08 February, 2012

Category Archives: Brooks Laich

What Brooks Laich’s Injury Means for the Capitals, No GQ Magazine Call for Orlov

5 February, 2012

The Capitals lost 4-1 to the Boston Bruins Sunday, and they also lost a key piece when center Brooks Laich went to the locker room game with an undisclosed injury that kept him out for the rest of the game (it looked to be either knee or ankle). In addition, despite actually outshooting the Bruins, [...]

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Washington Capitals in the Wayback Machine?

31 January, 2012

Watching tonight’s Washington Capitals game, as well as their recent victory over Boston, felt eerily familiar. The Caps’ roster was relatively devoid of superstars, they fought hard, beat a better team (vs. Boston) and lost a close one to a divisional rival tonight.

Without Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, and Mike Green, this Capitals team is surprisingly similar to the Capitals of almost a decade ago… a hard-charging team that delighted and sometimes frustrated its fans.

How so, you ask? Read on… and while these comparisons are far from perfect, consider them food for thought:

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Looking for the Smiles to Come Back

30 November, 2011

It was odd to go into the same locker room at Verizon, the same media post game press room, stare at the home bench from the press box, and know Bruce Boudreau wasn’t going to be there last night. If it feels a bit odd to a reporter, I can only imagine what the players [...]

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Are Slightly Shorter Shifts Helping the Caps’ Third Line?

26 November, 2011

For the first quarter of the Capitals’ 2011-2012 season, there was much deserved attention around what started out as the third line of Jason Chimera, Brooks Laich, and Joel Ward.  Chimera is leading the team in goals, and, when giving interviews after his two-goal game Wednesday, he credited much of that success to semi-regular linemates [...]

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The Final Note on Caps’ 2011 Preseason

3 October, 2011

Sunday night was the Capitals’ last preseason game before their home opener Saturday against Carolina, and the Caps managed a 4-1 win against a Chicago roster that left off several of the Blackhawks’ best players. Some notes on the final game and where it takes the Capitals going into the regular season: –Boudreau said overall [...]

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Dissecting the Caps’ Style: Tilting the Ice

19 September, 2011

Scotty Bowman emphasized speed for his Stanley Cup winning Montreal Canadiens. Herb Brooks preached conditioning for his 1980 Olympic gold-medal USA team. Up until last season, we thought we knew the playing style blueprint for Bruce Boudreau hockey clubs. But in about the middle of last season, while mired in a prolonged losing streak, Boudreau [...]

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No Slackers Here: One Capital’s Grueling Offseason Training

11 August, 2011

It’s 6:45 am, and the few people in the gym where Brooks Laich trains back in Saskatchewan have been known to throw odd glances at the NHL player being put through the paces by his trainer.  Laich has been up since 5:30 am, and he’ll be at the gym from 6:45 till 10:45, working through [...]

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Caps Like Laich

28 June, 2011

Per the official press release: The Washington Capitals have re-signed center Brooks Laich to a six-year contract, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today. In keeping with club policy, financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “We are very pleased to have Brooks Laich continue his career as a Washington Capital,” said [...]

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Brooks Laich’s Summer Chill

8 May, 2011

For a certain type of personality, brooding too much over a loss is just as counterproductive as taking it too lightly. Brooks Laich perhaps  found that out the hard way this year, and he’s considering fixing the problem this summer by doing something that most people don’t think twice about: taking a vacation. “I think [...]

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It’s Just the Second Round, but the Caps This Spring Are Standing Tall

29 April, 2011

There are eight teams left vying for hockey’s grand prize, and this morning, it’s interesting to reflect on the relative status of our Capitals. Put bluntly: have the Capitals ever looked quite as formidable and buzz-worthy relative to their remaining competition in the final eight as they do this spring? “Everything is falling into place [...]

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