Capitals' Walker Set to Make Impact in Another Game 7

Filed under: Canadiens, Capitals, NHL PlayoffsARLINGTON, Va. -- Scott Walker has been alone with his thoughts plenty through the first six games of the first-round series as he sat in the press box with the other healthy scratches for the Washington Capitals. He said those thoughts, however, remained squarely on hockey, something he couldn't say the last time he was party to a Game 7 -- a fate the Capitals face as they look to avoid a major first-round upset by the Montreal Canadiens at Verizon Center Wednesday night. "There were so many different things going on," Walker said at the team's practice facility Wednesday morning. "Game 7 didn't really matter much to me last year. It did in a sense, but it really didn't." Walker, who is expected to be inserted into the lineup, was part of a Carolina Hurricanes club that had taken the Boston Bruins the distance in the second round last season. Immediately before Game 7, Walker learned that his wif...