New Cannon Balls podcast up at Spotify will hit Apple Podcasts soon. Guest is @baileyannej.bsky.social NHL Capitals beat writer for the Washington Post, laid off in the purge Wednesday. We talk journalistic upheaval and a bit of #CBJ and a touch of #Crew96.
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Thank you my dear friend 🫶 the axe has fallen
I was among the layoffs at The Washington Post today. It has been an absolute dream to be a small part of this incredible team. Covering the Caps has been an honor; being a beat writer is an all-consuming thing that I love deeply. I hope I’ll get to continue that in whatever is next
Dad strength! Martin Fehervary makes it 1-1 in his first game back after his daughter, Anna, was born Saturday
Logan Thompson (upper body) won't play tonight or tomorrow but the plan is that he'll play Thursday. Matt Roy (lower body) is questionable for tonight. If Roy is able to play, Thompson would be put on IR to clear a roster spot, but it changes nothing about the plan for him.
Very, very optional practice for the Caps today — players had the option of even coming to the rink at all — but Matt Roy (lower body, day to day) is skating, which is a good sign
Connor McMichael is week to week with an upper body injury, Spencer Carbery says.
Lindgren is in the net, but Stevenson just did some stretches before the shootout began
Charlie Lindgren looks shaken up. Clay Stevenson is gathering his gear
1-0 Capitals. What a shift for Nic Dowd, who laid a big hit on Axel Sandin-Pellikka, briefly tangled with Ben Chiarot, and then scored to put the Caps up in this one
Whoops sorry guys, got my French Canadian wires crossed. That should be Lapierre on the fourth line
Lines for the Caps in warmups in Detroit:
Ovechkin-Strome-Beauvillier
Protas-Sourdif-Wilson
McMichael-Dowd-Leonard
Duhaime-Beauvillier-Frank
Fehervary-Carlson
Chychrun-TvR
Sandin-Chisholm
Rasmus Sandin is on the ice for the Caps in warmups here in Detroit. Matt Roy is not
Logan Thompson is day to day with an upper body injury, Spencer Carbery says. He was hit in the mask with a shot during the game against Seattle on Wednesday
As Heated Rivalry has exploded in popularity, with teams across the NHL leaning in and more LGBTQ+ fans attending games, those new fans have questions about inclusion in the sport.
"Is this just another way of pandering to people, or do we actually care?"
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A lot of people just lost their hats here in Seattle. McCann's hat trick goal gets washed out by a penalty before the goal, which took a long review to figure out
Lines for the Caps here in Seattle, without Sandin and Roy (both lower body, day to day)
McMichael-Strome-Leonard
Protas-Sourdif-Wilson
Ovechkin-Dowd-Frank
Duhaime-Lapierre-Beauvillier
Chychrun-Carlson
Fehervary-TvR
Chisholm-McIlrath
Thompson
Yes thank you I understand the rule
My favorite part of hockey is when a guy is trying desperately to prove that they're bleeding. Rubbing at their face and holding out their hand like "Look! See! Blood!"
Sandin didn't take a shift, stood at the end of the bench looking like he was trying to stretch out and shake it off. Has gone back down the tunnel at the first TV timeout
This is now one of the weirdest 2-2 hockey games I've ever seen
Sandin was slow to come back from the room but just emerged from the tunnel and took his spot on the bench.
Rasmus Sandin did not return for the start of the second after blocking a shot at the end of the first and leaving the ice in obvious pain
This is the weirdest possible 1-1 hockey game I've maybe ever seen
2-1 Capitals. Aliaksei Protas caps off a great sequence with his linemates, and the Caps finally get the go-ahead goal after dominating since the second period started
Jakob Chychrun just tried a lacrosse goal
Hendrix Lapierre has ended his nearly two-year long goalless streak. The way his teammates just celebrated with him on the ice? That was special to see
This the first time in 15 games that the Canucks have scored more than 3 goals.
Last time was a 5-4 shootout win vs. the Bruins on Dec 20.
The Canucks beat the Caps to end their 11-game losing streak. This, on paper, was the most winnable game of the trip for the Caps and they still couldn’t get it done. Their losing streak stands at four
4-2 Canucks. Filip Hronek on a two-on-one. Lot of game left, but the Caps are nowhere to be found right now. In danger of losing, maybe even getting blown out by, the worst team in the NHL
