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Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
A few quick updates: The Caps have placed Alex Ovechkin, who is still nursing a strain near his left shoulder, on injured reserve to make room for Eric Fehr on the roster. Ovechkin could, however, still return Wednesday against the Isles. Mike Green and Jeff Schultz, who both left last night's game with injuries, will be game-time decisions tonight against Florida at Verizon Center. Also, Shaone Morrisonn...
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Bleatings From a Caps Nut (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Never a dull moment... Onto the Battle Damage Assessment... THE GOOD: "The Life of" Brian Pothier with a goal and two assists tonight. We need him to get in to a better groove with the injuries starting to mount. Brendan Morrrissonn with two goals including the all-important empty-netter. It would have counted regardless because he was fouled as he went into score the goal and the referee...
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Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
The Caps will be looking to win five in a row for the first time since a seven-game streak from December through January tonight when they host Philly at Verizon Center. But to keep the streak going, they'll have to beat the Flyers a little bit short-handed. As I mentioned earlier, both Eric Fehr (upper-body) and Quintin Laing (flu) will be sidelined, which means defenseman Tyler Sloan will have to...
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Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Bruce Boudreau just said Alexander Semin will play tonight and confirmed that both Eric Fehr and Quintin Laing will be out. Fehr was hit hard in the rib area Saturday night and is day-to-day with an "upper body" injury; Laing has the flu (not sure which type) and was sent home. With those two out, defenseman Tyler Sloan will be inserted as a left wing against Philly. More in a bit.
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Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Alexander Semin is on the ice this morning, which likely means he'll return to the lineup tonight against Philly after missing the past two games with injury/illness. Also, Mike Green, who left yesterday's practice early with general soreness, is back out there and appears to be good to go. Alex Ovechkin, meantime, is taking the morning off, according to a team official. But the two-time MVP will play...
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Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
The Caps just hit the ice here at KCI and Bruce Boudreau has made some changes to accomodate the return of Alexander Semin. Semin, who has missed the past two games with a combination of injury and illness, according to the team, is back on the top line with Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom. Boudreau has also restored the second line to the way it looked at the start of the season, with Brooks Laich-Brendan...
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The Peerless Prognosticator (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Tonight’s menu special… Bruce Boudreau was in a tinkering mood tonight, desperately trying to find a wing – any wing – who could make a difference skating with Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom. Mike Knuble, Brooks Laich, Eric Fehr, Matt Bradley (seriously), Peter Bondra, Alan Haworth, Brian Bellows, Esa Tikkanen… ok, those last few weren’t in the lineup, but...
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The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
Alex Ovechkin had two goals and scored in the shootout to lead the Washington Capitals to a 3-2 victory against the Nashville Predators at Verizon Center on Saturday night. Ovechkin gave the Caps a 2-0 advantage with a pair of first-period goals. Fifteen seconds after Eric Fehr drew his second penalty in as many shifts, Ovechkin drilled a one-timer from Mike Green past the outstretched skate of Nashville...
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The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
It is a battle Eric Fehr has waged before: prove he deserves regular playing time for the Washington Capitals despite returning from a major injury and being deployed on one of the bottom two lines. Oh, just for good measure: There is another injured player's return on the horizon that could complicate matters, so he doesn't have a lot of time to ease back into things. Fehr spent his summer vacation...
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Bleatings From a Caps Nut (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Persistence pays off... Onto the Battle Damage Assessment... THE GOOD: A.O. with two more goals tonight. For those keeping score at home, he's now all alone in 8th place on the Caps All-Time Scoring list with 434 points. Up next in 7th is St. Calle Johansson with 474 so it is going to be awhile. And for the record, his 6th and 7th goals of the season give him 226 in his career. He's now only 171 goals...
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The Peerless Prognosticator (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Goaltending. It was a game about goaltending. Well, sort of. Because if Jose Theodore didn’t play as well as he did, and Chris Osgood didn’t play as poorly as he did on two shots, the Caps would have lost tonight’s game against the Red Wings by a much wider margin than the final 3-2 score. Actually, it was something of a clinic in Red Wing hockey. Subtle, yet effective defense. Don’t...
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Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
One day after a lengthy team meeting/video session to carefully go over all that went wrong during Thursday's loss to the Rangers, the Caps had an upbeat morning skate at Joe Louis Arena ahead of tonight's showdown with the Johan Franzen-less Red Wings. "It's not only Bruce [Boudreau] who feel no good," Alex Ovechkin said of Thursday's defeat. "Everybody was upset and everybody was not...
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Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Okay, so here's what happened with the confusion surrounding Eric Fehr and whether or not he had been assigned to Hershey for conditioning. The winger said he was told he was being sent to the Bears to get in a few games, and that as long as there were no injuries in Washington against the Rangers, to get into his car and drive to Hershey. Well, there were no injuries, but the third and fourth lines...
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Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
In the wake of Thursday's 4-3 loss to the Rangers, Coach Bruce Boudreau has tweaked his third and fourth forward combos -- two lines he openly complained about after the game. The top two lines remain unchanged, but Eric Fehr is skating on the third line with Steckel and Chris Clark and Quintin Laing has been dropped to the fourth line with Boyd Gordon and Matt Bradley. Fehr was about to be assigned...
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