Puck 'N Hockey

The 2010-2011 NHL regular season is fully underway.  As expected, the Capitals have a winning record through four games but you wouldn’t know it based on the play in those contests.  Sloppy play, especially in defensive zone breakouts and power play entries, have exposed some chinks in the armor.  Here are some quick hits from…Click here for more.

I think we’re starting to see a pattern of weak defensive zone play covered up by the ability to score goals seemingly at will.  The Capitals are winning games against playoff teams from last season by simply being more talented.  For a team wanting so badly to prove themselves in the next playoffs, they are…Click here for more.

With all of the talk about the first round loss to Montreal last Spring and the focus on redemption next Spring, are the Capitals mentally ready for the 82 game grind? On the road against improved Southeast division foe Atlanta, it did not look like the Caps were focused on the season at hand, losing…Click here for more.

The 2009-2010 season ends with the same questions that plagued the Washington Capitals at the end of the 2008-2009 season. Mostly because this Game 7 loss to the Montreal Canadiens exposed those questions that have yet to be answered about this Caps club. At the end of this series, it’s pretty clear, the Habs came…Click here for more.

There are times during the Stanley Cup Playoffs that as a spectator, you know a team is going to win.  You can tell just by how the players carry themselves on the ice.  They have a certain confidence about their skating and decisions with the puck.  Several of the Capitals players showed none of this…Click here for more.