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Special Gameday Preview: The Man Versus The Kid
The day has come. In one of the NHL's most highly-anticipated early season matchups, Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals head into Pittsburgh to take on Sidney Crosby and the Pens.We'll begin our coverage (and by coverage, I mean link aggregating) with the official Gameday Preview from...
Wednesday Roundup/Pens 5, Caps 4
[Boxscore - Recap]The Caps came out flat, fought back, but ultimately lost. I'm too upset to recap it (though pleased with the team's effort in the second and third periods), so I'll leave that to the local scribes, here and here. No time to dwell on this one, though, as the Lightning make their...
Wednesday Roundup/Gamenight: Sens @ Caps
[Gameday Preview]It's a matchup of nations' capitals as Ottawa brings their high-powered offense to D.C. tonight. Even without a couple of big guns (Daniel Alfredsson and Martin Havlat are out, Jason Spezza and Dominik Hasek are questionable), the Sens have more than enough talent to give the Caps...
Saturday Roundup/Flyers 3, Caps 1
[Boxscore - Recap - Postgame Coverage]For the second straight game the Caps lost to one of the NHL's elites by a 3-1 count with the third goal sailing into an empty net. For the second straight game the Caps failed to score on multiple and lengthy 5-on-3's. For the second straight game there was...
Sunday Roundup/Gameday: Panthers @ Caps
[Gameday Preview - NHL.com Preview]Not much news in Capland as the team readies for a Sunday visit from the Florida Panthers (who lost yesterday at the world's most famous arena). The WaPo notes that captain Jeff Halpern is close to a return from the injury that has forced him to miss two games...
Monday Roundup: The Sincerest Form Of Flattery?
It's a slow day in Capland, with no games to recap or preview. In case you missed it, Sunday's WaPo had a nice article on Alex "Mama's Boy" Ovechkin that's worth a read.In other news from 'round the rinks (and beyond): If imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery, should I be flattered?...
Alexander Ovechkin: Hockey's Top Prospect
Alexander Ovechkin is hockey's top prospect according to Hockey's Future, which has recently posted a new Top 50 Prospects list for Spring 2006. The Caps are one of five teams (Pittsburgh, Carolina, Nashville and Anaheim being the others) to place three players on the list (the Rangers are the only...
Thursday Roundup/Caps 6, Pens 3
[Boxscore - Recap - Postgame Coverage]They took too many undisciplined penalties, did a poor job on both the power play and the penalty kill, and even though their star rookie was their best player, it wasn't enough as their porous defense was repeatedly exposed. Man, it feels good to type that and...
Thursday Roundup/Gamenight: Caps @ Rangers
[AP Preview - WashingtonCaps.com Preview - Official Game Day Thread]The Roundup is back, albeit abbreviated, as I am nowhere near healthy.The Caps took the train up to Manhattan yesterday for tonight's matchup with the struggling Rangers at the site of Gerry McNamara's latest awe-inspiring...
Monday Roundup: Mailbag
With no game to recap, no game to preview and no Caps coverage in today's local papers, The Rink turns to TSN.ca's mailbag for filler. Here are this week's Caps-related questions, with the relevant portions bolded (you'll notice a common theme):Q. I recently got into a debate with a friend over...
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