Rangers to Eye Hendricks This Offseason?
Larry Brooks at the New York Post speculates that the Rangers are likely to pursue Capitals UFA Matt Hendricks this summer.
Brooks adds that the 32-year old Hendricks is a "jagged-edged center" who kills penalties and fits the "Black-and-Blueshirt" mold.
Hendricks, who was being paid $825,000 per, had 5g, 3a and was a -6 last season. He was also a 57%...
Caps 2013 Free Agents
The Washington Capitals are facing off-season questions much sooner than anyone had hoped. After taking a 2-0 series lead against the New York Rangers, then Caps fell 4 games to 3 to get booted in the first round. More humiliating is the fact the Caps were shutout by Henrik Lundqvist and the Rangers in the final two games of the series, getting trounced 5-0 on home ice in a decisive...
Rangers vs. Capitals (Game 4)
The New York Rangers host the Washington Capitals at Madison Square Garden for Game 4 of their Eastern Conference Quarterfinals match-up starting at 7:30 p.m. The Capitals lead the series 2-1. For a preview go to Yahoo! Sports.
Rangers Game Notes
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Capitals fan has his Challenger signed by the team
The 2012 Dodge Challenger SRT8 is one of the best looking of the new old muscle cars on the road. It’s purdy. A Washington Capitals fan puchased one and dedicated it to his favorite hockey team with a red paint job and a license plate that says CAP8LS. Close enough. The owner of the car, Darryl Childress, was hanging outside the Caps practice facility in hopes of getting an autograph...
Capitals-Rangers Faceoff Comparison
Puck possession is a huge factor in the Stanley Cup playoffs. The team that has the puck more often is more likely to score and is less likely to be scored upon. With that in mind, here is a breakdown of the top-4 New York Rangers centers, the top-5 Capitals centers, and how they fared against each other in the regular season.
The Capitals were the #12 team in the regular season...
Closing My Jaw: Capitals Win Southeast
Three gritty goals. One pretty goal. One empty-netter.
It’s a ratio the Capitals will have to remember from here on out, because it’s almost “that” time of year, when making highlight-reel shots usually means you’re on the golf course.
The Capitals aren’t ready for that. Goaltender Braden Holtby was not particularly sharp through 60 minutes Tuesday, but neither was...
Rapid Rewind: Playoffs! Capitals 5, Jets 3
The Capitals are going to the playoffs. (Examiner)
The Washington Capitals pulled off the almost impossible on Tuesday night inside Verizon Center, defeating the Winnipeg Jets 5-3 to complete a miraculous turnaround and clinch the Southeast Division and a berth in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Getting goals from Matt Hendricks, Jason Chimera, Mathieu Perreault, Nicklas Backstrom...
Caps are Southeast Division Champions
The Washington Capitals. After starting the shortened season with a dismal 2-10 record and left for dead, rallied late in the season to surge back and win the Southeast Division, capped off with a win over Winnipeg tonight. The Caps win tonight did not only secure their fifth division title in six seasons, but effectively eliminated the Jets from the NHL playoffs.
The...
Caps Tweet Prayers to Boston
With the news of explosions at the Boston Marathon on Monday, members of the Washington Capitals organization, past and present, sent out prayers to the victims. We here at Caps Outsider would like to do the same. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those affected by the travesty in Boston. — Matt Hendricks (@MattHendy26) [...]
A Praiseworthy Triumvirate
What looked like a cool-headed decision by Matt Hendricks in the first period might well have been the reason the Capitals eked out their seventh straight win Saturday night against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Late in the first period, Tampa’s B.J. Crombeen appeared to take issue with a hit Hendricks laid on a Tampa player, but Hendricks seemingly refused to engage. Seconds later...
Rapid Rewind: Still Kicking. Capitals 4, Sabres, 3 (SO)
Wheeeeeeee! (@CapsGoalieLove)
The Washington Capitalse simply refused to die on Saturday night in Buffalo, New York, battling back from two two-goal deficits to beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in a shootout at First Niagara Center. The Sabres took leads of 2-0 and 3-1, but could not put away Washington, who got goals from Alex Ovechkin, Troy Brouwer, and then Mike Green to draw...
Capitals 4, Sabres 3, SO
Alex Ovechkin scored once in regulation and again in a shootout to help the Washington Capitals rally for a 4-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night.
Matt Hendricks also scored for Washington in the shootout, while Capitals goalie Braden Holtby stopped both of Buffalo's shootout attempts. Mike Green capped a two-goal third-period rally and forced overtime by scoring...
Matt Hendricks Is Getting His Ass Beat For The Caps
Caps fans are well aware that Matt Hendricks will drop the gloves. In his first two years in Washington he averaged 12.5 fighting majors per season, and this year he already has six. HockeyFights.com will tell you he’s won about as many as he’s lost (11-12-8), but this season has been particularly unkind (2-4). Thanks to a fun new stat, Punch Corsi, we know just how unkind.
The...
Rapid Rewind: Boston Blues. Capitals 1, Bruins 4
Extracurriculars in Boston? No way... (NESN)
The Washington Capitals were defeated for the fourth time in five games on Saturday afternoon in Boston, falling to the Bruins by a final score of 4-1. Just as they did in Raleigh on Thursday night, Washington fell into a 2-0 hole in the first period, but were unable to climb out of the hole again. Washington actually didn’t...
Capitals Unhappy With Bruins’ Bullying, Especially Leading Up to Matt Hendricks Fight
BOSTON — Tempers were flaring Saturday afternoon at TD Garden, with the Bruins and Capitals getting an early start on some St. Patrick’s Day rowdiness.
The B’s ended up winning the physical tilt 4-1, and that was thanks in large part to the club’s ability to dominate physically. It was a favorable matchup for the Bruins who played the role of bully on Saturday as well as...
Matt Hendricks Taunts TD Garden Fan After Losing Fight With Adam McQuaid (Animation)
Matt Hendricks didn’t make any friends at the TD Garden on Saturday, and that didn’t ring true only on the ice.
Hendricks got into it with a fan on his way to the locker room late in the game, after he lost a spirited scrap against Bruins enforcer Adam McQuaid. As he headed down the hallway, the Capitals center turned and motioned that he would be watching the offending fan,...
After Earlier Rejection, Oleksy Ends Up With First Dance
Finding someone to fight in the course of 60 minutes turned into a long-term project for Capitals Matt Hendricks and Steve Oleksy Tuesday.
Down 3-0 in the third, Oleksy finally managed to locate a Carolina Hurricane willing to drop the gloves—not through any lack of courage on the ‘Canes part, but because smart hockey dictates you don’t give a team down only a few goals any...
Capitals 3, Jets 0
Braden Holtby stopped 35 shots and Mike Ribeiro had a goal and an assist and the Washington Capitals defeated the Winnipeg Jets 3-0 on Saturday.
Matt Hendricks and Todd Brouwer, with his team-leading ninth goal of the season, also scored for Washington.
It was Holtby's third shutout of the season.
Winnipeg's Ondrej Pavelec made 18 saves for the Jets, who had a three-game...
How Aaron Volpatti Impacts the Caps Lineup
The Washington Capitals made their first in-season move of 2012-13 today, claiming 27-year-old left-winger Aaron Volpatti off waivers from the Vancouver Canucks.
A hard-nosed agitator, Volpatti will add some much-needed grit to the Caps' bottom-six, and though his three goals and one assist in 54 career NHL games leave much to be desired offensively, his 11 fights add another...
General Martin E. Dempsey Attends Caps Game
It appears that Matt Hendricks is being repaid with support for his work with the USO during the lockout. General Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, attended the game to watch Hendricks and the Caps win, 3-0.
The likely fallout with Powe’s injury
Last night, Darroll Powe suffered a very unfortunate injury when he collided with Matt Hendricks early in the second period. The collision left both players shaken up, but Powe landed awkwardly on his head and was clearly knocked unconscious for a brief period. From the video, you can tell that once Powe came to, he was glassy-eyed and unable to skate under his own power. Although...
Darroll Powe places on IR, Rangers recall Brandon Mashinter
It was only a matter of time before we heard the bad news on Darroll Powe, who took a nasty fall yesterday after a collision with Matt Hendricks. Powe has been placed on IR (note: not LTIR) and the Rangers have recalled Brandon Mashinter from Connecticut to replace him on the roster.
It will be interesting to see how coach John Tortorella deploys Mashinter –likely on the fourth...
Powe leaves game with injury
During the second period, Ranger forward Darroll Powe collided with Matt Hendricks of the Caps, after which Powe appeared to be knocked out cold and was helped off the ice. Neither player saw each other, and it’s just an unfortunate accident. Powe also appeared to land on his head and appeared woozy and glassy-eyed while down on the ice.
I doubt Powe will return for the rest of...
DMV: JaVale Dunked On Andray
Ex-Wiz-on-ex-Wiz crime! Click thru for more with Vale and Dray. [SB Nation]
Wizards’ four-game win streak snapped by a 96-85 loss at Detroit. [WaPo]
The Caps “are in serious jeopardy of missing the playoffs.” [Caps Insider]
Matt Hendricks thinks he’s broken his nose at least five times. [RMNB]
Redskins get bad PR for ridiculous PR campaign. [Deadspin, PFT, Sally Jenx]
Jayson...
Battle of the Heavies: Erskine vs. Parros
In the first fight of the season that didn't involve middleweight Matt Hendricks, heavyweight John Erskine squared up with ultra-heavyweight George Parros in the Caps' 5-0 win against the Panthers.The post Battle of the Heavies: Erskine vs. Parros appeared first on Capitals Outsider.
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