{"id":4604,"date":"2009-10-06T16:52:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-06T16:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/10\/capitals-update-2-games-in.html"},"modified":"2009-10-06T16:52:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-06T16:52:00","slug":"capitals-update-2-games-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/10\/capitals-update-2-games-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Capitals update 2 games in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">JOHN FEINSTEIN &#8211; <\/span><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/10\/05\/AR2009100502367.html\"><b>Capitals Should Revel in Every Banner Night<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>Feinstein thinks the Capitals should have done more than unfurl their 2008-2009 Southeast Division title banner. I disagree, unfurling it instead of raising it is the right message to the players and fans &#8212; division titles are nice, but there are two bigger goals than a division title, the conference and Stanley Cup.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, <a href=\"http:\/\/onfrozenblog.com\/2009\/10\/04\/new-ways-to-rock-the-red.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">On Frozen Blog noted<\/span><\/a> that the Caps changed their banners, something I mentioned to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uniwatchblog.com\/2009\/10\/05\/monday-morning-uni-watch-38\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">UniWatch<\/span><\/a>. No more pictures of the players faces on their retired number banners.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">MIKE WISE &#8211; <\/span><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/10\/02\/AR2009100204624.html\"><b>Leonsis&#8217;s Invention of Not Lying<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>Another column about the <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Ted Leonsis<\/span> way of franchise ownership. It is all review, but good to read anyway.<\/p>\n<p>The Caps are 2-0 right now and headed up I-95 on the bus for opening night in Philadelphia with the Flyers. They better watch out and that&#8217;s just from <a href=\"http:\/\/lacouphauxer.blogspot.com\/2009\/10\/in-case-of-tie-between-devils-and.html\">the Philly fans<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Alex Ovechkin, Mike Green and Nicklas Backstrom kicked field goals at FedEx Field before the Redskins game which is great until someone gets hurt. <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.redskins.com\/2009\/10\/04\/alex-ovechkin-was-available-for-field-goals\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Redskins Blog<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/dcsportsbog\/2009\/10\/green_and_backstrom_interview.html#more\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">DC Sports Bog<\/span><\/a>. Bruce Boudreau was there too, sitting in with Comcast SportsNet Washington:<br \/><object width=\"480\" height=\"310\" id=\"cffadb3oi\" name=\"cffadb3on\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/p.castfire.com\/vfmKo\/video\/169921\/csn_2009-10-04-140115.flv\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>There is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/discussion\/2009\/10\/02\/DI2009100203444.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">chat at 2:30<\/span><\/a> too.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/WashingtonCapitals\" rel=\"tag\">Washington Capitals<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/Caps\" rel=\"tag\">Caps<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. 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