Tuesday brought us "A" vs. "C" in the Duchesne Cup competition, and the first training camp scrimmage appearance by Alexander Ovechkin. He didn't take long to make his mark, scoring the game's first goal in the opening minutes on a deflection that fluttered over Jason Bacashihua's left shoulder like a changeup. In what may well have been foreshadowing of opening night in Beantown, Ovi skated alongside Nick Backstrom and Mike Knuble. But the line wasn't dominant in this scrimmage like you might imagine it ought to have been. The Capitals seemed prepared for Tuesday's unusual mid-summer heat in mid-September: Kettler was as cold inside as I can ever remember it, even in the dead of winter. At one point Bruce Boudreau walked by a contingent of reporters on his way up to watch the scrimmage from on high, in only shorts and a golf shirt, and when asked about the rink climate he replied, "I'm frozen." The ice was hard and fast, b...
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