The 2019 NHL Draft begins on Friday, June 21 in Vancouver. The first round will be broadcast on Friday night and the following six rounds will all be squeezed in on Saturday. Later draft picks basically get the same treatment as technical awards at the Golden Globes.
The Capitals’ current roster has had some pretty memorable moments from their NHL draft days–let’s take a look!
By Brennin Weiswerda 2 months ago
When general managers recommended that the NHL Situation Room resolve goaltender interference calls, the consensus was that shifting the burden to Toronto would make these rulings less controversial and more consistent.
Tuesday night at BB&T Center, Filip Forsberg’s overturned last-second goal, on the five-year anniversary of his trade from Washington, proved that no one is still quite sure 100 percent what constitutes goaltender interference or not.
On April 3, 2013, the Washington Capitals made a trade that they thought would put them over-the-top in the playoffs.
The Capitals led by then vice president and general manager George McPhee traded 2012 first-round pick Filip Forsberg to the Nashville Predators for Martin Erat and Michael Latta.
“You talk about all those things,” McPhee said then. “They’re never easy decisions. It takes some guts to do deals sometime. We have a real good group of pro scouts and amateur scouts. You sift through it, ruminate over it at night, you come back in, talk about it some more, and the vote was unanimous to do it. I make them vote independently without any influence. Write it out, put it on a piece of paper, and then I read through [their responses]. It was unanimous to do it.”
The trade is arguably the worst deal in Capitals history. And five years later, on the anniversary of the deal, the Nashville Predators took a playful victory lap on Twitter.
It looks like Evgeny Kuznetsov has started an end-of-season trend.
Just days after Kuzy attempted to score a “Michigan” lacrosse goal, former Capital Filip Forsberg tried his hand at it against the Sharks.
By Donya Abramo 1 year ago
Predators forward Filip Forsberg scored the 100th goal of his NHL career Tuesday night. But that wasn’t the only milestone he accomplished with the tally.
According to Capitals Radio’s Ben Raby, Forsberg’s second period goal was his sixth goal in seven career games against the team that drafted and later traded him. Forsberg’s six goals now equal the same amount of tallies Martin Erat and Michael Latta, the two players he was traded for, scored for Washington in a combined 175 games.
The trade was already considered a flop, but these numbers are staggering.
At the start of his fourth full season playing for the Nashville Predators, Filip Forsberg‘s jersey will have a new addition. On Tuesday, Forsberg was named one of the Predators’ alternate captains as the team revamped their leadership group.
The Predators also promoted defenseman Roman Josi to captain. A year after earning a full-time “A” on his jersey, Josi will serve as the eighth captain in the team’s 19-year history. Josi replaces Mike Fisher who retired in August.
By Cara Bahniuk 2 years ago
NASHVILLE — A little past noon on Saturday, Filip Forsberg lay on the ice, leading his team in stretches during their practice here at Bridgestone Arena. He was contorted in a way few could manage, stick-handling a puck better than most players standing on two feet.
But despite his tremendous skill, Forsberg, 22, has just one point in the Stanley Cup Final, a matchup between his Nashville Predators and the Pittsburgh Penguins. (more…)
By Chris Gordon 2 years ago
With the Nashville Predators in the Stanley Cup Final, we are now learning even more context behind the worst trade in Capitals history.
From PK Subban to James Neal, Sportsnet’s Chris Johnston spoke to David Poile about all the big trades the Predators general manager has made to push the team over the top. That includes the April 3, 2013 swap with Washington for offensive dynamo Filip Forsberg.
Back in 2012, the Washington Capitals were sitting pretty. With two early first-round picks in a deep draft, the Caps could select two players that could potentially put them over the top during the final years of Alex Ovechkin’s prime (aka right now).
With the 11th overall pick, the Capitals selected Filip Forsberg, the best European player in the draft, after he fell out of the top ten due to a run on defensemen. Five spots later, the Capitals went off the board to select Tom Wilson with the 16th overall pick.
The Capitals were fortunate to land Forsberg, but a year later, Capitals general manager George McPhee, assistant GM Brian MacLellan, and the rest of the team’s pro scouts agreed unanimously to trade him for Martin Erat and Michael Latta. Since then, Forsberg has turned into a superstar while Erat (KHL) and Latta (Rockford IceHogs) are no longer in the Caps organization. Meanwhile Tom Wilson remains a bottom six forward. The Forsberg trade is widely considered the worst trade in Capitals history.
Monday night after beating the Anaheim Ducks 6-3, the Predators earned their first Stanley Cup Final berth for the first time in franchise history. They are led by Forsberg and head coach Peter Laviolette (who the Capitals passed over to hire Barry Trotz).
Congrats to Pontus Aberg of the Nashville Predators for scoring his first career playoff goal on Saturday night. Aberg was assisted by Preds star Filip Forsberg, which gave Sportsnet an opportunity to twist the knife in Caps fans just a little deeper.
Ugggggggh.
By Peter Hassett 2 years ago
