Published 7/2/2009
at Capitals Insider
Wrong colors, buddy. (Getty Images) The Caps made a solid offseason acquisition yesterday, signing gritty veteran winger Mike Knuble to a two-year, $5.6 million deal. Knuble, who can play on both the power play and the penalty kill, has scored at least 21 goals in each of his last six seasons. "We just felt we needed someone else, a player on [the top] line in particular with [Alex] Ovechkin and [Nicklas] Backstrom, that will go to the net," General Manager George McPhee said. "Mike's made his living there. He was the right guy for us, and we got what we felt was the right deal for him. We replaced a 13-goal scorer [Viktor Kozlov] with a 27-goal scorer, and the team is better as a result." As expected, 37-year-old enforcer Donald Brashear did not re-sign with Washington. In need of a heavyweight, the New York Rangers picked up tough-guy
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The 6-3, 230 pound forward has played for the Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers, Boston Bruins, and the Flyers.
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