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Summer of George
Does time mean anything at all if nothing ever changes? George McPhee was hired as General Manager of the Washington Capitals in June 1997. That will be fifteen years ago this...
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For What It’s Worth
Over the years, I’ve made sure to watch every minute of every Caps playoff disappointment. So I’ve been there for Straka, Nedved and Sid in 2009. I’ve been there for Marty...
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George and Ted’s Excellent Weekend Adventure
Way back in February, during a 5-2 pummeling by the Ottawa Senators to cap off a spectacular 1-3 road trip (where they were outscored 13-4), I finally had enough of this...
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Bob Gould Memorial Fight Corner: Brouwer v. Hartnell
3/4/2012 5:33 1st Period Kombatants: Scott “Rag Doll” Hartnell (6’2, 210 lbs, 58 officially sanctioned hockeyfights.com NHL bouts) vs. “Troll Face” Troy Brouwer (6’2, 212 lbs, 18 officially sanctioned hockeyfights.com NHL...
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2012 Washington Capitals Media Narrative Drinking Game
Watching the Caps get poleaxed by Carolina last night sure was fun, wasn’t it? But you know what’s going to be more fun? Watching the Media try to diagnose what’s wrong...
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Knuble Kerfluffle Kafkaesque? Kindly Know Kant
It seems as if there’s been a bit of an eruption among Capitals fans lately about the status of Mike Knuble and his position in the last few games of scoring...
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Bob Gould Memorial Fight Corner: Hendricks v. Joslin; Brouwer v. Kennedy
Bob Gould certainly didn’t have the best fight in Capitals history, but he certainly had the most memorable; an epic beatdown of the one and only Mario Lemieux on one of...
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Fight of the Bumblebee
The worst kept secret of the Montreal game on Wednesday was that the Capitals were going to take advantage of Rene Bourque’s recent acquisition by the Montreal Canadiens and make him...
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Pump Down the Volume
During the Caps game Sunday against the Hurricanes, the TV camera lingered on a shot of Eric Staal. It was a pretty non-descript moment that probably would have passed completely unremembered...
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A Visit to Camp Midseason
Well howdy there, friends. Didn’t see you just now. Come pull up a campstool and let me spin you a yarn about a hockey team trying to find itself. I’m new...
