Things to look forward to before more Caps Hockey

In no particular order...

• Cheering for/against the Penguins/Bruins/Flyers/Canadiens/Red Wings/Sharks/Canucks/Blackhawks
• Japers' Rink Rink Wraps and other excellent material to keep the calendar moving
• Owning AP exams like Jaroslav Halak owned Alexander Semin about 40 times
• Draft day in the NHL
• The Stanley Cup Finals
• The Calder Cup Playoffs
• Some Caps at least getting some sort of medal at the World Championships
• July 1, free agency
• Tomas Fleischmann's (as of now) impending free (albeit restricted) agency
• Bruce Boudreau re-thinking his system
• Montreal getting killed by Pittsburgh
• Dan Boyle going out early again (I hope)
• George McPhee making another great signing or signings or trade(s) again (Note: I think Matt Cullen, Scott Niedermayer, Nicklas Lidstrom, Anton Volchenkov, Dan Hamhuis, and Dennis Seidenberg look good in red. All but Hamhuis have already donned red too)
• Development camp in July
• School coming to an end
• Nicklas Backstrom's shiny new contract
• A lesser emphasis on regular season wins
• A better perspective on what the Caps need to do in the regular season and the playoffs, with regards to play, system, and personnel management
• Smarter Caps fans
• Gaining the sympathy of every hockey fan in California
• The NHL Awards. At the moment seems like Jose Theodore will be the only Caps winner though.
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