Ovechkin & Backstrom Together
Told It Here!: 25 Iconic Years of Washington Capitals Hockey with Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin
NBC Sports Washington
4.8 • 528 Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2019
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
An absolute must listen as Rob Carlin sits down with the active legends for the Capitals as they discuss their incredible careers in tandem. Highlights include a young Alex Ovechkin announcing Nicklas Backstrom as a draft pick, memories of finally winning the Cup, and so much more.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm not going to lie every now and again. My job is pretty cool. I get it. I mean, I get to |
| 0:06.1 | cover sports and talk about sports and go to Caps games and talk about the Caps every day of my life |
| 0:12.4 | and I get paid for it. I understand that. And then some days are even better than others. |
| 0:18.7 | This was one of those days when the producer, Ryan Billy, |
| 0:23.1 | calls and says, hey, |
| 0:25.0 | want to sit down and do an interview with Alex Ovechkin |
| 0:28.2 | and Nicholas Baxter at the same time? |
| 0:31.8 | That's a good day. |
| 0:33.9 | Today's podcast is that conversation. |
| 0:37.6 | I'm Rob Carlin. The Capitals Talk podcast starts now. |
| 0:41.4 | The Russian Capitals are happy to pick Nicholas Baxter. |
| 0:45.4 | Off the face off the Capitals and won it. |
| 0:49.3 | The Capitol of the country is the Capitol of the hockey playoffs. |
| 0:53.6 | They rush out under the ice to congratulate Braden Holby. |
| 0:57.2 | The Washington Capitals for the first time in their 44-year history are the Stanley Cup champions. |
| 1:03.2 | What's up, Caps fans? |
| 1:04.2 | It is time for another edition of the Capitol Talk podcast, and this is special. |
| 1:09.3 | This doesn't happen all the time. |
| 1:11.7 | The Capitals were nice enough to let us sit down with the two greatest players in the history |
| 1:19.1 | of the franchise, Ovi and Backy. |
| 1:23.0 | Since day one together, it has been special. |
| 1:26.5 | You knew early that this was a combination that was going to |
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