What an ....... off season for the Capitals. First it was another disappointing exit at the hands of the Penguins (sorry for mentioning), then resigning the 2015-2016 astronomically high percentage shooter Oshie and as a result trading a younger player on a better contract for picks, doing not enough to keep Nate Schmidt from [...]
WASHINGTON CAPITALS JULY 31-in-31 2017 The Capitals had a light draft, with only four picks, and concentrated those picks in prospect areas they are already deep on. Three of the four Capitals picks were defensemen and all are definitely not locks to ever to make the NHL as they were taken in the fourth to [...]
KHL GAGARIN CUP PLAYOFFS RECAP Well guess who won the KHL championship last night, just in time for the KHL update (they must have known), it was won in five games by SKA Saint Petersburg. The team that finished tied for first in points with a loaded offense and stellar goaltending. See the brackets below: [...]
KHL season wrap up and playoff update Skaters Nikita Gusev (TB) – Gusev finished the KHL season with 71 points in 57 games as he continues to be one of the best players in the KHL. He was one of four players from SKA in the top five scoring showing how dominate [...]
2017 World Junior Championship catch up for KHL players By now you should know Russia won bronze at the IIHF World Junior Championship over Sweden, and that was thanks to the strong performance of four key players listen below. They really did not have the best squad but battled through it none the [...]
The Washington Capitals are currently in Stanley Cup contention mode as they have made little to no roster moves throughout this off season. It appears the Capitals are keeping in mind the future of the organization by not moving many of their young prospects for rentals. With as many as six contracts potentially coming [...]
This is the last big year for the Capitals to compete for the Stanley Cup with many players on their roster either UFAs or RFAs once season ends. They were not far from their goal as they ran into a hot Penguins team that ultimately won in the end. The 2016 draft, and subsequent [...]
This time of year, we watch closely on those players who are headed for Salary Arbitration… ***JULY 27 UPDATE – Only Tyson Barrie (Jul 29), Martin Marincin (Aug 3) and Michael Stone (Aug 4) are left unsigned, the rest have settled. **JULY 25 UPDATE – Brayden Schenn (Jul 25), Peter Holland (Jul 25) and Frank Corrado (Jul 26) have signed. [...]
