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…

Former Capitals coach Bruce “Butch” Cassidy (who famously wrote his plays on napkins, and then brought the napkins to practice) has just been fired by the Kingston Frontenacs of the Ontario Hockey League after they lost six straight games. The firing from the junior team confirms the suspicions of many Caps fans who remembered the 2003-2004 season and though the coach might have been slightly less than qualified for the NHL. Cassidy joined the Capitals…

The Capitals have re-signed center Brooks Laich (pronounced LIKE) to a one year contract. Laich is a fast-skating, defensively responsible young center who can also play on the wing. The Capitals acquired him from the Ottawa Senators in 2004 in a trade for Washington’s all time leading scorer, Peter Bondra. Returning to a recently broken club policy, “financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.” According to TSN, however, the contract is worth $725,000.00, and…

Tomorrow night the Washington Capitals’ season comes to a merciful and optimistic end. Continuing to excel in meaningless situations, the Caps have climbed all the way back up to 26th place. If the season ended today, they’d be one spot outside of lottery contention for the first overall draft pick. Winning two straight games and three of their last four home games, the Capitals have shown great commitment to their team and given fans hope…

Written by DCist contributor Eli Resnick Last night, the Washington Capitals lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins. They’ve been doing this for quite a while. In this so-called rivalry, the Penguins have owned the Capitals for decades. Well, okay, there was a night back around 1993 that the Capitals beat the Penguins 8-1, and there was one playoff series where the Capitals actually pulled through, but basically, as the NHL decides whether to build the rivalry…

It’s been almost eighteen months since the last time a professional hockey game was played in Washington. Tonight, that streak ends, as the Capitals take to the ice to play their preseason home opener against the Buffalo Sabres. A lot has changed during the labor dispute. The NHL has been busy drafting rule changes aimed at encouraging offensive production. More significant, no doubt, will be the roster changes. Teams throughout the NHL have been…