Maybe Fightin’ Ted Leonsis should ask Wrasslin’ Al Franken if he’d like to become a partner in the Caps.
I’ve had occasion to meet Leonsis, and exchange email with him (I’m certainly not alone there.) He doesn’t appear, either in person or via email, to be the type of man who’d lose it [...]
We got about 6″ of snow here last night. Which means I have to go shovel it. Yippee.
Oh yeah. And the Caps lost, too. Happy Monday.
Jim Kelley, writing for ESPN:
“…the Washington Capitals, a team he never really wanted to play for in a city he never wanted to play in. Just stepping foot onto Madison Square Garden ice is likely to adjust the attitude of one of the greatest offensive players the game has ever known…..Jagr comes with baggage, [...]
Jagr heads for the Garden. Wonderful player, not such a good teammate. He won’t do much in New York, either, he’s too selfish.
[Later] Here’s something to think about: Jagr came to the Caps in 2001 in return for 3 players; he leaves the Caps today in return for one. His stock isn’t exactly rising. [...]
Today’s Washington Post has an in-depth look at the problems in professional hockey. Salaries have risen to 76% of income (the highest in any professional sport), attendance is down, the hoped-for TV revenue never materialized, and 20 of the 30 teams are losing money, including 8 of 10 teams added in the past 10 years.
Hockey [...]
Congratulations, Glen Hanlon. And Halpie, too.
The Caps fired Bruce Cassidy today, a year and change into his first stint as an NHL coach. Glen Hanlon, who had competed with Cassidy for the job last year and has been one of Cassidy’s assistants, was named head coach. Not interim coach, mind you, but coach. Cassidy had an NHL record of 47-47-9-7, [...]
Take last night, for instance. They’ve had 4 days without a game and had the Panthers on home ice. They took 22 (!) shots in the first, but could only get ‘da biskit’ past Lluongo once. (Jagr finally gets a goal.)
Then they got sloppy on defense (again) and let Huselius loose in front. 1-1.
The Caps [...]