Capitals Sign Joel Ward

07/01/11 ARLINGTON, Va. - The Washington Capitals have signed right wing Joel Ward to a four-year contract, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today. In keeping with club policy, financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Ted Leonsis Says Caps 'Only Improved On Paper,' Lightning Team To Beat

07/05/11 Much was made over the weekend about how the Washington Capitals and General Manager George McPhee did " borderline-magical things " during the opening days of free agency. Not only did McPhee bring back a former captain ( Jeff Halpern ), an unheralded postseason performer (Joel Ward) and an established two-way defenseman ( Roman Hamrlik ), he traded supposedly KHL-bound goaltender Semyon ...

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What We Learned: Why do we overvalue playoff performance?

07/18/11 Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend's events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about it. Joel Ward wasn't an NHL regular until he was 28. He'll be 31 in December. He's never surpassed his career highs of 17 goals and 35 points set in that first season ...

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