Published 12/1/2008
by Tarik El-Bashir
at Capitals Insider
Looks like the Caps are going to be significantly shorthanded tomorrow against the Panthers. Tom Poti, Mike Green, John Erskine, Alexander Semin and Sergei Fedorov are not expected to play, Coach Bruce Boudreau said, while Boyd Gordon is questionable. A few other notes and quotes from KCI: *The Caps are going to make one recall today. The only question is who (and it doesn't look like it's going to be Oskar Osala, who, by the...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.
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