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

Here he is.

Here's your host, J.J. Regan.

Oh, I love that introduction from Joe Beninati. It is great, mostly because it just mentions my name and not Targ-Helbush. Anyway, welcome to another edition of NBC Sports Washington's Capitals Face Off podcast.

I am, of course, your host, the Capitol's correspondent, J.J. Regan.

With me today.

He's the Capitals Insider.

He is the Wallace to my Gromit.

He's Targ Elbuchar, Tark.

These are getting more and more obscure as you run out of options. I knew you wouldn't know what this one was grommet wallace and grommet what is it like a it's these britt's this british claymation cartoon

oh yeah sure i i've seen that one yeah it's i didn't know their names it's funny it's quirky

it's quirky it's a lot more i was thinking about it because I knew I'd have to explain this to you. The more it's like Inspector Gadget. It's the dumb idiot with the weird inventions and then the very smart dog. Inspector Gadget was not a dumb idiot. He was a genius who was just a little misunderstood.

He was a little clumsy.

He was a little clumsy, but he was the mastermind behind the whole thing. He was the mastermind behind the house. Absolutely. I don't think you've seen Inspector Gadget any time recently. Look, the dog might have been, you know, like you, like out there, look, it's all me. But, I mean, really, Inspector Gadda was the guy like driving the boat.

Anyway. like you, like out there, ah, look, it's all me. But, I mean, really, Inspector Gadda was a guy like driving the boat. Anyway, what we will talk about today, we will hear from Tom. You're ridiculous, by the way. We will hear from Tom Wilson, who joined the podcast. We will talk about the All-Star Captain in the Metropolitan Division, and we will talk about the struggles of T.J. O'Shee. But first, Tark, how was Cap's Casino Night? So much fun. This is the second one that I've done since I returned to the beat after covering the Redskins for four years. I'd done some on the other side of my Redskins tenure, and I don't really remember those very well. But last year, it was at the Sheraton, I believe, in Arlington, which is a nice hotel,

nice ballroom.

But this was the MGM Grand.

You walk through a busy hopping casino floor to get to another busy hopping area where

there's, you know, 20 NHL players and a lot of fans and

everyone's dressed up and they're playing cards. It's a great time. You know, look, I don't get

any money or any, you know, I don't help the team, you know, get money for charity by saying

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