Game Day Open Thread: Caps @ Sens
by J.P. on Jan 20, 2009 6:00 PM EST
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I’ll take goals from anyone – I’m easy like that!
by HeartbreakRidge on Jan 20, 2009 7:15 PM EST up reply actions
Aw, crap...
…it’s on Versus. I wish they’d just save some money and pick up whatever feed is coming out of Canada. It’s games like this I wish I had two screens so I could have the Wii on de odder TV.
Versus video quality seems better than CSN, usually, although I haven’t watched much on Versus this year. Still getting JoeB though, no?
My Versus feed is always flush white, it’s hard to see anything.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 7:18 PM EST up reply actions
my wish for the next home game
Those people in section 407 that scream out “Time for a shorty.” during the PK need to stop. The PK is abysmal, and that just irritates me.
while agree, so long as they are cheering for the Caps, just let it be.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 7:22 PM EST up reply actions
I guess the way to fix that is for the PK not to suck! :)
by HeartbreakRidge on Jan 20, 2009 7:23 PM EST up reply actions
Machesney backing up again tonight?
by Kerry Fraser's Hairspray on Jan 20, 2009 7:28 PM EST reply actions
“defenseman mike, intends to make our world more, green.”
oh Joe…
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 7:31 PM EST reply actions
Car – Pitt, Car please win with no OT
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 7:37 PM EST up reply actions
Let’s save the score begging for March and April. The hockey gods will only listen for so long.
The keyboard is mightier.
The hockey gods always listen when it’s Pitt. They are hockey satan my friend.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 7:38 PM EST up reply actions
No begging. Polite asking. I will save begging for April as you suggest!
by HeartbreakRidge on Jan 20, 2009 7:39 PM EST up reply actions
They should re-do this “4 guys” commercial with Green, Ovechkin, Backstrom and Semin
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 7:40 PM EST reply actions
zz
That’s a cheap call on Brash.
I have as many wins in a Capitals uniform as Michael Belhumeur does.
Well it’s either man up and say you dove or admit you got punched out by…Mike Green…
so yeah, dive.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 7:50 PM EST up reply actions
jp will be mad if we de-rail another GDT with our shenangans Marky lol
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 7:51 PM EST up reply actions
Can I just say It's been a good day already
85 degrees here in LA, Woke up to a new Prez, been drinking all day, have some BBQ ready to go, and now a Caps game. Does. Not. Get. Any. Better. (though a win would be nice)
Your favorite meme is dead
I see Ottawa is going to start diving after every hit — that was a nice punch by green by I don’t see how you can fall forward, backwards yes forward….
Take the fall!
Act hurt!
Get indignant!
by Kerry Fraser's Hairspray on Jan 20, 2009 7:51 PM EST up reply actions
Seriously. How did Jerkoff not get a diving penalty there? That was pathetic.
by Sombrero Guy on Jan 20, 2009 7:58 PM EST up reply actions
I’m disappointed we won’t get to see a Nylander hat-trick tonight.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 7:52 PM EST reply actions
Wait… the nailed Green with that?!
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Can’t say 4-43 is my PK pairing of choice…
by Kerry Fraser's Hairspray on Jan 20, 2009 7:54 PM EST reply actions
The “traffic” portion aided by our #4
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The “traffic” portion aided by our #4
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would you prefer
a defensemen who didn’t clear out the crease? That said it was indeed a bad/unfortunate check.
Your favorite meme is dead
i don’t know, that would make my day that much better. bongos, take 2?
by ns on Jan 20, 2009 7:56 PM EST up reply actions
I get bummed out about the ASG cause it’s a sham…silly commentator.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 7:56 PM EST reply actions
Btw, thanks to the NHL for being smart enough to not make us locals head to Verizon Center tonight.
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Abe’s got that sucker rented out for some inauguration thing… even if the Caps had a game, he’d make them move it…
Amen!
Are those damn kids off our lawn yet?
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BTW, at what age are you legally required to shout such things at those younger than you?
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Nope. They will be in eight years, though.
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I would have sold my tickets…not going anywhere near downtown tonight.
by PaintDrinkingPete on Jan 20, 2009 7:57 PM EST reply actions
I hope we can win in the Obama Administration
This Sens garbage goal might not bode well for us? We got to the finals with Clinton in power and had a roller coaster ride under Bush, hopefully this goal isn’t an indicator of 8 years of suck…
(Though I know the one I want back wasn’t an actual credited hit)
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Fortunately Green is not in his mouth.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 8:01 PM EST up reply actions
Vermette’s lucky Alex didn’t just kill him
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Game feels dead, kinda like the Isles game.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 8:04 PM EST reply actions
Yup – Neil Smith nails it. And Joe B. disagrees b/c the Caps were listless yesterday. Huh?
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you’ve got an inexperienced goalie in net for the Sens. BOMB AWAY, pls.
by ns on Jan 20, 2009 8:07 PM EST up reply actions
They’re biding their time, waiting for a PP.
Psst… guys… you don’t get PPs unless you make the other team foul you.
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Seems like the game plan against the Caps should be to put out a rookie goalie.
by superjuan on Jan 20, 2009 8:06 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Caps keep playing like this, the Senators could put Chris Elliot in net…
…and be just fine.
I have as many wins in a Capitals uniform as Michael Belhumeur does.
I’d settle for Bill…
"Good crowd out there tonight, boys, let's really try to win this one."
by Bald Pollack on Jan 20, 2009 8:10 PM EST up reply actions
Wait… how’d I miss that penalty call?
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OK guys, you can start playing now.
I have as many wins in a Capitals uniform as Michael Belhumeur does.
Really don’t want a “humbling experience” to go into break
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 8:09 PM EST reply actions
Or could this be a bad sign for the future…
by Scrabbleship on Jan 20, 2009 8:09 PM EST up reply actions
inspiring comeback more like it now
ok, let’s get going on the make up call
by CAPS NEWS NETWORK on Jan 20, 2009 8:10 PM EST up reply actions
Do sticks ever break at an opportune time?
I have as many wins in a Capitals uniform as Michael Belhumeur does.
when you're getting slashed by Brendan Witt in OT?
by CAPS NEWS NETWORK on Jan 20, 2009 8:14 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Semi-Random 1st Intermission Thought
Think we can close the book on the “Boyd Gordon is our PK savior” theory?
The keyboard is mightier.
I think the statistics speak for themselves. The Caps PK is what, nine percentage points better with him in the lineup? I don’t know who called him a savior (other than you), but the stats make a strong argument as to his value.
Here are those numbers as of Friday:
81.3% with, 73.8% without
53.9% on SH faceoffs with, 46.3% without
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by J.P. on Jan 20, 2009 8:28 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I would say +1
But that’s what rec’s are for and I HATE that + whatever thingy
Your favorite meme is dead
Almost as much as I hate reply FAILS
that was for the witter stick breaking comment
Your favorite meme is dead
One positive thing to take away from this period...
…is that, since this is on Vs and not CSN, I don’t have to see the same 3 commercials recycled over. And over. And over. And over.
by Kerry Fraser's Hairspray on Jan 20, 2009 8:17 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Jarko Ruutu
should go riding with Dany Heatley.
Also, I know it’s redundant since EVERY game is a screwjob, but can we PLEASE HIRE SOME REFEREES WHO CAN CALL A GAME? Holy shit that was pathetic.
Caps (and JT) have now gone 156:30 without allowing an even strength goal.
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…which just goes to show, yet again, how critical it is to get this PK straightened out.
by Kerry Fraser's Hairspray on Jan 20, 2009 8:32 PM EST up reply actions
Feels like that long since we’ve scored one ourselves.
by PaintDrinkingPete on Jan 20, 2009 8:32 PM EST up reply actions
Hey, if I cook this up, will you guys come over and help me devour it?
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I just had a heart attack looking at that…but yes.
by PaintDrinkingPete on Jan 20, 2009 8:35 PM EST up reply actions
Holy crap, my heart just exploded
by Kerry Fraser's Hairspray on Jan 20, 2009 8:35 PM EST up reply actions
is that the menu item for the first ever Japers Rink Heart Attack Convention?
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 8:35 PM EST up reply actions
I’m not sure what they’re reviewing here.
I have as many wins in a Capitals uniform as Michael Belhumeur does.
So do odd goals create momentum…what’s the verdict here
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 8:38 PM EST reply actions
Should have started with that angle, that would have saved some time.
by PaintDrinkingPete on Jan 20, 2009 8:39 PM EST reply actions
Btw, Versus had a great angle on that one.
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[insert witty review that one comment] :P
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 8:40 PM EST reply actions
non sequitur here:
am i the only one that likes the Minnesota uniforms?
by CAPS NEWS NETWORK on Jan 20, 2009 8:41 PM EST reply actions
I just like the mindf*** that their logo is a river and a animal.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 8:42 PM EST reply actions
I think so. Must be the Verizon Center ice.
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Backstrom is unleashing his slapper today.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 8:44 PM EST reply actions
To give you an idea of how bad Comcast’s VS feed is here in Richmond, imagine the ice, only extremely bright to the point where the Caps uniforms are blending in.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 8:45 PM EST reply actions
When it’s true HD…I prefer the CSN broadcasts better, but this is better than that “fake HD” we get alot (like yesterday).
by PaintDrinkingPete on Jan 20, 2009 8:47 PM EST up reply actions
Would you (anyone who wants to respond) dress Clark or Fehr?
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I guess the follow up is Clark or Nylander?
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 8:47 PM EST up reply actions
I’m hoping Fehr is having a Flash-like drought, except he breaks out of it instead of spending a whole season in it.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 8:49 PM EST up reply actions
Fehr needs to be more consistent, that’s all. There have been games when he was one of the Caps bestg players. Others when he’s been, er………..just there. Clark has been consistently poor all season (for whatever reason, be it legit or not). As I see it, Fehr has more of an upside.
by Pi on Jan 20, 2009 8:52 PM EST up reply actions
Fehr has a ton more upside, no question. I’d like to see more flashes of good things from him.
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Fehr. He has 125% more points in 2 fewer games, less ice time. He is a +1 to Clark’s -5. His worst games are better than Clark’s best.
The keyboard is mightier.
Not when the other two have to clear waivers before being sent down…
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Dumb intentional offside by Bradley
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I see lots of Caps sweaters and apparel in the stands.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 8:51 PM EST reply actions
Not often enough for me, frankly
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That’’s what you get for embellishing rather than playing
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 8:55 PM EST reply actions
Nice elbow by Stecks en route to the goal!
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Nylander must be fuming in the press box…okay maybe not.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 8:56 PM EST up reply actions
As long as Brash already has his helmet off…
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Alzner’s shot is… almost a reverse weapon. It gets blocked so often that it’s BEGGING to go the other way 2-on-1. And he gets little on it. And he gets it off slowly. Off-season area of focus for him.
He knows it, too – that’s why he always does the wide shot, to make sure it’s through.
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Why is this guy yelling at me about mini hamburgers?
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Better that than the slap chop.
"Good crowd out there tonight, boys, let's really try to win this one."
by Bald Pollack on Jan 20, 2009 8:58 PM EST up reply actions
JP beat me to it. ESPN hired that guy to do a commercial spoof recently. He’s yelled about mini burgers and som glue stuff so far tonight.
by Sombrero Guy on Jan 20, 2009 8:59 PM EST up reply actions
Are mini burgers really that novel a concept? I mean, you just make a smaller patty, no?
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Wonder how many Big City Slider Stations Andrew Sullivan owns.
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Bam!
http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20082009/ES020686.HTM
"Good crowd out there tonight, boys, let's really try to win this one."
by Bald Pollack on Jan 20, 2009 8:59 PM EST up reply actions
Sorry, thought you were looking for individual TOI.
"Good crowd out there tonight, boys, let's really try to win this one."
by Bald Pollack on Jan 20, 2009 9:02 PM EST up reply actions
Interesting.....
Caps outshooting Sens 13-1 this period; Canes outshooting Pens 14-1 in their second…..
If a Capitals movie were to be made, Owen Wilson would be Brooks Laich
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:00 PM EST reply actions
Boudreau would play himself, he’s already got acting credentials
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:02 PM EST up reply actions
What the hell was Green doing there?
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Btw, DiPietro done for the year. Only 12 more seasons to go on that contract!
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Something like that. Too bad, too, as he’s an American kid.
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Should give him plenty of time to pack for KC.
by PaintDrinkingPete on Jan 20, 2009 9:04 PM EST up reply actions
Amazing move by Laich. Didn’t know he had that one in him.
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another great play by Laich
sweet. make it count now.
by CAPS NEWS NETWORK on Jan 20, 2009 9:05 PM EST reply actions
Special Olympics profile? Aww they didn’t need to do a story on Jarrko Ruutu
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:07 PM EST reply actions
they don’t have a heavyweight fighter do they? Chris Neil’s out and Ruutu won’t dance with Brash.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:10 PM EST up reply actions
I’d have no problem with a loss in this game that results from an extended PP after Brashear makes Mike Fisher pay for that hit.
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doubt any retribution is coming then.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:12 PM EST up reply actions
short 5-on-3 but a LONG 5-on-4…gotta see a goal
by PaintDrinkingPete on Jan 20, 2009 9:10 PM EST reply actions
Why must this team suck so bad on the positive side of a 5 on 3?
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I think he was making a joke that you, as the commenter, should be commenting as to why they suck so bod. But I could be mistaken.
by Kerry Fraser's Hairspray on Jan 20, 2009 9:17 PM EST up reply actions
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by J.P. on Jan 20, 2009 9:12 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Will the my little powerplay and carebear jokes ever get old?
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:13 PM EST up reply actions
If they do, it’ll be loooooong after the cause for them does.
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Dammit JP, why’d you link that site, I just had to look around.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:15 PM EST up reply actions
I see Bob Meowly did not link properly
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:16 PM EST up reply actions
No, the rickroll will never be replaced.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:17 PM EST up reply actions
Nope (and, as a sidenote, if anyone ever rickrolls on this site, the ban hammer will come out).
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I’ve experienced the “joy” of playing that song on the radio while working at a radio station in college.
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+1 , Rickrolling is only appropriate on 4chan, other image boards, or when it is the Barack Roll.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:20 PM EST up reply actions
What’s 4chan? I saw the term earlier today.
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It’s where internet culture is created. It’s a basic image board where every poster in anonymous. It started the LOLcat, the Rick Roll, and many internet memes. It’s famous for it’s attacks on Scientology.
It’s also the asshole of the internet.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:22 PM EST up reply actions
You may not realize it, but 4chan has touched your life in many many ways.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:23 PM EST up reply actions
They’re almost like the Marines as described by Lt. Colonel Jessup in A Few Good Men.
They’re assholes but in a weird way “You want them on that wall, you need them on that wall”. So many things would be different without ’em.
Am I hella lame that I’ve never heard of it/them?
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I prefer the Encyclopedia Dramatica explanation, but I won’t link to it since it tends to be NSFW.
by Kerry Fraser's Hairspray on Jan 20, 2009 9:27 PM EST up reply actions
Hey, feel free to link it with the proper heads up.
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Internet culture? That’s not an oxymoron?
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It’s also the asshole of the internet.
Never heard of 4chan, but that is funny.
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That is funny. 4chan is the internet’s Pittsburgh.
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If you do venture to that part of the internet, steer clear of the /b/ forum. Don’t act like you haven’t been warned.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:25 PM EST up reply actions
So it’s just a bunch of d-bags who get together and decide what’s going to be popular and funny? Sounds like Wal*Mart.
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Kinda, like someone posts an image, it’s gets passed around, photoshopped, and soon it leaks to the internet and people like start to post it and such.
Like the Cat images started as a thing called “Caturday” where on Saturday people posted images of Cats wth speelin leik thiz. Then it became it’s own site and next thing you know, it’s a phenomenon.
So now you know the true origin of Icanhazcheezeburgr. It’s a creation of 4chan
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:29 PM EST up reply actions
On the John Turturro Heineken commercial...
is it serious or is it a spoof? I always start laughing, especially when he gives that look down at the camera from the elevated walkway.
It’s gotta be a spoof – doing a Walken-esque thing.
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Hey Turturro can roll, man.
"Good crowd out there tonight, boys, let's really try to win this one."
by Bald Pollack on Jan 20, 2009 9:20 PM EST up reply actions
especially when he says “he who wonders”
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Question for the masses. Do you believe in the idea of a “good loss”?
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:16 PM EST reply actions
The Wild game comes to mind. Down 4-0 after losing 3 bodies in the first period, storm back to make it a game…and then we reel off a big win streak. So, yes.
The keyboard is mightier.
Agreed. You can take things from a lot of losses, thus they’re “good.”
In fact, an ass-whoopin’ can be a “good loss” if they wake a team up (see Buffalo, Philly games from earlier on).
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SENS....
How is a team with Spezza, Heatley, Alfredsson, Vermette and Fisher 3rd from the bottom in the East? Wow, is this team overrated (and a prime example of Whole > Sum of Parts….)
No. Secondary. Scoring.
End of story.
by PaintDrinkingPete on Jan 20, 2009 9:19 PM EST up reply actions
That’s it. They’ve been pretty much a one line team all season.
I have as many wins in a Capitals uniform as Michael Belhumeur does.
This guy needs his mouth shut with Mighty Putty.
I have as many wins in a Capitals uniform as Michael Belhumeur does.
And while we’re talking ads… the FreeCreditReport.com band is a little bit good. There, I said it.
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-1 JP, sorry but I can’t forgive you for saying that. FreeCreditReport can die in a fire.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:31 PM EST up reply actions
I think it was Laich, but yes.
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Btw, back to the “Gordon as PK savior” point, he wasn’t on for either OTT goal tonight.
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by J.P. on Jan 20, 2009 9:31 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Allow me to state the obvious, but this kill will see the tone for the period.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:31 PM EST reply actions
he's still pretty good
Alfie, that is
by CAPS NEWS NETWORK on Jan 20, 2009 9:32 PM EST up reply actions
DUDE!
I’ve never seen a shot go wider from closer than Erskine’s just did.
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yeah bro! :) I must agree though, it was odd.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:34 PM EST up reply actions
least likely goal combo?
Erskine from Brashear and Bradley?
by CAPS NEWS NETWORK on Jan 20, 2009 9:34 PM EST reply actions
I don’t hate Nyls, but I just don’t see him fitting in with the Caps system anytime soon. I’d love to have him scoring in bundles again though.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:35 PM EST up reply actions
reading Tarik today, sounds like he’s betting things get ugly before much longer if nothing changes.
by HeartbreakRidge on Jan 20, 2009 9:36 PM EST up reply actions
I wonder if Boudreau will piss him off enough to waive the NTC
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:38 PM EST up reply actions
That may very well be the question, I’m sad to say.
by HeartbreakRidge on Jan 20, 2009 9:39 PM EST up reply actions
did you see where a WaPo reader chided Tarik for posting the Nylander comments? Complain when there’s no coverage, then complain when a legit topic (Nylander’s status) is addresed — where a quote is necessary moreso than about other topics since Nyles controls his “tradeability” based on his contract..
by Pi on Jan 20, 2009 9:41 PM EST up reply actions
Frankly, I thought that Tarik went a little further than the quotes he provided supported.
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he did do everything but link to mystery/cliffhanger out-ro music at the end……..
by Pi on Jan 20, 2009 9:45 PM EST up reply actions
Nylander’s comments were important and say alot about his mindset and his feelings toward the team right now. I’d say Tarik did a great job with reporting there and I would be pissed if he didn’ publish that.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 11:17 PM EST up reply actions
Add an SHG to it and you’ve got it.
"Good crowd out there tonight, boys, let's really try to win this one."
by Bald Pollack on Jan 20, 2009 9:36 PM EST up reply actions
JP; how does the Rink compare to other SBN hockey sites on game day open threads(# of posts….)? I gotta think pretty well…..
I imagine it’s one of the best, but from what I’ve seen, The Pensblog destroys all. Idiots flock in bunches.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:37 PM EST up reply actions
I know, but it gets more GDT posts than JP does on a regular basis from what I’ve seen.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:38 PM EST up reply actions
The PensBlog makes the Caps Blogosphere look like Mecca
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:40 PM EST up reply actions
Pension Plan Puppets does great. We’re doing real well, though, thanks to all y’all.
I think it’s easier to build an audience, especially for GDTs, where there isn’t an active team message board.
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They do but fans are branching out to blogs for GDT stuff now, Caps Message Board is in transition from old posters to new fans.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:41 PM EST up reply actions
I mean that they do. If Ted shutdown the message board, OFB, Peerless, Red Skate, etc., would double traffic instantly.
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Frankly you’d probably see the biggest boost. SBN is basically a chat room for games, and with all respect to OFB and Peerless, they don’t have the ease of use for commenting.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:45 PM EST up reply actions
That’s what I dig most about this platform – easy to comment and easy for you to talk about whatever you want to talk about via FanPosts and FanShots.
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Yeah, I definitely like the new digs, I just wish it took on multiple team blogs so it became more of a network, but it’s not like that doesn’t exist already. Having all the blogs in one place would be nice.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:48 PM EST up reply actions
He won’t, Brads or Erskine will probably fight if one were to happen.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:42 PM EST up reply actions
Atlanta 4, Montreal 2?
What?
"Good crowd out there tonight, boys, let's really try to win this one."
looking ahead to the ASG?
hee hee.
by CAPS NEWS NETWORK on Jan 20, 2009 9:42 PM EST up reply actions
ahh… happiness is Caps hockey on TV and a Guinness keg 10 feet away.
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Okay guys, are we going to make an effort to help Ovie win the Breakaway challenge?
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:43 PM EST reply actions
Given the sham that was voting for starting lineups, he could come out, trip over his skates, fall over backwards and have the puck go up his (backside) and I’d still vote for him.
by Kerry Fraser's Hairspray on Jan 20, 2009 9:45 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah but I imagine that Crosby or Kovalev will do just that and win
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:46 PM EST up reply actions
Semin’s been quiet tonight… too quiet.
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Yeah, but he has, what? Three shots?
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Sounds like a line from the Capitals Movie.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:46 PM EST up reply actions
My opinion of Erskine is changing, slowly, but changing.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:50 PM EST up reply actions
He’s been pretty solid, he’s under 2.00 gaa in his last ten I believe?
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:49 PM EST up reply actions
Getting close to Ovie-time, aka, the last five minutes of the game. He’s got something like 10-12 goals in that time frame.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:51 PM EST reply actions
Yeah I posted that over at CK awhile back and I still have trouble believing it when I say it.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:53 PM EST up reply actions
Yes, we at CK might be crude at times but we appreciate incredible stats just like you.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:56 PM EST up reply actions
That’s amazing. Half his goals have come in the last five minutes of a game?!
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I don’t believe it myself, but that’s what Yahoo is saying, by the way, what do you guys use for stats and such, I’m constrained to Yahoo and Nhl.com
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:55 PM EST up reply actions
Probably his season high in SOGs too, or close to it.
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If it was a problem, the media would be reporting on it. :)
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I wonder what else he got from ‘em, I loved the bit he got but I bet there is more he hasn’t shared yet.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 10:19 PM EST up reply actions
I’d rather a win than a silly instigator penalty that would put our PK on the ice.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:54 PM EST up reply actions
I’d rather Brash bloody Fisher and tell every other player in the League not to run AO.
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by J.P. on Jan 20, 2009 9:55 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Didn’t Brash say something like “if you mess with Ovechkin, Donald Brashear is gonna get suspended”? Still waiting on that suspension.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:57 PM EST up reply actions
Not good, especially if you know what happens.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 9:58 PM EST up reply actions
I feel like I was just kicked in the stomach
This blows. Big time.
Yeah, we’ve had plenty of good bounces…see Nylanders past two goals.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 10:01 PM EST up reply actions
No loss is a good loss in the pros.
Bad way to start a new administration. VERY bad way.
by Scrabbleship on Jan 20, 2009 10:02 PM EST up reply actions
It’s a loss that’s pretty easy to diagnose.
I have as many wins in a Capitals uniform as Michael Belhumeur does.
Yup. It’s this simple – 0 even strength goals against in the last three games.
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At least they won’t score on this penalty…
by Kerry Fraser's Hairspray on Jan 20, 2009 10:02 PM EST reply actions
stupid penalty Semin. man that hurts, just so, so bad.
by CAPS NEWS NETWORK on Jan 20, 2009 10:03 PM EST reply actions
Well that’s not how I wanted to go into the ASG break. We beat ourselves.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 10:03 PM EST reply actions
Well
If that wasn’t the biggest crock of shit ever. Enjoy your gift, Ottawa, you still fucking suck.
J.P. you seem to be the guy who always has the info, how much did those guys place on Ottawa?
let ’em stew for five days. think about leaving two points out there agaisnt the #13 team in the effing conference.
by CAPS NEWS NETWORK on Jan 20, 2009 10:05 PM EST reply actions
jobbed by the refs? did you SEE Semin’s trip? the only people they have to blame are themselves. Green took a bad penalty in the first leading to a PP goal—Semin with the trip. just sloppy.
by CAPS NEWS NETWORK on Jan 20, 2009 10:08 PM EST up reply actions
Did you SEE the game?
Like I said above, that was a 2-1 game. Semin’s penalty? Legit. The ones that lead to Ottawa’s first TWO goals? Not a fucking chance.
Also
Green’s penalty was perfectly justified. EVERYONE should punch Ruutu in the face. Preferably until he can no longer play hockey for the rest of his life. He’s the type of player that causes Chris Simon’s around the league to become Chris Simon. Fuck that prick. Also, it was a COMPLETE embelishment and if there was EVERY a case justifying the “call the penalty as well as the dive” that was it. Yet we went to a PK. Absolute bullshit.
Green punched a guy right in front of the ref
had to call that. can’t let the ref decide what’s a dive. he needs to be responsible there.
by CAPS NEWS NETWORK on Jan 20, 2009 10:12 PM EST up reply actions
Can't let the ref decide?
There is NO DECIDING A CLEAR CUT CASE. That is a fucking dive. Are you blind or just retarded?
And on that note
I’m out. I absolutely fucking hate you people who are so quick to jump on the “this team needs to stop taking bad penalties” bandwagon when the calls aren’t even GOOD CALLS TO BEGIN WITH.
i hope you're drunk
cause there’s no need for insults. of course it was a dive. but you simply can’y punch a guy in the face and not expect a call.
by CAPS NEWS NETWORK on Jan 20, 2009 10:14 PM EST up reply actions
hey hey, let’s be civil, no need for fightin’ words.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 10:18 PM EST up reply actions
Behavior
J.P. Please don’t let these guys turn this open thread into what Tarik’s looks like. Hazardous quickly ended my reading. He’s an angry elf.
He’s been warned, Feesh. I’m not going to let anyone ruin the experience for the rest of us.
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Let’s be honest – that last call on Semin was fine. The problem was the blatantly missed trip when Schultz was tripped behind the net on the ensuing penalty kill.
There were a number of questionable calls (And I for one thought Fisher was trying to hurt Ovechkin. I don’t think it’s sheer coincidence that he was trying to knee him).
Hazardous is very temperate. But I don’t quite disagree with the fact that a lot of the calls in this game were crap.
And, while Jarkko deserves to be punched in the face, that doesn’t make it not illegal. (He also knows this)
Football's boring. Get over it.
Bad calls are a part of any sport, it’s how you handle them. Caps PK didn’t get the job done, simple as that.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 20, 2009 11:06 PM EST up reply actions
Hard to get the job done when your goalie is getting pushed (Erskine did hit him into Theo, but then he embellished it) or you’re getting tripped behind your goalie.
Granted, should get the job done 5 on 5 and not let the game be determined by penalties.
Football's boring. Get over it.
by Whiter Mage on Jan 20, 2009 11:54 PM EST up reply actions
It seems I missed an eventful night here at The Rink. Sorry for my lack of participation. Credit card fraud mitigation & baby bath night. Need I say more?
Oh.
capshockeyfan and jakeyjds win tonight’s SPG with 2 points apiece.
Catch y’all after the break.
Pick SPG for your chance to win probably nothing.
Oh, the carnage!
…in this open thread. :-) Not as a ridiculous loss as losing to the Isles would have been, but kind of a bummer we couldn’t take 4 points and head into the break. The Green penalty that got OTT the first PPG was a farce, but how can you hit a guy in the face in front of a ref? I was hoping he’d get a coincidental unsportsmanlike but wasn’t shocked that he didn’t.
Semin penalty late was beyond dumb. You just can’t do that.
Sadly though, the theme is our atrocious PK. I don’t understand how it can be so bad sometimes. Luck? Perhaps. But I think the coaches need to take a step back and see if a different approach/personnel are merited.
I’ve noticed that the PK’s that give us fits almost seem to be tailor made to attack our strong players. Our power play is very laid back, almost (for lack of a better term) lackadaisical. The PKs that destroy us try and force our players to rush the play, and so they do, and mistakes happen, as we tend to turn the puck over pretty easily.
It seems, however, that our PK is designed in a way that would let our PP pick it apart. The PK is also laid back. The problem with a Power Play is that the team with it has a tempo that THEY want to operate at, and they’re strongest at that tempo (See, St. Louis Blues. So much speed and puck movement), while our PKers seem to want to move at only one tempo – slow.
I think personnel is fine – but you have to adjust your PK to fit the PP coming in. You can tell what a team’s bread and butter play is on the power play. Ours, for example, is the back door pass to Green. I could tell a PK how to dissect that all day. You shadow Green, use two men to keep the front of the net clear, while using one guy to attack the puck carrier, and Ovechkin can’t get shots through traffic, and Green doesn’t get a back door pass, and the team rushes their flow.
You really have to analyze teams now. So much info is out there for the taking. Steckel, Gordo, Feds, I have no disagreement to. I feel Clark, Bradley, Backstrom, and Laich could also be prime PK forwards. As far as the D-men are concerned, Erskine, Poti (Out), and Alzner are the only three that come to mind as being able to be solid on the PK (Erskine’s mistake on the first PP Goal in tonight’s game duly noted).
Maybe when we’re looking at what we want to acquire at the deadline, we shouldn’t be looking for a “Stay at home” d-man or a “physical” guy, but rather, a guy who really helps bookend a PK unit. We’ve got PLENTY of offense on this team, but you can’t tell me we can’t find a good defenseman who wouldn’t be better for the team than Morrisonn or Jurcina for the slot we’re missing. (Kuba and Volchenkov come to mind, thinking just about Sens, for what it’s worth).
A loss is still a loss. A loss to Ottawa hurts just as much as a loss to the Isles would. Maybe more, as Ottawa has a (long) shot at making the playoffs, and we may have helped them. This is a game I’ll look back to if we miss a seed by 2 or fewer points.
Football's boring. Get over it.
the icelanders certainly aren’t fielding anything comparable to Alfredsson-Spezza-Heatley, but I agree…it’s games like this (and a few others like Montreal come to mind) where the loss of at least the regulation point leave your smarting. as i see the conference shaking out, the #2 seed is critical so home ice is secured for the first two rounds, and the third round would be at boston (whom I am conceding the 1 yet do not fear) or home ice again.
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