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2009 December Green Life 52LINKS NEXTArchive for December 200929 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 29 December 2009 Mikes 9th of the seasonMike scores his 9th of the season against the HurricanesPosted in Video No Comments 29 December 2009 Mikes 8th of the seasonMike gets his 8th goal of the year in a 41 victory over the New jersey DevilsPosted in Video No 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 12 December 2009 GAME OVER GREENMike scores OT winner last night in a 43 win over CarolinaTags Green videosPosted in Video 3 Comments FEATURED VIDEOVIEW ALL VIDEOSDecember 2009 November 2009 October 2009 Se...