Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Up Close and Personal with Matt Bradley


Here we go with my conversation with Matt Bradley. I hope you guys enjoy it... and I plan on putting the interview with Clark up tomorrow. Sorry for the delay but I wanted the fresh article to be up on the press for a few days. No word on when any future interviews will take place... but I'll keep you posted.

With that old business out of the way, here is my interview:


How did that feel scoring 10th round of the shootout, going out there, waking us all up? (KG)

It was a lot of fun, I was getting worried there for a while when Brash went over and John Erskine went over there, I turned to Bruce and I said I’m going, I didn’t even really give him a choice, it was a great experience for me personally, it was, I don’t get to shoot in many shootouts and for me to score the game winner was huge, but it was definitely a fond memory I have of last year, and hopefully OV and those guys never let it get that late in a shootout again so I don’t have to go out there and embarrass myself next time. (MB)

It wasn’t really embarrassing, you scored. (KG)

What are your goals for the team this year? (KG)

Last year we all talked about making the playoffs, but I think this year it will be more short term goals, like starting off the season well, last year we had a terrible start, and we really had to work to get back in the end and get into the playoffs. So I think if we have a solid start and kind of finish the way we did last year we’ll be in a good position. (MB)

Goals for yourself? (KG)

I just wanna, I’m gonna play my role on the team, obviously we have a lot of offensive guys , but I feel like I can contribute more offensively and still be a good defensive player, and add some physical play out there as well. (MB)

Any other comments about the season, excitement, obviously, very exciting to be getting out there. The excitement level is great, I was at the home finisher when you guys beat Carolina, are you looking to carry on that excitement level, that enthusiasm, that intensity? (KG)

Yeah, I mean, the fans last year made it super fun coming to the rink the past couple months there, and we wanna come out this year and have a great start, it feels like it’s been a long summer which has actually been shorter than the last couple because we actually made the playoffs but it feels longer and I think we’re all excited to get back on the ice and get back into it and hopefully build on what we started last year. (MB)

You shutting down the Philly fans this year, sending them back home to Philly? (KG)

Yeah for sure, that was a great series with them, they played well, they deserved to win, but that won’t happen again this year. (MB)

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

*UPDATE* on Clark and Bradley interviews

Okay so press date was today, July 20th, on DCSportsFan. You can find the full article at this link here. I'll be posting the full interviews this weekend or early next week, whenever I choose. Matt Bradley's interview will be first, followed by Chris Clark's. And now we play the waiting game, as the Caps don't actually start until early October. So there's a little bit of time... could there be a countdown element in the right side of the page? Maybe... you'll have to stay tuned for that. That's all for today.

Update: The right content has been rejiggered, including a countdown that I plan on updating quite furiously throughout the season, such as "Next Home Game" or "Trade Deadline Ends". Keep it posted.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Clark and Bradley interviews coming soon!

Well, I'm transcribing said interviews as we speak, and once they have been up on DCSportsFan for a little bit (I'll link to them when they are done), they will appear here. Keep it posted -- I got an email from the Capitals today which suggests we are moving forward in credential talks. Don't want to say anything too early or jinx it.

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Sunday Afternoon Update

I haven't heard from the Caps - didn't expect to before Monday... but that's the latest. I've tweaked the colors -- as you can see -- and I'm going to be adding some more content, blog links, etc. I'm going to be looking at other Caps blogs and taking hints from things I like. It's a work in progress, but when it is finally done, I hope it will be a success!

That's all for today... I'll update sometime tomorrow.

Saturday, August 16, 2008

The Start of Something New

Okay, so here's the deal. After failing pretty poorly at writing a Nationals blog that I couldn't update consistently, I'm going to try this thing out with the Capitals. We'll see if it goes any better. Here's the other thing. Maybe this one will have more of an insider slant. In the next few days, I'll know some more about that. But please, be sure to check this space. In the next few days, I hope to have my interview with Chris Clark and Matt Bradley posted. Stay tuned!