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Jonathan Toews will miss training camp, out indefinitely due to medical issue

The Chicago Blackhawks announced on Tuesday that Jonathan Toews will not attend training camp and will be out indefinitely after suffering from an undetermined medical issue.

“This offseason, I’ve been experiencing symptoms that have left me feeling drained and lethargic,” Toews said in a statement. “I am working with doctors so I can better understand my condition. Until I can get my health back to a place where I feel I can perform at an elite level and help my team, I will not be joining the Blackhawks for training camp. I do not have a timetable for when I will rejoin the team. I am extremely disappointed, but it wouldn’t be fair to myself or my teammates to attempt to play in my current condition.”

Blackhawks training camp opens on January 3.

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By Ian Oland 2 years ago

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How the Pittsburgh Penguins almost ended up selecting Nicklas Backstrom in the 2006 NHL Draft

Let’s flashback to 2006. The Washington Capitals delegation was sitting at its table on the floor of General Motors Place. George McPhee whispered a name into Alexander Ovechkin’s ear. “The guy you ran into at the World Juniors,” McPhee said. The Caps GM then fielded a trade offer from the Boston Bruins who dangled their number five and 37 overall picks to jump up to four and select “the Swede.” In the end, the Capitals passed on the deal and Ovechkin walked to the lectern on stage.

“Washington Capitals select Nicklas Backstrom,” Ovechkin, wearing the team’s black Capitol Dome jersey, said sheepishly into the mic.

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By Ian Oland 3 years ago

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Jonathan Toews and Duncan Keith get into scrap at Chicago Blackhawks practice

At the Chicago Blackhawks morning skate on Tuesday, captain Jonathan Toews and defenseman Duncan Keith got into a scrap.

According to The Athletic’s Mark Lazerus, Toews “had Keith pinned down on the ice” and “had most of his jersey off.” Blackhawks assistant coach Sheldon Brookbank broke up the fight. There were stick-taps from some of the team and then the morning skate resumed.

Yup. A completely normal Tuesday morning.

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By Donya Abramo 3 years ago

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Jonathan Toews is selling Toews-ters to raise money for charity

Hey, so this is a real thing.

On November 20, Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews will be selling toasters, er Toews-ters, to raise money for Jumpstart Charities.

The Toews-ter will burn Toews’ face onto every piece of toast you make.

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By Ian Oland 6 years ago

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Jonathan Toews appears to bad mouth Senators draft pick for stopping, signing autograph for fan

During the first round of the NHL Draft, the hometown Blackhawks elicited loud cheers from the United Center crowd when general manager Stan Bowman asked Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane to come on stage before the team’s first pick of the draft.

Toews and Kane announced the franchise’s first selection of the draft, Henri Jokiharju, with the 29th overall pick.

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By Cara Bahniuk 6 years ago

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Jonathan Toews has some thoughts about climate change

On Thursday, President Donald Trump pulled the United States of America out of the Paris Agreement, a non-binding document which outlines target goals for each country to deal with global warming. Trump angered a majority of Americans and people around the world with the decision. One of those humans frustrated also appears to be Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews.

Toews wrote a very thoughtful (and careful to not offend) post on Instagram encouraging his followers to consider that “the only lie we tell ourselves is that [humans] are more special than other life forms on the planet.”

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By Ian Oland 6 years ago

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Alex Ovechkin takes photos with Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, and Sidney Crosby after NHL’s Top 100 Ceremony

After being named one of the top 100 players of all-time, Alex Ovechkin spoke to reporters. He called it the biggest honor of his career.

“To be in this company, it’s incredible,” Ovechkin said to CSN Mid-Atlantic’s Tarik El-Bashir. “All the legends – and you’re one of them. It’s unbelievable.”

Ovechkin then mingled and took photographs with, as he described it, the “best of the best.”

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By Ian Oland 6 years ago

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NHL.com Announces Winter Classic Venue With Worst Possible Photo Ever of Jonathan Toews

After months of nothing, the NHL has begun announcing news surrounding the 2015 Winter Classic, which will be held in our own backyard of Washington DC! This is why I must point you to the NHL.com website, which has tons of stories promoting the event and hey… why does Toews look like that?

I think we’re going to need to get our fancy schmancy graphic editing software program, vector some raster things, and enhance that bad boy.

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By Ian Oland 9 years ago

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Ovi for Hart, Part II: Because the Capitals Needed Him

Photo credit: Andre Ringuette

Earlier I wrote about how the Hart Trophy was a poorly defined award of limited value. Now I’ll share why I think Alex Ovechkin absolutely must have it. I’m going to share some stats and rebut some excuses, but the whole thing boils down to this: the Capitals needed the best from Ovechkin, and he delivered it.

But first, I’m going to repeat what we talked about before. This is the most valuable player to his team, not just the best all-around player. If we’re talking best player? I’d say it’s Sidney Crosby. Hands down. But most valuable? And to his team? That’s a more interesting conversation. And now, baby, you’ve got a stew going.

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By Peter Hassett 10 years ago

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RMNB Week in Review: The Week From Hell

Photo credit: Patrick McDermott

This is probably not a week that you want to remember in great detail, things didn’t go, uh — exactly as planned, but don’t worry, we’ll whip right through this quickly and painlessly and move along, there’s another game tonight, so there’s no time for moping. The Caps went 1-3-0 this week with losses against the Lightning, the Canes, and the Sens. Sad trombone. And just because a TSN commentator chose to utter the words “How could things get worse for the Washington Capitals?”, Alex Ovechkin also suffered a lower-body injury, didn’t participate in multiple team skates, and missed the game in Ottawa. Despite all this, the week did end on a good note when Ovechkin caught the Brooks Laich fever and unexpectedly declared himself ready to go, and then promptly scored against Montreal in a game that the Caps won. It’s a huge relief that it ended well, but I think most of us are just glad this week is over.

Elsewhere in the NHL, lots of other people were having bad weeks too. The day after it was revealed that his “upper-body injury” was probably a concussion, Jonathan Toews crashed his car into a pole, Pavel Datsyuk had knee surgery that will put him out for two to three weeks, Vincent Lecavalier is out indefinitely with an upper-body injury, and the Maple Leafs goalie tandem is testing their franchise’s patience, Jeff Carter, on the other hand, had probably about the best week that he’s had in nine months as he was traded out of Columbus to the LA Kings, which is good news for him because it’s probably exhausting to keep up a sulk for that long.

In case you were wondering the most important question, though — how does everything in the world apply to the Washington Capitals? — we’ll break it down for you after the jump.

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