"I think as a player, you're never happy with your overall game. You always feel like you can do better -- practice better and be a better all-around player," Knuble said. "I can't sit back now and say, 'I got a couple of goals and figure everything is okay. I can just cruise now.' You always want to work harder to never let the other guys down."
Talk about getting it. If only his work ethic could transfer over to Alex Semin, who continues to play a high-risk game. Yes, he had three assists but he also disappeared for the other time he was on the ice.
The team sent Oskar Osala and two others to Hershey today as they get closer to finalizing their line-up. There's still got to be some trades/changes in the works. It's becoming more and more apparently that Michael Nylander has played his final game in a Caps' jersey. Yes, he's still on the payroll but I wouldn't be suprised if he's been told of something like that behind closed doors and is trying to find somebody to let him play.
Notes:
* Wayne Gretzky stepped down today as Coyotes' coach. No huge surprise there.
* ESPN.com's preview of the Caps is up -- nothing newsworthy there too. But there is a great comment on Semin, something I've said before:
There are questions about his durability and compete level, but Semin was a point-a-game player for the Caps in the postseason. Sure, he took a handful of foolish penalties against the Penguins; but if Semin grows up a little, that's a pretty deadly one-two punch with Ovechkin, a one-two punch that might rival the one we're familiar with over in Pittsburgh, Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin).
I couldn't agree more and still wouldn't be surprised if he's not back after this season.
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