What a difference a month makes
Told It Here!: 25 Iconic Years of Washington Capitals Hockey with Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin
NBC Sports Washington
4.8 • 528 Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2017
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
One month ago, the Caps lost an ugly game to the Colorado Avalanche. In the rematch, however, they dominated Colorado and look like a completely different team. JJ Regan and Tarik El-Bashir discuss how the Caps have improved so much over the past month. They also talk about what the return of T.J. Oshie will mean for the lineup.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Joe Beninati. |
| 0:12.1 | You're listening to NBC Sports Washington's Capitals Face Off podcast. |
| 0:16.8 | Here's your host, J.J. Regan. |
| 0:19.4 | Welcome in to another edition of the NBC Sports Washington's Capitals face-off podcast. I'm your host, the Capitals correspondent, J.J. Regan, with me today. He's the Capitals Insider. He is the Max to my Grinch. He is Targ-Gel-Hir. Tark. I have no idea what you're talking about. I mean, I know who the Grinch is, but I have no idea who Max. You know who Max is? No. What we will talk about today, we're going to talk about how and why the caps have turned things around over the past month. And we are going to talk about what the return of T.J. O'Shee will mean for the team to line up. Well, you're not going to tell me what Max is or who Max is? |
| 1:11.2 | You seriously don't know who Max is? Max is the dog. His dog. Oh. The Grinch's dog. I didn't know the Grinch had a dog. I do now. You didn't know the Grinch has a dog. Okay. Yes. He has a dog and his name is Max. Sorry, a guy named El Bashir isn't up on all the Christmas stuff. |
| 1:12.8 | Well, what do you, okay, what do He has a dog, and his name is Max. Sorry, a guy named El Bashir isn't up on all the Christmas stuff. |
| 1:12.8 | Well, what do you, okay, what do you do to celebrate the holidays? |
| 1:16.2 | Do you do anything? |
| 1:16.7 | I do nothing. |
| 1:17.3 | You do nothing. |
| 1:18.8 | You have two young children, you do nothing. |
| 1:20.9 | Well, we celebrate Christmas. |
| 1:23.6 | Okay. |
| 1:24.4 | My wife celebrates Christmas. |
| 1:26.5 | I pay for a lot of stuff. Well, yes, we all celebrate that tradition. Okay. My wife celebrates Christmas. I pay for a lot of stuff. |
| 1:28.7 | Well, yes, we all celebrate that tradition. |
| 1:32.5 | On Tuesday, the Capitol's defeat of the Colorado Avalanche 5 to 2, a stark contrast to the last time these two teams met on November 16th. |
| 1:40.2 | The caps lost that game, 6 to 2 in Colorado, one night after another bad loss to Nashville. |
| 1:45.9 | Since that time, the caps have gone 9-3-0 and have not lost consecutive games. |
| 1:51.0 | Now, that first Colorado game feels like a turning point for the season. |
| 1:54.7 | After the win over the avalanche, it was clear the 6-2 lost weight heavily on the minds of the team. |
| 2:01.9 | We got our butts kicked in Colorado, so a good response game for sure. |
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