8 minutes until the official start of training camp, and already there are plenty of skaters out on the 'Office Side' rink. Broken up into color groups, there's just a general warm-up going on right now. There is to be a scrimmage at 11:30 which should be the highlight of the day, and we'll try to get that covered for you.

Dressed in a burnt umber appear to be the defensemen, with Jurcina, Morrisonn, Pothier, Hunt, Lepisto, Schultz, #33 and Pollock. Bouchard, Ovechkin and the very smooth Viktor Kozlov. The Blue group includes Clymer, Steckel, and Brashear. The white group is Motzko, Andrew Gordon, and #57. The Maroon group is #54 and Pinozzoto. We'll try to clear up the numbers for you when we can.

The whistle goes, and the camp is officially underway, a wearing drill with the defensemen feeding the forward lines. So far, a few fumbled pucks. Maybe they are excited, too.