Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Alexander Semin, who has missed the past seven games with a wrist injury, has returned to practice and is skating on the Alex Ovechkin-less top line this morning. Semin is shooting and passing and appears to be participating fully. Tom Poti, who has missed five games with a bruised chest, also has returned to practice. The forward lines look like this: Fleischmann-Backstrom-Semin Laich-Morrison-Fehr...
Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Karl Alzner has been recalled and appears set to make his season debut tonight against Ryan Miller and Sabres. It also looks like Milan Jurcina will return from a groin tweak that kept him out of the past six games. But the overall injury situation remains bleak. There was no sign of Alexander Semin (wrist), Tom Poti (bruised chest), Boyd Gordon (back) and Shaone Morrisonn (concussion) this morning...
Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
The Capitals started practice about 20 minutes later than expected, but Coach Bruce Boudreau is putting his players through some fairly rigorous five-on-five drills considering the team didn't get back from Ottawa until 1:30 am last night. Injured defensemen Milan Jurcina and Shaone Morrisonn are both skating, but Alex Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Mike Knuble, Tom Poti and Boyd Gordon are all missing....
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Red Alert Feature: Injured and tired Caps hobble into Ottawa tonight, marking their third game in four days. Out tonight will be Alexander Semin, Tom Poti, Mike Knuble, Milan Jurcina, and Boyd Gordon. It is still a bit unclear whether Shaone Morrisonn will return to the lineup tonight. Both Hershey call ups, 2008 1st round [...]
Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Seymon Varlamov will start in goal tonight at Air Canada Center, where the banged up Caps try to take two points from the NHL's worst team. Vesa Toskala, meanwhile, is expected to be in net for the Maple Leafs. Out for Washington are: Alexander Semin (wrist), Mike Knuble (broken finger), Boyd Gordon (back), Quintin Laing (broken jaw), Milan Jurcina (groin), Tom Poti (upper body) and Shaone Morrisonn...
Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Michal Neuvirth will make his season debut tonight at Verizon Center as the Caps look to win their second straight game and for the sixth time in their past seven contests. Carey Price, meanwhile, will get the nod for the Canadiens. The Caps, as you know by now, are really banged up. They're so banged up, in fact, owner Ted Leonsis blogged about it earlier today: No Alexander Semin; Mike Knuble; Boyd...
The Peerless Prognosticator (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The Peerless Prognosticator is ON THE AIR!!! Homecoming. The Caps return home after a visit to the Big Apple for games against the Devils and the Rangers. Tonight, it’s the Montreal Canadiens, and the Caps will be playing host with a thinner lineup. Alexander Semin is out with a wrist injury, Jose Theodore is out tending to personal matters, Boyd Gordon’ balky back will keep him on the...
Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
With defensemen Milan Jurcina and Shaone Morrisonn nicked up, the Capitals have recalled first-round pick John Carlson from Hershey. He's here at Kettler skating with Tom Poti during beginning-of-practice drills. How big of a deal is this? Well, owner Ted Leonsis has joined General Manager George McPhee in the management box perched above the ice here in Arlington for a bit. He's not usually a fixture...
Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
(Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post) Update: The Caps have recalled defenseman John Carlson from Hershey. Both Milan Jurcina and Shaone Morrisonn are hurt and could be out for tomorrow's game against Montreal. More to come. An MRI exam on Alexander Semin's right wrist did not reveal any structural damage, but the winger is listed as day to day (don't you love that term') and GM George McPhee said it's...
Bleatings From a Caps Nut (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
That will be the LAST time we go to a game watch party... Onto the Battle Damage Assessment.... THE GOOD: Earlier today we said that the Caps would be well served to get out to a fast start and build an early lead, they did exactly that with two goals in 37 seconds with just over 5 minutes gone in the game. The Power Play needed only 52 seconds and one shot to convert their only opportunity tonight....
Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Alex Ovechkin skated hard at the end of the morning skate with the assistant coaches, which usually is a sure sign he won't be in the lineup tonight. But Ovechkin insisted that a decision on his status against the Devils has not been made --yet. "Well, you never know [but] I didn't talk to Bruce," Ovechkin said, referring, of course, to Coach Bruce Boudreau. "He just tell me be ready....
Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Semyon Varlamov will make his second start in seven games tonight when the Caps host Wild. Backup Josh Harding, meantime, will get the nod for Minnesota. David Steckel is back from tending to family matters and will play tonight, according to Coach Bruce Boudreau. That means Boyd Gordon won't suit up. Alex Ovechkin, Milan Jurcina and Jeff Schultz are also out. The rest of the Caps' lineup should look...
Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Coach Bruce Boudreau said Milan Jurcina will miss tonight's game against Minnesota and probably Saturday's game in New Jersey with a pulled muscle in his lower body. Boudreau also said Jeff Schultz will be a healthy scratch, so that means Tyler Sloan will return to the lineup. David Steckel's status, meantime, remains up in the air. He was scheduled to arrive back in town this morning after the death...
Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Here's the latest infirmary report: Alex Ovechkin (left shoulder strain) has unofficially been upgraded to "questionable" for this weekend's games; Mike Green (upper body) and Alexander Semin (right wrist) will suit up tonight; Boyd Gordon (sore back) could return by this weekend; and Jeff Schultz (lower body) returned to practice this morning but isn't quite ready to play. That's certainly...
Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Practice just started at KCI, and I don't see Alex Ovechkin, Jeff Schultz or Michael Nylander on the ice. Ovechkin, or course, is out with a strain near his left shoulder; Schultz left Friday's game with a lower body injury; and Nylander was placed on waivers on Saturday. Nylander is scheduled to clear waivers at noon today. Mike Green, however, has returned after missing Saturday's game with an upper...
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