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With Dale Hunter's exit, the Caps have a few big decisions to make heading into the offseason.

Jay Beagle , Mathieu Perreault , Jason Chimera , John Carlson , Cody Eakin , Marcus Johansson , Dmitry Orlov , Washington Capitals

Sasha Syomin was named Man of the Match with two goals and an assist, and Alex Ovechkin dished out two helpers in the win and tried hard to get his 'mate the hat trick.

One of the perks of being a big time performer in a big time city is you get to do cool things thanks to doing your job well.

In a Wednesday column in the Washington Times , Washington Capitals reporter Stephen Whyno makes the argument that the Capitals are well-served to trade star captain Alex Ovechkin.

Of the Capitals' six unrestricted free agents, the obvious candidate to leave early was goalie Tomas Vokoun .

Nobody in the hockey industry really expected Dale Hunter to be back next year as head coach of the Washington Capitals .

The Rangers won 2-1 to win the series 4-3. That's the big-picture view, the one that says this season was another disappointing performance by an immensely talented roster.

Yes, that is a bold statement and, to a great extent, it flies in the face of not just conventional wisdom but history as well.

Capitals rookie goalie Braden Holtby has had plenty on his mind this month. On top of helping his team to a Game 7 in the Eastern Conference semifinals on Saturday night in New York, he and fiancee Brandi Bodnar were also awaiting the arrival of their son, Benjamin Hunter Holtby .

At almost exactly 11:01:30, he was back out in the Verizon Center hallway. Amazingly, he was wearing a polo shirt and slacks - as if he were an actor with seconds to make a costume change.

Alex Ovechkin , Nicklas Backstrom , Alexander Semin , Mike Green , Joel Ward , Jason Chimera , Troy Brouwer , Washington Capitals

Acquired prior to the 1985-86 season along with Mike Moller in exchange for for Pat Hughes, Cunneyworth spent parts of four seasons in Pittsburgh.

Analysis: 10 of Ovechkin's goals have come in his last 12 games. - Ovechkin had two assists in Thursday's 3-2 shootout win over Boston.

Alex Ovechkin rebounded from a rare zero-shot performance by scoring after 88 seconds Wednesday night, Braden Holtby made 30 saves, and the Washington Capitals recovered from a potentially devastating loss by beating the top-seeded New York Rangers 2-1 to force a Game 7 in the Eastern Conference semifinal.

Just this past Saturday,A Karl Alzner A was talking about how muchA he would love seeing a two-goal lead .

The Washington Capitals extended their lead over the New York Rangers in the second period of Game 6 on Wednesday night.

The stunning turn of events in the final 25 seconds of regulation turned cause for celebration into complete dejection, because even though the Caps had no business even being in the game at that point, they should have won anyway.

Braden Holtby didn't dwell on the Capitals' triple-overtime loss to the Rangers in Game 3. Instead, he turned aside 18 shots in a 3-2 victory in Game 4 that deadlocked the Eastern Conference semifinal series.

At times, his self criticism is warranted, but in other instances it is out of place when it's clear that his teammates didn't offer the best support for their netminder.