Saturday before their home opener, the Washington Capitals walked a red carpet before absolutely throttling the Montreal Canadiens 6-1. The players, arriving in Capitals-branded Lexuses, were escorted down the red carpet by a fan chosen by the team. The Caps signed autographs, took photos, and showed off their fanciest suits.
By Cara Bahniuk 2 years ago
A few hours before the Capitals made the most recent set of training camp cuts, the boys took the ice for another preseason preseason practice. Split amongst the two rinks at Kettler Iceplex, the Caps held normal practice before taking the ice as a team and working on their special-teams units.
The Capitals will host the New Jersey Devils tonight at Capital One Arena. With only three more preseason games on the schedule, the regular season is upon us.
By Cara Bahniuk 2 years ago
Lars Eller is taking his offseason workouts to the next level.
Wednesday at Montreal’s Adrenaline Performance Center, Eller shadowed one of the greatest NFL wide receivers of all time, Terrell Owens, during a drill to work on his speed and agility. The Capitals third-line center kept up with Owens for a few seconds before getting dusted at the end.
By Cara Bahniuk 2 years ago
8:30pm Update: The Caps just traded for Tyler Graovac to give themselves more flexibility ahead of the expansion draft.
Original story: Several weeks ago, Capitals general manager Brian MacLellan said that he generally knew who the Caps were going to protect for the upcoming expansion draft. The club would protect seven forwards, three defensemen, and a goaltender.
The Washington Capitals’ senior writer, Mike Vogel, published an article that gave insight into what he believes is the team’s thinking as they prepare for the expansion draft.
While Vogel doesn’t expect any surprises, he did report an interesting nuance that could cause the Caps to expose both bottom-six centers, Lars Eller and Jay Beagle.
The Caps traded two second round picks to the Montreal Canadiens for Lars Eller at the 2016 Draft, looking for the Danish center to fill a hole down the middle on the third line. If Eller’s first season in DC is any indication, the trade will come good and the team will be getting another stellar year from him next season.
By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago
When the buzzer sounded at PPG Paints Arena on Wednesday night, the Washington Capitals made their way back to the locker room. The Pittsburgh Penguins had beaten them 3-2, putting them on the brink of elimination in the second round.
Inside the locker room, the Capitals gave trite answers to reporters about never giving up on a series and how the team could play better. There was one issue with this company line: the Capitals had played well enough to win. They’ve done it in all four games that have been played against Pittsburgh yet trail in the best-of-seven series 3-1. On Wednesday, Washington outshot Pittsburgh a remarkable 38-18.
The Capitals are now going to be staring the end of their season in the face on Saturday night at Verizon Center. After dropping Game Four by a close margin, the Caps began searching for something to blame. Like every other game in this series, their criticisms were self-directed.
“I would say I didn’t play my game at all tonight,” Alex Ovechkin told reporters. “I think me personally have to play much better.”
“I think I didn’t control the puck well and make stupid decisions,” he added.
By Chris Gordon 2 years ago
The Washington Capitals held their first playoff practice on Tuesday morning at Kettler. It was John Carlson’s first practice back with the team, and although Barry Trotz wouldn’t confirm or deny if Carlson would play on Thursday, he took rushes with Karl Alzner during practice on Wednesday.
The practice was a bit more serious and way more fast than usual. The good guys came focused and are in good spirits about Game One tonight.
Enjoy the photos below and then continue getting pumped up with our new hype video. Puck drop will be here before you know it.
By Cara Bahniuk 2 years ago
The Washington Capitals could clinch the President’s Trophy for the second straight year with a win over the Toronto Maple Leafs and a Penguins loss.
The Caps scored the game’s only goal against the Leafs in the first period after Lars Eller tallied his twelfth goal of the season. It came off a stunning cycle by the Caps’ third line.
Since October, Pat and I have made a biweekly tradition of praising the Capitals’ depth this season. The Snapshot series is full of kind words in particular for Washington’s third* line of Lars Eller, Brett Connolly, and Andre “Dale” Burakovsky.
With that quality leading their bottom six, the Caps have accomplished a level of balance that no other team can meet.
By Peter Hassett 2 years ago
On Monday, the Capitals took to the ice at Kettler for their annual team photo. Everyone came out fresh, cleaned, and groomed for the photo, except for Justin Williams and Andre Burakovsky, who came out well poofed.
We have broken down each look — from ultimate dad to the very special Holthair, Holtfade, and Holtbeard.
By Cara Bahniuk 2 years ago
