Tuesday Caps Clips: Getting Healthy

I see the zone issue is addressed bellow. My bad.

There are some divide by zero errors in Flash’s row though.

That’s b/c he hasn’t played a game yet.

Did I miss the sarcasm? Still haven’t had my coffee but Backstrom and Green have taken penalties 5 v 4 and Green took another 5 v 3.

I’m almost positive that’s an error..

Man, oh man, did I ever guess wrong on the Rangers tonight. Big question: Can Valiquette handle a bigger workload than last year’s?

“Guess?” You’re “The Maven” for cryin’ out loud! You’re supposed to know things. That’s what makes a maven a maven!!

Hahahaha. That doesn’t make me happier than watching the Rangers get their hockey shorts handed to them, but it’s definitely fun.

Cool, I hadn’t looked at those since I first started watching the game, thanks. I guess it would be a pain to add those in, though. Ah well. Up to you.

Brash had 0 chance against Marleau’s speed on that play.

Sean Avery with two O-zone penalties last night…that would be the Bad Side of having him on your team.

not in fantasy land! hell of a night for that lovable little prick.

Laich and Steckel? Oh, you meant a couple of tickets. Nevermind.

I went last year, and a lot of the women were there for a repeat. I’m wishy-washy about going again, but probably will. It’s a lot of fun, and informative, but there were flaws that may be fixed this year. The on-ice demonstrations lagged because the breakout groups were too large, but using both rinks this year should cure that. We’ll see if that happens. The equipment demo sounds like it could be better this year, but it depends on how they do it. Our session ran too tight, and I’m not sure why (maybe they took too many questions as they went along). It almost goes without saying that Bruce’s session was the best, although anyone who goes there knowing little about the game won’t be able to follow him very well. I had some trouble with him breaking down the video, but I think I could follow him better this time.

A lot of the problem there is the perception that Scarlet Caps is intended to cater to the puckbunnies. This is fostered by the fact that a lot of the girls who are really seriously into hockey are used to hanging with the guys, so the soft information and the lack of hard stat talk comes off as insulting. Unfortunately, the rest of the girls that they want to bring in would be utterly lost by hard stat talk, so it’s a wide range they have to cover.

I agree. We need more dudes scoring, even if they’re frustrating dudes to watch.

Two more for the ten games and four more days to hit the 24 days mark, so he’s eligible to come back 10/27 against Philly.

The green jerseys are actually kinda sharp-looking. As opposed to the second line mist-gray ones.

There’s about 15 guys in Hershey that would kill for a Caps green practice sweater.

:: gulp ::

Why, what’s the problem?

I have the impression that there’s a “no more Mr. Nice Guy” going on here. We’ve all noticed that many of the same problems that plagued the team last year are still evident this year – lack of consistency, focus, and discipline prime among them. I have to wonder if Bruce is changing tacks to try to get a more focused and consistent effort. Four days off and then facing Atlanta is sure to bring on a case of the sloppies, and that’s going to get us stomped in Atlanta, it always does.

The yelling kind of concerns me – it makes me wonder if he’s losing the team or about to – but I think I’ll wait and see if it gets results in the form of dominant wins before I raise the roof about it.

does that meanSchultzyGotGame55.com isn’t coming any time soon?

Valid point, I guess. I wasn’t sure if they have one or two years after the draft to sign them, I was just assuming it’s the June 30 when their junior eligibility ends.

the Caps have it up on their site now.

ARLINGTON, Va., – The Washington Capitals have signed center Cody Eakin, their third-round choice in the 2009 Entry Draft, to a three-year entry-level contract, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today. In keeping with club policy, financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Eakin, 19, is a 5’11", 180-pound native of Winnepeg, Manitoba, who is in his fourth season with the Swift Current Broncos of the Western Hockey League (WHL). He has 12 points (nine goals, three assists) in nine games this season, and is Swift Current’s leading goal scorer. He is tied for first in the WHL with five power-play goals and tied for second in the league in overall goals scored.

Eakin recorded 48 points (24 goals, 24 assists) in 54 games for the Broncos last season. He participated in the Capitals’ development camp this summer as well as the team’s rookie and training camps in September.

That is confirmed – the SPC starts next year.

Kid’s got 9-3-12 in his first 12 games.

And 19 PIM.