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Henrik Lundqvist on why he needed open-heart surgery, how being a hockey player prepared him for the fight of his life

Henrik Lundqvist sat down with former New York Rangers’ teammate Kevin Weekes for a powerful three-part interview, which is airing on NHL Network Tuesday through Thursday. In part one of the chat, Lundqvist spoke for 12 minutes about being bought out by the New York Rangers, signing with the Washington Capitals, and learning that he’d need open-heart surgery.

Lundqvist said that he first learned that he needed the procedure done as he was about to pack to leave for Washington DC ahead of the 2020-21 season.

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Capitals place Richard Panik on waivers

Days ahead of the trade deadline, the Washington Capitals have made their first move to open up some cap space to their cash-strapped team.

Wednesday, the Capitals placed depth forward Richard Panik on waivers.

The trade deadline is 3 PM on Monday. Henrik Lundqvist ($1.5 AAV) is also learning this week if he can return to the NHL this season after open-heart surgery.

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By Ian Oland 4 days ago

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Vitek Vanecek gave one of the best goalie performances of the entire season

Caps goalie Vitek Vanecek is marked as the losing goaltender in Tuesday night’s 1-0 loss to the New York Islanders. Sure, that’s accurate from a statistical perspective, but it overlooks what a wizard he was in that game.

That was one of the finest jobs an NHL goalie has done all season.

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By Peter Hassett 4 days ago

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Iced by the Isles: numbers for the morning after

One team decided that they wanted to win Tuesday night’s game and it was not the Washington Capitals. The New York Islanders blitzed the Caps net in the third period like the Caps weren’t even there on the way to a 1-0 victory.

The Isles outshot the Caps 39 to 29 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 54 to 45.

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By Chris Cerullo 4 days ago

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The tractor pull: Isles beat Caps 1-0

The Washington Capitals have been in grind-it-out mode for about a week now. Tuesday’s night road game against the New York Islanders was no exception.

First period: No goals.

Second period: No goals.

Third period: No goals for thirteen minutes, then Brock Nelson got a quick look from the slot to beat Vanecek.

That’s it. Caps lose.

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By Peter Hassett 4 days ago

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Report: Henrik Lundqvist’s ‘intent on resuming his career’, awaiting word from doctors this week

TSN’s Frank Seravalli is reporting that Henrik Lundqvist would like to resume his career and is eyeing a possible return to the Washington Capitals this season.

Lundqvist, who underwent open-heart surgery four months ago, is continuing to skate and take shots privately. This week, he is awaiting word from doctors on if an NHL return is possible either in the short or long term.

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By Ian Oland 4 days ago

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Caps at Islanders pregame: Vrana dance with somebody

The Capitals will be facing off against the New York Islanders to try and extend their win streak to three games…but also try to convince us that the last game against the Isles was just a fluke. Tonight we will see the return of Jakub Vrana to the line-up after being a healthy scratch for the previous two games. It’ll be a tough game, we will need all the energy from Jake the Snake.

The puck will be dropping at 7 PM and Good Tweet Pete will have your recap. More like Good Recap Pete if you ask me.

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By Elyse Bailey 4 days ago

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Taylor Hall to be held out of Sabres games ahead of trade deadline

Taylor Hall was signed over the offseason to be a part of the solution in Buffalo.

Now, he will sit and likely join his fourth team in 16 months.

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Jakub Vrana calls Peter Laviolette scratching him two games disappointing: ‘The only thing I can control is go out there and work my ass off’

Jakub Vrana will return to the lineup for the first time in two games after Capitals head coach Peter Laviolette punished the Czech forward for his play without the puck. Laviolette said that he wanted a “higher level” and hoped to see Vrana more competitive and play with even more speed.

Tuesday, Vrana spoke to the press for the first time since he was benched by the first-year Capitals coach. Vrana is normally joyful, honest, and fun with the press, but during his presser today, he appeared uncomfortable, joyless, and evasive. He called the situation “disappointing.”

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By Ian Oland 4 days ago

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The Washington Capitals reimagined as Washington Nationals players

Ladies and gentlemen, happy Scherzday.

The Washington Nationals will finally open their season against the Atlanta Braves at 4:05 PM after seeing its first four games of the season postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak.

With the baseball season upon us, it got us thinking. What positions would Capitals players play if they were on the Nationals and what would their pros and cons be?

Here’s what KP8 Design and I came up with.

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