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Category Archives: DraftGeek

Something Big Is Already Built

19 September, 2008

In a very real sense, the Ballston Massacre yesterday represented the culmination of the Capitals’ rebuild. Last September, Capitals’ owner Ted Leonsis decreed that the rebuild was over, asserting that his young team was primed for playoff contention. But being rebuilt as both Leonsis and General Manager George McPhee targeted 5 years ago, I believe, [...]

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More Red Lamp-Lighting from Russia

11 September, 2008

Back in June, we had a chance to ask Capitals’ General Manager George McPhee about progress and success the organization has enjoyed with the Entry Draft. He agreed then with our assessment that recent Capitals’ drafts had been markedly better than those in his first years on the job in D.C. Because the Capitals did [...]

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Prospects, Like Fine Red Wine, Take Time

26 June, 2008

We’re in this interim between the draft and the Capitals’ July Development Camp (mercifully, a period lasting little more than two weeks), and with the arrival in town soon of so many recently drafted prospects, it seems an appropriate time to map out what I regard as a fair and accurate timetable for hockey fans [...]

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Another Solid Draft Hauling in Adherence with the Blueprint

23 June, 2008

So how did the Caps do at the draft this weekend? One answer is, a lot better than the Islanders and especially Pittsburgh. Here’s a Hockeysfuture reflection from an Isles’ fan attending a Friday night draft party, grading out his team’s labor in Ottawa:
“NYI-On a scale of 1-10 with 1 being the worst they are [...]

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Morning After Draft Reflections

21 June, 2008

In a draft heavy on talented rearguards, four of the first five selections¬†were on the blueline, and 12 went among the top 30 overall. I’m at pains to identify a real reach anywhere in round one. Certainly there were no Blake Wheeler brain-dead picks. A lot of teams helped their systems last night.
Although . . . [...]

Also filed in Bengt Gustafsson, Entry Draft, Internet, Media, Mike Vogel, Morning cup-a-joe, Prospects, Steve Eminger, Washington Capitals, Washington the Hockey Town | Comments (7)

Images of the Newest Help

21 June, 2008
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Entry Draft Live Blog

20 June, 2008

Don’t want to refresh your favorite Caps blogs this evening to follow all the draft happenings? No worries, we’ve joined JP from Japers’ Rink and FanHouse, Eric from OffWing, FanHouse and The Sporting News, The Peerless Prognosticator and perhaps even Dmitry from SovetskySport for an evening of live blogging and expert analysis on everything [...]

Also filed in Entry Draft, National Hockey League, OFB, Washington Capitals | Comments (4)

First-Round Flops Over the Years

20 June, 2008

No team can get it right in round one every year, even drafting very high. And at times all teams get it really wrong then. A survey such as this is a powerful reminder of the crapshoot that is selecting 18-year-old hockey players. However, it is also an invitation for fans to react with, “What [...]

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If Only We Still Had Drive-in Theaters for This Summer Friday Night

20 June, 2008

Something felt a little bit special about this morning, no? That’s because hockey’s back, as Versus brings us live coverage of the NHL Entry Draft from 7:00 – 10:00 this evening. And the NHL Network will have a healthy helping of coverage as well. Just as soon as Versus signs off tonight the NHL Network [...]

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Origins of a DraftGeek

18 June, 2008

For those who live with hockey residing in the soul, every day carries some manner of frozen celebration, even in the dead of summer, but some days are better refrigerated than others. For me there are three or four genuinely dry-ice moments in the hockey calendar that are a given every year: the morning of [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Entry Draft, George Michael, Hardcore Hockey Fans, Internet, Mathieu Perreault, Media, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Peter Bondra, Prospects, TV, WRC, Washington Capitals | Comments (13)

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