It’s over. Last night, the Caps lost game seven in overtime to the Philadelphia Flyers. They will now face the dreaded eighteen hole golf courses of McLean, and their own personal workout regimens. Led by the season-long heroics of Alexander Ovechkin, Mike Green and Olaf Kolzig, the team came back from 14th in the East at New Years to third place in the East with home ice advantage in their first playoff series in five…

In an interview during last night’s loss to the Devils, Caps GM George McPhee confirmed that he will be listening to offers for some of the team’s older players in these last two days before the trade deadline. McPhee told Al Koken that he had received interest from other teams, and that he would wait for offers that made the Caps a stronger hockey club. The team will look at what free agents will be…

This post was written by DCist contributor Jesse Rounds The Washington Capitals successfully started the final third of the season last night with a 5-3 win over Toronto Maple Leafs at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. A solid game by second string goalie Brent Johnson and the first career two goal game by Matt Pettinger gave Washington the 20th win of their season. The Caps took advantage of the fact that many of the…