[Caps] NEWS | The Washington Capitals have recalled forward Ivan Miroshnichenko from the Hershey Bears. In addition, the Capitals have placed captain Alex Ovechkin on Injured Reserve.

19 comments

  3. If I was McBain I’d feel so bad. Contact seemed accidental. One of those freak things.

  8. I’m optimistic. After he got hurt he went out on the ice to skate a bit to see how it felt. So he can obviously skate. Just making sure he is 100% before he comes back. Just sucks because he was 100% healthy and fucking flying out there. GO CAPS! Gunna be hard to replace that production though. Strome and mcmichael are gunna have to step up even more.

  9. Of course it sucks Ovi is out. Silver lining is we can get a glimpse of the future with Miro. Part of me hopes they ease him in on the 3rd and put Vrana with Strome/Protas, and another part of me wants to see him get a lot of minutes with the top line and PP to try to get confidence going. I bet Carbs and crew go the safer route though.

  10. Isn’t LTIR for 10 or more games usually?

    Edit; I’m saying this for a timeline. If they thought he was going to be out for 10 games he’d be on LTIR to start.

  13. It does suck that this happens right at a big important stretch of games for this team’s identity.

    Colorado at home. Devils. Then down into Florida for two games.

  14. This is awful news.

    but at least we have a slightly younger RM filling in. It’s fitting.

    Miro has so much untapped talent. I’m glad to see he got the call.

  16. The IR move is to open the spot up for Miro

    He was already week to week so he was going to be out vs Avs, Devils and the Fl trip. Most likely the day after thanksgiving game as well.

  18. My hope is they just throw him in on the first line. #2 and #4 are humming, #3 is coming along. I don’t want to shake up what’s going on on those lines. Just throw him in there and see how he does. Adjust if necessary….but start with the least amount of changes.

Leave a Reply