16 March, 2010

Category Archives: Tomas Fleischmann

Home Is Where the Hockey Heart Occasionally Becomes Too Content

13 March, 2010

Hockey coaches don’t like playing long stretches of games at home, fearing that complacency will set in among their players. The Capitals on Friday night, with another rejiggered lineup, and skating the final game of a five-game homestand and their second game against the Lightning in about a week, looked like a team in need [...]

Also filed in Eastern Conference, Eric Belanger, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, President's Trophy, Southeast Division, Tampa Bay Lightning, Verizon Center, Washington Capitals | Comments (2)

There’s an Institutional Fight to These ‘Canes

11 March, 2010

A near 100-point team, hosting a hopeless, 60-point team, ought to win comfortably, no? Not when the underdog is the Carolina Hurricanes and the favored adversary is the Caps. The ‘Canes, no matter the month in the calendar, no matter how low the stakes, skate up in the proverbial grill against the Caps just about [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Bruce Boudreau, Carolina Hurricanes, Jose Theodore, Mike Green, Morning cup-a-joe, Southeast Division, Verizon Center, Washington Capitals | Comments (1)

The State of the Capitals’ Union, January 2010

27 January, 2010

Red Army, fellow Washington puckheads, late January again finds the Washington Capitals in an enviable competitive position: in first place — by a Grand Canyon chasm — in the Southeast division, but also first overall in the Eastern conference. And of late, establishing some separation from the rest of the East. The Capitals’ brand of [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, American Hockey League, Brendan Morrison, Bruce Boudreau, Chris Clark, Eastern Conference, Eric Fehr, George McPhee, Hershey Bears, Jeff Schultz, John Carlson, Jose Theodore, Karl Alzner, Mathieu Perreault, Matt Bradley, Michal Neuvirth, Mike Knuble, NHL playoffs, National Hockey League, New media, Nicklas Backstrom, Prospects, Semyon Varlamov, Sergei Fedorov, Ted Leonsis, Washington Capitals, Washington the Hockey Town | Comments (9)

Talking Points: Long Island Massacre

27 January, 2010

Seven Capitals’ goals scored Tuesday night without a single point from either Ovi or Greener. If that doesn’t highway billboard showcase the Caps’ scoring balance and depth, nothing will.

Semin the suddenly underpaid? Once upon a time, his faults were conspicuous and easy to belabor. Today, less so. The sublime solo artist and puck wizard [...]

Also filed in 2 Points, Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Brooks Laich, Eastern Conference, National Hockey League, Talking Points, Washington Capitals | Comments (0)

Mixed Returns on a Roadtrip Through the Southeast

14 January, 2010

You get the feeling, don’t you, that this Capitals’ club isn’t configured as it will be for springtime hockey. Last season the team had a trait of seeming to play up or down to the competition relative to an opponent’s position in the standings. This season there have been goaltending issues, injuries, important maturity by [...]

Also filed in American Hockey League, Bruce Boudreau, Florida Panthers, Jose Theodore, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Semyon Varlamov, Southeast Division, Washington Capitals | Comments (1)

On a Wretched Night, a New Role for the Captain

13 January, 2010

It was a very, very weird game in Tampa last night, a Caps’ 7-4 loss to the ‘Bolts, anomalous in so many ways. Of the game’s first five power plays, all produced goals. A hallmark of this season has been stellar play by the Caps in games’ opening 20 minutes; Tuesday night it was their [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Michal Neuvirth, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Tampa Bay Lightning, Washington Capitals | Comments (1)

Getting Defensive About the Defense

8 January, 2010

We unleashed our undergraduate reporters, Andrew Tomlinson and Alexander Perlmutter, on the Caps-Sens’ tilt last night, and they managed to chat up Flash and a few other Caps in the post-game, and listen in on Bruce Boudreau’s postgame thoughts. This morning they offer their take on a strong Caps’ performance Thursday night.

One of the most [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Bruce Boudreau, Dmitri Orlov, John Carlson, Jose Theodore, Marcus Johansson, Matt Bradley, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Ottawa Senators, Stefan Della Rovere, WJC, Washington Capitals | Comments (0)

Case Studies in Development Patience: Eric Fehr, Tomas Fleischmann, and Jeff Schultz

23 December, 2009

A quick lesson in hockey prospect development: be patient.
Last May, as Capitals’ players packed up their gear after succumbing to the Penguins in seven games and headed home for the offseason, an awful lot of Caps’ fans rightly wondered what management would do to upgrade a roster that, while 100-pt.-worthy and playoff-perennial, seemed an ingredient [...]

Also filed in Brendan Morrison, Eric Fehr, George McPhee, Jeff Schultz, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Prospects, Sergei Fedorov, Viktor Kozlov, Washington Capitals | Comments (17)

Hockey 'n Heels 3: Slap Shot Edition

23 February, 2009

On Saturday the Capitals hosted their third annual Hockey ‘n Heels event. Over 300 women attended the event, which sold out in less than two days.

Also filed in Boyd Gordon, Bruce Boudreau, Jeff Schultz, Lisa Hillary, Michal Neuvirth, Rod Langway, Washington Capitals | Comments (3)

Opening Night Roster Set

6 October, 2008

The Washington Capitals announced that Karl Alzner and Chris Bourque have been assigned to the Hershey Bears. Quintin Laing was placed on waivers and, if cleared, will report to Hershey.

2008 Washington Capitals Opening Night Roster

FORWARDS

  #  
Player
Ht.
Wt.
Shoots
Born
Birthplace
2007-08 Club(s)
League(s)

19
BACKSTROM, Nicklas
6’0”
183
Left
11/23/87
Gavle, Sweden
Capitals
NHL

10
BRADLEY, Matt
6’3”
201
Right
6/13/78
Stittsville, Ontario
Capitals
NHL

87
BRASHEAR, Donald
6’2”
234
Left
1/7/72
Bedford, Indiana
Capitals
NHL

17
CLARK, Chris
6’0”
196
Right
3/8/76
South Windsor, Connecticut
Capitals
NHL

91
FEDOROV, Sergei
6’2”
207
Left
12/13/69
Pskov, Russia
Capitals/Columbus
NHL

16
FEHR, Eric
6’4”
212
Right
9/7/85
Winkler, Manitoba
Capitals/Hershey
NHL/AHL

14
FLEISCHMANN, Tomas
6’1”
190
Left
5/16/84
Koprivinice, Czech Republic
Capitals
NHL

15
GORDON, Boyd
6’1”
201
Right
10/19/83
Unity, Saskatchewan
Capitals
NHL

25
KOZLOV, [...]

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