He's only had one appearance in this series and thats not something that was stated. I think its easy enough to buy that he has multiple and/or he had another remade. Even in the comics, he's had his shield broken several times and there are have been mulitple Caps at one time so to think another couldnt have been made would be a odd position to take
As to the second comment. Thats still lame. The season seemed like it was building up to this being a moment and it didnt happen. I also thought Forge would get added and he didnt