Tonight the Washington Capitals announced that they have acquired forward Ilya Kovalchuk from the Montreal Canadiens for a 2020 Third Round Pick, and boy this is not a good trade at all. https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1231749467927388160?s=20 So essentially the Capitals traded away a draft pick for a guy who is known for his lack backchecking skills and … Continue reading Capitals Trade for Kovalchuk
Early Monday afternoon Washington Capitals writer Mike Vogel tweeted that forward Chandler Stephenson was not going to be on ice for practice that day. At the time Vogel would not confirm if a trade would take place, but did elude to the fact that a roster move was likely. https://twitter.com/VogsCaps/status/1201573087361273860?s=20 Later Monday evening both … Continue reading Breaking News: Capitals Trade Stephenson to Vegas
Today the Ottawa Senators acquired forward Vladislav Namestnikov from the New York Rangers. https://twitter.com/Senators/status/1181362368896536578?s=20 In return the Rangers will receive a 2021 4th Round Pick and defender Nick Ebert. The Rangers will also be retaining $750k of Namestnikov's salary. Namestnikov, 26, has played in 362 career NHL games for the Tampa Bay Lightning … Continue reading Senators Acquire Namestnikov from Rangers
Today in NHL news the Washington Capitals have traded forward and Restricted Free Agent (RFA) Andre Burakovsky to the Colorado Avalanche for Colorado's second round pick in 2020, Arizona's third round pick in 2020 (previously acquired by Colorado in the Carl Soderberg trade earlier this week), and minor league forward Scott Kosmachuk. https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1144683387136991237 For … Continue reading Trade News: Capitals Trade Burakovsky to the Avalanche
Today in NHL news the Washington Capitals have traded veteran defenseman Matt Niskanen to the Philadelphia Flyers for defenseman Radko Gudas. https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1139516939615768577?s=19 This trade comes at a time where the Capitals are looking to shed some salary going into the offseason so they can re-sign players and take a look at who they may have … Continue reading NHL Trade News – Capitals Trade Niskanen to Philadelphia for Gudas
The Washington Capitals continue to tinker with thier lineup as they have traded defenseman Madison Bowey and a 2020 2nd Round Pick to the Detroit Red Wings for defenseman Nick Jensen and Buffalo's 2019 5th Round Pick. https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1099033333101547521?s=19 Jensen, who will be an unrestricted free agent at the end of this season, has played … Continue reading Capitals Acquire Nick Jensen from the Red Wings
The Washington Capitals have acquired forward Carl Hagelin from the Los Angeles Kings for a 2019 3rd round pick and a Conditional 2020 6th round pick. https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1098635798889537537?s=19 With this trade the Kings will also retain 50 percent of Hagelin's salary for the remainder of this season. https://twitter.com/HeyJayJRogers/status/1098638749813141506?s=19 As for the conditions of the … Continue reading Capitals Acquire Hagelin Before the Deadline
Today is Wednesday, November 14th, 2018, and these are your news and notes... There were nine contests in action last night... NEW JERSEY 4, Pittsburgh 2 New Jersey's Taylor Hall recorded his eighth career four-point performance in the Devils 4-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins. https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1062551334589816837 NY ISLANDERS 5, Vancouver 2 … Continue reading November 14th, 2018 — News and Notes
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