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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 2954352" data-attributes="member: 2012">Capitals sign Sutherby, FataTSN.ca Staff7/17/2006 4:59:14 PMThe Washington Capitals avoided arbitration hearings with two former first round picks on Monday, re-signing forwards Brian Sutherby and Rico Fata.Sutherby will earn $800,000 this season, while Fata will get $650,000.Sutherby, 24, had 14 goals and 16 assists for 30 points in 76 games with the Capitals last season.Sutherby was drafted by the Capitals with the 26th overall pick in the 2000 draft and has played 185 games with Washington, scoring 18 goals and 43 points.Fata, once considered a teenage phenom in Canada and still one of the fastest skaters in the game, was drafted sixth overall in the 1998 draft by the Calgary Flames.His speed, however, has never translated into much offensive output at the NHL level.  Fata's best season was 2003-04 with Pittsburgh, when he scored 16 goals and 34 points in 73 games.He has also played for the New York Rangers and the Atlanta Thrashers in his pro career, totalling 26 goals and 61 points in 220 NHL games.The Penguins waived him last January and he was claimed by Atlanta. Washington claimed him off waivers from the Thrashers in March. He played 21 games with the Capitals, scoring three goals and three assists.</blockquote>