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41 games in the books, 41 games left to go in the 2024-25 regular season for the Washington Capitals…so where do they stand? What’s the plan going forward? The Rink crew tackles a few questions about the team at the halfway point of the season. Q1: Who has been your first-half MVP for the Capitals? JP: What strikes me about the first half is that it really has been a full team … [Read more...] about Rink Roundtable: At the Halfway Mark

Greg is joined by Luke Adomanis to discuss the various Caps prospects who performed at the World Junior Championships last week. You can follow the show on Twitter at @JapersRinkRadio and Greg at @GregY_JR. You can also follow Greg on Bluesky at @gregyoung.bsky.social. Follow our guest, Luke Adomanis, at @LukeAdomanis on Twitter. Source … [Read more...] about Japers’ Rink Radio Episode 225: Caps at World Juniors (w/ Luke Adomanis)

You could make the case that last night’s game was lost when the Caps again ceded the first goal of the game, or when they fell behind 2-1, or 3-2, or when they simply just did not seem invested in this game until the third period and were lucky to come away with a point. All of those things would be true and are really probably how this one was lost, even though they got to … [Read more...] about Capitals-Sabres: How the Game Was Lost

Throughout the season, we’ll check in on the Washington Capitals to see which players, positions, and/or systems are hot and who is, well, not. Today we’re playing a little post-holiday catch-up and assessing the team based on their games between December 16 and January 5. Opponents: Stars (L 3-1); Blackhawks (L 3-2); Hurricanes (W 3-1); Kings (W 3-1); Bruins (L 4-1); Maple … [Read more...] about Capitals Temperature Check: Weeks 10-12