Ted Starkey
Internet News Manager at Newsday
Internet News Manager for Newsday. Author of Chasing the Dream: Life in the AHL, Red Rising and Transition Game, and more projects to come.
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2 weeks ago |
hockeyhotstove.com | Ted Starkey
T.J. Oshie will announce his retirement on Monday. The longtime start leaves an indelible mark on Washington Capitals’ history. Seven years ago Saturday, on the frozen surface of T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, the Capitals skated with the Stanley Cup for the first time in the franchise’s history. Nearly 10 years ago, the Capitals made a landmark trade with the St. Louis Blues. Washington acquired Oshie on July 2, 2015, for Troy Brouwer, Pheonix Copley, and a 2016 third-round pick.
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3 weeks ago |
hockeyhotstove.com | Ted Starkey
While the Stanley Cup Final begins this week, the talk will be about the Edmonton Oilers looking to end a 32-year Cup drought for Canadian teams. But another long futility streak in underay. The Metropolitan Division last produced a finalist seven years ago: the 2017-18 Washington Capitals. Back in 2018, the Capitals, well, capped a three-year Stanley Cup run for teams in the division. The Pittsburgh Penguins won the two titles before the Caps.
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3 weeks ago |
hockeyhotstove.com | Ted Starkey
While Alex Ovechkin went back to Russia last month, that didn’t put an end to the speculation about his future in the NHL beyond the 2025-26 season. Silly Season is upon us. Currently, Ovechkin is entering the final season of his five-year deal, with a $9.5 million cap hit. However, that didn’t stop the speculation about his plans in the near future. The talk started immediately after the Capitals’ elimination in Game Five of their second-round series against Carolina.
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4 weeks ago |
hockeyhotstove.com | Ted Starkey
For seven straight years, the Carolina Hurricanes have been one of the top teams in the Metropolitan Division, reaching the second round in the Stanley Cup playoffs each season since 2019, and in three of those campaigns, they were able to reach the Eastern Conference Final.
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1 month ago |
hockeyhotstove.com | Ted Starkey
The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Washington Capitals, 3-1, at Capital One Center on Thursday night. Rod Brind’Amour’s club cut down the top-seeded Caps in Five games. Carolina won the Eastern Conference Semifinal series, four games to one. Up next: Carolina will take on the winner of the Florida Panthers’ series against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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RIP 2026 NHL All-Star Game (2024-2025)
Gary Bettman said the NHL will host an event at UBS Arena in 2027 instead of 2026. They want to respect the players and how focused they will be on going to Milan for the 2026 Olympics, he said. So UBS gets an event in 2027 but the makeup of that event is still TBD.
RT @HockeyHStove: From @TedStarkey: Metro Division Cup Drought -- Seven and Counting https://t.co/IRVBXGAjie
RT @mikecommito: On this day in 2018, the @Capitals defeated the Golden Knights 6-2 to move within one victory of winning the Stanley Cup f…
