Capitals RW Garnet Hathaway and C Nic Dowd recorded an episode of "Between Two Blue Lines" for the first time in three months, as the stars of the league's first player-hosted podcast hopped on a Zoom call and "dished on their first week inside the bubble, answered fan questions and shared their thoughts on a Stanley Cup playoffs unlike any other before," according to Scott Allen of the WASHINGTON POST. The players conducted the call "from their respective rooms across the hall in Hotel X in Toronto, where the team is staying." A team spokesperson said that the podcast "launched in October and has 69,000 total plays across iTunes, SoundCloud and Spotify." Dowd and Hathaway "almost never delve into the Xs and Os of their sport, choosing instead to talk about their families and time spent off the ice." Capitals Digital Media Manager Zach Guerette "produces and co-hosts the podcast." Guerette on Sunday "steered the conversation to a variety of questions submitted by fans on social media." While the Capitals' schedule for the week is set, the next recording date for "Between Two Blue Lines" is "to be determined" (WASHINGTON POST, 8/4).
