Capitals sign enforcer Brashear

[Allsmokenopancake 0]

Hate him, hate him hate him

he Washington Capitals have signed free agent left wing Donald Brashear.

Brashear, 34, appeared in 270 games for the Philadelphia Flyers during the past four seasons, posting 66 points and 648 penalty minutes.

He has led the Flyers in penalty minutes in each of the past three seasons. In 2002-03 Brashear was named the winner of the Flyers' Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy as the team's most improved player in a vote of his teammates.

A 6-foot-2, 235-pound native of Bedford, Ind., Brashear has appeared in 769 NHL games for the Montreal Canadiens, Vancouver Canucks and Philadelphia Flyers during 12 seasons, recording 75 goals and 104 assists for 179 points, while posting 2,165 penalty minutes.

He has led his respective teams in penalty minutes a total of eight times, including a league-leading 372 penalty minutes in 1997-98.

[odp 0]

He's a bit expensive, at 1 million.

[willy0314 0]

what a waste, I would love to hear their GM try to reason how signing him will help the team win games.

[tuzzifan44 0]

Seriously could the caps get any more goons! They need some real talent to back up ovechkin.

[HockeyDude1712 0]

Give the man some respect. He is one of the most feared guys in the NHL and not because he is a cheap shot, but because he stands up for his teamates.

[EBondo 233]

Seriously could the caps get any more goons! They need some real talent to back up ovechkin.

They signed Zednik. There's some talent.

[Eazy_b97 1]

Was it Brashier who wouldn't fight Worrel a few years back or vice versa? For some reason that just popped into my head.

[mtbutler 0]

brashear is a waste. he should go back to the minors with peter worrel

[willy0314 0]

Give the man some respect. He is one of the most feared guys in the NHL and not because he is a cheap shot, but because he stands up for his teamates.

;) are you secretly bobby clark?

[Allsmokenopancake 0]

Seriously could the caps get any more goons! They need some real talent to back up ovechkin.

Caps didn't have goons last year, with the exception of ahl callups Louis Robaitaille and Doug Doull, but they can't play at the NHL level. They had gritty checkers, but no goons, which is why whitney got away with spearing ovechkin.

The caps needed a fighter, brashear is a fighter. I still hate him, but he is there for protection.

I would be interested in hearing who you think the caps goons are