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NHL player poll: Injury transparency? Want Ovechkin to break Gretzky’s record? Expand to 34 teams?
1 month ago

NHL player poll: Injury transparency? Want Ovechkin to break Gretzky’s record? Expand to 34 teams?

New York Times  

Wayne Gretzky is about as revered as professional athletes get. “Listen, Wayne’s got plenty of records that nobody will touch, so I think he’ll be OK giving that one up,” one NHL player told The Athletic. It would be cool to have our names on the same game sheet.” “It’s going to be cool playing in the era where you …

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Roadmap for a Rebuild: How, and how fast, can the Wizards improve their deficient roster?
1 year ago

Roadmap for a Rebuild: How, and how fast, can the Wizards improve their deficient roster?

New York Times  

The Washington Wizards bear a unique debt to their fan base. WASHINGTON — Here’s the good news for Washington Wizards fans who’ve suffered through the team’s horrendous start to the 2023-24 season: Things almost certainly won’t improve anytime soon. The Wizards’ win-loss record, for the next several years, will matter in only one sense: maximizing the franchise’s NBA Draft Lottery …

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Penguins and the Capitals keep making moves to try to remain NHL playoff contenders
1 year, 4 months ago

Penguins and the Capitals keep making moves to try to remain NHL playoff contenders

Associated Press  

The Stanley Cup banners hanging in Pittsburgh and Washington aren’t collecting dust yet. New Penguins general manager Kyle Dubas and longtime Capitals GM Brian MacLellan are trying to jam open their teams’ contending window as long as possible — a difficult task in the NHL in the salary cap era. I think it’s important for Ovi, for all our veteran …

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Aging Capitals think they can go on another long playoff run
2 years, 2 months ago

Aging Capitals think they can go on another long playoff run

Associated Press  

ARLINGTON, Va. — Look no further than the extra gray hair on Alex Ovechkin’s head for evidence he and the Washington Capitals are getting older. I can say that because I’ve seen us do it before.” The Caps’ championship core remains, and general manager Brian MacLellan wasted little time during the offseason erasing the uncertainty in net by adding 2022 …

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Ovechkin, banged-up Capitals return to ice for start of camp
2 years, 3 months ago

Ovechkin, banged-up Capitals return to ice for start of camp

Associated Press  

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Washington Capitals opened training camp Thursday without two of the team’s top players. “They’re key players for us,” Ovechkin said after the first on-ice session of camp. “Training camp and exhibition games are going to mean a lot.” They don’t mean much for Ovechkin, who at 37 still doesn’t look like he has lost much. “We’re …

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Russian NHL players mostly staying silent about Ukraine war
2 years, 9 months ago

Russian NHL players mostly staying silent about Ukraine war

Associated Press  

ARLINGTON, Va. — Russian players in the National Hockey League have remained mostly quiet about their country’s invasion of Ukraine, largely the result of fearing potential fallout back home. “It’s difficult for all the Russian players in the league,” said Brian MacLellan, general manager of the Capitals, who have three other Russians on their roster in addition to Ovechkin. Agent …

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Capitals and Bruins have bad blood, friendly familiarity
3 years, 7 months ago

Capitals and Bruins have bad blood, friendly familiarity

Associated Press  

Tom Wilson has faced the Boston Bruins a few times since drilling Brandon Carlo with a hit that drew a seven-game suspension. “Washington is a team that has high energy, plays physical, has got high-end talent and is very deep throughout the lineup, so for us it’s about what we can bring against that,” Bergeron said. This will be his …

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