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Article: Capitals Not Expected To Retain Carpenter; Veteran Center Offered Termination Contract
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- The Washington Post
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- August 3, 1993
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Bob Carpenter's second time around the rink with the Washington
Capitals was not a successful trip for either the player or the team
and Carpenter apparently will not be invited back next season.
Carpenter, the Capitals' 1981 first-round pick, scored 53 goals
during the 1984-85 season before leaving amid much acrimony in a 1987
trade. Carpenter returned to Washington last summer under a
complicated agreement that paid him $500,000 last season, but also
allowed the Capitals to offer a termination deal for 1993-94.
Capitals General Manager David Poile confirmed yesterday that
Carpenter had been offered that termination contract but had not
returned it by the July 31 deadline. While it's still ...