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Told It Here!: 25 Iconic Years of Washington Capitals Hockey with Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin

Braden Holtby Speaks Out

Told It Here!: 25 Iconic Years of Washington Capitals Hockey with Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin

NBC Sports Washington

Washington Capitals, Hockey, Craig Laughlin, Sports News, Ice Hockey, News, Sports, Nhl, Joe Beninati

4.8528 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Rob Carlin and JJ Regan are joined by Mike Vogel from Washingtoncaps.com to react to the comments made by Braden Holtby to the media about the George Floyd protests, as well as the NHL returning. Holtby made some strong statements about using his platform to make a difference in the world when it comes to racial injustices and police brutality. The veteran netminder also went on to give his thoughts on the NHL's return to play plan and what exactly he has been doing to keep himself in shape.

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Braden Halpey will always have a place in Capp's history because of the Save

0:10.0

and at least one so far, Cup. But I thought what he said in his Zoom press conference today

0:17.0

will be his lasting legacy on DC and what he and what he and his wife, Randy, have done and

0:22.9

will continue to do for the city of D.C. will be their legacy for this town and their time here.

0:30.5

J.J. Regan is joining me. J.J., your thoughts on a very passionate and powerful set of answers from the Caps franchise goaling.

0:42.0

I thought what he said was powerful. I thought what he said was well thought out. I thought

0:48.4

it was well reasoned on a topic where it can be, that it's hard to talk about because I feel like, you know,

0:57.8

I'm a white guy, you're a white guy, he's a white guy. We all know that we're unqualified to talk

1:01.6

about. But as we've discovered, being unqualified to talk about now means that it's important

1:06.3

that we talk about these things so that we understand it. And that seems to be where Holti's

1:10.6

coming from. And what better ambassador where Holti's coming from.

1:11.1

And what better ambassador than Holti, who has always been outspoken in his beliefs on social

1:18.5

change, in a sport where those kinds of beliefs are often shunned. So he has always been

1:25.0

walking the walk in a sport where you don't see that enough.

1:29.4

And so I thought, you know, what better ambassador.

1:32.6

It was good to hear his thoughts on this.

1:34.6

And I thought they were well thought out.

1:37.3

And as always, you know, it's hard to argue with any of where he's coming from.

1:42.0

Also joining us on this podcast is Mike Vogel from Washingtoncaps.com.

1:46.6

And Vogue's, I thought it was important to get you on for any number of reasons.

1:50.4

But the biggest one, which I told you, was you tweeted something the other night,

1:54.6

you know, just being, you know, the morally reprehensible behavior that's going on in our country right now that we're seeing that's caught on tape.

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