#washington capitals

[intheupside]

Evgeni Malkin spent the NHL’s break for 4 Nations Face-Off in South Florida enjoying quality time with family, swimming and sneaking in a dinner with longtime frenemy Alex Ovechkin.

Oh, and there’s this …

“I not retire,” Malkin said to The Athletic on Wednesday. “I know what some people say — like, I go back to Russia and play for my home team. But I never say it, you know?

“I retire with Pittsburgh. The Penguins are my team. I love this team. When I retire it’s here.”

Though Malkin spoke as recently as last September about wanting another 100-point season in the NHL, his days as a dominant scorer are likely finished. He has one season remaining on his contract and has not decided if it will be his last.

That last contract will be with the Penguins, though.

“I retire here — with Penguins — when it happens,” Malkin said. “This is my only team.”

“I not play in Russia after Pittsburgh,” Malkin said Wednesday. “Maybe one game for home team in Russia. Just one to say goodbye.”

[thornescratch]

I love how this has evolved from the "Who would you call for bail?" question consideration of "which of my teammates has the most money to fix shit" to "which of my teammates is going to actually pick up his phone?"

[nando161mando]

Gary Stevenson: ‘Economists have been all wrong about almost everything for 15 years now’

[savagegood]

ice hockey nicknames be like:

also, assigned babygirl/angel/wifey by wikipedia:

update: new sidney crosby nicknames dropped over the weekend

[k-ky]

They don't do romance like this anymore.

[gongyussy]

hate that, man

bonus:

[ohpuckno]

Hockeyblr is hilarious because every now and then, you’ll catch your mutuals cheering for teams you despise on your dash. It’s like discovering your dad has a secret second family. My brother in Christ, we were fighting on the frontlines together in the same lb no more than 24 hours ago, what happened

[tradetobest]

pov your future self time travels to tell you 'important information from the future'

[famouspeoplewearinghockeyjerseys]

The cameraman of Obama's speech announcing Bin Laden's death wearing an Ovechkin jersey

[crow-talks-hockey]

something about how trades really do affect players. how it's not just us as fans being crazy or reading too much into it. it's real and it's painful. erik johnson has lacked the hutzpah he once had ever since leaving colorado, as if he could bear landeskog's injury but the second he was forced to leave it all came crashing down. sidney crosby has lost much of the joy he once carried and it's because he had the human, golden embodiment of that joy in jake guentzel torn away from him when he needed it most. dylan larkin shed genuine, heartfelt, distraught tears when tyler bertuzzi was traded away. the penguins still welcome marc-andre fleury to pittsburgh every time he plays there because, no matter where he is, that is his home. pk subban could never return to the same player he was after he was taken from price. trevor zegras is seemingly incomplete without drysdale at his side. brandon duhaime is lacking his connor dewar. bowen byram no longer has his alex newhook to lean on and laugh with. travis koneckny and nolan patrick may never even get the chance to play another game with or against one another. and who could imagine kuznetsov as anyone but a capital? do you really think of pavelski in the green of the stars or do you see him proud in teal beside thornton and marleau? did shea weber ever really stop being a nashville predator? and what about beauvillier, horvat, compher, dumolin, burakovsky, kadri, yamamoto, hornqvist, eberle, o'rielly, barrie, jost, gaudreau, karlsson, carter and richards, martin, and so many others? even wayne gretzky himself went to three teams post trade, searching for that spark he had in edmonton after they made him leave. jagr had eight after pittsburgh. you are not crazy for grieving, in some small way, a player you lost. and they aren't crazy for feeling distraught either. these teams are family. and family is everything, even if it gets ripped apart so easily.

[mxgicdave]

Got the awesome opportunity to do the pride designs for the Capitals again this year ❤️❤️ always means a lot to me, and I'm super happy with the look for this year. The season has been so great, hope they do just as well tonight 🫶

[intheupside]

“i’m sidney crosby and i’m giving a compliment to someone who can play the whole 60 minutes”

[thornescratch]

The 2024-25 Washington Capitals and the power of friendship

[nottodayjustin]

November 20th 2024 best hockey tweet(s) of the day

[casadoresdean]

The comment… 😭😂

[ijustdontlikepeople]

counting is hard