Brooks Laich

Today the Washington Capitals signed Brooks Laich to a 6 year, $27 million contract, effectively keeping him in a Caps uniform for several more seasons.  I am happy about this signing.  This will keep Ovechkin, Backstrom, and Laich in Caps uniforms (barring trades of course) for years to come. 

I do think the Caps overpaid slightly for Laich, but this being a very weak free agency year the Caps had to step up a bit to keep him.  Hopefully they're able to sign a few more guys.  July 1 will be interesting!

So frustrated

It's been a few weeks so  I figured I would update.

First, it was really tough to see the Boston Bruins win the Stanley Cup.  They are a rival and a lot of my friends are Bruins fans.  So it was hard to see a rival win.  But at the same time it was good to see a team that hasn't won in a while win it.  I couldn't believe the stupidity that ensued in Vancouver after the game however. 


Meanwhile I was supposed to go to Oklahoma last week for work.  If things had worked out as they were supposed to, I would've been on a plane home right now.  But I am not.  The trip was cancelled two days before I was supposed to go.  That sucks.  It went back and forth, back and forth, for 2 weeks.  So I had no idea what plans to make or anything for almost two weeks.  Pain in the ass.  Now I'm being told I'm supposed to be going to Hawaii at some point, possibly in 2 weeks.  But I have been given no direction.  I am so frustrated about all that. 

Work is slowly driving me crazy.  Besides travel I've gotten pulled into several projects.  All are demanding lots of my time that I can't devote.  It's just a mess.

Hopefully the summer is good.  We definitely need it.