You will now complete the Caps Happiness Survey
Twenty games in: you know the rules. We need to know how you are feeling about the Washington Capitals. But because feelings…
Spencer Carbery explains the Capitals’ early-season woes
Three games into the regular season, the Washington Capitals sit dead last in the Metropolitan Division with a 1-2-0 record. The Capitals…
The Caps should do something with Tony P, DC’s influencer hero
I'm dumbstruck about how to discuss the 2023-24 Washington Capitals. A lot has already been said in our team's extensive preseason coverage,…
NHL players push back on league’s decision to ban Pride Tape: ‘It just doesn’t make sense’
If hockey is supposed to be for everyone, the NHL is doing a poor job of showing it. In a remarkable step…
Bet: If the Caps make the playoffs, I’ll grow Vince McMahon’s vile mustache
The Athletic predicts that the Washington Capitals have a seven percent chance to make the Playoffs. Moneypuck says it's more like 20…
Make your predictions for the 2023-24 season
Pals, it's almost time. Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals are back in town in preparation for the 2023-24 season. There's a…
You don’t go through somebody’s phone, you just don’t
Mike Babcock resigned from the Columbus Blue Jackets without having coached a single game. And all because he looked through somebody's phone.…
Behind the scenes of the Laughlin Family Foundation’s third annual golf tournament
Longtime Washington Capitals announcer Craig Laughlin had local sports celebrities traveling to Maryland for a good cause, Monday. The Laughlin Family Foundation…
Remembering Hockey Twitter (RIP) with the best hockey tweets of all time
On Saturday we learned that X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, has removed images and links from before 2013. It's…
Tom Wilson’s extension will likely make him the next captain after Alex Ovechkin and makes it possible he retires a Capital
August is usually not a time for huge NHL contracts to get signed, but the Washington Capitals flipped the script on Friday,…
How the Capitals’ veteran adds and lack of offseason trades could impact young players’ opportunities in the fall
The Washington Capitals and the Pittsburgh Penguins have been league powers over the last decade-plus, but the two rival teams both missed…
Playoff predictions, final round: Peter vs Ian vs Keith, a coin
Here we go! The Stanley Cup Final, the centerpiece of the great northern tradition of frozen realms, to be contested by two…
Playoff predictions, third round: Peter vs Ian vs Keith, a coin
We are halfway into the playoffs. Err, we are halfway in by calendar, but really we're more like 80 percent done by…
Playoff predictions, second round: Peter vs Ian vs Keith, a coin
The first round is over, and I'm not even going to brag about going six-for-eight in my predictions. You're not going to…
On this day six years ago, Kevin Shattenkirk made history
In 2017 the Washington Capitals faced the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Down 2-1, it…
Playoff predictions, first round: Peter vs Ian vs Keith, a coin
Friends, it is time again for the best two weeks in hockey: the quarterfinal round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. There will…
We know who you are rooting for in the 2022-23 playoffs
Last week we asked you, dear readers, which teams you'll be supporting in the playoffs. It turns out the Washington Capitals will…
Who are you rooting for in the playoffs?
The Washington Capitals will not be in the 2022-23 Stanley Cup tournament, but the Penguins won't be either, so that takes some…
The pros and cons of John Carlson playing again this season
When John Carlson took a 90-mph slap shot to the side of the head in late December, there were immediate fears for…
The awkwardness of the Capitals’ current direction and how it’s hard to cover
The other night, I sarcastically tweeted that the Capitals won "the equivalent of a preseason game" against the Buffalo Sabres when they…
