Last night, the Washington Capitals came back from a 3-0 deficit in the second period to beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-4 in overtime. No one is talking about that this morning. The big news isn’t that the Caps came back, but how they did it: without star winger Alex Ovechkin. In the waning minutes, when ...
The Washington Capitals are off to their best start in franchise history. In the last few seasons, the Capitals have set many new franchise records, as they have their most talented core assembled since at least the 80s, possibly even ever. However, this recent success has come despite the biggest names on the team not ...
Call it what you want, but the Caps at 7-0 matters. The argument stands that Washington can go 82-0 and it wouldn’t matter because of their postseason history. However, the point is not to gawk at their record. As mentioned in my last piece, the Caps’ progression through the season by the victory over the Florida ...
The Caps have more flexibility with their contracts. In signing his players, McPhee has built himself out-clauses of sorts by the timing and length of the deals. The young defensemen can get contracts as the older ones move out, and the core pieces of the offense are already locked up.
On Monday, the Florida Panthers acquired the negotiating rights of soon-to-be unrestricted free agent Tomas Kopecky from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for a conditional draft pick. By Wednesday, the Panthers had signed Kopecky to a four-year, $12 million deal paying the left-winger $3 million annually after his career year of 15 goals and 42 points (with a -13!) in 2010-11 with Chicago. Don’t laugh just yet—it gets better.
Late Wednesday night, the rights of Steve Montador, another upcoming UFA, were traded to Chicago from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for a 2012 seventh round draft pick. What kind of a bizarro world have we entered where Montador is actually a hot commodity prior to free agency frenzy that comes on July 1?
**Note: Varlamov may still return to the NHL because of a fallout from the KHL deal. It is not official, but Varlamov’s first choice is to head to the KHL. The Washington Capitals exited the 2011 NHL Draft with four late-round picks and Troy Brouwer from Chicago for their first round pick. Many in Washington ...
Since Terry Pegula purchased the Buffalo Sabres back on February 22, Buffalo hockey fans have been in an uproar over the anticipation of the first offseason under the new regime. With Pegula’s seemingly bottomless pockets comes endless possibilities and wishful thinking for Sabres fans everywhere and everyone has their opinion on which direction the franchise should go this summer. Is this the year they ...
Now that the smoke has cleared from the Stanley Cup finals and the 2010 season its time to look ahead to the 2011 off-season. This is the first real off-season for Stan Bowman who went into last summer with his hands tied behind his back thanks to Dale Tallon’s mismanaging of the salary cap. With ...
While the rest of the hockey world lays their personnel interests to rest until the Stanley Cup Finals are over, it appears the Washington Capitals have been using their off time to work on roster tweaks, exactly one month before free agency begins. They broke the non-draftee signing waters by inking Mattias Sjogren of Farjestad ...
A lot of fans are positive that Brad Richards will be donning the Maple Leafs’ blue and white next season, but what if he signs somewhere else?
