Stanley Cup Champion Tom Wilson's Glow Up Is A Great Reminder Hockey Season Is Right Around The Corner

NBCSW - In the first photo, you see 18-year-old Tom, playing for the Plymouth Whalers (OHL) at the time. Willy ranked within the top 10 overall for 17 of 29 fitness tests in the 2012 NHL Scouting Combine, including tied for first overall for pull strength (312 pounds, tied Branden Troock, most recently of the ECHL’s Maine Mariners). At 16th overall, the Washington Capitals opted for this 6’4″ forward that weighed 194 pounds and was once voted “Best Body Checker” in the OHL.

In the second photo, you see Tom Wilson’s most recent headshot for the Washington Capitals. Sometimes referred to as “Top Line Tommy,” Washington’s fan-favorite heartthrob has gone through quite the glow-up since first rocking the red.

What a glow up from Stanley Cup Champion Tom Wilson! Our top liner went from this:

to this:

in just a few years. Magnificent.

And this is just a great reminder that hockey season basically a month away. Today is August 8th and the Caps first preseason game is September 16th. They’ll be in camp in a minute. And then the long road back to the Cup will begin. I can’t wait. 2 Cups in 3 years? Why not us? Our Year, BACK ON.