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News Green Life 52LINKS NEXT29 December 2009 Mike Green Awaits his Winter Olympic FateThe Caps definitely have four players headed to the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in February Star forwards Alex Ovechkin and Alex Semin and rookiegoalie Semyon Varlamov will play for Russia along with former Caps Sergei Fedorov and Viktor Kozlov who both spent the previous two seasons in Washington Nicklas Backstrom was named to Team Sweden on Sunday and will play a major role for the defending Olympic champions It also seems like forward Tomas Fleischmann (14 goals) is a mortal lock for the Czech Republic squad when that roster is finalized on Wednesday That will give Washington five Olympians in allBut what about No 6 The last player waiting on pins and needles right now is defenseman Mike Green who would be a lock if his last name was Sandstrom or Kozlov or Koivu or Mueller Alas he grew up in the hockeyplayer factory that is Canada And while Green is definitely still in the mix for one of Team Canadas final spots it will be close After answering Olympic questions for months Greens about done speculating on his fate So what do his teammates think of his chances when the final roster is announced on Wednesday at noon(more)Posted in News 20 Comments 18 December 2009 Boudreau supports Greens Games aspirationsCanwest News ServiceWashington Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau doesnt try to hide the fact his best defenceman Mike Green wants desperately to be part of Team Canada when the Olympics begin here in VancouverTheres no quiet agenda going on its pretty much open and Green is the same way He doesnt want to seem to be lobbying for a position but hes pretty clear that he thinks he can play lowrisk hockey if thats what the Canadian coaching staff is ultimately going to want from himAnd lets be clear With Jacques Lemaire and Ken Hitchcock affecting any advice Mike Babcock might be giving executive director Steve Yzerman and his coGMs Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland with respect to picking the team high risk is apt to be frowned uponMike can be as lowrisk as you like but why would we the Caps want to play that way said Boudreau I understand they didnt have any problems with him at the orientation camp I ask him to be more offensive with our team but that doesnt mean he cant play any way you like(more)Posted in News 2 Comments 3 December 2009 Eager Green on bubble for CanadaA ticket to Vancouver would leave Capitals defenceman overjoyedMike Green is a bubble boy in terms of his chances of being named to the Canadian Olympic mens hockey team rosterSo the question was simple what would it mean to him if executive Steve Yzerman selects him to play at the 2010 Vancouver Games It would be the happiest day of my life the dynamic Washington Capitals defenceman saidAnd if Green could have an audience with Yzerman what would the candidate say to his potent...