20 March, 2010

Category Archives: NHL Trades

‘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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NHL Tweetmixx

3 March, 2010

Recent Twitter Content from NHL Insiders via NHL.com

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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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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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Examining the Drama Unfolding in Atlanta

4 February, 2010

The Examiner’s Brian McNally has a terrifically thoughtful blog file today on the Ilya Kovalchuk/hockey in Atlanta distress. I’m on record here as alleging that the jury’s come in on this second puck experiment in NASCAR country, and that the verdict isn’t pretty. McNally sees the situation much as I do, and captures the trauma to [...]

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The Capitals and Alexander Semin Defer Judgment Day

28 December, 2009

Far sooner than I expected, the Capitals and Team Semin came to a contract agreement. I was of the opinion that Semin and his agent Mark Gandler would use the player’s performance in the second half of this season, and most especially this next NHL postseason, to try and leverage a hefty pay raise from [...]

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Trading Deadline Open Thread

4 March, 2009

Ok, how many of us are actually doing work today? How many times are we clicking “refresh” or “F5″? How many players will be trading spaces?
Talk about it here.

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"Washington is, indeed, asking around about goalies"

21 December, 2008

During The Hotstove on last night’s Hockey Night in Canada’s broadcast, another rumour surfaced concerning the Washington Capitals. Per Al Strachan, “Washington is, indeed, asking around about goalies”. Adding more fuel to the fire was Scott Morrison who said that earlier in the year the Caps had a deal in place with Chicago. The particulars? Nylander and a pick for …

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Making Right in the Rafters on the Right Wing

3 September, 2008

Something felt very very right about the Capitals retiring Dale Hunter’s number back in March 2000, and my¬†hunch is that a similar sense of appropriateness will accompany the retiring of Mike Gartner’s no. 11 this December. The Caps announced yesterday that they would be retiring Mike Gartner’s sweater then.
Huntsy was the greatest captain in Capitals’ [...]

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Great TV

7 August, 2008

As one who criticized the NHL Network for a meagerness of programming this summer, I need to be quick on the draw to commend the outlet for what it did for hockey fans last night. Wednesday night’s documentary on the 1988 trade of Wayne Gretzky from Edmonton to LA, labeled ‘A Day that Changed the [...]

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