Nic Dowd: 2018-19 season review
Many Caps players competed to inherit the mantle of the great Jay Beagle, the heralded role of fourth-line center, but only one man actually won it: Nic Dowd.
By Peter Hassett 1 month ago
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Christian Djoos: 2018-19 season review
Christian Djoos was a bright spot on a troubled Caps blue line, but two shadows fell on him in 2018-19: one a serious leg injury, the other some bad bounces in big games.
By Peter Hassett 1 month ago
Pheonix Copley: 2018-19 season review
The Washington Capitals evidently liked what they saw out of Pheonix Copley‘s rookie season, as they extended him through the 2021-22 season, but there’s still a lot of uncertainty about the future of Caps goaltending.
By Peter Hassett 1 month ago
Brett Connolly: 2018-19 season review
Brett Connolly‘s about to be rich. It couldn’t happen to a better 27-year-old silver fox.
By Peter Hassett 2 months ago
Playoff predictions, round three: Peter vs Ian vs Keith, a coin
With another dramatic couple of weeks, the NHL playoffs now roll into the third round. We had one sweep and one double-OT game-seven elimination, so as long as you could stay up late at night, you had a good round.
But the time for delighting in past is over. It’s time for predictions. It’s time for Keith, a coin.
By Peter Hassett 2 months ago
John Carlson: 2018-19 season review
John Carlson is signed through the 2025-26 season, so going by current trends he will play approximately 69 thousand minutes before that deal is up.
By Peter Hassett 2 months ago
Andre Burakovsky: 2018-19 season review
For all the expectations and anguish that followed him around this season, Andre Burakovsky managed to match his output from 2017-18 exactly: twelve goals, thirteen assists. It was just everything else that changed.
By Peter Hassett 2 months ago
Travis Boyd: 2018-19 season review
Travis Boyd‘s rookie season had a slow and worrying start, but the progress he made is encouraging for 2019-20.
By Peter Hassett 2 months ago
Nicklas Backstrom: 2018-19 season review
Nicklas Backstrom is on the wrong side of thirty, but I guess no one told his hockey that, because he’s still fantastic.
By Peter Hassett 2 months ago
Barry Trotz’s New York Islanders just got swept by the Carolina Hurricanes
The storm surge continues, this time swallowing the whole of Long Island. The Carolina Hurricanes have completed a second-round sweep of the New York Islanders, ousting Barry Trotz‘s beloved Brooklyn boys with four straight victories.
By Peter Hassett 2 months ago
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