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Glad I'm not the only one to have trouble. I suspect, but do not know and am reluctant to speculate because it feels like gossip, that Bumper is probably preoccupied with her son's situation and doesn't have as much time to focus on site maintenance.
Amazingly, the Caps have made a very good move in signing Grabovski for one year at $3 million. He should be a stud here.
Not much cap room left so this is probably it for notable moves but it's a good one.
Introducing the Capitals' star 2nd line center...Mathieu Perreault.Here's your chance Matty, do it
Over the next 24 hours or so, the three-time Hart Memorial Trophy winner and coach of the Washington Capitals spent time on the ice, in front of Oates’ computer watching an Ovechkin highlight video of last season and finally at a chic Moscow restaurant watching a World Cup qualifier with Ovi’s boys.“He came to me,” Ovechkin said on the first day of training camp, sounding genuinely moved that Oates crossed two continents to visit him at home. “He work out with me. He show me some things. He showed me highlights and talk to me.”Asked what Oates communicated that day, Ovechkin replied, “He told me I had good season, but I could be better.”That’s about right, Oates confirmed.“I showed him highlights of the first time he made the switch,” to the right side of the ice, Oates said. “I showed him some of the places he had success on the ice he might not have known about. Then we worked on some power-play stuff with a good friend of his that’s a quality goalie.
But Oates giving up a bit of his summer to fly six hours to Munich for a lengthy layover before another three-hour flight to Moscow — all told a five-day trip that included a visit with Capitals’ star-in-waiting Evgeny Kuznetsov — is the kind of proactive move that engenders real trust among great players, most of whom just want two things from their direct supervisors: brutal honesty and occasional affirmation that they really are special.
“He can be much, much better,” the coach said. “I look at him as still a player in transition. He’s still young; he’s still getting stronger. He knows the game. I think he’s at a place that if we can find more ways for him to score, I’d love to also see him create more chances for his teammates. It’s not necessarily a numbers thing; it’s more an evolvement of the game.”
“Ovi got the check; I think I was too drunk to sign it,” Oates joked.
Yep, it's that time of year again. Time to get my hopes up, only to have them crushed in the early rounds of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Is the season over yet?
Chris Cooley skates with Caps, gets bloody lip,,,Chris Cooley did his ESPN 980 radio show from the Caps practice facility on Thursday. He bought a sweater from the team store. He interviewed the team’s GM and coach. He told a story about how Alex Ovechkin wore a game-worn Cooley jersey to a Redskins game once — unwashed, and without an undershirt. He told a story about sneaking Ovechkin onto the playing field so the winger could attempt field goals.
Bye Mathieu...
