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Monthly Archives: March 2008

Quintin Laing Profiled on NHL.com

28 March, 2008

Quintin Laing, the Washington Capitals’ shot-blocking machine, is profiled today on NHL.com. The profile focuses on Laing’s recent nomination for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy: “I was caught off-guard by it,” Laing told NHL.com. “I’m pretty blown away and humbled by the nomination.” As much as Alex Ovechkin certainly deserves of all the ink (and [...]

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What Fun Would 5-2 Games Be Anyway for a Team of Destiny?

28 March, 2008

If you’re of the opinion that an end-game/standings resolution is required to render a positive judgement on this edition of the Washington Capitals, you’ve most assuredly arrived at the wrong blog. To sorta quote the Cure, It’s Friday and I’m in Love, with my hockey team. Back in early February I published a cup-a-joe post [...]

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Late-Round Draft Gem Inked: Mathieu Perreault Signs

28 March, 2008

The Capitals this morning announced the signing of 2006 sixth-round pick Mathieu Perreault to a three-year entry-level contract. From the team’s press release: “Perreault, 20, was the most valuable player in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League in 2006-07 and¬†led the QMJHL in scoring this year. A 5 ’9, 166-pound native of Drummondville, Quebec, Perreault [...]

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The Stretch Run, Revisited – Eastern Conference Playoff Bubble

28 March, 2008

Four days have passed since our original Stretch Run post, so an update to The Playoff Picture table seems in order. The Panthers have stumbled, their loss to Atlanta likely ending their post-season hopes. But not much else has changed as Washington, Buffalo, Boston, Carolina, and Philadelphia have gone 6-1-1 so far this week. Games [...]

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In a Flash, Caps Win in OT: Caps 4 / Bolts 3

27 March, 2008
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Big-Hearted Blog Readers Make a Difference

27 March, 2008

We told you a few weeks ago that we thought our blogging coalition for Wilson High hockey and its attempt to make a difference for a special local community delivered a memorable evening and, more importantly, vital resources for an under-resourced band of young hockey lovers. Nearly one hundred readers of the local hockey blogs Capital Addiction, [...]

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A Re-oriented Media Trumpets a Region-Wide Reconsideration of 'That Other Sport'

27 March, 2008

Pardon the Interruption from your regularly scheduled March madness, and Skins’ weight room Cam, for local broadcast media’s maiden voyage on a Love Boat cruise with a lover named hockey. Comcast SportsNet is done giving hockey the back of its hand; it isn’t having any more of its past puck indifference. Today, it’s smitten with [...]

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John Buccigross Doles Out the 2008 NHL Hardware

26 March, 2008

ESPN columnist John Buccigross published his picks for the NHL’s awards this season. Washington Capitals’ head coach Bruce Boudreau is his Jack Adams runner-up (to Detroit’s Mike Babcock) . . . but here’s Bucci’s pick for the Hart Memorial Trophy: Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals. This is the season of Ovechkin. No. 8 is a gigantic [...]

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Beating a Dead Horse

26 March, 2008

This week featured two very different columns from opposite sides of the country about Hart candidacy. Let’s start with Ross McKeon’s head-scratching column from Yahoo! Sports: People in Washington and Pittsburgh won’t like to hear this, but if the season were to end today, Jarome Iginla is the league’s most valuable player…He may not have [...]

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Limited Time Only?

26 March, 2008

It certainly didn’t take the league long, eh? I guess they don’t have to worry about competing in the marketspace with the New England Patriots “Perfect Season” shirts. Though, what happens if Ovechkin scores #62 tomorrow night? New Shirt?

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