The schedule picks up again for Washington as the Stanley Cup playoffs approach. With a game almost every other day until March 18 there isn’t much time for the three new players – Jason Arnott, Marco Sturm and Dennis Wideman – to get acclimated with a few long practices.

“You know what, guys get hurt and you call up guys. A lot of times you just call them up for the game,” Caps coach Bruce Boudreau said. “They don’t have time to get acclimated, either. It’s just ‘Get out there. You know how to play.’ And we’ll learn as we go. 

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