CAPITALS NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY IN WINTER CLASSIC

"It doesn't sound like we will be part of the Winter Classic," said Washington Capitals General Manager George McPhee on Monday.

"Maybe it's not a bad thing," McPhee explained to nationalpost.com "When you go, you have to play in front of 40,000 or 50,000 of the other team's fans. ... I would just assume if we were in it, that we would know by now."

While all details have not yet been announced, it is known that the Classic will be held at Fenway Park on New Years Day with the local Bruins playing another team, initially thought to be either the Philadelphia Flyers or the Capitals.

However, "multiple league sources revealed there are concerns at NBC over television ratings with the Capitals, who are being pushed by the NHL," reports WEEI.com sportsradio network. "The network is instead holding out for Philadelphia, according to the sources, and the odds are improving daily that the Flyers will be traveling to the Fens in January."

Capitals unlikely to play in Winter Classic

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