I blew the dust off the keyboard and figured it was time to fire up the blogolator. Today is a great day to do it with the Caps taking to their home ice tonight, the Nationals whipping up on the Phillies last night, and the pre-season NFL schedules being released.
What's in store for the Caps and their fans? I don't think anyone has an idea. Based on the latter part of the season and on comments being made by players, coaches, and mavens, this team is a better team than the one last year that was long on entertainment and short on satisfaction. This team has been playing their new brand of hockey for over three months, which surely gives them enough reps and confidence in what their doing to stay in the rhythm they've created. The drama lies in the goaltending and my belief is Neurvirth and Varlamov with a little help from their friends will at least be adequate in the series with the Rangers.
The Nationals are having a good start to their season sitting at 5-5. However, the Phillies Charlie Manual said something to the effect about his juggernaut of a team that it's to early to know for sure that the season needs to settle out, which he put at 30-40 games. Sounds about right for the Nationals. I'm curious to see how they handle Philly's number 1 and 2 pictures starting today.
Now I'm going to have to crank up that diesel on this pre-season schedule non-sense. Your in the middle of a lockout, and a federal judge has suggested you and the players get back into mediation, but now you think we need to know all about the four tuneup scrums in July and August. Do I hear a, really? You've got no employees in the back room, but the sign on the door says, Yes We're Open. Maybe I'm showing the effects of 14 campaigns in the NFL, but I can't find the through line. Oh wow! I just remembered I need a block of four for the Buccaneers, anybody got the Ashburn hotline ticket number? Oh yeah, 1-INEEDDOUGH!
