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TJ Oshie on Nicklas Backstrom’s hip problems: ‘A lot of people would have probably given up’ by now

Speaking to reporters on Thursday, TJ Oshie pulled the curtain back behind Nicklas Backstrom’s hip injury and intense rehab. Backstrom was sidelined for half of last season and will likely miss most of the 2022-23 campaign due to a chronic hip issue.

Backstrom underwent hip resurfacing surgery in June to hopefully fix the issue and is facing a mostly unprecdented return to hockey.

Most of us see Capitals players when they’re healthy on the ice. What we don’t see is the pain they endure and the dedication they show behind the scenes to consistently play hockey at the highest level.

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TJ Oshie had surgery over the offseason for an upper-body injury

TJ Oshie missed 38 games last season due to a lower-body injury, an upper-body injury, COVID, and a non-COVID illness.

His start of the 2022-23 campaign is not faring much better. Oshie was kept off the ice for the team’s first day of Training Camp due to offseason surgery. The Caps held their annual fitness tests at MedStar Capitals Iceplex.

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By Ian Oland 2 days ago

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Oshies announce they’re having a fourth child

The Oshie family is getting even bigger. On Thursday, Lauren Oshie announced she was pregnant with the couple’s fourth child.

“Can’t exactly hide it anymore….. SURPRISE! 💕💕Baby Oshie #4 coming January,” Lauren wrote on Instagram.

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By Ian Oland 3 weeks ago

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TJ Oshie finds new and inventive way to drink again via candle holder

TJ Oshie is a joy to root for because he’s effortlessly talented and endlessly creative. Not only can the Capitals forward dangle himself out of almost any tight space, but he also has one of the most nuanced and elaborate pregame routines in the NHL.

But those powers don’t turn off and cease to be just because there’s no hockey. For Oshie, those talents come out in different ways. Like at Tom Wilson’s wedding on Saturday.

Oshie turned a glass fixture, a centerpiece that usually holds a long candle, into his drinking glass for the wedding reception.

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By Ian Oland 4 weeks ago

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TJ Oshie and Dmitry Orlov are the latest Capitals back in town for next season

The Washington Capitals are continuing to get the gang back together ahead of the 2022-23 season.

The Athletic’s Tarik El-Bashir reported that John Carlson, Lars Eller, Carl Hagelin, Garnet Hathaway, Hendrix Lapierre, Joe Snively, Sam Anas, and Alex Alexeyev were all skating at MedStar Capitals Iceplex last week.

Now two more core players are joining them.

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By Ian Oland 1 month ago

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TJ Oshie says Alex Ovechkin is a ‘big goof’ in real life, sings Britney Spears on team bus

TJ Oshie may scream in Alex Ovechkin’s face before games, but according to the Capitals right wing, it’s coming from a place of love and respect.

“Every day I see him at the rink, I have the biggest smile on my face,” Oshie said recently to the Rink Live Podcast, “because I don’t know what’s going to happen next.”

While Ovechkin is one of the greatest players of all time, he does not take himself too seriously, according to Oshie, his teammate of the last seven seasons. That includes a lot of enthusiastic and off-key singing.

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By Ian Oland 2 months ago

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TJ Oshie on his number being retired by Warroad High: ‘My only regret is that I didn’t move here until I was 15’

TJ Oshie officially had his number 19 retired by Warroad High School on Saturday night.

At a ceremony at The Gardens Arena, Oshie saluted the town that helped turn him into a star beginning his sophomore year in high school.

“City of Warroad, this is the most special place for any kid to grow up in,” Oshie said tearing up. “My only regret is that I didn’t move here until I was 15.”

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By Ian Oland 2 months ago

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TJ Oshie will have his number 19 retired by Warroad High School

Washington Capitals star TJ Oshie will get a huge honor in his hometown on Saturday.

Oshie will have his number 19 retired by Warroad High School, joining three others in the rafters: Bill Christian (no. 3), Dave Christian (no. 10), and Henry Boucha (no. 16). Notably, Dave Christian played for USA’s Miracle On Ice team. All four players have played in the Olympics.

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By Ian Oland 2 months ago

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