In today's Boston Globe there is an article by Fluto Shinzawa that Caps Fans should checkout. Shinzawa's article discusses last week's combine for lesser known teenage draft prospects. He mentions there were only three GM's spotted: Washington’s George McPhee, Columbus’s Scott Howson, and Phoenix’s Don Maloney. There was only one NHL coach in attendance, Bruce Boudreau from the Caps.
The article points out this combine is where the Caps uncovered John Carlson (from Natick, MA)and made him their 27th pick a couple of years ago. The same article points out it is unlikely the Caps will sign UFA's Joe Corvo, Shaone Morrisonn, and Milan Jurcina.
This article raised a couple of different questions in my mind:
1) Perhaps other GM's and coaches (maybe the Bruins) may want to attend these combines. There really is a correlation between judgment of hockey talent and fielding a winning team - I believe the Caps are the gold standard here. Just think if the B's could judge talent, they may have picked Carlson instead of Joe Colborne (16th pick in the same draft).
2) If the Washington area is a considered a hockey market, why doesn't the Washington Post and Times get a clue and start writing about it - this includes the off-season. Come on Tarik El Bashir wake up, the hockey world is really busy this time of year. Despite the Caps not playing, you have got to write about the upcoming draft, the UFA's and speculate on some off-season strategies across the league. I am going to help you in the interim and offer Caps fans access to the best hockey coverage in the US, its called the Boston Globe Sports Section:
http://www.boston.com/sports
As a bonus, I am going to throw in today's article I referenced:
http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/articles/2010/06/06/wings_havent_given_bruins_much_of_a_lift/?page=4
At some point we will get some real hockey coverage in the Washington newspapers, until then we will go the Globe.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
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