Russian Machine Sometimes Breaks: Your Pregame List of Excuses in Case We Lose to the Sharks
The late start (10pm) of tonight's west-coast game may preclude any recap before today becomes tomorrow, so the boys and I decided…
Capitals Make Bold Trade For Jason Chimera: Our Analysis
The Washington Capitals made a trade this week, picking up Jason Chimera from the Columbus Blue Jackets for Chris Clark and Milan…
Wednesday Webhits: The Frost King’s Best Links Of The Week
Week two of The Frost King's Webhits - out of 156* - has links looking at how well the Capitals' goalies perform…
Canes Whip Caps 6-3
Gah! On pixel this looked like an easy match up. The Caps, second in the NHL and well atop the Southeast, should…
A Shirtless Brooks Laich, Sergei Fedorov Fights & NBC “Gets It”
Since this weekend brought us so many freakishly weird things, like my mother getting a "Slanket" (a rip off version of the…
Caps Stomp Devils 4-1 In A Total Team Effort
The east coast seems to have all the NHL talent these days, so when two titans like the Caps and the Devils…
An Update on Boyd Gordon From Chocolate Town, USA
Last week the Capitals made an attempt to send Boyd Gordon to Hershey for a rehab stint, but with the blizzard-like conditions…
Hershey Bears 
Capitals Re-sign Alex Semin To One Year Extension
General Manager George McPhee just announced that the Washington Capitals agreed to a one year extension with superstar Left Winger Alex Semin.…
Alex Ovechkin Addresses Olympics & Kovalchuk-to-DC Rumors
Here is an interview between Dmitri Chesnokov and Alex Ovechkin that was published today on Sovetsky Sport's Website and translated by Fedor…
My Best Christmas Present? An Autographed Copy of “Gabby”
Look I might be an intellectual, but I'm not much of a reader. Hence why when I go over to Redskins Insider…
Kaitlyn’s Capital Drawings
Other than Nicklas Backstrom's terrible attempt at a water-color painting, we here at Russian Machine Never Breaks LOVE, LOVE, LOVE artwork. And…
A Capitals Christmas
Merry Christmas Eve from everyone here at Russian Machine Never Breaks! As our writers disperse across the state to spend time with…
Do The Caps Need An Enforcer? Russian Machine Says Sorta
It’s a question that was posed on Capitals Insider last week and last time I checked 60% were against and 40% for…
Wednesday Webhits: The Frost King’s Best Links Of The Week
Daniel Moroz, or The Frost King as some of us know him, will for now on be providing a weekly segment called…
T-Shirt Tuesday – The Official Russian Machine Portrait T-Shirt
Welcome all to another T-Shirt Tuesday. Exciting right? For our second shirt, we've put our official portrait of the Russian Machine on…
Ian’s Take: What Should The Capitals Do With Alex Semin?
As an artist, do you know what I love? Flash. No not, Tomas Fleischmann, you fool. I love flair. I love skill.…
Dan’s Take: What Should the Capitals Do With Alex Semin?
Before I jump into the fray, there are a few things I wanted to note upfront: (1) I don’t have any experience…
Brandon’s Take: What Should the Capitals Do With Alex Semin?
Let's say you worked as a manager at Bob Evans. One of your cooks is an aloof guy who rarely speaks to…
What Should The Capitals Do With Alex Semin – Intro
With all this talk about the Caps potentially taking a run at Ilya Kovalchuk, I figured it was as good a time…
Are the Caps sizing up Kovalchuk? Let’s hope not!
Michael Nylander has left a hole beneath the salary cap to the tune of $4 million. Nylander's awkward and only somewhat amicable…
