Offensive Corps: The Washington Capitals exploded offensively this season, with five of their top six forwards finishing with 25 goals and seven topping 20 markers. Alexander Ovechkin displayed his talents, as he does every season, with a 50-59 season which made him tied for second in the league. His 109 points were actually a slight [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 28, 2010
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A few weeks ago we released an arbitration list which named the players ready to do battle with their employers. From that list a vast majority settled with the exception of Stanley Cup winner Antti Niemi. Let’s take a short look at who settled and who is still prepared to go to war: James Wisniewski [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 15, 2010
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For our loyal readers using Yahoo! Sports, this one’s for you. We all remember the fiasco last year with missing our ‘Team Log’ and how Cam Ward STILL is not on IR, but today we will discuss one of the most valuable roster change: position eligibility. On March 11th, Yahoo updated their database by added [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 27, 2010
The Islanders did their job last night, believe it or not. Alex Ovechkin was held off the scoresheet with 10 shots on goal in 20:51 of ice time – almost a full minute more icetime than any other forward from both teams. However, the Islanders got a great taste of what it’s like when the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 2, 2009
The injuries just keep on coming. Here’s the team release from Caps.com: Washington Capitals left wing suffered an upper-body strain in Sunday evening’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets and his status is week-to-week, the team determined Monday. Ovechkin, the NHL leader in points (23) and goals (14) and the league’s Second Star of the Month [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, November 1, 2009
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Alexander Ovechkin left Sunday night’s game against Columbus about six minutes into the second period and did not return. After the game Ovechkin refused to comment on what the injury was, but mentioned it was “upper-body” and that he was “day-to-day”. The Capitals have a scheduled day off tomorrow so an update might not come [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 29, 2009
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Notable lineup happenings from around the NHL: UPDATED 3:30 PM Kings Justin Williams will miss his 5th consecutive game tonight. Kings Lineup Lubomir Visnovsky and Mike Comrie will miss tonight’s game against the Red Wings with the Flu. Evgeni Malkin will miss 2-3 weeks with a shoulder injury. Nik Antropov has missed 3 straight practices [...]
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Monday, August 9, 2010
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