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    Here’s what training camp is like during a pandemic

    Hockey is back — even if things feel a little different. In the before-times, Capitals practices were open to the general public: to watch, cheer, get autographs, and maybe catch a stray puck. But even as the team announced their training camp at the beginning of the year, they included a reminder that camp would be closed to the public this season, to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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    By Elizabeth Kong 7 days ago

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    There are 116 consecutive nights of hockey beginning on January 13

    The NHL drops the puck on its new season on Wednesday. And while Day One of the regular season isn’t a quintuple header like the opening day of the 2020 playoffs (it’s merely a triple header), there is one amazing factoid that will satiate every hockey fan.

    There will be hockey games for the next 116 consecutive nights* per ESPN’s Emily Kaplan.

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    By Ian Oland 7 days ago

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    Evgeny Kuznetsov tried out one of Zdeno Chara’s super long sticks during practice: ‘Just don’t break it, I don’t have enough’

    Evgeny Kuznetsov is back with some wholesome hockey content for you ahead of the start of the 2020-21 season.

    Tuesday, Kuznetsov asked future Hall of Famer, Zdeno Chara, if he could try out one of his gigantic sticks. Chara said yes, but only on one condition.

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    By Ian Oland 7 days ago

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    Former Capitals Mathieu Perreault and Travis Boyd among 100-plus players placed on waivers

    The NHL had one of the biggest waiver days in its history on Monday per The Athletic’s Thomas Drance.

    With training camps so massively short due to the pandemic-shortened 2020-21 season, teams opted to hold onto their plyers until the last possible waiver wire day, leading to over a 100-plus players being putting up for grabs. Nine Washington Capitals players were a part of that group highlighted by Pheonix Copley, Paul LaDue, and Shane Gersich.

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    By Ian Oland 1 week ago

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    Official: NHL announces two outdoor games at Lake Tahoe

    The NHL made it official on Monday. As first reported on New Year’s Day, the league will play two outdoor games at Lake Tahoe in February.

    The Colorado Avalanche will play the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday, February 20 and the Philadelphia Flyers will take on the Boston Bruins on Sunday, February 21. Both games will be broadcast on NBC at 3 PM.

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    By Ian Oland 1 week ago

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    Capitals choose goaltending duo of Ilya Samsonov and Vitek Vanecek, Craig Anderson taxi squad bound

    It’s official. The Washington Capitals will turn to two young goaltenders with a combined 26 NHL appearances in net this season: Ilya Samsonov and Vitek Vanecek.

    Capitals head coach Peter Laviolette announced the news after practice on Monday where the team appeared to set their opening night roster. Craig Anderson, 39, has also apparently made the taxi squad as the team’s third goalie.

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    The Capitals’ opening night roster for the 2020-21 season appears to be set

    The Washington Capitals placed nine players on waivers and cut six others from their training camp roster on Monday.

    Those moves, including the optioning of defenseman Martin Fehervary to Hershey and the disappearance of veteran goaltender Craig Anderson, put the Capitals’ roster at its 23-man limit.

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    Capitals place nine players on waivers including Pheonix Copley, Paul LaDue, and Shane Gersich

    After cutting six players from their training camp roster this morning, the Capitals placed nine others on waivers Monday afternoon.

    The Washington Post’s Samantha Pell reports that Daniel Carr, Zach Fucale, Shane Gersich, Lucas Johansen, Paul LaDue, Cam Schilling, Michael Sgarbossa, Philippe Maillet, and Pheonix Copley.

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    Mike Milbury is not returning to NBC

    Mike Milbury was removed from NBC’s coverage of the 2020 playoffs after a terrible observation he made about women and NHL Bubble Life during a Capitals-Islanders game. Now, it’s official, he is not returning.

    Monday morning, NBC announced its on-air talent for the 2020-21 season and Milbury was not on the list of analysts.

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    Capitals cut six players from training camp roster, re-assign Axel Jonsson-Fjallby back to Hershey

    After the Capitals’ second scrimmage on Sunday, head coach Peter Laviolette promised some cuts to the team’s training camp roster. After notifying players last night, those decisions were announced Monday morning.

    The Washington Capitals cut six players and either loaned or re-assigned them to their junior or minor league hockey teams. Meanwhile, the Capitals called Axel Jonsson-Fjallby back from Sweden’s HockeyAllsvenskan and are assigning him to Hershey.

    The cuts leave the Capitals with 34 players on their training camp roster which includes five goalies.

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