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Category Archives: Tomas Fleischmann

In a Season of High Hopes, Instead We Have High Crimes and Misdemeanors

14 January, 2011

A political bumper sticker of some years back read, ‘If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention.’ “Outrage” by local hockey fans may be too strong a term to apply with respect to the 2010-11 Washington Capitals in this most unexpected, most irregular regular season tour of duty, but I think if you’re not at [...]

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Sought After and Secured: the Shutdown D

1 December, 2010

What prior to Tuesday had been a bit of a playground for visitors in the Capitals’ end — particularly for opposing power forwards — became a bit more jungle-like with George McPhee’s acquisition of Scott Hannan from the Colorado Avalanche yesterday. Hannan, 31, tips in at 6 ’1, 225. Over the course of his 11 [...]

Also filed in George McPhee, Mike Green, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, NHL playoffs, NHL Trades, Scott Hannan, Washington Capitals | Comments (0)

Be Concerned, Be Very Concerned

22 October, 2010

“Questions begin to mount as Caps lose” Ed Frankovic exclaims in his WNST headline this morning. He’s so right. Again. Ed goes on to sagely point out that Claude Julien this week channeled his division bench rival Jacques Martin in strategy against the Caps: clog up the middle of the ice, allow a high volume [...]

Also filed in Boston Bruins, Bruce Boudreau, Marcus Johansson, Montreal Canadiens, National Hockey League, Washington Capitals | Comments (21)

Starting Off With A Stinker

9 October, 2010

Tonight the Washington Capitals went down south to face a supposedly-inferior opponent—a team they should beat with their eyes closed.

After a stunning injury to the Thrashers’ starting netminder (he’s okay, by the way, but it was a scary moment), followed shortly after by a Brooks Laich tap-in, Atlanta reminded the Capitals to take nothing for granted.

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Atlanta Thrashers, Bruce Boudreau, Nicklas Backstrom, Southeast Division, Washington Capitals | Comments (3)

Images from an Opening Weekend of Training Camp 2010

19 September, 2010
Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, John Carlson, Kettler Capitals Iceplex, Marcus Johansson, National Hockey League, Washington Capitals | Comments (0)

Day One of the 2010 Duchesne Cup

19 September, 2010

For fans of physically inclined style of hockey, Sunday’s opening Duschesne Cup scrimmage between groups B and C didn’t offer a great deal of glass-slamming action or open-ice thumping, but don’t try telling that to Tomas Fleischmann. Group C’s Trevor Bruess sent the Capitals’ center/left wing to the very bottom of the opposing players’ bench [...]

Also filed in American Hockey League, Andrew Gordon, Bruce Boudreau, Eric Fehr, Jason Chimera, John Carlson, Karl Alzner, Kettler Capitals Iceplex, Mathieu Perreault, Washington Capitals | Comments (0)

A Fresh Independent Verdict: More Heft on the Back End Needed

22 July, 2010

A brand new Dan Rosen file for NHL.com examines seven NHL general managers worth watching in the weeks and months ahead, and it caught my attention most particularly for its diagnosis of the Capitals’ ongoing vulnerabilities. I swear I haven’t exchanged private Tweets or email with Rosen, who wrote this: “The Capitals were clearly a [...]

Also filed in Alexander Semin, Front Office, Mike Green, National Hockey League, Washington Capitals | Comments (9)

A Plea for Piss-’n-Vinegar Hockey

29 April, 2010

Turns out, R.J. Umberger was right. Really right. This is what Umberger said after his Columbus Bluejackets lost a close game at home to the Caps just a couple of weeks ago, right before the start of the NHL postseason: “They float around in their zone, looking for breakaways and odd-man rushes. “A good defensive [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Bruce Boudreau, Front Office, Jason Chimera, Mike Green, Montreal Canadiens, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, NHL playoffs, Washington Capitals | Comments (42)

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, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, 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)

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