Recent Posts Tagged With 'george mcphee'

• The Capitals and Alexander Semin Defer Judgment Day

  Posted on Monday December 28th, 2009 at 06:28 in Washington Capitals, National Hockey League, Morning cup-a-joe, alexander semin, george mcphee, nhl trades, nicklas backstrom, washington the hockey town

  Far sooner than I expected, the Capitals and Team Semin came to a contract agreement. I was of the opinion that Semin and his agent Mark Gandler would use the player’s performance in the second half of this season, and most especially this next...

• Case Studies in Development Patience: Eric Fehr, Tomas Fleischmann, and Jeff Schultz

  Posted on Wednesday December 23rd, 2009 at 05:28 in Washington Capitals, National Hockey League, Morning cup-a-joe, george mcphee, prospects, sergei fedorov, tomas fleischmann, viktor kozlov, jeff schultz, eric fehr, brendan morrison

  A quick lesson in hockey prospect development: be patient. Last May, as Capitals’ players packed up their gear after succumbing to the Penguins in seven games and headed home for the offseason, an awful lot of Caps’ fans rightly wondered ...

• Sometimes Irreconciliable Differences Necessitate Divorce

  Posted on Tuesday December 15th, 2009 at 05:58 in Washington Capitals, Morning cup-a-joe, george mcphee, front office, sergei fedorov, bruce boudreau, michael nylander

  Signing Michael Nylander in the summer of 2007 was wise and savvy and, you might recall, somewhat controversial. The previous season in New York with the Rangers, all Nylander achieved was 83 points in 79 games — his best NHL season ever. How c...

• Top of the Tweet for the Week of December 5

  Posted on Sunday December 6th, 2009 at 16:28 in media, Washington Capitals, NHL, new media, twitter, American Hockey League, National Hockey League, alexander ovechkin, alexander semin, george mcphee, nate ewell, chris bourque

  We thought it might be fun and interesting to highlight Top Tweets from the Captials’ Twitter community we came across during the past week. And we’ll probably offer up a roundup of Top Tweets each week. This week was filled with talk of ...

• Late-Game Wilting: Surmising Its Causes and Cures

  Posted on Sunday November 29th, 2009 at 23:10 in Washington Capitals, National Hockey League, Morning cup-a-joe, pittsburgh penguins, george mcphee, milan jurcina, old time hockey, karl alzner, joe finley, john carlson

  At the one-quarter mark of the season, a glaring character flaw has perniciously and persistently permeated the Capitals’ young season: the team weakens as the game goes along. Leads are often acquired early and disconcertingly — alarming...

• Prior Out, Arturs Irbe In as Caps' Goaltending Coach

  Posted on Thursday August 13th, 2009 at 09:37 in Washington Capitals, NHL, Vancouver Canucks, National Hockey League, dallas stars, george mcphee, san jose sharks, carolina hurricanes, semyon varlamov, atrurs irbe

  In a very much welcomed breakup of the August routine, I'm out at Kettler Capitals Iceplex this morning, where Arturs Irbe has just been introduced as the Capitals' new goaltending coach. Dave Prior has left the club after 12 seasons. Irbe is a nativ...