I think it’s really humorous that some people want to use this foroum and issue as a reason why you should give even more money to your Alma Mater, my understanding is you are already one of the biggest donors. Assuming that’s true given your civic pride and responsible behaviour, I’ll say this on your behalf to those who have great ideas as to what you should do with more of your money. To folks like kchoya: If you are a GU alum or just fan - become a booster and give more of your own money to GU both for Academics and Athletics.

In the meantime, my votes are 1) stop/severly curtail intermission activities on ice; 2) Move start times 1/2 later to get more time to prepare/cultivate the ice when there is a basketball game preceeding the hockey game; 3) Get the demumidifiers the NHL is recommending in place by hook or by crook (Washington Sports & Entertainment should foot the bill, not Lincoln Holdings but either way they appear needed); 4) Assuming the experts are in consensus lower the arena temperature and if it’ll help do it earlier in the day (even if it’s during a GU basketball game or the circus.

LETS GO CAPS!!!

Besides agreeing with the comments about lowering the building’s temperature and getting dehumidifiers, other improvements might marginally improve ice conditions. First, install revolving doors on the F Street entrances. Sure, they will leave a larger footprint, but the longest and most-used side of the building won’t be left wide open to rising outdoor temps for more than an hour before gametime.

Second, limit the number of doors opened at 6pm. Perhaps even keep some key doors shut until a half-hour before the puck drops. Yes, some pre-game skate fans may get momentarily confused or upset a time or two, but announcements and directional signs could be made, and outdoor ushers could direct early arrivers to the smaller 7th Street entrance. Isn’t the Acela Club also located above 7th Street? As you know, most Washington area fans are anything but early arrivers.

Well, as soon as Georgetown becomes a big state school (like Maryland) to spend a ton of money on a new arena and has acres of open space suddenly appear, and doesn’t have to deal with the anti-everything forces in Georgetown, it will get its own arena.

In the meantime, Caps fans will have to live with the fact that there are other tenants in the Verizon Center. I count up FIVE WHOLE DAYS where Georgetown and the Caps have played (or will play) on the same day at the VC. I think that’s pretty manageable.

BTW, the guy who could probably be the biggest [financial] help in getting Georgetown a new arena is the guys at the top of the blog, a Georgetown alum.

If bringing in the dehumidifiers will help, do that as well. If we need to reduce the air temperature, do that too.

As we are anticipating this season going longer into the summer than any in recent memory, please troubleshoot this NOW. Try anything, everything to get this right asap.

Can you imagine the furor — and the negative publicity — if FedEx Field had deep ruts and grooves from poor groundskeeping? How would the press respond if a star player making millions of dollars a year suffered an injury (e.g., a groin injury or high ankle strain) that laid him out for an extended period of time?

I will agree with Trackback’s previous post about the “Unleash the Fury” video. I don’t think anything else can replicate the effect it has on the crowd, and in the Ottawa game, they scored *IMMEDIATELY* afterwards on the power play.

Thanks for all you do!