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Game #50 – Capitals vs. Hawks Preview, Themed Birthday Party – Do The Standing Still

Matt McClure January 20, 2019 0

 vs  Game Time: 11:30AM CST TV/Radio: NBC, WGN-AM 720 What A Bunch of Clowns: Russian Machine, Japer’s Rink Now that the calendar has turned, the usual heavy dose of brunch hockey games on national TV is set to begin, with this installment featuring the defending champs, and at present,

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Game #50 – Capitals vs. Hawks Spotlight: Alex The Accurate?

Sam Fels January 20, 2019 0

Only in this way is it a shame that Russia-US relations are headed to Cold War status soon, because Alex Ovechkin should be considered an imported treasure, if not a national one. But being a close friend of The Shirtless Rider in charge over there probably won’t help his cause in a lot of eyes. […]

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Game #50 – Capitals vs. Hawks Q&A: Greg Young From Japers Rink

Sam Fels January 20, 2019 0

Japers Rink has been among the gold-standard in team blogs for over a decade. They lent us Greg this morning.  The Caps for the second straight year are kinda weird. They’re near the top of the Metro, so no problems there, but their metrics say they shouldn’t be. Braden Holtby has been good, but short […]

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Game #22 – Hawks vs. Capitals Q&A: Russian Machine Never Breaks…Unless It’s Drunk…Then Only Sorta

Sam Fels November 21, 2018 0

RussianMachineNeverBreaks.com has been a quality Caps outlet for as long as we’ve been doing this. Follow them @RussianMachine.  It’s odd for a Cup-winning team to lose its coach. What really happened with Barry Trotz and has it made any difference so far this year? There’s probably less to the story of Trotz’s exit than meets […]

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You Share The Same Fate As The People You Hate – ’18-’19 Team Previews: Washington Capitals

Matt McClure September 19, 2018 0

Oh yeah, these guys. While the Capitals finally hoisting the Cup last season was basically the equivalent of Denzel winning an Oscar for Training Day or Scorsese winning for The Departed, they certainly didn’t celebrate like a team that beat an expansion franchise, and to be fair, they did take out the top seed in the conference […]

Live From The Five Hole

Live From The Five Hole – Back And Forth

Matt McClure June 12, 2018 0

The main cast returns to give thoughts on the Cup Final, the recent rumors surrounding the Hawks, and what any of this means. As usual, no subscription is required, grab the audio after the jump. And we’re on Stitcher now.

Wraps

Night Songs – That’s How Ovie Does It

Sam Fels June 8, 2018 0

Call me a sucker for these moments. I’ve certainly had my issues with the Washington Capitals. I’ve definitely reveled in their failures along with everyone else, spiced with a tinge of frustration with them for not making good on the promise of so many teams in the past (don’t tell me Caps-Hawks in ’10 wouldn’t […]

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Night Songs – Stanley Cup Final Game 4

Sam Fels June 5, 2018 0

And now we’re on the brink, though everyone already writing the tributes to the Capitals might want to check their history when leading a series 3-1. Even this grouping, for the most part, was around when they blew one of these to the Rangers three years ago in one off those Caps-Rags series we’ve all […]

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Watching The Party – Stanley Cup Final Preview

Sam Fels May 28, 2018 0

 vs.  SCHEDULE: Game 1 Tonight, Game 2 Wednesday, Game 3 Saturday, Game 4 Monday When it’s been 90 degrees for a few days you’re probably not thinking about hockey. You’re even less likely to be thinking about hockey between these two teams. This was not the Final predicted, and in the NHL’s supreme marketing strategy […]

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Night Songs – There Isn’t A Record Of Anything Until There Is

Sam Fels May 24, 2018 0

It’s probably harder to compare to other eras, but it feels like across all sports we’ve seen the breaking down of a lot of “truths” the past 15 years or so. “Truths” in that teams that would never win or couldn’t get past a certain point have done so. I suppose it starts with the […]