After the coronavirus pandemic put the season on hold, the Washington Capitals will begin postseason play on August 3 against Tampa Bay.

The Caps won their first two games at home, but were pushed around in 5-0 loss in Game 3 on Monday.

Per team rules, not being present for the morning practice forced head coach Barry Trotz to pull him from the evening game.

Now that’s fan dedication.

D.C. is in the process of replacing all of its street signs with new ones featuring different fonts and mixed-cap lettering. It still can’t seem to get the design right, though.

Good morning, Washington. Nature stole the show this morning with her superb lighting and inspired acoustics. Meteorologists break the news that intermittent storms will continue throughout the day. Despite the rain, we have two days left to drink to our liberty, to avoid thinking too hard about the “invisible” security, and to try to find some charm in the prodigious crowds.

Good morning, Washington. Finally, we’re liberated. The holiday weekend has arrived, and the District is boasting a slew of activities to promote patriotism and inebriation. But first, new research on how childhood Fourth of July celebrations affect adult political behavior.

Yesterday, the Capitals traded for a pure fighter in D.J. King.

Michael NylanderWe’ve just received confirmation that Michael Nylander cleared waivers today. That means that yesterday, the Capitals put the 37-year-old center up for grabs to any of the NHL’s other 29 teams that wanted him. Today, they found out nobody did. Nylander is set to make three million dollars this season, which is slightly more than the Caps just agreed to pay their second best defenseman, Jeff Schultz. Additionally, Nylander has a salary cap hit…

The Capitals have signed restricted free agent forward Boyd Gordon to a one-year, $800,000 deal. Gordon received only a $40,000 raise over last season’s salary, but he’ll be an unrestricted free agent next season if the Caps can’t work out an extension in the coming year. So who is Boyd Gordon? If you’ve been following the Caps as long as we have, you already know. Gordon was the Caps’ first-round draft pick in 2002,…