The Caps brought in Ryan Zimmerman to play goalie in practice and take one-timers from Ovi

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The Washington Capitals were probably thinking they would do something a little fun at practice today, which basically amounted to abject terror for Ryan Zimmerman.

The current free agent, who has played his entire 15-year MLB career thus far with the Nationals, was their guest in goal, and he was subjected to a shootout against Caps players as well as one-timers from Alex Ovechkin. What a way to be initiated into the game.

The Capitals brought in former Nats player Ryan Zimmerman to play goalie in practice and take one-timers from Ovi 😂 . (🎥: @capitals)

A post shared by TSN (@tsn_official) on Jan 15, 2020 at 9:56am PST

A little bit of a bigger glove for Zim today 😬 pic.twitter.com/EBg3TDlhgS
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) January 15, 2020

Shootout practice on Zim! pic.twitter.com/26H1HPjtQ6
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) January 15, 2020

Zim’s final thoughts on his goalie experience today pic.twitter.com/ZMlPCdfLOV
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) January 15, 2020

Yeah, it doesn’t sound like Zimmerman is going to try this again. That’s okay, champ. You’ve got a World Series ring to fall back on.

We’ll just also note that Capitals practice seems to be a blast this year. Just a while back, somebody gifted Jonas Siegenthaler this insanely, completely unnecessarily long hockey stick. It is definitely of no use, but it’s hilarious.