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At some point, you’ve got to take a look at your young players, and I know goaltending and the position is an important position, so we’re going to try to ... play well defensively in front of them.

— Washington Capitals coach Peter Laviolette names Ilya Samsonov, 23, Vitek Vanecek, and 25, team’s the Nos. 1 No. 2 and goaltenders