Bruce Boudreau

Completely unprovoked, Washington Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau spent Tuesday morning lobbying for defenseman Mike Green to make the Canadian Olympic team. “If I’m Stevie Yzerman, I’m looking at him as one of your top pair,” Boudreau said. According to people that follow the Capitals closely, it’s the first time Boudreau has publicly made a pitch on Green’s behalf. It’s also an about face from last spring, when after the playoffs were over Boudreau admitted his disappointment in Green’s overall effort through 14 postseason games. Read Full Story

For the second year running, the Washington Capitals hosted their annual Season Ticket Holder "Meet the Caps" party at Six Flags America . Once again, the team provided fans with a night of fun for all ages. The timing of the event was impeccable -- a perfect Autumn evening, perhaps our last before a spate of rain and cold arriving tomorrow. The crowd was large and enthusiastic, though the autograph lines were far longer than those for the many rides. It's easy to forget how exhilarating a good rollercoaster can be when one doesn't wait in an hour-plus queue, melting on an August afternoon. ... Read Full Story

(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn (10) Gabby from the Get-go . Capitals players had plenty of time to come to grips with Bruce Boudreau’s system, what with his arriving from Hershey at Thanksgiving. In his 61 games in 2007-08, Boudreau went 20 games over .500 (37-17-7). Had that projected over the full season, the Caps not only would have won the Southeast handily but absolutely contended for first overall in the East (with 104 points, Montreal finished 10 better than Washington). It bears mentioning that Boudreau had to learn most of his new hockey club in mid-season just ... Read Full Story

It appears as if the Washington Capitals will begin play in the 2009-10 season this week in possession of an extraordinarily unwanted Swedish spare part -- Michael Nylander. I'm not sure even Jaromir Jagr's mid-season flameout here of earlier this decade rivals the novelty of the impasse the Caps have at present with Nyls. At least with that impasse there was resolution, one relatively attendant to the truculent right wing's not-so-secret wish to get out of D.C. At this the dawning week of the new NHL season, it's fairly impossible to foresee or forecast a resolution to Michael Nylander's extraordinary isolation from his Capitals' ... Read Full Story

(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Gabby chats up a blogger; photo by Chris Kay Fantastically exciting news: Capitals’ Head Coach Bruce Boudreau will have his biography published next fall, and its author is one of the best hockey writers in the business, Tim Leone of the Patriot News . Dulles, Va.,-based Potomac Books is the publisher of the as-yet untitled bio. “Washington Capitals head coach Bruce Boudreau has signed a deal with Potomac Books, Inc. to publish his autobiography. The book, co-written with Tim Leone of The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa., is scheduled to come out in October of 2009. It will chronicle the ... Read Full Story