Michael Nylander in D.C.: A Timeline

Aftonbladet had an interview with Nylander yesterday I can’t link to it b/c it was a “plus” article= you got to pay for it and I am unfortunately to sick to translate therefore Googel Translate.

An ostracized Michael Nylander speaks out on nightmare time in Washington

WASHINGTON. Michael Nylander is on the Starbucks in Potomac Village a few mil outside Washington.

All have been chasing him since he became totally ostracized by Washington earlier this week and not even got to join and train with the team longer.

- However, I do not feel sorry for myself and do not whine. This is like a divorce. Sometimes the only way to go in different directions and need to find the best solution for both parties, "he says.

The rain pouring down outside the café window and the weather in Washington

Area has returned to normal after a few days höstrusket heatwave.

We have tried to get hold of Nylander in three days – and all local sports journalists covering the Washington Capitals – and finally he answers.

When he shows up, they see gray skies and bare trees, almost like a theatrical backdrop to the Samuel Beckett classic “Waiting for Godot”.

That is exactly what Michael Nylander doing right now. Waiting.

- Of course it is not a dream situation, I ended up in and that’s something you never imagined would happen. But we must be able to get to grips with their situation, even if it is bothersome, "he says.
Small local rink

Michael Nylander has been training himself in a small local ice rink in the last week, far from the fans that always follow Washington Capitals practices.

A sales assistant from the bread shop across from the walk nervously into Starbucks with a small piece of paper in your hand and wait nervously while Nylander finish the answer to one question and then go up a pencil and piece of paper and ask for autograph.

- I’ve always been the big fan of The Caps, "she says and then asks if the bread was good, because Nylander was there and was the day before and when she did not have the courage to ask for autograph.

I do not know if she knows the current situation for Michael Nylander, and do not ask either. But it seems clearly not so.

He has not come to play a single match this season and when the injuries occurred, the coach Bruce Boudreau decided to call up the unfamiliar names of farms now.

Why was mine so full?

- I do not want no details, but that’s not true that most people think, "he says.

At the beginning of the week, the gap became even larger when Nylander not even got to join and train with the team longer.

Since then, rumors buzzed about lending to the Russian Continental Hockey League game or in one of the farms leagues. But there is no Nylander dream.

- I want to play in the NHL. A solution in that direction would be the best. But it’s not me who decides that and the only thing I can do is wait, "he says.
Chased freeagent

He was a celebrated star in the New York Rangers and poured into points with Jaromir Jagr as kedjekompis, when he became a free agent before 2007/08.

NHL clubs are invited over each other and after a period of turmoil was the Washington Capitals, despite the Edmonton Oilers offered a better contract.

This season, Michael Nylander earning 5.5 million U.S. dollars, nearly 40 million Swedish kronor, and money continues to tick into the payroll account, although he has not done a single byte.

The salary is the only Washington can not take away from him, whether he is playing, practicing or not.

- They are still my employer and I continue my job to keep me in shape and be ready for the game. I see it as summer training. Since it is always easier to train with a team than to train for himself. But I have the help of a Swedish youth coaches out here, Fredrik Nygren. He may be having and get some exercises on the ice. Since weight training and I go home to the house and practicing to play guitar. I’ve always liked acoustic music, and now I want to learn to play myself. It has not gone well so brilliant, so far, but somehow I’ll learn.

You were down there two weeks in Detroit’s Minor league affiliates Grand Rapids. How was it?

- It was interesting to see how it works in Minor league affiliates, while I needed match fitness. It went well like that, even if it got better towards the end. But I needed match fitness. I had not played a single match since April.

If Washington offered you to be on loan to the premier league, would you accept such a solution?

- It is not foreign to me, but I do not think it will happen.

The answer will be Michael Nylander’s phone that he has nedstoppad in the back pocket of jeans. Where any land deals as maximizing the Washington Capitals.
Olympic dream further away

There are those who pay his salary and it’s Capital, which gives him the options and agree to interested clubs in the KHL or the rest of Europe. But because Nylander is a so-called "no-trade clause he has to turn right to say no.

While approaching the Olympic Games in Vancouver, which was an obvious target for Michael Nylander in the spring.

- But this situation has not helped directly. It is hard to come by unless you have somewhere to play.

Then he goes out into the rain and lift up the hood on its knitted cardigan.

Out in the cold again.
Mats Wennerholm