Having had the good fortune of watching Mike Green’s development the last few seasons, I guess I had no idea how far under the radar he was to the average hockey fan out there. That is until Nate Ewell sent me the following note:
Before the NHL season kicked off on Oct. 3, 2,523 drafts had [...]
Matt Bradley had a couple strong scoring chances in Tuesday night’s win over Ottawa, and he has been playing excellent hockey of late overall. After the Ottawa game, I saw Bradley downstairs and told him, “You’ve got one coming on Thursday, Brads. I feel it.”
“I’ll get one for you, Vogs,” was the reply.
By the time [...]
(It’s not what you’re thinking. If Christmas can come early, why not April Fool’s Day?)
The Edmonton Oilers begin a five-game, eight-day road trip today in Washington. As always, radio color analyst Morley Scott is on the trip, and he found room in his baggage for an interesting piece of memorabilia.
A Toronto boy, Scott spent [...]
As you can imagine, the main topic of tonight’s pre-game press conference with Bruce Boudreau was the loss of Caps center Michael Nylander to rotator cuff surgery. Here’s what the Caps bench boss had to say:
“Obviously, it’s not great. I just give him full marks for having the courage to play for the last three [...]
This won’t come as a surprise to anyone who has followed the Capitals this season, but Nicklas Backstrom has been named as a participant in the NHL’s YoungStars event for All-Star weekend in Atlanta. Here is the text of the release:
Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom is one of the 16 NHL YoungStars invited to the [...]
Caps coach Bruce Boudreau announced this morning that center Michael Nylander would be out of the lineup for a significant amount of time. We’re waiting for more official and detailed word from Caps management at the moment, and I’ll update when I’ve got more.
Brent Johnson will start in goal for Washington tonight. Chris Clark will not [...]
I started writing a piece on Caps defenseman Shaone Morrisonn last week, but wound up getting derailed by other events. I just finished the Mo piece, which you can read here. But as is often the case, I got far more quotes than I actually needed. Rather than just trash them, here they are for your [...]
Sales of newspapers in Montreal are going to plummet, and somewhere some fifth-grade 2016 draft-eligible kid is sleeping soundly, completely oblivious to the fact that he’s going to be the cornerstone piece of Nashville’s next trade pitch to get Alex Ovechkin — in 2021.
Here in Washington, we weren’t worried much. The only smart thing [...]
The Capitals have assigned goaltender Brent Johnson to Hershey of the AHL for a conditioning stint. The Bears have three games in three days beginning on Friday, while the Caps are off until Sunday afternoon when they host Philadelphia in the second game of their current five-game homestand.
Johnson, sidelined since Dec. 27 with a [...]
I disagree with my esteemed colleague from the Post that this is a turning point homestand or that the Capitals need to get eight points or 10 points or any set number of points in this span of five home games. To me, we’re far past the turning point (Nov. 22) of this season and [...]
