Just a reminder that I'll be at tonight's game against the Lightning. Here's a listing of online previews and game night discussion threads:
NHL.com Preview
Mike Vogel Preview
Comcast Preview
Caps Nut
Japers' Rink
Official Game Thread
Southeast Shootout Thread
Tarik El-Bashir did an online chat yesterday. On Frozen Blog posted a great feature on Alexander Semin too.
See you tonight at the rink.
UPDATE: Greetings from the Verizon Center. Just saw an interesting stat up on one of the screens in the press box. Though the point of the graphic was to show that nobody in the league is further under the salary cap than Washington, what struck me was the team sitting pretty at 27th: Nashville.
Nashville is a team ready for the playoffs right now. And with all that room under the cap, the team could very well add multiple players at the deadline and still easily stay under the cap.
Up on the scoreboard video screen, they're showing highlights from Peter Bondra's five-goal performance against the Lightning on February 5, 1994. I remember hearing about it on the radio on my way to the rink in Reston to play a late night game. Can't believe it's been 12 years, and I can't quite believe that Bondra can't find a job in the NHL.
The funny thing is, if he had only signed with the Caps last season instead of Atlanta, he may very well still have been in hockey.
UPDATE: Here's a note I got from Nate Ewell with the Caps this morning:
Pettinger and Green are both day-to-day. Gordon is healthy
