Clarifying the intriciacies of replacing himself at his job, Boudreau told the Canadian Press, “Until further notice, I’m here.”
This weekend the Capitals won their first two games under new head coach Bruce Boudreau. WashingtonCaps.com Senior Writer Mike Vogel announced that Boudreau had turned the team around by fixing the power play. This is true, but Vogel writes that he fixed it by “promoting Nicklas Backsrrom (sic) and Mike Green to the first unit and moving Alex Ovechkin up to his more customary forward spot from the point, where he had been stationed for…
Since trading away team leader and expert benchwarmer Brian Sutherby to save money and cure a losing streak, the Caps have chalked up two more uninspired losses to teams from subtropical climatic zones. Last night’s nominal crowd at Verizon Center cheered optimistically when the Caps lobbed soft shots from the blueline into the catching glove of Atlanta’s third-string goalie, Johan Hedberg. They cheered sarcastically when Capitals museum piece Olaf Kolzig stopped easy shots. Some fans…
This weekend the Capitals decided not to add a great goalie to pull them up from the dregs of the standings. After losing seven of eight games, the Caps were in last place. This gave them the first chance to pick up Ilya Bryzgalov, a goalie placed on waivers because he didn’t enjoy playing backup on the Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks. Two years ago, Bryzgalov posted one of the greatest playoff shutout streaks in…
It’s getting hard to keep track of what to think about the Capitals this year. At the beginning of the year, they won three straight games, and even spent an hour as the league’s first place team. Then they lost a few, won one, and tried losing again. Last night, in what should have been a hopeless battle against a hot team, they put together a seven to one victory over the grammatically challenged…
One of the best things about covering hockey is that you get the summer off. Just ask USA Today’s Gary Graves, TV Analyst Darren Pang or the anonymous Western Canadian hockey experts on this conference call. All of them are really excited to watch what happens when Alexander Ovechkin plays with newly signed free agent center Michael Nylander. But as Ovechkin kindly told these vacationing reporters when they asked him how he felt about it,…
Two games after we suggested the Washington Capitals were trying to lose games for better draft position, the team has won back to back games against teams fighting for playoff spots by a combined score of twelve goals to two. In home games on Friday night and Sunday afternoon, the Caps cakewalked over the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Tampa Bay Lightning, and climbed from twenty-seventh place all the way back to twenty-fifth in the…
Written by DCist contributor Eli Resnick Boyd Gordon is Bi-Goalar! Boyd battled the Rangers defense, batted the puck around, and finally beat goalie Henrik Lundquis in the Capitals’ 3-1 win over New York Saturday night. Gordon’s big goal comes three years after his first big-league score. Now, we could say that with two goals in four calendar years, Boyd can expect at least ten in the NHL, if he’s fortunate enough to hang around for…
This entry was written by DCist contributor Jesse Rounds. Last Friday the Capitals had a chance to win their “playoff” series with the Carolina Hurricanes. Once again their offense proved up to the task with three goals. However, they let the Hurricanes score three short-handed goals on their own powerplay opportunities to tie the game. That would be the story of the game for the Hurricanes. As Coach Glen Hanlon noted “We’ve said all along…
This post was written by DCist contributor Jesse Rounds Since dropping 8 in a row two weeks ago, the Capitals have gotten strong team play and timely individual excellence. They’ve also picked up 10 points from 7 games. Washington’s first stop on their short road trip to Canada ended in a difficult loss to the Montreal Canadiens. The Capitals were tied with the playoff bound Habs late into the game. A poor puck-handling decision by…