Changes at Washington Post Caps Coverage

Tarik El-Bashir, Washington Capitals beat writer, will move on to cover Georgetown Basketball and NASCAR, among other assignments. Katie Carrera, who wrote high school sports and assisted Tarik on the Caps beat will take over.

Best of luck to both in their new assignments.

The Curious Case of Tomas Fleischmann's Contract

Unless something extraordinary happens over the weekend, next Wednesday, July 28, Tomas Fleischmann, his agent, Rich Evans, and the Washington Capitals will meet with an arbitrator to determine the forward's compensation for the 2010-2011 season.
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Getting the Band Back Together

With yesterday's news that the Caps have re-signed winger Eric Fehr to a sparkling new two-year deal (reportedly worth $2.2 million per season), that leaves just C/RW Tomas Fleischmann as the sole unsigned Restricted Free Agent.
Fehr joins D Jeff Schultz (four-year, $11 million) and C Boyd Gordon (one-year, $800,000) as players that have re-upped with the Captials in the past week.
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Capitals Sign Jeff Schultz to Four-Year Deal

The Washington Capitals announced today the re-signing of D Jeff Schultz to a four-year contract.
In keeping with team policy, the terms of the agreement were not announced, but according to Capitals Insider: The deal is worth $11 million over four years and will pay the defenseman $2.5 million in each of the first two years and $3 million in the final two years for a $2.75 million per season