Washington Capitals players already coming back to town

[Allsmokenopancake 0]

http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2007/08/09/boy...-summer-school/

When I first learned that Boyd Gordon had arrived back in D.C. in the first week of August, I was startled. Western Canadian Caps have historically trained back home in Western Canada and arrived in town much closer to the start of September’s training camp. But far from cutting short his offseason training regimen, Gordon told me that he’d completed a demanding training schedule in Vancouver, of fully three months, in British Columbia’s mountains and at a fitness facility among the likes of Trevor Linden and Kris Beech.

Now he was back in D.C. to continue his preparations for the upcoming season largely because so many of his Caps’ teammates want to start skating together well in advance of camp. Beginning next week, Gordon told me, a healthy contingent of Caps will be skating together out at Kettler Capitals five times a week, in “hour-and-a-half, maybe hour-and-forty-five [minute]” conditioning stints featuring “drills, scrimmaging . . . and then the [serious] skating.”

“I’ll be skating here in the morning with the guys then go work out in the afternoon,” Gordon told me. He said that Kettler’s state-of-the-art amenities for training were definitely a reason for his early return to town.

Olie Kolzig, Gordon told me, is leading the recruiting effort to get as many Caps’ back in town for as early as possible a startup of daily on-ice workouts. Kolzig’s having success, too, because, beginning next week, there will be guys enough to scrimmage five days a week for nearly three weeks this month.

Thats pretty cool that they are coming back, hopefully they will have time to develop some chemistry and get a good jump out on the season

[Jarick 5]

Good idea. The Wild had a very short camp and lots of injuries over the first couple months.

[#96 0]

I'll quote the Japanese groundskeepers from Major League: "They're still $hitty!"

[Super Star 0]

Well that fine and all but it doesn't mention anything about the players that get things done sure the average guys are back they might even be a tad bit better but the article didn't say anything about Alexs are they still in Russia?

[Allsmokenopancake 0]

Well that fine and all but it doesn't mention anything about the players that get things done sure the average guys are back they might even be a tad bit better but the article didn't say anything about Alexs are they still in Russia?

Interview with ovechkin yesterday or the day before, he was going to be best man at his friends wedding, then had to go to embassy to get one year auth to go back and forth to canada, then he would be coming here, around the start of september