We made it, y’all. But the reason I put foregone conclusion in quotes is this: While asking around about the Caps’ protected list options, more than one industry insider suggested that it might make sense to protect Oshie. “He had a real good world juniors,” Laviolette said of McMichael on Monday: “We’re excited to get him here and to evaluate …
Zdeno Chara is a member of the Washington Capitals. Chara also fits the Caps’ desire to be a big, tough and physical team, even if his hit totals dropped off significantly the past two seasons. Dillon, Schultz, Chara and van Riemsdyk were not on Washington’s roster at the start of last season. In a short statement accompanying the official announcement, …
There’s really no other way to put this: The Bruins better be right about Zdeno Chara. And you know perfectly well what’s meant here by “being right.” By not standing in the way as their longtime captain moves on to the Washington Capitals via a one-year deal for $795,000, the Bruins are more or less announcing that Chara, who turns …