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CBA Information: Other Details Being Reported About New 'Draft' CBA

sk84fun_dc — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 02:59:27 -0000

Hey there, ok, it is time to start learning some new rules with a new 'draft' CBA. Haven't been on here in a long time, so hopefully, this fanpost isn't too messed up in terms of formatting. I will edit as necessary, but here we go...

Obviously, the new CBA isn't written in full and certainly hasn't been ratified by the Board of Governors (hopefully Wed.) and the NHLPA (hopefully soon after,) but a draft copy of at least some of the rules has been sent to some parties, and a memo was sent to the 30 teams with some of the big issues addressed.

So here's what we know, all is obviously subject to clarification/modification when the official document is approved, and hopefully published.

For the high level information & 'big stuff' about the cap, amnesty buyouts, defined benefit pension, minimum NHL salary, etc., see these pieces:

TSN compilation; Chris Johnston National Post
Also, see the usual sources: McKenzie, Friedman, Mirtle and others via twitter and websites.

Still waiting for more information on waivers, ELCs, etc., but here are some other tidbits posted by various people (source noted.) Schedule & Key schedule dates still TBD.

Cap Max/Min & Cap Hits:

Performance bonus cushion of 7.5% will remain but it will no longer be counted to help clubs get to the floor or minimum salary! @brianlawton9
Performance bonus cushion of 7.5%, even in last year of CBA (paraphrased from Mirtle tweet on 1/8)
... will see the upper limit increase after March 1 for all you @capgeek out there by 10% for tagging purposes... @brianlawton9
Salary Cap: It will be 15% above the midpoint, to a minimum of $8-million and maximum of $14-million. @mirtle
An important point on variance: It will mainly only apply to frontloaded deals. Backloaded contracts will essentially use previous CBA rules @mirtle
Friedman on cap benefit recapture: Friedman link
The minimum salary plus $375K rule where can play in minors rule without cap hit; Mirtle clarifies, as expected, for the >than this amount contracts the new rule where cap hit for the portion above applies for assignments to Europe (see Huet type assignment), as well as to AHL

Trades & The Cap:

Teams will be able to retain salary/cap hit in a trade. This will be a very complex and carefully worded portion of new CBA I'm sure. Keeping salary in trades: Teams can have up to three contracts at one time that they are retaining the salary of. The max teams can keep is 15% of the salary cap. Only 50% of a deal can be kept. A contract can have salary retained in a trade only twice. @mirtle (3 tweets consolidated.) LeBrun has now reported on this trading salary/cap space modification, too, in this blog.

Player Money:

So-called Make Whole deferred payment of $300M to the players is payable in $100M instalments in Years 2, 3 and 4. @TSNBobMcKenzie
Players' playoff pool $ go from $6.5M last yr to $13M in each of next 2 yrs, $14M for 2 yrs, $15M for 2 yrs, $16M for 2 yrs and $17M for 2. @TSNBobMcKenzie

Player Movement:

Biggest winner in new CBA probably depth guys. No re-entry waivers = can sign for up to $900k with no cap or waiver issues...up from $105k! multiple sources including @BBarts (agent) (NOTE: I can't find any confirmation that this comment about no waiver issues on the way down if contract is less than 900K is accurate; all other reports I have seen are that AHL GMs are still waiting on clarification of waiver rules for assigning players to the minors; also, note that the old waiver rules on the way down had nothing to do with the player salary)
Players can now be loaned with consent after the trade deadline. Past couldn't do it even if a player wanted 2 @brianlawton9 (seeking clarification on how this would work: NHL/AHL CDR, etc.?)
LTIR: "From what I understand, Long-Term Injury Reserve still exists." Friedman
Waivers: Waiver period is going to make a minor change to 24 hrs any day of the week including Sunday. This has a history of being a problem for club @brianlawton9
NMCs/NTCs: "Players will also now be able to receive no movement or no trade clauses that come into effect immediately when they sign a contract extension, not when the new deal begins" (hoping to clarify this is still for UFA seasons or any season) Mirtle article

UFA:

As LeBrun reports: "the NHL has instituted a free-agency interview period prior to the actual signing period. UFAs will be able to meet and interview with potential clubs from the day after the NHL draft until June 30, prior to the July 1 opening of free agency."

Other:

Any #NHL player not on entry level contract will now have own room on the road. Used to be 600 games played in league @andystrickland

And Finally:

CBA is 10 yrs with mutual 8 yr opt-out but NHL has 1st option to terminate, no later than Sept. 1, 2019. NHLPA 2nd option, Sept. 15, 2019. @TSNBobMcKenzie

Will add to this post, as appropriate as more information is leaked, published, etc.

So here's what we know, all is obviously subject to clarification/modification when the official document is approved, and hopefully published.

For the high level information & 'big stuff' about the cap, amnesty buyouts, defined benefit pension, minimum NHL salary, etc., see these pieces:

TSN compilation; Chris Johnston National Post
Also, see the usual sources: McKenzie, Friedman, Mirtle and others via twitter and websites.

Still waiting for more information on waivers, ELCs, etc., but here are some other tidbits posted by various people (source noted.) Schedule & Key schedule dates still TBD.

Cap Max/Min & Cap Hits:

Performance bonus cushion of 7.5% will remain but it will no longer be counted to help clubs get to the floor or minimum salary! @brianlawton9
Performance bonus cushion of 7.5%, even in last year of CBA (paraphrased from Mirtle tweet on 1/8)
... will see the upper limit increase after March 1 for all you @capgeek out there by 10% for tagging purposes... @brianlawton9
Salary Cap: It will be 15% above the midpoint, to a minimum of $8-million and maximum of $14-million. @mirtle
An important point on variance: It will mainly only apply to frontloaded deals. Backloaded contracts will essentially use previous CBA rules @mirtle
Friedman on cap benefit recapture: Friedman link
The minimum salary plus $375K rule where can play in minors rule without cap hit; Mirtle clarifies, as expected, for the >than this amount contracts the new rule where cap hit for the portion above applies for assignments to Europe (see Huet type assignment), as well as to AHL

Trades & The Cap:

Teams will be able to retain salary/cap hit in a trade. This will be a very complex and carefully worded portion of new CBA I'm sure. Keeping salary in trades: Teams can have up to three contracts at one time that they are retaining the salary of. The max teams can keep is 15% of the salary cap. Only 50% of a deal can be kept. A contract can have salary retained in a trade only twice. @mirtle (3 tweets consolidated.) LeBrun has now reported on this trading salary/cap space modification, too, in this blog.

Player Money:

So-called Make Whole deferred payment of $300M to the players is payable in $100M instalments in Years 2, 3 and 4. @TSNBobMcKenzie
Players' playoff pool $ go from $6.5M last yr to $13M in each of next 2 yrs, $14M for 2 yrs, $15M for 2 yrs, $16M for 2 yrs and $17M for 2. @TSNBobMcKenzie

Player Movement:

Biggest winner in new CBA probably depth guys. No re-entry waivers = can sign for up to $900k with no cap or waiver issues...up from $105k! multiple sources including @BBarts (agent) (NOTE: I can't find any confirmation that this comment about no waiver issues on the way down if contract is less than 900K is accurate; all other reports I have seen are that AHL GMs are still waiting on clarification of waiver rules for assigning players to the minors; also, note that the old waiver rules on the way down had nothing to do with the player salary)
Players can now be loaned with consent after the trade deadline. Past couldn't do it even if a player wanted 2 @brianlawton9 (seeking clarification on how this would work: NHL/AHL CDR, etc.?)
LTIR: "From what I understand, Long-Term Injury Reserve still exists." Friedman
Waivers: Waiver period is going to make a minor change to 24 hrs any day of the week including Sunday. This has a history of being a problem for club @brianlawton9
NMCs/NTCs: "Players will also now be able to receive no movement or no trade clauses that come into effect immediately when they sign a contract extension, not when the new deal begins" (hoping to clarify this is still for UFA seasons or any season) Mirtle article

UFA:

As LeBrun reports: "the NHL has instituted a free-agency interview period prior to the actual signing period. UFAs will be able to meet and interview with potential clubs from the day after the NHL draft until June 30, prior to the July 1 opening of free agency."

Other:

Any #NHL player not on entry level contract will now have own room on the road. Used to be 600 games played in league @andystrickland

And Finally:

CBA is 10 yrs with mutual 8 yr opt-out but NHL has 1st option to terminate, no later than Sept. 1, 2019. NHLPA 2nd option, Sept. 15, 2019. @TSNBobMcKenzie

Will add to this post, as appropriate as more information is leaked, published, etc.

2012 Washington Capitals Development Camp, July 9-14

sk84fun_dc — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:22:43 -0000

[Ed. note: this FanPost originally ran on July 3, 2012.]

Information on invitees, attendees and the schedule will be updated as the information is released .

Link to Published Schedule and Roster as of July 3 .

Schedule:

Monday, July 9 Group A on ice at 9 a.m.; Group B on ice at 10:45 a.m.; Scrimmage at 3 p.m.

Tuesday, July 10 Group A on ice at 9 a.m.; Group B on ice at 10:45 a.m.; Scrimmage at 2:45 p.m.

Wednesday, July 11 Group A on ice at 8:50 a.m.; Group B on ice at 10:50 a.m

Thursday, July 12 Group B on ice at 9:15 a.m.; Group A on ice at 10:45 a.m.; Scrimmage at 3 p.m

Friday, July 13 Scrimmage at 9:45 a.m.

Saturday, July 14 scrimmage at 10 am / Caps FanFest Information; Equipment Sale is open to the public at noon

The on-ice workouts, which will include multiple scrimmages, are open to the public and media. The off-ice workouts are closed.

Additional Development Camp Information:

Washington Capitals Development Guide (will add link when it's published)

Location: Kettler Capitals IcePlex, Arlington, VA at Ballston Common Mall (click on link for directions and other information)

About the Roster: Signed Players and Caps Draft Picks

- Of the 10 2012 draft picks, 8 are on the preliminary camp roster

- All 4 2011 draft picks are on the roster

- Of the 22 prospects on the roster: 3 are signed to NHL ELCs (contracts) with the Caps

- Some draft picks not on the camp roster, not under Caps contract but rights are still held: Wuthrich, Kostenko, Kuznetsov

Free Agent Invites: Capitals typically do not identify the free agent Invites in their press releases about development camp...these have been identified via articles, blogs and twitter (all subject to change):

Invited players are listed in alphabetical order by position: F-D-G; for hockeydb or eliteprospects profile click on the player's name.

forwards

Andrew Ammon, F, Princeton/NCAA, link to Princeton profile

Matt Bailey, F, U of Alaska Anchorage/NCAA, UAA profile

Brant Harris, F, U of Connecticut/NCAA, UConn profile

Andreas Martinsen, F, Lillehammer/Norway, next yr. Dusseldorf/DEL

Greg Miller, F, Cornell/NCAA

Nardo Nagtzaam, F, Mercyhurst/NCAA (see link to article earlier in thread)

Dan O'Donoghue, F, Mercyhurst/NCAA, link to Mercyhurst profile

Brent Tate, F, Lincoln/USHL (commitment to Bowling Green)

David Vallorani, F, UMass Lowell (NCAA eligibility completed) profile

Nathan Walker, F, HC Vitkovice/CZ League, link to HC Vitkovice profile; see note below

Camden Wojtala, F, Bowling Green/NCAA

defensemen

C.J. Chartrain, D, Niagara/NCAA

Aaron Gens, D, U of Alaska Fairbanks (NCAA eligibility completed) profile, played handful of games for Lake Erie/AHL

Max Iafrate, D, Kitchener/OHL, link to Kitchener profile

Chris Joyaux, D, Chicago/USHL, next Miami Ohio/NCAA, link to Chicago Steel profile

Adam McKenzie, D, Air Force/NCAA

Michael Quinn, D, Alaska Fairbanks/NCAA

Nate Schmidt, D, Minnesota/NCAA

Steven Seigo, D, Michigan Tech/NCAA

Scott Wietecha, D, Chicago/ECHL

Tyson Wilson, D, Robert Morris/NCAA, RMU profile

goalies

Scott Darling, G, played minor pro last 2 seasons - SPHL/ECHL/CHL

Brooks Ostergard, G, Robert Morris/NCAA plus 1 ECHL game (NCAA eligibility completed), RMU profile

Note about Walker and whether the Caps can sign him this summer and some other notes: He’s a ‘94 and he falls under the same rules Hyka did last summer with Philadelphia, due to his age (not 22yo as of the recent entry draft) and playing last season overseas. My understanding is that the Caps can't sign him this summer; he’ll be back in the draft next summer. Note, this does not apply to Andreas Martinsen as he was 22yo at the time of the draft. NA based prospects who were eligible to be drafted but went undrafted are eligible to be signed to an NHL contract this summer. See the Caps signing goalie prospect Brandon Anderson a few years ago, as an example.

[Ed. note: this FanPost originally ran on July 3, 2012.]

Information on invitees, attendees and the schedule will be updated as the information is released .

Link to Published Schedule and Roster as of July 3 .

Schedule:

Monday, July 9 Group A on ice at 9 a.m.; Group B on ice at 10:45 a.m.; Scrimmage at 3 p.m.

Tuesday, July 10 Group A on ice at 9 a.m.; Group B on ice at 10:45 a.m.; Scrimmage at 2:45 p.m.

Wednesday, July 11 Group A on ice at 8:50 a.m.; Group B on ice at 10:50 a.m

Thursday, July 12 Group B on ice at 9:15 a.m.; Group A on ice at 10:45 a.m.; Scrimmage at 3 p.m

Friday, July 13 Scrimmage at 9:45 a.m.

Saturday, July 14 scrimmage at 10 am / Caps FanFest Information; Equipment Sale is open to the public at noon

The on-ice workouts, which will include multiple scrimmages, are open to the public and media. The off-ice workouts are closed.

Additional Development Camp Information:

Washington Capitals Development Guide (will add link when it's published)

Location: Kettler Capitals IcePlex, Arlington, VA at Ballston Common Mall (click on link for directions and other information)

About the Roster: Signed Players and Caps Draft Picks

- Of the 10 2012 draft picks, 8 are on the preliminary camp roster

- All 4 2011 draft picks are on the roster

- Of the 22 prospects on the roster: 3 are signed to NHL ELCs (contracts) with the Caps

- Some draft picks not on the camp roster, not under Caps contract but rights are still held: Wuthrich, Kostenko, Kuznetsov

Invited players are listed in alphabetical order by position: F-D-G; for hockeydb or eliteprospects profile click on the player's name.

forwards

Andrew Ammon, F, Princeton/NCAA, link to Princeton profile

Matt Bailey, F, U of Alaska Anchorage/NCAA, UAA profile

Brant Harris, F, U of Connecticut/NCAA, UConn profile

Andreas Martinsen, F, Lillehammer/Norway, next yr. Dusseldorf/DEL

Greg Miller, F, Cornell/NCAA

Nardo Nagtzaam, F, Mercyhurst/NCAA (see link to article earlier in thread)

Dan O'Donoghue, F, Mercyhurst/NCAA, link to Mercyhurst profile

Brent Tate, F, Lincoln/USHL (commitment to Bowling Green)

David Vallorani, F, UMass Lowell (NCAA eligibility completed) profile

Nathan Walker, F, HC Vitkovice/CZ League, link to HC Vitkovice profile; see note below

Camden Wojtala, F, Bowling Green/NCAA

defensemen

C.J. Chartrain, D, Niagara/NCAA

Aaron Gens, D, U of Alaska Fairbanks (NCAA eligibility completed) profile, played handful of games for Lake Erie/AHL

Max Iafrate, D, Kitchener/OHL, link to Kitchener profile

Chris Joyaux, D, Chicago/USHL, next Miami Ohio/NCAA, link to Chicago Steel profile

Adam McKenzie, D, Air Force/NCAA

Michael Quinn, D, Alaska Fairbanks/NCAA

Nate Schmidt, D, Minnesota/NCAA

Steven Seigo, D, Michigan Tech/NCAA

Scott Wietecha, D, Chicago/ECHL

Tyson Wilson, D, Robert Morris/NCAA, RMU profile

goalies

Scott Darling, G, played minor pro last 2 seasons - SPHL/ECHL/CHL

Brooks Ostergard, G, Robert Morris/NCAA plus 1 ECHL game (NCAA eligibility completed), RMU profile

Washington Capitals Contract & Draft Info. - 2012 Offseason

sk84fun_dc — Sun, 13 May 2012 14:30:44 -0000

(Note: Players are listed in alphabetical order by last name when shown in list form)

UFAs: 10 Played/dressed for at least one game for the 2011-12 Washington Capitals

Forwards: ~~Aucoin (signed with TOR)~~, ~~Halpern (signed with NYR)~~, King, ~~Knuble~~, ~~Rechlicz (signed with PHX)~~, ~~Semin (signed with CAR)~~

Defensemen: ~~Collins (signed with NYR)~~, ~~Wideman (CGY)~~

Goalies: ~~Sabourin (re-signed),~~ ~~Vokoun (PIT)~~

Other UFAs

~~Bourque (F) (BOS),~~ Greentree (F), ~~Hanson (Group 6 UFA, F)(BOS/PROV)~~, ~~Micflikier (F) (Switzerland)~~, Miskovic (D), Henry (D)

Players under contract and RFAs shown in table below the jump:

(Note: Players are listed in alphabetical order by last name when shown in list form)

UFAs: 10 Played/dressed for at least one game for the 2011-12 Washington Capitals

Forwards: ~~Aucoin (signed with TOR)~~, ~~Halpern (signed with NYR)~~, King, ~~Knuble~~, ~~Rechlicz (signed with PHX)~~, ~~Semin (signed with CAR)~~

Defensemen: ~~Collins (signed with NYR)~~, ~~Wideman (CGY)~~

Goalies: ~~Sabourin (re-signed),~~ ~~Vokoun (PIT)~~

Other UFAs

~~Bourque (F) (BOS),~~ Greentree (F), ~~Hanson (Group 6 UFA, F)(BOS/PROV)~~, ~~Micflikier (F) (Switzerland)~~, Miskovic (D), Henry (D)

Players under contract and RFAs shown in table below the jump:

38 players under contract for 2012-13: 19 Forwards, 14 Defensemen, 5 Goalies

plus 3 remaining RFAs: 1 Forward, 2 Defensemen

RFA Player|Pos.|’11-12 Base Salary for QO Purposes|Min. Qualifying Offer|Notes

Jay Beagle|C/W|$525,000|$577,500|10% QO; arb. eligible confirmed; signed 3 year contract

John Carlson|D|$787,500|$826,875|5% QO

Mike Green|D|$5,000,000|$5,000,000|arb. eligible confirmed, didn't file; signed 3 year contract

Zach Hamill|C|$787,500|$826,875|5% QO; signed 1 year contract

Mathieu Perreault|C|$525,000|$577,500|10% QO; arb. eligible confirmed; signed 2 year contract

plus:
Mike Carman|C|$610,000|$671,000|10% QO; signed base NHL salary, AHL small increase in salary
Kevin Marshall|D|$650,000|$715,000|10% QO; signed 1 year contract

note: arb. eligible is my determination and the QO offers are my calculations based on the current CBA QO rules and base salary in '11-12.

All 7 were sent QOs by the Capitals.

RFAs and Players Under Contract (43, incl. 1 RFA; not counting Forsberg and Wilson)

Forwards (24)	Defensemen (16)	Goalies (5)
	Alzner, Karl	Anderson, Brandon
Backstrom, Nicklas	Carlson, John (RFA)	Grubauer, Philipp
Beagle, Jay	Erskine, John	Holtby, Braden
Brouwer, Troy	Flemming, Brett	Neuvirth, Michael
Carman, Mike	Green, Mike	Sabourin, Dany
Chimera, Jason	Hamrlik, Roman
Clackson, Matt	Hillen, Jack
Crabb, Joey	Kundratek, Tomas
Forsberg, Filip*	Marshall, Kevin
Galiev, Stanislav	McNeill, Patrick
Hamill, Zach	Orlov, Dmitry
Hendricks, Matt	Poti, Tom (IR/LTIR)
Johansson, Marcus	Schilling, Cameron
Laich, Brooks	Schultz, Jeff
Mitchell, Garrett	Stafford, Garrett
Ovechkin, Alex	Stevenson, Dustin
Paquette, Danick
Perreault, Mathieu
Potulny, Ryan
Ribeiro, Mike
Sjogren, Mattias
Stoa, Ryan
Ward, Joel
Wilson, Tom*
Wolski, Wojtek

Washington Capitals 2012 Entry Draft Pick Information (June 22-23, Pittsburgh, PA)

1st WAS, 11 (from Colorado, Varlamov trade), Filip Forsberg

1st WAS, 16, Tom Wilson

2nd traded, 46 (pick now held by Minnesota)

2nd BOS, 54, option used; traded to Dallas along with Eakin for Mike Ribeiro

3rd WAS, 77, Chandler Stephenson

4th WAS, 100 (from Winnipeg, Fehr trade), Thomas Di Pauli

4th WAS, 107, Austin Wuthrich

5th WAS, 137, Connor Carrick

6th WAS, 167, Riley Barber

7th, CGY, 195 (from Calgary, Seabrook trade), Christian Djoos

7th WAS, 197, Jaynen Rissling

7th PIT, 203 (from Pittsburgh, Vokoun rights trade), Sergei Kostenko

Entry Draft Notes

Washington also holds either Boston's 2nd in 2012 or Colorado's 2nd in 2013 (Washington's option) from Varlamov trade; supposed to notify Colorado as to Washington's choice a week before the draft.

At this time, one known compensatory pick in second round of 2012 draft for not signing a first round draft pick, held by San Jose, so 31 picks in the second round of the 2012 draft.

2013 draft picks - Rounds 1-6: WAS pick - 7th: Conditionally traded to Nashville if Caps sign Taylor Stefishen by June 1, 2012 (now 2013) deadline; 2nd Colorado, IF they select 2013 second rounder rather than Boston's 2nd rounder in 2012

Calendar: Summer/Fall 2012

June 22-23: 2012 Entry Draft / Pittsburgh, PA

June 25: Deadline to qualify RFAs, 5pm eastern time

July 1: Noon Eastern time. Beginning of free agency

July 5: Deadline for player-elected arbitration

July 6: Deadline for team-elected arbitration

July 9 - 14: Development camp/Kettler Capitals Iceplex begins

July 15: Qualifying offers expire

July - August: Arbitration hearings/Toronto

August 15: Deadline to sign select draft picks that played NCAA hockey

September 15: Current CBA expires

September xxx: Rookie camp opens

September 20: Rookie scrimmage against Flyers' rookies source: Flyers release

September xxx: Training camp opens

September 25: First preseason game for Capitals; link to Caps preseason schedule

October 12: Capitals regular season opener at home vs NJD

Obviously, September and October schedule is dependent on a new CBA.

NHL Officials - Tracking the Assignments for the 2011-12 Playoffs

sk84fun_dc — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:04:39 -0000

Stanley Cup Final

Referees

Dan O'Halloran, Dan O'Rourke, Chris Rooney and Brad Watson

Linesmen

Derek Amell, Jean Morin, Jonny Murray and Pierre Racicot

ROUND 3

Referees

Kevin Pollock, Brad Watson: LAK PHX G1, NJD NYR G3, LAK PHX G5, NJD NYR G6

Dan O’Halloran, Wes McCauley: NJD NYR G1, LAK PHX G3, NJD NYR G5 (pair in second round, too)

Dan O’Rourke, Chris Rooney: LAK PHX G2, NJD NYR G4 (pair in second round, too)

Kelly Sutherland, Chris Lee: NJD NYR G2, LAK PHX G4 (pair in second round, too)

Linesmen

Jay Sharrers, Shane Heyer: LAK PHX G1, NJD NYR G3, LAK PHX G5 (pair in second round, too)

Steve Barton, Pierre Racicot: NJD NYR G1, LAK PHX G3, NJD NYR G5

Jean Morin, Brian Murphy: LAK PHX G2, NJD NYR G4

Derek Amell, Jonny Murray: NJD NYR G2, LAK PHX G4, NJD NYR G6

ROUND 2

Referees

Kevin Pollock, Steve Kozari: WSH NYR G1, LAK STL G3, NJD PHI G4

Stephen Walkom, Eric Furlatt: LAK STL G1, WSH NYR G2, NSH PHX G3, NJD PHI G5 (also pair for Rd 1: WSH BOS G7)

Dan O’Rourke, Chris Rooney: LAK STL G2, WSH NYR G3, NSH PHX G5, WSH NYR G7

Marc Joannette, Brad Watson: NSH PHX G2, NJD PHI G3, WSH NYR G4

Kelly Sutherland, Chris Lee: NSH PHX G1, NJD PHI G2, WSH NYR G5

Dan O’Halloran, Wes McCauley: NJD PHI G1, NSH PHX G4, LAK STL G4, WSH NYR G6

Linesmen

Scott Driscoll, Pierre Racicot: WSH NYR G1, NSH PHX G4, LAK STL G4, WSH NYR G6

Brian Murphy, Jonny Murray: LAK STL G1, WSH NYR G2, NSH PHX G3, WSH NYR G7 (also pair for Rd 1: NJD FLA G5)

Brad Kovachik, Steve Miller: LAK STL G2, WSH NYR G3, NJD PHI G5

Steve Barton, Jean Morin: NJD PHI G1, NJD PHI G2, WSH NYR G4, NSH PHX G5

Derek Amell, Greg Devorski: NSH PHX G2, NJD PHI G3, WSH NYR G5

Jay Sharrers, Shane Heyer: NSH PHX G1, LAK STL G3, NJD PHI G4

ROUND 1

Referees

Stephen Walkom, Ian Walsh: WSH BOS G1, OTT NYR G2, PHX CHI G3, NJD FLA G4

Dan O’Halloran, Tom Kowal: OTT NYR G1, WSH BOS G2, VAN LAK G4, SJS STL G5

Chris Lee, Wes McCauley: VAN LAK G2, WSH BOS G3, PHI PIT G4, NJD FLA G5, PHX CHI G6

Marc Joannette, Brian Pochmara: PHX CHI G1, SJS STL G2, WSH BOS G4, OTT NYR G5, NJD FLA G6

Tim Peel, Steve Kozari: PHI PIT G2, NSH DET G3, NJD FLA G3, WSH BOS G5, OTT NYR G6

Paul Devorski, Dan O’Rourke: VAN LAK G1, PHX CHI G2, SJS STL G3, PHI PIT G5, WSH BOS G6

Stephen Walkom, Eric Furlatt, WSH BOS G7

Chris Rooney, Brad Meier: NSH DET G1, NJD FLA G2, SJS STL G4, VAN LAK G5

Eric Furlatt, Francois StLaurent: NJD FLA G1, PHI PIT G3, OTT NYR G4, NSH DET G5

Kelly Sutherland, Kevin Pollock: SJS STL G1, VAN LAK G3, NSH DET G4, PHX CHI G4, PHI PIT G6

Brad Watson, Mike Leggo: PHI PIT G1, NSH DET G2, OTT NYR G3, PHX CHI G5

Brad Watson, Dan O’Halloran: OTT NYR G7

Chris Rooney, Dan O’Rourke: NJD FLA G7

Linesmen

Jean Morin, Derek Nansen: WSH BOS G1, SJS STL G2, SJS STL G3, PHI PIT G5

Steve Miller, David Brisebois: OTT NYR G1, WSH BOS G2, NJD FLA G3, SJS STL G5, PHX CHI G6

Brian Murphy, Tony Sericolo: PHI PIT G1, OTT NYR G2, WSH BOS G3

Brad Lazarowich, Jonny Murray: PHI PIT G2, PHX CHI G3, NSH DET G3, WSH BOS G4

Shane Heyer, Lonnie Cameron: PHX CHI G1, PHX CHI G2, NJD FLA G4, WSH BOS G5, OTT NYR G6

Steve Barton, Greg Devorski: NJD FLA G1, NJD FLA G2, PHI PIT G4, NSH DET G5, WSH BOS G6, WSH BOS G7

Derek Amell, Scott Cherrey: VAN LAK G1, VAN LAK G2, NSH DET G4, PHX CHI G4, PHI PIT G6

Jay Sharrers, Mark Wheler: VAN LAK G3, VAN LAK G4, SJS STL G4, PHX CHI G5

Scott Driscoll, Brad Kovachik: NSH DET G1, NSH DET G2, PHI PIT G3, OTT NYR G5, NJD FLA G6

Tim Nowak, Pierre Racicot: SJS STL G1, OTT NYR G3, OTT NYR G4, VAN LAK G5

Brian Murphy, Jonny Murray: NJD FLA G5

Jean Morin, Brad Kovachik: OTT NYR G7

Steve Miller, Pierre Racicot: NJD FLA G7

Caveats: These are my notes pulled from the NHL boxscores. Please note, I might have a game out of order, but I think this is the info. about the pairings to date. The match-up for a series always reads the same, I did not invert to show the home team. I will try to update, at least while the Caps are still playing. If there is another blog or source which provides this info. please let me know and I won't spend the time. Thanks for reading.