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How They Were Built
As we continue to celebrate the Capitals rise in the NHL and their amazing finish to win the Southeast Division, I think we need to give a lot of credit to the man who built this team. George McPhee. Ted Leonsis has done a good job, not only learning from his early mistakes (listening Dan Snyder?!!), but being patient with his GM during a very painful rebuild. In order for the Caps to do it ...
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Good Analysis of Rebuild Tactics
Ted's Take - The blogging site of Ted Leonsis — Here is a good post and story on how George McPhee rebuilt the Caps. Check it out.

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