Eve of Game 1
Told It Here!: 25 Iconic Years of Washington Capitals Hockey with Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin
NBC Sports Washington
4.8 • 528 Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2019
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Rob talks with a few guys who know the Caps inside & out. First up is Ben Raby, then Smokin' Al Koken, and Steve Whyno. They individually gauge the match-up with Carolina as Washington looks to go back to back.
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| 0:00.0 | SCORE! |
| 0:02.0 | Alex Ovechkin, still going strong, overpowering at 600. |
| 0:09.0 | Scor! |
| 0:12.0 | Backstrom has tied it. |
| 0:14.0 | Cuttley fire, rebound, doorstep, it's in! |
| 0:18.0 | Save Bain by Braden. Hold me. |
| 0:22.0 | Oh my! |
| 0:24.5 | As Alex truck was robbed, |
| 0:30.4 | the Washington Capitals by the 2018 Stanley Cup champions. |
| 0:32.0 | Hey, everyone. |
| 0:40.9 | This is Rob Carlin with the Capitals Talk podcast on the eve of the first playoff game as defending Stanley Cup champs. And we figured we'd go around the media room today and just kind of get a sense of the team where they are mentally, physically, preparation, as well as dealing with the Michael Kempney injury. |
| 0:53.0 | Because that is, as you'll hear a couple |
| 0:54.5 | people refer to, the single biggest question mark this team has right now. And that's not a knock |
| 1:01.5 | on the caps. You take the top pair defensemen away from any team. That's going to create a hole, |
| 1:07.5 | and the caps are going to try and fill it. They're going to try and fill it with Nick Jensen to start with and potentially Christian |
| 1:12.8 | Juice on that top pair. |
| 1:14.5 | They could mix and match throughout the run. |
| 1:16.8 | They're trying to find what's going to work for them to defend their title. |
| 1:20.7 | But as we saw last year, it's all about adjustments. |
| 1:23.5 | It's about dealing with adversity. |
| 1:25.6 | And they learned how to do that last year on the run to their Stanley Cup. |
| 1:29.6 | So today spoke with Ben Rabi of the Caps Radio Network does the pre-imposed game shows. |
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