Author: Hayley Paljug

2025 NHL Draft: Top 5 Underrated Swedish Prospects

The NHL regular season is officially underway, meaning that hopeful fans are already looking ahead to the 2025 draft to see what kind of talent could be awaiting their favourite team. While Swedish players like Anton Frondell and Victor Eklund are already making a name for themselves as top prospects, others are flying under the […]

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Washington Capitals 2024

Capitals Finding Early Season Success: What’s Working?

The Washington Capitals currently sit at third in the Metropolitan Divison, eighth in the league, and have accumulated 21 points in 15 games played this season. This time last year, fans were questioning whether or not the team even had a fighting chance at playoff contention and wondered about the state of their superstar captain, […]

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Ted Leonsis

Ted Leonsis Wins 1000th game as Washington Capitals Owner

Ted Leonsis, owner of the Washington Capitals and CEO of Monumental Sports and Entertainment, notched his 1000th win since becoming majority owner of the team in 1999. This makes him the second-fastest active NHL owner to reach the 1000-win mark, doing so in just 1,907 games. He was beat out only by Jeremy Jacobs of […]

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Tom Wilson

Tom Wilson is Having Himself a Season

Longtime Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson has begun the season on a hot streak, only adding to the Capitals’ hopes for a phenomenal 2024-2025 record and a chance at reaching playoffs once again. Wilson notched four goals in four games, becoming only the fourth player in team history to begin a season this way. That […]

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Logan Thompson

NHL Game Recap: Washington Capitals Secure First Season Win over Vegas Golden Knights

The Washington Capitals took a decisive 4-2 victory last night as the Vegas Golden Knights visited them at Capital One Arena. The team’s impressive five-on-five play and dominant second period helped them to secure the win and notch two points early in the season. The second period saw the home team create 16 scoring chances […]

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Andrew Cristall, Jakub Vrana, Henrik Rybinski

Andrew Cristall, Jakub Vrana, Henrik Rybinski Fighting for Capitals Roster Spot

The Washington Capitals’ roster decisions are coming down to the wire, as the team must be at 23 men by October 7th– just five days away. The team made some decisive cuts recently, placing Ethen Frank, Hardy Häman-Aktell, Alex Limoges, Riley Sutter, and Chase Priskie on waivers. However, young talents Andrew Cristall, Jakub Vrana, and […]

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Logan Thompson Capitals

Capitals Having Mediocre Preseason So Far

The Washington Capitals are not starting off the 2024-2025 season as fans might have hoped. Though it is only preseason, two losses in a row are not reassuring for Washington supporters. So far, the Capitals have fallen to both the Philadelphia Flyers and the Boston Bruins, scoring just two goals in each of those games. […]

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Capitals Screaming Eagle Jersey

Washington Capitals Bring Back Screaming Eagle Jersey

The eagle isn’t the only thing that’s screaming! Washington Capitals fans around the globe let out a collective squeal of delight when the team announced that they would be bringing back the fan-favorite “screaming eagle” jersey– an iconic throwback look from the team. The jersey features black, blue, and gold as its primary colors and […]

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Hendrix Lapierre

Hendrix Lapierre Becomes Co-Owner of DC Power FC

Washington Capitals forward Hendrix Lapierre joined the world of sports business by investing in DC Power Football Club, a professional women’s soccer team. The club is one of the inaugural teams of the USL Super League that has made waves with eight teams spread across the country. Lapierre joins other athletic talent such as WNBA […]

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Jakub Vrana

Jakub Vrana’s Path to the Capitals

On August 15th, the Washington Capitals signed former team forward Jakub Vrana to a professional tryout agreement (PTO). After being traded for now-defunct forward Anthony Mantha in 2021, Vrana jumped around between the Red Wings, Blues, and the AHL, seeming to struggle on the ice. With the Capitals, Vrana was a young superstar and had […]

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