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Oland, a 2006 graduate of UMBC's art school, is a co-founder of RMNB and serves as an editor, publisher, and author. During his time with RMNB, he has done features for the Caps' TV show CRL, written a story for the print edition of the Washington Post, and helped first-report the Chelyabinsk meteor in the English language. Oland's favorite blog memories include raising enough money to get reader Ryan Ellis into a NASCAR race with a RMNB sponsored car and holding the Stanley Cup for the first time. Follow Ian: Twitter | Instagram

Oddsmakers think it’s possible the Washington Redskins will rename themselves the Washington Capitols

The NHL’s Washington Capitals could share the same space as the NFL’s Washington Capitols, according to oddsmakers. This ridiculous possibility was spawned by developing news with the Washington Redskins.

Thursday night, ABC 7 News reported that FedEx asked the Washington Football team to change its racist nickname. FedEx, of course, owns the naming rights of Dan Snyder’s Landover football field. FedEx CEO Frederik Smith is a minority owner of the team.

“We have communicated to the team in Washington our request that they change the team name,” FedEx said in a statement.

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Ilya Samsonov is the latest Capitals player returning to DC

Ilya Samsonov is en route to Washington.

The Capitals backup goaltender posted a selfie from inside the airplane while his wife Maria shared video of an airplane taking off.

“Back to Washington,” she wrote.

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Evgeny Kuznetsov plays goaltender again during practice

Kuzy The Goalie is back, you guys.

During Thursday’s practice, the Russian forward shed his responsibilities at center to jump in goal without actual goalie gear. What could go wrong?

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Edmonton will host the 2020 Stanley Cup Final

The city of Edmonton will be hosting the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in 14 years, according to Bob McKenzie. The city also will host the Conference Finals.

The TSN analyst surmised that Edmonton “won” the honor simply due to the low amount of coronavirus cases it has.

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Report: Start of NHL training camps pushed back to July 13

The NHL is pushing back the possible start of Phase 3, the beginning of league-wide training camps, until July 13. Previously the NHL was targeting July 10.

Sportsnet’s Eric Engels first reported the news.

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The Tom Wilson social-distancing selfie

Since Google Analytics tells me you guys really liked the Braden Holtby social-distancing selfie, here’s another featuring Tom Wilson.

The Stanley Cup champion, who recently returned to the DC area from his native Toronto, took this selfie with three Caps fans in Northern Virginia on Wednesday.

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This new limited-edition Alex Ovechkin bobblehead celebrates The Goal

On January 16, 2006, Alex Ovechkin scored The Goal on Arizona Coyotes goaltender Brian Boucher. While falling and corkscrewing on the ice, Ovi blindly pushed the puck into the back of the net. “Simply sensational!” a stunned Joe Beninati screamed. Wayne Gretzky, the Pheonix Coyotes’ head coach at the time, looked on from the bench in awe.

Now you can, too, from the safety of your own home! Friday, FOCO released an Alex Ovechkin bobblehead commemorating The Goal. It features Ovi, in the Caps’ former Screaming Eagle design, twisting and scoring from his back. And yes, he has all his teeth and the laces are yellow.

The bobblehead is the third in a series of Ovi bobbles that have been released in honor of Ovechkin hitting the 700 goals plateau earlier this year. The previous two Ovi bobbleheads that had goal counters sold out quickly (the first did in a day) and were recently shipped out last week.

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Today at practice the Capitals worked on their social distance cellys

The Washington Capitals returned to the ice approximately three weeks ago. They’ve done drills and worked on their skating. They’ve lifted weights.

But now, they’re getting to the important things. Like how to properly celebrate a goal during a global pandemic.

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Report: Toronto and Edmonton expected to be named NHL hub cities for 24-team playoff

The NHL has reportedly chosen its hub cities for the 24-team playoff and both will be in Canada.

TSN’s Bob McKenzie is reporting that Toronto and Edmonton will be the host cities for the postseason “[b]arring any last-minute complications.” Sportsnet later confirmed the report.

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Braden Holtby gets new tattoo

Braden Holtby recently went viral in Capitals circles for a tremendous social-distancing selfie he took with a fan. Several eagle-eyed readers noticed that Holtby was wearing a pink bandage over his left wrist and wondered if he was injured or wearing gloves.

Thanks to reader Ellen Arantes we now know why. Holtby got a new tattoo.

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