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Capitals' minor gains aren't about money

By Jim Kelley
ESPN.com

Friday, February 27, 2004

After the Washington Capitals kicked off their 2003-04 fire sale by trading Jaromir Jagr to the New York Rangers and Peter Bondra to the Ottawa Senators, the question wasn't if another player was going to be traded, but rather who. Question answered. In trading Robert Lang to the Detroit Red Wings on Friday, Washington general manager George McPhee has made it clear that while the Jagr and Bondra deals were done to get out from under the weight of a payroll that had exceeded $50 million, he is ...

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