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- Rangers Acquire Ryan Reaves From Golden Knights For 2022 Third-Round Pick
- Deep Dive: A Closer Look at Capitals Draft Pick Chase Clark
- Capitals Re-Acquire Vitek Vanecek From Kraken In Exchange For Jets’ 2023 Second-Round Pick
- Capitals Re-Sign Lucas Johansen; Sign Two Defensemen, Goaltender Hunter Shepard To Two-Way Contracts
- Report: Washington Capitals Believed to Have Interest In Re-Acquiring Vitek Vanecek From Seattle Kraken
- Former Capitals’ Goaltender Philipp Grubauer Signs Six-Year, $35.4 Million Contract With Kraken
- NHL July 28 Free Agency And Trade Tracker
- Former Capitals Goaltender Braden Holtby Signs One-Year Contract With Stars After Getting Contract Bought Out By Canucks
- Devils Sign Dougie Hamilton To Seven-Year, $59.99 Million Contract; Hurricanes Trade Warren Foegele To Oilers For Ethan Bear, Sign Antti Raanta
Tag Archives: Nicklas Backstrom
“And The Washington Capitals Select…”: Recent Washington Capitals Drafts to Remember
Photo: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images In this post we will take a look at some of the more memorable drafts in which the Washington Capitals participated. This includes drafts that are remembered, due to events leading up to the draft, including … Continue reading
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Tagged 2004 NHL Draft, 2004 NHL Entry Draft, 2006 NHL Draft, 2006 NHL Entry Draft, 2010 NHL Draft, 2010 NHL Entry Draft, 2012 NHL Entry Draft, Alex Ovechkin, Diane Doyle, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Filip Forsberg, Jeff Schultz, Mathieu Perreault, Michal Neuvirth, Mike Green, NHL Entry Draft, Nicklas Backstrom, Semyon Varlamov, Tom Wilson, Washington Capitals
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Nicklas Backstrom Returns To Workouts In Hometown Of Gavle, Sweden
Image: @PTJennie The Capitals season ended just 47 days ago, but players are already returning to their daily workouts and conditioning routines for the upcoming 2021-22 season. Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom, who was dealing with a nagging hip injury at the … Continue reading
Nicklas Backstrom Says Hip Feels Good, Plans To Finish Hockey Career With Brynäs IF When Capitals’ Contract Ends
He has four years left on his contract with the Washington Capitals and then he plans to finish his hockey career with Brynäs IF in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). “But the body must also hold,” said the Capitals centerman … Continue reading
Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin Voted Best Shot, Nicklas Backstrom Voted Best Passer By NHL Players
Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom was voted the best passer in the NHL by the players’ association in their annual poll released on Thursday. The vote featured 490 NHL player participants answering 14 questions.
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Tagged 2020-21 Season, Alex Ovechkin, John Carlson, NHL, NHLPA, Nicklas Backstrom, Players' Poll, Washington Capitals
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Milestone Moments: Washington Capitals Career Milestones Reached in 2020-21
Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHL via Getty Images While the 2020-21 NHL season was a shorter season than normal due to the coronavirus pandemic, it was not an uneventful one for members of the Washington Capitals, as many members of the … Continue reading
Trade Talk: Who Could The Capitals Move In The Off-Season?
Photo: SI After a third consecutive first-round playoff exit, Washington Capitals General Manager Brian MacLellan said he was open to trading any player that would make the team better, with the exception of captain Alex Ovechkin and center Nicklas Backstrom. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2021 NHL Expansion Draft, 2021 Offseason, Alex Ovechkin, Anthony Mantha, Brenden Dillon, Carl Hagelin, Conor Sheary, Daniel Sprong, Dmitry Orlov, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Garnet Hathaway, Harrison Brown, Ilya Samsonov, John Carlson, Justin Schultz, Lars Eller, Martin Fehervary, Michal Kempny, Nic Dowd, Nick Jensen, Nicklas Backstrom, Players, T.J. Oshie, Tom Wilson, Trade, Trevor Van Riemsdyk, Vitek Vanecek, Washington Capitals
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Capitals Player Performance Grades For The 2020-21 Regular Season
Photo: NHL via Getty Images Every NHL player has their ups and downs during the regular season, especially during a shortened 56-game season that is preceded by a 10-day training camp and no exhibition games. In this post, NoVa Caps … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020-21 Season, Alex Ovechkin, Anthony Mantha, Brenden Dillon, Carl Hagelin, Conor Sheary, Craig Anderson, Daniel Sprong, Dmitry Orlov, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Garnet Hathaway, Harrison Brown, Ilya Samsonov, John Carlson, Justin Schultz, Lars Eller, Michael Raffl, Nic Dowd, Nick Jensen, Nicklas Backstrom, Opinion, Players, Stats, T.J. Oshie, Tom Wilson, Trevor Van Riemsdyk, Vitek Vanecek, Zdeno Chara
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The Capitals’ Outlook For The 2021 NHL Expansion Draft
Photo: NHL.com With the 2020-21 season in the books, the attention for the Washington Capitals now shifts to the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft for the Seattle Kraken, who begin play in October. Teams will have to submit their player protection lists … Continue reading
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Tagged 2021 NHL Expansion Draft, Anthony Mantha, Brenden Dillon, Conor Sheary, Daniel Sprong, Dmitry Orlov, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Harrison Brown, Ilya Samsonov, John Carlson, Justin Schultz, Lars Eller, Nick Jensen, Nicklas Backstrom, Players, Seattle Kraken, Stats, T.J. Oshie, Tom Wilson, Trevor Van Riemsdyk, Vitek Vanecek, Washington Capitals
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Nicklas Backstrom Will Not Participate In 2021 World Championship Due To “Troubled Hip”; Carl Hagelin Will Also Not Join Team Sweden
According to a report by Swedish media outlet Aftonbladet, Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom will not participate in the 2021 IIHF World Championship, currently underway in Riga, Latvia. Backstrom was invited to join Team Sweden earlier in the day on Monday. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Ovechkin, Carl Hagelin, Dmitry Orlov, Ilya Samsonov, Jon Sorensen, Nicklas Backstrom
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