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Found February 26, 2013 on Shutdown Line: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Alexander Semin,  Troy Brouwer,  Adam Oates,  Brooks Laich,  Michal Neuvirth,  Braden Holtby,  Alexander Ovechkin,  Zac Dalpe,  Jordan Staal,  Marc-Andre Gragnani,  Michal Jordan,  Mike Green,  Joel Ward
TEAMS: Carolina Hurricanes,  Washington Capitals,  Tampa Bay Lightning
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Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals 7 p.m, Verizon Center TV: FS-Carolinas, CSN-Washington The big storyline going into tonight will be that it is Alexander Semin's first game at Washington since signing with the Carolina Hurricanes. Semin had many successful years with the Caps before leaving for Carolina via free agency and he was pretty popular with a lot of fans but hated by others. Semin was a fantastic goal-scorer and underrated two-way player during his time in Washington but was criticized for his "work-ethic" and was scapegoated as a "lazy player" whenever things weren't going his team's way. It's not my place to say whether any of those accusations are true or not, but even some teammates have called him out on it. The most recent being Troy Brouwer who said that "there were some nights when you didn't know if he was going tos how up to a rink" in a recent interview. His work ethic might be questionable a...
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