Sometimes summer NHL deals are great; other times they can be a bust.  In the case of center Dylan Strome, the Washington Capitals may have tapped into a hidden gem of a player.  Picked up in last summer’s free agency, Strome seemingly has found a new home in DC. Dylan Strome was a top NHL draft pick in 2015 (third …

While it probably doesn’t come as a shock or even the hint of surprise to hockey fans and the Washington Capitals’ faitfhul, team captain Alex Ovechkin has been once again added to the annual All-Star game roster.  Representing the Caps’ as an organization, Ovechkin was selected by the league to play as a starter in the annual showcase. Ovhechkin’s selection …

With the Christmas season winding down and another impending New Year facing us, what will 2023 bring to the Washington Capitals?  Well, right now it looks like the Caps are finally starting to get on the right track in terms of their season.  With a 20-13-5 overall record and 8-1-1 in the last ten games, the Caps, despite all the injuries, despite …

The sports world is full of stories of players pursuing almost-insurmountable records and recently hockey fans were treated to another of those herculean-like accomplishments with Caps’ captain Alex Ovechkin joining the 800 goal club.  Despite the fact that Ovechkin’s goal came on the road in Chicago, his accomplishment is still worth a standing “Ovi”tion for not only Caps fans but …

While Thanksgiving used to be a bellwether for predicting a team’s Stanley Cup playoff chances each year, the Christmas holiday season seems to be the new “norm” in measuring if NHL teams have a chance of making the postseason.  With Christmas two weeks away, the Washington Capitals have found a very appropriate time to find new life to their 2022-23 season. How …

Although “Sleepless in Seattle” may be the title of a movie from the 90’s, it might as well be the theme for the Capitals’ loss to the Seattle Kraken on Thursday night.  The one thing that’s become consistent with the Caps this season is that they seem to find a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.  With …

There comes a time for every major sports franchise to accept the reality that they have lost their competitive edge and sadly for the Washington Capitals, that time seems to have arrived with the 2022-23 season.  Father Time has caught up with this organization and GM Brian MacLellan’s shoulders must be getting a massive workout lately with the burdens placed on this …

It’s Thanksgiving week and I couldn’t resist the turkey symbolism but let’s face it folks, the Washington Capitals are playing like a bunch of stuffed birds right now.  I’m not talking about the beautifully cooked, delicately sliced Thanksgiving Day turkeys we love to enjoy but the overdone, disappointing tukey jerkey as seen with the Griswold family in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.  I …

You can probably guess my age by now simply by the title reference but the Talking Heads’ song “Road to Nowhere” should be adopted as the Washington Capitals’ theme song this season.  How can a team who made the Stanley Cup playoffs last season simply be a listless, meandering franchise playing simply for nightly paychecks this year? It’s not as …

With the NHL season moving well into it’s second month of play, it’s prudent to take a critical look at the Darcy Keumper deal to see what kind of impact Kuemper has made so far.  The Capitals started this season looking more like a MASH unit and with 15 games down, they’ve admitted more patients to their hospital ward with …