Big Trade

Scott Hannan for Tomas Fleischmann.

A tough and battled tested D man comes our way.

A young and talented forward goes to Colorado.

Both players are in the last year of their respective contracts.

I think this trade helps both teams.

I am happy with the trade–although I will  miss Tomas–who blossomed into a regular 20 goal scorer under our coach’s tutelage.

I think adding to our D corp was the right move at this time for our club. Go Caps.

Coach on Line Dancing

Our coach did a great job getting the team over its small slump– as we have picked up 6 of 6 points in the last week.

Here is a good piece by Mike Vogel on how a coach and his staff matter.

Read this one if you can; thank you.

A good day of practice today; then we head to a back to back road trip. We haven’t had much success in St Louis; so I expect  a very tough game on Wednesday night. Go Caps.

Brandon Flowers at 930 Club

I went to this show last night with Seth Hurwitz; owner of the 930 club.

We had the opportunity to meet with Brandon Flowers before his show– he is an amazingly talented young man; a great song writer–a strong vocalist and has a very unique stage presence.

His band the “Killers” are fantastic;and Brandon is now embarking on a tour to promote his solo album. I met Brandon  for a moment  at the Live8 show in London a few years back as AOL was the producer of the show. The band’s performance  was one of the highlights of the show for me and my family. They combined a gospel; country–rock and  alt vibe–all rolled into one band. Continue reading

Little Consolation In A Loss

Against a team that has three real stars–and a lot of expectations heaped upon it. It is almost as if the media is upset at the  Heat  for NOT living up to the hype that the media itself created . Read this article — what disdain.

As noted, free agency is not a panacea. You cant win titles in the off season with press releases.  Drafting and developing a core is the way to go–  there is no easy and fast way to win and then compete and win  a title. Chemistry matters;and it takes a long time to gel as a team.  But we cant worry about other teams–we have our own rebuild to worry about. And our own tough love and our own mistakes to fix to focus upon. Continue reading