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Axel Jonsson-Fjallby loaned to Swedish HockeyAllsvenskan League to begin 2020-21 season

Capitals draft pick Axel Jonsson-Fjallby will start the 2020-21 season in his native Sweden.

The forward prospect, who spent his first full season in Hershey last year, will play for Vastervik IK of the HockeyAllsvenskan – Sweden’s second-tier hockey league. Before and after being drafted by the Caps, Jonsson-Fjallby played for the SHL’s Djurgårdens IF.

The loan comes with a stipulation that the Capitals can recall AJF for training camp.

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The Hershey Bears are taking preorders for their popular chocolate-covered jerseys

A day after celebrating International Chocolate Day, the Hershey Bears put their popular chocolate-covered jerseys up for presale.

The jerseys will be available in the Bears’ online store through September 28 and are being sold for $149 each. The sweaters will be shipped in early December.

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Braden Holtby: 2019-20 season review

Braden Holtby deserves his place among the very best Capitals of all time — and the most beloved.

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TJ Oshie celebrates first Seattle Seahawks gameday with son Campbell

TJ Oshie, who may or may not be the captain of the Seattle Kraken someday, threw on his Seattle Seahawks jersey to celebrate the start of the NFL season on Sunday. And someone else precious in his family did too.

Oshie’s son, five-month-old Campbell, rocked a very tiny Russell Wilson jersey and the two took a photo together.

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Carl Hagelin introduces world to newborn son Tage

Carl Hagein is now a father of two.

On Sunday, Hags introduced his Instagram followers to his new son Tage.

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Alex Ovechkin attends KHL game and meets with youth hockey players in Novosibirsk

Alex Ovechkin traveled to Novosibirsk on Saturday for a full day of Russian hockey. The Great Eight greeted youth hockey players at the Sibir Hockey School and later took in a KHL game between Sibir Novosibirsk and Kunlun Red Star.

“Good evening, dear fans. I hope that this season, the stands will soon not be 20% full, but 100% full,” Ovechkin said according to Championat. “And everyone will root for Sibir, which has always been famous for its fans.”

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The Stanley Cup is currently quarantining in Edmonton

In another sign of the times, the Stanley Cup and its keeper, Philip Pritchard, are currently under quarantine in Edmonton before entering the NHL’s bubble.

Pritchard revealed the news on Friday as he documented his trip to the fourth largest city in Canada. The NHL’s Conference Finals are currently being played nearby at Rogers Place.

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Nicklas Backstrom and Braden Holtby both got votes for the Lady Byng Trophy

Nathan MacKinnon won his second major award of his NHL career on Friday. The Colorado Avalanche superstar, who posted 93 points and 12 PIMs in 69 nice games, was named the winner of the Lady Byng Trophy as the “the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability.”

For Capitals fans, the most interesting newe came a little further down the list where Nicklas Backstrom and Braden Holtby both garnered first-place votes.

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Report: Capitals offered Alex Ovechkin a three to five year contract extension worth around $10 million per season

Alex Ovechkin will be an unrestricted free agent after the 2020-21 season.

According to general manager Brian MacLellan, the Caps had initial conversations with Ovechkin about an extension in the days after the team was eliminated in the first round of the 2020 playoffs by the New York Islanders. Both sides ended up agreeing to table the talks until training camp.

Now comes a Russian report of a potential starting point of a new deal for Ovechkin.

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Bruce Boudreau on the Stanley Cup curse his dad put on the Leafs, where he’d like to coach next

Former Capitals head coach Bruce Boudreau spoke with Washington early on during their coaching search, per The Athletic’s Tarik El-Bashir. Bruce and wife Crystal have moved back to the area as well. But, according to El-Bashir, Boudreau is not currently in the running for the Caps’ vacant head coaching job, “at least not at the moment”.

The Seattle Kraken need a head coach while Dallas, San Jose, and Calgary all currently have interim bench bosses. Boudreau is being linked to his beloved Toronto Maple Leafs as a possible assistant coach. The Leafs shed two of their assistants over the summer, Paul McFarland and Andrew Brewer.

In an interview on the ESPN On Ice podcast, Boudreau addressed all those rumors and revealed that he hopes he gets another shot as an NHL head coach sooner rather than later. Gabby was fired from his most recent position as head coach of the Minnesota Wild on Valentine’s Day by Minnesota Wild GM Bill Guerin. Now he’s serving as an analyst on NHL Network.

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