Months after falling to Penguins, Capitals work to move past playoff letdown

Sometimes, when a team falls short in a playoff run, it feels a bit melodramatic to throw around words like “devastation.” In the case of the Washington Capitals falling to the Pittsburgh Penguins – yet again – during the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs, a little melodrama almost seems appropriate. NHL.com’s Tom Gulitti caught up with a number of Capitals to reflect upon the past and look to the future, and while one must credit Nicklas Backstrom and others for saying the right things, you could also tell that the wounds haven’t fully healed just yet. “It should be about the team and how we lose as a team.

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  Matt Murray ready to lead the Penguins on his own

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  Matt Cullen going home to Minnesota after two Stanley Cup titles with Penguins

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ESPN analyst ranks Flyers' farm system No. 1 in NHL

Throughout the offseason, we'll ask questions about the Flyers to our resident hockey analysts and see what they have to say. Going End to End today are CSNPhilly.com reporters John Boruk, Tom Dougherty, Jordan Hall and Greg Paone. The topic: Expectations for Ivan Provorov in Year 2. Boruk "He's the best player I've ever played with by a mile." That was Nolan Patrick's assessment of Provorov following two seasons of junior hockey with the Brandon Wheat Kings. There's an indescribable maturity you quickly sense in talking with Provorov, and that mentality carries over onto the ice. Nineteen-year-olds simply don't grasp the speed, the decision-making, the mental grind and some of the other elements

Fabbri’s on track to be ready by Blues training camp

Barring setbacks in his continued rehab from an ACL injury that ended his 2016-17 season, Robby Fabbri expects to be ready by St. Louis Blues training camp, according to Chris Pinkert of the Blues website. Blues trainer Ray Barile understandably feared for the worst when he saw Fabbri go down.

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  Browns training camp 2017: Your five-minute guide for Wednesday, Aug. 16

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  Carson Wentz, Alshon Jeffery and stats for every skill player on the Eagles from training camp

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