 For those of you thinking that Dale Hunter would step in and magically cure the Caps of 4 years of bad habits welcome back to hockey reality. Last night's 2-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues was the first step with 59 steps/games remaining on a journey back to team hockey.
Here is a fact for your consumption. The 1998 Eastern Conference Champion Capitals (yes...the Caps experienced success before Ove...
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 The Washington Capitals started off with a bang. Unfortunately that bang was followed by a monstrous thud. Bruce Boudreau appears to have no answers other than hard practices, healthy scratches to send bogus messages and juggling his lines. The Caps last two efforts show a team that has tuned out their coach.
Rumors are rampant that Dale Hunter, A beloved former Cap is first in line to repl...
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 The same guys making the same mistakes, the same guys playing one-way hockey combined with slow defensemen that refuse to violently separate the puck from opponents, unexplained focus lapses, zero discipline and zero accountability. Ladies and gentleman your Washington Capitals! Stop me if you've seen how this movie ends. Many thought George McPhee solved the Caps problems over the...
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 Their numbers are down, Ovechkin was brieflybenched and at times both appear to be a fish out of water. What is going onwith the Caps talented Russians? Why do their amazing moves no longer work? Whyare they no longer racking up the huge stats?
Some will call this crazy-talk because the Caps sit at 8-3, leadtheir division and are right there with the conference leaders. Ovechkinhas 6 goals a...
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