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The Capitals have assigned Ben Clymer to their farm team. For two years, Clymer has provided the Caps with leadership, toughness and first hand knowledge of what it's like to win a Stanley Cup. This year and next year, he'll take that knowledge to the American Hockey League's Hershey Bears. Clymer joins Stanley Cup winner Joe Motzko, whom the Caps signed this summer as a free agent and demoted over the weekend, in giving the Bears more than enough experience.
Under the NHL's Collective Bargaining Agreement, if a veteran like Clymer is sent to the minor leagues, he's very unlikely to return to the team that sent him there. The Caps can try to bring him back, but first they have to put him on re-entry waivers for a day. During that time any team in the league can claim the rights to his contract, and the Caps will still have to pay half of his remaining salary.
Two years ago, Clymer joined Matt Bradley and Brian Sutherby in forming the Capitals "CBS line." The three gained national fame for providing excellent defense and being a suprisingly good line on an awful team. Clymer scored sixteen goals that year, and twelve last season despite being shuffled in and out of the lineup and regularly switching positions. Any team in the NHL would be lucky to have him, which means the Caps are one team that won't.
Photograph by Eli Resnick
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i always find it amusing that there are people who write about hockey. are there that many people who care and, of those people, how many read regularly?
i find '#1's ignorant comment amusing.
i also find it amusing that people are entertained by boring sports like baseball and football, where half of the game entails people just standing around. hockey is the most exciting game there is and its one of the most popular sports worldwide.
i for one read every one of the Caps briefings and i can't wait for the hockey season to start back up again.
I'm not particularly a fan of baseball or some other sports either but I do appreciate that all sports have their following and fans. I find it completely moronic and childlike when people engage in "that sport sucks" or "no on is interested in that sport" talk. To each his own, there are enough sports to go around. God forbid, it would even be more boring if we only had a couple to keep the masses entertained.
If you like hockey you should read LCSHockey.com. It's an Internet pioneer, really. Been around since like '94. And they know their stuff.
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And stop whining about the loss of Ben Clymer. Do you want the Caps to make the playoffs again this decade or not?
Wow, two Stanley Cup players to the farm team. Has anyone else noticed that being a Caps fan is a lot like being a Cubs fan?