

GAA

fishing quota

2012/13

capitals

2

0

3.57

. 915

2013/14

17

2.38

. 925

2014/15

1

1.85

. 920

2015/16

22

2.32

. 918

2016/17

24

3

2.04

. 926

2015

3,00

. 857

2017

6.32

. 778

nearby

Page 1: Philipp Grubauer (Washington Capitals)

Page 2: Korbinian Holzer (Anaheim Ducks)

Page 3: Leon Draisaitl (Edmonton Oilers)

Page 4: Thomas Greiss (New York Islanders)

Page 5: Dennis Seidenberg (New York Islanders)

Page 6: Tom Kühnhackl (Pittsburgh Penguins)

Page 7: Tobias Rieder (Arizona Coyotes)