Backstrom, Connolly & Capitals Have Mini Stanley Cup Team Reunion In New York City

The Washington Capitals have carried on their legacy from their 2018 Stanley Cup championship, and the members of that team remain close as they reunited in New York City this week.

Nicklas Backstrom, Brett Connolly, John Carlson and Lars Eller, along with their wives, took the time to reunite and spend time together exploring the Big Apple during the offseason.

Carlson is the only active player still on the Capitals roster, but the championship team is tight-knit and still maintains a strong friendship.

Backstrom remains in Washington but is on the long-term injured reserve and stepped away this year with his hip not responding as he'd hoped following hip resurfacing surgery. He has been around the facility, but has not made any decisions on next steps going forward. Right now, the plan is for him to remain on LTIR.

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Eller, who scored the Cup-clinching goal in Game 5 against the Vegas Golden Knights in 2018, is coming off of his first year with the Pittsburgh Penguins. He signed a two-year contract with Pittsburgh after his lengthy tenure with the Capitals that ended in him being traded to the Colorado Avalanche as part of the 2023 sell-off in D.C.

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Connolly, who assisted on Eller's game-winning, Cup-clinching goal, was in the Swiss league for the last two seasons. He played in just nine games for the Lakers this year, but his season was cut short after he underwent hip surgery in November. The former Capitals forward had skated with Washington last summer.