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Category Archives: DraftGeek

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, Mathieu Perreault, Media, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Peter Bondra, Prospects, TV, Washington Capitals | Comments (13)

Monday Morning with George McPhee

16 June, 2008

On Monday morning we joined Tarik and Corey and a few other media outlets out at Kettler Capitals Iceplex for a pre-draft gab session with Capitals’ General Manager George McPhee. We put a tough question to him: “A two-part question for you. The team’s enjoyed terrific success at the draft the last four or five [...]

Also filed in Entry Draft, Front Office, Kettler Capitals Iceplex, Media, OFB, Washington Capitals | Comments (2)

A Draft Hole Impacting the Washington-Pittsburgh Rivalry Years Hence?

16 June, 2008

Below you will find the order of selection for next weekend’s first four rounds of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, held in Ottawa. You will note from our highlighting in bold the wealth of selections the Capitals enjoy — six picks among the first 93 of the draft. This draft is universally regarded as distinctive [...]

Also filed in American Hockey League, Calder Cup, Entry Draft, Hershey Bears, National Hockey League, Pittsburgh Penguins, Schadenfreude, Washington Capitals | Comments (8)

On Beaches, Backyard Grilling, Deck Beers, and the Pre-Eminent Value of the THN Draft Guide

26 May, 2008

There’s wide variety to the recreation we employ on summer’s first (and long) weekend. Families pack the car and head for the beach. Those remaining at home often host the season’s opening backyard barbeque. Still others take in a ballgame with the kids or garden or dive into summer reading in a hammock. My time-honored [...]

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

In Phoenix, Wheel(er) of Misfortune

19 May, 2008

Remember the 2004 NHL Entry Draft and the heads that turned — swiveled fully a la Linda Blair in ‘The Exorcist,’ actually — when Phoenix selected Minnesota high school junior Blake Wheeler with the 5th overall pick?¬†Wheeler that spring was a riser of a prospect, but Phoenix — to wide and loud ridicule from the [...]

Also filed in College Hockey, Entry Draft, NHL Rules, Phoenix Coyotes, Prospects, Washington Capitals | Comments (10)

Live from New York, It's Monday Night . . . Draft Lottery

7 April, 2008

Draft geeks, rejoice: for only the second time in league history, the National Hockey League’s Draft Lottery will be televised live. On Monday, April 7th, a 30-minute program titles “Scotiabank NHL Draft Lottery” will air on TSN in Canada and Versus in the U.S. Head to NHL.com for more information about the program, as well [...]

Also filed in Entry Draft, National Hockey League | Comments (9)

July's Much-Needed Hockey Fix

6 July, 2007

Boz penned a persuasive piece on the great value offered up by Tiger Woods and Congressional Country Club this week. He’s right — $25 admission, and no parking charge, for a full day in the sun on one of the most beautiful pieces of property in the region is a value day very well spent. [...]

Also filed in Andrew Gordon, Development Camp, Entry Draft, Francois Bouchard, Joe Finley, Karl Alzner, Kettler Capitals Iceplex, Mathieu Perreault, Michal Neuvirth | Comments (7)

In Summer's Sun, a Stunning Sports Page, June 22, 2007

27 June, 2007

All of us had travel commitments last Friday and missed hard copies of the day’s newspapers. A copy of Friday’s Washington Times, however, remained for pucksandbooks in his office on Monday, and Friday’s sports section front from it knocked him out of his chair. Take a gander at the hockey love dramatically illustrated by the [...]

Also filed in College Hockey, Corey Masisak, National Hockey League, Print, USA Hockey, Washington Times | Comments (5)

Draft 2007: A Filling Stable Leads to a Deference for the Future

25 June, 2007

In the days immediately following the 2006 Entry Draft the Caps commonly earned exceptionally high evaluations for their work in Vancouver. The grade range generally ran from ‘A+’ to ‘A.’ The success of their 2007 draft, however, is inextricably linked to 2008′s, in light of George McPhee’s preference to defer selecting at times Friday night [...]

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GMGM press meeting after the draft

23 June, 2007

General Manager George McPhee met with the media briefly at the end of the draft, and the Caps are ‘very happy’ with how the draft turned out. They were able to get the guys they wanted and add picks, a change in strategy from some earlier years where the Caps wouldn’t try and deal and [...]

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