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Today, the Washington Capitals re-signed goaltender Dany Sabourin to a one-year extension. The 31-year-old Quebec native was set to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1st, but now is locked up with the Capitals for one more year. In the past, Sabourin has played for the Calgary Flames, Pittsburgh Penguins and the Vancouver Canucks, where hes played a total of 57 games between the four clubs. Since coming to Washington, Sabourin has played all of his games with the Hershey Bears where his veteran presence is essential.
Sabourin spent the 2011-2012 season entirely with with Hershey Bears where he went 18-12-5 with a 2.76 goals-against average and a .909 save percentage in 37 games. He didn’t see any bench time in the NHL until he got called to back up Braden Holtby during the first four games of the 2012 playoffs while Neuvirth was injured. As we all know, Sabourin couldn’t compete against Holtby’s stellar performance during this year’s postseason; therefore, he didn’t see any time on the ice. But Sabourin did get some playoff action with the Bears where he posted a 3-2 record with a 3.19 goals-against average and a .882 save percentage in the Calder Cup playoffs this season.
Without a doubt, this move does not change the goalie situation for the Capitals. It is blatantly obvious that the Capitals have a lot of depth in goal. During this year’s training camp, you can be sure that Braden Holtby and Michal Neuvirth are going to be the only two solely competing for the coveted starting goalie position.
Who do you think will hold the #1 spot in Washington and why? I can’t help but be Holtby’s biggest fan right now after his outstanding postseason performance that put up sparkling numbers. Though his record was 7-7 in the playoffs you can’t help but admire his 1.95 goals-against-average and .935 save percentage that came along with it.
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