While MLB might be in a standstill on negotiations to reboot the 2020 season, the NHL is close to starting back up. Juan Soto is just another fan as he wishes for the Caps to get back on the ice.
MLB and the MLBPA have been going back and forth for the past few weeks in attempts to work out a deal that would finally allow for the 2020 season to start. The main issue stem from the player’s pay, with neither side close to an agreement. While this has been going on, the NHL has implemented an official plan that the NHLPA has already agreed to. This plan will allow for the league to finish up the 2020 season. In this plan, the regular season has officially concluded and once the health details are ironed out, playoffs would start sometime in July, with 24 teams duking it out for the Stanley Cup.
One of the teams who would advance to the playoffs would be the Washington Capitals who have officially won the Metro division for the fifth straight year. With the announcement that hockey is slowly coming back, fans took to the internet to let out their joy. One of the biggest fans who longs for the sport to come back is the Washington Nationals superstar, Juan Soto. Soto took to his Instagram page to let it be known (juansoto_25).
https://www.instagram.com/p/CAsutq_j-it/
As he is patiently waiting for his sport to come back, wanting to watch the Caps make another Stanley Cup is the next best thing. Soto showing support for the Caps should come as no surprise, due to the bromance between the Nats and Caps. During the Capitals 2018 Stanley Cup run, the Nationals showed up in full support of their D.C. cohorts.
The @Nationals' Ryan Zimmerman and @Max_Scherzer in the building to get Game 4 started right! #ALLCAPS #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/P0SO74M4Kg
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) June 5, 2018
After the Caps won the Stanley Cup, they were invited to a Nats game to throw out the first pitch. They stayed for the entire game as they crushed beers and hotdogs while reciprocating the Nationals support. During the Nationals 2019, World Series run, the Capitals found themselves as fans, rooting on the local team. The Nationals eventually won the World Series and were invited to the Caps game to watch from a private box.
PUT A #CURLYW IN THE BOOKS!
— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) November 4, 2019
FINAL // @Capitals 4, Flames 2#ALLCAPS // #FIGHTFINISHED pic.twitter.com/8VQDRxZmpi
But Juan Soto is right, we need hockey back. (And hopefully, baseball will quickly follow).