Ted's Take

Last night after Alex scored his third goal in the first period, I was seen talking on my cell phone standing in the owner

Check it out.

I believe this premise very much. The natural extension of Moore’s Law (faster - better - cheaper -smaller) is to be "free". On the net, everything that is paid for will one day be free. After becoming free, it will evolve to a day where a company pays the customer to use its products. That is next step in the natural evolution. Don

We had a big crowd for a Monday night game, again over 17,000. Thank you. And thanks to Student Rush. That new program is really terrific and the crowds are loud and having a lot of fun!

We could lose 1-0 or 10-1 on Wednesday. It is the nature of pro sports. I have been on both sides of a whooping. A game like last night is an anomaly. We only get two points for the win. It was a good start to a tough week but Wednesday’s game is equally as important as last night’s game. It was great to see Alex Ovechkin get his 50th goal and to see basically the entire team having fun playing an aggressive offensive style. I also must note that it was Matt Cooke’s goal to open the scoring that got us started. Welcome to Washington, Matt.  We play Boston two more times. They can

I received an apology today from the fan who cursed at us for starting Olie in goal on Saturday. He used the F word in his headline and the email went from bad to worse from there. Thank you for the apology. It has been accepted.

I have never met this writer and never talked to him about my views on player relations. But I have personally been involved with the two largest deals in NHL history: Jagr’s extension for $77 million and the deal we just completed with Alex Ovechkin for $124 million. So I committed almost $200 million to two players and he calls me a "hawk". I just hope I don

What an amazing number - 280 million Sony Trinitrons sold since 1968 - and now gone forever. RIP indeed.