(UPDATED: This post was revised at 815pm on Sunday now that the Nylander loan is official) Washington Capitals General Manager George McPhee has finalized a standard loan deal that sends forward Michael Nylander to Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League. The Caps are still on the hook to pay #92’s salary ($5.5M this year), but they ... Read More »

The Washington Capitals have assigned defenseman Karl Alzner to the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League (AHL), vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today. Alzner, 21, is a second-year pro who stands 6’3”, 206 pounds. The Burnaby, British Columbia, native has two assists in five games with the Capitals this season. Alzner has ... Read More »

Wednesday night brought on another Capitals-Islanders battle and for the 7th time in the last 9 contests these two teams went to extra time to decide the outcome before a packed house (18,277) at the Verizon Center. When overtime did not yield a winner on came the shootout and it took 11 players for each team but Washington’s Chris Clark scored and ... Read More »

Caps Update Alexander Ovechkin skated today but he started much later than his teammates and he has been ruled out for Wednesday’s game against the Islanders. That makes 4 games missed since he was jumped by the Blue Jackets but so far Gary Bettman, Colin Campbell, and company have done nothing to publicly reprimand Ken Hitchcock and Columbus. ... Read More »

After Friday night’s contest in Sunrise, won by Washington, 4-1, the depleted Caps without Alexander Ovechkin, Mike Green, and Jeff Schultz took on the Florida Panthers in a rematch at the Verizon Center and after a horrible second period in which they gave up three goals and trailed 3-2, they exploded for five third period tallies to win 7-4. ... Read More »

I know it has been a purple Sunday for most of you and it was for me too but a couple of things of note happened in Washington Capitals land today that were worth passing along to you hockey fans out there ready to Rock the Red in the upcoming season. First, forward Michael Nylander met ... Read More »

Having followed the Capitals as a fan, team statistician, and media member since their inception in 1974 there is no doubt in my mind that this franchise is currently sitting at an all time high in terms of talent and popularity. On a day when there would be no hockey played at Kettler Ice Plex ... Read More »

The Washington Capitals have announced today that they have a new goalie coach. Here is the press release from the Caps outstanding Media Relations staff: The Washington Capitals have hired Arturs Irbe as the organization’s goaltending coach, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today. Irbe replaces Dave Prior, who recently resigned after 12 years ... Read More »

This year I have had to wait a little longer to bring you my analysis of the NHL’s free agency signing period, which began on July 1, because with the salary cap not going up drastically for the first time since it was instituted coming out of the lock out in 2005, there are still ... Read More »

So it appears that Donald Brashear is not in the plans for next year for the Washington Capitals (check out more on that and an update on the Sergei Fedorov situation here). While Brashear did serve a purpose the last couple of seasons in DC by protecting Alexander Ovechkin and many other Caps players he ... Read More »