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Sunday Caps Clips: Capitalizing

The Caps down the ‘Hawks, Ovechkin discusses the team’s trade deadline moves, exciting things are happening in the prospect pipeline and more in today’s Caps Clips.

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  • Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s win from us, Vogs, Caps video (Carbery, Protas, Lapierre, Carlson, recap), ‘Hawks, NHL, AP, WaPo, NBCSChicago, THN, NoVa Caps, S&S, RMNB, and SCH.
  • The Caps kept most of the Blackhawks off the scoresheet last night…but they didn’t exactly slow down rookie phenom Connor Bedard. [NBCSChicago]
  • With Darcy Kuemper on the mend, Hunter Shepard headed back to Hershey once more. [Caps]
  • Brian Burke, executive director of the PWHLPA, stopped by the booth last night to talk about the early success and future goals of the new PWHL. (Please come to DC!) [Monumental]
  • Prior to last night’s game, the captain met with media to chat about the deadline, the performances of the kids, and more. [Caps video]
  • Now that the deadline is behind them, the Capitals have one focus: a playoff push. [NHL]
  • The Kids are Alright, Part 1: Andrew Cristall’s seven-point game Friday night pushed him past 100 points for the season and helped his team secure a playoff spot in the process:
  • The Kids are Alright, Part 2: Newly signed WHL forward Zac Funk became the first player in Prince George Cougars’ history to hit 60 goals, then added #61 in the same game…and another last night [PG Citizen]:

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