Seattle Kraken unveil new mascot which is not actually a sea monster. Meet: Buoy the Troll!

The Seattle Kraken revealed its first mascot on Saturday and it actually has something in common with some of our more critical Twitter followers. It should go back under the bridge from where it came.

Buoy the Troll was unveiled to the Kraken crowd during its preseason game against the Vancouver Canucks, Saturday.

Buoy rappelled down from the rafters where he was met by mild cheers from a confused Seattle crowd.

To be precise, Buoy is not a sea monster but is monstrous.

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Highlights from the Capitals’ 2-1 preseason loss to the Blue Jackets

The Washington Capitals wrapped up the road portion of their preseason schedule with a 2-1 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Caps took an early 1-0 lead but couldn’t come up with another in the final two periods.

Aliaksei Protas was the only goal scorer for the team clad in white.

Here are the highlights and some takeaways from the game.

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Capitals pay tribute to Coolio after victory against Red Wings

Coolio passed away at the age 59 on Wednesday.

The Washington Post’s Samantha Pell reported on Twitter that the Capitals paid tribute to the legendary rapper after their 2-0 victory against the Detroit Red Wings on Friday.

The team played the Coolio hit Gangsta’s Paradise to celebrate their win. Pell added that the song was “literally blaring” as she approached the locker room.

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Capitals goaltender Clay Stevenson undergoes right hand surgery

The Washington Capitals will be without one of their organizational depth goaltenders for the first part of the season.

Saturday, the Capitals announced that Clay Stevenson had surgery to address an unspecified injury to his right hand.

Per the team, Stevenson is expected to miss four to six weeks, putting his return sometime around early to mid-November.

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Capitals announce roster for preseason game against Columbus Blue Jackets

The Washington Capitals will play the second half of a preseason back-to-back on Saturday.

The Caps will take on the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena. The game will be streamed live on the Capitals’ website and can be heard on Caps Radio 24/7.

The Capitals dressed a mostly star-studded lineup against the Detroit Red Wings as Alex Ovechkin and Darcy Kuemper made their preseason debuts. Against the Blue Jackets, the second half of the team will dress, but featuring one notable return from Friday: Aliaksei Protas.

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Darcy Kuemper gets first game action as member of Capitals in combined shutout of Red Wings

Back in July, the Washington Capitals went out and got the prized goaltending free agent of the summer in Darcy Kuemper. On Friday night in Detroit, Kuemper donned a Caps sweater for the first time during some live game action for his new team.

Albeit just being an exhibition matchup, Kuemper was perfect in his 31 minutes of action. The 32-year-old netminder made nine stops on all nine shots he faced and helped pitch a combined shutout of the Red Wings with his backup for the season, Charlie Lindgren.

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Highlights from the Capitals’ 2-0 preseason victory over the Red Wings

The Washington Capitals traveled to Detroit for their third preseason game and took down the Red Wings 2-0. The Caps are officially midway through their exhibition games and have just one more on the road.

John Carlson and Lars Eller were your goal scorers. Darcy Kuemper and Chuck Lindgren split the game and the shutout.

Here are some of the big news points and highlights from the game. There aren’t many.

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Canadiens’ Josh Anderson dealing with upper-body injury (spider bite), Internet wonders if he now has powers

Montreal Canadiens forward Josh Anderson has been dealing with a reported upper-body injury since Habs Training Camp opened up earlier this month.

We now know what exactly that injury is and it makes sense considering we’ve officially entered Spooky Season.

TSN’s Darren Dreger reports that Anderson was out due to a spider bite. The bite became infected (which can be very painful – just ask Ian) forcing him to the sideline.

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Capitals cut 22 players from Training Camp roster

The Washington Capitals announced a huge group of cuts from their Training Camp roster on Friday. Twenty-two players were sent back to their respective clubs, trimming down the overall group in DC to 40.

The Caps’ AHL affiliate Hershey Bears start their Training Camp early next week and all but one of the cuts in this group is headed to Pennsylvania for that. Four of the players will need to make it through waivers before being allowed to do so.

The news was announced by Capitals PR.

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Mike Sullivan glad he’s not Peter Laviolette, Bruce Boudreau believes blind people voted on most handsome NHL head coach list

On Tuesday, Sportsnet freelancer and former Kings of Leonsis founder, Adam Vingan, tweeted what appears to be The Definitive list for the most handsomest head coaches in the NHL. Put together by researchers from gambling.com, the sports betting website used the beauty measurement app, Golden Ratio Face, to determine who was the sexiest coach and who was the most looks-challenged.

Despite the list’s vast reach and discussion on Twitter, I thought giving coverage to something so superficial, ridiculous, and kinda mean was beneath even our non-lofty standards of coverage. Yet, NHL beat writers started asking head coaches about the list and inadvertently gave it a Capitals angle, thus making it in bounds for YA BOI IAN OLAND.

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