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Category Archives: Joe Finley

Late-Game Wilting: Surmising Its Causes and Cures

30 November, 2009

At the one-quarter mark of the season, a glaring character flaw has perniciously and persistently permeated the Capitals’ young season: the team weakens as the game goes along. Leads are often acquired early and disconcertingly — alarmingly — lost late. The cold, hard, and amazing reality in this: the Capitals have led in the second [...]

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Roster of Young Guns Descending on Kettler Capitals Iceplex

9 July, 2009

With the Caps splash in free agency over, we now turn our eyes to Development Camp. This is where the brightest stars and hidden surprises are found.

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What movie will you watch this weekend in honor of Joe Finley's signing?

3 April, 2009

“What movie will you watch this weekend in honor of Joe Finley’s signing?”

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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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Should Big Joe Go Pro?

11 July, 2008

For a promising athlete, the decision on whether to remain in college or depart early before earning a degree, in pursuit of pro sport riches, is an intensely personal and private endeavor — and not a subject fit for whimsical debate in Internet forums. It may well be the case that today Joe Finley (first [...]

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Ten Top Storylines for Development Camp 2008

7 July, 2008

This morning the Capitals welcome 21 skaters and 4 goaltenders to their 2008 Development Camp. Almost all of the campers are recent Caps’ draft picks, and first-rounders from each of the the team’s past four drafts are present (Alzner, Varlamov, Carlson, Pokulok).
Camp will culminate with a 10:00 scrimmage on Saturday. Hockey is back! Herewith, 10 [...]

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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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Swan Song for the Skilled Sioux?

14 May, 2008

A number of the North Dakota Fighting Sioux’ top players made a pact after the 2006-07 season to remain on campus and pursue a national title in 2007-08. They did, and the Sioux advanced to this April’s Frozen Four in Denver, where eventual national champion Boston College smashed them in the semis.
Caps’ 2005 first-round draft [...]

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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 [...]

Also filed in American Hockey League, Andrew Gordon, Chris Bourque, Francois Bouchard, Hershey Bears, Jay Beagle, Josh Godfrey, Karl Alzner, Mathieu Perreault, Michal Neuvirth, Prospects, Sami Lepisto, Simeon Varlamov, Travis Morin, Washington Capitals | Comments (17)

Open File: Survival Saturday in the Nation's Capital

19 April, 2008

Taking Metro to a live hockey game downtown when its cars are air-conditioned is a novel experience for this new media man. Of course, inadvertently, Metro air conditions its cars at times in January and February, but you get my point.
There seemed plenty of resolve and spirit among the Red Nation in Chinatown today early [...]

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