CAPITALS RUMORS & GOSSIP
Not just no-calls led Caps, Ovechkin to another early exit
Since we get most of our news from Twitter nowadays, the biggest news out of the Capitals after their 5-0 shoveling at the hands of the Rangers was Alex Ovechkin’s comments about the officiating, or lack thereof, during their series with the Rangers. “…someone just wanted Game 7. For the ratings. You know, the lockout, escrow, the league needs to make profit.” Pretty inflammatory...
Offseason Evaluation: Jeff Schultz
Ah, Sarge. A moment of glory. (WaPo)
As the Washington Capitals’ 2013 season has come to a close, and many words have been written about the team as a whole, it’s now time to look at this club at an individual level. As such, we will be taking a look at each player who played a significant role on the club this season and what they could bring in the future. Next up is...
Offseason Evaluation: Aaron Volpatti
Hopefully, Volpatti's role will continue to shrink. (Faceoff)
As the Washington Capitals’ 2013 season has come to a close, and many words have been written about the team as a whole, it’s now time to look at this club at an individual level. As such, we will be taking a look at each player who played a significant role on the club this season and what they could bring...
Is It Fair To Call The Washington Capitals Chokers?
from Neil Greenberg of Capitals Insider,
In fact, it is because this team wins so much that it has fostered what I like to call a Culture of Perennial Disappointment: failing to advance past the second round since its dark-horse run in the 1998 Stanley Cup playoffs.
So, we should be able to agree this organization is made up of winners. However, is it also made up of chokers...
Rangers to Eye Hendricks This Offseason?
Larry Brooks at the New York Post speculates that the Rangers are likely to pursue Capitals UFA Matt Hendricks this summer.
Brooks adds that the 32-year old Hendricks is a "jagged-edged center" who kills penalties and fits the "Black-and-Blueshirt" mold.
Hendricks, who was being paid $825,000 per, had 5g, 3a and was a -6 last season. He was also a 57%...
Happy Hour – Same Old Craps
The Washington Capitals have quite the tortured history when it comes to the playoffs. They are nationally known as choking dogs, a team that can never feel safe when having a 3-1 or 3-2 series lead. The one year they made a run to the Stanley Cup finals, they managed to never have to play a Game 7, which helped their cause. Despite this knowledge, Capitals fans remained way too...
Capital fans, PLEASE take off your friggin’ rose-tinted glasses and LOOK at what you’re dealing with here.
Cap fans, PLEASE take off your friggin’ rose-tinted glasses and LOOK at what you’re dealing with here. As I’ve said elsewhere, George McPhee is one of the stupidest GM’s in sports. He makes some mystifyingly dumb personnel decisions–the latest one involved surrendering a talented, 21 year old forward with size (Phillip Forsberg) for a 31 year old retread who hadn’t scored...
Alex Ovechkin's exit comments raise plenty of questions
Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin had some very interesting parting words before he joined the Russian national team at the World Championships. A disappointing Game 7 loss should irritate Ovechkin, but it's not exactly something he's not familiar with. His team tends to exit in seven games quite often, giving fans high hopes then breaking their hearts.
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Will the Washington Capitals Ever Win a Stanley Cup?
Capital Disappointment Photo via DC Sports Bog The question has to be asked. As a life long Washington Capitals fan, I have to say this team frustrates me as much or more than my beloved Washington Redskins. The Washington Capitals always seem to be a regular season team that just can not win in the playoffs. For thirty years the Caps have always failed to live up to expectations...
POINTING FINGERS
Ovechkin blames refs for ugly loss?
The Capitals were eliminated from the playoffs courtesy of a 5-0 Game 7 blowout loss to the Rangers and Alexander Ovechkin subtly blamed the NHL and the refs.
ICE CAPADES
Tom Wilson loses skate blade, crawls to bench
If it weren’t for those ill-fated contests at intermission that invite fans down onto the ice for this or that, we’d likely forget just how slippery an everyday rink is. Capitals right wing Tom Wilson found out the hard way Sunday when he was suddenly stuck with just one blade to try to work himself around the ice. Wilson had just laid a hit when the blade of his left skate popped...
Tom Wilson loses skate blade and stumbles to bench (Video)
Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson had some equipment trouble during Sunday's playoff game against the New York Rangers, which was only Wilson's second career NHL game. After delivering a huge flying hit to Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh, Wilson lost his skate blade on his left skate, then stumbled several times while trying to get back to the bench with only one skate...
Someone Unplugged Alex Ovechkin’s Controller (GIF)
Washington Capitals fans surely can’t be happy with Alex Ovechkin’s hustle on the play pictured above where the Rangers scored a goal. For someone who said the Rangers don’t like to play physical, Ovechkin sure is getting in there and mixing it up on that play. But this GIF is just hilarious. It is about as perfect a GIF as you can get: Unless of course you are a Caps fan...
Elitist Caps Fans Need To Chill Out
Caps fans should be united during this playoff run Some of you won’t know what this post is about, but if you’re a hockey fan in this area, particularly a Caps fan like I am, you know exactly what this is about. I absolutely despise elitist caps fans. I swear this is the only hockey market in the country where the fans get mad at the other fans for simply not having followed...
BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY
Capitals defenseman blocks shot with his face
Washington Capitals defenseman Steven Oleksy took a puck to the face when he went down on a knee to block a shot by New York Rangers center Derick Brassard during Thursday night's Game 1 of their NHL Eastern Conference playoff series at the Verizon Center. Oleksy does not wear a mask, so he took the shot directly on the side of his face near the cheek and jaw. Fortunately,...
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