Florida Panthers defenseman Radko Gudas delivered one of the biggest hits of this NHL season on Thursday night. The former Capital caught an unsuspecting Kirby Dach with a hip check that sent the young Blackhawks forward flying head over heels.
The rugged Czech leads the entire NHL in hits with over 300. The next closest player is 65 hits behind him.
By Chris Cerullo 6 months ago
Former Capitals defenseman and current Florida Panther, Radko Gudas was sent to the penalty box for holding Friday night as the Panthers took on the Vancouver Canucks. Instead of going to the box for two minutes and feeling shame, Gudas was just left feeling dehydrated.
None of the water bottles in the visitor’s penalty box had any water in them.
By Chris Cerullo 8 months ago
Radko Gudas (AKA Gudy, AKA Dadko, AKA The Cheese Wheel, AKA The Mayor of the Toronto Bubble) has played his final game in Washington.
Friday, the beard-y, eight-year veteran signed a three-year deal with the Florida Panthers shortly after the start of free agency.
Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman was the first to report the news.
ESPN’s Greg Wyshynski and Emily Kaplan published a must-read story about the NHL bubble experience on Tuesday. And it’s remarkable because it features rare candor from players. The article focused on how difficult living in the bubble was and how the NHL under-delivered on the experience.
The weirdest part of the bubble, according to players, was living in the same hotels as their opponents.
Radko Gudas was supposed to be a moneyball-style upgrade over Matt Niskanen. Ha. Nope. Extremely 2020 vibes.
By Peter Hassett 2 years ago
It was an afterthought at the time, but Radko Gudas delivered one of the biggest hits of the Capitals season in Game Four against the New York Islanders.
After Washington hemmed the Islanders into their defensive zone for two minutes, Cal Clutterbuck escaped with the puck and tried to advance it into the Capitals zone.
Gudas said NO with a devastating Dmitry Orlov-quality hip check.
The Washington Capitals know that the end is near so they went to dramatic lengths to change their luck heading into Game Four.
Down 3-0 in their first-round series, several Capitals players sported new looks, highlighted by first-line center Evgeny Kuznetsov who shaved his head bald and left a goatee.
By Ian Oland 2 years ago
Nicklas Backstrom is a game-time decision today, and that decision is “go for it.”
Meanwhile, Radko Gudas will take a seat as Martin Fehervary gets some ice time.
By Peter Hassett 2 years ago
Washington Capitals defenseman Radko Gudas has earned a new nickname from his teammates since arriving at Toronto’s Hotel X, where the Caps, Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Flyers, and Tampa Bay Lightning are all staying.
“Gudy is the mayor of the bubble,” Garnet Hathaway said on the Capitals’ podcast Between Two Blue Lines.
Michal Kempny had a lot to say during a recent Czech language interview on the BKT Podcast.
The Stanley Cup-winning defenseman discussed the European Capitals’ decision to return home and Radko Gudas’s opinion that the NHL should cancel the rest of the suspended 2019-20 season.
By Ian Oland and Brennin Weiswerda 2 years ago
