Capitals to be extra ‘open-minded’ in assessing trades involving core, discovering new coach
Alex Ovechkin can pinpoint the second the Washington Capitals’ season began to disintegrate. The night time was Dec. 23 and in a recreation in opposition to the Winnipeg Jets, John Carlson was blasted by a puck to the face — fracturing the defenseman’s cranium and leaving a path of blood on the ice.
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