And appreciated.
Thank you. See this story from The Hockey News.
Tag Archives: John Carlson
Kicking It with Carlson
Thank you John. So great that you are deep into community relations this summer; having fun; supporting local charities; and being a stalwart member of our community. Well done. We are all grateful. Click here for this NHL.com article on John’s soccer prowess.
KaBOOM!
Play and kids.
A great cause.
Click here for more details on playgrounds and the power of play.
Also, John Carlson is a very mature young man and very serious and committed to our community.
He is a wonderful player with tremendous upside and a pillar for our blue line. For years to come. Just a tremendous young man. I am proud of him.
And I thank Elliot in the Morning as well, our biggest and most loyal supporter and a true giant in the radio industry.
This is exactly what I love seeing – great young players spending time in our community giving back; hanging around Kettler; skating; staying in shape; having fun; and mingling with our fans all summer long.
Go Play. Thank you. Give some attention to KaBOOM!
An Interesting Read
I thought the same thing myself last night after watching in wonder as a 3-0 late game lead evaporated and ended in a 5 to 3 loss.
On top of last year’s upset by the American team led by John Carlson. Captain America.
Somehow someone will take an editorial jab at us for this, won’t they?
Youth and More Youth
We promised a team that was built around a young core.
John Carlson is a big part of that plan. See article here.
We could be a younger team this coming season. I count a new young goaltender; two young D men; and a new young center all having a great chance to play big minutes for our team this season.
I hope and believe we will improve by getting younger!
The draft has been very good to us as a team.
A Bright Future
As I have noted, we will be even better next season.
We made a subtle trade several years ago trading a D man to Philly for a first round pick and that turned into John Carlson.
John is only 20 years old.
He is now a top 4 D man in our line up. He can actually qualify as a rookie next season.
He is a big time player. He is skilled. He is clutch. He is a two way D man. He is younger than my son.
The draft is a good thing.
We are committed to our plan. We believe in young players and our core.
Our core delivered yesterday. John Carlson has “the glow.” He is a winner.
The future is the present and the future is the future. Not sure what I just typed but I know you all know what I mean!
Twenty Frames of Fame
I loved this shot by shot photography and I loved the last video. Here is John Carlson’s championship winning goal in all of its glory.
I thought last night’s game against the Senators was a good one by us. We had excellent team play; very good goaltending; and stars scoring all in front of a packed house. Go Caps! That was fun.
We now go on the road – yet again – so ends the home stand for three games against three division opponents and two in back to back games. It will be tough going I am sure.
I also enjoyed watching broom hockey after our game last night. That was a lot of fun.
Making Some News
The Washington Capitals made some news, too. 
We won last night 4-2 over a very good Montreal team. That was good news.
We named Alex Ovechkin our Captain after a unanimous vote by his teammates. We were reminded of the fact that Alex Ovechkin is only the second player in NHL history to be named to the First Team All-Star Team in his first four years in the NHL. The players gave Alex a standing ovation in the locker room when the announcement was made. That was great news.
Last night Alex Semin had a bravado performance. I was most delighted by his second goal - a rocket that even the opposing goaltender was impressed with - and it was wonderful to see our second young goaltender, Michael Neuvirth, have another great performance. I guess those who were concerned about our goaltending can now take comfort in the fact that as a franchise, we may have the best situation in goal for a group of young goaltenders in the entire league. We now have three young goaltenders that will all play in the NHL. Some experts think all three can be stars. Outstanding news, don’t you think?
And let us not forget that in the Junior World Championships last night - the Finals - the US against Canada. Our young D-man prospect, John Carlson, scored two goals; One to break a tie and then the game winner - the series winner – in overtime to get the US a championship. John had a wonderful series and was the dominant D man in the series. That was fantastic news for the US and the junior hockey program at large.
So a good win at home; a historic player is named Captain; sublime performances by other up and coming great young players; a championship winning goal by a prospect on national TV to secure a championship. A good news day. Thank you.
Last Night’s Draft Moves
We drafted a defensively responsible, big, edgy center that happens to be the son of one of our former star players and a big, rugged, talented defenseman who will mentor under Dale Hunter next season. We used some assets to trade up to claim these two prospects and we will develop them through our systems and believe they will both play in the NHL in two to three years time.
We have used the most first round picks of any team in the NHL now over the last seven years. This is a big part of our overall strategy to use the draft to feed our system and add depth to the team. We always want players who are young to be pushing players that are coming off of contract. We always want to have lots of assets developing as it gives us “optionality” for trades in the future as well.
I will personally miss Steve Eminger and thank him for his contributions to our team.