I don’t know what planet you’re on, but the Post, Tarik El-Bashir’s blog specifically, has some of the best local team coverage of any NHL team in the US.

It doesn’t matter if much of it doesn’t show up in the print edition. Nobody reads that anymore anyway.

As for the whole division banner thing, Simmons’ point is that last year’s division title is one of the few titles Washington has had in recent years. Most other cities have more than that. It is what it is. People are going to mock that until things change, and given the Caps direction, I think it will.

Not a joke: ESPN was showing a live poker game the other night, but doesn’t broadcast NHL games.

Also, I presume he has never gone outside Fenway Park to see his beloved Red Sox and seen the banners commemorating the AL East titles.

Of NHL teams, I believe only the Canadiens and Leafs don’t have divisional banners - and in fact, some teams even carry the playoff divisional banners (something the Caps don’t have from 1989-90).

And if not, why was the banner mentioned? Fail.

I am a longtime Caps fan, going back to the beginning. I used to listen to the games on the radio in the first season. I have been thru the heartbreak. But things are different now. I can see it and feel it. It’s a shame the Washington Post and Times do not give hockey the coverage it deserves and this team deserves. I go to other cities must smaller and can get so much more NHL information that the locals give you. You have built a winner like you promised. But the job isn’t done yet, but Mr Leonsis, the Stanley Cup is within our grasp like no other time in our history. The buzz entered the building a year ago and its a championship buzz. Last season was heartbreak also, but we were still a year away at that point. Our time has come and I hope you get to enjoy this as much as I am.