DCist (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Photo by clydeorama . By Eli Resnick and Elisabeth Meineke With another hockey season upon us – the opening faceoff in Boston is mere hours away – it's time for the DCist hockey crew to look foolish and guess what the Caps will do this year. We'll take a wide turn of the stories heading into tonight's opener, offering our prognostications on the season to be along the way. The New Additions...
From The Rink (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
More photos » by Neil Davidson - AP Browse more photos » Who's in: Mike Knuble , Brendan Morrison Who's out: Donald Brashear , Sergei Fedorov , Brent Johnson , Viktor Kozlov Outlook: The Capitals lost a pair of useful Russians to the KHL in the off-season, as both Sergei Fedorov and Viktor Kozlov took more to play in their homeland. To fill the gap, GM George McPhee signed on Mike Knuble...
DCist (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
Mike Knuble, Tom Poti, and Alexander Ovechkin make the rounds on the first day of Caps training camp. Photo by photopete . There was no lack of big names on the ice for the start of Capitals training camp Sunday, but everyone was talking about the one guy who wasn't skating -- veteran center Tomas Fleischmann, who spent all last season with the Capitals after yo-yoing on and off their roster for the...
The Peerless Prognosticator (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
Nicklas Backstrom Theme: “In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high.” Henry David Thoreau wrote that in “Walden,” reflecting on one’s dedication to purpose. For a young professional, it might better be rephrased, “set a high bar for your goals.” Nicklas Backstrom has played in two NHL seasons, and his improvement...
Puckhead's Thoughts (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
Since the defense is pretty much all set, there may be more holes up front. With the departure of Viktor Kozlov and Sergei Fedorov the Capitals have made the stop to the free agent market picking up Mike Knuble and Brendan Morrison. The departure of Donald Brashear makes room for a few players to try to squeeze into.Again, it's not really fair to make these one on one draw ups. It is just fun to
The Peerless Prognosticator (Free subscription) | 08/21/2009
We took some time off recently and headed to the far north woods with two of the wisest hockey pundits in North America to talk about the summer, the upcoming season, and life in general. No, not Pierre McGuire and Mike Milbury… our own cousins, Fearless and Cheerless. We’ll try and convey to you some of the conversation. Just keep in mind, there was a lot of beer involved… Well,...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 07/26/2009
via Russia Today, Washington Capitals superstar Aleksandr Ovechkin says it’s a pity that his partners Sergey Fedorov and Viktor Kozlov quit NHL and returned to Russian hockey. “My attitude towards their departure is negative. We became great friends – that’s why I was a little upset when they left. But it’s their decision and I won’t judge them,” Aleksandr...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 07/14/2009
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals have signed center/right wing Boyd Gordon to a one-year contract, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today. In keeping with club policy, financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Gordon, 25, completed his sixth professional season with the Capitals in 2008-09 and registered five goals and nine assists. He was third on the...
Bleatings From a Caps Nut (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Well folks, we've been spending too much time playing Poker online (not for real money, we're using our real names on Facebook) to do much blogging but after the signing of Brendan Morrrissonn yesterday, we felt as though we needed to chime in. First of all, backing up to the first of the month, the signing of Mike Knuble looks to be a dangerous move for us. While CW says that the Caps need somebody...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 07/06/2009
from Dmitry Chesnokov at the Washington Examiner, ...Furthermore, my sources in Russia are telling me that they spoke with Kovalev last Thursday and were told that there was nothing certain about Kovalev’s future in the NHL. No one knows where Kovalev will end up. Russia’s Sovetsky Sport is reporting that Alexei is in Kazan right now where he holds his annual master-class events for young...
Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Wrong colors, buddy. (Getty Images) The Caps made a solid offseason acquisition yesterday, signing gritty veteran winger Mike Knuble to a two-year, $5.6 million dollar deal. Knuble, who can play on both the power play and the penalty kill, has scored at least 21 goals in each of his last six seasons. "We just felt we needed someone else, a player on [the top] line in particular with [Alex] Ovechkin...
The Peerless Prognosticator (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
OK, so the Caps got a right winger with size and a nose for the net. That's descriptive, to a point. But inserting Knuble into the Capitals lineup has, one would think, quantitative meaning. It does. First, that "nose for the net" thing. If you look at the Caps at 5-on-5 last year, only Eric Fehr (among right wingers) shot the puck from a shorter average distance (29.5 feet) than Knuble (30.0...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
The Washington Capitals signed free-agent right wing Mike Knuble to a two-year deal worth $5.6 million on the first day of free agency. Knuble, 36, had 27 goals and 20 assists in 82 games for the Philadelphia Flyers last season. "Washington is everything I wanted in a team," Knuble said. Capitals general manager George McPhee was looking for a veteran willing to muck it up along the boards...
DCist (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Meet Mike Knuble (22), who's obviously already familiar with his new teammate, Caps winger Alexander Semin. (Nick Wass/Associated Press) After the first draft in nearly a decade where the Caps didn't make an exciting trade or a high-profile pick, it's good to see the front office back into the mix of things, adding forward Mike Knuble at the dawn of free agency this afternoon. Costing just over $5...
From The Rink (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
More photos » by Tom Mihalek - AP Browse more photos » As per TSN, the Capitals have signed big winger Mike Knuble for $2.8-million a season on a two-year deal. He's going to be 37 later this week, so his cap hit will count next season regardless of if he suffers a career-ending injury. Knuble's still an effective, big body, and is basically a replacement (and slight upgrade) over Viktor...
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