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.
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.
By Eliza Kravitz 2 months ago
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.
By Ian Oland 5 months ago
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.
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.
The Vancouver Canucks are one win away from advancing to the second round, and perfect human Jay Beagle is leading the way there.
By Peter Hassett 8 months ago
Jay Beagle has had an, uh, ruff go of it lately, but the former Capital found the back of the net in the Canucks’ 4-3 shootout loss to the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday.
The goal ended a 42-game goal drought for Beags.
Jay Beagle is not afraid to take a big hit to make a play – even if it means getting hit in the face for a high five.
The former Capital had the unfortunate luck of getting high-sticked while walking out for for the Canucks-Blackhawks game Wednesday night.
Dan Murphy of Sportsnet has the video.
Jay Beagle is one of the nicest people in hockey. Yet, somehow, the former Capital still manages to find ways to go the extra mile for the hockey community.
On Thursday, Beagle was documented by CTV News playing street hockey with a bunch of kids in downtown Vancouver. Beagle accepted an open invitation to the Canucks organization from the Union Gospel Mission to tour the facility and participate in a game.
Here’s a disappointing development: Vancouver Canucks forward and DC fan favorite, Jay Beagle, will not play in today’s game.
By Peter Hassett 1 year ago
