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Category Archives: Andrew Gordon

Ahead, a Promising Harvest on the Farm

15 July, 2008

Development camps such as that recently completed by the Capitals have a way of imbuing DraftGeeks and even the more balanced of hockey fan with horizons of heightened optimism. Always it seems there are a handful of young standouts there, among them compelling stories of no-name collegians or free agents making next-season names for themselves. [...]

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Postcards from Development Camp, Day 2

9 July, 2008

Ted – We hope you’re enjoying your summer vacation, and knowing that you’re out of town, we thought we’d send you a postcard from Development Camp to give you a flavor of what’s transpiring back at Ballston. We went to camp today with two questions we wanted to pose to Capitals’ campers: (1) “At what [...]

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Washington Capitals' Top Prospects, Spring 2008

5 May, 2008

Continuing an OFB tradition, we present our rankings of the Capitals’ prospects at the conclusion of the hockey season. Many of the names below you’ll have a chance to see at Kettler Capitals Iceplex this July, for Development Camp (July 7-12). What’s the lead storyline among the futures holdings? Gotta be the arrival of one [...]

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Bears with Near-Term Promise

15 April, 2008

I surveyed some keen hockey observers in the Hershey community the past couple of days to see if they could help me identify the names of two or three Bears whose regular season performances in 2007-08 ought to have Caps’ fans excited about their arrival at fall training camp, as contenders for roster spots with [...]

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For the Bears, a Quick Mid-Weekend Meal and Laundry at Home

24 February, 2008

Saturday night’s Bears-Phantoms game at Giant Center was a sellout. “We could have sold 15,000 for this one,” John Walton told me a half hour before faceoff. The Bears are number one in the American League in attendance, averaging almost 8,500 per game — more than 700 fans more per game than second-best in attendance [...]

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Get a Good Look at This Future Washington Capital

7 February, 2008

The Hershey Bears fell at home to Portland on Wednesday night at a sold-out Giant Center, but Andrew Gordon did his part: the rookie notched his second hat trick of the season in the 4-3 loss. He has 10 goals and 16 assists in 32 Bears’ games this season. Last week, when officials from Hershey [...]

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Prospect Progress on the Farm

16 January, 2008

Very quietly — though less so after this past weekend — Andrew Gordon is ascending in the hierarchy of Caps’ prospects in his first season of pro hockey. But it hasn’t been all smooth sailing for the smooth-skating rookie this season. Back in the fall, he was demoted to South Carolina. But he didn’t sulk. [...]

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Summer State of the Team – The Forwards

30 July, 2007

As Training Camp slowly (so slowly) approaches, we decided to take a quick look at some of the new faces, returnees, hopefuls and last-chancers that will be vying for a spot in the Caps’ forward corps. Battles at many slots are expected, and this may be one of the most competitive camp in Caps’ history. [...]

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Washington Capitals Depth Chart, Summer 2007

20 July, 2007

Herewith, our attempt to devise a depth chart for the Caps to coincide with the recent completion of the team’s annual Rookie Development Camp. It’s important to note that with it we are not forecasting specific line combos but rather attempting to slot players by position according to their professional production and most recent performances [...]

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Extra Duty on a Summer Friday Night

14 July, 2007

Friday night’s scrimmage went a bit off script: the coaches decided to incorporate specialty teams play midway through both periods, with the teams alternating manpower advantages for the balance of the back half of the stanzas. There was also this pleasant surprise: sudden death overtime play. In the second 5-minute OT session Nicklas Backstrom swept [...]

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