Caps recall Aucoin?
"Keith Aucoin and Jay Beagle both practiced at first-line center Wednesday with the Hershey Bears, and then Aucoin left practice early. ... In light of the injury situation in Washington, the guess is that Aucoin was recalled to the Caps. But there was no official confirmation of a transaction in Hershey. ... The Caps, according to the Washington Post and Washington Times, may be poised to recall two forwards. If they take two, given his hot start, Alex Giroux would seem a good bet to be a second forward recalled."- The Patriot-News
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Well, if Semin is one of the forwards out, perhaps. The lines from practice look like this, per @cmasisak22:
8-19-22
21-9-16
14-92-17
53-39-10
So, if this is correct, we could be looking at a third line of 33-20-17? Knowing that Nylander is unlikely to play? Uuuuuhhh….
That said, if this holds – Fehrsie gets a line bump. He better make the most of it.
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Not sure why they wouldn’t flip the 3rd and 4th lines (they do anyway when it matters) and put Sloan in at 4L, assuming 4 or 26 can go. Why call up another F to get 8 minutes? But we shall see…
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The only reason I can think of is to try and get some secondary scoring kickstarted, and i have no idea how effective that would be. Laing’s put a bunch of shots on net, but hasn’t hit the twine yet.
As for 4 or 26 going, I think Corey said that ShaMo’s ready to rock, Erskine not so much.
I have no idea – I’m not the coach.
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Makes sense. Maybe this is the time Giroux does something in a recall. I’ll be holding my breath.
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I’m not. The only time I hold my breath is when I open the work fridge right now.
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by gotsparkly on Oct 21, 2009 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Brought over from the start of this discussion — If Andrew Gordon is third player on that line, and he’s also having a good start to the season, is he a possibility for that call up, rather than Giroux?
depends if they have completely given up on Alex3
by ns on Oct 21, 2009 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think there’s anything to give up here – he is what he is. The only question is if that’s what they want to plug into the lineup.
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I wonder if they might ask someone to drive from Hershey but not formally call them up, just so there is a little insurance if someone is injured during practice or if both ShaMo and Erskine are out.
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Drive from Hershey… to Atlanta?
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by Natty Bumppo on Oct 21, 2009 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Huh. My guess was Beagle Osala. Oh, well.
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Osala hasn’t done anything yet this season (0 points, -3 in six games), so I doubt they’d reward him with a call-up.
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If it’s not a veteran I say Beagle or A. Gordon. A. Gordon has earned more time with both his pre-season play and his early season AHL production.
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I’ll agree with the Gordon call up – not so sure about Beagle. He looks “off” so far this year, like he hasn’t quite gotten his legs under him yet…
Giroux has actually been playing pretty well on both ends of the ice. Almost as if he wrote down the speech Boudreau gave him when he was cut from the Caps and reads it each time he takes the ice in Hershey – so where as last year, I wouldn’t have given him a look – this year I would. However, when you put a guy like Giroux who’s so used to 1st line ice time and finesse guys around him, with 3rd and 4th liners and give him 3rd and 4th line ice-time – he can’t adjust. Its like he has some mental block or something.
My thought is, if the Caps are looking for someone to score who doesn’t reside on the top two lines and brings a physical element (if they are indeed calling up two forwards) – why not Pinizzotto? He only has one goal, but his assists category would be through the roof it Osala could buy a goal (poor guy has hit both posts & the crossbar countless times so far this year). The other plus – he’s cheap!
by OverTheBoards on Oct 21, 2009 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Even I can’t get behind OO getting that 4L spot at the moment.
Lobbying stinks when your guy stinks.
/prepares sixer of OSP for F&B
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yes, too early, Andrew Gordon is a much more logical choice for a call-up based on training camp, early season play, and cap hit.
FWIW, based on my notes, those 2 (Osala and Beagle) combined would not fit under the cap even using the LTIR for Fleischmann and the Backstrom bonus cushion space. (nothing official just my attempt to figure out who fits.)
GMGM, 10:00am this morning: "Well, Sasha’s got he plague and Boyd’s in traction – it looks like Osala and Beagle will have to come up to the ATL. Guess I’ll call Mark and Bruce…
Later:
<reads skate’s cap nugget, courtesy of Vogs, IN TURN courtesy of JP>
“SHIT! Stretch, text Osala and tell him to get his Finnish ass back here!”
I’m thinking that the plague and traction would sideline these guys for 10-games/24-days, so they’d be LTIR-eligible and the team could call up Osala and Beags if they wanted to.
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Nah, the plague ain’t nothin’. We got antibiotics now. He’d hardly notice it.
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by Gould Old Days on Oct 21, 2009 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions
avatar, not going to happen
peerless, lol
Also, it is possible an official recall of Aucoin does not get announced by the caps until tomorrow, even if he does travel with the team or meet them in Atlanta. He did not practice with the NHL team today so no need to make the recall official until tomorrow.
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So come on Richard Dawson, let’s get an avatar, put the women and children to bed and go lookin’ for dinner.
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by Bald Pollack on Oct 21, 2009 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions
There are male rabbits.
Maybe play with an edge, be a little more physical -- maybe be more of a prick out there.
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by Sombrero Guy on Oct 21, 2009 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
What, you never watched Looney Tunes?
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by Killer_Carlson on Oct 21, 2009 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
haha I assume my photo link isn’t showing up?
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by Sombrero Guy on Oct 21, 2009 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Not showing up. Thought you might have been checking in as a crossdressing rabbit.
Maybe play with an edge, be a little more physical -- maybe be more of a prick out there.
heh. Well Killer and I had the same exact thought (though we used different examples)
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by Sombrero Guy on Oct 21, 2009 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I was a little surprised no one had posted the same thing before I did.
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by Killer_Carlson on Oct 21, 2009 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Oct 21, 2009 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions
sk8 gets a waiver on the avatar policy – she’s grandfathered (or grandmothered in this case, though she’s far too young for that to be taken literally) in due to long-term readership and enduring contributions to the blog.
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Say no more.
"It's an incredible place. Every seat feels like it's right on top of you. So can't we just make it official? Every big American soccer game should be played in RFK. We need the home-field advantage. Done and done."
by Bald Pollack on Oct 21, 2009 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Oops, sorry that post should have gone in the last string. And I started typing this reply including the ban topic in a not so serious manner before the last post appeared. J.P. can ban me if he wants :) , but an avatar isn’t going to happen. Never had one on any boards and I don’t plan to in the future.
moving along…
strange, even when I choose reply it is showing as a new topic…I am sure someone will blame it on the lack of an avatar.
That and being a general ’bag. We kid because we care.
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by Bald Pollack on Oct 21, 2009 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Issue with your browser, perhaps?
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Oct 21, 2009 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Caps insider- I’m sure JP will have a link soon.
Just conditioning – probably because that Russian club said they don’t even know if Nylander can play at this point
Nylander to Grand Rapids
I’m hearing that Michael Nylander is headed to AHL Grand Rapids for a conditioning stint. He has not been traded, however. More in a minute.
That’s all it says right now.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Oct 21, 2009 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions
wow, very strange turn of events. Very promising as well
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by Sombrero Guy on Oct 21, 2009 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Can I get a WTF?
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by Gould Old Days on Oct 21, 2009 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
FanShot is up – continue discussion there
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