With an arbitration hearing looming on Wednesday, July 28th, both the Washington Capitals and the Tomas Fleischmann camp were able to come to a last minute agreement and avoid what can become an uncomfortable session. “Flash” has signed a one year deal with the 2009-10 NHL President’s Trophy winners, which according to Tarik El-Bashir of ... Read More »

NFL training camps are getting underway this week and that is also an indication that we are closer to the start of the NHL season than to the end of the previous one. Despite the fact that it is late July and most NHL executives are getting ready to go on vacation next week, things ... Read More »

Caps Sign 5 The Washington Capitals continue to show confidence in the players from their own organization and today they inked five skaters who helped the Hershey Bears win their second straight Calder Cup this spring in Andrew Gordon, Jay Beagle, Patrick McNeill, Andrew Joudrey, and Zach Miskovic. Below is the text from the official press release from ... Read More »

In front of a near capacity crowd at Kettler IcePlex in Ballston, Virginia, the Washington Capitals development campers, which includes Caps prospects who are under contract and recent draft picks who have not been signed yet, took to the ice for the first scrimmage of their week long summer session with the game ending in ... Read More »

Caps Re-Sign 3rd Player in 3 Days For the third straight day the Washington Capitals have re-signed one of their restricted free agents, and more importantly, avoided arbitration with their second player in two days. Here is the official press release from the Caps PR department: The Washington Capitals have signed right wing Eric Fehr to a two-year contract, ... Read More »

Caps Sign Schultz Below is the press release from the Capitals on the Jeff Schultz inking: The Washington Capitals have signed defenseman Jeff Schultz to a four-year contract, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today. In keeping with club policy, financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Schultz, 24, played 73 games for the Capitals ... Read More »

Boyd Gordon Signs 1 Year Deal Below is Tuesday’s press release from the Washington Capitals outstanding PR department: The Washington Capitals have signed center/right wing Boyd Gordon to a one-year contract, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today. In keeping with club policy, financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Gordon, 26, completed his seventh ... Read More »

NHL free agency began on Thursday, July 1st and the Washington Capitals did not make a single signing. Based on the dollars and length of contracts being inked on day one, it appears to me that Caps GM George McPhee was very wise to stay out of the bidding wars and prevented himself from overpaying for ... Read More »

Press Release from the Capitals: The Washington Capitals selected right wing Stanislav Galiev, goaltender Philipp Grubauer, center Caleb Herbert and defenseman Samuel Carrier on the second day of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, held Saturday at Staples Center in Los Angeles. That group, along with first-round selection Evgeny Kuznetsov, gives the Capitals a five-player draft class, matching ... Read More »

With the 26th pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft the Washington Capitals selected Russian forward Evgeny Kuznetsov. Kuznetsov, a 6’0”, 172-pound native of Chelyabinsk, Russia played last season with Chelyabinsk Traktor of the KHL. He tallied two goals and seven assists in 35 games last season while recording only 10 penalty minutes. Kuznetsoz represented ... Read More »