A New Challenge Awaits...

I started blogging March 14, 2007.  My blog was originally titled Bottomfeeder Baseball Blog, and I attempted to write about the Nats, Orioles, fantasy baseball, Capitals and other stuff.   It was not very good and nobody read it.  About that time, I also started writing about the Caps and the Nats at DC Sports Box, and I want to express my thanks to Al Santos for allowing me that great

Capitals Turn Up Intensity in Shootout Win Over Buffalo

With every pre-season game that passes, the Washington Capitals have turned up the intensity a little bit each time.  Last night against the Buffalo Sabres, before a not-quite packed house at Verizon Center, they did so again in beating the Sabres 4-3 in a six-round shootout.
Nicklas Backstrom, Mike Green and Matt Hendricks all scored in regular time and Tomas Vokoun made 21 saves on 24 shots to

Capitals re-sign Jason Chimera

The Washington Capitals announced Thursday via press release they re-signed winger Jason Chimera to a two-year deal, which runs through the 2013-14 season.  Terms were not disclosed in accordance with team policy, but several outlets report the deal is worth a total of $3.5 million, resulting in a salary cap hit of $1.75 million per year.
The speedy Chimera plays regularly on the Caps third line

About the White Nets

Nobody likes change.  Especially a change that has little-to-no warning.  Double-especially on a change to a product or service after it has been paid for.  Sometimes change can be for the good, sometimes... not so much.
Last night at Verizon Center, a pre-season hockey game between the Washington Capitals and Columbus Blue Jackets took place.  The Caps beat a Jackets team comprised mostly of

McPhee's Comments on NHL Realignment

Most of the Capitals Convention Saturday was about autographs, fan interaction with the players, and reuniting with old friends and making new ones.  But during the panel discussions there was some pretty decent information passed along if you were willing to pay attention.
One such case was in GM George McPhee's panel in the morning.  Once known as "The Undertaker", McPhee has gotten really good

Very Quick Impressions from CapsCon

Here are some very quick, incomplete and probably incoherent impressions of CapsCon today at the Convention Center.
1)  If the President of the United States is speaking in the same venue that 6,000-plus hockey fans are, someone may want to increase security.
2)  Also, he may want to pay his proper respects at Verizon Center at some point.  Just sayin'.
3)  Kevin Kaminski is more giving of his

First Annual Caps Alumni Game Kicks off Convention

The retired heroes of Washington Capitals' teams past walked by on their way to the locker rooms like a parade of memories. Don Beaupre. Calle Johansson. Mike Gartner, carrying a Toronto Maple Leafs equipment bag. Mark Lofthouse, who wore No. 8 before it was cool. Peter Bondra. The list went on and on.
For anyone that grew up on these names, these players, it was a thrill seeing them at