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Ten years can host a lot of line combinations on any hockey team, but few stand out. For the Lightning, we name five different combos and note their significance to the team since 2000.

[AP Preview - WashingtonCaps.com Preview] The cards, it would seem, are stacked against the Caps tonight. They're playing in a building in which they haven't won since before the lockout (0-5-1),...

Looking for an all-star vote process that doesn't have any Canadiens players in the mix? It'll be Russia versus the world in the KHL's all-star game, and so far, the support has been big for the...

According to Bruce Garrioch, "[t]here's talk the Caps might ship D Ben Clymer to the Pens."Considering that a) it's Garrioch and b) he lists Clymer as a defenseman, I don't put much faith in this...

USA Today has an article on Michael Nylander's return to D.C., Tarik takes a look at Ben Clymer's "weird situation," Corey profiles Mike Green as he tries to make the team, Vogs chats with and a...

We're a week away from opening night and there's a whole lot of nothing going on regarding Caps coverage in today's papers (other than a note from up North about how the Caps and Leafs may be...

Earlier today the Caps signed Tomas Fleischmann (a formality we all knew was coming, and a potentially great deal at $495,000 for this season), sent Jame Pollock to Hershey (no surprise) and also...

According to the roster on the team site, Alex Semin has been placed on injured reserve. Of course, that same roster (which, incidentally, is fed to the Caps site by a central register of players)...

Two quick notes - Alex Semin was activated from the IR this morning and is expected to be in the lineup tonight, and Ben Clymer has cleared re-entry waivers, but is still a Hershey Bear.