The Washington Capitals presented Jay Beagle with his Stanley Cup ring Monday ahead of their game against the Vancouver Canucks that night.
And one player in particular, other than Jay himself, got the feels: Nicklas Backstrom.
Over the next 11 days, the Washington Capitals will play four of the NHL’s Canadian teams. Ahead of their 10 pm Monday matchup against the Vancouver Canucks, the Capitals gave their beloved, former fourth-line center, Jay Beagle, his championship ring.
“It’s like I’m wearing my truck,” Beagle joked while meeting with the media, according to the Washington Post’s Samantha Pell.
Former Capital Jay Beagle was injured while blocking a shot during a game on Saturday. Reporters after the game speculated that he had broken a bone in his hand or wrist.
The Canucks head coach confirmed Monday that the hard-working center did indeed break his forearm blocking a shot.
According to TSN’s Bob McKenzie, Beagle left the Canucks road trip on Sunday and has returned to Vancouver for treatment.
They estimate that it will be six weeks before he returns.
On Saturday night, former Capitals forward Jay Beagle blocked a shot late in the third period of a game between Vancouver Canucks and the Florida Panthers.
An injured Beagle left the ice and was unable to finish the game.
The Vancouver Canucks faced off against the Carolina Hurricanes at PNC Arena Tuesday night. The Canes ultimately won 5-3, but there’s a highlight you really need to see.
In the second period, Jay Beagle and Justin Williams got in a tussle and took shots at each other along the boards.
Calgary native Jay Beagle is living his countryboy dreams as he begins his time with the Vancouver Canucks. Before the preseason started, the Canucks took their team to Whistler, British Columbia, to get away from the city and focus on training.
Beagle did his first interview for Canucks TV on a mountain bike.
When former Capitals fourth-line center and fan favorite Jay Beagle signed with the Vancouver Canucks during free agency, we knew seeing him in a different jersey would be weird.
Wednesday, the Canucks provided a first look of Beagle in blue from a video of an informal skate on their Twitter account.
And brace yourselves, folks.
Jay Beagle celebrated his day with the Stanley Cup in typical Beagle fashion: not a lot of fanfare, but plenty of heartwarming, down-to-Earth moments.
The Calgary native, one of the longest-tenured Capitals on the championship winning team, brought the Cup to the Alberta Children’s Hospital.
On Sunday, Jay Beagle signed a four-year, $12 million contract with the Vancouver Canucks, leaving the Capitals after playing parts of 10 seasons in Washington DC.
We may have gotten a clue that Beagle was leaving the organization in mid June. A day after the Caps championship parade, the fourth-line center received a game-used stick from Alex Ovechkin during the team’s breakdown day. Beagle interrupted Ovechkin during a TV interview so that he could sign it.
NBC4 Washington posted the clip on June 14.
Jay Beagle’s tenure as a Washington Capital officially ended on Sunday, when the fourth-line center signed a four-year, $12 million contract with the Vancouver Canucks.
Sunday evening, Tom Wilson, who in the past spent time playing on Beagle’s wing, congratulated his former teammate on the new mondo contract and thanked him for being such a good mentor.
