Los jugadores llegarán en ciudad sobre el fin de semana, y en la parte anterior de la semana próxima satisfarán con al personal y a gerencia que entrenan para la orientación. The Caps are still formulating the final bits of camp schedule, but this morning it appears that the players will be on the ice at various times for public consumption next Wednesday through Friday. Always the camp culminates with a scrimmage, and depending on the number of skaters, that can be a traditional 5-on-5 affair or, as with most recent camps up in Hershey, free-wheeling 4-on-4s that leave the skaters hunched over and the spectators smiling.

These are my leading storylines for this summer’s Rookie Camp:

If as preparation for next week you’d like a bit of weekend reading primer on the Caps’ prime prospects, these OFB treatments might prove to be primary assists: Hockeysfuture’s College Call-out of Caps’ prospects; Perreault Wins Q League MVP; Q League wise-eyes wide over Perreault; General Manager George McPhee’s in-season update of the farm; The Caps’ ‘other’ goaltending prospect; my look at the gems drafted in later rounds; and last but not least, OFB’s ranking of the Top 20 Caps’ prospects from January.

See you in Bermuda shorts in the stands next week.

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Posted at 10:06 am. Filed under Andrew Gordon, Development Camp, DraftGeek, Entry Draft, Francois Bouchard, Joe Finley, Karl Alzner, Kettler Capitals Iceplex, Mathieu Perreault, Michal Neuvirth, Prospects, Travis Morin, Washington Capitals.
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7 Comments

  1. strungout wrote:

    Is Finley actually going to be there? He would have to pay his own way along with boarding and such with all the NCAA regualtions.

    I hope he’s there…but would be surprised if he indeed made it.

    Friday, July 6, 2007 at 11:02 am | Permalink
  2. Last summer’s camp in Hershey featured some NCAA-ers, including Morin and Gordon, so Finley’s participation this year wouldn’t be that great a surprise. My understanding from a couple of informal chats with Caps’ folks is that this camp will include a lot of guys DraftGeeks will want to see. A preliminary camp roster ought to be published soon.

    Friday, July 6, 2007 at 11:08 am | Permalink
  3. usiel wrote:

    I was wondering when they were going to get out the camp roster…hopefully soon.

    That would be major bonus if Finley was there…my favorite prospect other than Backstrom.

    Friday, July 6, 2007 at 11:19 am | Permalink
  4. chanuck wrote:

    Saw the schedule of training and scrimmages. I might be able to catch some, imagine that. Hopefully will see you guys there as well.

    Friday, July 6, 2007 at 2:58 pm | Permalink
  5. sk84fun wrote:

    According to the release, Finley will be there; as Pucks noted, a number of the college guys were there last summer: Seabrook, Thomas, Gordon, Morin and Joudrey were all at the Hershey 06 camp.

    Here’s a link to Vogel’s write-up

    http://capitals.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=327969

    Friday, July 6, 2007 at 3:06 pm | Permalink
  6. Cool.

    I was coming to DC next week to do a story on the Simpsons’ themed-7-11 out in Bladesburg, so now I might as well drive across the river and see the Caps’ young-uns too.

    Friday, July 6, 2007 at 3:52 pm | Permalink
  7. b.orr4 wrote:

    And don’t forget our Russian goaltending gem, Varlamov. I was very pleasantly suprised to see his name on the camp roster. We’ll be able to get a glimpse into the Caps goaltending tandem of the future.

    Friday, July 6, 2007 at 5:48 pm | Permalink

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