Tag: Washington Capitals

NHL Rumors: Washington Capitals and the Buffalo Sabres

On the Washington Capitals ... Isabelle Khurshudyan of the Washington Post: The past two seasons the Washington Capitals were in a win-now mode, moving picks and prospects to take a run at the Cup. GM Brian MacLellan doesn't appear willing…

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NHL Injuries: Canes, Habs, Devils, Pens, Caps, Coyotes, Avs, Oilers, Wild, Sharks and Blues

On the Carolina Hurricanes ... Cory Lavalette: Defenseman Trevor van Riemsdyk is meeting up with the team on their road trip. No known if he'll get back into the lineup. On the Montreal Canadiens ... Renaud Lavoie: Defenseman David Schlemko…

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NHL Rumors: Oilers, Canadiens, Predators and Rangers

On the Edmonton Oilers ... Jim Matheson: thinks that the Edmonton Oilers need another experienced defenseman until Andrej Sekera returns and that they are looking at Vegas Golden Knights blueline. Jon Merrill is a cheap defensive defenseman. Jason Garrison is…

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NHL Rumors: Washington Capitals, San Jose Sharks and New York Islanders

On the Washington Capitals ... Bob McKenzie: (defenseman Matt Niskanen was placed on the LTIR and the recalling of Madison Bowey) Will be interested to see if the Capitals look to make a trade for a defenseman. The Vegas Golden Knights…

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NHL Injuries: Jackets, Sens, Caps, Ducks, Preds, Kings, Canucks, Knights and Jets

On Slashing ... Sportsnet: Percentage of slashing calls heading into last night's games: 26.1 percent this year, 8.3 percent last year. On the Columbus Blue Jackets ... Aaron Portzline: Forward Boone Jenner still hasn't skated with the team due to…

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NHL Injuries: Isles, Hurricanes, Habs, Capitals, Ducks, Coyotes, Avs, Wild and Canucks

On the New York Islanders ... Arthur Staple: Forward Jordan Eberle took a hit in practice on Thursday. He said he was sore yesterday but should be okay to play this weekend. Arthur Staple: Forward Cal Clutterbuck said he felt…

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Metropolitan Division: Washington Capitals Season Outlook

The Washington Capitals are coming off back-to-back President Trophies as the best team in the league during the regular season but have failed to make it past the second round of the playoffs. They haven't been able to do that…

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Metropolitan Division: Washington Capitals Season Primer

Salary Cap Situation - source Cap Friendly Projected Cap Hit: $74,960,940 Projected Cap Space: $39,060 Projected LTIR Used: $0 Current Cap Space: $39,060 Deadline Cap Space: $181,629 Todays Cap Hit: $74,960,940 Roster: 23/23 Contracts: 43/50 Offseason Moves – In/Out - source Sports Forecaster…

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Eastern Conference News: Sabres, Habs, Pens, Bruins, Caps, Sens, Wings and Hurricanes

On waivers ... Chris Johnston: Players put on waivers yesterday. Brandon Pirri - Vegas Golden Knights Chandler Stephenson - Washington Capitals Joe Colborne - Colorado Avalanche Eric Tangradi - Detroit Red Wings Patrick Wiercioch - Vancouver Canucks On the Buffalo…

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Eastern Conference News: Sabres, Maple Leafs, Wilson, Senators, Hurricanes, Canadiens and Islanders

On the Buffalo Sabres ... Darren Dreger: The Buffalo Sabres have signed Jack Eichel to an eight-year deal at a salary cap of $10 million a season. John Wawrow: Eichel agent tells the AP that Eichel took less money to…

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NHL News: On Waivers, KHL News, and Tom Wilson To Have Hearing

On Waivers ... James Mirtle: players put on waivers yesterday. Brian Strait - New Jersey Devils Brian Gibbons - New Jersey Devils Malcolm Subban - Boston Bruins Gabriel Bourque - Colorado Avalanche Byron Froese - Montreal Canadiens Andreas Martinsen -…

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NHL Rumors: Duchene, Wild, Blues, Capitals, Thornton, Marleau and the Maple Leafs

On Matt Duchene ... Chris Nichols: Darren Dreger on TSN 1050 on the Matt Duchene trade front: "It's deathly quiet there." On the Minnesota Wild ... Michael Russo: Wild GM Chuck Fletcher and Daniel Winnik's agent have begun contract talks. The…

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