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He's heard his name being tossed around the rumor mill, but Capitals center Michael Nylander doesn't plan on going anywhere, reports the Washington Post. [FULL STORY]

Capitals looking to move Nylander?
The Washington Capitals are among the teams currently over the $56.7 million salary cap, prompting speculation on how they will get under it. read more...

Capitals sign Steckel to extension
The Washington Capitals have signed center David Steckel to a one-year contract extension for the 2009-10 season. read more...

TOP PROSPECTS
PLAYER	AGE	POS.	LEAGUE
Karl Alzner	19	D	WHL
Semen Varlamov	20	G	RUSSIA
Anton Gustafsson	18	C	SWEDEN
John Carlson	18	D	NCAA
Josh Godfrey	20	D	AHL

1st ROUND DRAFT HISTORY
YEAR	#	PLAYER	Pos.	DRAFT FROM	LEAGUE
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
2005	14 27	Sasha Pokulok Joe Finley	D D	Cornell University Sioux Falls Stampede	NCAA USHL
2004	1 27 29	Alexander Ovechkin Jeff Schultz Mike Green	LW D D	Moscow Dynamo Calgary Hitmen Saskatoon Blades	RUSSIA WHL WHL

Pos.	PLAYER	08-09 SALARY	08-09 CAP HIT
C	Nicklas Backstrom	$850,000	$2,400,000
C	Sergei Fedorov	$4,000,000	$4,000,000
C	Viktor Kozlov	$2,500,000	$2,500,000
C	Brooks Laich	$1,700,000	$2,066,667
C	Michael Nylander	$5,500,000	$4,875,000
C	David Steckel	$500,000	$512,500
D	Karl Alzner	$875,000	$1,675,000
D	John Erskine	$550,000	$537,500
D	Mike Green	$6,000,000	$5,250,000
D	Milan Jurcina	$912,500	$881,250
D	Shaone Morrisonn	$1,975,000	$1,975,000
D	Brian Pothier	$2,500,000	$2,500,000
D	Tom Poti	$3,500,000	$3,500,000
D	Jeff Schultz	$650,000	$763,889
G	Brent Johnson	$825,000	$812,500
G	Jose Theodore	$4,500,000	$4,500,000
LW	Donald Brashear	$1,200,000	$1,200,000
LW	Tomas Fleischmann	$725,000	$725,000
LW	Quintin Laing	$500,000	$487,500
LW	Alexander Ovechkin	$9,000,000	$9,538,462
LW	Alexander Semin	$4,200,000	$4,600,000
RW	Keith Aucoin	$475,000	$487,500
RW	Matt Bradley	$1,000,000	$1,000,000
RW	Chris Clark	$2,750,000	$2,633,333
RW	Eric Fehr	$735,000	$735,000
RW	Boyd Gordon	$725,000	$725,000

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
Jul. 26	Morrisonn awarded one-year deal
Jul. 09	Fedorov re-signs with Capitals
Jul. 01	Capitals re-sign Green
Jul. 01	Capitals sign free-agent goalie Theodore