"His first season, 2023-24, Carbery and his Capitals had something to prove. Last season, Carbery wanted to sharpen his team's focus on the little things, which led to: "Everyone. Every detail. Every day." The words were painted above the stalls in the dressing room at the team's practice facility in Arlington. Downtown, at Capital One Arena, the message shifted slightly to: "Everyone. Everything. Every shift.""
""It's essentially, a little bit more. Everything, everyone, every day, a little bit more. I think that's just symbolic of, we did a lot of really good things last year, and we got to the second round for the first time since 2018, all the individual career bests, all of that stuff, long-term deals. We're still not there yet, and we need more.""
Spencer Carbery established visible mantras across the Capitals' dressing rooms to shape team focus and habits. In 2023-24 the team had something to prove; the following season the emphasis became precision: "Everyone. Every detail. Every day." The on-ice arena messaging emphasized consistency each shift. After a 111-point season and a Metropolitan Division title, several players posted career-best years and signed long-term deals, yet the team fell in the second round of the playoffs. Carbery appended an unwritten addition — "a little bit more" — to signal the need for incremental improvement beyond last season's gains.
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