How Can The Caps Move Forward? My Interview With Owner Ted Leonsis

I want to thank the entire Washington Capitals' Public Relations staff and especially Mr. Leonsis for agreeing to this interview.

You should find some very interesting stuff on what the team plans to do going into this year, what Ted has learned from the 'Jagr years,' why he isn’t hands on in every area.

Also, find out why Mr. Leonsis thinks that Alexander Ovechkin is even more impressive off the ice than on.

Please enjoy!

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Michael Hoffman: Before the Pittsburgh series ended you called the season a success and you cited a number of factors. Do you still feel that way?

Ted Leonsis: Yeah, of course.

MH: Is that because you were able to meet some of your goals? Is this kind of about moving forward to that next step?

TL: (Pause) Well I’m not sure what you were trying to get at with that question. …(Pause)… Well, so thirty teams start out each year and they have one uber goal in mind which is to win a Stanley Cup. So each year one team can say it had been successful, and twenty-nine teams can say they failed. And that is one harsh way to look at a season. And so Pittsburgh won the Stanley Cup this year and so twenty-nine teams failed in that quest. So just in the harsh light of sports reality, that is absolutely true. I remember a poll in pro football about who were the biggest losers in pro-football history and the Buffalo Bills in a decade had been called the biggest losers because they had gone to four Super Bowls and lost all four times. Not that they had won four conference Championships, and sold out every game, it was they had lost four games, thus they had lost four Super bowls, thus they had become the biggest losers.

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