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Tuesday, May 15th, 2012Here’s Caps correspondent Brad Parker with the companion piece to his earlier post, Five Caps Players That Benefit From Dale Hunter’s Departure.
1. John Carlson
Yes, Carlson struggled during the regular season. For the first time fans in Washington were questioning him. But the whole time he had a friend behind the bench. Carlson played for Hunter [...]
Five Caps Players That Benefit From Dale Hunter’s Departure
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012Caps correspondent Brad Parker returns to look at the post-Dale Caps.
Dale Hunter told us he was heading home on Monday. Our former captain is now also our former coach. His time in D.C. (well, this time) was short, but he made a major impact. Here’s a look at which Caps will benefit now that Hunter’s [...]
Dale Hunter Quits As Caps Coach
Monday, May 14th, 2012Dale Hunter is stepping down as coach of the Caps because of “family reasons.” More to come…
Update No. 1: Hunter is returning to coach the London Knights, the OHL team he managed before coming to Washington.
Update No. 2: George McPhee on the timing for a new hire: “I don’t know whether it will be by [...]
DMV: Braden Holtby Has A Baby And Karl Alzner Has A Neckbeard
Friday, May 11th, 2012Karl Alzner’s playoff beard ranked as a top-five playoff beard. [Puck Daddy]
Note: Here’s where Alzner’s beard is headed should the Caps win Game 7.
Braden Holtby’s fiance has a baby boy, Benjamin Hunter. [Caps Insider]
Here’s the best Photoshop imaginable of lil’ Benjamin Hunter. [RMNB]
Caps “have a very special young goaltender in Holtby.” [Russian Machine]
Matt Hendricks is [...]
NY Post Headline Gaffe: ‘Game 6 Sends [Caps] Home For Summer’
Thursday, May 10th, 2012Today’s Dewey Defeats Truman-esque moment (via @bruce_arthur):
Update: The Rangers are also selling tickets to the conference finals. Oh, and the Boston Herald ran a similar headline before Caps-Bruins Game 7.
DMV: Caps Force Another Game 7
Thursday, May 10th, 2012The Caps, thanks to Holtby and co., force a Game 7 in NY. [Japers' Rink]
Ovechkin nearly scored from the seat of his pants. [Russian Machine]
Unlike Game 5, the Caps’ penalty kill came up big. [Caps Insider]
More screengrabs of Braden Holtby’s mom freaking the fork out. [Bog]
An interview with the Caps’ “forgotten man,” Dmitry Orlov. [RMNB]
The [...]
Spotted: Ovi’s Ridiculous Mercedes, With a New Paint Job
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012We were first made familiar with Ovi’s understated 2010 Mercedes Benz SL65 AMG Black Series by Steinz a couple years ago. Then it was covered with a flat black paint job. But now it has a new look, as spotted by the youngest Mottram on Thursday morning:
Still an amazing vehicle, although could do without the Rangers colors [...]
DMV: Caps Fans Kicked In The Nuts, Again
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012Caps lose heartbreaker, give up goal w/ 6 secs left in OT loss. [WaPo]
A guide to decompressing after Game 5, which is pretty hard to do. [RMNB]
Silver lining: maybe the Caps play best with backs to the wall. [HMcFB]
Craig Laughlin watches the Caps from his hospital bed. [DCSBN]
Tonight’s Nats lineup to be w/o Werth, w/ [...]
Nicklas Backstrom Decks Artem Anisimov, Scores Goal (VIDEO)
Saturday, May 5th, 2012It’s going back to New York 2-2, folks. Game 5 at MSG Monday night.
The Caps Correspondent’s Night In D.C. With Lord Stanley’s Cup
Friday, May 4th, 2012Our Caps correspondent, Brad Parker, returns to light your fire for the rest of Caps-Rangers and beyond. You won’t regret reading this one.
You know those stories where our hero has a goal, a dream really, something amazingly unattainable that normal people like you and I would never even consider trying to achieve. They work their [...]
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