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Where are they now? The Washington Capitals’ 2018 Stanley Cup championship team.

The Washington Capitals defeated the Vegas Golden Knights four games to one to win the Stanley Cup four years ago this week.

Since then, the Capitals have not won a playoff series since, getting first-rounded four consecutive times. While the Caps’ core and identity have largely stayed the same, the 2018 team’s supporting cast has moved on. Only nine of those 27 players are still on the team while two others, Shane Gersich and Pheonix Copley, remain in the organization.

Some key members of the 2018 championship team have flourished elsewhere. Others have wound down their careers or retired in different organizations or leagues.

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By Ian Oland 4 months ago

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Jay Beagle addresses criticism after cross-checking Tevor Zegras and fighting Troy Terry

Former Capital Jay Beagle was public enemy number one in the NHL after his actions in the Arizona Coyotes’ 5-0 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Friday. A frustrated Beagle cross-checked Trevor Zegras and beat down Troy Terry late in the third period of the game. Terry, a star player, had never fought before while Zegras scored a first-period goal via The Michigan — a fancy lacrosse move where you pick up the puck on the blade of your stick and flick it into the net.

While speaking to Bally Sports Arizona, Beagle explained that he was upset about Zegras’s poke check to his goaltender late in a blowout game — though he never mentions Zegras by name — and blamed Terry for how aggressively he entered the fray afterward.

Beagle never directly addresses if the play was payback for Zegras’ Michigan goal.

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By Ian Oland 6 months ago

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Jay Beagle public enemy number one after beating up Troy Terry, cross-checking Trevor Zegras after ‘Michigan’ goal

Jay Beagle started a beef that a game of Mario Kart may be unable to solve.

Friday, during the first period of the Coyotes game against the Anaheim Ducks, Trevor Zegras scored a goal via The Michigan, where he picked the puck up on his blade and flicked it into the net like he was playing lacrosse.

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By Ian Oland 6 months ago

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Jay Beagle part of mega trade between Vancouver Canucks and Arizona Coyotes

Former Capitals forward Jay Beagle will have a new home after a massive multi-player deal between the Vancouver Canucks and Arizona Coyotes on Friday before the start of the 2021 NHL Draft.

The deal will see Beagle, Loui Eriksson, Antoine Roussel, the ninth selection in tonight’s first round, a second-round pick in 2022, and a seventh round pick sent to Arizona in exchange for defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson and forward Conor Garland.

The deal allows the Canucks to clear a bunch of contracts that they did not have in their future plans while also adding one massive contract in Ekman-Larsson and a talented, young scorer in Garland.

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By Chris Cerullo 1 year ago

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Claimed! Travis Boyd reunites with Braden Holtby, Nate Schmidt, and Jay Beagle in Vancouver

The Vancouver Capitals are at it again!

Monday, Vancouver claimed Travis Boyd off waivers from the Toronto Maple Leafs. According to Sportsnet’s Chris Johnston, the Leafs were trying to save cap space ahead of the April 12 trade deadline by stashing Boyd on their taxi squad and only going with a 20-man roster.

That plan, uh, did not work.

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By Ian Oland 2 years ago

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Jay Beagle’s kids help dad celebrate his 600th NHL game

Jay Beagle played his 600th NHL game with the Vancouver Canucks last night.

Even though Jay’s family couldn’t be there in person to support him, they still had a presence at the game.

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By Eliza Kravitz 2 years ago

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Jay Beagle on the Canucks adding Braden Holtby and Nate Schmidt to the roster: I get to play with ‘two of my best friends’ again

Over the offseason, the Vancouver Canucks signed Braden Holtby and acquired Nate Schmidt from the Vegas Golden Knights. The two transactions reunited Beagle with two of his former teammates from Washington – one of which he won the Stanley Cup with.

Tuesday, Beagle and Schmidt joined the Sports Celebrities Festival live stream and the veteran center commented for the first time on the Canucks’ prized offseason acquisitions.

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By Ian Oland 2 years ago

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Your good tweets about Nate Schmidt reuniting with Braden Holtby and Jay Beagle in Vancouver

The Vancouver Canucks are collecting popular former Capitals players like Pokémon and Monday, they got themselves a Kyogre. The Canucks dealt a third-round pick to the Vegas Golden Knights to land Nate Schmidt. The deal gave VGK the cap space to sign Alex Pietrangelo to a seven-year deal.

Schmidt is now reunited with former teammates Braden Holtby and Jay Beagle and Capitals Twitter reacted accordingly.

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By Ian Oland 2 years ago

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A Jay Beagle spin move sent a Vegas Golden Knights defenseman head first into the bench

The Vancouver Canucks’ unlikely playoff run continued on Tuesday with a 5-2 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights. The Canucks win evened the second-round series 1-1.

Game Two featured the return of Tyler Toffoli to the lineup (three points) as well as two goals from Bo Horvat, a goal and two assists from Elias Petterson, and 38 saves from goaltender Jacob Markstrom. Late in the game, the Golden Knights looked for retribution and tried to send a message for Game Three.

With minutes remaining, Golden Knights defenseman Zach Whitecloud attempted to lay out former Capital Jay Beagle as he entered the Canucks’ offensive zone. Instead, Beags chipped the puck forward and did a spin move (!!!), sending Whitecloud head-first into Vegas’s bench.

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By Ian Oland 2 years ago

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