Ryan Leonard is the only expected representative for the Washington Capitals on the Rookie Showcase of the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) of the 2025 Medstar Capitals IcePlex In Arlington, Virginia. It is about 20 minutes from the home job of Washington, Capital One Arena.
The showcase serves as an opportunity for Upper deckThe official trading card partner of the NHLPA and the NHL, to collect videos and photos of players that can be used for their first official trade cards and other promotional materials in 2025-26 and then. Vincent Iorio represented the capitals on the NHLPA -smokie showcase of 2024.
Leonard brings NHL experience to 2025 Showcase
Leonard Skated in nine games in the regular season During the regular season 2024-25 and he scored his first NHL goal against the Chicago Blackhawks on April 4, 2025. He ended the regular season with one goal, no assists and a min-4 plus/min-rating while he is more than 14 minutes per game on the ice.
In the NHL play-offs of 2025, Leonard recorded an assist on the second period of Dylan Strome in Game 2 of Round 1 against the Montreal Canadiens for his only play-off point. Nevertheless, he ended with a plus-1 plus/min rating with almost 10 minutes ice age a night over eight games.
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Leonard is accompanied on the NHLPA Rookie Showcase of 2025 by Gabe Perreault, a former teammate at Boston College (BC). The 20-year-old winger skated in five games for the New York Rangers in 2024-25 and is still looking for his first NHL point. Perreault was a striking attacking player at BC, with 108 points in 73 AD games, an average of 1.47 points per match in a competitive university environment.
Islanders with 2 Rookies in Arlington
New York Islanders Center Marc Gatcomb has the most NHL experience during the NHLPA Rookie Showcase of this year. The 26-year-old center scored eight goals and was nine points in 39 games for the islanders in 2024-25. The unprotected forward brought a path to the NHL after 117 American Hockey League (AHL) matches in the past four seasons, and six games with the Kalamazoo wings of the Echl in 2022-23.
New islanders teammate Matthew Schaefer will join him in Virginia. The first overall choice on the NHL version of 2025 seems ready to start the season after skating in 17 games for the Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) during the regular season 2024-25. Schaefer has already done it signed his entry -level contractLimiting his options to NHL obligation or a return to Erie for the 2025-26 season.
The NHLPA Rookie Showcase is an annual priority for emerging players in the NHL. Every NHL team is expected to be represented; However, players can change, depending on the availability for the first week of September. As it looks now, Leonard is the only player who represents the capitals during this year’s event.
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