ESPN’s Burnside to Follow the Capitals
By Gustafsson
Thursday, October 4, 2007
More and more media outlets have bathed the Capitals in a favourable light. You can now add ESPN to the ever-growing list.
Which team will be this season’s surprise story? ESPN.com is picking the Washington Capitals and Scott Burnside will chronicle the team’s travels throughout the season. In Part I, we begin with the team’s newfound vision at training camp.
Burnside’s first offering is today entitled ‘Rebuilding’ no longer in Capitals’ vocabulary.
Thanks to Kukla’s Korner for the heads-up.
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Don’t get me wrong, I am as happy as the next fan that we are getting all this attention. I love hearing “Capitals” and “playoffs” in the same sentence and not having people laugh as they say it. But is anyone else worried what it will look like come All Star break if we aren’t percievably in the playoff hunt? I just don’t want us getting over hyped, because then the only place to go from there is down.
Great excerpt from Burnsides’ article:
“There is a tendency to suggest Clark is the NHL’s quietest 30-goal scorer. But that wouldn’t take into account the opponents he’s sent back to the bench rubbing their jaws or shoulders, muttering, “Oh, so that’s Chris Clark.” Or the netminders who have fished pucks out of their nets likewise muttering the same.”
Wow - Caps week on Comcast, Bob McKenzie, local media coverage at an all-time high, Caps blogging and podcasting at a frenzied pitch (and winning awards), the new/old jerseys, the HD screen at the arena, a playoff-contending roster, and now ESPN producing not just favorable comment on the Caps, but a whole running feature?!
Strange, I don’t recall entering the gates of heaven . . .
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