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Holy Smokes!
WHAT HAPPENED?
God, I hate seeing the Flyers win like that. Not surprised that they kept going. They are a bunch of douchebags after all.
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by PPP on Dec 20, 2008 5:49 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Honestly, they played great that first period, and doing as well as they did with Niittymaki stealing the show took the wind out of their sails and everything snowballed from there. Everything just slowly fell apart.
by marky narc on Dec 20, 2008 6:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Whatever...
Big talk from a team that just put on an effort like that.
I always say this, but especially with the rivalry, I think it’s your own responsibility to keep from getting embarrassed in games.
And I think the Flyers partially just wanted to make the premature hat throwers feel a little less stupid.
by Ben Rothenberg on Dec 20, 2008 6:22 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
@salmon
“An effort like that.”
You mean, outplaying the opposition in the first only to be down due to a goalie playing like crap? Then playing moreorless better than the opposition through the second only to have yet another softy go in, and then just giving up in the third? Yeah, more than half of that game was simply dominated by Washington, but assy goaltending just blew it for everyone. I wouldn’t use the phrase “an effort like that.”
by Hazardous on Dec 24, 2008 1:55 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Theodore allowing 4 in the 3rd period doesn’t help. It has become obvious that we do not have a dependable starting netminder to rely on. No offense, of course, to Johnson who had a rough day today but has been otherwise playing above and beyond expectations, but when you play against top quality teams like the Flyers, you like to know you don’t have to find ways to win in spite of your goalie’s performance.
by PaintDrinkingPete on Dec 20, 2008 7:27 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
It has become obvious that we do not have a dependable starting netminder to rely on. No offense, of course, to Johnson who had a rough day today but has been otherwise playing above and beyond expectations, but when you play against top quality teams like the Flyers, you like to know you don’t have to find ways to win in spite of your goalie’s performance.
I wouldn’t draw too much from this one outing – it’s only the second time in 16 starts Johnson’s had a save % below .900, which is 1/8 or 12.5% of the time. For contrast, Martin Brodeur, 2007-8’s Vezina winner had 19 such outings in 77 starts for New Jersey last year, or 24.6% of the time. Nabakov, who was second, posted 31 such outings in 77 starts, 40% of the time. Lundqvist, who was third, was below .900 in 27 of 72 starts, 37.5%.
Now of course Johnson only stopped 76.9% of the shots he saw today, the second time he’s been at that level or worse in a game he started; again that 12.5%, which the other three goalies were below .800 less often than Johnson has, but all three posted five sub-.800 games last season.
Of course Johnson isn’t in their company, but my point is that even the elite goalies have bad nights and I still think Johnson could emerge as a legit starter this season.
by David M. Getz on Dec 20, 2008 9:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Just hoping they mean it. Seriously, they can lose that Jan 6 game for all I care. I want brash to destroy every ounce of Asham for that cheap ass pansy slash. I want ovie to run over all the little babies in orange (white). Maybe brads can win a fight. More over, i just want to beat their ass clean and hammer them and score. How about a 7 goal OV explosion?
Todays was a game of bounces – every good one went Philly’s way and the caps could barely buy that 1 goal. Like BB said, what goes around comes around.
by sincitycapsfan on Dec 20, 2008 7:33 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I’d rather they just win the game. :)
by marky narc on Dec 20, 2008 7:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
They lose but seven goals from Ovechkin? I’ll give you 10,000:1 odds on that combination goin’ down.
by Ben Rothenberg on Dec 20, 2008 10:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I contend that it's all one big typographical error
We COULDN’T have lost that badly. It ain’t true.
by Uncle C on Dec 20, 2008 9:02 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
i had the good fortune of being at work all afternoon, so i am going to pretend that that was a misprint as well.
by sonia on Dec 20, 2008 9:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Brashear
At least one person did his job. Don’t agree? Ask Riley Cote’s nose.
by Whiter Mage on Dec 21, 2008 12:01 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
OFB link...
intersting: http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2008/12/21/washington-is-indeed-asking-around-about-goalies.html
by ns on Dec 21, 2008 10:12 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Not interesting at all
I read that earlier today and it offers nothing.
How do you envision the Caps being able to afford another goalie? Are they miraculously going to be able to get rid of Jose?
What team will want to trade (strategically speaking) to the Caps given what they’ll be able to do when they get one?
What are they going to do if they trade Nylander for Bulin? You’ve got two goalies on one way contracts. And not only that, Bulin’s salary is similar to Nyls.
It’s commentators trying to stir the pot. What the Caps have is what they have for this year…unless Santa brings another Xmas miracle. The most one can hope for is GMGM saying that Johnson and/or Theodores nagging injuries are worse than they actually are and bringing up either Cheese or the young Russian.
by Yoshietree on Dec 21, 2008 9:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You GOTTA get a pic of Riley Cote from today. His whole face is like one big bruise.
by Ben Rothenberg on Dec 21, 2008 1:29 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
i have never been one to buy into this whining about the other team scoring. you are paid professionals: stop them.
but at least with Semin destined for LTIR we can get Varlamov back.
by macvechkin on Dec 21, 2008 1:43 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Or perhaps give Machesney or Neuvirth a game or two twirl in the pipes.
At this point, who knows – anything’s possible.
I have as many wins in a Capitals uniform as Michael Belhumeur does.
by marky narc on Dec 21, 2008 9:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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| GP | W | L | OTL | PT | |
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Washington
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59 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 88 |
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Tampa Bay
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57 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 61 |
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Atlanta
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57 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 58 |
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Florida
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58 | 24 | 25 | 9 | 57 |
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Carolina
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58 | 21 | 30 | 7 | 49 |
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