Caps promote Bob Woods

Hershey Bears head coach, Bob Woods is now the new assistant coach in Washington. Bob Woods lead the Hershey Bears to a Calder Cup championship in the AHL this year. He was an assistant coach under Boudreau in 2006 when Hershey won the Calder Cup.

Here's the link.

Personally I like this move a lot. Woods has experience working with Boudreau before, and he proved he can coach by himself this year. He's coached some of the players in Hershey before.

Ovechkin takes home Hart and Pearson, Green misses out on Norris

Alex Ovechkin won his 2nd straight Hart and Lester B. Pearson award. First forward to win the Hart in back-to-back years since Wayne Gretzky. Hopefully he'll make it 3 straight next year. I'll have more tomorrow including pictures and how all the voting went down. Green missed out on the Norris. Zdeno Chara won that award.

Caps re-sign Laing

The Washington Capitals have re-signed Left Wing, Quintin Laing this morning. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but when ever they become known I'll have them on the blog.

Per the Caps press release.

The Washington Capitals have re-signed left wing Quintin Laing to a one-year contract, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today. In keeping with club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Laing, 30, played one game for Washington last season. He was recalled by the Caps from the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League on March 19 and played the entire game (10:19) at Tampa Bay despite suffering a torn spleen on his second shift in the first period. Laing ended the game with a +1 rating.

The 6’2”, 210-pound native of Rosetown, Saskatchewan, spent most of the season with the Calder Cup champion Bears. He tallied 25 points (9g-16a) in 55 regular-season games before his recall. Laing missed more than two months with his spleen injury, but he returned to the Bears during the Calder Cup playoffs and had two goals and two assists in nine games.

It's nice to see Laing get re-signed. He's a heart and soul player who blocks shots. I'm hoping he'll be on the team next year because he will help the PK.