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Blogger's Roundtable on the New Season

Found September 21, 2009 on On Frozen Blog: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Jose Theodore
TEAMS: Washington Capitals

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Last week the DC Pro Sports Report asked us to join an impressive consortium of local hockey bloggers and answer seven key questions about the Capitals and the new hockey season, and we happily obliged. Here were the questions:Will the Caps three-peat as SE Division Champs?Do you foresee a Washington Capitals Stanley Cup appearance this season?If and when will Semyon Varlamov wrestle the starting goalie job from Jose Theodore?Each year there seems to be a surprise offensive player.  Who will it be this year?What player or type of player does the Washington Capitals need to make that final push to win the Cup?What impact will 2008 1st rounder John Carlson will make on the Caps this season?Rank the SE Divison standingsIt's always fun (and flattering) to keep company with the likes of Japer's, Off Wing Opinion, Peerless, John Walton, the Examiner's Brian McNally, and Rebecca from A View from the Cheap Seats, among others. The virtue of having the divergent views of so many quality blog...
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