While Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom is giving retweets to fans on their birthday, his brother is stirring things up with GM George McPhee. Kristoffer…
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Idle Plans: Why The Capitals Watch And Wait
The last opportunity for there to be fundamental change in the 2011-12 Washington Capitals has come and gone. The dust has cleared on Monday’s…
Washington Capitals
Caps On The Brink: Hitting Rock Bottom In Raleigh
I hope that was as bad as it gets. It’s hard to imagine how it could get much worse than last night’s 5-0 loss…
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Wanna See A Picture Of An Inch-Long Gash In Matt Hendricks’ Ear?
Matt Hendricks is one tough SOB. During the Capitals practice on Saturday in Pittsburgh, Alex Ovechkin took a shot that bounced off the glass…
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Alex Ovechkin Gets Three Extra Days To Spend In His New $4.2 Million House
People say there’s no consistency in the NHL’s fines and suspensions, but I see Alex Ovechkin’s three game suspension making perfect sense. In Pittsburgh…
Washington Capitals
NHL Players Vote Ovechkin Among Top Ten Hardest Hitters
We like to regularly feature Alex Ovechkin’s massive blowups here, and with good reason. Anyone who doubts Ovi’s physicality should note that his peers, in…
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Hockey At The Half: Midway Observations On The Capitals
41 down, 41 to go. The Capitals 2011-12 season has been at times a callback to the dominance of recent years and at other…
Baltimore Orioles
Keep The Winter Classic (Which I Love) Way The Hell Away From Baltimore (Which I Love)
What’s not to love about the NHL’s annual outdoor hockey extravaganza known as the Winter Classic? It’s a great event that unites hardcore and…
Baltimore Orioles
Orioles Videobomb “24/7: Flyers vs. Rangers,” Baltimore Continues To Dominate HBO [UPDATE]
Almost four years removed from The Wire‘s finale, Charm City is still shoehorning its way onto HBO. In last night’s excellent episode of “24/7:…
Washington Capitals
What NHL Realignment Means For Washington, Plus New Conference Power Rankings
With the news coming yesterday that the NHL will reorganize itself next into four conferences (as opposed to two conferences with three divisions each),…