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Capital Gains: Washington Capitals’ Once “Shallow” Prospect Pool Finally Gaining Depth
Once considered by many as one of the NHL’s weakest prospect pools, the Washington Capitals have made significant gains over the past three NHL Entry Drafts. The team has also made several recent key free-agent signings that have added much needed … Continue reading
Playing Dylan: Deeper Dive On Capitals New Center Dylan Strome
Photo: NHL via Getty Images If you followed along with us during the days leading up to the opening of NHL free agency on July 13, you know we were lobbying for the Washington Capitals to sign Chicago Blackhawks unrestricted … Continue reading
Key Stats To Watch For Connor McMichael and Joe Snively At The Start Of The 2022-23 Season
It’s a new day, a new season. A chance for young players to modify and enhance their games in advance of the approaching campaign. Younger players in particular have the capability of showing the greatest improvement from year one to … Continue reading
Pondering the Power Play: Should the Capitals Give Their Young Players More Opportunities On the Man-Advantage This Season?
John McCreary/NHLI via Getty Images Five seconds. That number is the average amount of time Washington Capitals forward and former first-round draft pick Connor McMichael averaged on the power play last season for Head Coach Peter Laviolette. And for a … Continue reading
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Tagged Connor McMichael, Michael Fleetwood, Opinion, Power Play, Prospects, Special Teams, Washington Capitals
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Capitals GM Brian McLellan On Connor McMichael: “He’s Probably A Year Ahead Of Schedule”
Washington Capitals general manager Brian MacLellan met with the media at the end of the first day of free agency, last Wednesday. The annual presser often signals the end of MacLellan’s wheeling and dealing for the free agency period.
Keep, Trade Or Cut? Who Should Stay And Who Should Go On The Washington Capitals?
As we enter an important off-season for the twilight of the Ovechkin era, the Washington Capitals and General Manager Brian MacLellan are figured to shakeup the current roster. With four straight first round bounces after hoisting Lord Stanley’s Cup in … Continue reading
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Tagged 2022-23 Washington Capitals, Alex Ovechkin, Anthony Mantha, Axel Jonsson-Fjallby, Carl Hagelin, Connor McMichael, Connor Sheary, Dmitry Orlov, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Garnet Hathaway, Ilya Samsonov, Joe Snively, John Carlson, Justin Trudel, Lars Eller, Martin Fehervary, Nic Dowd, Nick Jensen, Nicklas Backstrom, T.J. Oshie, Tom Wilson, Trevor Van Riemsdyk, Vitek Vanecek
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We Could Have Had….?!” Part 2: Washington Capitals’ Draft Day Misses: 2017-2021
Photo: Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports The 2022 NHL Entry Draft is just 9 days away. As part of our pre-draft coverage, we continue our annual look at draft day misses – players the Washington Capitals could have selected, but ultimately decided … Continue reading
Making The Grade: Grades For Washington Capitals Forwards For The 2021-22 Season
As we continue to wrap-up our analysis of the Washington Capitals 2021-22 season, we next take a look at the performance of the Capitals forwards during the regular season and generate resultant grades for each of the forwards for their … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Ovechkin, Aliaksei Protas, Anthony Mantha, Axel Jonsson-Fjallby, Beck Malenstyn, Brett Leason, Carl Hagelin, Connor McMichael, Conor Sheary, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Garnet Hathaway, Garrett Pilon, Hendrix Lapierre, Joe Snively, Johan larsson, Marcus Johansson, Michael Sgarbossa, Mike Vecchione, Nic Dowd, Nicklas Backstrom, T.J. Oshie, Tom Wilson
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Where Do We Go From Here? The Capitals Preliminary “To-Do” List For The 2022 Off-Season
Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images As we head into the vast unknown of yet another off-season for the Washington Capitals we immediately shift our focus to looking at team “needs” and the roster moves required to address those “needs”. Some of … Continue reading
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Tagged Aliaksei Protas, Axel Jonsson-Fjallby, Carl Hagelin, Connor McMichael, Ilya Samsonov, John Carlson, Vitek Vanecek
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Capitals’ Connor McMichael Soaking Up His First Taste of the Stanley Cup Playoffs: “It Was Honestly More Than I Could Have Imagined”
Prior to the start of the 2021-22 regular season, Washington Capitals forward Connor McMichael was considered the team’s top prospect, having impressed during an unexpected 2020-21 season with the American Hockey League’s Hershey Bears as a result of the coronavirus … Continue reading
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Tagged 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Connor McMichael, Florida Panthers, Michael Fleetwood, NHL, Players, Washington Capitals
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