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The Caps would benefit hugely from some sort of cheerleading energy in the stands. Every game, you won’t have a hard time finding moribund sections. Boys, girls, sexy or not, someone bringing a little enthusiasm to the house is only good. No one elects to go to sporting events to see some cheerleaders, but if management taps some emotion and energy by routing through the hind-brain, I don’t have a problem with that.

This is an awful idea. Why can’t the NHL in general stick with what made them popular in the first place? A fast, exciting game, with lot’s of hitting and a few fisticuffs thrown in from time to time! These gimmicks are getting old….

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I think this is a really terrible idea. I like that the Caps promote youth hockey by using Ice Kids. I also hope they don’t get a cheerleading squad for many reasons. I don’t see cheerleaders as creating energy at Verizon. If they were on the lower level, many people at Verizon wouldn’t actually hear them during the game (I doubt that the could find a group of people with Goat’s vocal ability). If you want “organized cheering,” just keep using the jumbotron prompts. What’s really needed is more spontaneous cheering on the part of Caps fans and finding ways to encourage that. As far as being able to have “Ice Girls” attend promotional events as well as workng at games, such a squad of Ice Girls would consist of paid employees of the Caps. I’d rather the Caps spend the money to improve the hockey team, not on Ice Girle. If the Caps having some burning desire to improve the in-game experience for those who are easily bored during breaks in play, I would not mind returning to having an actual in-game host, instead of the game announcer, for the contests during breaks in play and intermissions. But only if they could find someone who was actually good at doing that job (unlike the last two).