Ilya Samsonov says Braden Holtby’s contract situation is ‘very difficult for him’

Ilya Samsonov recently did a long interview with sport24.ru’s Daria Tuboltseva. The interview was translated by Merdan16 on the Capitals’ Reddit and proofed for correction by RMNB’s Igor Kleyner. The Capitals’ rookie goaltender spoke about his special season in a remarkably low-key way.

“My job is to go out and play hockey,” Samsonov said when asked that he’s beginning to get buzz for the Calder Trophy as the NHL’s best rookie. “I don’t think about personal prizes.”

But when the conversation turned to Braden Holtby, Samsonov showed both admiration and empathy.

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NHL announces lineups for All-Star Skills Events, John Carlson will defend Hardest Shot title

The National Hockey League announced the player assignments for the 2020 All-Star Skills Competition, Thursday night. Two of the Capitals’ three All-Stars, John Carlson and Braden Holtby, will be trying to win individual events.

Carlson will try to defend his Hardest Shot title from last season while Holtby will participate in the NHL Save Streak. Carlson won last year’s Hardest Shot competition with 102.8 MPH slap shot. Alex Ovechkin won the year before too with a 101.3 MPH clapper.

Oshie will reportedly be one of the shooters in the Save Streak.

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The Washington Capitals currently have the best odds to win the Stanley Cup at the All-Star Break

The Washington Capitals are the top team in the NHL at the All-Star Break and now they are tracking favorably for a long postseason run.

According to MoneyPuck.com, the Capitals have the best chance of any NHL team to win the Stanley Cup.

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John Carlson voted as Norris Trophy winner at midseason by PHWA

The Professional Hockey Writers Association (which RMNB is not a part of) has announced its midseason winners of NHL awards. The PHWA is the voting body behind most of the NHL’s trophies at season’s end.

John Carlson, who leads all NHL defensemen with 60 points (13g, 47a) in 49 games, is the Norris Trophy winner at midseason. The Norris Trophy is awarded to the “defense player who demonstrates throughout the season the greatest all-round ability in the position.”

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Kendall Coyne’s trailblazing moment as first woman to compete in All-Star Skills Competition honored in short film

The Chicago Blackhawks published a film on star women’s hockey player Kendall Coyne that is as tear-jerking as it is inspirational. Coyne grew up in the suburbs of southwest Chicago.

“I did a lot of my growing up in Palos Heights,” former NHL forward Eddie Olczyk, who scored 342 goals during his 1,042 game career, said. “Without question, Kendall Coyne is the greatest player to come out of Palos Heights, Illinois, and I’m proud to say that.”

During last year’s event, Kendall became the first woman to compete in the NHL All-Star Skills Competition and beat one of the seven NHL skaters with a time of 14.346.

“She had one opportunity. You can either blow it or make it. And she made it,” Billie Jean King, a trailblazing woman’s tennis player herself, said.

“I think we’re still figuring it out what it meant. We’re learning new things every day. New developments, new barriers being broken because of that moment,” Kendall said. “Having a moment like that, it’s teaching the future generations of our game that gender doesn’t matter.”

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The Soto Shuffle makes MLB The Show 20

The Washington Nationals’ World Series-winning season was filled with tons of incredible and iconic moments. Two of them have even made it into the upcoming video game MLB The Show 20.

Outfielder Juan Soto’s crotch-grabbing, between-pitch “Soto Shuffle” and the Nationals’ dugout dance parties were both featured in the trailer released on Wednesday.

Also, featured: Anthony Rendon in an Angels uniform. But let’s bury that until the end.

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All-Star TJ Oshie’s funniest moments as a St. Louis Blue

TJ Oshie is on his way to St. Louis as an All-Star, but it’s far from his first visit to the city. The 33-year-old winger was drafted in the first round by the Blues in 2005, and played his first NHL game in the 2008-09 season. 443 games later, he was traded to the Washington Capitals and started the 2015-16 season in a red jersey.

Oshie was a fan favorite in St. Louis, and still is; his jersey is one of the most common ones worn in the Enterprise Center. Over seven seasons, he had plenty of ways he endeared himself to St. Louisans–like his 110 goals and 200 assists–but instead of spending more time looking at his stats, let’s look at some lesser-known off-ice hilarity.

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‘Hola’, Michal Kempny is having an ABSolutely wonderful bye-week vacation in Cancun

Alex Ovechkin and Tom Wilson aren’t the only Washington Capitals players spending the bye week in Mexico. Defenseman Michal Kempny is in Cancún with his girlfriend Nicola and has the smoldering beach photo to prove it.

“Hola,” a shirtless Kempny wrote on Instagram.

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This animated chart perfectly illustrates Alex Ovechkin’s goal-scoring dominance since the 2005-06 season

Using remarkable durability and unprecedented consistency, Alex Ovechkin is 202 goals away from tying Wayne Gretzky for the all-time goals record (894).

After scoring eight goals in three games and notching consecutive hat tricks, the 34-year-old Ovechkin passed Mario Lemieux (690) and tied Steve Yzerman (692) for ninth all-time late last week.

To put Ovechkin’s goal-scoring dominance in perspective over the last 15 seasons, The Athletic Detriot’s Prashanth Iyer created an animated bar graph starting in the 2005-06 season. Ovechkin has amassed an astonishing 238-goal lead over the next closest player (Sidney Crosby) by video’s end, which is the Capitals’ bye week in January 2020.

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Alex Semin calls Alex Ovechkin the best hockey player in the world right now

Former Capitals forward and current captain of HC Vityaz, Alex Semin, took part in the KHL All-Star weekend in late January.

As part of the festivities, ESPN’s Emily Kaplan polled some of the players on a broad range of topics, from what they like to splurge on, to who the best hockey player in the world is right now.

Semin stuck by his fellow Young Gun and name-twin when he gave his answer: Alex Ovechkin.

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