Still a Captial(s) Concern: Verizon Center Ice Quality

I wasn't able to follow either of the Capitals' victories over the holiday weekend, so I perused some traditional print media coverage of the games this morning. Imagine my non-surprise, though, when I discovered that the most newsworthy-noteworthy coverage came from a blogger buddy who was in Nassau Coliseum yesterday. Pepper in the postgame put an innocent question about the Islanders' home ice quality to Caps' captain Chris Clark:"I tossed a softball to the baseball fan, expecting some diplomatic assent: 'I know a lot of people have talked about the Verizon Center ice. It seems like its been better this year - ' And Chris just cut me off with an exasperated look that suggested a profound frustration."No," shaking his head. "It's the worst. Today, [again, talking about Nassau] it just stayed wet for a little while. You could tell with the referees coming out and moving the water around a little bit. But I still say Verizon,...