Podcast

The Tom Wilson debate episode

We’re just two games into a very young season, but it’s never too early to evaluate how the Caps are looking. The short answer: pretty good! In addition to that, in this episode of the RMNB podcast Ian and Peter pore over Washington’s goalie depth, 1990s sitcom themes, Kempny’s return from a scary injury, Gritty, RMNB’s Todd Squad, why the Rangers are so bad, why all the league’s goalies are hurt, and Peter’s advice for players leaving the Capitals.

All that plus a debate about what we think will happen with Tom Wilson’s appeal and what’s going wrong at the core of his play.

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The summer mailbag episode

Here’s an hourlong Q&A podcast with Q’s provided by you good people and A’s provided by two tired dudes, Ian and Peter. We talk a lot about the 2018-19 Caps roster, but also a lot about Puddle of Mudd and Limp Bizkit. That’s, um, a mixed bag, but you people asked, so really it’s your fault.

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Captains of the offseason booze cruise

There’s the offseason and then there’s August. Ian and I convened on Sunday to discuss the Caps’ summer moves, the Cup’s journey through the organization, and whether or not Lane Lambert is a dracula. Plus, I plug the very stupid series I’m publishing on the site this week.

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The RMNB / Japers Rink crossover podcast

For the first time in recorded history, Peter and JP of Japers Rink have sat down to talk about – well, everything. This chat was a long time coming, and there’s a lot of ground to cover.

This is hour two of the conversation. You can find part 1 on Japers Rink Radio.

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This isn’t gonna go away

The Caps are champions and we simply have to talk about it.

Ian and I also share our predictions for what each Caps player will do with the Cup, we do a lightning round on the future of the club, discuss our time with our favorite bulldog, perform an art critique on the Sports Illustrated photoshop above, and and scoop some media gossip.

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The big silver shiny thing

It’s tough to do a podcast when the only thing you want to talk about is the only thing you must absolutely not talk about. So instead of talking about where the Caps are going, we talk about how the Caps got here.

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Who the heck scripted this?

With the Capitals victorious in the Conference Final and now primed to face their former GM, defenseman, and Cody freakin’ Eakin in the Cup Final, Ian and I sat down to collect our thoughts.

Our thoughts are mostly, “howwwwwwwww did this happen?”

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Jinxes, Knights win the West, and our conversation with Mike Knuble

Today is an important day in Washington Capitals history. A loss tonight would end the season; a win would push the Eastern Conference Final to a Game Seven. There’s a lot to discuss, plus Ian had a chat with Caps alum Mike Knuble, whose appearance with the Frederick Keys last week got cancelled due to rain.

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How Tom Wilson can avoid getting suspended in the future

Last Thursday, I sat down with former Capital Andrew Gordon to catch up on life. Gordo just signed a three-year contract extension with SHL Linköping, and the Capitals had just dispatched the Pittsburgh Penguins. Due to something called Audio Drift, this podcast is coming to you a week late because we had to re-align the conversation by hand. 💀

Gordo and I talked about weird goalies, Alex Ovechkin’s leadership, Sidney Crosby (his friend growing up), Jakub Vrana and trust, the Caps finally getting over the hump, hockey contracts overseas, and how difficult multiple overtime games are. We also made predictions on who would make it to the Western Conference Final which is funny in hindsight.

The most interesting part of our conversation was about Tom Wilson and his most recent three-game suspension. Gordo had strong opinions because he got suspended for five games this season in the SHL due to a headshot. Gordo talked about what he learned from his experience and how Tom can avoid the same issues in the future.

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The curse is over!

While our webserver was melting down in the wake of the Caps’ win over the Penguins on Monday, Ian and I got together to reminisce about Game Six, the Caps-Pens series, previous Caps-Pens series, the Caps’ history of playoff heartache, the really the entire crushing weight of all DC sports playoff heartache.

But really, this is a podcast about Nathan Walker.

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