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  • Capitals Recall Djoos, Send Down Lewington

    Capitals Recall Djoos, Send Down Lewington

    The Washington Capitals have announced that they have recalled defenseman Christian Djoos, and have re-assigned defenseman Tyler Lewington to Hershey of the AHL.

     

    The move allows the Capitals to have a more seasoned veteran in Djoos to be the seventh defenseman for the Capitals. The Capitals top six is pretty set, though an appearance in the lineup would not be out of the question for Djoos if the brass feels a slight change is necessary.

     

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  • Capitals Injury Report and Notes

    Capitals Injury Report and Notes

    The Washington Capitals are starting to get banged up as today senior vice president and general manager Briam MacLellan has announced the following moves:

     

    Placed on Injured Reserve

    Carl Hagelin (LTIR, eligible to be activated on Dec. 2nd)

    Nic Dowd (IR, eligible to be activated on Nov. 21st)

     

    Re-assigned to Hershey

    Vitek Vanecek (G)

     

    Called Up from Hershey

    Beck Malenstyn (F)

    Michael Sgarbossa (F)

    Tyler Lewington (D)

    Ilya Samsonov (G)

     

    Will Not Play Tonight

    Nicklas Backstrom (F, Upper Body)

     

     

    With the following moves the Capitals are feeling the sting of their injuries and crunch of the salary cap as well. Plus with Garnet Hathaway’s status for tonight and possible other games in doubt until after his hearing, it’s suffice to say that tonight’s lineup against the New York Rangers will be an interesting one to see.

     

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  • Game Recap – 10/14/2019 – Colorado Avalanche v. Washington Capitals

    Game Recap – 10/14/2019 – Colorado Avalanche v. Washington Capitals

    Colorado Avalanche (4-0-0 8pts) v. Washington Capitals (3-1-2 8pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    Coming home for a three game homestand the Washington Capitals host the Colorado Avalanche, and less than four minutes into the game it would be the Avalanche getting on the board first as Erik Johnson would rip it from the point and have it beat Braden Holtby to give the Avalanche the 1-0 lead. Then the Avalanche would strike two more times, first from Nikita Zadorov, and then less than two minutes later Nazem Kadri would victimize Holtby as he would give up his third goal on the Avalanche’s third shot of the game which would force Todd Reirden to send in Ilya Samsonov. However, it would not matter as while shorthanded on a Jonas Siegenthaler cross checking penalty the Avalanche would strike on the powerplay with a Mikko Rantanen marker. After the Rantanen marker Tyler Lewington would look to get the Capitals back into this game as he would scrap with Valeri Nichushkin, but the Capitals would not capitalize on the fight as they enter the first intermission down 4-0.

     

    In the second period the Capitals would pick up the physicality, and in turn would start generating more shots on goal. A little less than seven minutes into the period Alex Ovechkin would force the turnover and get the puck to Lars Eller who would break Philipp Grubauer’s shutout bid. Then TJ Oshie would deke out Grubauer to cut the Avalanche’s lead to two as they would hold onto a 4-2 lead going into the second intermission.

     

    In the third period the Capitals would start off flying, but a couple mistakes and an Ilya Samsonov turnover would allow the Avalanche back into the game as Matt Nieto would score his first of the season to give the Avalanche the 5-2 lead. However, the Capitals would get a late powerplay opportunity and they would pull Samsonov to which right off the faceoff following a timeout Alex Ovechkin would rip one from the point to cut the Capitals deficit to two. Then the Capitals would strike again with a John Carlson marker, but it would be called back after a Coach’s Challenge for offsides, which was the correct call as TJ Oshie was in the zone before the puck was. But it would be Nathan MacKinnon icing the game for the Avalanche as he would hit the empty net to give the Avalanche the 6-3 victory.

     

    Lineups:

    Colorado Avalanche:

    Gabriel Landeskog — Nathan MacKinnon — Mikko Rantanen

    Joonas Donskoi — Nazem Kadri — Andre Burakovsky

    Matt Nieto — Tyson Jost — Colin Wilson

    Matt Calvert — Pierre-Edouard Bellemare — Valeri Nichushkin

    Samuel Girard — Erik Johnson

    Nikita Zadorov — Cale Makar

    Ryan Graves — Ian Cole

    Philipp Grubauer

    Pavel Francouz

    Scratched: Kevin Connauton, Vladislav Kamenev, Mark Barberio

    Injured: J.T. Compher (lower body)

     

    Washington Capitals:

    Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — Tom Wilson

    Jakub Vrana — Lars Eller — T.J. Oshie

    Carl Hagelin — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Richard Panik

    Brendan Leipsic — Nic Dowd — Garnet Hathaway

    Jonas Siegenthaler — John Carlson

    Dmitry Orlov — Nick Jensen

    Radko Gudas – Tyler Lewington

    Braden Holtby

    Ilya Samsonov

    Scratched: Chandler Stephenson

    Injured: Michal Kempny (hamstring)

     

    First Period:

    COL Goal – 3:42 – Erik Johnson (1) from Nazem Kadri (1) and Andre Burakovsky (3)

    COL Goal – 6:00 – Nikita Zadorov (1) from Mikko Rantanen (4) and Nathan MacKinnon (6)

    COL Goal – 7:54 – Nazem Kadri (2) from Joonas Donskoi (1) and Cale Makar (6)

    WAS Penalty – 11:11 – Jonas Siegenthaler 2 minutes for Cross Checking

    COL PPG – 9:25 – Mikko Rantanen (4) from Gabriel Landeskog (3) and Nazem Kadri (2)

    COL Penalty – 9:44 – Valeri Nichushkin 5 minute major for Fighting

    WAS Penalty – 9:44 – Tyler Lewington 5 minute major for Fighting

    WAS Penalty – 9:44 – Tyler Lewington (Jakub Vrana) 2 minute minor for Instigating

    WAS Penalty – 9:44 – Tyler Lewington 10 minute Misconduct

    WAS Penalty – 16:28 – Evgeny Kuznetsov 2 minutes for Hooking

     

    End of 1st

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    Second Period:

    COL Penalty – :50 – Nikita Zadorov 2 minutes for Hooking

    WAS Penalty – 1:45 – Alex Ovechkin 2 minutes for High Sticking

    WAS Penalty – 5:06 – Tom Wilson 2 minutes for Hooking

    COL Penalty – 5:06 – Samuel Girard 2 minutes for Embellishment

    WAS Goal – 6:56 – Lars Eller (2) from Alex Ovechkin (2)

    WAS Goal – 15:28 – TJ Oshie (4) from Dmitry Orlov (2) and Evgeny Kuznetsov (2)

     

    End of 2nd

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    Third Period:

    COL Goal – 4:24 – Matt Nieto (1) from Tyson Jost (1)

    COL Penalty – 15:39 – Gabriel Landeskog 2 minutes for Slashing

    WAS PPG – 17:39 – Alex Ovechkin (5) from Evgeny Kuznetsov (3) and John Carlson (9)

    COL ENG – 19:21 – Nathan MacKinnon (2) from Mikko Rantanen (5)

     

    End of 3rd

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    Next Up:

    Washington (3-2-2 8pts) v. Toronto (3-2-1 7pts)

    Colorado (5-0-0 10pts) @ Pittsburgh (4-2-0 8pts)

     

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  • The Capitals Salary Crunch – A Case to Send Down Copley

    The Capitals Salary Crunch – A Case to Send Down Copley

    With NHL Training Camp in full swing, and the Washington Capitals having played through half of their preseason games to this point, there still is a looming question that the Capitals will need to answer and that involves the $1.3 million in salary they need to shed to get under the Salary Cap. So how should the Capitals go about doing this, and what are some trends we are seeing currently around the NHL that could give the Capitals the ability make such moves without having to do a trade or two to make it happen?

     

    So to recap real quick, through arbitration defenseman Christian Djoos was awarded a one year $1.25mil contract, and forward Chandler Stephenson was awarded a one year $1.05mil contract. The two contracts combined put the Capitals $1.3mil over the salary cap going into training camp. However, the Capitals will get minor relief for the first three games of the regular season as suspended forward Evgeny Kuznetsov’s cap hit will come off the books for the duration of his three game suspension. However, that will not help the Capitals in the long term, but a recent trend we have seen these last few days may help give the Capitals that long term solution. Waivers.

     

     

    In the last few days goalies Louis Domingue (TB), Mike Condon (TB), Garret Sparks (VGK), Oscar Dansk (VGK), Alex Lyon (PHI), and a few other NHL back up caliber goaltenders have been placed on waivers with the purpose of assignment. Some because teams are already in good shape with their goaltending, while others like Tampa Bay are doing it to help with the salary cap.

     

    Domingue is a cap hit of $1.15mil this season and Tampa Bay is still looking to re-sign restricted free agent forward Brayden Point, so the cap pressure is there for them. Sending Domingue down to the minors provides some of that relief.

     

    So what does this mean for the Capitals you are asking. Simple. The Capitals send Pheonix Copley down to Hershey. Now while Copley will need to go through waivers to be sent down to Hershey, and that leads the risk of someone claiming him, but that is not a bad thing because let’s say Copley does clear, and based off of what we have seen thus far all players are clearing at this time, then that means we can have Vitek Vanecek as Braden Holtby’s backup. Plus Vanecek and Ilya Samsonov are both waiver exempt this season so if the Capitals chose to they can have them rotate throughout the season so they both would be guaranteed playing time. Also with moving Copley that would free up $1.1mil in cap space for the Capitals.

     

    However that only gives the Capitals a little bit of relief as I would predict at least two more moves will need to be made, and they should come in the form of Chandler Stephenson being placed on waivers and keeping Shane Gersich, who is waiver exempt this season, and also Christian Djoos being placed on waivers and keeping either Tyler Lewington, who is not waiver exempt, or Colby Williams, who is waiver exempt.

     

    So here is a breakdown for those keeping track of the moves we would make.

     

    Placed on Waivers for Assignment:

    G – Pheonix Copley — $1.1mil

    F – Chandler Stephenson — $1.05mil

    D – Christian Djoos — $1.25mil

     

    Total Cap Space Cleared — $3.4mil

    Actual Cap Space Available — $2.1mil

     

    Players to Keep on Roster:

    G – Vitek Vanecek — $716,667

    F – Shane Gersich — $700k

    D – Tyler Lewington — $675k

     

    Cap Space Used — $2,091,667

    Cap Space Available — $8,333

     

    With this breakdown you can see that it’ll get the Capitals under the cap, but may still need to make another pair of moves to make themselves comfortable under the salary cap. The clock is ticking and only time will tell as to what the Capitals will do.

     

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