Here is a nice slide show of images from the wonderful Caps Convention this past Saturday. Check them out here on On Frozen Blog.

Someone asked me on Saturday if I would commit to them that we would do the Caps Convention on an annual basis. I responded that we would have to get perspective first on how this one went and listen to our fan base about how to improve before we could make any decisions. That got me to thinking about commitment and pledges.

So herewith my pledges to you:

• We will always operate the team as if it is a public trust. It is our job and responsibility to hold a mirror up to our community and be a reflection of the best of our fan base;
• We will always strive to be transparent and open and communicate often and honestly with our fan base;
• We will be interactive and high tech/high touch as an organization;
• We will always remain humble and hungry and sweat all of the details;
• We will be first class in all of our efforts. We will do less things but the things we do undertake as a franchise will be world class in execution;
• We will adhere to a system and a plan and stick with our strategy;
• We will strive for continuity and harmony;
• We will strive to offer value in all offerings to our fans. We seek ” Happiness” as a state of mind and being for our fan base;
• We will be an innovator and leader in our marketing and customer relations efforts;
• We will work hard to keep our team together so we can ice a great team for a long time;
• We will only be focused as an organization on winning the Stanley Cup. We have a singular goal.

Thank you to all of our fans who attended the Caps Convention this weekend. Thank you to all of our fans who can’t wait for the new season to start. We have our hands full to meet expectations this season. Might as well go out and see what we are made of. Drop the puck – let’s go! Go Caps!