The Washington Capitals and Columbus Blue Jackets have forged a bit of a rivalry over the past two seasons. Their games have often been close and hard fought. The Blue Jackets don’t have a huge rival, but the Capitals are probably on their short list of rivals since they are in the same division. The rivalry between the two Metropolitan Division teams has had the equivalent of a fuel can dumped on it due to Columbus hiring John Tortorella as their new head coach.
Washington Capitals fans can probably think of a thousand excuses to hate Torts. He was the head coach of the Rangers and was a frequent adversary to the Capitals in the playoffs.