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@ Columbus Blue Jackets

Saturday, Nov 29, 2008, 7:00 PM EST
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by J.P. on Nov 29, 2008 7:02 PM EST reply actions  

Sigh. As if hockey matters at a time like this: Brian Burke is once again among us. He is great. Let us analyze his haircut. (At least until they drop the puck.)

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 7:05 PM EST reply actions  

Nylander might want to shoot there…

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by J.P. on Nov 29, 2008 7:12 PM EST reply actions  

He can’t shoot. He has the Swedish disease.

by Old Bob on Nov 29, 2008 10:41 PM EST up reply actions  

Is it just me, or is this CSN+ picture poopy?

Apparently Michael Nylander may only want 14 minutes TOI.

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 7:13 PM EST reply actions  

CSN+ blows, even by standard def standards.

Broadcasting hockey in standard def is a crime against humanity.

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by J.P. on Nov 29, 2008 7:15 PM EST up reply actions  

Yes, we should know five things before we find out about the penalty. Stoopid TV producers.

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 7:16 PM EST reply actions  

Astonishingly stupid, Eric Fehr.

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 7:17 PM EST reply actions  

Terrible (legit) giveaway by Alzner.

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by J.P. on Nov 29, 2008 7:19 PM EST up reply actions  

Did Alzner forget it was 4-on-4? What was that?! The Caps should probably be behind here. Like, 2-0.

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 7:19 PM EST reply actions  

If a CBJ defenseman was standing at the point with a bag of groceries, he’d throw it at the net.

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 7:24 PM EST reply actions  

They're fat and happy in C'bus!

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by J.P. on Nov 29, 2008 7:25 PM EST reply actions  

Yes, please disregard what I said about CBJ defensemen, groceries and the net.

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 7:32 PM EST up reply actions  

Soft boards there in CBJ.

And will CSN cut it with the production elements and just tell us about the hockey game? K thx bye

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 7:30 PM EST reply actions  

BJ1 has the wanders.

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 7:31 PM EST reply actions  

Just you and me tonight, Tyler?

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by J.P. on Nov 29, 2008 7:32 PM EST reply actions  

I guess so. Is it because not everyone has CSN+? Or do people wait until intermission/etc. for ‘live boards?’

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 7:34 PM EST reply actions  

Get with the program and reply to comments in the appropriate thread, man!

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by J.P. on Nov 29, 2008 7:42 PM EST up reply actions  

Methinks someone told 19 to shoot the puck more.

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 7:37 PM EST reply actions  

Apparently Nyls think he needs to compact the ice with his stick blade.

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 7:38 PM EST reply actions  

92’s definitely a stick tapper.

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by J.P. on Nov 29, 2008 7:43 PM EST up reply actions  

I think if you do that too much, you go blind.

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 7:46 PM EST up reply actions  

To whom it may concern

I see that the Washington Capitals have given up 15 shots int he first period. I am crying inside.

Signed,

Kyle McLaren

P.S. Outside too.

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 7:43 PM EST reply actions  

ugh, i hate when they relegate us to CSN+, my stupid cable provider doesnt get it so i have to listen on the radio online.

by DonCaps819 on Nov 29, 2008 8:01 PM EST reply actions  

The picture quality is better on your radio. (And you’re spared the endless Brian Burke cutaways on HNIC.)

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 8:02 PM EST up reply actions  

dont need no stinkin pictures! i can tell we’ve come out flat from here.

by DonCaps819 on Nov 29, 2008 8:05 PM EST reply actions  

Alzner was holding that left hand pretty gingerly there.

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 8:06 PM EST reply actions  

Jesus. H. Christ.

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by J.P. on Nov 29, 2008 8:08 PM EST up reply actions  

could that have been caused by bad ice? sarcasm

by DonCaps819 on Nov 29, 2008 8:07 PM EST reply actions  

FWIW, Grapes was in rare (xenophobic) form on HNIC tonight. Catch it in the AM on cbc.ca.

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 8:08 PM EST reply actions  

21 is talking to himself. And not kindly.

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 8:10 PM EST reply actions  

was in all alone on Mason. F and now a Hummers PP

by DonCaps819 on Nov 29, 2008 8:11 PM EST reply actions  

BJs = Hummers, I’d think

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by J.P. on Nov 29, 2008 8:13 PM EST up reply actions  

Blue Jackets, BJ’s, Hummer’s you understand the progression.

by DonCaps819 on Nov 29, 2008 8:14 PM EST reply actions  

Yes, I’m dialing myself back to fourth grade now.

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 8:14 PM EST up reply actions  

BJ1 with a beaut on Huselius, and then another. He’s keeping the Caps in this.

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 8:14 PM EST reply actions  

BJ1 is playing above his crease more than I remember in his recent outings. It’s working.

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 8:15 PM EST reply actions  

A good team would be absolutely burying the Caps right now.

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by J.P. on Nov 29, 2008 8:16 PM EST reply actions  

speaking of burying, Detroits getting buried by Boston 3-0 2nd period

by DonCaps819 on Nov 29, 2008 8:17 PM EST reply actions  

And as soon as I post that…. Alzner on the ice.

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 8:17 PM EST up reply actions  

Is anyone else watching this game on Center Ice? The CBJ announcers have made just a ton of gaffes tonight. We’re talking non-women Comcast Sports Net level errors.

And congrats on the move, JP.

by RickyRage on Nov 29, 2008 8:24 PM EST reply actions  

It’s not blacked out? Are you outside DC?

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 8:24 PM EST up reply actions  

Thx – things are finally starting to feel like home around here.

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by J.P. on Nov 29, 2008 8:35 PM EST up reply actions  

This Caps bunch looks 3-in-4-nights flat. Of course, CBJ has played 3-in-4 too, so…

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 8:26 PM EST reply actions  

For example, they gave the credit for Bradley’s hit on Russell to Laich… 3 times

by RickyRage on Nov 29, 2008 8:31 PM EST reply actions  

And not to beat a dead horse here, but the camera work is also leaving a lot to be desired. I missed the Nash goal, even on replays.

by RickyRage on Nov 29, 2008 8:32 PM EST up reply actions  

Alright, I go to put the baby to bed and C’bus scored. Saw the replay – hell of a shot that may have ramped off Backstrom’s stick, eh? What was Nick doing back on that anyway?

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by J.P. on Nov 29, 2008 8:31 PM EST reply actions  

Alzner pinched, which was OK. He got caught down low trying to play a body below the CBJ net… which was not.

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 8:32 PM EST up reply actions  

And CraigL keeps saying the puck may have gone off of 19’s stick, but I don’t see it.

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 8:33 PM EST up reply actions  

Mason is just on right now, now we know how the Habs fans felt last night.

by CapitalsKremlin on Nov 29, 2008 8:32 PM EST reply actions  

Juice and Alzner are minus-two apiece.

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by J.P. on Nov 29, 2008 8:35 PM EST reply actions  

A late PPG would be enormous.

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 8:35 PM EST reply actions  

we cant go 0-4 on the pp right now, need to get back into this.

by DonCaps819 on Nov 29, 2008 8:36 PM EST reply actions  

Ovi looks tired and a little frustrated.

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by J.P. on Nov 29, 2008 8:37 PM EST up reply actions  

Agreed. 9:19 TOI in the first, 6:41 in the second.

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 8:39 PM EST up reply actions  

They can come back

But they are going to have to score an ugly goal…just crash the net and shove the puck under Mason. Columbus is really choking the life out of them.

by DebCapsFan on Nov 29, 2008 8:37 PM EST reply actions  

we really could use his 2 goals hes good for vs C’bus.

by DonCaps819 on Nov 29, 2008 8:38 PM EST reply actions  

Alright, I’m about to give up on the giveaway and takeaway stats – the Caps have 2 giveaways and 1 takeaway through two. More to the point, Alzner has 0 giveaways, despite his obvious horrible attempted cross-ice pass on a first period 4-on-4 that led to a CBJ break.

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by J.P. on Nov 29, 2008 8:39 PM EST reply actions  

Yeah and the CBJ hit stats are…. amusing.

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 8:41 PM EST up reply actions  

from the radio it sounded like Backstrom had 2 takeaways in one sequence…

by DonCaps819 on Nov 29, 2008 8:42 PM EST up reply actions  

What’s the game to watch at intermission? Buffalo/Montreal?

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by J.P. on Nov 29, 2008 8:42 PM EST reply actions  

Especially if you like seeing cuts to Brian Burke at every whistle.

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 8:45 PM EST up reply actions  

whats the odds on a Brashear/Boll scrap in the 3rd?

by DonCaps819 on Nov 29, 2008 8:44 PM EST reply actions  

Can someone explain the glass slapping phenomenon to me? I just don’t get it.

by RickyRage on Nov 29, 2008 8:56 PM EST reply actions  

Why do people feel the need to hit the glass?

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 8:57 PM EST reply actions  

You know, Craig’s point about a revved-up, emotional (Go Bears!) night taking something out of WSH last night rings true.

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 8:59 PM EST reply actions  

Another similarity between last night and tonight: Caps aren’t getting much puck possession time.

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 9:05 PM EST reply actions  

So – am I the only one that hasn’t seen Alzner this period?

by Ames on Nov 29, 2008 9:07 PM EST reply actions  

You’re right. He hasn’t played in the third.

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 9:08 PM EST up reply actions  

yup

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by J.P. on Nov 29, 2008 9:08 PM EST up reply actions  

I get the feeling once the Caps put one in, then things will click. Too bad half the period is gone.

by CapitalsKremlin on Nov 29, 2008 9:07 PM EST reply actions  

This is only 92’s third shift of the period.

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 9:07 PM EST reply actions  

Playoffs

…Will be awfully short if they keep up this kind of play on the road.

by wittcap79 on Nov 29, 2008 9:08 PM EST reply actions  

LMAO, one of, if not THE, greatest press conference of all time.

by wittcap79 on Nov 29, 2008 9:18 PM EST up reply actions  

You mean for Hershey, because all their D will be with WSH? (I mean, a little perspective…. )

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 9:10 PM EST up reply actions  

Laich on D. Sweet.

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by J.P. on Nov 29, 2008 9:13 PM EST reply actions  

I hope GMGM has a few South Carolina D in mind….

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 9:14 PM EST reply actions  

Johnny’s poke check didn’t quite work on that one.

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by J.P. on Nov 29, 2008 9:16 PM EST reply actions  

It was either going to be a goal or a PS.

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 9:17 PM EST reply actions  

Not necessarily – if Johnny saved it, it could have been just a minor for hooking if the refs had ruled that Nash wasn’t denied a reasonable scoring opportunity.

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by J.P. on Nov 29, 2008 9:18 PM EST up reply actions  

So this season we’ve had injuries to:
1) Morisonn
2) Erskine
3) Green
4) Schultz
4.5) Fed
5) Alzner now

Pretty amazing.

by RickyRage on Nov 29, 2008 9:18 PM EST reply actions  

Throw in Pothier, too, if you’d like.

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by J.P. on Nov 29, 2008 9:19 PM EST up reply actions  

I must continue editing my essay on corporate ethics…no more time for bad hockey.

by wittcap79 on Nov 29, 2008 9:19 PM EST reply actions  

Corporate ethics? Bwahahahaha!

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by J.P. on Nov 29, 2008 9:20 PM EST up reply actions  

I knew that would be good for a laugh…I thought the same thing when I chose it as my essay topic.

by wittcap79 on Nov 29, 2008 9:47 PM EST up reply actions  

Corporate ethics? As in Brian Burke’s can-opener move out of ANA and into TOR? ;)

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 9:21 PM EST up reply actions  

Heh, start Nov. with a shutout, and we might end it with one.

by CapitalsKremlin on Nov 29, 2008 9:25 PM EST reply actions  

On the plus side, only three goals allowed in a road game. Ugh.

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by J.P. on Nov 29, 2008 9:26 PM EST reply actions  

That wasn’t fun at all

by Ames on Nov 29, 2008 9:27 PM EST reply actions  

If there are people moaning in Ted’s inbox, it’s a reflection on the emailers and nothing else.

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 9:30 PM EST up reply actions  

I find his "look at what people are still whining about " posts funny.

by CapitalsKremlin on Nov 29, 2008 9:31 PM EST up reply actions  

He got an email on Thanksgiving Day bitching about how the team treated Jakub Klepis – I think that says most everything you need to know about his inbox.

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by J.P. on Nov 29, 2008 9:32 PM EST up reply actions  

Oh good lord. You mean to tell me Faux(s) and Hotdog had that little to do on Thanksgiving?

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 9:33 PM EST up reply actions  

I know, I know. I am delete.

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 9:34 PM EST up reply actions  

Never written Ted b4 Tiler. Too busy studying the salary cap piece you referred me to.

by hotdog88gt on Nov 29, 2008 11:12 PM EST up reply actions  

You know the Caps lost when we’ve all been reduced to Klepis jokes.

by TylerG on Nov 29, 2008 9:34 PM EST reply actions  

The whole league is tired.

The whole league with the exception of the west coast clubs, is exhausted. Those teams have all gone through their five day off period..

almost all the home teams are winning tonight.

Caps need some time off.

I wonder how many more days (weeks?) all these guys who might be able to play last weekend will be out.

by Old Bob on Nov 29, 2008 10:49 PM EST reply actions  

CSN+

I didn’t have it or else i would commenting on these boards :/

by Ovechkin on Nov 30, 2008 1:34 AM EST reply actions  

Joe Bennanati has the greatest voice in the NHL.

Fear The Fin: Where the second round is overrated.

by Mr. Plank on Nov 30, 2008 4:20 AM EST reply actions  

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