Washington Post Brooks Laich skated with the Capitals in New York last week, between Games 3 and 4 of his team’s first-round NHL playoff series. He wiped out once, which made his teammates — and him — laugh out loud. Afterward, he said he hoped to play in the second round of the playoffs, if the Caps made it. That didn’t happen. Read full article >>
May 17, 2013Washington Post Highly-touted prospect Tom Wilson made his NHL debut in the Stanley Cup playoffs, but it remains to be determined whether the young winger will be on the Capitals' opening-night roster next fall. As encouraged as the Capitals were by Wilson's performance in three games against the New York Rangers, they don't want to rush the 19-year-old. Read full article >>
May 17, 2013Washington Post The great teams use a tough loss to get better. When you hear a lot of talk from guys who just lost big about how unfair it all was and how they couldn’t get a call from the refs, you can be certain they’ll lose the next one, too. You didn’t need to go to any videotape to analyze why the Washington Capitals can’t get it done in the playoffs year after year; all you had to do was listen to their captain and general manager. Read full article >>
May 17, 2013Washington Post Veteran defenseman Tom Poti hopes to continue his playing career but will not return to the Capitals next season. After showing he could still hold his own in the NHL after missing more than two years with injury, Poti is confident in his ability to stay healthy and contribute to a team, but knows he didn't fit in Washington's future plans. Read full article >>
May 17, 2013Capitals Insider | Washington Post Highly-touted prospect Tom Wilson made his NHL debut in the Stanley Cup playoffs, but it remains to be determined whether the young winger will be on the Capitals’ opening-night roster next fall. As encouraged as the Capitals were by Wilson’s … Continue reading →
May 17, 2013Washington Post Earlier this week as the Washington Capitals packed up their equipment bags, taped bundles of sticks together and prepared to make trips to offseason homes, they did so confident of what will await them when they return for training camp in the fall. Read full article >>
May 17, 2013Capitals Insider | Washington Post Veteran defenseman Tom Poti hopes to continue his playing career but will not return to the Capitals next season. After showing he could still hold his own in the NHL after missing more than two years with injury, Poti is … Continue reading →
May 17, 2013Washington Post Update 3:27 p.m.: The Capitals have confirmed Ovechkin's injury. Original post: Alex Ovechkin played the final two games of the Capitals' first-round series against New York with a hairline fracture in his left foot, according to a league source with direct knowledge of the winger's injury. Read full article >>
May 17, 2013Washington Post For the first time in three years, the Washington Capitals have some sense of stability as they head into the offseason. There won't be any questions about who the coach will be, like there were last offseason after Dale Hunter's departure. No speculation about what type of system they'll use or how long a leash the bench boss might have, either, like there was 2011 with Bruce Boudreau. Read full article >>
May 16, 2013Washington Post Three days after the Washington Capitals were eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs, Alex Ovechkin and Russia were knocked out of the IIHF World Championship. Russia fell, 8-3, to the United States in the quarterfinals Thursday in Helsinki, marking its worst loss ever in the World Championship. Ovechkin recorded a goal and an assist in the defeat and was named Russia's best player of the game. Read full article >>
May 16, 2013Washington Post Adam Oates gathered his Washington Capitals one final time Wednesday at the club’s Arlington headquarters, not yet 48 hours after the season collapsed. Oates has been here for a single season, and a truncated one at that, but he knows the organization’s recent theme: potential to contend for championships, only to exit the playoffs early. So he brought up another franchise: the Boston Bruins. Read full article >>
May 16, 2013Capitals Insider | Washington Post Update 3:27 p.m.: The Capitals have confirmed Ovechkin’s injury. Original post: Alex Ovechkin played the final two games of the Capitals’ first-round series against New York with a hairline fracture in his left foot, according to a league source with … Continue reading →
May 16, 2013Washington Post Two days after the New York Rangers won Game 7 to advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, Coach John Tortorella took aim at the Washington Capitals’ focus in the series and criticized them for complaining about the officiating. Read full article >>
May 16, 2013Capitals Insider | Washington Post For the first time in three years, the Washington Capitals have some sense of stability as they head into the offseason. There won’t be any questions about who the coach will be, like there were last offseason after Dale Hunter’s … Continue reading →
May 16, 2013Capitals Insider | Washington Post Three days after the Washington Capitals were eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs, Alex Ovechkin and Russia were knocked out of the IIHF World Championship. Russia fell, 8-3, to the United States in the quarterfinals Thursday in Helsinki, marking its … Continue reading →
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