{"id":355440,"date":"2025-12-18T04:33:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T04:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/355440\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T04:33:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T04:33:07","slug":"tom-wilson-tries-to-get-tj-oshie-to-come-out-of-retirement-during-capitals-practice-i-need-you-on-the-ice-right-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/355440\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Wilson tries to get TJ Oshie to come out of retirement during Capitals practice: \u2018I need you on the ice. Right side.\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

TJ Oshie made an appearance at Washington Capitals practice last week<\/a>. The recently retired winger observed the skate from one of the benches at MedStar Capitals Iceplex, chatting with trainers and some of his former teammates.<\/p>\n

At the same practice, the Capitals had alternate captain Tom Wilson wearing a mic, catching him chirp goaltender Logan Thompson and praising rookie winger Bogdan Trineyev. Wilson also joked around with Oshie, trying to get the long-time Capitals winger to come out of retirement.<\/p>\n

Tom Wilson mic\u2019d up at Capitals practice video<\/p>\n

\u201cI need you, man,\u201d Wilson says to Oshie after a drill. \u201cI\u2019m done.\u201d<\/p>\n

A confused Oshie initially thinks Wilson needs a new stick before Wilson clarifies his demand.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, I need you on the ice,\u201d he says. \u201cRight side. Right side went down last game. We need you. Young right side.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m in,\u201d Oshie jokingly replies. \u201cI\u2019m in.\u201d<\/p>\n

The young right side (right winger) that Wilson mentions Oshie may need to replace is Ryan Leonard, the Capitals\u2019 20-year-old rookie. Leonard was knocked out of the team\u2019s lineup due to an upper-body injury<\/a> caused by a hit from Anaheim Ducks defenseman Jacob Trouba early this month.<\/p>\n

Oshie retired this past June<\/a>, but has kept himself busy off the ice, serving as a contributor to Monumental Sports Network<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0a studio analyst for ESPN\u2019s national coverage of games<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After failing to get Oshie back in skates, Wilson then reminds Thompson how many times he\u2019s scored on him during the skate.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo for three,\u201d Wilson says. \u201cTwo for three. Bad save percentage.\u201d<\/p>\n

We then see Wilson run a few drills with Trineyev, scoring multiple times.<\/p>\n

\u201cBOGDAN!\u201d Wilson screams.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey, Bogdan bar down. You see that one?\u201d Wilson asks Aliaksei Protas.<\/p>\n

Protas was one of Trineyev\u2019s mentors early in his pro career with the AHL\u2019s Hershey Bears<\/a>. The Belarusian forward helped Trineyev with the language barrier and brought him out of his shell with the Bears.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou just gotta get the puck to him, to Bogey,\u201d Wilson then tells Matt Roy.<\/p>\n

The Capitals clearly also just need to keep putting a mic on Wilson if he produces more of this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TJ Oshie made an appearance at Washington Capitals practice last week. The recently retired winger observed the skate…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-355440","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-nhl","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355440","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=355440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}