Washington Capitals Summer Review: June Through August Of 2012

Photo via ULoop blog.

Summer, both the temperate season (Northern Hemisphere) and the NHL hockey offseason, are coming to a close (hopefully) in a couple weeks. There may not have been as much activity during the last three months as many fans would have liked, but a few events and newsworthy stories did take place.

In June, after the playoffs, we had the 2012 Entry Draft. July 1, free agency started. Intermittently, there have been trades and various transactions throughout the summer.

Washington Capitals fans said goodbye to a few newly minted free agents, including veteran crease invader Mike Knuble, and enigmatic winger Alexander Semin. We also said hello to new acquisitions, like the consistent forward Mike Ribeiro.

For those Caps fans who work and live locally, I'm sure watching the prospects play at development camp was exciting. Currently, we're all tracking the new CBA negotiations.

More detailed information, and related feature stories, are available via the archives of the following popular sites.

TSN - The Sports Network

NHL - Official League Site


Washington Capitals Coverage:

Comcast SportsNet - Washington, DC

Capitals Insider at The Washington Post

WashingtonCaps.com - Official Team Site

Mike Vogel (Caps' Senior Writer / Media Host) via Twitter

Dump 'N Chase - Mike Vogel (Caps' Sr Writer / Media Host)

Japers' Rink (Popular Caps Blog)

Washington Capitals Review: May 1 - 31, 2012

Capitals celebrate EC Semifinal Game 6 win in Washington, DC on May 9, 2012.
Photo by Mitchell Layton / Getty Images via WashingtonCaps.com.

Obviously, I've been out of commission for a while. Therefore, I was not able to post updates on the Washington Capitals for the month of May 2012. With my limited (and unpaid) time, I think it would be utter madness for me to even try, at this point. So, you'll soon see new blog posts starting with June 2012 updates

However, I would like to suggest you visit the archives of the following popular sites, to catch up with or review what happened last month. The end of Washington's second round NHL playoff series against the New York Rangers, and unfortunately their 2012 playoffs run altogether, is well documented by these sources.

WashingtonCaps.com - Game recaps by Mike Vogel, highlights
videos at team's site. Click on calender dates for menu of choices.

Dump 'N Chase - Mike Vogel's blog

Capitals Insider - Katie Carrera at The Washington Post

Japers' Rink - Jon Press and various blog contributors

The Peerless Prognosticator - Blog by The Peerless

Olie No Longer A Goalie

Photo found at A Tapestry Of Yarns.

Former Washington Capitals goaltender Olie Kolzig has decided to retire. After spending most (711 0f 719 games) of his 14 NHL seasons playing for Washington, fans of the Caps and "Olie the Goalie" are sad, though not surprised to see him go. Some of the places on the web to visit for an in depth retrospective of this NHL hockey great also known as "Godzilla", are surely soon going to include Dump 'N Chase, A View From The Cheap Seats, Japers' Rink, Love The Game, Don't Like Puck Bunnies, The Peerless Prognosticator and of course WashingtonCaps.com. Until then, you can check out today's official press release at either NHL.com or NHLPA.com.

Chris Clark And Alex Ovechkin Interviews

A few interesting videos of Washington Capitals forwards Chris Clark and Alex Ovechkin have been released over the past couple days. Japers' Rink posted a wild Russian video of Ovechkin from 2006 that is kind of an assault on the senses (quick moving for non Russians) in a mostly good way. JP refers to it as "Ovechkin Insanity". Alex even gives out his cell phone number! Well, sort of. Over at CapsTV, you can enjoy a very recent video (8-14-08 SnapShots-Ovechkin and Bondra) of former high scoring Capital forward Peter Bondra sitting down with Ovie for Capitol File magazine. Included in this one are what Alex has been up to, future expectations and desires and also superstitions. An August 13th Washington Post Live session with Comcast SportsNet anchor / reporter Jill Sorenson and Captain Chris Clark was very enlightening and fun as well. See the video of that interview below.