i’m just thinking of the community you guys seem to be trying to build (including the parties and such throughout the season). would help give a place for everyone to talk/come together instead of through these threads. DISQUS does the FB sign-in thing anyway, maybe it could do that for a forum run by/ruled by/moderated by RMNB. it might not be wildly popular (that just means less work for you), but i think it’d be totes awesome for those of us that want to discuss what’s happen’n.

T-SHIRTS:
Jason Chimera had a breakout year this past season, scoring a
career-best 20 goals/39 points as he found his “finish”. Thus he
completed the metamorphosis from “Old Concrete Hands” to…The Ice Cheetah™.
How about a shirt to honor the contributions his blazing speed and
new-found scoring touch make to this roster? Also, I believe it is time
for a third sweater that looks something like this:

http://www.icethetics.info/concepts/tag/washington-capitals

…so
how about a long-sleeved red T-shirt with a big-azz Weagle on the
front, and the name “Newthirdplease” and the number “12-13″ on the back.

FEATURE ARTICLE: From 1995 to 2007, the Caps changed their team
colors from red/white/blue to blue/bronze/black–resulting in arguably
some of the busiest, ugliest sweaters in the NHL at that time. Those
years included some dark days: Esa Tikannen missing an open net in the
SCF; the Jagr Debacle, the Great Fire Sale of 2004, the Lockout. But
there was also the return of winning, the coming of the Sashas, and a
move–for good or ill, depending upon whom you ask) to more modern,
centrally located digs downtown. During those 12 years a number of
quality players made DC their home, only to depart before the red
sweaters (and better times) returned. The proposed title of this
feature would be :”Good Guys Wear Black: Notable Capitals Players Who Never
Rocked The Red”. It would examine where they came from, what they did
during their time in Washington, and where they ended up. The list
might include:

Trevor Linden
Jeff Friesen
Robert Lang–Always smiling, always working hard, he was the Anti-Jagr.
Dainius Zubrus–with his matinee-idol looks, he was the ur-Brooksie.
Anson Carter
Mike Grier

Phil Housley
Andrei Nikolishin
Ulf Dahlen
Chris Simon
Dmitri Khristich
Stephen Peat
Brian Sutherby
Steve Eminger
Brendan Witt

And–last but not least–Our new coach, Adam Oates

(Jagr would be conspicuously absent from this list).

In fact, if you’ll run it, I’ll even be willing to research and write it.

Please let me know what you think.

I’m just worried we’ll build it and no one will come!