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Reading Between The Lines On Green
Japers' Rink — ... who Ovechkin famously fired after five years of representation , less than 14 months before Ovechkin signed his 13-year/$124m mega-deal. Given that a sports agent's cut is typically around three or four percent of his client's salary, that's potentially upwards of $3.7 million (perhaps much more) over the span of Ovechkin's deal that's not going into Don Meehan's bank account. Whether or not Meehan has a legitimate ax to grind with the Caps, one could pretty easily see why he'd want to reach into Ted Leonsis 's pocket and take as much money as he possibly can as some form of ...

Dreaming of Mike Green? The Caps just sent a wake-up call
Puck Daddy — ... the blue line on the power play with Niedermayer-like effortlessness. He makes mistakes that a 22-year-old defenseman should make; but his speed allows him to cover up for many of them, and eventually he'll stop making them. If you're building a defense in today's NHL, you start with a player like Mike Green. But the question is whether the "low balling" actually is true. J.P. from Japers' Rink adds up the evidence and points a finger at Green's agent (and formerly Alexander Ovechkin's) Don Meehan: It could mean that ...