Olie isn't coming back...

[EvilWillow]

It's sad to see him leave like this, but at the same time, after the Caps picked up Huet, you could tell what was going to happen. It is a shame that Boudreau didn't play him at all during the playoffs...

Anyway, more here.

Good luck to Olie wherever he ends up.

[GLG]

Kolzig, Washington's longest-tenured professional athlete and a fan favorite, knew that the time had come after Game 4 against the Flyers, who won in double overtime to take a 3-1 series lead. He was hopeful Coach Bruce Boudreau might turn to him. But the night before Game 5, goaltending coach Dave Prior told Kolzig that the coaching staff had decided trade-deadline acquisition Cristobal Huet would make his 12th consecutive start. Prior told him that switching net-minders had not been discussed, Kolzig said.

"When you're down three games to one in the playoffs, I felt like it was an opportunity for me to get in there with the experience I have," said Kolzig, who is tied for 22nd on the NHL's career victories list with 301. "Our backs were against the wall, but it didn't happen. I said to myself: 'My time here in Washington has passed. They've chosen to go in a different direction, and this was the exclamation point on it.' "

I do agree with Kolzig on this point. It was a strange decision, IMO, by the coaching staff to NOT give Kolzig a start.

Not the best way for him to leave, but understandable.

[oscarheyman]

Tough way for him to end his career with the Caps - a guy who CHOSE to stay with the team during the really tough times when he could've bolted as a free agent for more money years earlier.

A loyal team guy who you wish things turned out differently.