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Published 10/2/2008 at Yahoo! Sports - NHL News

Sergei Fedorov has scored 472 regular-season goals, earned an MVP award and won three Stanley Cups as an NHL forward. Yet there he was at the Washington Capitals' practice Thursday, putting in work as a defenseman. A late-career position switch for the 38-year-old? Not quite. More like a bit of an insurance policy for the Capitals, who perhaps could carry one fewer true defenseman on the roster if... (link)

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