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Some 48 hours after they took the ice for their first practice session of training camp, a group of 20 Capitals will suit up to take on the Buffalo Sabres in the first of Washington's six exhibition tune-ups this fall.
As is typically the case early in the preseason, expect a scant representation of regulars in the lineup for both sides.
Training camp is traditionally seen as a time for veteran players to get their legs beneath them for a long and grinding season ahead, and a time for young players to open eyes and perhaps force their way onto the varsity roster. But camps and preseason slates are shorter now than they were at the beginning of this century, which makes it more difficult for prospects and dark horse candidates to crack NHL lineups, and that will be particularly true in these parts this autumn.
Washington opened camp with 68 players on its camp roster, but a quartet of those skaters - veteran forwards Nicklas Backstrom, Carl Hagelin and Tom Wilson and rookie defenseman Alex Alexeyev - are recovering from offseason surgeries and are not full participants.
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Radio: Capitals Radio 24/7, 106.7 FAN
Buffalo Sabres (0-0-0)
Washington Capitals (0-0-0)
Some 48 hours after they took the ice for their first practice session of training camp, a group of 20 Capitals will suit up to take on the Buffalo Sabres in the first of Washington's six exhibition tune-ups this fall.
As is typically the case early in the preseason, expect a scant representation of regulars in the lineup for both sides.
Training camp is traditionally seen as a time for veteran players to get their legs beneath them for a long and grinding season ahead, and a time for young players to open eyes and perhaps force their way onto the varsity roster. But camps and preseason slates are shorter now than they were at the beginning of this century, which makes it more difficult for prospects and dark horse candidates to crack NHL lineups, and that will be particularly true in these parts this autumn.
Washington opened camp with 68 players on its camp roster, but a quartet of those skaters - veteran forwards Nicklas Backstrom, Carl Hagelin and Tom Wilson and rookie defenseman Alex Alexeyev - are recovering from offseason surgeries and are not full participants.
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