Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals

It feels good to do it, and then we can talk about it in the commies below, and then in a couple days we'll have the results to peruse together. The survey is very serious in the sense that you have to fill it out, but it is completely unserious as to how you fill it out. Just answer on a scale from 1 to 5 how HAPPY you are to have each player on the team.

"Oh my god, Matt Hendricks is one of my favorite people of all time and a well-known Cap," Boudreau told Jeff Marek on a recent episode of the Hockey Lifers Podcast. "He played for me in Washington, he played for me in Minnesota - I'll tell you how we got him in Washington. That first year in Hershey - he was on an American League contract. He had come from the East Coast League to the American League.

The Caps kick off their road trip against the Isles, Chychrun's making a name for himself and more in today's Caps Clips.

Carbery has been particularly impressed with the recent play of his second line, featuring a rookie Justin Sourdif centering Aliaksei Protas and Tom Wilson. The Capitals have absolutely dominated their five-on-five minutes with the trio on the ice, seeing 74.9 percent of shot attempts, 89.8 percent of expected goals, 83.7 percent of scoring chances, and 86.2 percent of high-danger chances.

Friday, the Russian forward, who led Hershey in goals last season, skated for the first time since suffering an upper-body injury in mid-October. First spotted by Bears Hockey Nation, Miroshnichenko participated in Hershey's morning skate as evidenced by a photo the team published on social media. Miro, wearing a white #10 jersey, is on the bottom - third from the left.

You can't all of a sudden bring up five guys from the American Hockey League and start inserting guys. We believe that the answers are here. Now, how much do you tinker and move things around? You know, Mikey (Connor McMichael) in the middle, where Dubois has played for the last year with Tom Wilson and Pro (Aliaksei Protas). With Dubie last year, a really, really good line for us that carried play, that was able to contribute offensively.

The matchup marks the third game of the Caps' current four-game road trip, which will end Thursday against the Florida Panthers. According to The Washington Post's Bailey Johnson, the Capitals will go with virtually the same lineup as they did in their 3-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday, with the only change seeing Declan Chisholm coming in for Trevor van Riemsdyk. Logan Thompson will get his 11th start of the season.