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Category Archives: Atlanta Thrashers

Mining for Gems Deep in a Draft’s Bedrock

28 June, 2010

SI.com’s Allan Muir has offered a glowing assessment of the Capitals’ draft work in L.A. this past weekend. George McPhee bolstered his status as a procurer of top-end talent deep in round one, Muir claimed, and the team added skill guys of intrigue afterward. He termed the Caps’ class the “crop we may be talking about most [...]

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50 – 101 – 120 A Winning Combo: Caps 5 / Thrashers 2

9 April, 2010
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About Last Night: A Young Gun Takes Head-Hunting Punishment, Refs Hardly Care

2 April, 2010

Aesthetically, it wasn’t pretty last night, and Atlanta played a playoff-style road game — meaning, they were more than content to keep it choppy and ugly — but the Capitals remained patient, received solid if unspectacular netminding from Semyon Varlamov, and eventually wore the Thrashers down enough to get them to succumb. It seemed perfectly [...]

Also filed in Alexander Semin, Bruce Boudreau, Jose Theodore, Mathieu Perreault, National Hockey League, NHL, Semyon Varlamov, Southeast Division, Washington Capitals | Comments (9)

Nifty at Fifty: Caps 2 / Thrashers 1

1 April, 2010
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Let There Be (Good) Music and Dancing Amid All This Winning

7 March, 2010

When I think of the two most significant advances/evolutions in Caps’ hockey over the course of 35 years, and their impact on hockey culture here, I point to the rabid red atmosphere enveloping the team at home in Chinatown and the team’s new-age approach to cultivating media coverage. Ron Weber on Saturday night told me [...]

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Caps Cook Up A Baker’s Dozen: Caps 5 / Thrash 2

5 February, 2010
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Snowy Situation: Will the Capitals Play?

5 February, 2010

With Snowpocalypse II: Electric Boogaloo on its way to the region, I asked the Washington Capitals’ front office how the will assess the situation’s impact on the scheduled Friday night and Sunday matinee games.

Also filed in Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals | Comments (20)

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 [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, National Hockey League, NHL Trades, Southeast Division, Washington Capitals | Comments (3)

Atlanta Thrashed: Caps 8 / Thrashers 1

9 January, 2010
Also filed in 2 Points, Washington Capitals | Comments (1)

Mes Amis, Let Us Contract and Realign!

11 December, 2009

A few of our readers yesterday thought us advocates for General Sherman’s re-entry into, and reigniting of, Atlanta. Not true. We only want the rink there burned down. The good news is that were you to do that on a game night no one would get hurt. Jokes, people, jokes. (Sherman’s dead, after all.) These [...]

Also filed in Gary Bettman, Montreal Canadiens, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Quebec Nordiques, Southeast Division | Comments (2)

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