<P> Weber rejoined current announcers Walton and Sabourin for the first period of Game 4 of the 2018 Stanley Cup Final . </P> <P> WJFK - FM attracted controversy when it elected to drop the Capitals in the 2016--2017 season, leading the Capitals to air solely on WFED . However, WFED's signal is marginal in some portions of the Washington suburbs at night . The Washington Wizards also took priority over the Capitals on WFED in case of a conflict, leading to some games in which the only home broadcast was available via Internet streaming . The team responded to fan complaints by reaching a temporary deal in January 2017 to place the rest of its games on WWDC - HD2, which is available metro - wide to those with HD Radios and has a low - powered analog signal that covers the city itself . The Capitals reached a deal to return to WJFK - FM for the 2017--2018 season . </P> <P> The Capitals took to the ice in red, white and blue jerseys featuring contrast - colored shoulders and stars on the chest and sleeves . The team originally had red, white, and blue pants options, but retired the white pants only after a few games in their first season, and the red ones at season's end . The blue pants would eventually become the only option used . </P> <P> Prior to the start of the 1995--96 season, in an attempt to modernize the look and improve merchandise sales, the team abandoned its traditional red, white and blue color scheme in favor of a blue, black, and bronze palette with an American bald eagle with five stars as its logo . The alternate logo depicted the Capitol building with crossed hockey sticks behind . For the 1997--98 season, the team unveiled a black alternate jersey, devoid of blue with bronze stripes on the ends of sleeves and at the waist . Prior to the 2000--01 season, the team retired its blue road jersey in favor of this, but still kept the white jersey for home games . </P>

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