Like Old Times: Caps beat Bolts 5-2
SCOAR! (Photo credit: Chris O’Meara) There was a zeitgeist surrounding the Washington Capitals' visit to the Tampa Bay Lightning's playground. The words…
Feed The Machine: Faceoffs, Haunting Photos, the Caps-ocalypse
It's been another rip-roaring week of sifting through piles of your inane ramblings. Judging by reader letters, most of you seem to…
Catching Up with Capitals Great Olie Kolzig
Photo by Chris Gordon On Monday, the AHL formally inducted four new members into its American Hockey League Hall of Fame: Maurice…
Video: Bruce Boudreau Reacts to 24/7
Bruce Boudreau gave the keynote at the AHL Hall of Fame induction ceremony this past weekend. His speech covered the prevalent cursing…
Why Future Performance, Not Consistency, Matters
Photo credit: Dilip Vishwanat When it comes to Alex Semin, there are fans on both sides of the fence. Some people think…
Prospect Watch Extra: Evgeny Kuznetsov Turns Heads
Before the 2010 draft, the highest-rated Russian prospect, Vladimir Tarasenko, was asked what some scouts thought to be a simple question: "Who's…
Coffee’s for Closers: Habs beat Caps 3-2 (SO)
Aww (Photo credit: our own Chris Gordon) The quintessential 2010-2011 Washington Capitals game includes a worthless first period, so the opening frame…
Will Alex Ovechkin Rally Down The Stretch?
Photo credit: Richard Wolowicz Coming into this season, I referenced PDO and why it would be responsible for the Caps' offensive woes…
Alex Ovechkin Wins Breakaway Challenge for Third Straight Year
Ovi swings with the knob of his stick during the Breakaway Challenge. (Photo credit: Kevin C. Cox) Alex Ovechkin won his third…
Video: Alex Ovechkin Talks to Heidi Androl on the Red Carpet
A playful Alex Ovechkin hit up the red carpet before tonight's 2011 NHL SuperSkills competition and spoke briefly with NHL Network's Heidi…
The Machinist: January 29, 2011
The Machinist has been moved to Saturdays to accommodate Neil's springboard to his new advice-column career, Feed the Machine. What happened this…
Mike Green Selects Alex Ovechkin in All-Star Fantasy Draft
Though they missed their scheduled morning flight out to Raleigh, Capitals' All-Stars Mike Green and Alex Ovechkin arrived just in the knick…
Feed The Machine: Fashion, Penguins Fan Romance, and Holtby
Last week we opened up our lines for reader questions. To be totally frank, they've been way beyond our expectations. Didn't know…
Is $6.7M for Alex Semin a Good Deal?
Photo credit: Mitchell Layton The snow did its best to keep me from weighing in on this issue, but the good people…
Thrashers beat Caps 1-0, Shutout Number Seven
Here's a picture of Ovechkin eating snow for the billionth time. (Photo credit: Scott Cunningham) To all our friends stuck on the…
Matt Hendricks Brings Grit, Grime, Dekes to the Caps
[Editor's note: Russian Machine Never Breaks is delighted to welcome Chris Gordon of Caps Snaps to the team. Chris is an accomplished photographer…
Rangers beat Caps 2-1 (SO), Offense M.I.A.
Matt Hendricks celebrates his shoot-out goal. (Photo credit: Mitchell Layton) Last time the Washington Capitals and the New York Rangers met, well...…
Should We Be Concerned About Brooks Laich?
Photo credit: Joel Auerbach Before the season began, a lot of people were looking for Brooks Laich to "turn it on" in…
Prospect Watch Extra: Caps Prospects Shine in 2011 WJC
Photo credit: BuffaloWorldJuniors.com As we already wrote, the Caps were well represented in 2011 IIHF World Junior Championship, sporting five prospects in…
Prospect Watch: Russians Win WJC, Eakin Gets Traded
Ed. note - Fedor Fedin and Roman Piontkovsky of GlobalCapsFans live to dish out salacious gossip about those players orbiting just out side the…
