Trending Now 1:34 Where will Bryce Harper end up? 1:11 Recapping Jonas Siegenthaler’s NHL debut as a Cap 0:51 Wizards preach togetherness following loss to Magic 1:29 Checking in with your Wizards Outsiders ahead of Wiz-Heat 2:01 REWIND: Wizards’ comeback falls short in Orlando, 117-108 CAPITAL ONE ARENA – Jonas Siegenthaler got the typical rookie welcome to the NHL. He led the team out of the tunnel for warmups, but his teammates held back as he took the ice by himself and waited as he took a lap on the empty ice. It is the traditional prank before a player’s first NHL game and Siegenthaler knew it was coming. The real nerves hit soon after. “For sure when the National Anthem was going on,” Siegenthaler said. “It was a pretty nice feeling, kind of got goosebumps. That was just unreal.” Siegenthaler may have been treated like a rookie and he may have felt like a rookie, but when the puck dropped in Friday’s game between the Caps and Columbus Blue Jackets, all of that went away. “I knew it was going to be a tough test for him and I thought he handled himself pretty well tonight,” head coach Todd Reirden said. With both John Carlson and Brooks Orpik out with injury, three of the Caps’ six defensemen on Friday had less than 100 games of NHL experience. With such an inexperienced blue line, there was no room for the typical sheltering of the rookie. “I thought he looked great,” Madison Bowey… [Read full story]
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