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May 27, 2008
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WASHINGTON
GM The Caps’ late-season run erased speculation about his job status, but George McPhee still plays everything close to the vest. He’ll spend the off-season trying to convince UFA goalie Cristobal Huet to stay in D.C. and working to lock up some key RFAs (Boyd Gordon, Mike Green, Shaone Morrisonn). McPhee’s mission is to find inexpensive, productive players who can grow around superstar Alex Ovechkin, whose 13-year contract kicks in next season COACH Bruce Boudreau, Washington’s unexpected savior, was signed to a multi-year extension, although McPhee refuses to say for how long or how much. Boudreau will further put his stamp on the Capitals, finding some role players who can excel in his forechecking scheme.…
EDMONTON
GM Kevin Lowe, signed through 2012, has built one of the youngest and most exciting teams in the league. With youngsters Sam Gagner, Andrew Cogliano, Robert Nilsson, Tom Gilbert and Kyle Brodziak, the foundation is in place for now and tomorrow. Lowe said at season’s end he likes his roster and doesn’t anticipate any major moves, but nobody’s ruling out a July 1 pitch at a mid-level unrestricted free agent. COACH Craig MacTavish is signed through 2011, so he’s not looking over his shoulder. MacTavish did a masterful job down the stretch, leading an injury-riddled team full of rookies to within a whisper of the playoffs. His work didn’t go unnoticed as he was added to Team Canada’s coaching staff for the World Championship.…
CAROLINA
GM Owner Peter Karmanos has yet to hear from the Leafs, a team reportedly interested in GM Jim Rutherford – and said he isn’t sure he’d grant them permission to talk to him, anyway. Though the GM indirectly criticized coach Peter Laviolette’s work a few days after the Canes missed the playoffs for the second straight season, Rutherford and Karmanos both said they would like to let emotions recede before they make any decisions going forward. COACH Laviolette has three years remaining on the contract he signed after leading the Canes to the Cup in 2006. Among Canes fans, 93 percent of voters in an online poll wanted the team to retain the coach. The re-signing of Sergei Samsonov also seems to indicate Laviolette will be back.…
Cup champs come calling
Talk about a good first impression. Mathieu Poitras attended the Anaheim Ducks rookie camp four years ago, just prior to joining the McGill Redmen. With the 2007 Cup champs in need of a third-string goalie for this post-season and not wanting to waste a call-up from the minors, Poitras was brought aboard for what ended up being a three-week tryout. He didn’t see any action, but the 25-year-old mechanical engineering senior returned to Montreal two days after the Ducks were eliminated to a hero’s welcome and a job in hockey. The former Rouyn-Noranda Husky and recent graduate has been offered a position at Nike Bauer.…
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