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.
We just thought you should know a former Capitals reunion currently taking place likely somewhere in Europe.
Jakub Vrana and former Capitals forward Andre Burakovsky both took to their Instagram Story to share that they’re hanging out together. They did so by posting slightly different selfies of themselves.
“Back with my brother!!” wrote Burakovsky.
The Washington Capitals didn’t have an opportunity to see the outdoor rink at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium until Saturday, but the boys were geeking out as soon as they arrived – such as Swedish forward Andre Burakovsky.
Young Dre made his teammates take a selfie with him on the “runway” of the “aircraft carrier” where the rink placed on top of.
To conclude her trip in Washington DC, the Capitals had Fatima Al Ali drop the puck during the team’s ceremonial faceoff Thursday against the Red Wings. After Fatima dropped the puck, she asked Alex Ovechkin and Henrik Zetterberg to take a selfie. The two players obliged.
This is the incredible result.
Photo: @lo_web7
Tom Wilson is a cool dude, and we got another example of that from reader Lauren W. During the Caps recent road swing in Los Angeles, Lauren and her family went to Staples Center for the game.
I’ll let Lauren take it from here.
I have no idea if they’re coming or going, but here’s a quarter of the Caps roster– Tom Wilson, Justin Peters, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Connor Carrick, Andre Burakovsky, and Madison Bowey— on the same airplane.
Wilson, the mastermind of the selfie, Instagrammed this comment along with the pic: “Elbows up everyone. Looking good @kuzy092 #lotsoftigers”
Nope. No idea what that hashtag means.
