Caps (and former Caps) rumors:

Former Capital Peter Bondra is rumored to be close to a return to the NHL. Among those interested in the 38 year-old winger are Chicago, Detroit, New York Islanders, Boston and Toronto. It would be great to see Bondra return to get his 500th NHL goal. It would be even better to see him return to the Caps, but it doesn't look like George McPhee wants to deal with Bondra or agent Rich Winters.

In all likelyhood, the Islanders are the likely team to claim Bonzai.

There was some speculation that coach Glen Hanlon was on the hot seat after the Caps 6-game slide and that McPhee would make minor roster changes to turn the tide. Now that the Caps have won 3 straight, that talk has died down.