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Looks like Theo won’t be able to go. My guess is that they’re bringing Holtby over Neuvirth because Neuvy is just getting into his first game tonight after being out with that injury. What a beginning of the season for Holtby. He started in Hershey, got sent down to South Carolina, then almost right away he’s getting called up to Washington.
Not all that unlike Neuvirth’s path last year.
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Oct 16, 2009 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I think it’s both the lighter cap hit and that Holtby’s been playing (not to mention that whomever is recalled is hopefully not going to actually, y’know, play).
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Maybe curiosity killed the cat, but....
I don’t know – I’m left with a strong but sneaking temptation to suggest that BB put Holtby out against Nashville with Varly backing him, just to see what he can do.
Never lie, steal, cheat, or drink. But, if you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company. If you must cheat, cheat death. If you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away.
I’d be very surprised. They didn’t give him any time to show what he could do in the preseason, so I doubt they do it when the games count in the standings.
Oh, I’d be surprised if they do it too, although if you’re just going to sit him, you could as easily get Stretch to sign another tryout contract :) I don’t know what the rules on that are, tho.
Doesn’t stop my curiosity from running wild.
Never lie, steal, cheat, or drink. But, if you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company. If you must cheat, cheat death. If you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away.
I’m sorry, but I’m confused: You have both a “strong but sneaking temptation” to suggest starting Holtby, and you would be “surprised if they do it?” To whom would you make this suggestion? And why would you bother if you’d be surprised if they took you up on it?
Put another way: I’m tempted to suggest it. Does that mean I think they really would or should? No, but that doesn’t stop my brain from wondering what would happen if.
Does that help?
Never lie, steal, cheat, or drink. But, if you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company. If you must cheat, cheat death. If you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away.
Awesome new vein of posting! Random things my brain is wondering, regardless of how likely they are:
Should the Caps sign Hasek to replace Stretch as their web producer/emergency goalie?
If Matt Bradley is wearing Mark Messier’s helmet, why don’t the Caps complete the circle by bringing in Mess to play on that line? An old guy could handle six minutes a game, right?
Would Gabby be a male model if he was younger, had a ripped bod and had more hair?
Would Zoidberg be a great goaltender if you convinced him the pucks are edible? Are pucks edible for Zoidberg?
Can Gary Bettman skate?
Can any three positive integers a, b, and c satisfy the equation a^n + b^n = c^n for any integer value of n greater than two?
Is Alan May popular with the ladies?
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Oct 16, 2009 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Should the Caps sign Hasek to replace Stretch as their web producer/emergency goalie?
No, he’s not eligible because he’s played professionally.
Damn! You got me.
Belatedly and in the spirit of David’s reply to my query, I’ll address the Braden Holtby question: No he should not start for the Capitals on Saturday. Any suggestion that he should start in the NHL this weekend fails to take into account an enormous number of factors, including his experience level and his readiness for NHL action. It’s such a wacky notion that I can’t believe it came up.
I’ll personally send you a Photoshop of a Chippendale with Gabby’s head on it if that makes you happy.
Never lie, steal, cheat, or drink. But, if you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company. If you must cheat, cheat death. If you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away.
From @cmasisak22: Boudreau said Braden Holtby is going to be the goaltender called up to back up Semyon Varlamov for tonorrow’s game.
Couldn’t resist.
:P Beat me to it. I can’t get Twitter at work, so the only way I get this stuff is device messages to my Blackberry, which can be slow.
Never lie, steal, cheat, or drink. But, if you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company. If you must cheat, cheat death. If you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away.
TwitterBerry doesn't work for you?
TweetDeck for the iPhone is awesome.
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Yep, I use Twitterberry, but it’s slow as hell and doesn’t update half the time without being prodded.
Never lie, steal, cheat, or drink. But, if you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company. If you must cheat, cheat death. If you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away.
Could be just precautionary no? Theo can’t practice today, but he may well be able to sit on the bench tomorrow night. Better to have Holtby up and practice and around just in case.
Are there any cap implications for having Holtby here today if he doesn’t dress tomorrow night?
From @cmasisak22: Boudreau said Braden Holtby is going to be the goaltender called up to back up Semyon Varlamov for tonorrow’s game.
Never lie, steal, cheat, or drink. But, if you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company. If you must cheat, cheat death. If you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away.
Btw, hell of a tweet by Corey. What an example of using new tools to better do your job.
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Hm, what are you implying?
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Oct 16, 2009 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Depends. What are you inferring?
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by J.P. on Oct 16, 2009 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Any chance we see Holtby get some playing time, or is this just a precautionary move for depth? I’ve followed his progress online, but have yet to see him play, so I’m curious to see if they’d give him a start.
by JimCareyFanClub on Oct 16, 2009 12:20 PM EDT reply actions
I guess it depends just how long he’s up, but if it’s not long-term, I think it’s doubtful he’d get a start (barring an injury to Varly).
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The Preds have scored only seven goals total this year. Would be fun to beat them with our ECHL goalie.
They are also calling on their farm club and are starting a five-game road trip, with their first game back home against…the Blackhawks.
October’s already a very long month for Nashville.
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Would be fun to beat them with our ECHL goalie.
That would be complacency like whoa.
by DrinkingPartner on Oct 16, 2009 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions
How much do you want to wager that tomorrow night’s game is closer than perhaps it ought to be?
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by J.P. on Oct 16, 2009 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I was about to say, we shouldn’t be so hasty with ass-kicking assumptions. The Caps have a bit of a problem turning it up to 11 when they’re not playing an A+ opponent.
"My face is my mask."
by Jake Shapiro on Oct 16, 2009 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions
(And they’ve scored eight goals – guess they must’ve sent down a goal-getter or something – but that’s neither here nor there.)
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I believe one of those goals was a shoot-out win. Welcome to the NHL, where wins are wins, loses are not necessarily losses…and goals are scored by The State.
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“Boudreau said Braden Holtby is going to be the goaltender called up to back up Semyon Varalmov for tomorrow’s game.” – @cmasisak22
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How frustrating would it be to be a victim of cap management? Neuvirth is certainly better able to play in the NHL right now, what is he thinking when he sees Holtby called up because he makes X less dollars a year.
I think Neuvy’d rather play then sit out another game, at this point. And unless Jose’s out for a while, he wouldn’t get a chance to play, anyway.
by DrinkingPartner on Oct 16, 2009 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, it’s probably only for one game, and for good reason: From @cmasisak22 (both tweets):
Boureadu said the Caps want Neuvirth to play for Hershey (he makes his debut this weekend) so Holtby made more sense in the short-term.
Jose Theodore and Boyd Gordon are likely out tomorrow, so says Bruce Boudreau. Both should be ready by Thursday, though.
In other words, they’d rather call up Holtby to sit on the bench than spoil Neuvirth’s debut in Hershey for just one game. Makes sense.
Never lie, steal, cheat, or drink. But, if you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company. If you must cheat, cheat death. If you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away.
Although, I’d have to admit to sheer unbridled terror if Varly goes down with an injury Saturday night.
Never lie, steal, cheat, or drink. But, if you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company. If you must cheat, cheat death. If you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away.
Varlamov, Neuvirth, and Holtby all did well at the AHL level. Aside from experience, Holtby wouldn’t scare the ever-loving piss out of me, no.
by DrinkingPartner on Oct 16, 2009 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Given how both Neuvirth and Varlamov did in their debuts, I wouldn’t worry about one game. I had been thinking earlier today that I wouldn’t be surprised if Theo was healthy enough to sit on the bench Saturday, but I guess it’s not worth taking the risk.
Cripes, I spend the day away from the computer and all hell breaks loose (haven’t even glanced at the earlier threads yet).
Terror???
Well, it’d be a bit scary, but the opponent is Nashville… terror would have been Varly getting hurt last night in the second period.
Well, Brett was in the building… :)
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Oct 16, 2009 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes, this – at least this very specific move – is not a cap management issue.
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I think the team would rather call up Bacashua than Neuvirth for a very short back-up stint. But if you call up Cash, Holtby still has to move (since Hershey needs a backup too). It’s just simpler to call Holtby all the way up to the NHL. And it gives him some Irbe time.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Oct 16, 2009 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions
If you call up Cash, you have to first sign him to a contract – he’s an an AHL deal right now.
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Was Holtby already on the 50 man?
Oh, I actually remember voting for him in our summer series. So I guess the answer is yes.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Oct 16, 2009 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Just because the organization is not stating that Holtby was recalled due to the cap issue, doesn’t mean it isn’t true.
I haven’t done the daily cap math, but based on some simple math based on the numbers from the start of the season, I do not think Neuvirth fits under the cap right now with no other changes (other than counting Fleischmann on LTIR and the bonus cushion space from Backstrom’s contract.)
FWIW, I think it was the right move to have Neuvirth stay with the Bears and start tonight, but if the cap room was there, I think they could have swapped out Neuvirth and Holtby for Saturday.
I think that even if they had all the cap room in the world, they were recalling the guy who’s been playing (and well) at the AHL level rather than the guy who had yet to make a start, who would have missed that first start to sit on the bench in D.C. and who the have a greater need to get on track.
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It is a question not a definite, but the cap situation was a factor in the decision or lack of ability to even have an option to recall Neuvirth in this case. I have no doubt they wanted Neuvirth to start/play last night and he did, but I question whether they would have swapped Neuvirth and Holtby after the game if they had the option of which guy to have backup for Sat’s Caps game. Given his workload last night, I am assuming Neuvirth will start again for the Bears tonight, but if not for the cap situation, it was possible they could have played him the one game and then recalled him if all went well.
70?
What’s with this goalie numbering convention? 60, 40, 70, 30?
Someone should break out the double zero.
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Not so (though it has since been outlawed). Check out a rookie Marty Biron:
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If those masks weren’t so dangerous to wear these days, i’d love to see ‘em in the league: they’re scary as shit.
by DrinkingPartner on Oct 16, 2009 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions
There are some companies that will take a custom mold of your face and create a vintage mask. The masks are real and perfect but they just aren’t safe.
I’ve been thinking about getting one of these:
http://www.sportmask.com/goalie-masks/vintagemask-lindbergh.html
and wearing it for a tournament. I’d look so bad ass before I got a concussion.
One guy just drove his semi as a float. I guess semis are cool.
JD Yeah!
JD wore that when the Rangers had the insane idea of modernizing their uniforms in the 1970s from their classic look. It didn’t take long for the fans to rebel…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Oct 16, 2009 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
WHOA WHOA WHOA
we already HAVE a double-zero, thank you very much!
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by crabchowdah on Oct 17, 2009 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions
You forgot 80 :)
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That did occur to me…weird! Someone needs to investigate this ‘0’ cult. Which, btw, ain’t really working all that well.
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If I was a goalie, I’d never wear any number with a hole in it.
0, 6, 4 and 9 are out.
8 — absolutely not.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Oct 16, 2009 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions
I’d think “5” would be a bad one, too.
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Wouldn’t that be self-jinxing?
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That did occur to me…weird! Someone needs to investigate this ‘0’ cult. Which, btw, ain’t really working all that well.
This blog post goes into that a bit. [via Uni Watch]
by PaintDrinkingPete on Oct 16, 2009 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Am I the only one who hates numbers in the 70 range? Really, anything above 60 or so just irks me for some reason.
I hope Carlson doesn’t keep 74 when his time comes. :|
It depends. 91 never bugged me, nor did 77, 73, 81, 85, 82, 92, 99, 96+, really. But on goalies, stick to 1, or 29-41 please. It took me a LONG time to get used to Theo’s 60.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
I’m not a fan, but at the same time it doesn’t look wrong on the ice. It just looks aggrivating. also, 88/89 never looked too wrong (Darren Turcotte…Brass Bonanza…anyway).
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
It’s not really the number itself that I’m not a big fan of…
(obviously)
by PaintDrinkingPete on Oct 16, 2009 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Ha. I refuse to set my thermostat to 66 or 68.
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by J.P. on Oct 16, 2009 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
That’s low anyway. 78 would be your most cost-efficient number.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
“82 degrees, that’s my shit.”
Rec if you get the reference.
Maybe play with an edge, be a little more physical -- maybe be more of a prick out there.
by jordanDC on Oct 16, 2009 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I prefer a 40 degree day, yo.
If you're after gettin' the honey, then you don't go killin' all them bees.
by Rob Parker on Oct 16, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Y’all motherfuckers givin’ me too many 40 degree days!
Of all our iniquities ignorance may be the worst
by Killer_Carlson on Oct 17, 2009 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Real men set it to 8… Kelvin.
If you're after gettin' the honey, then you don't go killin' all them bees.
Sorry, I live in Santa Monica
What is this “heat” and “A/C” you people speak of?
In other news, I think all defensemen, by law, should have single digit numbers.
That is all.
by bilspacecadet on Oct 17, 2009 1:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Via Caps Insider
In order to make room under the salary cap ceiling for Holtby, the Caps placed Tomas Fleischmann (blood clot in his leg) on LTI, retroactive to the start of the season. That means Fleischmann must miss at least three more games, but that was probably going to happen anyway.
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Egads!
The Caps are that tight on the cap???
Isn’t their a hockey team in Malawi willing to take Nylander?
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Oct 16, 2009 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Which means they really did lose Chris Bourque for nothing…
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Oct 16, 2009 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Me, too, but I think it’s more a matter of that they really didn’t want to use LTIR to go over the cap. Everything they’ve done to this point was to stay under the cap, not squeeze an extra dollar over it. They’re stuck now because it’s a goalie they need, they can’t shuffle a skater out of position.
Although I might like seeing that experiment. (Not.)
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