Oh Danny Boy, the Flyers the Flyers are calling.

So Mad Dog has done the once unthinkable and joined Lewis Christie and Blair Daly in swapping a potential EIHL Knockout Cup semi-final appearance for the life of the doomed in South-facing Fife.
John Haig's similarly timed departure to Dundee has made Kirckaldy an ever-so-slightly more appealing proposition from a Caps' point of view and may perhaps have helped the Flyers pass Danny's credit check.

That news, coupled with the imminent return of a new-look Paws, has resulted in a flurry of activity on the Caps' website previously unseen this off-season.
This strangely hasn't focused on the morality of a realignment of such magnitude, perhaps showing the continuing effect of Fife's lack of participation in the top tier.
The main argument seems to boil down to whether the Caps provide food on away trips and if the alleged necessity of Danny having to dip into his own pocket to "Go Large" at Newport Pagnell services one too many times has forced him into the deranged mental state that one must surely be in to sign for the others.

Some on the official forum seem to think that expenses to cover food on away trips is part of some basic human right that must be adhered to, however the European Convention on Human Rights fails to feature the word "food" in the entire sixty-six article legislature. It's also well known that if the team simply took up Freddie Oduya's "Shot of cinnamon and fourty-five minute stroll around the service station car park"routine then a fifty pound Holland & Barrett voucher would probably suffice for the season's food allowance.
In actual fact the team only need to fulfill the terms of the player's contract of employment. If there's nothing in the contract about food on away trips or not having to car pool with Lynchie then the team don't need to dole out pasta on the bus and can shove players next to Mookie in the back of a Fiesta.

The main point here is that we are competing with other clubs for players. Not just EIHL teams but EPL, SPHL and others. Not just for the imports but also for the Danny Macs, Matthew Richs and Grant McPhersons.
If other teams start to offer players packages full of incentives, be it cars, flats, university degrees or J-Lo's old tour bus to travel to away games, then it's up to the Capitals to try and keep pace with the way the league is going to the best of their abilities and limitations lest find themselves in a position of players turning down offers to enjoy more relaxing/profitable surroundings.

The other potential turn of events that led to his departure that has gone largely un-noticed is that Danny was simply surplus to requirements at the Caps Mk IX. The forum was similarly ablaze when Grant McPherson upped sticks for Milton Keynes and then a year later Matty Rich left for Newcastle. This season it's the turn of Danny Mac. Hopefully Scott has made the correct call once more and the departure of Danny, who was mostly being used as a make-shift in both defence and on the third line, will not be rued.