Tonight we bump heads with the bolts. I look for us to defend our home ice as usual, and that will put us in the win column again!
GO CAPS!!!!!
Notes from the Caps Insider:
Posted at 11:39 AM ET, 01/ 1/2009
Thursday Morning Update
Brent Johnson was the first goaltender off the ice this morning and will start tonight against the Lightning. This will be Johnson's first start since Dec. 20 against Philadelphia, when he was pulled after allowing three goals on 13 shots in the Flyers' 7-1 win. Prior to that game Johnson won five straight starts.
"As good as Theo has played Brent has also played well and deserves a start," Coach Bruce Boudreau said. "Looking around the league this year you need both goaltenders....Very few teams have been able to run with one at all times so we have to keep our guys sharp."
*Karl Alzner told me he's good to go and Tyler Sloan will be sent down to Hershey. He walked out of Kettler this morning as the rest of the Caps settled in for their morning meeting.
*It's definitely a good sign that Alexander Semin (back) skated for the second-straight day, but he wasn't skating all out when he did participate in a few shooting drills, but spent most of his on-ice time stretching along the boards. Boudreau said he wants to see how Semin feels after the next full practice but estimated that he could be ready to play in the next week.