The greatest goaltender in Washington Capitals history is once again back in DC.
Sunday, Braden Holtby was at Nationals Park, watching the Nats take on the New York Mets. Holtby grew up a huge Toronto Blue Jays fan but became a big supporter of the Nationals during his time in DC — even becoming friends with several members of the team.
After nearly two weeks in COVID protocol, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Ilya Samsonov officially returned to the Capitals over the weekend. And Monday, the two Russians attended their first 2021 playoffs game together.
Capitals fan Miranda Rosenfelt spotted Kuznetsov, Samsonov, and Hershey Bears recall Zach Fucale in the press box ahead of Game Two. The three Caps graciously agreed to take a selfie with her as she stood from top of the upper deck.
It’s fantastic.
By Ian Oland 8 months ago
Longtime Capitals fan Vic Jain was getting fitted for his wedding tuxedo at Suit Supply in Georgetown.
And then it happened. Vic noticed a stocky gentleman that looked very, very familiar: Capitals’ 2018 Stanley Cup champion head coach Barry Trotz.
The Islanders are in town for the third and final game of the team’s miniseries against the Capitals.
Wednesday’s trip to the grocery store started out like any other visit for Capitals fan Alex Mun. He had parked his car and had just gone inside a Harris Teeter.
Then it happened.
Former Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby was spotted in Vancouver on Monday. The Holtbeast visited the Canucks team store around noon Pacific Time. According to Vancouver sports fan Azadeh, Holtby was browsing the hat aisle for some new Canucks’ knit hats.
Outside the store, she asked to take a selfie with the team’s new goaltender.
“Bumped into a lovely Mr. Holtby at the Canucks store 🤠,” Azadeh wrote on Twitter. The photo has received nearly 1,000 likes since being posted a little over an hour ago.
Since Google Analytics tells me you guys really liked the Braden Holtby social-distancing selfie, here’s another featuring Tom Wilson.
The Stanley Cup champion, who recently returned to the DC area from his native Toronto, took this selfie with three Caps fans in Northern Virginia on Wednesday.
An incredible selfie a Capitals fan took with Braden Holtby is getting a lot of attention on social media.
Reddit user 14thwitness posted the photo on Caps Reddit after a chance meeting with the Stanley Cup champion goaltender in Adams Morgan. It’s gotten over 570 upvotes on Reddit and the photo has since been re-posted all across Twitter.
“He was waiting for his food and was nice enough to let me take a selfie with him,” 14thwitness said.
TJ Oshie may never lead the league in goals or points, but when he retires, he will, in this writer’s opinion, leave the game as one of the more popular and respected players of his time. From helping the US beat Russia in the 2014 Sochi Olympics (he got a shoutout from President Barrack Obama) to becoming a Stanley Cup champion and All-Star, Oshie has dazzling skill combined with a lunch pail attitude towards the less heralded parts of the game, puck battles and hitting.
Oshie also brings this attention to detail to how he treats fans. Oshie relentlessly obliges supporters with autographs and photos and does so with a smile on his face. TJ’s down-to-earth personality and kindness even inspired Wish Kid Addy Flint during her fight with cancer.
“My kids adore him,” Jonah P. said in an interview. “He’s made our family even bigger fans of the team.”
Jonah is the father of two young girls, six-year-old Kiona and three-year-old Koa, just like Oshie, who is the prince charming for Lyla and Leni. Over the last two years, Oshie has interacted with Jonah’s family several times during warmups and it’s helped transform their fandom.
The Washington Capitals were in Raleigh Friday to play the Carolina Hurricanes. During warmups, Evgeny Kuznetsov noticed a tiny Caps fan trying to take a selfie with the players skating in the background.
Instead of being a passive participant in the photo, Kuzy skated right on over to the glass to give the blonde-haired Caps supporter a keepsake he’d treasure forever.
Days after giving his stick up to a boy celebrating his eighth birthday, Alex Ovechkin was back at it again to make some dreams come true.
Monday, after noticing a sign that said Hey, Ovi. Can I have a picture?, Ovechkin went to the glass and cheesed with a group of four Caps fans.
Yes, kids. Yes, you can.
