Japers' Rink, a Washington Capitals community

Sportsbook.com has posted its odds for the 2005-06 Stanley Cup Champion. The Caps odds are, well, not good. If the Rink were a betting, err, site, it would note the Senators at 12-1 and the Flames...

Key additions: Teppo Numminen, D (FA - DAL); Toni Lydman, D (T - CGY); Thomas Vanek, LW/RW (D - 2003, 1/5); Daniel Paille, LW (D - 2002, 1/20)Key losses: Miroslav Satan, RW (FA - NYI); Alexei...

From Caps camp, the WaPo has an article euphemistically referring to the team's defense as being in "flux." We can think of a word that rhymes with "flux" that more accurately describes the Caps'...

Box Score - RecapConsidering that the Buffalo News tabbed last night's game as having "the makings of a blowout Buffalo victory" and that the Sabres played most of their top players, Caps fans...

It begins tonight. At a bit past 7:00 PM at the MCI Center, Alexander Ovechkin will take the ice in his first National Hockey League Game to begin what should be a long and incredibly successful...

[Box Score - Recap - Mike Vogel's Postgame Notebook - Highlights]As Ben Folds wrote, "what fun, I can't wait 'til the future gets here." Unfortunately for Caps fans, the future may be a while. Last...

[Box Score - Recap]Caps win! Caps win! Caps win! Say what you will about the coming NHL season, but one thing is for sure: no fans will savor victories like Caps fans. In Boston it will be "ho-hum,...

Uncork the bubbly - Sports Illustrated has picked the Caps to finish 29th. SI's worst team in the NHL? The Rangers. Now, I don't think the Caps are better than the Rags, but it's still nice to see...

Tomorrow: game on. Today: bus tickets for some, bubbly for others. The WaPo discusses the added punch Petr Sykora will bring to the Caps second line (playing alongside Andy Cassels and Jeff Friesen)...

[Gameday Preview]The Caps welcome Peter Bondra and the Thrashers to the MCI Center tonight (7:00, CSN/WTNT). For Bondra, this game is "nothing special." For Caps fans, the feelings are somewhat...