According to Elliotte Friedman, the Washington Capitals are prepared to go all-in and are looking to add a forward.

The Washington Capitals are off to an incredible start this season. They currently find themselves in first place in the Metropolitan Division by a fairly significant margin. They were the second team to get to 50 points and it took them one less game to get there than it took the Dallas Stars to get there. The Capitals are clearly in all-in mode. Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet confirmed this in a recent interview.

“I think there’s a lot of different ways that team can beat you,” says Elliotte Friedman, via Sportsnet. “I just think they’re a heck of a team. They’re deep. They’ve got a lot of different ways that they can beat you. They can beat you with offense. They can beat you physically. They’ve got a great goaltender. I think they’re very legit. They’re in ‘go for it’ mode. They’re going to go out and they’re looking at adding one more forward, maybe another center, to try and win the Stanley Cup this season.”

It’s not a secret that the Washington Capitals are pushing in at least of a good portion of their chips to the center of the table to try to win a Stanley Cup within the next two seasons. It’s interesting that the Caps are looking for a center. They’ve likely seen what the Chicago Blackhawks and Los Angeles Kings have done over the past few seasons and noticed that both teams were (and still are) extremely deep down the middle of the ice. While they do have Nicklas Backstrom and Evgeny Kuznetsov, having another great center would certainly be quite beneficial for the Capitals.

The Capitals are likely looking for a bottom six forward upgrade, but it is worth mentioning that they are receiving calls about forward Marcus Johansson. If the Caps believe that Johansson can help them get someone better than him, it’s quite plausible that they could trade him. The Washington Capitals would likely want to see Andre Burakovsky prove that he deserves a top six forward spot before that happens. That’s something that Burakovsky hasn’t done yet.

Brian MacLellan has proven to be a man of his word. He has yet to say that he will get another forward, but one has to imagine that’s what he’s thinking.