18 March, 2010

Category Archives: Front Office

‘Deep Depth’ Will Armor the Caps’ Postseason

4 March, 2010

Think back to the glaring vulnerabilities the Washington Capitals tried to hide against the Pittsburgh Penguins last May. Mike Green was pretty beat up, really a shell of his dynamic, record-setting norm, and the Caps played him as if he were healthy. They had to — they had no plan B on the blueline for [...]

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For the Master Poker Player, the Biggest and Toughest Hand Arrives

3 March, 2010

To deal or not to deal, that is the question.
Ninety points, a gaping, cavernous lead in the division, and a healthy margin as well for first overall in the conference, and this morning for the Washington Capitals management must confront what is perhaps the most interesting and challenging personnel decision(s) since embarking on a massive [...]

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Contract Banter: One Swedish Superstar Getting a Big Raise

15 February, 2010

With the NHL’s Olympic roster freeze in effect and the trade market on everyone’s minds, struggling and contract-strapped teams are likely to try and dump salary and expensive contracts off to contending teams chasing the Stanley Cup. The Washington Capitals are buyers as opposed to sellers, a likely perennial contender and close-to-the-cap-ceiling team. With the [...]

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For the Caps’ GM, a Pause To Ponder

14 February, 2010

This morning commences perhaps the most interesting 15 days in the Capitals’ career of General Manager George McPhee. All NHL rosters are frozen until 11:59 p.m. on February 28, coincidental to the Vancouver Winter Olympics, at which time NHL clubs will have less than three full days to tinker with their rosters before the league’s [...]

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New Captain of the Hockey Team — and the City

7 January, 2010

There are inherent and intrinsic limitations to which outsiders — which includes everyone on planet Earth not wearing a Capitals’ sweater for a living — can comment on the appropriateness of a hockey team’s selection of its captain. This is especially the case with a team like the Capitals, who’ve been forged and assembled with [...]

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Sometimes Irreconciliable Differences Necessitate Divorce

15 December, 2009

Signing Michael Nylander in the summer of 2007 was wise and savvy and, you might recall, somewhat controversial. The previous season in New York with the Rangers, all Nylander achieved was 83 points in 79 games — his best NHL season ever. How couldn’t he pile up points centering Alexander Ovechkin? I was a little [...]

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Lunch With Leonsis

14 October, 2008

Do you have lunch plans for Thursday? If not, you do now. Carol Joynt, owner of Nathan’s in Georgetown and host of The Q&A Cafe, sent along the following information:
Ted Leonsis will be the guest on my show, The Q&A Cafe with Carol Joynt, taping before an audience at lunchtime next Thursday, October [...]

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The Wait Is Over

10 October, 2008

The calendar today informs of our arrival home. On this early autumn Friday night we’ll return home from work, kick off our shoes, open up a cold one, and settle in for the opening of the most highly anticipated hockey season in Washington Capitals’ history.
This autumn, it doesn’t suck to be us.
And we’ll actually have [...]

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Counting Blessings

1 October, 2008

What if the sports team you loved was owned by any of these vets?

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From Thrifty to Opulent in Three Seasons

28 July, 2008

Here’s how cheap owner Ted Leonsis is right now: He’s got a $60 million hockey team here in town. The salary cap for next season has been set at $56 million, but there’s no penalty for being over the cap by 10 percent in the summer so long as a team is under it a [...]

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