{"id":2911,"date":"2008-01-25T17:33:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-25T17:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/01\/caps-at-the-break.html"},"modified":"2008-01-25T17:33:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-25T17:33:00","slug":"caps-at-the-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/01\/caps-at-the-break\/","title":{"rendered":"Caps at the break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Capitals have reached the All-Star break in a position many expected them to be &#8212; close to the playoffs. Right now Washington <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhl.com\/nhl\/app?service=page&#038;page=StandingsPage\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">is one point behind in the Southeast division<\/span><\/a> and three points away from the 8th Eastern Conference seed. How they got there is the surprising part, climbing from last place on Thanksgiving, when <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Glen Hanlon<\/span> was replaced by <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Bruce Boudreau<\/span>, to this point. They&#8217;ve been hot, playing high scoring, exciting hockey. <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Alex Ovechkin<\/span> leads the league in goals and is third in points. Mike Green has been one of the highest goal scoring defensemen. <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Alexander Semin<\/span> and <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Victor Kozlov<\/span> have also recently come to life, scoring goals with regularity in the last few weeks. Meanwhile, the Caps have been without the services of their #1 center <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Michael Nylander<\/span>, who is done for the season with a torn rotator cuff and captain <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Chris Clark<\/span> who has been on the bench with an injured groin.<\/p>\n<p>Caps owner <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Ted Leonsis<\/span> has been saying &#8220;we have miles to go before we sleep&#8221; all season long, while expecting this kind of position in the standings. A lot can happen between now and April, but at the break things are certainly looking up.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, gentleman and scholar <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Donald Brashear<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/capitals.nhl.com\/team\/app\/?service=page&#038;page=NewsPage&#038;articleid=351145\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">was signed to a one-year extension<\/span><\/a> (washingtoncaps.com).<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. 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