One month from tonight, the Caps will be
in Atlanta to open the season against the Thrashers... but for today, you get a link dump.
The
National Post wrote the same article that
EMac wrote three weeks ago, and in it they referred to
Donald Brashear as "a reigning heavyweight champion."
Edward Fraser of
The Hockey News isn't as easily impressed, as he didn't list The Donald among
his ten fighters worth talking about, but Steinz
has no problem posting a picture of Lindsay Czarniak talking about the Caps' enforcer (and, of course,
neither do I).... Caps prospect
Dmitri Kugryshev is
adjusting quickly - and very well - to the North American game.... You knew
Viktor Kozlov was
a stud in the shootout, but did you know that
Jose Theodore has
the highest career shootout save percentage "among goaltenders likely to be on NHL rosters at the start of the season?" I bet you a nickel no team this season beats him on three consecutive attempts using the exact same move.... Finally, our buddy Pepper at
the red skate emailed me yesterday noting a couple of points from my "
Thinking Inside The Box" post. In it, I quoted
Ted Leonsis as stating that "Our defense is going to be really good in a couple of years with [
Mike Green], Eminger, Morrisonn and Schultz," asking, "Can you believe Boston gave us Morrisonn and [the pick that became] Schultz for Gonchar?" and noting that "I really like Laich. He's going to be another Konowalchuk-type guy." That was more than two-and-a-half years ago. Pretty prescient, no?
