23 May, 2012

Category Archives: Bruce Boudreau

Q&A: Capitals Book Author Ted Starkey, Looking Back and Looking Ahead

4 September, 2011

We carried off a little Q&A with Transition Game author Ted Starkey recently. Ted’s first book, self-published, comes out this autumn, and he has a contract for a second book, Red Rising, with ECW Press out of Toronto. Folks can order the book now by dropping a line to Ted at CapitalsBook@aol.com, and it will [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Front Office, Hockey books, New media, Ted Starkey, Transition Game, Washington Capitals, Washington the hockey town | Comments (2)

Ex-Cap Matt Bradley Goes on Air, Calls Out Caps Culture

17 August, 2011

Matt Bradley is now a Florida Panther, but yesterday he went on sports radio in Ottawa and reflected rather thoughtfully, and rather provocatively, on his time in Washington, and most especially with respect to reasons why the Caps may have come up short each and every spring. The nearly 20-minute interview on the Team 1200 [...]

Also filed in Alexander Semin, Matt Bradley, Media, NHL playoffs, Radio | Comments (14)

Systemically Speaking, Where We Do Go from Here?

12 May, 2011

One of the most interesting questions our readership has asked over the past week relates to what kind of Capitals team we ought to see on the ice starting next fall. The vast majority of Bruce Boudreau’s tenure — the vast majority of his coaching career — has delivered a highly entertaining, highly winning brand [...]

Also filed in NHL playoffs, OFB Polls, Washington Capitals, Washington the hockey town | Comments (10)

A Vexing Query of Leadership

8 May, 2011

The Capitals may or may not have a deficit of leadership on the ice and in the room with this roster, but dogging them most in the initial hours and days of yet another postseason far too early arrived at is an intense debate about their ultimate leader — Bruce Boudreau. There is anything but [...]

Also filed in George McPhee, Greg Wyshynski, Media, New media, NHL playoffs, Print, Radio, Tampa Bay Lightning, Ted Leonsis, Tim Leone, Washington Capitals | Comments (19)

Sky TV

6 May, 2011

We’ve a terrific pal on the beat in 106.7 the Fan’s Sky Kerstein, who also happens to be an Energizer Bunny on the beat — no reporter in town is out at Kettler for practices, development camps, and press conferences with a dedication that matches Sky’s. His coverage is consistent quality, and exhaustive, and our [...]

Also filed in 106.7 the Fan, Media, NHL playoffs, Radio, Sky Kerstein, TV, Washington Capitals | Comments (1)

Reconstruction Time

5 May, 2011

As implosions go, by a perennially imploding franchise in spring, this may have been an all-timer. And you know where we stand: there should be serious repercussions. On an individual game basis, the scoreboard will suggest that this Caps-Bolts series was close and competitive. In reality, the Capitals were never in this series beyond the [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Eastern Conference, Media, Morning cup-a-joe, NHL playoffs, Print, Tampa Bay Lightning, The curse of Washington hockey, Washington Capitals, Washington the hockey town | Comments (72)

Three Keys to Avoid Capital Punishment

4 May, 2011

The 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs, as is every NHL postseason, a treacherous hike. The Capitals would be in the Rockies if this was a race to cross the country, suffocating from lack of oxygen and preparedness. If this team is to regain their traction in this icy climb they need to follow my three keys [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Eric Fehr, George McPhee, John Carlson, Marco Sturm, Tampa Bay Lightning, Washington Capitals | Comments (3)

My Kingdom for a Competent Line Change!

4 May, 2011

How does a team with so much talent suffer fortunes so stinging spring after spring after spring? My kingdom for a competent line change! A horrific line change ended game 2; game 3′s first power play, which produced an ever elusive goal for the Caps with the extra man, ended prematurely because of . . [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Eastern Conference, Front Office, HBO's 24/7, Hockey hearts, Montreal Canadiens, Morning cup-a-joe, NHL playoffs, Tampa Bay Lightning, Washington Capitals | Comments (21)

Referendum Hockey Is Here

3 May, 2011

We are going to learn a great deal about the DNA of the Washington Capitals over the next 36 hours. Immediately before them is an enormous if suddenly unexpected task: attempting to gain, on the road, viability in a series everyone predicted them to win but in which tonight they face what is almost certainly [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, American Hockey League, Calder Cup, Hershey Bears, Jason Arnott, Marcus Johansson, Michal Neuvirth, Morning cup-a-joe, NHL playoffs, Nicklas Backstrom, Tampa Bay Lightning, Ted Leonsis, Washington Capitals, Washington the hockey town | Comments (28)

The Curse of Cute Hockey Strikes Again

30 April, 2011

It is a dangerous thing in playoff hockey, to be an expected winner and to be winning narrowly and to have golden opportunities to vanquish a weary underdog opponent but fail to do so. An underdog in hockey often gains game-altering vitality from a death row pardon. The Capitals were ahead of the Lightning 2-1 [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, John Carlson, Mike Green, Morning cup-a-joe, NHL playoffs, Shinny, Tampa Bay Lightning, Washington Capitals | Comments (16)

© 2006-2012 On Frozen Blog All Rights Reserved