Comments on: Washington Capitals 2009-10 Season Preview http://illegalcurve.com/2009/09/30/washington-capitals-2009-10-season-preview/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=washington-capitals-2009-10-season-preview The Illegal Curve Hockey Show provides the most comprehensive coverage of the hockey world. 9AM CST Saturdays on Sports Radio 1290 Winnipeg. Podcast available after on iTunes. Sat, 18 May 2013 01:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: IllegalCurve.com » Blog Archive » A couple more previews over at Puck Prospectus http://illegalcurve.com/2009/09/30/washington-capitals-2009-10-season-preview/comment-page-1/#comment-2971 IllegalCurve.com » Blog Archive » A couple more previews over at Puck Prospectus Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:37:58 +0000 http://illegalcurve.com/?p=18710#comment-2971 [...] Washington Capitals 2009-10 Season Preview [...]

]]> By: dave http://illegalcurve.com/2009/09/30/washington-capitals-2009-10-season-preview/comment-page-1/#comment-2964 dave Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:29:52 +0000 http://illegalcurve.com/?p=18710#comment-2964 Welcome back Bob.

You might be right. We will see how Varlamov’s conditioning goes this season as I anticipate him getting into a number of games for the Caps.

]]> By: Bob Roberts http://illegalcurve.com/2009/09/30/washington-capitals-2009-10-season-preview/comment-page-1/#comment-2962 Bob Roberts Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:10:03 +0000 http://illegalcurve.com/?p=18710#comment-2962 Ovechkin, Backstrom, Semin, Knuble, Green on the PP. Oh yes, I’ll be watching.
The D now, hmmm…
I like the situation in goal. Theodore has support from Boudreau and pressure from Varlamov. Varlamov has pressure from Neuvirth (say that correctly just once).
I disagree with the contention that Varlamov “…looked great, until he was exposed by the Penguins.”
I’d say he played 13 playoff games in a 25 day stretch (first ever playoff experience) after playing 4 (he was 4 – 0) regular season games (his first regular season NHL experience).
He won his first series coming in in relief, had a string of 5 straight wins, 2 shutouts, and went .918/ 2.53.
I think he looked great and simply ran out of gas. Same thing happened to Cam Ward, who had just a smidge more experience in the NHL regular and post seasons.

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