A tough schedule is upon us. We will be very short handed; we need to gut it out and play tonight and remain focused on playing tough — smart team oriented hockey.
We are all very proud of the team for its performance and win last night — that was one heck of a “gutty” performance. Losing two first team NHL All-stars — and several important role players and getting two points on the road is a wonderful show of heart and determination. Read the rest of this entry »
Here is a great film — an inspirational film — a film about over coming great odds — to scale the highest summits.
I have met Erik — he was a key note speaker at an AOL all hands meeting; he is an amazing person — an amazing athlete.
Check this out — if he can do this — you can do anything you set your mind on. Go for it! Watch this film now — snag it and embed it — share it with your friends.
I believe in the law of unintended consequences.
When the government went on its jihad against corporate travel and perk excess — it would create lots of bad ripples in the travel — tourist based economies. It would hurt tax payers — not help taxpayers. It would hurt hotels; airlines — theme parks — casinos — dining establishments — credit and charge card companies. Who would it help? Politicians that get air time for saying optically correct things; without understanding the unintended consequences of their media stances.
So — here you go — check out this terrific work and the top 20 unemployed communities in America.
I was shocked to see that more than a dozen cities were in just California and Florida; with Las Vegas too — that made for the bulk of the cities. Sad to say — Detroit is number 1 — in unemployment.
But Miami? Tampa? San Francisco? San Diego? Orlando? Las Vegas?
Happy now?
Get out there and travel this holiday season — have some family fun — stimulate the economy. The world is still on sale.
Yankees win; Yankees win; money can buy happiness. In this one instance.
But — if you miss baseball — watch this new film on Snagfilms.com; tour the Baseball Hall of Fame. Cooperstown. Awesome Americana.
We have been there — done that — it was a spectacular day — and will love this film — get a virtual tour of the Baseball Hall of Fame Museum — by clicking here.
Check this out - a great Q&A with a terrific director and a film embed all from SnagFilms. Hulu is such an important partner of ours. Thanks so much for this high level of support.
As many of you know, all of the banks and government agencies were closed yesterday and many of our local public schools as well.
It was a day of celebration in our Nation’s Capital. It was officially a proclamation to make the day Washington Capitals Day. Thank you DC City Council. We were honored to attend and Jack Evans - I shall always treasure your bobble head as a gift. It will be in my front seat of my car and I shall use it to shield myself from speeding tickets now. DC Police beware!
Every citizen in the community was mandated by law to wear red as well. And to rock it.
If you are a Capitals season ticket holder, there are now no taxes to be paid in the District, either. Read all about this here.
It pays to be a Washington Capitals fan in DC. Go Caps! 
There are some confusing messages a-coming my way so hear me out.
Lately I have been getting positive feedback from fans and media because I don’t get involved in hockey related decisions regarding the Washington Capitals. I help set vision, strategy, culture and provide the resources. Then I am a cheerleader for the team and the franchise and I also get involved in many business affairs such as sponsor relations and season ticket holder communications.
I believe in the folks that work for us in hockey operations. I trust them. And the results are starting to speak for themselves. Anyone ever check the record that our Coach has generated since he took over the team? Or our record as a team over the last three seasons as to points garnered? It is pretty impressive. And we have upside, we haven’t peaked. Dick Patrick has an amazing background in the NHL. George McPhee does too.
I hear from many of our fans that it is a good thing that I am not involved because after all, I am not a “hockey person.” Their rationale is that I never played in the league - even though I went to my first hockey game in 1966 and went to my first Capitals game in 1976 and have been a season ticket holder since 1992 and have owned the team for 11 years spending literally thousands of hours per year around the team and the professionals managing the team and the players - I still wouldn’t know what I was doing. I try to attend every home game and I watch every road game on television if I don’t attend it myself. I literally have watched tens of thousands of hours of hockey in my lifetime now. But I am not a “hockey person” by definition.
I am also on the Executive Committee now at the NHL. I am on the Board of Governors too having attended almost 50 meetings since we bought the team. I have also become a student of the game talking to as many successful people in the league as I can so I can do what is called “Best Practices” for our team.
Yet even with all of this on the job training and exposure to the team and league, I AGREE that I am not a hockey person and would never assume that I would know what to do to build a team as to specifics; salary cap management; execution; systems; lines to play; players to draft and the like. So I agree with you all. Thank you. And thank goodness.
I returned from a business trip to NYC and went right to the Verizon Center to see Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in concert.
Bruuuuccceeee!!!!!!!!!
Bruce is truly one of the greatest concert entertainers of his generation. He may be 60 years old now but his shows always have an honestly and integrity about them. His band is tight. He still has great pipes and he “audiences surfed” 30 minutes into the show if you can believe it.
I first saw Bruce on the campus of Georgetown University back in 1976. He was just being discovered and to be frank, he has remained authentic to his roots through all of these years. He has so much energy and he treats his audience with so much respect. The show was a total sellout and the fans just adore BRUUUCCCEEE!!!!!!!!!
After the show I was honored to meet with him and with some of my friends. For a 60 year old man, Bruce is buff. He was so happy to be amongst his family and friends after the show. He is a role model on how to age with dignity and grace. I asked him how long he planned on performing and he said, “I think I can and will play in some sort of venue into my 90’s. I have longevity from the Italian side of my family.”
