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I can’t decide what I like more, the wild, Donkey Kong-eqsue punching or all of Semin’s bling that he apparently wears under his jersey.

Unrelated: after seeing him without his pads on, does anyone else find it unlikely that Semin weighs the 205 he’s listed at?

by David M. Getz on Jan 3, 2009 11:49 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I’ve seen him in the locker room – he looks smaller than he’s listed, that’s for sure.

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by J.P. on Jan 4, 2009 10:30 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

It’s almost a little game you can play if you follow the Caps closely, and if you’re me and you started realize how much of a discrepancy there was in this stuff when you were 18, weighed 157 pounds and wanted to play college hockey. Last year Boudreau said Fleischmann weighed 180 but he was listed at 193; this year he apparently gained 6+ pounds in the offseason and he’s now listed at 190. Backstrom was listed at 203 last season, apparently came into camp weighing 20 pounds more than he did last year and is listed at 183. Mike Green at 210 or whatever he’s listed at seems a little suspect to me as well.

by David M. Getz on Jan 4, 2009 12:30 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I can't stop watching this! It's spellbinding!

I don’t know that I’ve had such a good laugh at a game in recent memory! The upper reaches of Section 112, which has a special place in its collective heart for the Hoppy One, was going absolutely, unreservedly wild.

Of course, Wyshynski’s take on this will bring tears to your eyes.

And the pink tee-shirt is really the final coup de grâce. Good lord! Utterly immortal!

by Uncle C on Jan 4, 2009 12:30 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I liked the one article JP linked to (can’t recall who it was) that compared Semin’s fight to the scene where Ralphie beats up the bully in A Christmas Story.

by David M. Getz on Jan 4, 2009 12:36 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I think about four writers have now used that same comparison.

by CapitalsKremlin on Jan 4, 2009 2:57 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

OH GOD

I said the same exact thing to my friend when we were watching the game! HAH! Awesome.

Honestly, I’ve seen a LOT of people calling Semin names (i.e. "gay") and such for this fight, but if he’s so “gay” for WINNING a fight in that manner, what the hell does that make Staal?

by Hazardous on Jan 4, 2009 6:10 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I agree, but really it’s not worth getting upset over. Just a bunch of idiots at their keyboards who think they’re badass because they love the “OLD TIME HOCKEY, MAN, LOL, PUTTIN ON THE FOIL!!!!11”, who would have their asses handed to them if they had to fight anyone in any pro hockey league.

by David M. Getz on Jan 4, 2009 10:16 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Heh~

Oh don’t worry about that, I’m certainly not upset. I’m amused! I dislike the Staals, so it’s nice to see one humiliated so badly.

by Hazardous on Jan 5, 2009 1:41 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I still like the Jerry Springer show reference quoted in Wyshynski’s piece the best. It’s totally spot-on!

by Uncle C on Jan 4, 2009 1:14 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I just watched this about 10 times, and Semin actually gave Staal a pretty strong elbow/forearm shiver to the face on his way down. I wondered if he hit his head on the ice, but it looks like Semin connected with the biggest blow. Slightly embarrassing, but totally hilarious.

by grapejoos on Jan 4, 2009 9:27 PM EST reply actions   0 recs


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