*Since I last posted the Caps finished up their preseason with a 5-1-1 record. The last loss coming in overtime to the bruins.
*Final cuts have been made. The Caps are down to 22 players on the opening night roster after cutting Karl Alzner, Chris Bourque, and Quentin Laing. Laing had to clear waivers before reporting to Hershey, which he did. Here are the projected lines
Ovechkin-Backstrom-Kozlov
Laich-Fedorov-Semin
Fleischmann-Nylander-Clark
Brashear-Steckel-Bradley
(Scratches--Fehr and Gordon)
Morrisonn-Green
Erskine-Poti
Schultz-Jurcina
Theodore
Johnson
*GMGM and Bruce both said that these cuts were the hardest either have had to make. I think that in any of the past 5 seasons Bourque and Alzner would have both made the opening night roster. They'll get their chances in time.
*Tampa Bay lost their first two regular season games in Prague this weekend to the Rangers. After the game 2 loss, Barry Melrose called out his star players and said they should be embarressed. Is the Tampa experiment collapsing already? It's never too early to start.
*On NHL in Europe: I am not a fan at all. Gary Bettman is killing hockey. He's already made the mistake of moving several Canadian teams to the southern United States. Now he wants to expand to Europe? There are so many reasons why that is a terrible idea. I'll go deeper into that in another post. Its too frustrating to think about right now.
*The Flyers lost to their AHL team Philadelphia Phantoms last night in the final game at the Spectrum. It's not really that important since we're still in preseason. I just got a good LOL when I heard.
*ESPN released their official NHL predictions. Linda Cohn was the only "expert" to not pick the Caps to win the southeast. Yet she was the only one out of six to pick Ovie to win the Hart. Funny how ESPN seems to know less and less about hockey every day. Stamkos was pretty much the consensus pick for the Calder. Montreal and Detroit were both picked by all six to win their divisions. And no one picked the Caps to win the Eastern Conference or the Cup.
*And finally Ted Leonsis called out Mike Milbury for saying that Washington, Nashville, and Florida teams should be contracted from the league. While I agree with the questionable placement of some teams in the southern part of the United States, I think Milbury was way out of line in saying this. These are teams people care about and support. Contracting teams would only make the league less popular with fans.
You might also remember him calling us the Crapitals during the Versus broadcast of game 2 against the Flyers. And calling Ovechkin a dog a month before he went on to win the Hart, Art Ross, Richard, and Pearson awards. Heres a quote from Ted's blog:
"My bet: If I offered Mike Milbury a job with the Washington Capitals, he would take the first flight down; interview; and if offered a position, would take it with glee. If Nashville called - or Tampa or Florida - he would be on the first flight down to discuss employment. Of course, that will never happen. Maybe he knows that he has become a joke amongst NHL insiders and will most likely never work in the front office of a team again. And if I have my way, he will never have lunch in this town again either."
Mike Milbury...
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