Game Day Open Thread: Caps @ Leafs
by J.P. on Dec 6, 2008 5:27 PM EST
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Washington Capitals
@ Toronto Maple Leafs
Saturday, Dec 6, 2008, 7:00 PM EST
Air Canada Centre
Have at it, people.
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Post Road Pumpkin Ale
is my beverage of choice for this one. First sip….yes!
The keyboard is mightier.
Nice call. I think I’ll crack a Sierra Nevada. Cheers!
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Depending on how this game goes, I might be hitting up the hard stuff next.
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Nice HNIC piece on Boudreau and his buddy John Anderson. They’re pretty much in love.
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Thank you, UofF, for nailing that game shut before this one starts.
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Toronto announcers: “Overchkin is probably the best one on one player in the league. Crosby is terrific and so are others, but Ovechkin is the player that makes fans sit on the edge of their seat because you expect something special to happen.”
Nice to hear that. Don’t disagree with that one iota.
eh
i love Ovi and how he plays but i have to disagree on this one. there are definitely better one on one guys in the league. Ilya Kovalchuk, for example.
by ns on Dec 6, 2008 7:53 PM EST up reply actions
I’ve got to agree. He’s become predictable one-on-one. Still elite, but there are other guys I’d be more scared of (maybe including Alex Semin).
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Am I the only one who’s CSN “HD” feed looks relatively crappy?
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Jesus, these guys are all over us
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I figured they’d come out all guns blazing to start to try and take advantage of the inexperienced D. Weather the storm, boys, weather the storm.
The forwards really need to help out the D. Already I’ve seen Alex and Donny not do that when they could/should.
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I still don’t understand playing two playmakers with Alex…
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ooooh, poutine. i could go for some of that right now
by ns on Dec 6, 2008 7:55 PM EST up reply actions
Sweet Jesus that would’ve been awesome
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C’mon, Kozzy. Gotta bury that.
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I’m fine seeing 42 there on the PP. It’s 42 at even strength that scares the crap out of me.
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And I’d rather Alzner focus on his 5-on-5 and SH ice time and not have to worry about PP.
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He’s proven to be worthless at that – why not keep using him where he’s actually proven useful?
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Are we not men we are Deveaux
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When Hollweg’s on he’s a good Matt Cooke/Jarkko Ruutu type but when he’s not he’s Sean Avery without the penchant for fashion.
I dunno that I’ve seen that upside, but I certainly have seen the stupid.
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Of all the times I thought Nylander would pass and not shoot, that was in the top three.
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I can’t recall the last time Nylander did anything that made me feel better
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Ha. I was going to say “waiving his NMC”
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It definitely is. Tyler was joking that Tarik doesn’t know the difference (because he has never demonstrated that he does).
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I would prefer that Sean Collins was in South Carolina
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Being in South Carolina isn’t a fate I’d wish on anyone. …except Sean Avery (but not on the stingrays)
I’ve had some fun in Charleston in my day. But other than those few nights, I could do without the state. Especially in the summer. Ugh. Makes August in D.C. feel dry.
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Listening to these Toronto announcers, you’d think Washington completely dominated this first period.
Raise your hand if you thought this game would be 0-0 after, say, three minutes much less 20.
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OMG. I feel so stupid. CSN just ran an ad that sang “meet you at the turtle.”
I thought it was going to be about Andre Deveaux. Instead it was an ad for a bar.
Good shift for that Hershey line of Laich-Gordo-Fehr
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Alzner was fighting a smile as play was about to re-start. A Canadian kid trying to play it cool after scoring his first NHL goal on HNIC. Heh.
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Yes! Johnny credited with a shot on goal on that clear early in this PP.
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More importantly, great save on Blake.
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I think I just heard Laughlin say, “The way Nylander controls the puck would be so important for a team like CHI or VAN.”
If Collins somehow scores, I’m heading to the bar and making one of these
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Give Jason Blake a helper on that one
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Sweet – from 2-0 to 1-0 with Fehr injured
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That’s a fairly ignorant and stereotyped comment
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Laughlin: “The Leafs are not playing very well because of the Caps’ persistence.”
Uh, no, the Leafs aren’t playing very well because they’re not a very good team.
You guys should let Mikhail Grabovski score it would be exciting, I promise.
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It’s about time for Toronto’s solid offense so far to start their disappearing act.
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Update from Hershey:
2-1 Bears at the end of two. 19 saves for Varlamov, goals by Bouchard and Lacroix.
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Update from Grand Rapids: Chris Chelios took a terible penalty in OT last night and lost the game for the Griffins.
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Update from Grand Rapids: Chris Chelios took a terible penalty in OT last night and lost the game for the Griffins.
Rookie mistake. It was his first AHL game, ya know.
He set the record for oldest person to ever play in the AHL. Take that Gordie Howe.
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PPP doesn’t have the internet, you could ask me if you’d like.
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Schenn hurt his knee on that hit by Ovie, I think he’s in the locker room as a precautionary measure.
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Chemmy/PPP – how does Hollweg have a job?
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Deveaux has played like four games and has been a decent fourth liner. He can fight which no one else on the Leafs can do.
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Would you fight Brashear?
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It’s all very complicated you see, Ryan Hollw
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Damn. That was almost “The Goal, Pt. II”
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I almost recreated the goal and hit the #$@#$ post last season in my beer league.
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Nice. Was Brian Boucher in net for that one too?
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While we have Leafs fans here… admit it – you guys designed the Sens’ thirds so they’d look particularly dumb, didn’t you?
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Officially, the Lord works in mysterious ways.
Unofficially, yes.
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Ha, HNIC asked Alzner how it felt to score his first NHL goal and he said that as a defenseman he was just amazed it went in.
Hey, Vesa Toskala is slightly above mediocre according to Howard Berger.
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I saw that. Nice work by you shredding that (though it made me sad, as Jose Theodore isn’t quite mediocre either).
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The Toronto Media is “great”
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As a Leafs fan, players scoring their first goal is pretty much a common occurrence. We’re like the village hag who shows every inexperienced boy their first notch.
Bow chicka wow wait a minute that’s not sexy
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Important Announcement
Boston College suuuuuuuuucks
Boston University 2
Boston College 0 19:30 3rd
Goals: Trivino, Connolly (BU); Shots: BU- 19, BC- 11
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I went to BU.
Go Terriers!
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Russo reports Carrie Underwood and Kellie Pickler at the Preds/Wild game. That might be Option B right now on Center Ice…
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Two moderately attractive former American Idol finalists, the latter of whom was/is with Jordin Tootoo.
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I said Alzner has 15:31 TOI and leads the Caps D. That’s worthy of some contemplation, I think. Can the Caps win a game IN Toronto with a rookie in his third (fourth?) game leading the D in TOI?!?! Ugh.
And he led them in ice time last game.
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Road game. In TO. Just wouldn’t expect/consider ideal a guy in his third NHL game leading your D in TOI. (And winning, if they win.)
Third? Try sixth NHL game – he’s a friggin’ veteran on this patchwork blueline.
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Any chance these guys mention Fehr again tonight?
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I think Locker just jinxed us.
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Ovie will get that one back. Book it.
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Our D is stout! Good luck getting back in the lineup, Greenie!
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Alright, Alzner isn’t a fighter, but a Gordie Howe Hat Trick on HNIC? I say he has to go after the biggest pussy on the Leafs (pick one) and get it done.
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TEB has Fehr with a shoulder injury – better than the back, to be sure.
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I say he has to go after the biggest pussy on the Leafs (pick one) and get it done.
Too late. He’d have to spend the remaining time (and then some) deciding who that is.
Pick Hollweg
Alzner gets the win, and we Leafs fans don’t get to see him and his ’stache in the lineup for a while.
And one super boring interview with Smokin’ Al
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AO raises his arms on non-goals more than any player in the League.
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I was about to say, Mo’s having a great game.
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(Bears win 4-2 – team record 10th straight win with a D that probably is only slightly better than one that we could put together with people who’ve posted in this thread)
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Hell no
Keep him in Hershey. Would you want to face a guy like that coaching an NHL team that isn’t you?
How Toronto only had 20 SOG is amazing (and, for them, horribly embarrassing).
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Good game Caps
I will admit it was a boring game, considering the Caps are one of the more exciting teams in the NHL. But I’m chalking that up to the injuries on both teams.
Jurcina getting that goal quickly after Antropov tied it up steadied what coudl have snowballed into trouble.
Definitely, whereas the Leafs took no advantage of the momentum shift from Laich’s goal being wiped out
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Jesus, Huet’s pads are horribly ugly. Red and yellow?!
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DMG – you need to hook yourself up with an avatar, my friend!
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Fuck him and the horse he road out on.
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One bright note of this busy ass site (I’d prefer the old one, in all honesty, JP, too much stuff going on here), having the more “Community” feel and more posts is good for when I have to miss games. Was good to read this wrap-up, although, damn, is there a way to cut back on how busy the site looks?
A re-design is underway. By all means, let SBN know exactly how you feel, though – support@sbnation.com.
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