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Ryan Chesley among several players with ties to Capitals playing in 2023 Da Beauty League

The 2023 season of Da Beauty League is underway in Edina, Minnesota and the Capitals are being represented by defense prospect and Minnesota Golden Gopher Ryan Chesley. Chesley joins a whole host of NHLers, college players, and pros in the summer league played at Braemar Arena.

Chesley is playing for Team TRIA who are the defending champs of the league. Several other participants in the games have ties to the Caps, including defender Benton Maass who played last season for the Hershey Bears and South Carolina Stingrays.

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By Chris Cerullo 3 months ago

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Where are they now? The Washington Capitals’ 2018 Stanley Cup championship team.

The Washington Capitals defeated the Vegas Golden Knights four games to one to win the Stanley Cup four years ago this week.

Since then, the Capitals have not won a playoff series since, getting first-rounded four consecutive times. While the Caps’ core and identity have largely stayed the same, the 2018 team’s supporting cast has moved on. Only nine of those 27 players are still on the team while two others, Shane Gersich and Pheonix Copley, remain in the organization.

Some key members of the 2018 championship team have flourished elsewhere. Others have wound down their careers or retired in different organizations or leagues.

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By Ian Oland 1 year ago

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Travis Boyd signs with Arizona Coyotes

Caps legend Travis Boyd is now a member of the Coyotes, who I believe are still located in Arizona as of press time. Boyd will be paid $750k on his one-year contract.

Boyd played 85 games for Washington before playing for Toronto and then Vancouver.

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By Peter Hassett 2 years ago

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Claimed! Travis Boyd reunites with Braden Holtby, Nate Schmidt, and Jay Beagle in Vancouver

The Vancouver Capitals are at it again!

Monday, Vancouver claimed Travis Boyd off waivers from the Toronto Maple Leafs. According to Sportsnet’s Chris Johnston, the Leafs were trying to save cap space ahead of the April 12 trade deadline by stashing Boyd on their taxi squad and only going with a 20-man roster.

That plan, uh, did not work.

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By Ian Oland 3 years ago

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Travis Boyd scores in first game with the Toronto Maple Leafs

Over the offseason, Travis Boyd signed a one-year, $700k deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs, leaving the Capitals after six seasons in their organization.

After being put on waivers by the Leafs and placed on the taxi squad at the beginning of the year, Boyd, a 2018 Stanley Cup champion, made his Leafs debut Tuesday against the Calgary Flames after sitting out the team’s first seven games.

He scored in his first game with his new team.

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By Ian Oland 3 years ago

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Former Capitals Mathieu Perreault and Travis Boyd among 100-plus players placed on waivers

The NHL had one of the biggest waiver days in its history on Monday per The Athletic’s Thomas Drance.

With training camps so massively short due to the pandemic-shortened 2020-21 season, teams opted to hold onto their plyers until the last possible waiver wire day, leading to over a 100-plus players being putting up for grabs. Nine Washington Capitals players were a part of that group highlighted by Pheonix Copley, Paul LaDue, and Shane Gersich.

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By Ian Oland 3 years ago

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Travis Boyd posts goodbye note to Capitals after signing with Leafs

Braden Holtby wasn’t the only member of the Capitals’ 2018 Stanley Cup team to leave the team since the start of free agency.

Bottom-six forward Travis Boyd also signed a one-year deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday, ending a six-year tenure with the Capitals and Hershey Bears.

Shortly after signing, Boyd posted a goodbye note to the organization.

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By Ian Oland 3 years ago

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Travis Boyd signs one-year deal with Toronto Maple Leafs

Another Caps Cup-winner has moved on. Depth forward Travis Boyd is now a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs, inking a one-year deal at the league minimum of $700,000.

Chris Johnston was first to report.

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By Peter Hassett 3 years ago

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Capitals extend qualifying offer to Jonas Siegenthaler, non-tender Travis Boyd

The Washington Capitals had until 5 PM on Wednesday to extended qualifying offers to their remaining restricted free agents.

The team has chosen to extend qualifying offers to Jonas Siegenthaler and Shane Gersich, keeping their rights, while choosing to non-tender Travis Boyd, Connor Hobbs, and Kristofers Bindulis, who will become unrestricted free agents on Friday.

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By Ian Oland 3 years ago

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