According to Pierre LeBrun, Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin was skating on the same line as Evgeni Malkin and former Capital Alex Semin. Alex Ovechkin and Semin were teammates from 2005 to…
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Putting The 2011-12 Caps To Rest, And 20 Questions For 2012-13
The 2011-12 Capitals were as frustrating as a hockey team can be. From night to night they vacillated between inspiring play and sheer disorganized chaos. They…
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Hopeless: A Caps Playoff Manifesto
“The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it’s no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won’t come.” – Frodo, The Lord of the Rings…
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VIDEO: Alex Semin Sacrifices His Face To Block A Brian Boyle Slapshot
There can’t be anything more dangerous in pro sports than diving face first in front of a hockey player firing a slap shot at…
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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…
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Capitals players underperform, Bruce Boudreau pays the price
It’s always a sad day when a good coach takes the fall for his players underperforming. Unfortunately that is exactly what happened to Capitals…
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Matt Bradley calls Capitals locker room undisciplined
Former Capitals winger Matt Bradley appeared on Ottawa’s TEAM 1200 to discuss his former team. Bradley, who signed with the Florida Panthers in July,…
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Boudreau Calls Out Madison Square Garden, Then Rallies Past Rangers
Even after Bruce Boudreau embarrassed New York Rangers fans by calling out the dump that is Madison Square Garden, the Washington Capitals came back…
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Capitals Take Game 1 from Rangers, 2-1 in OT
The Capitals took game one against the New York Rangers with a dramatic 2-1 win in overtime on Tuesday night at the Verizon Center.…
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Wilbon: Ovechkin Will Be Judged Quite Fairly By Playoff Performance
Where does Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin rank among top athletes in all of sports? Unfortunately, lower than the 25 year old great would like…