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After last April's disappointing early exit from the playoffs, the Washington Capitals' front office remained surprisingly quiet. Erika Schnure reports. [FULL STORY]

Johansson: A Solution at Center?
Heading into the July 1 free agency frenzy, Capitals General Manager George McPhee didn't seem too worried about the future of his team. read more...

Capitals prepared for free agency
The Capitals will be fairly active in the free agent market, but GM George McPhee plans on proceeding with caution, the Washington Post reported on its website. read more...

ROSTER

Pos.	PLAYER	10-11 SALARY	10-11 CAP HIT
C	Nicklas Backstrom	$6,000,000	$6,700,000
C	Brooks Laich	$2,400,000	$2,066,667
C	David Steckel	$1,100,000	$1,100,000
D	Karl Alzner	$875,000	$1,675,000
D	John Carlson	$875,000	$845,833
D	John Erskine	$1,250,000	$1,250,000
D	Brian Fahey	$500,000	$500,000
D	Mike Green	$5,000,000	$5,250,000
D	Tom Poti	$3,500,000	$3,500,000
D	Jeff Schultz	$2,500,000	$2,750,000
G	Michael Neuvirth	$765,000	$821,667
G	Semyon Varlamov	$765,000	$821,667
LW	Jason Chimera	$1,875,000	$1,875,000
LW	Tomas Fleischmann	$2,600,000	$2,600,000
LW	D.J. King	$625,000	$637,500
LW	Alex Ovechkin	$9,000,000	$9,538,462
LW	Alexander Semin	$6,000,000	$6,000,000
RW	Matt Bradley	$1,000,000	$1,000,000
RW	Eric Fehr	$2,200,000	$2,200,000
RW	Boyd Gordon	$800,000	$800,000
RW	Mike Knuble	$2,800,000	$2,800,000

1st ROUND DRAFT HISTORY
YEAR	#	PLAYER	Pos.	DRAFT FROM	LEAGUE
2010	26	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	Traktor Chelyabinsk	KHL
2009	24	Marcus Johansson	C	Farjestad	SWEDEN
2008	21 27	Anton Gustafsson John Carlson	C D	Frolunda Jrs. Indiana Ice	SWEDEN USHL
2007	5	Karl Alzner	D	Calgary Hitmen	WHL
2006	4 23	Nicklas Backstrom Semen Varlamov	C G	Brynas IF Gavle Yaroslavl-2	SWEDEN RUSSIA

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TEAM INFO.
Arena	Verizon Center
Capacity	18,277
Address	627 North Glebe Rd, Suite 850 Arlington, VA 22203
Phone	1-202-266-2350
GM	George McPhee
Head Coach	Bruce Boudreau

TEAM HEADLINES
Jun. 06	Capitals won't re-sign Corvo