Tag: Rink Roundtables

2015-16 Rink Wrap: Barry Trotz

By Japers' Rink Team | Mar 6th 2019 | 16 min read |

Since a coach’s season is hard to quantify beyond the numbers above, we figured we’d have a roundtable discussion on what Barry Trotz did ...

Rink Roundtable: Prepping for the Second Round

By Japers' Rink Team | Mar 6th 2019 | 13 min read |

After having defeated the Flyers (in fewer than seven games!!), the Caps are through to the next round… just in time to face another Pennsylvani...

Rink Roundtable: At the Halfway Mark, Part II

By Japers' Rink Team | Mar 5th 2019 | 7 min read |

Continuing our discussion of the team’s performance so far, and what lies ahead… 3. What player(s) need to step up in the final 40 games o...

Rink Roundtable: At the Halfway Mark, Part I

By Japers' Rink Team | Mar 5th 2019 | 9 min read |

With roughly half a season in the books, the Caps are sitting atop the Metropolitan Division, the Eastern Conference, and the League. Needless to say,...

Rink Roundtable: One Quarter Down

By Japers' Rink Team | Mar 5th 2019 | 12 min read |

Q1. The Caps are off to a 14-5-1 start to the season, one of their best starts in franchise history. What about this start has you feeling the most op...

Rink Roundtable: On to Round Two...

By Japers' Rink Team | Mar 5th 2019 | 15 min read |

With a hard-fought Round 1 victory under their belts, how are you feeling about Barry Trotz’s Caps in the playoffs? What gives you confidence an...

Rink Roundtable: Prepping for the Playoffs

By Japers' Rink Team | Mar 4th 2019 | 12 min read |

Mere hours away from puck drop on the opening series between the Capitals and Islanders, we take a look at the good, bad and ugly that lies ahead for ...

Rink Roundtable: Caps at the Halfway(ish) Point

By Japers' Rink Team | Mar 3rd 2019 | 14 min read |

As we move past the halfway point of the season, odds are that the Caps team we’re seeing right now is pretty close to what they will be for the...

Rink Roundtable: At the Quarter Mark

By Japers' Rink Team | Mar 3rd 2019 | 12 min read |

When the Caps play host to the Buffalo Sabres Saturday night, it will be Game #20 – roughly a fourth of the way through the 2014-15 season. That...

Rink Roundtable: On Brian MacLellan

By Japers' Rink Team | Feb 27th 2019 | 13 min read |

Q1: First up, the question everyone is asking – is promoting assistant GM Brian MacLellan to GM enough of a change at the top to revive the Caps...