Kevin Hargrave
Kevin Hargrave covers the Washington Capitals for The Hockey Writers. A recent graduate of Ohio State University, Kevin was a freelance feature writer for the Lantern, Ohio State's student run newspaper. With The Hockey Writers as the first major outlet he has contributed to, Kevin hopes to pursue a career in sports media.
Author's Posts
Caps' Copley Inheriting High-Pressure Job
August 31st, 2018 The Washington Capitals' opening night roster won't look much different than the one that won the Cup in June. One position that is slated for a changing of the guard, however, is backup goalie. Prior to the draft, the Capitals dealt Philipp Grubauer to the Colorado Avalanche, creating a vacancy to be the understudy of former Vezina...
Ovechkin's October Foreshadowed Caps' Cup Run
August 17th, 2018 In the ears of hockey fans, few words are more welcome than "October." During the dog days of summer, "October" promises an end to the offseason doldrums and a return to the thrill and intrigue of the NHL season. For the Stanley Cup winning Washington Capitals, and specifically their captain Alex Ovechkin, October really did...
Crafting the Capitals' Ideal Fourth Line
August 1st, 2018 Entering next season, the biggest shakeup in the Washington Capitals' Stanley Cup-winning lineup will come on the fourth line. With the departure of Jay Beagle, who spent the better part of a decade pivoting the Capitals' bottom trio, one of the Capitals' most consistent lines in recent memory has lost its main constant. Yet change is...
Capitals Expansion Draft Drama Looks Better in Hindsight
July 25th, 2018 In the 2017 offseason, it seemed like very few teams managed the NHL Expansion Draft as poorly as the Washington Capitals. The Caps lost defenseman Nate Schmidt, slated to be a staple in the team's top four, to the Vegas Golden Knights. But the process was clunkier than the simple loss of an asset. The real sting came just over a week...
Capitals' Smith-Pelly a Free Agency Conundrum
June 22nd, 2018 Last summer, when the New Jersey Devils bought out Devante Smith-Pelly's contract, his future in the NHL looked uncertain. The Washington Capitals decided to take a low-risk chance on him, signing the 25-year-old right-winger to a one year, two-way, league-minimum contract. After a championship season in Washington, his new team has a...
Capitals & Golden Knights: Bad Blood Is Rising
June 2nd, 2018 Few championships in the history of sports have pitted opponents as unfamiliar with one another as the Washington Capitals and the Vegas Golden Knights. Sure, with Vegas making the Stanley Cup Final in its inaugural season, every team in the league has been unfamiliar with the Golden Knights to a certain degree. Yet coming from a...
