Talented European prospects Jacub Klepis and Jame Pollock left the Washington Capitals’ farm team this week to play in Europe. The Capitals will no longer have to pay their salaries, but they will also no longer have them around to call up when their star players get injured. Klepis played half the season for Washington last year, gradually developing into a decent center, and showing signs that he could become more of an offensive force…

The Capitals have assigned Ben Clymer to their farm team. For two years, Clymer has provided the Caps with leadership, toughness and first hand knowledge of what it’s like to win a Stanley Cup. This year and next year, he’ll take that knowledge to the American Hockey League’s Hershey Bears. Clymer joins Stanley Cup winner Joe Motzko, whom the Caps signed this summer as a free agent and demoted over the weekend, in giving the…

This summer the Capitals planned to add a defenseman a center and a right wing, all of whom should contribute to the team’s sub-par power play. Yesterday, on hockey’s first day of free agency, the Capitals signed defenseman Tom Poti and towering center/right wing Viktor Kozlov, both of whom just finished contracts with the New York Islanders. Poti, thirty and heading into his tenth professional season, is a medium sized defenseman who plays mostly…

With one week left until the trade deadline, and the second-worst record in the Eastern Conference, the Capitals are doubtlessly looking to make trades and receive value for players who aren’t planning to return next year. Their biggest commodities are forwards Dainius Zubrus and Richard Zednik. Both players are big, strong veterans who can chip in a fair number of points. Both have also been to the Stanley Cup Finals, which is something teams look…

At Tuesday night’s game, Gavin Dunaway of The Alphabetical Order, who was watching the game with Mike “Goodtyme” Garrity of Nitro Tokyo, suggested we write a story about, “how satisfying it is to watch your team completely drubbing another team.” That was pretty much the theme of the evening, as the Washington Capitals took a lead fifteen seconds into play, built it up to 4-0, and easily held on to win 6-2. During breaks in…

Written by DCist contributor Eli Resnick The Capitals are on a “mostly winning streak.” Why? How? What’s a “mostly winning streak?” Who cares! They’re doing good. But first there’s some bad news: Alexander Semin left the ice late in the third period doubled over with pain. A possible shoulder injury could make it painful for Semin to shoot. We don’t want to see Semin’s shots dribble weakly to the crease, do we? No! We want…

This entry was written by DCist contributor Jesse Rounds The Washington Capitals are done for the season. The team finished the last week of play by going 3-1 with wins against Florida, Tampa Bay, and Atlanta. The Capitals were expected to finish at the bottom of the NHL this season, and by finishing with the third worst record in the league, the team certainly lived up to those expectations. On the other hand the Caps…

Written by DCist contributor Jesse Rounds. With just five of their last 18 games coming at home the Caps hoped to take advantage of their final extended homestand to build momentum. With a record of 2-2-1, the Caps failed to realize their hopes and were unable to create a consistent style of play. Wednesday night saw the Caps destroy the Pittsburgh Penguins. In the last game of this season’s series between the two rivals, The…