Throwback Caps jersey from Alex Ovechkin’s NHL debut up for auction

Capitals trade down, make Lucas Johansen their pick at No. 28 in NHL draft
Team also deals a pair of second-round picks to Montreal for Lars Eller.

Capitals acquire Lars Eller from Montreal for two second-round picks
Eller is an answer for a team that prioritized upgrading the bottom-six forward corps.

Capitals re-sign Paul Carey, Aaron Ness to two-way deals
Both players spent the majority of last season in the American Hockey League.

Capitals have 26th overall pick at NHL Draft
The last time the Capitals had the 26th overall pick, they drafted Evgeny Kuznetsov.

Caps’ Braden Holtby (Vezina), Barry Trotz (Jack Adams) honored at NHL awards
Alex Ovechkin wins the Rocket Richard Trophy for a sixth time after again scoring the most goals in the league.

Brian MacLellan: Plan is to extend qualifying offers to restricted free agents
‘We’re waiting for the salary cap number to come out, and then we make our decisions based on what we perceive to have on the cap, what room and what space we have left,’ the Capitals’ GM said.

Washington Capitals’ 2016-17 schedule is revealed
Washington will opens the season at the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Karl Alzner again showed his importance to Capitals, but the ending was painful
Alzner scored four goals and 17 assists while averaging a career-high 21 minutes and 23 seconds.

Philipp Grubauer’s first season as a backup required adjustments
In a first full NHL season, Grubauer was 8-9-1 this season with .918 save percentage and a 2.32 goals-against average.

Where the Capitals stand with their restricted free agents
Early talks between the Capitals and Marcus Johansson’s camps have been on finding an agreeable term.

Karl Alzner undergoes sport hernia repair of the pelvic floor
Alzner said he couldn’t finish Washington’s last game of the season because of a partial groin tear.

Nate Schmidt searching for more consistency after first full NHL season
In his first full season in the NHL, Schmidt averaged more than 18 minutes per game and scored two goals and 14 assists.

The NHL will reportedly expand to Las Vegas, here’s what it means for the Caps
Washington would be able to protect at most 11 players from the expansion draft.

After early-season slump, Andre Burakovsky found his footing in lineup
“Sometimes, it’s good to have those ups and downs,” Burakovsky said.

Former first-round pick Jakub Vrana likely will make NHL debut next season
Vrana scored 14 points for the Hershey Bears in the Calder Cup playoffs.

Braden Holtby rocks the rainbow and red in Capital Pride Parade
The Vezina Trophy finalist and the Washington Capitals were official participants in Saturday’s event.

After John Carlson’s season was derailed by injury, he thrived in the postseason
In 12 playoff games, Carlson scored five goals and seven assists and averaged 26 minutes and 54 seconds of ice time.

Braden Holtby’s LGBT support goes beyond a parade
Braden Holtby is representing the Caps in the Capital Pride Parade this year, but his interest in the cause didn’t just start.

Taylor Chorney shined in his first full-time NHL gig
Chorney’s play garnered a two-year contract extension with the Capitals.

Braden Holtby will RockTheRainbow in Capital Pride Parade
No jokes about D.C. sports and parades. Seriously, no jokes.

Justin Williams thought the season was a ‘failure,’ but his signing was a success
“I’m not gonna beat around the bush. I came here to try and help this team win, and we didn’t do it,” Williams said.

Defenseman Brooks Orpik’s season marred by injury
Orpik missed half of the regular season with a femur injury.

Braden Holtby’s season earned him a place in the record books
“It’s definitely not a disappointment of a season, especially the regular season,” Holtby said.

D.C. is home to both the world’s most famous hockey and baseball player, so says ESPN
Alex Ovechkin and Bryce Harper are apparently the biggest names in their respective sports, based on ESPN’s formula.

Prospect Nathan Walker ‘seems to be a little bit more ready to play’ in the NHL
Walker scored 17 goals and 24 assists with the Hershey Bears this season.

Washington Capitals unveil 2016 preseason schedule
Washington will again play a seven-game preseason slate.

Jay Beagle got his dream job as Capitals’ third-line center. Can he keep it next season?
The Capitals’ vision for that position seems to run contrary to the kind of player that Beagle is.

Matt Niskanen named to Team USA for the World Cup of Hockey
The Capitals defenseman joins teammates John Carlson and T.J. Oshie on Team USA.

In his first season with the Caps, T.J. Oshie stabilized the top line
Oshie had one of the most productive seasons of his career, scoring a career-high 26 goals with 25 assists.

Taking on a bigger role, Matt Niskanen had his best season
When injuries hit the defense, Niskanen took on the toughest defensive assignments and also played on the penalty kill and power play.

Three top officials leave Monumental Sports
Kurt Kehl, Joe Dupriest, Kim Frank leave Monumental amid significant restructuring push.

Former Caps prospect Connor Carrick thriving in Toronto
“You want to be synonymous with the guys that they moved on and had success,” Carrick said recently.

Stanislav Galiev spent the season in the NHL, but that meant little playing time
The forward appeared in just 24 games for Washington, which did not want to send him to the minors for fear of exposing him to waivers.

Caps’ GM Brian MacLellan comments on free agency, upgrading the third line and more
MacLellan said he’s confident the Capitals can get all of their restricted free agents re-signed.

Michael Latta faces the most uncertainty among the Capitals’ restricted free agents
Michael Latta played in just two games after the trade deadline, and the Capitals would like to see him add more dimension to his game.

Troy Brouwer and Joel Ward both score on mid-air swats in Blues-Sharks game
On opposing teams in the Western Conference finals, they both played in Washington for the past few seasons, as Caps fans know all too well.

Could Chandler Stephenson be the Capitals’ third-line center of the future?
“Stephenson is coming – I’m not sure that he’s a solution right away,” General Manager Brian MacLellan said recently.

Traded to Washington midseason, defenseman Mike Weber now facing free agency
With the Capitals expected to have seven defenseman under contract for next year, Weber is unlikely to return.

The Caps’ season is over, but the Hershey Bears play on
Washington’s American Hockey League affiliate begins its conference finals series on Friday night.

The key changes that have fueled the Blues and Sharks during the Stanley Cup Playoffs
Former Caps diagnose the differences between breaking down and break through in the playoffs.

Capitals want Tom Wilson, an RFA this summer, to become Joel Ward
Wilson is likely to be back next season, and his role on the team continues to evolve.

Brian MacLellan named finalist for NHL’s general manager of the year award
The Dallas Stars’ Jim Nill and Pittsburgh Penguins’ Jim Rutherford join the Washington GM as finalists.

In Mike Richards, the Capitals got a defensive center but wanted more offense
“I definitely have no regrets about coming to Washington,” Richards said.

At 30, Alex Ovechkin ‘took his leadership to a new level’
Ovechkin reached the 50-goal plateau for a third straight season.

Do the Capitals need more speed?
“I think speed needs to be a factor for us considering any players,” General Manager Brian MacLellan said.

Jason Chimera: ‘I still think I’m going to be back’
Chimera is one of the Capitals’ three unrestricted free agents.

There’s one tweak the Caps GM says needs to happen this offseason
Despite playoff disappointment, Brian MacLellan says, ’I’m pretty content with the core.’

Washington’s general managers are having a moment
Three of Washington’s four most prominent general managers are riding high. The fourth offers a warning.

Andre Burakovsky to join Sweden for the world championship
Burakovsky is scheduled to make his world championship debut with the Swedish national team May 15 against Switzerland.

Local sports anchor goes viral for ‘drinking’ on air after Caps’ season-ending loss
Spoiler alert: It was iced tea.

Evgeny Kuznetsov: ‘I know I have to play better in this playoffs’
The young second-line center scored just two points in 12 playoff games, deserving some blame for Washington’s early exit.

As Capitals clean out lockers, a season’s worth of injuries is revealed
Karl Alzner, John Carlson and others can finally flesh out upper- and lower-body diagnoses.

Remedy for the Capitals’ pain: Stop wallowing, start walloping
Only Washington’s coaches and players can decide enough is enough.

Like their fans, the Caps don’t have any perfect answers
How to make sense of the end, one last time? Just forget it. Grab a beer.