Cap Of The Day: Bill Ranford

by J.P. on Dec 14, 2008 8:03 PM EST

	GP	MIN	GA	SO	GAA	W	L	T
Caps Career Stats (1996-98)	40	2192	101	0	2.76	15	19	4

Acquired from Boston with Adam Oates and Rick Tocchet for Jim Carey, Anson Carter, Jason Allison and Washington's 3rd choice in the 1997 Entry Draft (Lee Goren), March 1, 1997.

Traded to Tampa Bay in exchange for Tampa's 3rd choice in the 1998 Entry Draft (Todd Hornung), June 17, 1998.

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[Cap of the Day is a shameless rip of a regular FanPost feature over at Pension Plan Puppets, but that doesn't make it any less fun to remember some of the greats - and not-so-greats - in Caps history]

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“Ranford got hurt? Now who are we going to put in net? This Olaf guy? I don’t think so. That guy’s got ‘career back up’ written all over him.”

by marky narc on Dec 15, 2008 1:56 PM EST reply actions

Ranford was a very good goale for a very long time in the NHL, having been on a Cup Finalist several times (including the 1997-98 Caps). He did win the Cup as as starting goaltender in Edmonton in 1990 when he impressed Boston so much they went and traded for him.

I still remember the game when he became Wally Pipp, opening night in Toronto in 1997. Ranford played well in the first, took one on the…well, you know (if you don’t, ask Patrick Thoresen). Let’s just say it was lower-body injury. Of course, Craig Laughlin, on the telecast couldn’t help but emphasize thar Ranford’s voice went up a couple of octaves (and he also demonstrated it).

Side note about that telecast, back then they were a little more fast and loose with the telecast, and they showed Locker playing for Toronto towards the end of his career. They captioned it with “Craig Laughlin: 40 Years Ago”.

It’s a shame Ranford’s career as a starter came to an abrupt end with a shot to the… but it did lead to something special here in DC for the next 10 years…

by Mike L on Dec 15, 2008 2:43 PM EST reply actions

"Craig Laughlin: 40 Years Ago"

Hahaha…I remember HTS used to do stuff like that all the time. I remember watching an Orioles game once in which they put up a graphic saying that Brady Anderson “leads the AL in sideburns”

by RyanF on Dec 15, 2008 4:27 PM EST up reply actions

Random memory

For some reason, the memory of the moment I heard about the trade to get Ranford stands out. Who knows why….maybe only because of the star power of the names involved. Anyway, I’ll never forget where I was—Senor Frogs in Cancun, watching the news of the trade on the ESPN ticker as my buddy is sitting the “electrocution” chair taking shots of liquor through some helmet straw contraption.

by Cluster on Dec 15, 2008 6:03 PM EST reply actions

The one thing I remember about the trade was that ESPN reported it incorrectly at first, they said it was Oates, Tocchet and Ranford for Allison, Carey and Konowalchuk. They corrected it at the next SportsCenter as it happened just as they were going from one edition to the next, saying that Anson Carter and not Kono was part of the deal.

by Mike L on Dec 16, 2008 12:41 PM EST up reply actions

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