Btw, remembering some Caps draft picks of yore over on Discord and "Sasha Pokulok: le Bobby Orr de la LNAH" remains one of the wildest headlines anyone has ever written. www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/03/08/s...

Our guy @lukeadom.bsky.social has a new post up on our beehiiv (which is basically Substack but less problematic, I'm told), so check it out, subscribe, and also join us on Discord. japers-rink.beehiiv.com/p/the-caps-a...

It’s the End of the Rink as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

"And we offer our highest recommendation for him as a power-play coach to our friends in Carolina, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New Jersey, New York and Columbus."

Btw, this is how an organization that cares about its people (and its future) handles things. There's no "he was fired" blemish here, but I think we all know how this likely went down...

Our long national nightmare is over (it's not over, but it's a start...)

Monday Caps Clips

Weekend Open Thread

Friday Caps Clips

Thursday Open Thread

Wednesday Caps Clips

Join Japers’ Rink on Discord

Tuesday Caps Clips

Rink Roundtable: Closing the Book on 2025-26

Monday Caps Clips

Sunday Caps Clips

Saturday Caps Clips

Friday Caps Clips: Break It Down Now Y’all

Thursday Caps Clips: Breakdown Day Awaits

With another season done and dusted, thanks to @capitalspr.bsky.social and my media pals (some of whom, like @vogscaps.bsky.social, made it over here), to our writers (esp @beccahjr.bsky.social & @alexervin928.bsky.social), and to our readers for sticking around thru platform & social media changes.

Wednesday Caps Clips: That’s a Wrap, Babes

Capitals vs. Blue Jackets Recap: Caps Cap Off Season with 2-1 Win

Capitals vs. Blue Jackets Game Thread 4/14/26

Anyone want to guess how many teams in the upper right quadrant missed the playoffs?

From earlier, there were so many paths in and the Caps took none of them...

👀www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/...

It really was a tale of three seasons for the Caps: Games 1-28: 17-9-2 for a .643 Pts.% and a 105.4-point 82-game pace - that's basically a tick under where TB/MTL are Games 29-54: 8-13-5, .404, 66.2 - worse than every team in the League except VAN Games 55-81: 17-8-2, .667, 109.3 - basically BUF

Caps will finish twelfth in the league, probably, but definitely won't make the playoffs. The league makes nearly no effort to provide equally difficult schedules for all teams and then the conf/division playoff structure makes it worse.

The Points the Caps Needed Were Everywhere…

Tuesday Caps Clips: Capitals vs. Blue Jackets Game Day

Looks like it didn't make it to socials, so in case you missed it (and I know you did), a tradition unlike any other...

Capitals vs. Penguins: How the Game Was Won

Monday Caps Clips: Stayin’ Alive

Capitals vs. Penguins Recap: Another Crucial Two Points in 3-0 Caps Win

Capitals vs. Penguins Game Thread 4/12/26

Capitals vs. Penguins: How the Game Was Won

Sunday Caps Clips: Go Pro; Caps vs. Pens Game Day

Capitals vs. Penguins Recap: Pro Show Fuels Caps in 6-3 Win

New all-time NHL goal record and hardly anyone’s talking about it smh

Okay, if Ovi stays with the Protas brothers, it’s gotta by the Pros and Conn line.

Real ones remember…

Capitals vs. Penguins Game Thread 4/11/26

Saturday Caps Clips: Capitals vs. Penguins Game Day

Rink Roundtable: True or False?

Friday Caps Clips: Decisions, Decisions

(Third time's the charm...) Hey, if you'd been reading your Clips, you'd know that we've launched a Discord server for the site and our community. More on that at some point, but if you want to join, we'd love to have (most of) you: discord.gg/4ADNBua9U5

Capitals @ Maple Leafs: How the Game Was Won

Thursday Caps Clips: Rookie Night in TO

Capitals @ Maple Leafs Recap: Caps Shut Out Leafs 4-0 in Ilya Protas’ Debut

Capitals vs. Maple Leafs Game Thread 4/8/26