Clay Stevenson

April 2022 – The Capitals signed the most-sought after NCAA free agent goaltender to a two-year ELC beginning in the 2022-2023 season. The signing may be signaling Mitchell Gibson staying in the NCAA for an additional season, or not signing with the Capitals, so if that competition is out of the way then there is currently not a lot of competition for Stevenson to climb the ranks in Washington. He has been fantastic in his last two playing season, not including 2020-2021 where he played no recorded games, with a 0.936 save percentage in 35 BCHL games for the Coquitlam Express. This year in the NCAA, for Dartmouth College, he had a losing record but a 0.922 sv% in 23 games. He will very likely play in the ECHL or the Capitals next season, as that follows the team’s development path for goaltenders, and it will be interesting to see if he can keep up his strong play.