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Category: Washington Capitals

TXHT Jersey Share – Taking it Outdoors

In today’s edition of TXHT Jersey Share we head outdoors for the 2011 NHL Winter Classic and the beautiful jersey the Washington Capitals brought back to life.

When it was announced that the Pittsburgh Penguins were going to host their long time rival Capitals for the 2011 Winter Classic at Heinz Field many began to speculate what jersey the Capitals could be wearing for the game. Given the first few years were throwbacks to what was worn in the past or a take on what was part of that cities history it was all but expected the bring back theor retro red, white, and blue jerseys for the Classic. That became all but confirmed when the logos for the two teams were unveiled and then at Fan Fest the official unveiling of the jerseys by Alex Ovechkin, Yvon Labre, and Rod Langway.

It’s a very beautiful jersey that works with today’s team, and by this jersey being introduced for the Classic it allowed it to come back full time as an alternate, first as the retro white, then as the retro red.

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July 31, 2019
TXHT Opinion – The Capitals Salary Cap Crunch

With July coming to an end the Washington Capitals have made some moves to improve their bottom six and their defense. However, with these moves and the re-signings of forwards Jakub Vrana and Chandler Stephenson, and defenseman Christian Djoos the Capitals have put themselves into a bit of a Cap crunch.

Currently the Capitals stand with $1.3mil over the Salary Cap, which is fine for now as teams are allowed to be 10% over the Cap up until the start of the regular season. Obviously with the arbitration cases of Djoos and Stephenson the end results were a little higher than some expected and rightfully so. Djoos was awarded a one year $1.25mil contract, while Stephenson got a one year $1.05mil contract. I’m no math wizard, but I see where we have our $1.3mil Cap issue.

Now hear me out here because this may get complicated, but last I checked both Djoos and Stephenson did not get a lot of playing time as the season came near an end and the playoffs wore on. Now many will bring up the fact that Djoos was injured for a good amount of the regular season, but yet once he was back in the lineup, specifically in the playoffs, Djoos couldn’t get more than seven minutes a game. Another thing that didn’t help Djoos’ case was that Jonas Siegenthaler played Djoos out of th lineup. Once Siegenthaler replaced Djoos in the lineup in the first round against Carolina, Siegenthaler played more minutes in one game than what Djoos averaged in the playoffs as a whole. So to me, unless Djoos has a stellar training camp, Siegenthaler is your sixth defenseman this upcoming season and Djoos is expendable now.

Now for Stephenson, to me he became expendable when Travis Boyd started getting more playing time. Stephenson this past season also didn’t exceed in his sophmore year like he did in his rookie campaign where he was an integral part to the Capitals winning the Stanley Cup. With the Capitals signing Garnet Hathaway, Richard Panik, and Brendan Leipsic this pushes both Stephenson and Boyd out of the equation.

So how would I fix this? Great question. First thing I’d do is clear out the $1.3mil in Cap space that is putting us over the Cap, and how I would do that is by trading both Djoos and Stephenson for draft picks. Yes, draft picks. You can never have too many draft picks. So with those two trades you clear out the $1.3mil, next thing I would do is send down Travis Boyd via waivers and call up Shane Gersich who is a lesser Cap hit by $100k. Now here is where it gets tricky for the Capitals. Who would be the seventh defenseman once Djoos has been traded? I’ve heard Tyler Lewington’s name thrown around and being how he has a cheap Cap hit, it would work, however, there is still no wiggle room which means the Capitals are going to need to make another trade and give a young guy a spot. Particularly on offense. Who would I trade? I honestly don’t know, and that’s why I’m not the general manager.

One thing is for sure, Brian MacLellan is working the phones and is looking to get his team under the Cap and with some wiggle room to do call ups in case of an injury. It will be an interesting time leading up to training camp in September, and will be very interesting to see what moves MacLellan will make in that time.

July 30, 2019
TXHT Jersey Share – The Gamer Tag

In today’s edition of the TXHT Jersey Share series we’re going to have some fun as we take a look at the Washington Capitals home jersey that was introduced in the summer of 2007.

So funny story about this jersey. I actually won it at a Capitals game the first season they wore these new Reebok jerseys, but that’s not the funny part. the funny part is this. So the Capitals at the time were promoting this new credit card called the “Revolution” Credit Card, or at least that’s what I remember the name of it was *laughs*, and they were running a contest for those who registered for the card. I applied and was declined the card (which was fine by me), but it entered me for this jersey. Well as I already mentioned, I won, but because I was the fourth and final entrant to enter and I think they just felt bad for me so they gave it to me like 10 minutes after I got back to my seats *laugh*. That was hilarious.

Now for the back of the jersey this was the first time I ever got a jersey customized and I chose to do my gamer tag which is xtremist75. Obviously one so called Capitals “Fan” blog took a picture of me without my knowledge to make fun of this as a “jersey foul”, but honestly it was me just doing my gamer tag. And cool fact here. X75 is xtremist75 abbreviated, so now you know how X75 Productions got it’s name.

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July 30, 2019
TXHT Jersey Share – The Black Dome

Welcome to another edition the TXHT Jersey Share series as today we take a look at the Black Dome jersey of the Washington Capitals.

Originally introduced as the Capitals first ever alternate jersey during the 1997-98 season, it would remain their alternate until the end of the 1999-2000 season. During those three season the nameplate on the back was curved. When the Capitals made the change to have this jersey replace the Blue Eagle unifom at the start of the 2000-01 season the nameplate would be straightened to match the Capitals then home white jersey.

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July 29, 2019
TXHT Jersey Share – The White Eagle

Ladies and Gentlemen welcome to another edition of TXHT Jersey Share. Today we bring to you another jersey in the Washington Capitals history.

The White Eagle jersey was first introduced in the summer of 1995 as part of their rebrand, but it was similar to the Blue Eagle jersey that had the word “CAPITALS” on the front of the jersey. However, going into the 1997-98 season the team removed the woodmark from their then home jersey. The Capitals would continue to wear this uniform all the way to the end of the 2006-07 season to which then they would rebrand back to the red white and blue (navy) that they have been with to this day.

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July 28, 2019
TXHT Jersey Share – Olie the All Star

Ladies and Gentlemen the TXHT Jersey Share series is going international once again, this time with Washington Capitals legend Olaf Kolzig’s 1998 World All Star jersey.

So for those who didn’t know the NHL went with a World versus North America format for the 1998 All Star Game in celebration of the first time the NHL was sending the players to the Olympics (which was a couple weeks after the All Star Break and was a total disaster), and it actually featured these really cool jerseys.

For the front of the jerseys it would be the NHL crest along with the respective country flag that player is from (or represents). For Kolzig it would be Germany for whom he has citizenship with and was representing at the Olympics shortly after the All Star Break. On the shoulders would be the 1998 All Star patch and the Capitals logo. The White jersey with Navy and Silver blends real smoothly, and makes for a nice design for a jersey.

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July 25, 2019
TXHT Jersey Share – No Contact

Everybody today we ask that we keep the contact to a minimum as the TXHT Jersey Share series dons the Washington Capitals former No Contact jersey.

This was a really cool jersey to get at the Capitals Fan Fest a few years ago. I was looking for an official Capitals practice jersey I could wear during stick and shoot sessions, and when I was at one of the Capitals Fan Fests they had this jersey on the rack at a reasonable price. For those who didn’t know the orange practice jersey for the Capitals was actually their No Contact jersey for all team practices. After a few seasons they changed the color to I believe a powder blue, but can’t really remember off the top of my head. It’s a really cool jersey, and I think I look good wearing it, though you can decide on that.

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July 19, 2019
TXHT Jersey Share – Going Retro

Ladies and Gentlemen it is time for another edition of TXHT Jersey Share. Today we have the reincarnation of the Washington Capitals old red, white, and blues being brought back for this generation.

As talked about with other Capitals jerseys in this series, this is another retro design that was brought back to and works very well with both the Reebok and Adidas designs, even so that this look is currently used by the Capitals as their current alternate jersey as recently as the 2018-19 season and is planned to be utilized again in 2019-20.

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July 18, 2019
TXHT Jersey Share – Cool Hockey Mystery Box Special Edition

We have a very special edition of TXHT Jersey Share for all of you as we are participating in the Cool Hockey Mystery Box Event.

Graphic Courtesy of Cool Hockey

You can go to Cool Hockey’s website today to purchase a Mystery Box for $60 USD. The Mystery Box will contain one jersey from either Tier One or Tier Two.

Per the Cool Hockey website, here is a description of the two tiers:

What do the different tiers mean?
Tier 1 is the best you can get, a blank Reebok Edge jersey valued at minimum $200! Tier 2 is also really great where you can find customized or blank Reebok jerseys potentially featuring star players and alumni. We will also be sprinkling in goodies and items randomly into boxes to add even more surprise to mystery boxes!

Some examples of what styles you can find in each box are:

Tier 1: Autographed Teemu Selanne Mighty Ducks Jersey, Toronto Maple Leafs Reebok Edge 2.0, St. Louis Blues Reebok Edge 2.0, Vancouver Canucks Authentic CCM Jersey and more!

Tier 2: Boston Bruins Premier Reebok Jersey, Buffalo Sabres Alternate Premier Reebok Jersey, Los Angeles Kings Premier Reebok Jersey, St. Louis Blues Premier Reebok Jersey and more!

So we here at TXHT have purchased one of these Mystery Boxes, and here is what we got:

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July 17, 2019
TXHT Jersey Share – Team Neuvy

In today’s edition of TXHT Jersey Share we have a jersey that is of a player that is a favorite of mine, despite the unfortunate series of events that have been bestowed upon him.

That’s right, former Washington Capitals goaltender Michal Neuvirth.

Now I know Neuvirth eventually lost out on the battle for net here in Washington and was traded to Buffalo, but I always felt that Neuvirth was a solid goaltender who when healthy is a number one goaltender. However, the story of Michal Neuvirth’s career is another story for another day. I got this jersey shortly after he was traded to Buffalo, and I’m happy to have it. I rarely buy jerseys that are of the actual players, but this one was an important to me due to my interactions with Neuvirth. He was always kind and respctful to me, and that is something that I will always remember.

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July 17, 2019