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Washington Capitals’ Evening News Links: The Final Roster Decisions Go Down To The Wire

News and notes from the first official practice of the 2017-2018 season, update on final roster spots, a new part-owner for the Capitals, interview with Nicklas Backstrom, GM Brian MacLellan and the team meet with the media and plenty more … Continue reading

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Capitals’ Opening Night Roster getting Clearer and Clearer

Photo: Washington Capitals Today, the Capitals made the opening night roster clearer what it will look like. Next Thursday night, the Capitals will open their regular season schedule in Ottawa at Canadien Tire Centre against the Senators. They release defensemen … Continue reading

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Capitals Make More Cuts to Roster

The Capitals made more cuts this afternoon following today’s practice. The recent cuts included six players, trimming the Caps roster to 30 men. The current roster includes 17 forwards, 10 defensemen and three goalies. 

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Capitals Announce First Round of Roster Cuts

The Washington Capitals made their first round of cuts today. Coach Barry Trotz announced that Damian Riat (Geneve-Servette), Dmitri Zaitsev (Moose Jaw), Tanner Jeannot (Moose Jaw), Brendan Semchuck (Vancouver Giants), Garrett Pilon (Hershey), Beck Malenstyn (Calgary Hitmen), Jimmy DeVito, Robbie Baillargeon, … Continue reading

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Washington Capitals Evening News: Capitals’ Prospects, PTO’s Bring New Energy to Training Camp

Photo: Washington Capitals Jakub Vrana in the top six, Chiasson and Jokipakka looking for contracts, lineups for first scrimmage, Caps prospects inject new life in training camp, GMBM speaks to the media and much more in this evenings Capitals links: 

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Capitals Daily Report: Pre-Training Camp Edition

Photo: @Capitals The Capitals took the ice on Wednesday morning at Kettler to gear up for another season. The full squad is here, as are the prospects. Today’s preliminary skate was split into two groups with the veterans on the … Continue reading

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Washington Capitals’ Evening News Links – Sunday, 9/10/2017

Training camp starts Friday, the trade that saved the Caps, Matt Niskanen, too many Defensemen in Vegas, the Russians attend the Redskins game and more in tonight’s links: 

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Capitals sign Jyrki Jokipakka to PTO

Photo: Calgary Flames With the Capitals losing Nate Schmidt, Karl Alzner, and Kevin Shattenkirk in the expansion draft and free agency respectively, the Capitals have a big hole in the top four on defebse. Dmitry Orlov and Matt Niskanen are … Continue reading

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