After Olaf Kolzig left the Washington Capitals in 2008, there was a big, crucial hole to fill in their lineup between the pipes. The team tried things with Jose Theodore, Semyon Varlamov, and Michal Neuvirth, but none of these proved to be the true number-one goalie of the future for them.
RICHMOND, Va. -- "Yep, there's this week's strip." Not thirty seconds had passed since Tristan Jarry's shot found the back of the Lightning net Thursday night that I decided to shift the Cartoon Canon strip I'd been working on to the back burner, in favor of one memorializing the moment I'd just witnessed.
Once every four years do we see Feb. 29 on our calendars. In honor of this uncommon occurrence, we’ve found 29 athletes who wore No. 29 during their careers.