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    Washington Capitals Add Mike Knuble to Skilled Top Line, but Lose Donald Brashear to Rangers
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    He has scored at least 21 goals in each of his past six NHL seasons, including reaching the 30-goal plateau twice, and is also considered a locker room leader. "We just felt we needed someone else, a player on [the top] line in particular with [Alex] Ovechkin and [Nicklas] Backstrom, that will go to the net ... Mike's made his living there. He was the right guy for us, and we got what we felt was the right deal for him. We replaced a 13-goal scorer [Viktor Kozlov] with a 27-goal scorer, and the team is better as a result." Knuble, who turns 37 on Saturday, will earn $2.8 million per season, the same amount he earned last season in Philadelphia. Full Article at The Washington Post
    We just felt we needed someone else, a player on [the top] line in particular with [Alex] Ovechkin and [Nicklas] Backstrom, that will go to the net ... Mike's made his living there. He was the right guy for us, and we got what we felt was the right deal for him. We replaced a 13-goal scorer [Viktor Kozlov] with a 27-goal scorer, and the team is better as a result.
    SOURCE: The Washington Post 7 months ago
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Washington Capitals Add Mike Knuble to Skilled Top Line, but Lose Donald Brashear to Rangers
  1. I said [on Tuesday] that we're probably not going to do a lot in free agency unless there was something there that made sense. We did it. It was unanimous amongst our pro staff that this was the right guy.
    SOURCE: The Washington Post 7 months ago
  2. We'll spend the next couple of months talking to clubs and seeing what other things can be done out there ... If there are other things to do, we'll do them.
    SOURCE: The Washington Post 7 months ago
  3. How much do you really need them in the big game? ... In the early part of the season you want them, and there are probably up to 10 games a year you wish you had one. [But] we're trying to load up on talent.
    SOURCE: The Washington Post 7 months ago
  4. We are happy for Brash ... But we couldn't pay that number.
    SOURCE: The Washington Post 7 months ago

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