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Kudos for Caps Fans

23 April, 2011

Twitterlove for Caps fans from Caps players

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There’s Something About Pittsburgh, Apparently

19 April, 2011

What is it about the Pittsburgh Penguins that encourages their players to flagrantly attempt to injure others? In hockey, elbows fly. Sticks jab. Shoulders crush. It’s a brutal game we love, and that’s as it should be. But no one should so blatantly intend to injure their opponents—for while all may be fair in love and war, anyone elevating professional sports to that level is deluded.

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The Guys Who Keep the Capitals Laughing

18 April, 2011

There’s a delicate balance in sports between remaining alert and on top of your game, yet staying loose – or, as they put it in hockey, not gripping the stick too tight. One member of the 1989 Stanley Cup-winning Calgary Flames turned on the movie Slap Shot before a crucial Game 7 and got the whole team laughing, chronicles Ross Bernstein in Raising Stanley. The 1993 Cup-winning Montreal Canadiens used their coach’s imperfect English as an endearing joke that kept the team light-hearted.

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Another Rematch with Another Old Rival

12 April, 2011

For the second time in three years the Washington Capitals open the NHL postseason against the New York Rangers, an old Patrick division rival. Of the first five playoff series Alexander Ovechkin and the rebuilt Caps since first qualifying for the postseason together in 2008, four have come against old Patrick foes.

Correspondingly, those bitter rivalries have been freshly renewed by the showdowns. That’s how hockey hatred is developed. In the sorta old days, you first had to best your Patrick foes in divisional play before advancing toward Eastern conference supremacy. There is a bit of that feeling to all these Patrick division springtime reunions, albeit spread out over a couple of seasons.

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New Role Fits Brooks Laich’s Style

7 April, 2011

There’s a general perception among Washington writers that forward Brooks Laich is one of the team leaders on the Capitals roster. So his new on-ice responsibility seems a natural fit: helping orchestrate the power play from the blue line.

“I don’t know – we’d been struggling, just not getting a lot of chances,” Laich said of how he wound up on the point. After a recent injury to defenseman Dennis Wideman, Laich said, “Bruce asked me if I’d like to go back there, and I said I’d give it a shot.”

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OFB TV: A Talk With Royalty

3 April, 2011

We get a chance to talk with Jack and Adam from Kings of Leonsis after the Caps 5-4 OT victory against the Buffalo Sabers. We talk about the ongoing goalie battle, Ovi and Arnott and the play of John Carlson.

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Snapshots: High Winds With Some Sunny Skies in Washington

30 March, 2011

Last night’s 3-2 shootout loss to the Carolina Hurricanes was summed up best by Matt Hendricks when he described it as one that got away. The team had ample opportunity to capitalize on some key chances but were never able to finish. It was that inability to see a play all the way through that ended up costing the Caps a win.

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Washington’s Biggest Mistake

28 March, 2011

Capitals General Manager George McPhee has made some absolutely gorgeous decision this season. Whether it be the trade for Scott Hannan, picking up Marco Sturm off waivers or acquiring what appears to be the team’s new locker room leader, Jason Arnott, for almost nothing, GMGM should be in the running for GM of the year. To bad his most recent decision, to send Braden Holtby back to Hershey, is his worst of the year and one that could really hurt the Caps in just a few weeks.

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Capitals Convention Tickets On Sale Monday, Tuesday

26 March, 2011

The Washington Capitals know how to throw a party — and their largest annual gathering is the annual Capitals Convention.

The 2011 Capitals Convention presented by GEICO will take place on Saturday, September 24, 2011 at the Walter E Washington Convention Center. Tickets will go on sale to the public beginning Tuesday, March 29 at 10 a.m. on WashingtonCaps.com.

Season ticket holders can begin purchasing tickets on Monday, March 28 at 10 a.m by clicking here. This link will not work until the tickets go on sale.

Need to whet your appetite, or find out more about it? Here are a few posts from previous conventions to give you a flavor of the event.

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Tête à tête: The President’s Trophy

21 March, 2011

[This is the second post in a series that focuses on the conversation behind the issue with Andrew Tomlinson and Alex Perlmutter. The President's Trophy and what it really means in the grand scheme of things is the focus of this edition's discussion. Take a look at our opinions and feel free to add your own.]

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