Before NHL games began on Wednesday, January 20th the National Hockey League handed it's first penalty against a team for Player Violations to the COVID-19 Protocols that is allowing the League to hold the 2020-21 season. That team though... it just happened to be the Washington Capitals. https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1352033620236632066?s=20 The League levied a $100,000 fine against … Continue reading Capital Punishment – Boy, Oh Boy
NHL News and Notes from Tuesday, January 19th, 2021 News The NHL's Department of Player Safety announced a series of fines. Forward Nicolas Aube-Kubel of the Philadelphia Flyers was fined $4,633.62, the max allowed under the CBA, for Roughing defenseman Rasmus Dahlin of the Buffalo Sabres. https://twitter.com/NHLPlayerSafety/status/1351568574427631618?s=20 Defenseman Greg Pateryn of the Minnesota Wild was … Continue reading NHL Daily – Oh, The Overtimes!
NHL News and Notes from Sunday, January 17th, 2021 Game Recaps Washington Capitals v. Pittsburgh Penguins - 12p ET In Pittsburgh for the first NBC Sunday matinee of the season, the Washington Capitals looked to keep their winning ways going against the Penguins. In the first period Evan Rodrigues would strike 19 seconds into the … Continue reading NHL Daily – A Two Game Slate
NHL News and Notes from Friday, January 15th, 2021 News Defenseman Brenden Dillion of the Washington Capitals played in his 600th NHL career game. Dillon is one of three active defensemen who went undrafted to play in 600 games. Andy Greene (934 games) and Mark Giordano (894 games) are the other two. https://twitter.com/CapitalsPR/status/1350230423088070660?s=20 Forward Tim … Continue reading NHL Daily – Debuts and Wins
NHL News and Notes from Thursday, January 14th, 2021 News St. Louis Blues forward Sammy Blais has been suspended for two games for an Illegal Check to the Head on defenseman Devon Toews of the Colorado Avalanche on January 13th. Blais was assessed a minor for elbowing at 4:33 of the first period. Under the … Continue reading NHL Daily – Big Nights for Top Names
On Thursday, December 17th, Washington Capitals goaltender and New York Rangers legend, Henrik Lundqvist, announced on his social media accounts that he had to step away from the NHL due to a heart condition. Over the past few weeks, Lundqvist mentioned that he had tests done on him and the best way to move forward … Continue reading The King Reveals Bad News
Continuing with the NHL's Reverse Retro jersey reveals, today we are going to take a look at the Metropolitan DivisionCarolina Hurricanes: The Carolina Hurricanes are going back to the Hartford Whalers days with this 1979 look. The jersey mirrors what was worn during the 1979-1980 season, however the base colour of this jersey is gray … Continue reading Reverse Retro: Metropolitan Division
The Washington Capitals made their first splash of free agency as they signed goaltender Henrik Lundqvist to pair up with sophomore goaltender Ilya Samsonov. https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1314626481717424129?s=20 With Braden Holtby signing with the Vancouver Canucks in free agency, the Capitals needed to address the need in net. Lundqvist will serve that need as he has stated that … Continue reading Lundqvist Officially a Capital
Today the Washington Capitals made a pair of announcements regarding their defense. Dillon Re-Signs for 4 Years First the Capitals announced that they have re-signed defender Brenden Dillon to a four year contract with an AAV of $3.9 million. https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1313603475608043522?s=20 The signing keeps the Capitals Trade Deadline acquisition around to help stabilize the blue line, … Continue reading Caps Make Announcements on D
Since being bought out by the New York Rangers last week, the future of goaltender Henrik Lundqvist has been a hot topic around the hockey world. Some think he may retire so he spent his entire NHL career with the Rangers, while thoughts of him exploring free agency or even going back to Sweden to … Continue reading Lundqvist to DC Done Deal?
