The Caps are going through the morning skate right now, but only Chris Clark, Michael Nylander and the scratches are on the ice. The team had a meeting before the skate, and it was optional.
Mike Green was out on the ice for a few minutes without most of his gear. Green went to the dressing room twice during the third period last night. After the game Bruce Boudreau said, "[Green’s] skates were all screwed up." It did appear from the way Green was moving this morning that there could be some sort of lower body issue going on there, but this is the playoffs. Boudreau denied it when he talked to reporters this morning.
"He is testing out new skates," Boudreau said. "I hope [he's OK]. He's going to play."
Green also said he "wouldn't miss tonight for the world" and he'd have to "lose a limb to not play."
As for the game tonight, Boudreau said he didn't sleep much last night, but that he rarely does this time of year.
"There is plenty of time to sleep in the summer," Boudreau said. "I'm relatively calm about it right now. I'll be pretty excited about it tonight. We've been in so many Game 7s in the last two month, that this Game 7, we just have to do it. That's the way our mentality has been for the last two months."
