I know we’re already a game into the Stanley Cup Playoffs (due to deadlines, the results of Wednesday’s opener against the Rangers were not available), but the lessons from the regular season and last year’s heartbreaking opening series against the Flyers still have plenty of time to be applied.
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Picking Splinters: Bring on the Stretch Drive
Now 52 games into the season, it’s safe to say that the Washington Capitals are a good team.

PHOTO GALLERY: Caps’ Ovechkin Skates in Arlington
After hosting an on-ice fantasy training session, featuring skating drills and insider tips, Washington Capitals hockey player Alexander Ovechkin signed autographs for children active in the Fort Dupont Hockey Program. More than 15 kids participated in the event, held last Thursday, Dec. 11 at the Kettler Ice Rink in Arlington, […]



Washington Capitals Make Headway: Favored to Win the Southeast Division, D.C.’s Prospects Are Looking Up
At the beginning of last season, Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis declared that the team’s three-year rebuilding process was over and that the team’s quest for the playoffs had begun.
Picking Splinters: Caps’ Crunch Time
Clad in red, rocking Mohawks and still buzzing about last Friday’s fantastic finish, one in which likely MVP Alex Ovechkin stole a Game One win off the sticks of the Philadelphia Flyers, the rejuvenated Caps fans were eager to see their equally reborn team continue their spate of success on […]
Picking Splinters: Leonsis’s Vision
I suppose I shouldn’t be as surprised as I am. After all, you don’t become an entrepreneurial mogul with seriously flawed foresight. However, I never, ever, ever expected Washington Capitals’ owner Ted Leonsis’s rose-colored prognostications regarding his team to play out in such grand fashion.



Feeling the Draft
As Ovechkin’s Monster Season Continues, Two Other Picks From the First Round of the 2004 Are Helping Resurrect the Caps Blue Line and The Team’s Chances in the Southeast Division. Since the Washington Capitals selected Alexander Ovechkin with the first pick in the 2004 draft, the sensational Russian’s list of […]
Picking Splinters: Take a Bow, Ted
It may not have been easy, but it would have been rational for Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis to shy away from the record-setting 13-year, $124 million contract just given to Alexander Ovechkin.