Capitals Acquire Doug Doull

[Thrillhouse]

Washington, D.C. – The Washington Capitals have acquired forward Doug Doull from the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for defenseman Dwayne Zinger, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced.

Doull, 31, has played in 25 games for the San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League (AHL) this season, tallying one goal and two assists for three points and is tied for second on the team with a plus-1 rating and 82 penalty minutes. The 6’2”, 216-pound Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, native played 35 games for the Boston Bruins in the 2003-04 season, recording one assist and leading the team with 132 penalty minutes. He signed with the Phoenix Coyotes as a free agent, Sept. 2, 2004. Doull will report to Hershey and will dress for the game tonight against the Philadelphia Phantoms.

Zinger has played in 30 games for the Hershey Bears of the AHL this season, racking up 74 penalty minutes. He appeared in seven games for the Capitals in 2003-04, notching one assist, his first point as a professional. The Capitals signed Zinger as a free agent, July 9, 2002.

[oldtimegoodtime]

Minor league deal.

[Thrillhouse]

Originally Posted by oldtimegoodtime

Minor league deal.

Yeah that's really too bad he reported to Hershey right away. Can't see him being called up.

[Corpse]

Does hershey not have enough toughness down there already. This deal makes no sense unless there going to call up somebody.

[Toe2tOe55]

They need to call him up for a tough guy, the capitals do not have anyone, and they should at least give him a chance

[jgdeadrabbit]

I think they don't,Corpse.At least not in the way of a heavyweight fighter to go against the Browns,Grattons,Thorntons,Kocis.I think they do have more overall tuffness than last yr tho.

I wish I had gotten tiks for Sat nite.Still might now.

[Toe2tOe55]

They really need to call him up, he is awesome fighter and most of his fights are toe 2 toe fights, well the ones in 03-04 were.

[Corpse]

Originally Posted by jgdeadrabbit

I think they don't,Corpse.At least not in the way of a heavyweight fighter to go against the Browns,Grattons,Thorntons,Kocis.I think they do have more overall tuffness than last yr tho.

I wish I had gotten tiks for Sat nite.Still might now.

There east coast league team actually has the tough guys there don't they. I'm from the same town as the one kid who plays there, Deryk Englland. I know he got called up around christmas and fought a few of the heavies.

[ProbieRules]

Kind of strange that the two of these guys were traded for eachother. Doull's first fight as a Bruin was against Zinger. As a severely disgruntled former B's fan, Doull did a great job in 03-04 for them. Hope he does get called up, his fights are always entertaining. This just further extends the misery of Boston Hockey fans.

[NewNHLHater]

Wooo Hooo!! This couldn't have come at a better time. The Bears play a home and home against Philly tonight and tomorrow and I'll be at tomorrow nights game in Hershey!! I like Zinger, but we desperately need a heavy. we've got a couple guys that will throw em' but nobody that can handle any of the big guns in the A right now. i've been at two of the Hershey/Philly games this year and there's been 9 fights. Hershey took the beat down on most of them. Maybe this will change now.

[jgdeadrabbit]

Originally Posted by Corpse

There east coast league team actually has the tough guys there don't they. I'm from the same town as the one kid who plays there, Deryk Englland. I know he got called up around christmas and fought a few of the heavies.

They have had Englland,McCaffrey and Gomez up at various times.Was expecting more from Gomez,disapointing so far.Englland hung tuff against Gratton,I believe.Haven't seen McCaffrey yet.

[NewNHLHater]

Originally Posted by jgdeadrabbit

They have had Englland,McCaffrey and Gomez up at various times.Was expecting more from Gomez,disapointing so far.Englland hung tuff against Gratton,I believe.Haven't seen McCaffrey yet.

EDIT: was thinking of the wrong fight. I saw him fight Clouthier and he got edged out/beat.

[jgdeadrabbit]

My mistake? I gotta start writin this stuff down.

[NewNHLHater]

Originally Posted by jgdeadrabbit

My mistake? I gotta start writin this stuff down.

No your right. I saw one of McCaffry's fights and posted a description on that. Then realized I described the wrong fight, so I corrected it.

[DaleHunter32]

previous deal= Forbes for Peat... turned out pretty well considering that Forbes has gotten the call up a couple of times. And Peat didn't get the call once.

But now, your going out and getting another enforcer, worst (no offense) then the one you previously had? Peat must have really ruffled some feathers in the organization to have that happen. Or, they are/were not real high on Zinger and he was expendable.. either way, now they have some sort of Weight up there in Hershey.

ECHL, South Carolina has/had a guy by the name of Robin Gomez who loves to throw'm. He played a couple of pre-season games with the caps and tossed'm a couple of times with Roy, I'm pretty sure South Carolina has more Weight then Hershey does, so why not just call someone up? Either way i'm happy, there is some sort of enforcer in the Caps NHL and AHL organization