Article: A Net Loss For Washington; After 16 Seasons, Kolzig Says He Won't Return to the Capitals

Olie Kolzig, the Washington Capitals goaltender through some of the best and worst moments in the team's history, confirmed yesterday what had been suspected for weeks: He has played his final game for the franchise that drafted him in 1989.

Kolzig's only regret, he said over lunch, is that his tenure did not end the way he always had envisioned it: with him hoisting the Stanley Cup and skating around the ice at Verizon Center. Instead, his Capitals career came to an abrupt conclusion April 22, when the free-agent-to-be watched from the bench as the Philadelphia Flyers vanquished Washington in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals.

"For me, it was disappointing the way it ended," ...

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