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Capitals cut six players from training camp roster, re-assign Axel Jonsson-Fjallby back to Hershey

After the Capitals’ second scrimmage on Sunday, head coach Peter Laviolette promised some cuts to the team’s training camp roster. After notifying players last night, those decisions were announced Monday morning.

The Washington Capitals cut six players and either loaned or re-assigned them to their junior or minor league hockey teams. Meanwhile, the Capitals called Axel Jonsson-Fjallby back from Sweden’s HockeyAllsvenskan and are assigning him to Hershey.

The cuts leave the Capitals with 34 players on their training camp roster which includes five goalies.

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By Ian Oland 9 months ago

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Christian Djoos scored the Hershey Bears’ Teddy Bear Toss goal. Fans tossed a world record 45,650 stuffed animals onto the ice.

The Hershey Bears held their annual Teddy Bear Toss Game Sunday night at Giant Center. 45,650 stuffed animals rained down onto the ice, breaking the world record they set last season of 34,798.

Stanley Cup champion Christian Djoos, who was sent down to the AHL earlier in the day by the Capitals, scored the historic Teddy Bear Toss goal.

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By Ian Oland and Cara Bahniuk 2 years ago

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Regrading the Washington Capitals 2018 NHL Draft selections

After my recent 2019 draft grades and the start of Development Camp, I decided to take a look back at my work from this time last year and see if my thoughts on the Caps 2018 draft selections have changed.

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By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago

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Capitals celebrate Father’s Day on social media

It’s June 16, Father’s Day, and with many dads on the team–including soon-to-be father Dmitry Orlov–there was a lot to celebrate.

The Capitals started off the day’s feels with a video montage made from moments from the players’ days with the Stanley Cup over the summer, and from their annual Mentor’s Trips.

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By Brennin Weiswerda 2 years ago

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Capitals sign second-round pick Kody Clark to a three-year, entry-level deal

On Monday the Washington Capitals signed 19-year-old forward Kody Clark to a three-year, entry-level contract with an $870,000 AAV. The Capitals selected Clark with pick 47 in the second round of the 2018 NHL Draft.

Clark was the 34th ranked forward on the NHL Central Scouting pre-draft rankings and 63rd on Bob McKenzie’s list. The forward played on the Capitals’ rookie tournament team over the summer and scored two goals.

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By Alex Hayes 3 years ago

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The Capitals made their first cuts at training camp and Alex Alexeyev is among them

Wednesday afternoon, the Capitals made their first round of cuts from training camp.

The move comes before their third preseason game against the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday, and the team didn’t practice Wednesday in order to travel.

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By Julia Karron 3 years ago

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Grading the Washington Capitals 2018 NHL Draft selections

The 2018 NHL Draft has concluded and the Washington Capitals ended up with seven players selected over seven full rounds of action. It’s time to evaluate how they did.

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By Chris Cerullo 3 years ago

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Capitals select defenseman Martin Fehervary and right wing Kody Clark in second round of 2018 NHL Draft

The Washington Capitals just had two consecutive picks in the middle of the second round: the 46th overall selection which the Caps acquired from the Marcus Johansson trade and the 47th overall pick from the Colorado Avalanche that they received in the Philipp Grubauer/Brooks Orpik trade Friday.

The Capitals used pick number 46 to select Slovakian defenseman Martin Fehérváry from the SHL’s Husqvarna Vätterstad 1971. With pick number 47, they selected Kody Clark from the OHL’s Ottawa 67’s.

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By Chris Cerullo 3 years ago

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