Today's practice only consisted of 4 players; Brooks Laich, Boyd Gordon, Eric Fehr, and most notably, Olie Kolzig. Laich, Gordon, and Fehr had a light practice of sprints, passing drills, and puck-control weaves. But most of their practice was spent shooting on Kolzig.
Olie had a pretty good practice. He warmed up by working on lateral movements and dropping in and out of the butterfly. He went through several drills, stopping shots from the sides, shots from the slot, working on his stickhandling, and stopping pucks on the boards behind the net.
After practice I had a chance to talk with goalie coach Dave Prior about Kolzig's performance. He noted that today's goal wasn't to get Olie playing well, but to "build up his conditioning and test his injury."
"One thing you can't do with a knee injury is to rush them back into things. Today we're just looking to see how much he can do. Next week we'll try to work on [his performance]."
He looked pretty good, with the exception of a few wristers over his left shoulder. I don't think the Caps will push his recovery too fast, especially since they're out of playoff contention. But with Johnson's poor play, who knows. I personally think that the rest of the season should see Johnson and Cassivi splitting starts, giving them both added NHL experience.
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