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				<title>Semin&apos;s agent on contract talk: &apos;I don&apos;t believe in discounts&apos;</title>				
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				Alexander Semin (Ghanbari/AP)Almost two months ago I had a chance to speak with Alexander Semin about the final year of his contract and to ask him whether the negotiations with the Washington Capitals had begun. &amp;quot;Not yet,&amp;quot; - Semin told me ...
				
				
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				<title>D.C. City Council declares November 3 &#39;Washington Capitals Day&#39;</title>				
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	This just in from the Washington Capitals PR.

	Washington Capitals chairman and majority owner Ted Leonsis and ownership partners Jack Davies, Raul Fernandez and Michelle D. Freeman accepted a ceremonial resolution from the D.C. City Council on...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:19:53 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Ovechkin: Some players are not ready physically.</title>				
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				Alex Ovechkin (AP)What&amp;nbsp;is the most exciting thing for a fan of the Washington Capitals after yesterday&apos;s 4:3 overtime loss to the New York Islanders? If you say the return of Tomas Fleischmann,&amp;nbsp;you may be right. For me, it was yet another g...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:14:41 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Shea Weber: I didn&apos;t quite stop Ovechkin</title>				
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				Shea Weber (AP Photo)Shea Weber is arguably the best defenseman&amp;nbsp;playing for&amp;nbsp;the Nashville Predators. He was the sole representative from the Predators in the 2009 NHL All Star Game. Quite rightly so, he is one of the main contenders for a r...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:22:59 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Varlamov: I got my head straight</title>				
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				Semyon Varlamov stops Martin Erat (AP Photo)On Saturday against the Nashville Predators, Semyon Varlamov got a second chance to prove he had recovered from a couple of sub-par performances for the Washington Capitals earlier this season. The first ch...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:52:53 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Chatting with Ovechkin after the win against the Predators</title>				
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				Alex Ovechkin scores the winning goal in the shootout(AP Photo)Alex Ovechkin has done it again. How many times are we all going to say it? Coming into the game against the Nashville Predators, Ovechkin was sitting on top of the goal scoring leader bo...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:19:54 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Evgeni Nabokov: Ovechkin wanted to score against me for years</title>				
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				Evgeni Nabokov (AP Photo)Last week I decided to have a series of articles introducing the main opponents of the Washington Capitals in their quest for the Cup. You may recall Enver Lisin and Artem Anisimov of the New York Rangers letting us in on Hen...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:43:35 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Varlamov: There was no margin for error</title>				
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				Semyon Varlamov - APIt did take the Washington Capitals over 10 years, but the curse of not beating the San Jose Sharks is finally in the past.The Sharks were a bogey team for the Capitals and their star Alex Ovechkin. But the spell was broken at the...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:08:28 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Rangers Lisin and Anisimov chat after win vs. Capitals</title>				
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				Artem Anisimov (AP Photo/Jerry S. Mendoza)The Washington Capitals are getting ready for the next game against the Detroit Red Wings, trying to sort out their problems against the Stanley Cup finalist.In the meantime, I want to introduce you to some o...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:53:53 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Capitals Varlamov and Semin remain upbeat after loss</title>				
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				Alexander Semin scored against the Rangers(Monsivais/AP)&amp;nbsp;Just a few days ago the Washington Capitals amazed virtually everyone with their explosive start to the season. But as the last two games showed, the Capitals cannot rely on just one line ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:50:20 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Capitals to participate in Hockey Fights Cancer Awareness Month</title>				
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				Practice worn jerseys for an auction/Washcaps.comThe Washington Capitals have just released more details about Capitals&apos; participation in Hockey Fights Cancer Awareness Month.The Washington Capitals are teaming up with the National Hockey League this...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:22:41 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Alexander Semin: &apos;Let the rest be scared of us&apos;</title>				
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				Alexander Semin/APAlexander Semin entered the training camp as healthy as he has ever been. He is determined to help the Washington Capitals win the Cup this year.While Semin recorded &amp;quot;only&amp;quot; two assists in&amp;nbsp;the season opener against the...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:03:52 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Varlamov: I still make mistakes</title>				
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				Semyon Varlamov (Luis Alvarez/AP)Semyon Varlamov made his 2009-2010 Regular season debut for the Washington Capitals on home ice against the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 6:4 win on October 3rd. For the first two periods he was outstanding and allowed jus...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:14:42 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>&quot;Sasha&quot; Semin opens up</title>				
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				Most of you know of&amp;nbsp;and have probably seen a recent one-on-one interview with Alexander Semin of the Washington Capitals on Comcast SportsNet. Russ Thaler and I sat down with Semin not long ago to record Semin&apos;s first ever interview with a North...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 01:41:58 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Capitals&apos; quotes you won&apos;t find anywhere else</title>				
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				Bruce Boudreau/P. Lysenkov (Sovetsky Sport)I realize that this recap of the media day and luncheon held by the Washington Capitals on September 29 may be a little bit &amp;quot;late&amp;quot; following a truly fantastic coverage of the Capitals and the NHL b...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:02:37 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Varlamov outshot Ovechkin and Semin</title>				
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				Team building is an important function in any corporate environment. It is also extremely important in sports, especially when your team is entering the season with the highest of expectations - to win the Stanley Cup.The Washington Capitals decided ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:35:28 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Peter Forsberg wants to play with Ovechkin?</title>				
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				Gene J. Puskar / APPeter Forsberg is interested in joining the Washington Capitals?An interesting report was published today in the Denver Post by Adrian Dater. Anders Ronmark, a Swedish journalist, told Dater after watching Peter Forsberg in practic...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:19:19 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Olaf Kolzig retires</title>				
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				Olaf Kolzig/APThe Washington Capitals and the NHLPA have just announced that after 14 seasons, veteran goaltender and a former face of the Washington Capitals&amp;nbsp;Olaf Kolzig announced his retirement today from the National Hockey League.Kolzig reti...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:11:02 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>KHL lost interest in Nylander</title>				
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				Michael Nylander/APIt looks like Michael Nylander will not go to the KHL after all. Avangard Omsk were trying to sign the Washington Capitals center since July. I brought you many updates about the negotiations.But now it looks like if there is anoth...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:58:26 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Johnson: Jose Theodore has the upper hand</title>				
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				AP Photo/Lawrence JacksonJust last year Brent Johnson inspired a lot of fans in Washington with his stellar play for the Capitals in the beginning of the season when the newly acquired Jose Theodore needed some time to settle in with his new team.Jus...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:10:44 -0700</pubDate>
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