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Photos from Washington Capitals Development Camp 2011

24 July, 2011

Photos from Washington Capitals Development Camp 2011

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Meet Your 2011-12 Red Rockers

14 July, 2011

Each season, the Washington Capitals prepare for their on-ice campaign with a renewed sense of purpose and drive. New players and returning veterans battle for roster spots, all with an eye to making that final cut and joining the team’s starting lineup.

The Red Rockers, the Caps’ spirit squad, went through a similar (if much briefer) process this past weekend. I stopped by the Washington Sports Club in Columbia Heights to catch some of the Rockers’ auditions. Roughly 100 young hopefuls came to WSC to convince the judges that they have the energy, personality, and savvy to be Red Rockers.

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Joel Ward Never Has A Bad Day

12 July, 2011

Perhaps the most impressive thing about Joel Ward is his life motto.

Undrafted, college graduate, AHL veteran, the Capitals’ newly signed Ward knows the non-glamorous side to being a professional athlete. He told OFB that being a leader sometimes means stepping out of a personal comfort zone in order to get someone to listen. But then comes his life motto—”Never have a bad day”—and you understand what makes him stand out in a sports culture of NFL lockouts and hour-long sporting events dedicated to one player’s decision to change teams.

Ward told OFB he’s excited about the makeup of his new team and says it will be fun to watch guys like Mike Green, Alex Ovechkin, and Alexander Semin as teammates. And the Capitals fanbase has already made an impression on him from his time in an opposing team’s jersey. Ward described the Capitals’ fan support as unbelievable, gave a verbal stick tap to the sea of red jerseys , and talked about how he could see the passion among Capitals faithful.

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Alexander Semin: Should He Stay or Should He Go?

8 July, 2011

But can you deal Alexander Semin? Practically speaking, is there any semblance of a market for this enigma?

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A Flurry Of Moves in Capsville

3 July, 2011

Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis hinted at big moves; GM George McPhee surely did not disappoint.

From bringing back a former team captain (something Pittsburgh was unable to do) to bidding Do svidaniya to an oft-injured netminder, Capitals fans will be seeing lots of new names in red, white, and blue. Team OFB discusses the Caps’ moves, and what might be next.

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Capitals Moving Up A Peg

27 May, 2011

Tonight’s hard-fought Eastern Conference Finals victory by the Boston Bruins assures one thing: The Capitals are moving up… on a list they’d rather not be on in the first place.

The Vancouver Canucks have never won a Stanley Cup. The Boston Bruins last won in 1972. Therefore, regardless of who wins the 2011 Stanley Cup, the Capitals will find themselves in 6th place on the list of teams with the longest Stanley Cup droughts.

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A Community I’ll Never Forget

10 May, 2011

In three years I’ve had the opportunity to see three playoff runs, two series wins, dueling hat tricks, Game 7 heroics and had the opportunity to be apart of one of the best communities in sports. After three seasons of covering perhaps the most electric team hockey though, my time as a member of the OnFrozenBlog team has come to an end.

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Another Frustrating Finale

4 May, 2011

Boudreau is a character in the best sense of the word—a cranky, cantankerous coach whose foul-mouthed tirades shocked many watching HBO’s Emmy-winning 24/7 series. He managed to yank a downward-spiraling team out of its losing streak with a change in its system, mid-season… no easy task given the offensive mindset that dominated the team since Alex Ovechkin arrived.

But after the Capitals’ sweep at the hands of the Tampa Bay Lightning, Boudreau simply needs to go.

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Holtby Finds Press Box View Stressful But Advantageous

1 May, 2011

It seems like a no-brainer that sitting in a suit, the weight of the world off your shoulders all while watching an NHL game from the press box would be less stressful than being out on the ice or on the bench. But it’s not – at least for Caps goaltender Braden Holtby. He finds it more stressful to sit out a game rather than play in it.

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StubHub Hires Nostradamus?

27 April, 2011

Saw an ad on ESPN.com’s NHL page today that caused me to double-take: ticket reseller StubHub seemed to already know what days the Caps’ Round 2 games would be.

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