Braden Holtby recently went viral in Capitals circles for a tremendous social-distancing selfie he took with a fan. Several eagle-eyed readers noticed that Holtby was wearing a pink bandage over his left wrist and wondered if he was injured or wearing gloves.
Thanks to reader Ellen Arantes we now know why. Holtby got a new tattoo.
An incredible selfie a Capitals fan took with Braden Holtby is getting a lot of attention on social media.
Reddit user 14thwitness posted the photo on Caps Reddit after a chance meeting with the Stanley Cup champion goaltender in Adams Morgan. It’s gotten over 570 upvotes on Reddit and the photo has since been re-posted all across Twitter.
“He was waiting for his food and was nice enough to let me take a selfie with him,” 14thwitness said.
Ultimate teammate TJ Oshie might be pandering, but we’re going to give him some dap anyways.
The NHL’s 2020 winner of the Best Pregame Ritual took to Twitter on Saturday to answer a question posed by the NHL.
“One game to win the @StanleyCup. Which goalie are you taking? 🤔” the NHL asked. It then offered five goalies for your consideration: Marc-Andre Fleury, Henrik Lundqvist, Tuukka Rask, Braden Holtby, and Corey Crawford. All but Hank have won a Stanley Cup.
Oshie responded with “@Holts170,” which, if you ask us, is the correct answer.
June 22 is an important day in Washington Capitals history.
Two of the franchise’s greatest players won NHL Awards for the first time while the Caps drafted two bonafide stars in the 2012 NHL Draft – one of which is still with the team.
Four Washington Capitals players returned to the ice for a small group workout on Thursday. It’s the first time the Caps have skated at MedStar Capitals Iceplex since March.
The Capitals posted a short and heavily-edited video on their social media platforms Thursday afternoon. To keep players safe and minimize possible exposure to the coronavirus, media are not allowed into the facility to cover practice or interview players, per the NHL’s Phase 2 protocol.
The Washington Capitals held their first day of small group workouts on Thursday at MedStar Capitals Iceplex.
Only four Capitals players participated according to the Washington Post’s Samantha Pell: Braden Holtby, John Carlson, Evgeny Kuznetsov, and Lars Eller.
It was the first time Capitals players hit the ice at the team’s practice facility since March.
By Ian Oland 3 weeks ago
Braden Holtby and Brandi Holtby launched an auction on Monday morning entitled ‘Get Off the Bench for Racial Equality.’ The auction will raise money for Black Lives Matter DC and The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. The Holtbys will also donate $5,000 to each organization and match the funds raised through the auction.
The move comes after the Vezina Trophy-winning goaltender released a powerful note on Twitter last week denouncing racism and promising to help the Black Lives Matter movement in whatever way he can.
“Keep fighting, and I vow to demonstrate and educate what you are fighting for,” Holtby wrote. “Not only to myself but my children, family, and anyone else who will listen. Because America will never be great until all BLACK lives matter.”
Braden Holtby spoke to reporters on Friday two days after releasing a powerful message on Twitter. The Capitals’ Vezina Trophy-winning goaltender was disgusted by the police brutality that led to George Floyd’s senseless death and stated that “America will never be great until all BLACK lives matter.”
“I’ve been following along with the news and what’s been going on in the country,” Holtby said in the video conference to reporters. “Something that I’ve been passionate about for a while is trying to educate myself and learn as much as I can to not be so naive. Especially growing up as a kid in a small town in Canada where the situations that are showing themselves today I never dealt with. Every day, I was getting more and more depressed, and upset and angry. I felt that I needed to say something.”
Braden Holtby tweeted for the first time in over three years to share a personal opinion about the current state of America.
In his note, Holtby, disgusted by the police brutality that led to the death of George Floyd, discussed the “injustice and hatred infused power” that allows the “inhumane, hate based, racial crimes” that still happen in 2020. Holtby also denounced the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, which is “named after a racist president” and “an outspoken white supremacist.”
Holtby, who is aware of his white privilege, promises “to walk beside and listen to every word of anguish and give my strength to every black man, woman, or child until their shoes weigh the same as mine.” The Vezina Trophy winner also directly challenges President Trump and his Make America Great Again slogan by ending his writeup with “America will never be great until all BLACK lives matter.” Holtby did not join his teammates at the White House during their Stanley Cup celebration in 2019.
Tuesday, the Washington Capitals’ Vezina- and Stanley Cup-winning goalie Braden Holtby spoke out about the murder of George Floyd. In a joint statement, his wife Brandi tweeted that they “are appalled by the action of those officers & the inaction of so many others.
“We commit ourselves to do more than post,” they wrote. “To stand up & use our privilege & our platform.” They shared the hashtags calling for justice for George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor, signing off with #BlackLivesMatter and “Stay safe, DC.”
By Brennin Weiswerda 1 month ago
