Thursday Roundup - Caps 5, Thrashers 3

I am beyond cised. I have been reading you for a while now and I even asked for a Caps blog on SB Nation and recomended you as you can see right here: http://blog.sbnation.com/2008/10/15/635445/a-washington-capitals-blog

I went to the game, and me and the Russian guys behind me were pretty annoyed by the wave.
I really can’t imagine expecting Tyler Sloan to be any better than what he has been for us all year.
Alzner, unsurprisingly looked almost as smooth out there as when I watched him play in the rookie game back in September at Kettler. He made some tough plays look pretty easy, and the coaches sure seemed to trust him to play alot of quality minutes.

Atlanta is in dire need of a defensive minded coach. The way Kozlov took Alex’s pass for the breakaway was beautiful – skate to stick. Let’s hope the Bears and Caps can play as well against Montreal.

you say Atlanta gave up when down 1-4, but they still found a way to score 2 on the Cappies. myeah. the Habs will manhandle us on Friday if they don’t play tighter.

I hope they keep Sloan up permanently. he is playing better than 2 of our starters (Erskine is not one of them).

Alzner really played as advertised. Smart, simple, quick to get the puck out. not a bad shot either!

Eric M’Boy Fehr also had a pretty nice game. He coulda had more than just the one, tho that one was a sweetie. To be sure. He continues to run the net and use his size and speed well. Keep doing that, Eric!

Agreed on the wave. Dopey!! I suspect that last night’s crowd was tipped somewhat over into the newbies/tourists area of humanity, The guy next to me asked me, from the depths of his Southern accent, what college Alzner had gone to. And then he told me that the “Raleigh Hurricanes” won the Stanley Cup a few years ago. I tried to be polite.

Someone should show Eric Fehr the game tape and let him see that when he went into high-traffic areas he got chances. When he lingered around the perimeter: Nada.

Nice to see Tom Poti’s minutes managed downward in a game that was ovah early.

I can’t remember the last time I saw an NHL team so disinterested in playing a game. ATL had a physical game with TOR on Tuesday night (it included a Kovalchuk fight), and boy did it show.

B2B really solid games from Juice.

I suspect it was started by College Kids. I think last night was a bonus Student Rush, and I heard some college aged kids going back to the metro as I was going up the escalator mentioning the game was sold out.

I agree though, let’s leave the Wave to baseball games, where there is nothing going on for 2 of the three hours it takes to play the game.

all of America watching the Thanksgiving Parade just got Rick Roll’d, live.

There is a kid from Oakton High School in Fairfax who posted (in really poor English) on the Caps Boards that a group from his school was going to the game and then posted today that they started the wave. Hope they don’t come back if they are going to do the wave.

Good game, I don’t know if it was just me,but both Jurcina and Nylander looked so much better last night. On the injury front, Tarik’s WaPo story did not have good news, Poti left the game and was seen limping after the game. In the list of injuries, Tarik indicated that Erskine might have a concussion. I guess Alzer might be here for a couple of games.

Glad to hear Alzner had a good game in his debut. :)

That’s two Hitmen D that the Caps have added in just a couple of years. Wonder if they’ll go for Matt MacKenzie at this year’s draft? ;)

“Tomas Fleischmann continues to impress with his skills… in the offensive zone.”

I’m not disagreeing with the statement, he does leave something to be desired when in the defensive zone and with his backchecking. Buuuut, since he’s in the midst of what appaears to be a break out season, is it possible that the defensive awareness will follow the offensive stats? I’m just thinking about Semin and OV…and yes I know it’s hard, if not impossible, to compare Flash with those two, but still.

Thoughts?