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After Monday's 5-3 victory over the Florida Panthers, Alex Ovechkin and his teammates finally have a tangible measurement of their recent success: They're back to .500 for the first time since Oct. 24 the Washington Post reported.

"We've officially reached mediocrity," said Coach Bruce Boudreau, who took over on Nov. 22, when the Capitals were 6-14-1, their worst start in 26 years. "You always have little goals. And that was a goal.

"But the easy part is to get there. The hard part is to get over it and stay above it. If we want to make the playoffs we have to get better than that."

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  1. loop
    1. Posted by loop Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:49 pm EDT

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    The future looks bright for my Caps. I'm still excited from the Alex signing!
  2. Turkey Sandwich
    2. Posted by Turkey Sandwich Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:40 pm EDT

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    So is his banker rofl.
  3. gbrobagelman
    3. Posted by gbrobagelman Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:06 pm EDT

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    Ha ha. Last night's game was a classic.
  4. mitchmac33
    4. Posted by mitchmac33 Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:22 pm EDT

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    this is a rumor?
  5. Matt R
    5. Posted by Matt R Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:54 pm EDT

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    Yawn. They'll finish near the bottom of the conference, grab the no. 2 pick in the draft, and get Drew Doughty.
    This team needs a younger goalie to help Kolzig with the workload, and more grit up front so that they can actually compete for a playoff spot.
    Nice to see the emergence of (lately) Backstrom and Green this year though, and Karl Alzner will be a stud on the blueline for them as well once he makes the team.
    Boudreau seems to have done a good job with this team, his only real problem is that he seems to have gone to the Randy Carlyle/Barry Trotz school of having a huge (literally) head. That thing could challenge Barry Bonds.
  6. Peeler
    6. Posted by Peeler Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:02 pm EDT

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    Umm....the Caps played Pitts last night....not Florida.....
    The Caps need another solid player in addition to gettign some guys back from IR (Clark I beleive)....plus a D-man.....Wash should go after Pannuf.....
  7. loop
    7. Posted by loop Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:49 pm EDT

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    Wrong, #9 Jason G. There aren't any players named "Black". There are 4 "Whites" in the NHL. lol
  8. cjcurry2000
    8. Posted by cjcurry2000 Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:26 pm EDT

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    To Jason G... You've been reported to the yahoo.com moderators, but your comments can't be allowed to go without a response. The NHL needs more Black players, and for that matter more Ted Nolan's, Richard Park's, and Jarome Iginla's. Unfortunately there still seems to be a large element of hockey followers who easily trade a helmet for a KKK hat... the fact that ignorant people such as you still pollute the message boards indicates that western society still has a long way to go before we can call ourselves tolerant and peaceful. Your comments are all the more insulting given that in the last week we marked the 50th anniversary of Willie O'Ree's NHL debut and Martin Luther King day.
  9. books
    9. Posted by books Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:22 pm EDT

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    Jason,
    Don't you have anything better to do than to go trolling though forums trying to draw fire by making idiotic statements? You're a very sad individual and I pity you.
  10. Matt R
    10. Posted by Matt R Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:54 pm EDT

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    Jason G is just looking for attention. I'm pretty sure that Brashear (in the picture above) would TKO him in one punch if he was given the chance.
  11. Peeler
    11. Posted by Peeler Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:02 pm EDT

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    I was fortunate to have met Willie O'ree last year in in the plane on my way to the Adult World Championships in Prague. I was dumfounded at first but knew I have sceen him but couldn't place his name (too early and too many drinks in the am) and low and behold it came to me....we talked puck all the way to MN where he was headed.....he signed my CCM shirt....what a great guy he was to talk to and the things he's doing to get kids fired up on the game......embrace the man.....
  12. bruce d
    12. Posted by bruce d Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:14 pm EDT

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    Ooh! Aah! Cap's on the warpath!

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