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

Is Nicklas Hjalmarsson a deadline target?

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

🗓️ 11 February 2018

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

It's the mailbag pod! JJ Regan and Tarik El-Bashir answer everything on the mind of the listeners including if the Caps could be interested in defenseman Nicklas Hjalmarsson, more Andre Burakovsky talk, who the Caps could be thinking about trading away and when is it time for prospects to graduate to the NHL?

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0:00.0

This is Joe Beninati.

0:13.6

You're listening to NBC Sports Washington's Capitals Face Off podcast.

0:18.4

Here's your host, JJ Regan.

0:23.7

Thank you, Joe. Welcome in to another edition of NBC Sports Washington's Capitals Face Off podcast. I'm your host, the Capitol's correspondent,

0:29.8

JJ Regan. With me today, he's the Capitol's insider. He is the Jesse Pinkman to my Walter

0:36.9

White. Get out of here with that. He is. Nobody out there knows what is. What do you mean? Everyone knows that show. What show is it? Breaking Bad. I have never seen Breaking Bad. You've never seen Breaking Bad. Never seen it. This is craziness. Look, I know it's a great show and I probably should have seen an episode or two, but I never saw it. Oh my gosh. Okay. Add that. I watch a fair amount of television. I watch a fair amount. I watch a fair amount. Add it to your list. Add it to your list. Rob Carlin has been all over me about that. Add it to your list. and the first couple seasons are good. It gets bananas

1:13.3

the further you go. So you guys stick has been all over me about that. I... Add it to your list. And the first couple seasons are good.

1:12.2

It gets bananas the further you go.

1:14.3

So you guys stick it out.

1:15.3

It is a good show.

1:17.7

Anyway, it is the mailbag pod, meaning that you, the listener, get to decide today's topics.

1:25.2

And what we will talk about today, we're going to talk about line

1:27.6

combinations, what to do with Andre Berkowski, when it's time to turn to prospects and more

1:34.5

trade rumors. First off, I've been told by many people over the course of the week that while

1:40.4

the catchphrase for Wayne's World was party on, they do in fact say game on

1:45.5

and their hockey game as well. So you were technically correct, dark. Not technically. I was just

1:50.7

correct. Anyway, first, let's move on to the important business. Graham Jackson writes,

1:56.6

I'm a big fan of your show. Thank you, Graham. He says Berkowski's game has really fallen off this year.

2:02.8

Even without the injury, inconsistency has been his M.O.

2:06.4

throughout his young career, and now he can't even stay in the lineup regularly.

2:10.8

I can't see how this is a good situation for him or the caps.

2:13.8

Do the caps try to flip Berkey at the deadline,

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