thetwolinepass.com - 11/13/2008
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The Lead Bad news for the rest of the Southeast division regarding Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals: They’re heating up. Ovie and the newly constituted Caps top line of he, Nicklas Backstrom and Alex Semin teamed with Mike Green to score all five Washington goals and pick up 13 ...
sports.yahoo.com - 11/14/2008
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sports.yahoo.com —
Atlanta Thrashers star Ilya Kovalchuk recently gave one
of those great, wide-ranging interviews to Igor Arkhipov of...
Sovetsky Sport that covered everything from free agency to Barack Obama to Alexander Ovechkin 's contract. Oh, and of course: ...
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Kovalchuk respects Semin's Crosby critique, considers future
tsn.ca - 11/19/2008
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tsn.ca —
Oh, the irony. The Chicago Blackhawks, according to
multiple NHL sources, have a standing deal ready to...
go at a moment's notice to acquire veteran center Michael Nylander from the Washington Capitals. The only hitch is that in order to make the ...
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Irony in Chicago
dcprosportsreport.com - 11/13/2008
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dcprosportsreport.com —
Alexander Semin the hottest player in the NHL?
Well, he may very well be. Semin powered the...
Capitals to a 5-1 win over the Carolina Panthers in Carolina. The win gives the Capitals sole possession of first place.
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Semin Powers Caps into First Place
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... that the Devils are not the same team that was a perennial contender for much of the past, say, 15 seasons. That is true. But a better-than-average goaltending performance will help even a diminished team gain some confidence, not to mention what making a few saves that are considered highway robbery might do. Weekes hasn’t provided even average goaltending, and that makes even a top team sag. Speaking of the Caps, as the fan bloggers at Two Line Pass write , “They’re heating up.” We don’t know if we’ll go so far at this early stage of the season to say (as TLP does) ...
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Goon’s World talks college hockey realignment. Kind of an interesting topic, and one I know nothing about.
Did Kirill Kabanov say that he had contract offers from a number of junior teams? Its not a well kept secret that major junior teams are willing to pay to get the best players.
The drinking game of the week, as brought to you by Barry Melrose Rocks. This one sounds a little dangerous.
In case you haven’t seen it, check out Mike Ribeiro’s one handed shootout move. Pretty sick move.
A few ...
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Capitals Insider 11/13/2008
Led by their top line of Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom and Alexander Semin, who were on the ice for each of the Capitals goals, Washington put together its most dominant performance of the season in a convincing 5-1 win over Carolina to claim sole ...
