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Capitals Must Make Room for Alexander Semin
Capitals Must Make Room for Alexander Semin
Back in junior high school math class, a lot of my friends hated word problems. For one reason or another, I always liked them. So to salute all of my old buddies I grew up with on Long Island who struggled together with me through algebra, here's my own hockey-themed word problem:  ...
Morning Look: Capitals Invade FedEx Field
Morning Look: Capitals Invade FedEx Field
voices.washingtonpost.com — Top 10 Moments from the Caps full-scale funny-hatted invasion of FedEx Field yesterday, with pictorial assistance. 1)... A Comcast SportsyNet official telling me shortly before 3 pm that the guys would appear on-set at 3:20, "assuming they show up," and ... (more) Morning Look: Capitals Invade FedEx Field
Dear Lord, Don't Let The PensBlog See This
Dear Lord, Don't Let The PensBlog See This
japersrink.blogspot.com — This just arrived in my inbox, and is presented without comment: "ESPN Zone will host an Alexander... Oveckin costume competition on Friday, October 24th at 6 p.m. Children 14-and-under will attempt to mirror the Capitals left-winger's superstar style ... (more) Dear Lord, Don't Let The PensBlog See This
Great Moments In Journalism
Great Moments In Journalism
japersrink.blogspot.com — "If Ovechkin won’t respect Malkin’s status as a superstar, the Penguins can’t respect Ovechkin’s status as a... superstar. If that means that Eric Godard does Ovechkin a favor by rearranging his face, so be it. Malkin shouldn’t retaliate personally. ... (more) Great Moments In Journalism
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Puck Headlines: Flyers, Penguins rekindle romance tonight
Puck Daddy — ... mind. • Ryan Hollweg has made one hell of an impression in Toronto, as the media has already lashed out at the Toronto Maple Leafs forward as being an "oaf on skates doesn't score goals, or set up plays, or generate a forecheck or even protect his teammates." [Orland Kurtenblog] • Eric McErlain would like to expand the Alexander Ovechkin/Sidney Crosby/Evgeni Malkin conversation to Alexander Semin. [Sporting Blog] • Mats Sundin is in Toronto! That's where the Leafs play! What does ...

What If Semin Is Alex the Greater?
On Frozen Blog — ... I wouldn’t be the first person to suggest it. Olie Kolzig first suggested to me, at training camp a couple of years ago: that Semin had more raw ability than his countryman Ovechkin. This autumn the Sporting News’ Eric McErlain has posited that Semin’s maturation into a superstar “is already underway.” ...

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