Comments on: Travel Agents Need Not Apply: My R&R at the September Rink

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Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:51:47 +0000

By: NY Caps Fan

NY Caps Fan — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:51:03 +0000

Thought you might be interested in this: http://boards.washingtoncaps.com/index.php?showtopic=75914

By: odessa steps magazin

odessa steps magazin — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:53:37 +0000

I took a hockey-themed vacation a couple years ago and it was great, though tiring. (games in Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto (Marlies and Leafs) in a week.
Now, it seems that I burn my vacation days one at a time to see shows or to go to mid-week games at Giant Center.

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:30:23 +0000

Now I don’t feel quite as foolish for taking days off to watch development camp & pre-season; I’ve had some work colleagues who call me a bit daft on this account. This year, our vacation will likely be hockey-related. We’ll probably take one of the Florida trips to enjoy 2 games & a bit of sight seeing besides the hockey.
Seriously, a nice story.

By: migz

migz — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:29:44 +0000

I was there at Kettler today and it was quite fun to see the guys messing around. To add to the Semin comment you had, after the end of the first session when Boudreau had them running skating drills and they were all exhausted, Ovechkin appeared on the bench and must have been shouting at Fedorov & Semin, and immediately after running some hard skating drills, Semin hysterically collapsed into Ovechkin’s arms as if to say “Come save me from the skating madness Ovie!” then proceeded to mess with Ovie some more. I thought it was pretty hilarious and definitely hit home the “boys at play” comment that you had.
Another observation, Brooks Laich in my eyes seemed to be out-skating everyone in the skating drills in terms of speed, stamina, and recovery between skate drills. Just an observation…
I was also impressed with the way Nylander was playing today too. He had some nice moves, quick feet, nice passess, and some blistering shots.
It’s going to be a great season to watch all these guys play. Go Caps!

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:35:15 +0000

What are the times of practice/camp?

By: pepper

pepper — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:04:56 +0000

Sounds fantastic to me. I loved my brief two days off of work last week at Kettler, and now its back to the grind in the dirty city.

By: MetalCap

MetalCap — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:02:07 +0000

Hmm great post, got me thinking about taking friday off and doing exactly that. I’m no blogger or anything but I think it’d be pretty cool.

By: KK

KK — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:45:24 +0000

Considering I’ve been working 12-15 hour days with no weekends for a while…your vacation sounds amazing. I’ve never been so jealous in my entire life, enjoy!