Battles About To Begin

Training camps are about to begin and John Grigg of The Hockey News takes a look at the Top 10 battles within the camps… 1. Jose Theodore vs. Semyon Varlamov, Washington Whoever wins this battle of the netminders will have a great team to play behind and should approach 40 wins. As in Anaheim, you have to give the more expensive Theodore the upper hand to begin, but Varlamov showed talent and mettle in the playoffs. Theodore also has traditionally not done well under pressure and a summer of personal tragedy will surely add another distraction. The safe money is on Theodore to begin the year as the starter and for Varlamov to finish it. But we’d put everything on Varlamov. more