Washington Redskins Free Agents

With the NFL’s free agency period fast approaching, there are a few Washington Redskins players that will be free agents unless contract settlements are reached or offers are tendered before the deadline. NFL teams have until March 1st to submit their offers. The Redskins most important free agent to retain this off season is undoubtedly … Read more

Kolzig Out Three Weeks; Johnson In

Washington Capitals’ goaltender Olaf Kolzig injured his right knee at practice on Monday, and is expected to be out for three weeks. The injury occurred when Olie kicked his left leg out to stop a routine shot while practicing at the Kettler Capitals Iceplex yesterday. Whether or not the injury will require surgery is not … Read more

Jon Jansen Signed A Contract Extension For The Redskins

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The longest tenured player on the Redskins roster – Jon Jansen – signed a contract extension on Tuesday that just might guarantee that he will remain a Redskin for his entire career. At 31-years old, it’s doubtful that Jansen’s football days will see much more than the 2011 season that he extended his contract through. … Read more

Olie, Semin Snap Caps’ Skid

Going into Sunday night’s game against the once heated rival New York Islanders, the Washington Capitals had lost three in a row and six of their last eight games, including a 2-0 loss to the Penguins the previous day. They needed a win. The night started out well, with Matt Pettinger grabbing a rebound off … Read more

Canada Advances to Finals at NFL GJC

Canada staved off two tough battles on Wednesday to earn the right to defend their titles at the NFL Global Junior Championships on Saturday. Both Japan and France pushed Canada in preliminary action, but in the end, the Canadian team’s running game was just too much. In Canada’s first game of the tournament against France, … Read more

Six Pack: Playoff Edition

In the spirit of constructive criticism, we here at the Six Pack have a list of suggestions to spruce up the NFL playoffs. 1) Two words: longer replays. Let’s put some effort in here folks: yes, as it stands now we get to see the exact same 10 second play several times from multiple angles. … Read more

Fehr Gets Call, First Career NHL Goal

The Washington Capitals recalled Eric Fehr from the defending AHL champion Hershey Bears Saturday, January 27, and Fehr made the most of his opportunity, netting his first career NHL goal. The goal came in the Caps 7-3 win over the same Carolina Hurricanes that beat the Caps Friday night, 6-2 Fehr got his first mark … Read more

Caps Club ‘Canes

It didn’t take the Washington Capitals long to give the home-crowd at the Verizon Center something to cheer about on Saturday night. Within a minute of the game’s opening face-off the Caps had registered two board-rattling hits. Each of the hits, dished out by Brian Sutherby and Alex Ovechkin respectively, resulted in a Carolina Hurricane … Read more

Hall of Shame Time?

It’s that time of year again. Time for Redskin fans to gear up for their annual Hall of Fame disappointment. This year, there are two Redskins up for disappointment; the ever-present Art Monk, and Russ Grimm. The two legendary former Redskins made the first induction ‘cut’, along with fifteen others. Paul Tagliabue, wide receivers Monk, … Read more

Caps End Slide

The Washington Capitals got a much needed 5-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night, to end their losing streak at three. The win also ended a six-game road losing streak. Beating a tough division rival Hurricanes team took a strong team effort; the game was a lot closer than the final outcome indicated. … Read more