Clarion Content

Save for the New York Rangers and the playoffs the Clarion Content does not devote a lot of editorial energy to hockey coverage. However, two notes crossed our path today that we had to pass along.

Did you realize the Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals are 17 and 1 at home? 17 and freaking 1!!! Wow. These are the "We have never won a Cup" Caps. Long mired in mediocrity, they have never sniffed being this good. The Caps are on fire, having won eleven of twelve. They are running away with the NHL's Southeast Division.

Which brings to our second note, locally the Carolina Hurricanes are second in the division, but a full ten points behind the Caps. The Canes who have found a way to take home Lord Stanley's trophy, unlike the Caps, are playing the New Jersey Devils tonight in Raleigh. This means the Canes are likely to get their asses kicked. The Devils have won eight of the last ten meetings between the two clubs. The Devils have blowing their doors off too, winning four of the last five times, by three goals or more. Ugh.

The Clarion Content is no fan of the Devils, but we have to give credit where credit is due. At sixth overall in the Eastern Conference the Devils have been playing remarkably after losing future Hall of Fame goalie Martin Brodeur to injury.

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