The Tampa Bay Lightning announced that they signed star goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy to an eight-year extension worth $9.5 million per season Monday morning.
The $76 million contract is made up of $45M in bonuses.
Andre Burakovsky is shedding the number 65 he wore with Washington and getting new digits with the Colorado Avalanche.
The Avalanche announced on Sunday that the Swedish forward will wear number 95 next season.
Michal Kempny has finally put on a shirt for one of his summer adventures.
Kempny’s girlfriend Nicola took video of the Washington Capitals defenseman cutting down a tree.
“Beautiful Saturday morning,” she wrote on her Instagram Story. “All neighbors delighted.”
Alex Ovechkin traded in his hockey stick for a paintbrush on Thursday. The Russian machine made a painting with two kids from the Children’s Sledge Hockey League, Viktoria Zamataeva from the “Soviet Wings” and Nikita Fomenko from “Tropic”, to help raise money for the organization.
“The first stage of our creative project Hockey The World Of Bright Colors is over!” the league wrote on its Facebook page. “Another masterpiece was created with Alexander Ovechkin🏒 A lucky chance to paint with the famous hockey player got Viktoria Zamataeva from “Soviet Wings” and Nikita Fomenko from “Tropic”💝 Ovi not only wished the sledge-hockey players good luck, but also [inspired] them with his inexhaustible energy☀ The exhibition will be organized in August in Moscow and later the paintings will be sold at the auction. All proceeds will be used for the development of the Junior sledge-hockey in Russia!🏆”
Inova Blood Donor Services held a blood drive at MedStar Capitals Iceplex on Saturday morning. Donors who gave blood received a Nick Jensen Capitals bobblehead.
Fans also got an opportunity to get autographs and take photos with Nick Jensen himself, who made a surprise appearance thrilling Capitals fans who were there.
Chandler Stephenson and the Washington Capitals have come to terms on a new deal less than a week before the depth forward’s August 1 arbitration hearing.
Stephenson has signed a one-year, $1.05 million contract. The news was first reported by Cap Friendly.
On Friday, Toronto Maple Leafs star William Nylander went viral after posting a trip of himself on vacation. Normally sporting long, flowing hair, Nylander debuted cornrows while chowing down prosciutto.
It’s… definitely a look.
Capitals fourth-line center Nic Dowd is working with Lindsay Volvo Cars to help raise money for Lost Dog And Cat Rescue, an Arlington, VA organization that helps homeless pets find their way into loving homes through rescue and adoption.
The Dowds created a video where Arlo, their famous golden retriever, is shown driving a car on Instagram with his tongue wagging in the wind.
A lot of people don’t consider Washington DC a hockeytown. Y’all should probably do that for now on.
Early Friday morning, RMNB’s August 24 book signing event with Steve Dangle officially soldout. Dangle is a Sportsnet personality and YouTube sensation who covers the Toronto Maple Leafs and the NHL nationally. He is signing copies of his book This Team is Ruining My Life (But I Love Them): How I Became a Professional Hockey Fan. August is typically the deadest month of the year for hockey news and enthusiasm, but not on this day in the DMV.
“Apparently Washington DC stands for Washington Does Cometobookevents that are technically in Virginia,” Dangle said to me in an excited message. “LISTEN. I’m jacked to meet you all! Tom Wilson is a Torontonian.”
NBC Sports Washington analyst Alan May has a new gig, according to a press release from PR Newswire. May confirmed the news in a text message.
May was named Director of Sports and Entertainment for ImagineBC, “a global tech company seeking to give consumers more control of their personal data.”
“I’m honored to add my perspective and look forward to contributing from day one,” May said in the release.
