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#5: Washington Capitals Vs. Detroit Red Wings
The Caps play the Detroit Red Wings twice on NBCSN in 2015-2016. They play them at home on November 18 and in Detroit on December 8th. This is an intriguing match up because former Washington Capitals defenseman Mike Green signed with Detroit Red Wings this off-season in free agency.
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The Caps and Red Wings have a bit of history together. The only time that the Washington Capitals made it to the Stanley Cup Finals, the Red Wings swept them in four games. I don’t know about the rest of the Caps fanbase, but that series still gives me nightmares.
Green will be returning to the Verizon Center on November 18th. Green is one of the best Caps blue liners of all time so he should got an excellent reception in his return to his second home. The Red Wings are in a bit of a period of transition, as Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg are beginning to decline, though they are both still good players. Stepping up to try to replace that dynamic duo are youngsters Gustav Nyquist (25 years old) and Tomas Tatar (24 years old).
The Caps and Wings always have great games, and next season shouldn’t be any different.
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