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

By 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 #28 – Hawks vs. Capitals: Q&A With Jason Rogers

By Sam Fels December 6, 2017 0

Jason Rogers is a writer for JapersRink.com, as well as a few other outlets. You can follow him on Twitter @HeyJayJRogers.  The Caps had their own salary cap purge in the summer. Williams, Johansson, Alzner, Shattenkirk, Schmidt all headed for the exit. Which has stung the most so far this season? Boy, it depends on […]

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You Ain’t Special, So Who Ya Foolin’?

By Sam Fels November 28, 2017 0

One of the things we’ve lamented most over our entire time doing this, and in a connected fashion probably one of the reasons for our “success,” is how inaccessible hockey coaches and media make information that might teach others the game. Getting any sort of useful nuggets of insight from a coach or player is […]

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Caps Adonna: Capitals Q&A With Becca H

By November 11, 2016

Becca H is all things at Japersrink.com. You can follow her on Twitter @BeccaH_JR. Overall a really solid start for the Caps. The underlying numbers are encouraging as well. Anything to complain about or right according to plan? Amazingly, shockingly, the biggest issue for the Caps is their power play. You know, that same power […]

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Willpower: Blackhawks 2 – Wild 1

By Matthew Killion May 1, 2013 0

In somewhat of a role-reversal, I couldn’t fucking sit still or stop swearing tonight (OK, I always swear a lot) and Fels was cool as a… well, not a cucumber. Maybe a zucchini? Are those cool? Some sort of squash or gourd, I guess. Are squashes and gourds even mutually exclusive? I don’t get horticulture. While […]

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Lost In A Snowdrift: Wild At Blackhawks – Preview/Pre-Game Thread/President’s Day Sale

By Matthew Killion March 5, 2013 0

  @  Game Time: 7:30PM Central TV/Radio: CSN, WGN-AM 720 Bear? Wolf? River? Trees? Sun?: Hockey Wilderness The Wild come into this game with a feather in their cap that few others can make so far this season. They’ve taken two points from the Chicago Blackhawks. Sure, they had to do it via the skills competition but at […]

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Lost In A Snowdrift: Wild At Blackhawks – Preview/Pre-Game Thread/President's Day Sale

By sgadmin March 5, 2013 0

  @  Game Time: 7:30PM Central TV/Radio: CSN, WGN-AM 720 Bear? Wolf? River? Trees? Sun?: Hockey Wilderness The Wild come into this game with a feather in their cap that few others can make so far this season. They’ve taken two points from the Chicago Blackhawks. Sure, they had to do it via the skills competition but at […]