It’s been a long hot summer, and Peter has forgotten everything about the Capitals, the NHL, hockey, and interpersonal relationships. Come along as we recap the offseason, catch up with training camp, and relearn everything like it’s Regarding Henry, an underrated Harrison Ford performance if you ask me.

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The Washington Capitals are making all kinds of news lately, and all of it is TERRIBAD. It’s time to cast a pod.

Discussed in this episode:

• TJ Oshie’s father
• Ovechkin’s injury 
• Kuznetsov and Samsonov’s discipline status
• Tom Wilsoning

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Happy new year! The last month has been a blur, but Ian has graciously caught me up on a ton of action. We’ve got a big year ahead, and it starts right now.

Discussed in this episode:

• training camp starting soon
• Hank Lundqvist out for the season
• Goalie options: Samsonov, Vanachek, Copley, Anderson
• The Caps signed Zdeno Chara!
• Why did the Caps sign Zdeno Chara?
• The Laviolette effect on defenders
• What could Conor Sheary bring?
• The economic health of the NHL

Also how we coped with 2020, and Ian describes “promo momo.”

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There has been so much happening; it’s exhausting. From beloved fan faves sending their wagons westward to an uncertain future for the NHL altogether, here’s a marathon pod in which we try to and fail to make sense of the chaos.

Discussed in this episode:

• 2020 NHL Draft
• 2020 NHL Free agency
• Washington Capitals defense
• Braden Holtby to Vancouver
• Nate Schmidt to Vancouver
• Karl Alzner buyout
• Travis Boyd to Toronto
• Matt Murray’s big contract with Ottawa
• Injuries to the Bruins and Stars
• Retirements of Mike Green, Matt Niskanen, and Justin Williams
• The 2021 season

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Peter Laviolette has taken the reins of the Washington Capitals, ushering in the era of the Washington Lavitals. In today’s episode, Peter and Ian try to figure out what that means.

Discussed in this episode:

• Lavs hired
• Holtby to free agency
• What the Caps were looking for in their next coach

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With Todd Reirden out, it’s time for us to recklessly speculate about who could take over.

This episode has a lot of visual stuff in it, so my apologies for the audio-only version being insufficient.

Discussed in this episode:

• Todd Reirden fired
• What the Caps are looking for in their next coach
• MAF murdered, kind of

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The Caps are in a hole, and not even a good one like Bag End. Can they escape? Probably not. But can they regain some of their dignity? Also unlikely, but let’s rant about it anyway.

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Our discussion mostly covers these two stories:

• If the Capitals lose to the Islanders, changes are likely coming. But what, is debatable.
• The the

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During the coronavirus pandemic, I’ve been considering how I can be more of the new-media journalist I want to be and use the vast connections I’ve created over the last decade. So, with Peter’s help, I’ve created the RMNB Interview Series. Imagine a long, in-depth interview that is supplemental to the RMNB Podcast (which Peter and I will still do). It will cover topics people really care about or may not know they cared about.

My first guest is a baseball player: Nationals’ World Series champion Adam Eaton. Eaton lives in Michigan and is a huge hockey and Washington Capitals fan.

During our chat, Adam takes us behind-the-scenes of the Capitals’ Stanley Cup celebration at Nationals Park in 2018, the Nats’ World Series run, the team’s postgame celebrations (and how they compared to the Caps’), catching Ovi’s first pitch in the playoffs, and the Nats’ World Series celebration at Capital One Arena. Eaton also goes in-depth on the how and the why of the shirtless Zamboni incident and reveals never-before-known details about that night. The interview, which was only supposed to last 30-45 minutes goes over 90.

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Without explanation, the Washington Capitals have suddenly become bad. In today’s podcast, Peter and Ian try to wrap their smooth smooth brains around the complicated problem of “what happens when your team starts sucking out of nowhere?”

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Some tweets:

Here's the share of xG and shot attempts the Caps have owned over time. The gap between volume and quality at the end is wild. They're almost even in volume but destroyed when weighted by quality, which I think speaks to tactical dysfunction (breakaways). pic.twitter.com/5faCvzTvQl

— Peter Hassett (@peterhassett) February 21, 2020

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In our latest casted pod, Ian recounts his adventure at the Laughlin Family Foundation dinner and meeting Orioles legend Brooks Robinson, we discuss the Ovi goal explosion, whether John Carlson is a dad or a bro, Samsonov vs Holtby, and what’s wrong with the power play. There’s a lot here.

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