Since returning to the Capitals as a call-up from the Hershey Bears, Christian Djoos has been a healthy scratch twice. But healthy scratches still take warm-ups with the team before games, and that’s where Djoos and Jakub Vrana, former Hershey teammates, resurrected a pregame ritual in which they take turns gleefully running into each other.
EJ Sherer, a self-described general Caps fan and bodyslam enthusiast, shared photos of the duo’s antics prior to Wednesday night’s match against the Florida Brett Connollys Panthers. Not just any player can make slamming someone violently into the boards look tender and sweet, but Jake and Christian make it work.
baby beans was the clear winner of warms up tonight – he ran over, bodyslammed djoos, and then Arrayed himself against the boards with his arms spread in welcome for djoos to do it back pic.twitter.com/miZzfJKFDA
— bro. (@foreverkneeld) November 28, 2019
The ritual stretches back at least to the 2018-19 season.
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Jakub also tried to give a kiddo a puck through the netting before the game. This attempt was less successful.
he COULD not have been more thrilled. he also tried several times to get a little girl w pick thru the netting before giving up with a v sheepish grin pic.twitter.com/lBlfVnfjvu
— bro. (@foreverkneeld) November 28, 2019
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