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Category Archives: Dennis Wideman
The Unexpected Rebuild
“Who’s putting the puck in the net?” in D.C. next season, Greg Wyshynski wonders, while digesting the news of Alexander Semin signing with Carolina. I wonder too. Let us hope that the captain shows up in shape this fall. Or: … Continue reading
The Club That’s Needed Has Been Built
The sort of Capitals club I’d want to see contest an NHL postseason would be able to roll four lines almost interchangeably, impact achieved rather uniformly among them, and cumulatively, deliver an impact that wears down a quality opponent the … Continue reading
Getting to Know More About Dennis Wideman
Caps fans know the team-related basics about defenseman Dennis Wideman: he joined the franchise around last season’s trade deadline, he brings power play skills and general offensive talent to the blueline, he’s a former Florida Panther/Boston Bruin/St. Louis Blues player, … Continue reading
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Chatter on the Caps’ Bench Is About Brouwer’s Skill
Troy Brouwer wasn’t the star of the Caps’ Monday night 6-5 shootout win against Tampa Bay. That went to his teammate Jason Chimera, who had two third-period goals. In fact, Brouwer couldn’t even claim the title of second or third … Continue reading
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It’s Just the Second Round, but the Caps This Spring Are Standing Tall
There are eight teams left vying for hockey’s grand prize, and this morning, it’s interesting to reflect on the relative status of our Capitals. Put bluntly: have the Capitals ever looked quite as formidable and buzz-worthy relative to their remaining … Continue reading
A Bad Matchup Indeed — for New York
This Rangers club was supposed to be a bad matchup for these Capitals. Big up front, racsally around the net, opportunistic offensively, a good defensive club backstopped by a premiere netminder. Turns out, the Capitals are a very bad matchup … Continue reading
Maybe, Just Maybe, the Stars at Last Are Aligning
I know as well as anyone in this town what this morning is supposed to represent . . . and optimism isn’t encoded in it. These are the NHL playoffs after all, and our local entry in them is a … Continue reading
Memo to the Revisionists: It Was a Tale of Two Seasons
How will you remember the 2010-11 Capitals’ regular season? I ask because at least one prominent person in town – the team owner — thinks that to date I’ve judged his team too harshly on the campaign. My critique began near the end of last summer, when I observed management execute a largely passive approach to roster improvement in the offseason, while East rivals Pittsburgh and Philly aggressively improved. Not that I’m a throw-mad-money-at-free-agents kind of guy; never have been, never will be. But if you’ve just been vanquished in round one, as the Caps were last April, and you sit on your hands all summer, rest assured your conference peers will gain ground on you.
Through about 50 games into 2010-11, there was plenty of ground-gaining, you’ll recall. For instance: the Caps, having won the Southeast division title just a year ago by 40 points, trailed the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Southeast in late February. That’s ground-gaining alright. And it’s not as if Tampa in the offseason acquired Bobby Orr and Mr. Hockey in their prime. Continue reading
A Wicked and Freak Injury and Its Potential Impact on a Promising Postseason
The prospect is very real that Dennis Wideman, the Capitals’ very best defenseman, won’t play hockey again this season. And that would be an enormous setback for a surging hockey club plausibly optimistic — if it somehow can regain some … Continue reading
Snapshots: High Winds With Some Sunny Skies in Washington
Last night’s 3-2 shootout loss to the Carolina Hurricanes was summed up best by Matt Hendricks when he described it as one that got away. The team had ample opportunity to capitalize on some key chances but were never able to finish. It was that inability to see a play all the way through that ended up costing the Caps a win. Continue reading
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