CAMP AT A GLANCE
	Pencil Olaf Kolzig in as the definite No. 1 goalie.
	Coach: Ron Wilson '99-00 record: 44-26-12 Camp location: Piney Orchard Ice Arena (Odenton, Md.) Report date: Sept. 9 Preseason schedule: Sept. 15: Boston (Portland, Maine) Sept. 19: at Tampa Bay Sept. 21: at Philadelphia Sept. 23: NY Islanders (Richmond, Va.) Sept. 27: at Carolina Sept. 29: Buffalo (Erie, Pa.) Sept. 30: Philadelphia Oct. 3: Carolina

General manager George McPhee didn't tinker with the team too much this offseason. He went out and got three veterans -- forwards Craig Berube and Stephane Richer, along with defenseman Sylvain Cote. Richer and Cote will provide offense for the goal-starved Caps, while Berube will add some muscle.

Here's a look at the rest of Washington's training camp.

Question mark: Depth up front
Thirty-eight-year-old Adam Oates led the Caps in scoring last season with 71 points in 82 games. The next closest scorer was defenseman Sergei Gonchar -- 17 points behind Oates. The next closest forward was Chris Simon, who had a career-year with 49 points in 75 games. If Washington is looking to Oates again to lead the charge, that might be a bit too much to ask from a player his age.

Translation: Some of the other forwards have to step it up in training camp. Veterans like Steve Konowalchuk, Joe Murphy, Ulf Dahlen, Andrei Nikolishin, Joe Sacco and Peter Bondra -- if he's not traded -- have to put up better numbers. Look for youngsters like Glen Metropolit, Jan Bulis and Jeff Halpern to be given every opportunity in camp to move up the depth charts.

Biggest position battle: Defense
While it has been noted above that there will be a battle for positions at forward, there will be a bigger war waged in camp for the final two defense spots. Sergei Gonchar, Calle Johansson, Brendan Witt, Ken Klee and Sylvain Cote make up the core. However, veterans Joe Reekie and Dmitri Mironov will have a tough time of it trying to keep their jobs with the likes of youngsters Alexei Tezikov, Stephen Peat, Jean-Francois Fortin and Ross Lupaschuk breathing down their backs. The bet here is that Lupaschuk and Peat will spend one more season in juniors. But that leaves four other players battling for the final two spots.

Future watch
Here, ESPN.com looks at one or two young players who could make an impact, either now or in the future.

Kris Beech (Center):
The 19-year-old center terrorized WHL goaltenders last season by scoring 32 goals and racking up 54 assists for 86 points in 66 games. That's an improvement of 19 points over the previous year. Beech, the seventh selection overall in '99, does not back away from the physical play, either. With a shortage of scoring punch at the forward position, Beech has a shot at making the Caps' lineup.

Michal Sivek (Center):
Sivek, 19, is not the offensive talent that Beech is. But he has one thing Beech doesn't -- size. At 6-foot-3, 209 pounds, the '99 second-round selection (29th overall) had no trouble fighting through traffic in the WHL. In 53 games for Prince Albert, Sivek notched 23 goals and 37 assists for 60 points. Like Beech, Sivek will also get an excellent opportunity to make the team.

Training camp roster
Goaltenders: Craig Billington, Sebastien Charpentier, Curtis Cruickshank, Jomar Cruz, Olaf Kolzig.

Defensemen: Patrick Boileau, Sylvain Cote, Mike Farrell, Nathan Forster, Jean-Francois Fortin, Sergei Gonchar, Jamie Huscroft, Calle Johansson, Ken Klee, Ross Lupaschuk, Dmitri Mironov, Joe Reekie, Remi Royer, Igor Shadilov, Steve Shirreffs, Mike Siklenka, Dean Stork, Scott Swanson, Alexei Tezikov, Brendan Witt, Nolan Yonkman.

Left wings: Krys Barch, Craig Berube, James Black, Trevor Halvorsen, Steve Konowalchuk, Barrie Moore, Jason Shmyr, Chris Simon.

Centers: Kris Beech, Jan Bulis, Mike Eagles, Blake Evans, Jeff Halpern, Matt Herr, Todd Hornung, Glen Metropolit, Ryan Mulhern, Jeff Nelson, Andrei Nikolishin, Adam Oates, Maxim Orlov, Michal Sivek, Charlie Stephens, Roman Tvrdon, Stefan Ustorf, Trent Whitfield, Terry Yake.

Right wings: Peter Bondra, Kyle Clark, Chris Corrinet, Ulf Dahlen, Joe Murphy, Joe Sacco, Richard Zednik.

Charles Avellino is a lead NHL researcher at ESPN.