Washington Capitals
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Capitals search for roster answers
Sports: Capitals
Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013
Nine days after the Capitals saw their season come to an end yet again in a painful Game 7 Stanley Cup playoff loss, the search for answers has begun anew.
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Capitals search for answers
Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013
Caps have yet to re-sign Ribeiro and Hendricks Nine days after the Capitals saw their season come to an end yet again in a painful Game 7 Stanley Cup playoff loss, the search for answers has...
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Another year and still no answers for Capitals
Published: Wed, May 15, 2013
Players can't explain latest loss in playoffs Some came to the podium one at a time, others stood off to the side attempting to answer the question that still puzzles them: Why can't the...
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Playoff loss is a bitter pill for Ovechkin
Updated: Tue, May 14, 2013
Star shows frustration of another playoff loss Another season had come to an end for Alex Ovechkin, and once more he had a flight to the World Championships in Finland. The frustration was...
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Thom Loverro: For Capitals, a deep history of Game 7 failure
Updated: Mon, May 13, 2013
A history of failure defines the Washington Capitals. This group may want to separate themselves from the past, but Monday night's 5-0 Game 7 loss to the New York Rangers binds Alex Ovechkin to...
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Referees play no role in Capitals' Game 7 breakdown
Updated: Mon, May 13, 2013
It wasn't about power plays. It wasn't about missed calls. In the end, it was all about blown chances and missed opportunities. Besides, the Capitals didn't have to spend time killing power...
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Another taste of heartbreak for Capitals in Game 7 loss to Rangers
Updated: Mon, May 13, 2013
Capitals get crushed in decisive Game 7 The heartbreak appears every spring as if on cue. By the middle of the second period of Monday's decisive Eastern Conference first-round Game 7 between...
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Capitals offense goes quiet, so series with Rangers goes to Game 7
Published: Sun, May 12, 2013
Lundqvist shuts out Caps in Game 6 in MSG NEW YORK -- It seemed destined to happen again. Four times in the past five years, the Capitals have played the New York Rangers in the Stanley Cup...
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Looking for little things
Updated: Thu, May 9, 2013
Caps, Rangers analyze tapes for weaknesses Capitals coach Adam Oates often employs a go-to analogy about the modern NHL. In the relatively short span of time between the end of his...
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The value of Caps free agent forward Matt Hendricks
Published: Mon, May 20, 2013
There aren’t a ton of internal decisions for Capitals general manager George McPhee to make this summer. He has four unrestricted free agents pending July 5. Defenseman Tom Poti and forward...
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Caps forward Wojtek Wolski signs with KHL club
Published: Mon, May 20, 2013
Capitals free agent forward Wojtek Wolski has signed a contract with Kontinental Hockey League club Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, the team announced on Monday. Wolski, 27, was not expected back in...
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Capitals forward Matt Hendricks on his future
Published: Wed, May 15, 2013
The other prominent unrestricted free agent for the Capitals this summer is Matt Hendricks. The veteran winger has set himself up for the one big contract in his NHL career. Hendricks, 31, was...
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Caps center Mike Ribeiro looks towards free agency
Published: Wed, May 15, 2013
The Capitals don’t have many decisions to make this summer. When NHL free agency opens on July 5 the two key players they have headed to the open market are center Mike Ribeiro and winger Matt...
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Once again, no answers for devastated Caps
Published: Tue, May 14, 2013
The scene is all too familiar now. The long and tortured Stanley Cup playoff history of the Capitals means little to the current generation of players. None of them were born or raised here, after...
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Caps defenseman Mike Green retaliates after attempted slew foot
Published: Mon, May 13, 2013
The Capitals were upset with a lot of calls on Sunday in a 1-0 loss to the New York Rangers. Maybe a better way to say it – they were upset about non-calls. New York, the most disciplined team...
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Rangers 1, Caps 0: Five Observations
Published: Mon, May 13, 2013
1. And so for the seventh time in their last nine Stanley Cup playoff series the Caps will play a Game 7. The Rangers assured that with a 1-0 victory at Madison Square Garden on Sunday evening....
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Caps 2, Rangers 1 (OT): Five Observations
Published: Sun, May 12, 2013
1. So here we are again. Last year the Capitals and the New York Rangers were tied 2-2 in a best-of-seven Stanley Cup playoff series and Washington was moments away from securing Game 5. Instead,...
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Blackhawks facing elimination after charmed season
Updated: Fri, May 24, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) — Jonathan Toews is going to play his usual minutes. Corey Crawford will be in goal. The lines will look largely the same. Don't expect any major changes for the Chicago Blackhawks when they try to extend...
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Updated: Fri, May 24, 2013
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BC-HKN--Sharks Playoffs,1st Ld-Writethru, HKN
Updated: Fri, May 24, 2013
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Sharks try to shrug off Game 5 defeat
Updated: Fri, May 24, 2013
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Updated: Fri, May 24, 2013
