Quick Hits: A Tough Win Against a Tough Rival
Last night’s game against the Carolina Hurricanes felt like another one of “those nights” for Washington, where the team doesn’t look interested against a team who is towards the bottom of the league....
View ArticleThat Would Make Some Sweet Playoff Hockey, But…
If it ends up being a Philly-Washington conference final, the Eastern Conference champion might as well start digging a grave now to bury the battered bodies. That was a grueling 65-plus minutes of...
View ArticleThe Guys Who Keep the Capitals Laughing
There’s a delicate balance in sports between remaining alert and on top of your game, yet staying loose – or, as they put it in hockey, not gripping the stick too tight. One member of the 1989 Stanley...
View ArticleA Third Period That Brought Down the House, and Personnel Notes
Photo Caption: Photo by Clyde Caplan, clydeorama.com Take the stats sheet with a grain of salt on this one. Wednesday saw one of the Capitals’ best third period performances, at least effort-wise, so...
View ArticleA Peek Inside What Caps Players See in Hunter
People can dissect the Dale Hunter plus/minus comment regarding Mike Knuble to their heart’s content; the odd call up (twice) of Joel Rechlicz; and the equally odd call up of Braden Holtby; it’s all...
View ArticleCaps’ Coaches Had Team Ready to Play in Game 3
It was over 100 minutes of blood and a whole lot of sweat, punctuated by brief respites where players could recharge, refuel, and rehydrate. Until that final goal by Marian Gaborik in the third...
View ArticleNo Denial, It’s Pass or Fail, and the Caps Are Realizing It
For a moment, the puck just sat there by the Washington Capitals bench. It shouldn’t have—those were precious seconds wasted as the Capitals executed a personnel change, and Mike Green, caught with the...
View ArticleSuspension of Disbelief
Right as Washington was settling in for a spring-delayed/prolonged winter weekend last night came word (via Twitter, necessarily) of some manner of meteor shower, or meteor explosion, high in the sky...
View ArticleA Praiseworthy Triumvirate
What looked like a cool-headed decision by Matt Hendricks in the first period might well have been the reason the Capitals eked out their seventh straight win Saturday night against the Tampa Bay...
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