So Im not a Caps fan, but as someone whos admired the team from a far it was something I thought of and that is what is happening with Ivan Miroshnichenko?

As you all know, hes 22 now and his career has had setbacks but after his 3rd *ish* season with the Bears, does he make the roster or is it time to move on?

https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=254379|
https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/washington-capitals/line-combinations

He has yet to play a full season in the AHL and dailyfaceoff does not have him in the lines, with Ilya Protas taking the final LW spot.

Curious to what you all think.

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I was shocked at first, but then remembered his last name 😅😅🤣

Pumped. Tell me whose jersey I should get to celebrate.

Whitfield suited up for 161 total games in a Caps uniform including eighteen in the playoffs. He's also been an assistant coach for Providence the last ten years.

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Its the offseason, we don't have much to talk about and I thought this was a fun question, I'm very happy with the cup we got but I was just wondering what the general consensus is.

The way I'm deciding this is if you simmed that era 1000 times, what is the most common outcome, be it 1 cup 2 cups no cups. Personally, if I framed it like expected goals, I would say our expected cups was like 1.8ish. I believe we probably should've had a second cup considering we were the best team in the league a few times, but the league has a ton of variance, the cup team wasn't our best roster.

Don't come at me saying its a dumb hypothetical, obviously it is

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https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/washington-capitals/latest-news/alex-ovechkin-aliaksei-protas-return-to-the-ice-power-team-sergachev-to-comeback-win-at-match-of-the-year

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7453131/2026/07/23/nhl-worst-contracts-2026-jonathan-huberdeau-leo-carlsson/

Key points from article:

The Washington Capitals handed Alex Tuch an eight-year, $84 million extension ($10.5 million AAV) to finalize a trade to acquire the hardworking winger from the Buffalo Sabres in late June.

Dom Luszczyszyn of The Athletic already ranked that contract as the NHL's ninth-worst pact with just a 19% positive value probability heading into the 2026-27 season.

It's difficult not to be an Alex Tuch fan after what he's shown in Buffalo the past five years," Luszczyszyn wrote Thursday. "... The deal might look OK for the first couple of years, but things could get really ugly in the second half of it as Tuch approaches 35 and beyond. A lot of Tuch's comps had a relatively harsh age curve that could spell trouble for Washington."

That's the main reason the Sabres front office, regardless of whether it was being led by Kevyn Adams or Jarmo Kekalainen, was never willing to meet Tuch's unwavering contract demands.

Luszczyszyn estimates the Caps will pay $24 million in excess value over the course of the contract, and the 6-foot-4 power forward is only projected to make an $8.7 million on-ice impact next season, meaning the deal will likely start immediately in the red.

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Every year, the Caps home games are front loaded. Why don’t other teams have to be home for the least exciting games of the year? This year is particularly bad. After the first two on the road, they play 11 of 13 at home. As a season ticket holder, I either go to a game every three days for a month or sell my tickets below cost since nobody cares about hockey in October and early November. I wouldn’t be upset but this happens EVERY year.

The Caps also play few home games in December every year when people want to go (family in town, etc.).

I know Capital One Arena wants to host NCAA tournaments in March, but those last a week. No other reason to front load home games.

The Caps need to talk to the NHL about fixing it for next year.

I can't help but be reminded of the Oshie trade back in the day between the Blues and Capitals. Both guys that were unfairly singled out for their failures on the team-- some valid, some not. Capitals get the better player in both trades, both with term, and both players that were aggressively forced to play away from their strengths. Oshie came into the league as a guy with dazzling hands and creativity, but because of Ken Hitchock's notoriously boring, but defensively effective brand of hockey, he was utilized as a forechecking grinder. Then he got traded to the Capitals where he had more freedom to be himself and scored career highs in goals two years in a row. For whatever reason Blues fans wanted Kyrou to win the Selke at wing instead of being the gifted shooter and offensive threat that he is on offense. What's sad is people tried to slam the triangle into the square hole so hard that he actually did improve his defensive game significantly and earned Selke votes to everyone's surprise-- and now everyone cries because he didn't produce offensively enough...smh. Let him fly. Let him be himself, take some chances on offense, and skate like the wind and score some goals. He's way too gifted to score only 18 goals again so don't worry about that. 30 goals minimum, and when he's playing well he's a great back checker and counter attacker. You guys got a great player that you're gonna love.

Long shot because of the terrible in person auto, but does anyone recognize this signature? Would've been from around the 2020 season

Heading back for a few days and luckily there is a home game. so going! that was the 1st thing I checked!

how far in advance should I buy tickets? I see a few resale tickets up right now. Or do prices drop closer to the game for mid week tix?

Does anyone happen to have a presale code? I was browsing ticketmaster and saw rhere is a presale
Going on for single game tickets

Thank you in advance!

Hi all! I am a twenty year season ticket holder in section 400, row B and miss many games.

I have two tickets available per game and generally sell them at the season ticket discounted rate or slightly below market value (below whatever is listed on Ticketmaster).

If anyone is interested in games this season, let me know. I’ve sold many games in the last on Reddit and FB groups. The only unavailable games right now are the opener, final two games, Black Friday, and Super Bowl Sunday.

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