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.
Filip Forsberg showed off some of the breathtaking skill that made him one of the top players picked in the 2012 NHL Draft.
After a faceoff win by Matt Duchene, the Swedish forward skated around the net with speed, picked up the puck on his blade, and shoveled the puck on his backhand past Edmonton Oilers goaltender Mike Smith.
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The Washington Capitals lost their third-straight game Thursday night, falling to the Nashville Predators 6-5 in a high-scoring affair.
The Predators were led by first-line forward Filip Forsberg who scored in his fourth-straight game to open the 2019-20 season.
Forsberg, formerly a top prospect of the Capitals, has consistently lit up his former team since becoming a full-time NHL player in 2014. Thursday, Forsberg had two big points, a goal and an assist, which tied the game at two different crucial times.
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 1 year 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 2 years 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 3 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 3 years ago
