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.
By Brennin Weiswerda 4 years ago
You guys, it’s Valentine’s Day and I think you should spend time with your one true love: the Washington Capitals.
On Monday, February 25th, Fanatics is hosting a unique event with four crucial members of the 2018 Stanley Cup champion team.
The GOAT Alex Ovechkin, Mr. Game 5 Lars Eller, and Tom Wilson will be participating in a Chalk Talk at MGM National Harbor that night while Devante Smith-Pelly will be hanging out with VIPs and mingling with guests at a cocktail hour. Last and least importantly, I will be there too and you have permission to either high five or hiss at me!
Fanatics has three packages available for the event, which I detail below, and they are perfect for either the superfan or the super chill Caps supporter in your life. But me personally? I think the awesome signed memorabilia, chatting with DSP, and a once in a lifetime photo opportunity will create memories that last forever.
Easter is several weeks away, but Alex Ovechkin is already in the holiday spirit.
Wednesday night before the Caps’ tussle against the Avalanche, the Russian machine made an impromptu appearance on the team’s game preview, giving Mike Vogel and John Walton bunny ears.
On Thursday, Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov posted videos from a Capitals recent golf outing on social media. After chunking a large piece of earth out of ground, Ovechkin hit the golf ball a mile and celebrated like he just won the Stanley Cup. After a miracle putt from the green, Evgeny Kuznetsov did the same.
Friday, Nate Schmidt joined Mike Vogel for the team’s Rinkside Update and talked about how that team-building event went.
“Real good, our team ended up winning. We were the ‘four man scramble’ myself, TJ Oshie, Lars Eller, and Christian Thomas.” Schmidt said with a smile. “It was a lot of fun.”
Schmidt also talked about his preparation for the upcoming season, how it feels to be back with the same seven defensemen, and how he loves just chillin’ with the guys.
I have a full transcription below.
By Elyse Bailey 7 years ago
I hate feeling my own feels. The Caps just turned my insides to mush with this two-minute video dedicated to Bensten “Bman” Schone. As you’ll recall, Bensten is the six-year-old Caps fan who was struck by a car after accidentally sledding into the road. He’s been slowly recovering from a brain injury ever since.
We needed this. With all the furor surrounding the Caps currently, Joel Ward and Jason Chimera helpfully hit the release valve by cutting an Aprils Fools video posing as Caps media men John Walton and Mike Vogel.
In a skull cap and wig, the third-line wingers hosted the pre-game Two-Man Advantage video. Ward repeated Walton’s catch phrase three or seven times, and Chimera rattled off stats in a meaningless number salad– all in an uncanny impersonation of Vogel.
This is great. Please watch it. I promise it will cheer you up.
Early this morning, Mike Vogel broke the news that the Caps reassigned forwards Jay Beagle, Andrew Gordon and Mathieu Perreault to AHL Hershey. Then during Media Day, Bruce Boudreau stated that he thought Marcus Johansson had more defensive upside than Perreault to try and explain why the French-Canadian was sent down over the Swede. I am far from a Perreault supporter, so you know this is coming from the numbers heart.
Looking at the pre-season stats of MJ90 and MP85, do they really show MJ90 is better defensively?
By 13 years ago
Today, Hershey Goaltender Braden Holtby showed off his new Capitals Mask to Mike Vogel of Caps365. Among the notable things that were discussed:
Below the fold, check out all sides of the helmet in all its screen-captured glory.
