Capitals Sign Theodore

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Jose Theodore is a rather underwhelming Plan B for the Capitals
Published 7/1/2008 by Greg Wyshynski at Puck Daddy
The free agent frenzy is typically filled with highs and lows. A high for Washington Capitals fans was the news that defenseman Mike Green would not sign a salary-on-steroids offer sheet with another team, and came back to the team for four years. The low was just announced, via TSN: Free agent Jose Theodore has been signed to a two-year deal to replace Cristobal Huet as the Capitals' primary goaltender. Sportsnet reports that it's a $9 million contact; so Caps Chick was right yesterday, and the Capitals gave Theodore a good portion of Olaf Kolzig's $5.5 million salary. The ...

A Day of Dastardly Dichotomy
Published 7/1/2008 by The OFB Team at On Frozen Blog
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - On this the opening day of ‘08-09 NHL free agency Washington Capitals’ fans confronted the opposing twins of personnel movement outcome: morning elation with Mike Green’s signing and afternoon agony in the club’s failure to come to terms with season-salvaging, starting netminder Cristobal Huet. The Capitals this afternoon, having reached an impasse with Huet and his agent, signed Colorado’s Jose Theodore to a two-year deal. An absolute bulwark of the Caps’ stunning late-season surge to a Southeast division crown, Huet’s heroics won’t be returning, ...