Jose Theodore signed a two year, $9 million contract to play for the Capitals yesterday. Theodore brings a lot of great accomplishments and a lot of question marks to the Capitals. Last year in Colorado, he took turns losing the starting goalie job with younger disappointment Peter Budaj. Still, Theodore is the answer on paper to many of the Capitals’ questions.

NHL free agency started yesterday–the time when veteran players who have finished their previous contracts take new offers from any interested team. The Caps made headlines immediately by re-signing First Team All Star defenseman Mike Green. That deal was quickly followed by the departures of Olaf Kolzig to the Tampa Bay Lightning and Cristobal Huet to the Chicago Blackhawks. Kolzig, 38 with bad knees, won the Vezina trophy as the NHL’s best goalie sometime last millennium with the Capitals. Huet, 33 with occasional back problems, replaced Kolzig in Washington at the end of last season and helped the Caps reach the playoffs, taking them to overtime of game seven against the Philadelphia Flyers.