All the quarantining appears to have finally gotten to Michal Kempny.
After returning from a hiking trip in his native Czech Republic, Kempny took a razor to his beautiful hair and buzzed it all off.
Here’s what he looks like now.
Michal Kempny is one of nine Capitals players who left North America to return to his home country during the coronavirus outbreak. Tuesday, the Capitals defenseman jumped on Instagram to tell Capitals fans he misses them.
“Breathe in & breathe out 🙏🏻,” Kempny wrote. “I can’t wait for the moment when I see you all at the game after this 🏒 #staysafe”
Ilya Kovalchuk will become the first Washington Capitals player ever to have a Russian-language goal song, according to the team’s social media accounts.
Alex Ovechkin (‘Shake, Rattle, & Roll’), Evgeny Kuznetsov (‘Get Low’), and Dmitry Orlov (‘Oh Yeah’) previously chose English-language songs. We’re allowed to pick “French, Spanish, English, but not the Russian for some reason, it is not allowed,” Kuznetsov said to the Washington Post’s Samantha Pell in November. The arrival of Kovalchuk apparently has lifted that ban.
The Capitals released an updated list of players’ goal songs that included the picks of the team’s new additions at the trade deadline: Kovalchuk and Brenden Dillon.
Michal Kempny appears likely to be a healthy scratch against the Philadelphia Flyers this Wednesday as head coach Todd Reirden continues to experiment with his defensive pairs. For much of the season, Kempny skated with John Carlson on the first pair.
Kempny’s exit means Jonas Siegenthaler will remain in the lineup while Radko Gudas will get a jersey again.
The Washington Capitals seem to have turned a corner. They’re not “back to good” yet, but they’re at least trending in the right direction. Though I shared a bunch of thoughts after watching Tuesday’s game in person, there’s one nit I’d like to pick in more detail.
I think the Capitals defensive pairs are all wrong.
By Peter Hassett 1 month ago
For the billionth sixth straight year, the Washington Capitals have added a defender at the trade deadline. This year’s model is Brenden Dillon, a 29-year-old named for the two best male characters on Beverly Hills 90210.
Dillon’s an interesting player, but how the Caps might deploy him is even more interesting.
By Peter Hassett 2 months ago
Alex Ovechkin and Tom Wilson aren’t the only Washington Capitals players spending the bye week in Mexico. Defenseman Michal Kempny is in Cancún with his girlfriend Nicola and has the smoldering beach photo to prove it.
“Hola,” a shirtless Kempny wrote on Instagram.
TJ Oshie and Christian Djoos both missed Capitals practice on Monday.
Oshie has what Peter’s grandmother calls the good ol’ “north and south” while Djoos suffered an upper-body during Washington’s game Saturday against the Carolina Hurricanes.
The NHL has a bug going around, and now it’s hit the defense of the Washington Capitals. The team announced Friday that defenders Michal Kempny and Radko Gudas will not skate this morning and will be game-time decisions for tonight’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
In case they cannot play, the team has called up defender Christian Djoos from the Hershey Bears.
By Peter Hassett 3 months ago
The Washington Capitals celebrated Christmas on Wednesday the same way we all did – with gifts, extravagant meals (that may or may not involve the President of the United States), and special holiday attire.
Here’s a look at how your favorite Capitals players (or Bears) celebrated the holiday.
By Ian Oland 4 months ago
