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Tuesday Roundup - Gamenight: Caps @ Sabres
[AP Preview - WashingtonCaps.com Preview] For the first time this season, it appears, the Sabres and Caps are prepared to do battle with each team's most important player in the lineup. Back in early November, the Caps traveled to Western New York sans Alex Ovechkin and were sent back home...
Separating The Contenders From The Pretenders
Jeff over at Sisu Hockey has a great post on how even though tonight's Caps' opponents, the Habs, look like a legitimate contender in the East on the surface, dig a little deeper and they've still got a lot of work to do (hint: Al Iafrate wouldn't be too impressed with this year's Habs). If you...
If I Were A Hockey Player
Apparently Jes has started a new chain letter that's spreading through the blogosphere faster than his mom's chlamydia. Casonblog has tagged me, so here we go.If I Were a Hockey PlayerTeam: Washington CapitalsUniform Number: 16 (in honor of Bengt Gustafsson, my first favorite hockey...
Catching Up With "Wild Thing"
Always a fan favorite, Al Iafrate is still hamming it up for anyone who's listening - and that's a good thing.For more on what a cue-ball-bald Wild Thing (one of The Rink's Top 11 American-Born Caps) is up to these days, check out this video:H/t to Taranis on the article
Friday Roundup/Gamenight: Caps @ Thrash
[AP Preview - WashingtonCaps.com Preview]One can safely assume that during and perhaps after Wednesday night's debacle in Chicago, Bruce Boudreau did for the Caps via tearing what German doctors mistakenly did for this woman via surgery. That disaster behind us (no pun intended), the Caps head to...
Smokin' Al (No, Not Koken)
Paul Lukas (of Uni Watch fame) has an interesting new column up at ESPN.com's Page 2 on some of the great moments in the shared history of cigarettes and sports (which reminds me... stop reading this post if you're not 18).Anyway, he includes links to awesome pics of Terry Sawchuk, Derek Sanderson...
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