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Not Much More to Say

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Thom Loverro wrote a good story here about tonight’s game.

My comments are from the heart. I know what Olie Kolzig meant to our franchise and to our fans.

But we have a game to play tonight and we need the two points.

For the first time ever, we will show a video recognizing a player on another team. After Olie retires, we can all talk about his legacy. But for now, I hope we win the game against division rival Tampa.

In my mind, Olie will always be a Washington Capital but he signed with Tampa as a free agent and he will be in goal tonight against us so we have to put all of the memories aside and focus on a win. That is what the game is about tonight, two points.

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I was sad to read this piece in the Washington Post this morning.

I will never ever say anything negative about Olie Kolzig. He has been a great player. He is a great person and I will always take the high road about anything having to do with Olie. He is truly one of my favorite players ever to wear a Caps jersey. Our fan base loves Olie Kolzig and deservedly so. I will always respect what he says and support him in any decision he makes.

I will try to connect with George McPhee and Dick Patrick today to discuss this matter.

We have not spoken to Olie since the season ended and we now need to get together with Olie to discuss the content of this article. It would have been better for us to connect before this story ran but such is life in professional sports.

I am proud of the way our team played this year and I am proud of all of the contributions made by every single player and member of management. We achieved our goal of winning a division title and of making the playoffs. That was our key deliverable to our fan base and for the health of our franchise.

I, too, wish we had been able to hoist a Stanley Cup together.