Archive for June, 2008

Its 7:30 PM Do You Know Where Your Free Agents Are?

Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in Capitals | No Comments »

The free agency market opens tomorrow at noon. The Caps are still talking with their free agents but nothing to report yet. Well, hang in there and just remember when no one wanted any of our players. It wasn't that ...

Caps Qualify 5 Players

Thursday, June 26th, 2008 Posted in Capitals, Hunt, One Game Wonder | No Comments »

Yesterday the Capitals extended qualifying offers to Eric Fehr, Boyd Gordon, Mike Green, Brooks Laich, and Shaone Morrisonn. The Caps did not extend offers to Stephen Werner and Jamie Hunt (pictured). Hunt played one game with the Caps ...

Capitals Buy Out Clymer

Monday, June 23rd, 2008 Posted in Capitals, Clymer | No Comments »

Per TSN,The Capitals have elected to buy out the final year of Ben Clymer's contract. Clymer was set to make $1,100,000 this season. He spent the entire 2007-08 season on the roster of the Cap's AHL affiliate Hershey Bears. ...

Capitals 2008 Off-Season - Free Agency

Saturday, June 21st, 2008 Posted in Capitals | No Comments »

The next task for the Washington Capitals General Manager is free agency. Unofficially the Capitals have 8 unrestricted free agents and 7 restricted free agents. The Capitals currently have 39 players under contract for next season. They are limited to ...

Day 2 at the 2008 Draft

Saturday, June 21st, 2008 Posted in Capitals, Draft | No Comments »

On the second day of the Entry Draft the Caps made the following selections:Eric Mestery, round 2, 57th overall, Defenseman, Winnipeg, ManitobaDmitri Kugryshev, round 2, 58th overall, Right Wing, Moscow, RussiaBraden Holtby, round 4, 93th overall, goalie, Lloydminster, NHJoel Broda, ...

Caps Trade Eminger to Philly for 27th Pick

Friday, June 20th, 2008 Posted in Capitals, Carlson, Draft, Eminger | No Comments »

The Capitals traded D Steve Eminger and the 84th pick (3rd round) for Philadelphia's 1st round pick. With the pick they selected defensemen John Carlson. Carlson is a big guy with good skating ability but will be a project.

Capitals Select Anton Gustofsson in the First Round of the 2008 Entry Draft

Friday, June 20th, 2008 Posted in Capitals, Draft, Gustofsson | No Comments »

The Caps traded up with the New Jersey Devils and with the 21st pick in the 2008 Draft the Caps selected Anton Gustofsson. The Caps traded the 23rd pick and the 54th pick in order to secure the son of ...

Capitals 2008 Draft Preview

Monday, June 16th, 2008 Posted in Capitals, Draft | 3 Comments »

Let’s take a look at the upcoming draft and see who the Capitals will go after with their 1st round pick. The Caps have the 23rd overall pick and should be looking to the best possible player rather than ...

Alex Ovechkin - You Gotta Love This Guy

Thursday, June 12th, 2008 Posted in Ovechkin | No Comments »

Here's a great interview with Alex from June 11th:

Capitals Take 3 Awards

Thursday, June 12th, 2008 Posted in Awards, Capitals | No Comments »

Alex Ovechkin took home the Pearson Award and the Hart Trophy. Bruce Boudreau was the Adams Award winner. The Caps 2007-2008 season had a rocky start but the finish showed just how far they have come. Nicklas Backstrom did not ...

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