Going on Vacation!!

With Free Agent news all but grinding to a halt, I will be heading to the beach with the family for a week. If any news would arise, either BEARS or Caps related, check out John Walton's blog(http://www.johnwaltonhockey.com/) or Tim Leone at http://www.pennlive.com/. In a few weeks I will be heading north to Central PA to catch up with some of the voice's of the East Division for the Annual AHL/East Division Golf & Poker outing. Should be fun again this year. Talk to all of you in a few weeks.

Development Camp Another Success

The 2009 Caps Summer Development Camp has come to an end. The Caps rookie draft picks, free agents and second year guys have completed another weeks worth of workouts and scrimmages.

Todays scrimmage was played in front of a packed house at the Kettler Capitals Iceplex. For the second year in a row the main rink was "sold out". People were standing five and six people deep along the boards. The players have all metioned through various interviews this week, that they have been suprised by the amount of specatators showing up for the workouts. There is nothing like hockey in July.

All of the players will be heading home to take a few days off before getting back out in the weight room or on the ice to prepare for their upcoming seasons. Most assuradly these guys will be ready to go come training camp in September for the big club, or their Junior or college clubs. They can all however take away one thing from this week in suburban DC, Washington is a hockeytown that loves its team.

The Mayors Term has ended in Hershey

News out of Central PA today is that Dean Arsene has signed a one year, two-way contract with the Edmonton Oilers/Springfield Falcons. Deano was the longest tenured BEAR and will most certainly be missed on and off the ice. Deano was offered a chance to compete for a spot in the NHL,which according to reports wasn't going to come from Washington. It's sad to see Deano move on but just like the rest of us he is chasing a dream.

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