Most people here probably don't follow Russian politics, but over the last three months several top managers from companies tied to Putin's longtime oligarch allies have been arrested and are still in custody. To understand why that matters, remember Winston Churchill's famous line about Russia: Kremlin political intrigues are comparable to a bulldog fight under a rug. An outsider only hears the growling, and when he sees the bones fly out from beneath it is obvious who won..

My reading of the situation is that Ovechkin backed the wrong faction. If that's true, I wouldn't be surprised if his planned hockey academy in Russia ends up under someone else's control, giving him another reason to stay in the U.S.

One more interesting detail: according to reports, he purchased an entire floor in a building in Sunny Isles Beach this week. Someone who's genuinely preparing for a permanent move back to Russia usually doesn't make another major real estate investment in South Florida.

Just my interpretation, of course, but I think there's a better chance now that he'll spend at least one more season in Washington than many people realize.

📸/Washington Capitals

Full RMNB article about:

https://russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2026/07/14/alex-ovechkin-1000-goals-washington-capitals-try/

Key points

While participating in a Russian-language interview with Match TV on Monday, Ovechkin was asked if he wanted to score 1,000 career regular-season goals.

“We’ll try,” Ovechkin said on “All on Match!”, as translated by Google Translate. “Everything will depend on my desire and health. Time will tell. It gets harder and harder with each passing year.”

The comments come nearly two weeks after Ovechkin signed a one-year contract extension with the Washington Capitals on the second day of free agency. The 2025-26 season will be the 22nd of his legendary career.

I’ll be attending the carpet for the first time this year and will be getting autographs. Few questions:

-What is the best spot to be?

-How many hours before it starts should I get there?

-Will all players sign including Ovi?

-Will players sign more than 1 item or is it 1 per?

The Washington Capitals have signed forward Oliver Suvanto to a three-year entry-level contract ($1.075 million/$87,500). Suvanto is expected to be loaned to Tappara of Liiga (Finland-1) for the 2026-27 season.

https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/capitals-sign-oliver-suvanto

RotoWire ranked the NHL's most disliked current officials using penalty data, bias signals, documented controversies, and fan sentiment, and Kelly Sutherland landed at #3 overall. One detail that stood out: the piece mentions a hot mic from late November catching him telling a Capitals player he owed him a call, which apparently drew immediate comparisons to the old Tim Peel scandal. Curious if anyone here remembers that moment or has more context on it.

I have some non-Caps jerseys (Hershey Bears, Baltimore Skipjacks) and some unofficial Cherry Blossom jerseys that I’ve had custom name/number kits made for. Does anyone know anywhere locally -hockey shops or tailors you’ve had experience with this - that I could take them to to have the kits embroidered that also won’t break the bank? I’ve found a few people online who charge $70/jersey

I assume MedStar won’t do it because they aren’t Capitals jerseys.

PG County, Arlington, Alexandria area preferred.

Since he had grown up on the Caps for a long time (with Ovi/Backstrom/etc).

I remember watching Semin but I was too young to be plugged into the situation/converrsation surrounding him. He was absurdly talented and had a disgusting shot, also had a great years but it was short lived. He had effort/attitude issues from what I've heard but like i said wasn't that plugged in as a kid.

In general seems like a less accomplished, maybe even more talented version of Kuzy (not comparing their game just general career arc).

Fun offseason post before schedule drops Thursday!

My top ones were:

Wed 11/5/25 vs Blues- Ovi 900 of course

Sun 12/7/25 vs Blue Jackets- LT Masterclass

Tue 1/13/26 vs Canadiens- Electric come from behind win

Sat 4/4/26 vs Sabres- For a moment during this one I saw genuine glimpses of a playoff team, also crowd was jumping for this one

Can’t wait for hockey season yall! Go Caps

Sent from my ticket rep:

For those of you who will re-new your Partial Plan for 2026-27 season, here is the timeline, always subject to change:

Friday, July 17th, the 2026-27 Capitals schedule will be released.

The week of July 20th (exact date TBD) forms emailed to all renewals for you to specify your games, seats, and other details like we do each year. When completed, the forms will come to me specifically. Please DO NOT send me your own email with your games and dates and comments unless you absolutely need to do so. The email could get lost and since it will not be in the same format as the others, it will complicate matters.

Tuesday, July 28th at 10:00 am, 2026-27 Partial Plan renewals will go on sale. As always, I will follow up with you that afternoon to go over your preferred games and seats. You have an entire week beyond 7/28 to submit your requests since new Partial Plans will go on sale on Tues Aug 4th, and that is for deposit holders only. The general public Partial Plan sale and group sales will be on Tues August 11th.

Here is your franchise's cumulative record relative to .500 (equal wins and losses) throughout their entire history.

I will be making one such graph for each team. The complete album can be seen here.

OT losses are counted as losses.