Shaone Morrisonn News

Per club policy, financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Morrisonn, 25, registered one goal and nine assists in 76 games for the Capitals last season.

Fifteen players filed for arbitration and yet only two actually went through the process.

I've written a few times this summer about arbitration, but what we often don't get is an inside look at what exactly goes on in a hearing.

Shaone Morrisonn was signed to a one-year contract by the Washington Capitals on Saturday.

Shaone Morrisonn was signed to a one-year contract by the Washington Capitals on Saturday.

Shaone Morrisonn was signed to a one-year contract by the Washington Capitals on Saturday.

Shaone Morrisonn was signed to a one-year contract by the Washington Capitals on Saturday.

Shaone Morrisonn was signed to a one-year contract by the Washington Capitals on Saturday.

Shaone Morrisonn was signed to a one-year contract by the Washington Capitals on Saturday.

Shaone Morrisonn was signed to a one-year contract by the Washington Capitals on Saturday.

Shaone Morrisonn was signed to a one-year contract by the Washington Capitals on Saturday.

Shaone Morrisonn was signed to a one-year contract by the Washington Capitals on Saturday.

Shaone Morrisonn was signed to a one-year contract by the Washington Capitals on Saturday.

Shaone Morrisonn was signed to a one-year contract by the Washington Capitals on Saturday.

The Washington Capitals welcomed back two key players from last season's memorable playoff push, agreeing to terms with veteran center Sergei Fedorov on a one-year contract and re-signing forward Brooks Laich to a three-year contract.

Fedorov, 38, has accepted a $4 million contract offer, but the paperwork has not been completed, General Manager George McPhee said yesterday. Laich, 25, avoided arbitration and signed a contract that will pay him $6.2 million total through the 2010-11 season.

They've done the shootout drill many times this week. Ten pucks on the blueline; first team to put them all behind the goaltender is spared the suicide skates. But this time at Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Arlington, the drill was less about the shooters than it was the opposing goalies.

Simeon Varlamov and Michal Neuvirth -- prized prospects who should compete for the Washington Capitals' starting job in the coming seasons -- stood at opposite ends of the ice, turning away shot after shot. The 20-year-olds have been touted as two of the best goaltenders in their age group since Washington selected them 11 picks apart in 2006 -- Varlamov going first at 23rd overall and Neuvirth at 34th -- and team officials hope they will make significant gains by the time recently acquired netminder JosA© Theodore's two-year contract expires.

Doug Yingst will be on vacation next week but unless he and his wife are headed out of town for an extended length of time, odds are that he'll be taking at least a day or two for a busman's holiday to ...

Detroit center Valtteri Filppula is among 15 NHL players electing to take their teams to salary arbitration.

Good news Caps fans. Brooks Laich and Shaone Morrisonn will be Washington Capitals next season after both players filed for salary arbitration on Saturday.

Center Brooks Laich and defenseman Shaone Morrisonn of the Washington Capitals were among 15 players who elected to take their teams to salary arbitration, the NHL Players' Association said Saturday.