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Penguins' Power Play Crucial to Their Success in 2020-21 Season

Penguins' Power Play Crucial to Their Success in 2020-21 Season

January 13th, 2021 There are only 56 regular-season games for teams to work with in the upcoming 2020-21 NHL season. Because of this, every game, period, and shift increases in value. If a team starts slow, they'll have less time to catch up. If a player gets injured, their absence will be more pronounced. If a team's power play heats up or cools down,...
Penguins' Transition Behind the Bench Should Provide a Spark

Penguins' Transition Behind the Bench Should Provide a Spark

January 11th, 2021 After falling to the Montreal Canadiens in the opening round of the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs, many questions arose about the state of the Pittsburgh Penguins. With an aging core and back-to-back first round exits, general manager Jim Rutherford needed to make some changes. Head coach Mike Sullivan has proven to be a strong NHL coach,...
Pittsburgh Penguins: Projected Defence Pairings and Goaltenders for 2021

Pittsburgh Penguins: Projected Defence Pairings and Goaltenders for 2021

November 11th, 2020 Pittsburgh Penguins' general manager Jim Rutherford made some changes to his defence and goaltending this offseason. The Penguins' top four on the blueline will likely remain the same as last season, but their bottom pair will look completely different, as the organization moved on from Justin Schultz and Jack Johnson. To replace them,...
How Penguins' Coach Reirden Can Help Elevate Letang’s Game

How Penguins' Coach Reirden Can Help Elevate Letang’s Game

October 6th, 2020 In his career, Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman, Kris Letang has developed into one of the best defensemen in the NHL. At least one of those seasons, especially 2015-16, could have resulted in a Norris Trophy. However, luck was not on his side. Again. Letang suffered a concussion that prevented him from finishing the regular season and...
Capitals Hire Laviolette As Head Coach

Capitals Hire Laviolette As Head Coach

September 15th, 2020 The Washington Capitals have hired Peter Laviolette as their next head coach. https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1305861206272548864 Laviolette's contract will be for three years and see him paid nearly $15 million over the term, Pierre LeBrun reports. Laviolette take over for Todd Reirden, who coached the Capitals for the...
Capitals Relieve Reirden of Coaching Duties

Capitals Relieve Reirden of Coaching Duties

August 23rd, 2020 The Washington Capitals announced this afternoon that general manager Brian MacLellan has relieved head coach Todd Reirden of his duties as head coach. MacLellan also released a statement on Twitter: Statement from Capitals senior vice president and general manager Brian MacLellan pic.twitter.com/SBCKSHUpQg— Washington Capitals...
Reirden's Future With Capitals Has To Be in Trouble

Reirden's Future With Capitals Has To Be in Trouble

August 18th, 2020 The Washington Capitals currently find themselves down 3-0 in their Stanley Cup playoff series against the New York Islanders. This is certainly not where this team expected to be and it cannot be where general manager Brian MacLellan expected them to be. It's hard to look at the roster with the deadline additions MacLellan made and not...
5 Encouraging Signs for Capitals Fans as NHL Playoffs Begin

5 Encouraging Signs for Capitals Fans as NHL Playoffs Begin

August 12th, 2020 All things considered, the situation could be a lot worse for the Washington Capitals as the Eastern Conference’s third seed prepares to take on the seventh-seeded New York Islanders and their former head coach Barry Trotz in the first round of the 2020 NHL Playoffs on Wednesday in Toronto. With defenseman John Carlson, arguably...
Time for Capitals to Elevate Their Game vs. Bruins

Time for Capitals to Elevate Their Game vs. Bruins

August 9th, 2020 While the Washington Capitals would prefer to be playing for a chance to earn the top seed in the Eastern Conference heading into the opening round of the 2020 National Hockey League Playoffs, Sunday’s final round-robin contest against the winless Boston Bruins has taken on added importance. The game, scheduled for a noon Eastern...
Reirden and Capitals Search for Plan B in Goal

Reirden and Capitals Search for Plan B in Goal

July 28th, 2020 Todd Reirden always has a plan. And although the Washington Capitals’ head coach usually is not particularly forthcoming with the details of his plans, you can be assured that they have been thoroughly researched, very well thought out and meticulously analyzed. He’s a details person who is looking for any edge that he can...
Capitals' Plan Coming Together After First 5-on-5 Action in Months

Capitals' Plan Coming Together After First 5-on-5 Action in Months

July 21st, 2020 The Washington Capitals returned to 5-on-5 play for the first time since March with their first intrasquad scrimmage of Phase 3 training camp Saturday. Despite the four-month break from competitive games, several players picked right up where they left off. Alex Ovechkin scored a goal about 3 minutes into the game for the White...
Cassidy, Berube, Reirden, Gallant Named NHL All-Star Coaches

Cassidy, Berube, Reirden, Gallant Named NHL All-Star Coaches

January 3rd, 2020 NEW YORK — Boston's Bruce Cassidy, Craig Berube of the St. Louis Blues, Washington's Todd Reirden and Gerard Gallant of the Vegas Golden Knights will be the head coaches at NHL All-Star Weekend later this month. Cassidy's Bruins (.702, 24-7-11), Berube's Blues (.690, 26-10-6), Reirden’s Capitals (.720, 27-9-5) and Gallant's...
Ovechkin & Capitals Frustrated by Non-Goal & Rough 3rd Period

Ovechkin & Capitals Frustrated by Non-Goal & Rough 3rd Period

April 23rd, 2019 RALEIGH, N.C. — The frustrations kept building in the third period for Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals, from a disallowed tying goal to the Capitals star being sent off for a late-game misconduct penalty in a game that had turned into a rout....
Rookie Coaches Enjoying Playoff Chess Match

Rookie Coaches Enjoying Playoff Chess Match

April 19th, 2019 Rod Brind'Amour does not think what he is doing is anything special. Brind'Amour not only has the Carolina Hurricanes in the playoffs in his first season as coach but has made the necessary adjustments to tie their series against the defending Stanley ...
Offseason NHL Coaching Moves Paying Dividends

Offseason NHL Coaching Moves Paying Dividends

January 9th, 2019 It wasn't the 15-hour flight to China for training camp that had general manager Brad Treliving's head spinning. It was the pace of Bill Peters' first practice as coach of the Calgary Flames. "I was tired watching it," Treliving said. Peters has lost n...
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