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Capitals report: Roster
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Could it be anyone other than LW Alex Ovechkin? He had a spectacular season and figures to win the Hart Trophy, given to the player voted the league MVP

Capitals report: Inside shots
It shouldn't be much of a surprise that Olie Kolzig confirmed in Friday's Washington Post article that he won't be coming back next season.

Capitals report: Notes, quotes
--The Caps haven't made any moves yet, but talks will be starting soon with Cristobal Huet and his representatives

Kolzig confirms he won't play again for Capitals
When Olaf Kolzig removed his nameplate from the Washington Capitals' locker room after their last playoff game, then skipped a mandatory meeting the next morning, everyone figured his time with the team was over.

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Could Olaf Kolzig's days in Washington be officially over? According to the Washington Post, the goaltender was a no-show for a season-ending team meeting. After the team's loss to Philadelphia in Game 7 of the conference quarterfinals, he cleaned out his locker and stripped the name tag off his stall. ... The Washington Times reports one of the Capitals' top priorities this offseason is re-signing netminder Cristobal Huet. (updated: 04/25/2008)

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4/15	Francois Bouchard	RW	Signed
4/8	Sami Lepisto	D	Called up from minors
3/28	Mathieu Perreault	C	Signed
3/26	Sami Lepisto	D	Sent to minors
3/26	Jay Beagle	C	Signed as Free Agent
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April 30, 2008 11:57 am

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Offseason may hurt

i just finished reading a post by jelaniz about the caps soon to be free agents and what not. here is the list...

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Sergei Fedorov, Ma ...(more)

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The Intimidator

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Olie the Goalie no more

I just read the article that Kolzig will not play for the Capitals again. I saw this coming when they went with Huet down the stretch and in the playoffs. Its really unfortunate how his career came to an end with the Caps. I wish him the best!!

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Hats off to the Caps!

I want to start by saying: Thank you and congratulations Caps on a season that surpassed all expectations!

Next I want to talk about just how bright our future is. It has been a long time, 10 years to be exact, since this team was one of the elite ones of the league. Though we did not make it out of the 1st round, going all the way to game 7 has given our countless youngster ...(more)

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Pens or Flyers

As a Caps fan who would you rather see win?

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Pitiful Cap Fans

What a bunch of classless chumps. You know, Philly gets a lot of crap for having idiot fans, but Cap fans really took the cake last night. After the Flyers hard-fought victory, beer cups, pizza boxes, hats, and other foriegn objects littered the ice (some landing on the players).

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Final OT

Philadelphia (4-3) «

Washington (3-4)

Three Stars
1. J. Lupul - PHI (Goals: 1, Assists: 0)
2. A. Ovechkin - WAS (Goals: 1, Assists: 1)
3. K. Timonen - PHI (Goals: 0, Assists: 2)

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Southeast Division
Team	GP	W	L	OT	Pts
y-Washington	82	43	31	8	94
Carolina	82	43	33	6	92
Florida	82	38	35	9	85
Atlanta	82	34	40	8	76
Tampa Bay	82	31	42	9	71

Stats

Skaters
Player	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-
Alex Ovechkin	7	4	5	9	-1
Alexander Semin	7	3	5	8	2
Mike Green	7	3	4	7	-2
Nicklas Backstrom	7	4	2	6	3
Brooks Laich	7	1	5	6	2
Sergei Fedorov	7	1	4	5	-1
Viktor Kozlov	7	0	3	3	-4
Matt Bradley	7	0	2	2	-3
Donald Brashear	7	1	1	2	1
John Erskine	7	0	2	2	1
Goalies
Player	GP	W-L-OT	S	GAA	SV%
Cristobal Huet	7	3-4-0	242	2.93	.909