NHL – My Mind on Sports

Alexander the Great is Finally a Champion

June 8, 2018 Eddie McDonaldAlex Ovechkin, Braden Holtby, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Las Vegas Golden Knights, NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins, Stanley Cup, Stanley Cup Finals0 comment

There are two tiers for elite, superstar athletes. Tier 1: Great player with a championship on their résumé. Tier 2: Great player with no championships on their résumé. For the first 12 years of his career, Alexander Ovechkin was a Tier 2 player. Now, in his 13th season, Ovechkin enters Tier 1 as the Washington Capitals won the first Stanley… Read More

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A Chance at Redemption for Alex Ovechkin and the Capitals

May 24, 2018 Eddie McDonaldAlexander Ovechkin, Las Vegas Golden Knights, Marc-Andre Fleury, NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins, Stanley Cup, Stanley Cup Playoffs, Tampa Bay Lightning, Washington Capitals0 comment

If at first you don’t succeed, chai and chai again. If you aren’t a drinker of chai tea or iced dirty chai’s, you likely won’t appreciate that pun, so instead, change chai into try. That is exactly what the Washington Capitals have done thus far in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Washington seemed to have been cursed in the postseason, especially… Read More

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The most important game in the Ovechkin era

May 10, 2017 Eddie McDonaldAlex Ovechkin, NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins, Sidney Crosby, Stanley Cup Playoffs, Washington Capitals0 comment

Do or die. Win or go home. Ovechkin versus Crosby. Capitals versus Penguins. The two best words in all of sports: Game 7. On Wednesday night, the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins will square off in a Game 7 to determine who advances to the Eastern Conference Finals. For the Caps, this is the most important game in the Alexander… Read More

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A pair of superstar defensemen get swapped in blockbuster trade

June 30, 2016 Eddie McDonaldDavid Poile, Marc Bergevin, Montreal Canadians, Nashville Predators, NHL, P.K. Subban, Shea Weber0 comment

On Wednesday afternoon, Nashville Predators general manager David Poile and Montreal Canadians general manager Marc Bergevin swapped a pair of All-Star defensemen. The Preds sent captain Shea Weber to Montreal for fan-favorite P.K. Subban. The deal comes two days shy of NHL free agency opening up and days after the Habs traded for center Andrew Shaw, formerly of the Chicago… Read More