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WASHINGTON CAPITALS
Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman walked back his earlier report that Jeff Halpern will interview with the Capitals this week. He said he was told by several the interview has already occurred. He also said he is hearing Spencer Carbery is the leader for the job right now. [Sportsnet] [at 36:00]
Capitals forward prospect Ryan Hofer scored his first goal of the Memorial Cup on Saturday night. He has a goal and two assists in the first two games of the tournament.
No. 10 makes it 10! #MemorialCup pic.twitter.com/UdYV9htlWU
— Canadian Hockey League (@CHLHockey) May 29, 2023
Hofer finished with 40 goals and 28 assists in 66 regular season games played. He shot the puck 278 times for a 14.38% shooting percentage. He added eight goals and seven assists in 14 WHL postseason games. Hofer signed with the Capitals on March 1 and will move to Hershey this fall.
Mason Eyssimont calls, apologizes for hit on Capitals defenseman Rasmus Sandin. (Translation required) [Aftonbladet]
Welcome “Rocky Balboa”, Alex Alexeyev’s new pup. 😍
AROUND THE LEAGUE
Seven hard lessons from the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs ($$$) [ESPN]
There are several reports that former Capitals head coach Peter Laviolette will be the next head coach of the New York Rangers, to be announced later this week. [Rear Admirals Blog]
The battle cry “we gotta get faster” was a prominent philosophy for a while, but has the game now swung back to focusing on a more heavier game? [NoVa Caps]
Depth players keeping Dallas alive versus Vegas [TSN/Travis Yost]
The 2023 NHL playoffs all-disappointment team: Kirill Kaprizov, Linus Ullmark, more ($$$) [The Athletic]
Milan Lucic weighing future after winning gold at worlds [TSN]
Arduous sale process bound to produce quality ownership for Senators [Sportsnet]
Why do players choke under pressure? For the same reason monkeys do [the Score]
Smaht Scouting released their final 2023 NHL draft rankings for all prospects that are eligible. [Smaht Scouting]
Ilya Samsonov sat for extended interview with Russian media outlet Sports24 (Translation required) [Sports24]
By Jon Sorensen