Stories tagged with "backstrom n."

Backstrom To Stay In Sweden

by J.P. on Jul 10, 2006 5:55 PM EDT

At least I'm told that's what this means:... and running the webpage through a free online translator tells us all we need to know:My initial reaction was one of disappointment. I guess I would have liked to have seen Slick Nick display the same burning desire to conquer the North American game at...

A Pair In The Top 10

by J.P. on Sep 24, 2006 3:05 PM EDT

Hockey's Future has ranked their Top 50 Prospects and two Caps place two in the top 10 with a third a bit further down the list (personally, I don't see how Mike Green misses this list, especially given that HF ranks him ahead of Fehr elsewhere, but at the end of the day, prospect rankings don't...

Friday Roundup/Gameday: Thrashers @ Caps

by J.P. on Nov 3, 2006 6:20 AM EST

[SeSo Open Thread - NHL.com Preview - WashingtonCaps.com Preview - Official Gameday Thread]Tonight the Thrashers come to town, and they're not in a good mood. Kari Lehtonen couldn't stop a beachball the other night against Carolina and may get the night off tonight (though I tend to doubt it),...

Tuesday Roundup/Caps 4, Sens 3 (OT)

by J.P. on Nov 7, 2006 6:31 AM EST

[NHL.com Recap - WashingtonCaps.com Recap - Official Scoresheet - Official Super Stats]Last night's game was in many ways a mirror image of Friday night's game against the Thrashers, with one team jumping out to a big lead while dominating play and the other team coming back to win. Except, of...

Tuesday Roundup

by J.P. on Nov 21, 2006 6:28 AM EST

This morning's WaPo has a lovely recap of the Chris Clark injury and the team's reaction thereto (as GMGM put it, "[T]he next time someone has a runny nose, or feels under the weather and doesn't think they should play, that should make them think twice").Elsewhere 'Round the Rinks:Apparently...

Thursday Roundup/Habs 4, Caps 1

by J.P. on Dec 28, 2006 7:57 AM EST

[NHL.com Recap - WashingtonCaps.com Postgame Coverage]At the end of the first period of last night's 4-1 Caps loss to Montreal - a period in which the Caps outshot their opponents 14-7 and dominated play save for two defensive breakdowns that turned into Canadien goals - I turned to my wife and...

Backstrom Ready To Cross The Pond?

by J.P. on Mar 21, 2007 8:28 AM EDT

Despite Dave Fay's fear-mongering to the contrary, it looks as if Caps' uber-prospect Nick Backstrom is ready to begin his NHL career next fall.According to a translation of this Swedish paper:Nicklas Backstrom and Anton Stralman have both decided they will be playing in the NHL next season. The...

Breaking: Bäckström Signs Agrees To Contract

by J.P. on May 14, 2007 10:45 AM EDT

The Caps' top prospect, center Nicklas Bäckström, has signed agreed to a contract with the team.Confirmation in English to follow, but this is obviously great news.H/t to FS on the link.Edit Note: A very rough translation of the article below. Haven't struggled this much with Swedish since trying...

It's Official(ish)

by J.P. on May 16, 2007 3:34 PM EDT

The Caps have announced a press conference for Monday out at Kettler to officially introduce Nicklas Backstrom as the newest Washington Capital.Once Backstrom signs, that'll bring the number of centers under contract for next season all the way up to... one (well, two, if you include Muffins Gordon...

Backstrom To Throw Out First Pitch

by J.P. on May 18, 2007 4:29 PM EDT

The Caps' new Swedish sensation, Nicklas Backstrom, will be introduced to his soon-to-be adopted hometown not on Monday as previously expected, but on Sunday when he throws out the first pitch before the Nats/Orioles game.You'll recall that both Chris Clark and Alex Ovechkin (pictured) have...