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Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom will not play in the 2023 IIHF World Championship despite getting an invite from Team Sweden. Aftonbladet’s Per Bjurman reports that Backstrom has instead decided to have a full summer break to rest and continue to rehab his surgically repaired hip. Backstrom last played for Sweden internationally at the 2017 World…
After a dreadful season that saw them finish as the eighth-worst team in the NHL, the Washington Capitals will have a chance, albeit super small, to win the Draft Lottery for the first time since 2004. To dissuade tanking, the NHL gives the 11 worst-finishing teams lotto balls, where if Lady Luck strikes, it will…
Amidst the Capitals' rash of injuries this season, it would be easy to forget about Carl Hagelin, who has been out of the lineup for over a full year. He suffered a truly frightening injury during a March of 2022 practice that nearly required doctors to remove his left eye. Just as it looked like…
The Washington Capitals announced on Tuesday that Carl Hagelin will be out indefinitely after having hip surgery. The arthroscopic procedure addressed a chronic issue in his left hip. #Caps forward Carl Hagelin underwent an arthroscopic surgical procedure to address his chronic left hip on Monday morning. Hagelin will be out indefinitely.— CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) October 11,…
Tom Wilson is approaching an important date in his career. The 29-year-old forward will be eligible to sign a new extension beginning on July 1, 2023, as his six-year, $31 million contract that pays him $5.16 million annually, expires at the end of the 2023-24 season. During his career in Washington, Wilson has grown into…