{"id":184314,"date":"2025-09-27T02:12:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T02:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/184314\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T02:12:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T02:12:06","slug":"brandon-duhaime-is-here-for-all-the-caps-chaos-from-chirping-to-eating-lineup-cards-this-locker-room-is-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/184314\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandon Duhaime is here for all the Caps\u2019 chaos from chirping to eating lineup cards: \u2018This locker room is fun\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brandon Duhaime loves being a part of the Washington Capitals organization, and those feelings came out in spades during a radio interview with \u201cThe Sports Junkies\u201d on 106.7 The Fan on Wednesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Not only did Duhaime see on-ice success after setting a a career high in points (21 points in 82 games) during the 2024-25 season, but he also quickly assimilated into the group with his chirping<\/a>, pranking<\/a>, and dog-like tendencies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis locker room is fun to come in because you don\u2019t know what you\u2019re walking into each day,\u201d Duhaime said. \u201cIt could be guys are just eating breakfast and hanging out or guys could be in the locker room tying your skates in a knot or, you really don\u2019t know what you\u2019re going to get walking in here, it\u2019s a pretty reckless group.\u201d<\/p>\n

As he enters his second season as a Capital, Duhaime is looking to build on his success from last year and create more memories with his teammates. During the interview he revealed additional details about his personal quirks and experiences with the guys.<\/p>\n

Lineup Card eating origin<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old winger added to the Capitals\u2019 unique locker room environment last year with some of his own outlandish antics like eating the lineup card ahead of games.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI actually don\u2019t know when it started, it might\u2019ve been my first year pro maybe,\u201d Duhaime tried to recall. \u201cI always ate the card when it was a big game, I just got excited one time and ate the thing, I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n

The team actually started the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs with two consecutive victories when Duhaime devoured the list of the night\u2019s starters.<\/p>\n

Caps\u2019 best chirper<\/p>\n

Duhaime was voted by his teammates to be the best chirper in the locker room<\/a>, a title he said he \u201cwasn\u2019t quite expecting\u201d but conceded was \u201cpretty accurate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though, he added anything Wilson had to say on the matter was moot. The right winger claimed in a Capitals\u2019 social video during media day that he\u2019s a frequent target of Duhaime\u2019s abuse.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t even want to hear it, he\u2019s just playing victim, he\u2019s always giving it out,\u201d Duhaime said of Wilson\u2019s jest complaints on Wednesday. \u201cHe\u2019s just playing a little bit victim there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thoughts on His Teammates<\/p>\n

Duhaime had nothing but kind words for guys among the Capitals\u2019 brotherhood like Alex Ovechkin, Tom Wilson, Jakob Chychrun and Ryan Leonard.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Ovi\u2019s] been doing it for 25 years or whatever, he\u2019s kind of seen it all,\u201d he said of the Capitals captain. \u201cFor him to bring the same energy [every year] is \u2013 at least from what I\u2019ve heard in his young years to now \u2013 is pretty incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that despite his childhood nickname of \u201cDewey\u201d being popular among the team, what he\u2019s called each day is actually up to Ovechkin. He\u2019s previously been called \u201cDoggy\u201d by the NHL\u2019s all-time leading goal scorer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat really depends on the day honestly. Depends on how [Ovechkin\u2019s] feeling,\u201d he joked. \u201c[My parents] started calling me Dewey at a young age so that\u2019s kind of stuck since then.\u201d<\/p>\n

Duhaime\u2019s not the only one with multiple identities in the locker room. He spoke about Wilson\u2019s dual personalities on and off the ice.<\/p>\n

\u201c[He has] two different characters for sure. Off the ice you see the nice, charismatic guy and on the ice you definitely see a different part of him,\u201d Duhaime said. \u201cIt\u2019s nice to be on the right side of him.\u201d<\/p>\n

He was also asked about Chychrun\u2019s eccentric lifestyle habits. He admitted that despite some not being his style \u2013 specifically the defenseman\u2019s preference for natural light in his home<\/a> \u2013 he\u2019s actually picked up a few good tips.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s definitely eye-opening some of the stuff he does, but yeah I picked up a few things from him, whether it\u2019s eating organic or grass fed or whatever,\u201d Duhaime explained. \u201cJust taking the health [seriously] but not any of the extreme stuff like lighting or all that, I think that\u2019s a little bit much for me. Maybe one day I\u2019ll get into it\u2026 Maybe that\u2019s the trick.\u201d<\/p>\n

Duhaime has a lot of love for Leonard, the Capitals first-round selection in the 2023 NHL Draft, and sees promise in the 20 year old this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he\u2019s set up for success this year and the work that he put in over the summer. We stayed in touch a ton, he was grinding all summer working on his game, working on his craft,\u201d Duhaime praised. \u201cHis work ethic is special, his mindset, his confidence. He\u2019s awesome, I think we\u2019re going to see an incredible Ryan Leonard.\u201d<\/p>\n

The rookie isn\u2019t immune from the brotherly admonishments either. Duhaime added Leonard hears it consistently from the guys about his shacking up with centerman Pierre-Luc Dubois.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s getting chirps there\u2019s no question. Every day he comes in with something, one day it might be walking in to Dubie\u2019s place and he\u2019s eating popcorn on the couch, crumbs everywhere,\u201d Duhaime joked. \u201cDirty dishes in the sink, he\u2019s out of control. Living at a frat house at [Boston College], it\u2019s a little bit of an adjustment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brandon Duhaime loves being a part of the Washington Capitals organization, and those feelings came out in spades…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-184314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}