Michael Nylander "Heading to Russia"
by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 12:16 PM EST
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Per Bob McKenzie on Twitter, "Nylander heading to Russia."
Update (12:24 PM): "Nylander makes the final call on whether he's going to Russia but it looks like he's prepared to do it. Not formalized just yet, though." - @TSNBobMcKenzie
(12:48 PM): "And since this Russian thing looked like it was going to get done a time or two before and didn't, we better wait for official confirmation." - @TSNBobMcKenzie
(1:17 PM): "[A] team official said it looks like there WON'T be an update on Michael Nylander's status today." - @cmasisak22
(1:49 PM): "Caps forward Mikael [sic] Nylander looks as though he's headed to Russia. The 37-year-old cleared waivers yesterday and, with his permission, he can now be assigned to a KHL team. That paperwork is still being finalized so the move is not yet official." - TSN
(1:50 PM): "An overseas move now seems imminent for former Washington Capital Center Michael Nylander. The 37-year old is reportedly weighing an offer from Dynamo Minsk of Russia's Kontinental Hockey League." - CSN Washington
More details to follow.
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caution, caution, caution………
do not celebrate prematurely.
by RedBirdie on Nov 10, 2009 12:18 PM EST reply actions 5 recs
Screw that!
WOOHOOOOOOO!
Void Boyd! Go with Perreault!
by jordanDC on Nov 10, 2009 12:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Rec rec rec rec rec rec.
Did I say Rec?
Calm down, folks. Let’s see what GMGM says and wait for the official announcement. We saw what happened with the 4-5 weeksgate.
Our lives are this moment, the music, the dance ....
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by gotsparkly on Nov 10, 2009 12:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Bob McKenzie’s got a pretty good reputation, though, and he wouldn’t screw this one up (I wouldn’t think), whereas with 4-5 Weeksgate, there was reason to believe that the quotee was joking around.
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 12:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually there was reason to think that, but it went right over the interviewer’s head.
Russian Machine very rarely breaks.
by macvechkin on Nov 10, 2009 12:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I believe McKenzie more than I believe Eklund, but I’m still inclined to wait. This is too big and has too many implications for the season to be half-baked about.
Maybe I’m still thinking “too good to be true”.
Our lives are this moment, the music, the dance ....
Fan Clubs: Sloan, Schultz
by gotsparkly on Nov 10, 2009 12:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Bob McKenzie ain’t Dmitry Chesnokov.
by David M. Getz on Nov 10, 2009 12:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No, but this is too huge to get all hyped up about. If it isn’t true, the letdown will result in record beer sales.
Our lives are this moment, the music, the dance ....
Fan Clubs: Sloan, Schultz
by gotsparkly on Nov 10, 2009 12:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry, but I have a real stupid SB Nation / Japer’s Rink Blog technical question … What the hell does “rec” mean? I’ve seen a bunch of posters use it, but just can’t knoodle to what it might refer. Again, sorry for asking such a lame newbie question.
by renhoak on Nov 10, 2009 3:41 PM EST up reply actions 6 recs
When you click “actions” and then “rec” under someone’s post. This indicates that you agree with, or recommend, the person’s post.
You just got rec’d for an awesome avatar.
Void Boyd! Go with Perreault!
by jordanDC on Nov 10, 2009 3:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Five “recs” turn the background color of the post green so everyone in the thread can more easily identify your genius.
IS PЯACTICE ЯINK NOW
by Your Nation's Capital on Nov 10, 2009 3:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You can also “rec” a whole thread, a FanShot, or a FanPost. 10 recs for a FanShot or FanPost makes it “sticky”.
IS PЯACTICE ЯINK NOW
by Your Nation's Capital on Nov 10, 2009 3:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If you rec something too much then. . .
Do you have to get it a towel???
I'm trying to work out a deal with a club in Europe
by D'ohboy on Nov 10, 2009 5:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And if you don’t is it a rec-towel dysfunction?
If consequences dictate the course of action, then it doesn't matter what's right, it's only wrong if you get caught. If consequences dictate the course of action, then I should play God...
by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 10, 2009 5:05 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Oh my GOD
That was so groan-worthy it was hilarious.
I'm trying to work out a deal with a club in Europe
by D'ohboy on Nov 10, 2009 5:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
My handle puts you all on notice that more bad puns are coming.
If consequences dictate the course of action, then it doesn't matter what's right, it's only wrong if you get caught. If consequences dictate the course of action, then I should play God...
by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 10, 2009 5:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Just like a seventies porn star.
by DrinkingPartner on Nov 10, 2009 5:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
My handle puts you all on notice that more bad puns are coming.
No idea what you’re talking about…
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 10, 2009 6:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Nice.
Semin was the second gunman on the grassy knoll, clearly he must be traded.
by Chris meet Alex on Nov 10, 2009 6:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Don't forget to bring a towel
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 10, 2009 6:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I know where mine is :)
Our lives are this moment, the music, the dance ....
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by gotsparkly on Nov 10, 2009 7:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
strangely, I’m watching a towelie episode right now.
by RedBirdie on Nov 10, 2009 9:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It's quite apropriate
because after today’s events, I have no idea what’s going on right now.
I'm trying to work out a deal with a club in Europe
by D'ohboy on Nov 10, 2009 9:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
no, man, I’m just high. Let’s get high.
by RedBirdie on Nov 10, 2009 10:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ll second that :)
"I play Russian roulette everyday - a man's sport - with a bullet called life"
by renhoak on Nov 10, 2009 11:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ahhh … well thank you, Mr jordanDC, for taking the time to explain. Much appreciated. And loving your avatar as well, fiery little spark plug, wouldn’t you say? Hope he keeps it up.
by renhoak on Nov 10, 2009 3:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He’s a superstar.
Void Boyd! Go with Perreault!
by jordanDC on Nov 10, 2009 3:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That avatar deserves a full size viewing
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Nov 10, 2009 4:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Delicious nerve-endings!
Void Boyd! Go with Perreault!
by jordanDC on Nov 10, 2009 4:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I know now what I must do!
I must use my gift of invention, to save poor Ren…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Nov 10, 2009 4:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sweet, a fellow Ren and Stimpy fan! I knew there had to be some lurking around the bowels of blogdom.
by renhoak on Nov 10, 2009 7:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I think you’ve found some good company around here. I too appreciate your avatar.
by grapejoos on Nov 10, 2009 7:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Some of the finest animated comedy ever written.
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Nov 10, 2009 11:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
On a post, click the actions link, then you can rec’ommend that post. However, people actually posting ‘rec’ does not correspond to people assigning a rec to the post. This leads to a pet peeve for some, and a lack of green posts for those that might deserve it
by renstar on Nov 10, 2009 3:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Some people say “rec” when they one the poster they are recommending to know just exactly who it was that appreciated them.
Void Boyd! Go with Perreault!
by jordanDC on Nov 10, 2009 3:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
*when they WANT the poster..
Failure to Post
Void Boyd! Go with Perreault!
by jordanDC on Nov 10, 2009 3:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I know, and they almost never actually ‘rec’ the post when they do. I was just explaining this because it can be confusing to people if we tell them that rec’ing involves clicking the ‘rec’ link, yet in reality it almost never does
by renstar on Nov 10, 2009 3:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I was not aware of this phenomenon!
Void Boyd! Go with Perreault!
by jordanDC on Nov 10, 2009 3:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think there should be some middle ground between agreeing and rec’ing. Not everything deserves to be green like the masterpiece just below.
Russian Machine very rarely breaks.
by macvechkin on Nov 10, 2009 3:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You could always just post that you agree.
Though SOME people might get all pissy about it.
Void Boyd! Go with Perreault!
by jordanDC on Nov 10, 2009 3:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Nah, nobody here’d ever get pissy over little stuff.
Our lives are this moment, the music, the dance ....
Fan Clubs: Sloan, Schultz
by gotsparkly on Nov 10, 2009 3:53 PM EST up reply actions 6 recs
I just rec’d this!
Void Boyd! Go with Perreault!
by jordanDC on Nov 10, 2009 3:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Me three. Two more to go.
IS PЯACTICE ЯINK NOW
by Your Nation's Capital on Nov 10, 2009 3:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
This, +1, Rec'd, etc.
I'm trying to work out a deal with a club in Europe
by D'ohboy on Nov 10, 2009 5:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes.
I feel the same away about avatars as Ovechkin does about speed limits.
by Ovechkin on Nov 10, 2009 2:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
"Let the rest be scared of us." - Sasha Semin
by Scott in Shaw on Nov 10, 2009 12:18 PM EST reply actions 38 recs
Haha — I wasn’t sure if this is what you meant by “celebrate prematurely.”
"Let the rest be scared of us." - Sasha Semin
by Scott in Shaw on Nov 10, 2009 12:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
it’s entirely premature, but damn, that’s an awesome Blingee. The dancing banana, the piles of gold coins, the “U Haz Cap rm now” everything.
by RedBirdie on Nov 10, 2009 12:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The dancing banana is the best. Nice work Scott.
by PKLords76 on Nov 10, 2009 12:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It's peanut butter jelly time.
I'm trying to work out a deal with a club in Europe
by D'ohboy on Nov 10, 2009 2:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
peanut butter jelllly
peanut butter jelllly
peanut butter jelllly
peanut butter jelllly
peanut butter jelly peanut butter jelly peanut butter jelly with a baseball bat!
cap rooooooooooooooooooooooooom
by ns on Nov 10, 2009 12:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder how long Scott has been saving this pic for? Since the summer I’d bet..
by shaiba8 on Nov 10, 2009 12:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Nah. Yesterday actually. I had a feeling today would be the day. I’m just sorry I didn’t get hear fast enough to be the first comment, but actually the fact that the first comment was “don’t celebrate prematurely” ended up being pretty funny.
"Let the rest be scared of us." - Sasha Semin
by Scott in Shaw on Nov 10, 2009 1:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
29 recs… perhaps a rec’ord?
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 5:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
37!
In a row?
"And next year it will be ours."
by Ovechwin on Nov 10, 2009 9:29 PM EST up reply actions 6 recs
Try not to rec any posts on the way to the parking lot. . .
Hey. . . Get back here!!!
I'm trying to work out a deal with a club in Europe
by D'ohboy on Nov 10, 2009 9:42 PM EST up reply actions 6 recs
sweet. merciful. crap.
please please please please please
by ns on Nov 10, 2009 12:21 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
" 60 percent of the time...it works everytime"
by shwedy on Nov 10, 2009 12:21 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
eklund on HockeyBuzz is reporting that not only is Nylander to Russia (on Jagr’s team), but the Caps signed Foppa too – with the major/official announcement of this at either 12:30 or 1. Glad it ended so well for everybody. Now for that crease clearing dman and/or getting rid of some to call up Alzner…
by bigity b on Nov 10, 2009 12:21 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!?!?!?!? If this is true, I will kiss the next person that walks by me.
Void Boyd! Go with Perreault!
by jordanDC on Nov 10, 2009 12:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well if Eklund said it, it must be true.
by David M. Getz on Nov 10, 2009 12:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That’s mainly why I would be so excited.
Void Boyd! Go with Perreault!
by jordanDC on Nov 10, 2009 12:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
hey, that 2.3% accuracy rate means he “still has a chance” to be right. hahahaha
by bigity b on Nov 10, 2009 12:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That 2.3% accuracy is roughly 1/3 of Jeff Schultz’s shooting percentage.
It’s that bad.
by David M. Getz on Nov 10, 2009 12:26 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I believe all humans in your immediate vicinity are safe from your advances. Eklund. Get a grip.
by treat on Nov 10, 2009 12:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
correction
“putting them in the prime location to sign Forsberg. More to come in less than an hour.”
by bigity b on Nov 10, 2009 12:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Bah!
You got our hopes up with your amateurish reporting!
Void Boyd! Go with Perreault!
by jordanDC on Nov 10, 2009 12:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
chalk it up to over excitement to see this all come to an end.
by bigity b on Nov 10, 2009 12:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You get a pass, brother.
Void Boyd! Go with Perreault!
by jordanDC on Nov 10, 2009 12:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Foppa apparently didn’t look great over the weekend. The Caps have piles and piles of talent in Hershey. I just think signing an aging, broken, not in NHL condition Foppa would be D-U-M-B.
but I’m not a GM, I just play one online.
by RedBirdie on Nov 10, 2009 12:26 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Rec-inator. Could someone please explain to me why we need Foppa?
Our lives are this moment, the music, the dance ....
Fan Clubs: Sloan, Schultz
by gotsparkly on Nov 10, 2009 12:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Because he’s still one of the most talented players around and can bring some sorely needed depth at C and experience to our forwards ranks. We don’t need him, and we shouldn’t sign him now, but if he’s healthy at the deadline and GMGM can’t find a better move I don’t think it’s a per se mistake to sign him. Right now is premature though.
If consequences dictate the course of action, then it doesn't matter what's right, it's only wrong if you get caught. If consequences dictate the course of action, then I should play God...
by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 10, 2009 1:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
My point. I don’t deny talent or fame or any of that. What I do deny is that it’s a good idea to rush out like an 8 year old who just got his allowance and spend every single dime. I agree – might not be a bad idea later but maybe building up a cushion for injury call ups isn’t such a horrid idea.
Our lives are this moment, the music, the dance ....
Fan Clubs: Sloan, Schultz
by gotsparkly on Nov 10, 2009 1:06 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I don’t think anyone expects Forsberg to fetch what the Capitals would have left in cap space.
by David M. Getz on Nov 10, 2009 1:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Roughly how much would you expect?
by JimCareyFanClub on Nov 10, 2009 1:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think he’d command the majority of it. Certainly enough that injury call-ups would still be a consideration and it could leave us with a hangup at the deadline. Why spend on something we don’t necessarily need?
Our lives are this moment, the music, the dance ....
Fan Clubs: Sloan, Schultz
by gotsparkly on Nov 10, 2009 1:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think anyone’s paying Foppa more than $2.5m (pro-rated) this season.
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 1:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Still close to half. Add Alzner and you get 4.175. 4.875 goes pretty fast, yes?
Our lives are this moment, the music, the dance ....
Fan Clubs: Sloan, Schultz
by gotsparkly on Nov 10, 2009 1:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No doubt (and I don’t think Foppa even makes that mch). But that would also be offset by some salary coming off the roster – they don’t add those two without some subtraction.
Not saying I want Foppa, but getting productive players into the lineup sooner rather than later may be a better plan than hoping something’s there at the deadline.
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 1:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m more concerned with spending of bunch of cash right now and then rest of the season unfolds in a way that can’t be predicted and Caps are short at a position and/or for bodies due to injuries. I’m not saying don’t make any deal. I’m saying be prudent and only go for a deal that is a true upgrade.
Also, I’m not sure Caps owners and their bankers are going to be keen on dropping more cash for more players. I beleived Ted made some allusions to this in his blog not long ago.
I’m all for a moving a depth D-man and bringing up Alzner or Carlson. Beyond that I think extreme caution should be used for now.
A man gotta have a code
by CP2Devil on Nov 10, 2009 1:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t disagree. Just saying it’s plenty feasible.
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 1:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Understood. My response was more towards the whole thread than just yours in particular. I should have clarified.
A man gotta have a code
by CP2Devil on Nov 10, 2009 1:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No worries
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 1:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That’s still very different from running out and spending it all right away.
Plus, if Alzner comes up, Nyls goes, Foppa comes, Laing’s waived, Erskine’s waived…you still have plenty left over to work with.
by David M. Getz on Nov 10, 2009 1:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Right – they can’t add two players without more than $1m in salary coming off the roster (assuming two players come off).
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 1:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Doubt he can get out of his KHL contract at this point.
If consequences dictate the course of action, then it doesn't matter what's right, it's only wrong if you get caught. If consequences dictate the course of action, then I should play God...
by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 10, 2009 1:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Not only can’t he, but since he’s played games in another pro league, he’s ineligible for the NHL this season (this is why Foppa hasn’t suited up in the SEL).
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 1:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He’s not ineligible (yet at least). At this point he’d just have to pass through waivers first. Perhaps a distinction without a difference given what could potentially happen in such a situation but nonetheless…
by Langway on Nov 10, 2009 10:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Right. Brain fart – I meant ineligible w/o passing through waivers. Thanks for catching it.
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by J.P. on Nov 11, 2009 6:52 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Been there, done that, don’t want the sequel.
"I'm just doing karate and trying to get females pregnant."
by Bald Pollack on Nov 10, 2009 1:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
kidding, right?
Russian Machine very rarely breaks.
by macvechkin on Nov 10, 2009 1:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i think we have enough restraining penalties as it is
by ns on Nov 10, 2009 1:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
rec’d
You lost your rock card, but your rational/common sense card just got upgraded platinum.
A man gotta have a code
by CP2Devil on Nov 10, 2009 1:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Need to fill secret quota for Swedish Centers in the organiation
by Direction 87 on Nov 10, 2009 1:37 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I can’t explain why the Caps need him, but it fits McPhee’s MO – figuring out how to add to the team without giving up anything in return. I’m not sure that’s what the Caps need at this point, but I would still probably chest-bump someone in the hall if I saw confirmation that it happened.
by grapejoos on Nov 10, 2009 4:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Let me be the first to say that I am 100% against the signing of Foppa. Get rid of one aging Swede for one that is not only old, but injury prone? Thanks, but no thanks.
by Yoshietree on Nov 10, 2009 12:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I believe that makes you the 2nd actually. :-)
A man gotta have a code
by CP2Devil on Nov 10, 2009 12:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That discussion has been had. You’ve got plenty of company.
If consequences dictate the course of action, then it doesn't matter what's right, it's only wrong if you get caught. If consequences dictate the course of action, then I should play God...
by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 10, 2009 1:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sigh. Impossible to stay caught up with so much work travel.
by Yoshietree on Nov 10, 2009 1:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Priorities, Yosh. Priorities.
If consequences dictate the course of action, then it doesn't matter what's right, it's only wrong if you get caught. If consequences dictate the course of action, then I should play God...
by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 10, 2009 1:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Oy. If Eklund is saying that Nylander is going to Russia, it means he hasn’t moved. That piece of [Lemieux] wouldn’t know his [Avery] from a hole in the ground.
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Nov 10, 2009 12:42 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Oy. If Eklund is saying that Nylander is going to Russia, it means he hasn’t moved.
Not necessarily. It could also just mean that someone else broke the story first.
by David M. Getz on Nov 10, 2009 12:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
True enough, but until the release comes from the Caps (or the KHL), I’m less inclined to believe it if it comes from Eklund. The guy’s worthless as a source for any information. If he had said nothing, then the story from MacKenzie would be more valid. That he repeats what MacKenzie is saying brings down MacKenzie.
As for Forsberg… that I’ll believe when he walks into the Caps dressing room and pulls on a jersey.
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Nov 10, 2009 12:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That he repeats what MacKenzie is saying brings down MacKenzie.
Disagree. McKenzie reports what he reports, he has no control over who repeats it or in what forum.
by David M. Getz on Nov 10, 2009 12:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I know… but it’s still not confirmed by anyone official yet….
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Nov 10, 2009 12:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No, you are forgetting that Eklund’s other strategy is simply regurgitating information gained from other reporters.
Russian Machine very rarely breaks.
by macvechkin on Nov 10, 2009 12:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Still, there’s nothing official yet, and Eklund’s track record speaks for itself…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Nov 10, 2009 12:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
So does Bob McKenzie’s.
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 12:52 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Bob McKenzie
Bob (left) seen here with his brother Doug, reacting to Eklund’s lates gibberish…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Nov 10, 2009 3:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Even Guy Caballero wouldn’t hire Eklund.
A man gotta have a code
by CP2Devil on Nov 10, 2009 7:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Even Edith Prickley wouldn’t be seen with him…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Nov 10, 2009 11:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, I will not celebrate until this is a DONE deal.
by bigeugene on Nov 10, 2009 12:23 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Bob McKenzie’s not the type to report something that’s not a done deal.
by David M. Getz on Nov 10, 2009 12:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I guess I feel like it can’t actually be happening still. :)
by bigeugene on Nov 10, 2009 12:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
http://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/status/5593908244
Nylander makes the final call on whether he’s going to Russia but it looks like he’s prepared to do it. Not formalized just yet, though.
by PaintDrinkingPete on Nov 10, 2009 12:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Good luck to Nylander in Russia.
And good luck to GMGM as he makes roster decisions that have potential Cup implications.
by Stormblue on Nov 10, 2009 12:27 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Honestly, if I’m GMGM, I bury that cap space under a rock for a couple of months and wait to see what the team does.
Our lives are this moment, the music, the dance ....
Fan Clubs: Sloan, Schultz
by gotsparkly on Nov 10, 2009 12:42 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Wait a sec???
Could we actually build up….a cushion??
Russian Machine very rarely breaks.
by macvechkin on Nov 10, 2009 12:45 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I know, imagine that.
Our lives are this moment, the music, the dance ....
Fan Clubs: Sloan, Schultz
by gotsparkly on Nov 10, 2009 12:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Best part of that — next time someone gets sick or hurt, they won’t have to look for the cheapest call up, but the best one. Imagine that.
by gfcaps fan on Nov 10, 2009 2:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Can’t have that. We could have _________ ! (insert name here)
Our lives are this moment, the music, the dance ....
Fan Clubs: Sloan, Schultz
by gotsparkly on Nov 10, 2009 3:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
In Retrospect
1. Watch this video
2. Read the first couple of comments
3. Laugh
4. Cry
5. Destroy this video forever
by The Admiral on Nov 10, 2009 12:28 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
That is gruesome…
Russian Machine very rarely breaks.
by macvechkin on Nov 10, 2009 12:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
So to summarize what McKenzie said:
Headline tease: Nylander already gone
Story beneath the head: Nylander not gone yet
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Nov 10, 2009 12:28 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Story between the lines: Nylander good as gone.
by David M. Getz on Nov 10, 2009 12:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Right. From “He’s at IAD awaiting pre-board” to “What you all pretty much knew already.”
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 12:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Everything always happens when I’m about to go on my lunch break..
Void Boyd! Go with Perreault!
by jordanDC on Nov 10, 2009 12:30 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Along the lines of jordan's posts the other day:
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 10, 2009 12:33 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Nice use of title
If consequences dictate the course of action, then it doesn't matter what's right, it's only wrong if you get caught. If consequences dictate the course of action, then I should play God...
by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 10, 2009 1:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks, I took your advice. I actually didn’t know you could collapse a comment like that or else I would have used titles for pictures all along.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 10, 2009 1:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Just bringing my institutional experience.
If consequences dictate the course of action, then it doesn't matter what's right, it's only wrong if you get caught. If consequences dictate the course of action, then I should play God...
by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 10, 2009 1:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
So BP has avatar compliance and you have comment title compliance?
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 10, 2009 1:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Charter members of the Japers’ Enforcement Directorate
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by Your Nation's Capital on Nov 10, 2009 1:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Nah, I’m not nearly as much out for title compliance as we’ve got going with avatar compliance. It’s just a helpful tip in large threads I guess.
If consequences dictate the course of action, then it doesn't matter what's right, it's only wrong if you get caught. If consequences dictate the course of action, then I should play God...
by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 10, 2009 1:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
avatar compliance? I think I need a rule book.
by renhoak on Nov 10, 2009 7:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Can he be released, and become a cap liability again?
?
by S h a g g y on Nov 10, 2009 12:35 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Nope.
"I'm just doing karate and trying to get females pregnant."
by Bald Pollack on Nov 10, 2009 1:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
So assuming this actually happens, what does GMGM do with the cap room?
by treat on Nov 10, 2009 12:36 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I was thinking in terms of help from outside the organization. I could see Alzner coming to DC and one of the depth defensemen being moved or waived.
by David M. Getz on Nov 10, 2009 12:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I honestly think that GMGM was just waiting for this whole Nyls thing to get done before he got into the rest. I could definitely see one of our current blueliners getting traded (Pothier, Mo or Juice are most likely because of their contracts) to make room for Karl.
by PKLords76 on Nov 10, 2009 1:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Isles lost Martinek for the year… they could use a veteran D right about now.
If consequences dictate the course of action, then it doesn't matter what's right, it's only wrong if you get caught. If consequences dictate the course of action, then I should play God...
by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 10, 2009 1:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well they will be here tomorrow. Maybe Garth Snow makes the trip and he and GMGM have set up a meeting.
by PKLords76 on Nov 10, 2009 1:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Indeed. I think this is what GMGM was waiting for: injuries to other teams’ D corps making our depth of veteran/reliable D more attractive so he can trade on better terms. Unfortunately their injuries came at the same time as ours so we may want to hold out and use our depth for a few.
If consequences dictate the course of action, then it doesn't matter what's right, it's only wrong if you get caught. If consequences dictate the course of action, then I should play God...
by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 10, 2009 1:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I know people think we need to keep Poti for the vet leadership, but i wouldn’t mind seeing him be traded.
by hockeyman33 on Nov 10, 2009 4:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
What would you be looking for in return?
Void Boyd! Go with Perreault!
by jordanDC on Nov 10, 2009 4:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think we really need anyone right now. We have guys that can give us sparks in HER. All i can think of is a pick, but ii’m not so sure the Isles would want to give up picks.
by hockeyman33 on Nov 10, 2009 4:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And they definitely don’t want Poti back.
If consequences dictate the course of action, then it doesn't matter what's right, it's only wrong if you get caught. If consequences dictate the course of action, then I should play God...
by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 10, 2009 4:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
ah, i didn’t even think about that.
by hockeyman33 on Nov 10, 2009 4:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Is he really such a persona non grata with the Isles? He only played there one year and had a very solid season for them (per his starting strong and declining steadily routine).
Of all our iniquities ignorance may be the worst
by Killer_Carlson on Nov 11, 2009 2:30 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Is he really such a persona non grata with the Isles?
Yes.
If consequences dictate the course of action, then it doesn't matter what's right, it's only wrong if you get caught. If consequences dictate the course of action, then I should play God...
by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 11, 2009 2:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Where is this coming from? Fans or management? There is only one NY based team that I’ve heard of having a giant hate on for Poti.
Of all our iniquities ignorance may be the worst
by Killer_Carlson on Nov 11, 2009 3:00 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Rangers fans hate him, but Poti has a bit of a reputation for burning bridges everywhere.
However, in DC, I haven’t heard anything but positives about him, as far as the type of teammate he is. And he is the third “A” so there is some level of respect for the quiet leadership he provides.
by RedBirdie on Nov 11, 2009 10:41 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If you’ve only heard positive stuff about him in DC I guess I have to be louder.
If consequences dictate the course of action, then it doesn't matter what's right, it's only wrong if you get caught. If consequences dictate the course of action, then I should play God...
by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 11, 2009 10:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I hear loud and clear the criticism of his play. But as far as the type of person he is in the locker room? I haven’t heard the grumbling.
by RedBirdie on Nov 11, 2009 11:02 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think most of the grumbling from both teams in NY is regarding his on-ice mistakes…not his off-ice attitude.
by Yoshietree on Nov 11, 2009 11:06 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah this is correct. NY fans don’t really give a shit what you do off the ice/field. They were more pissed about how Giambi and Arod played than anything relating to steroids.
If consequences dictate the course of action, then it doesn't matter what's right, it's only wrong if you get caught. If consequences dictate the course of action, then I should play God...
by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 11, 2009 11:24 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The Isles fans have a hate on for him too. And honestly, would NYI be much worse off if the fans were running the team?
If consequences dictate the course of action, then it doesn't matter what's right, it's only wrong if you get caught. If consequences dictate the course of action, then I should play God...
by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 11, 2009 10:52 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
9 D FTW
If consequences dictate the course of action, then it doesn't matter what's right, it's only wrong if you get caught. If consequences dictate the course of action, then I should play God...
by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 10, 2009 1:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
NOTHING. Keep it in case of injuries – it’s nice to have some breathing room for once, let’s not go spending it just yet.
by Becca H on Nov 10, 2009 12:37 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Thank you.
Our lives are this moment, the music, the dance ....
Fan Clubs: Sloan, Schultz
by gotsparkly on Nov 10, 2009 12:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Bring Karl Alzner to Washington, stat.
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 12:37 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
BringKarl AlznerJohn Carlson to Washington, stat.
Fixed that for ya.
by Becca H on Nov 10, 2009 12:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
BringKarl Alzner John CarlsonKarl Alzner to Washington, stat.
Re-fixed.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 10, 2009 12:41 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Bring Karl Alzner John Carlson Karl Alzner to WashingtonHang on to the cap room for once, stat.
I could do this all day :P
by Becca H on Nov 10, 2009 12:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
:: waving ::
Hi Becca! Welcome back aboard!!!
Note to JP: Needs more Becca content, and soon.
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by Your Nation's Capital on Nov 10, 2009 12:45 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Send your note to Becca, not me – she writes what and when she wants to.
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 12:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I will not be dictated to, dammit! …just kidding. Stuff’s in the works, I promise :)
(And check’s in the mail, YNC.)
by Becca H on Nov 10, 2009 12:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ima tearing up that check. Let your voice be heard!
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by Your Nation's Capital on Nov 10, 2009 12:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i think your previous sig would be fitting for today’s possible event
by ns on Nov 10, 2009 12:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, but no. Alex must continue to concentrate on his rehab. Later is the time on Schprockets when we dance.
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by Your Nation's Capital on Nov 10, 2009 1:00 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Did someone mentin Schprockets?
Russian Machine very rarely breaks.
by macvechkin on Nov 10, 2009 1:09 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I was going to change my name to Becca_H and then hiss at you that I’ve been posting on here for over a year now…
Russian Machine very rarely breaks.
by macvechkin on Nov 10, 2009 12:46 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Hissssssssssssss. Rec’d!
IS PЯACTICE ЯINK NOW
by Your Nation's Capital on Nov 10, 2009 12:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Love the “very rarely breaks” sig. Hilarious.
by bigeugene on Nov 10, 2009 1:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I couldn’t agree more, but I’m at a loss as to what the team will do (aside from sending Sloan down)….or will they continue carrying 8 dmen?
by Yoshietree on Nov 10, 2009 12:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Waive Pothier? Doesn’t seem like a great trade market for defensemen, considering the glut of bottom pair guys available in TB, Toronto, etc.
by treat on Nov 10, 2009 12:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m thinking Erskine would be the first waiver candidate.
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 12:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Why waive him now? If the team wanted to waive Pothier and bring up Alzner, they could have done that without moving Nyls.
by David M. Getz on Nov 10, 2009 12:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Just trying to think of which D has to go. Erskine makes a lot of sense, but it leaves the blue line rather, um, physically averse.
by treat on Nov 10, 2009 12:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sloan might be another candidate to go. I love the guy, but we already have numerous forwards competing for 4th line time, and 89 didn’t look too great along the blueline the other night.
Either way, I expect to see Alzner here immediately.
by Kolzilla on Nov 10, 2009 1:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Uh. Sloan saved our butts Friday night when Green and Schultz went down. One rough night when the guy is playing hurt is a bit much.
How about we just hold on to the cap space for a bit and build a cushion so that we have some wiggle room at the deadline?
Our lives are this moment, the music, the dance ....
Fan Clubs: Sloan, Schultz
by gotsparkly on Nov 10, 2009 1:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
anyone know exactly how much of a cap hit Alzner would be and whether his being in Washington would rule out a deadline pickup?
by Kolzilla on Nov 10, 2009 1:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
His cap hit is 1.675 million and the answer to the second question is – depends on the pickup and on injuries later in the year.
Our lives are this moment, the music, the dance ....
Fan Clubs: Sloan, Schultz
by gotsparkly on Nov 10, 2009 1:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes – $1.675 annually, and no, not necessarily.
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 1:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Uh. Sloan saved our butts Friday night when Green and Schultz went down. One rough night when the guy is playing hurt is a bit much.
There’s value in his versatility, but that doesn’t change that his talent is marginal at the NHL level.
How about we just hold on to the cap space for a bit and build a cushion so that we have some wiggle room at the deadline?
Saving space for the deadline only does any good if there’s a move to be made, whereas recalling Alzner is move that you know can be made and will probably make the team better. Get him up, get him his games and you’ll either have a better idea of what needs to be done at the deadline, a better defense corps, or both. That’s a pretty good return on the difference in salary between the two (~535k for the rest of the season).
by David M. Getz on Nov 10, 2009 1:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And Alzner doesn’t even come close to fully off-setting the cap gains we make by losing Nyls so both are still possible.
If consequences dictate the course of action, then it doesn't matter what's right, it's only wrong if you get caught. If consequences dictate the course of action, then I should play God...
by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 10, 2009 1:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I disagree with you about Sloan’s talent level.
As for Alzner, I didn’t see anything in training camp and I have not seen anything in the three Hershey games I’ve been to this year to make me think that Alzner > Sloan. I’m not convinced that this is a necessary move.
Our lives are this moment, the music, the dance ....
Fan Clubs: Sloan, Schultz
by gotsparkly on Nov 10, 2009 1:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Opinion: Sloan > Alzner
Fact: Alzner is a part of this team’s future in a way that Sloan is not.
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 1:23 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
FactJP’s Opinion: Alzner is a part of this team’s future in a way that Sloan is not.
Fixed that for you.
Our lives are this moment, the music, the dance ....
Fan Clubs: Sloan, Schultz
by gotsparkly on Nov 10, 2009 1:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’d agree that Alzner is a part of the future while Sloan is more of a place-holder. As much as I like him, I don’t see Sloaner sticking around after this year – if he’s here that long.
by Becca H on Nov 10, 2009 1:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Except that he signed a two-year deal. Do you see him then as trade-bait?
Our lives are this moment, the music, the dance ....
Fan Clubs: Sloan, Schultz
by gotsparkly on Nov 10, 2009 1:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Possibly – I could see a middling team in need of defensive depth to make a playoff push, or even a contending team w/ injuries sniffing around Sloan.
by Becca H on Nov 10, 2009 1:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No, it’s a fact. Whether as a player or a piece in a trade, Alzner’s pedigree makes him an integral part in this team’s future in a way that Sloan is not.
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 1:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
This. Does anyone think the “blue chips” ANA was asking for consisted of Tyler Sloan?
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by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 10, 2009 1:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The issue isn’t whether Alzner’s better than Sloan. The issue’s whether Alzner in April/May/June will be better than any of the defensemen on the Capitals current roster if he gets NHL experience in the meantime.
by David M. Getz on Nov 10, 2009 1:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Again, not convinced of that.
Our lives are this moment, the music, the dance ....
Fan Clubs: Sloan, Schultz
by gotsparkly on Nov 10, 2009 1:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
But it’d be silly to rule it out. Alzner’s ceiling is a lot higher than Sloan’s and it benefits the team to figure out who their best options are going to be when the games count the most.
by David M. Getz on Nov 10, 2009 1:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
But how much playing time would he realistically get? I don’t think they’re going to send Sloan down – they’re likely to lose him to waivers if they do.
Our lives are this moment, the music, the dance ....
Fan Clubs: Sloan, Schultz
by gotsparkly on Nov 10, 2009 1:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
But how much playing time would he realistically get?
Enough to figure out where he stands as an NHL player and make an educated guess as to where he’ll be in the spring.
by David M. Getz on Nov 10, 2009 1:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Okay, I can go with that.
Our lives are this moment, the music, the dance ....
Fan Clubs: Sloan, Schultz
by gotsparkly on Nov 10, 2009 1:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sloan is a 28-year old defenseman who has kicked around in the minors for eight or so years until now. Alzner is a gifted 21-year old who has top-four potential. I’d argue that keeping him down in Hershey is actually bad for his development, and it’s not like you lose a whole lot replace a Tyler Sloan with a potential stalwart prospect who might make a few mistakes at first.
by Kolzilla on Nov 10, 2009 1:28 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
But then what do we do about our secondary scoring we lose?
A man gotta have a code
by CP2Devil on Nov 10, 2009 1:28 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Ha! Nice. If someone had said at the beginning of the year that Sloan would have more goals than Steckel by now, who would have bought it?
by Becca H on Nov 10, 2009 1:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yup. I don’t think Sloan’s own family would have taken that bet.
A man gotta have a code
by CP2Devil on Nov 10, 2009 1:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Just put a real forward with MP.
If consequences dictate the course of action, then it doesn't matter what's right, it's only wrong if you get caught. If consequences dictate the course of action, then I should play God...
by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 10, 2009 1:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Glad you brought this up F&B. He made a converted D-man and Clark look like dynamos. Give him 3rd line talent and he’ll probably turn his wingers into all-stars.
A man gotta have a code
by CP2Devil on Nov 10, 2009 1:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I nominate Semin.
Russian Machine very rarely breaks.
by macvechkin on Nov 10, 2009 1:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You may be kidding, but that’s a very interesting idea. Semin could be hurt, but I wonder if a speedy center is what Semin needs to overcome his lethargy.
by DrinkingPartner on Nov 10, 2009 2:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Not kidding. Semin’s frailty might explain his recent non-production, but not the absurd penalty fest. If you keep Flash on line 1 and go with the Laich-BMo-Knuble combo on line 2 then Semin is left out. Maybe the long-time-coming message to Semin and at the same time a reward for MP?
Russian Machine very rarely breaks.
by macvechkin on Nov 10, 2009 2:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think it necessarily has to be a message to Semin (after all, he had a level 2nd game against FLA), it could just be pairing two exceptionally dangerous forwards together, almost like he and AO. Backs needs AO to be his absolute best, IMO, not Semin.
by DrinkingPartner on Nov 10, 2009 2:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If anybody will get Semin going
it’s Perreault.
Void Boyd! Go with Perreault!
by jordanDC on Nov 10, 2009 2:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Perrault on a line with Semin wouldn’t hurt. Semin actually produced well with Aucoin when with Aucoin.
Of course what Semin needs is for his wrist to heal up. He’s now wearing a brace.
by CapsFan75 on Nov 10, 2009 5:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
this continuous rag on semin is getting extremely tedious. averaging a point a game after having missed two games and being injured for the past three. 3rd line, indeed!
by mechanicsville on Nov 10, 2009 9:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, the “hate” on Semin has gottn past the point of ridiculousness.
Guess who else is in a slump - a 5 game scoring drought and who is expected to carry the team in the absence of his high scoring teammate -- Sid Crosby.
by CapsFan75 on Nov 11, 2009 6:47 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And People say I'm nuts...
…for thinking Malkin is better than Crosby. Crosby goes down, Malkin picks up the slack and keeps the team going. Malkin goes down, and the Pens go into a tailspin…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Nov 11, 2009 8:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Look at all the other injuries in the lineup. Also, with Malkin and Crosby both active, the Pens were in 10th in February of last year. Who was out? Sergei Gonchar. Who’s out now? Sergei Gonchar.
by Knee high to a duck on Nov 11, 2009 10:02 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hard to watch the Caps/Pens series last year and not conclude that Crosby is the better player.
If consequences dictate the course of action, then it doesn't matter what's right, it's only wrong if you get caught. If consequences dictate the course of action, then I should play God...
by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 11, 2009 10:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hard to watch the Wings/Pens series last year and not conclude that Malkin is the better player.
by Yoshietree on Nov 11, 2009 10:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Really? That DET deployed all their best (healthy) defensive players to cover Crosby didn’t send you a message?
If consequences dictate the course of action, then it doesn't matter what's right, it's only wrong if you get caught. If consequences dictate the course of action, then I should play God...
by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 11, 2009 11:25 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Am I that bad at poking the drunk monkey? Not even a small nibble?
by Yoshietree on Nov 11, 2009 11:31 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ha. My bad. Try again…
If consequences dictate the course of action, then it doesn't matter what's right, it's only wrong if you get caught. If consequences dictate the course of action, then I should play God...
by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 11, 2009 11:37 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Crosby was the better player agains the Caps and is a great player. Malkin though seems to be the better player now. Crosby did win the MVP 3 years ago, but since then Malkin has been nominated for the MVP and Crosby hasn’t (admittedly, one year, Crosby missed a lot of games).
The most telling thing to me though is that Malkin has been nominated for the Pearson award (voted on by the players) these past 2 seasons and Crosby hasn’t. Apparently the players think Malkin is the better player (and that Ovie is better than both of them).
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Nov 11, 2009 2:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Two points to this: Crosby does not have a history of being a streaky player, and take away scoring and Crosby brings way more to the table than Semin.
Of all our iniquities ignorance may be the worst
by Killer_Carlson on Nov 11, 2009 12:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Crosby is certainly less streaky, and is better on the dot than Malkin, but if I had to pick between one or the other to start my team, I’d take Malkin. I’d take Ovie over either of them (and Iginla, if I can have him at age 22…)
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Nov 11, 2009 2:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well my post didn’t say a thing about Malkin, but since you brought him up I disagree. Malkin may provide more overall offense, but I’d take Crosby for his consistency and better all around game. The best centers are great at more than just scoring.
Of all our iniquities ignorance may be the worst
by Killer_Carlson on Nov 11, 2009 3:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
what do we do about our secondary scoring we lose?
I thought we determined that was tertiary?
by gfcaps fan on Nov 10, 2009 2:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sloan is a 28-year old defenseman swingman
by cuqui on Nov 10, 2009 1:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Okay, I just looked up his stats, and his stats in Hershey are better than my eyes indicated. When I watched him in Hershey he was having some rough nights, and it matched what I saw in training camp. I guess I could see it, but I still think that blindly rushing off and making plans for money that hasn’t materialized yet is premature.
Our lives are this moment, the music, the dance ....
Fan Clubs: Sloan, Schultz
by gotsparkly on Nov 10, 2009 1:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
New Rule
When watching Karl Alzner, treat your eyes like you do when they are watching Jeff Schultz. Very skeptically.
If consequences dictate the course of action, then it doesn't matter what's right, it's only wrong if you get caught. If consequences dictate the course of action, then I should play God...
by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 10, 2009 1:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And for a trip in the way back machine…
"I'm just doing karate and trying to get females pregnant."
by Bald Pollack on Nov 10, 2009 1:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
In DMG’s recent defensive prospect post, one of the Hershey regulars said the exact same thing. The things that Schultz gets knocked for are some of the same issues with Alzner.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 10, 2009 1:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
QFMFT. I should have heeded this advice myself in regards to a couple of Caps defenesive prospects over the past few years.
A man gotta have a code
by CP2Devil on Nov 10, 2009 1:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m just not convinced he’s ready yet. I’d like him to get a full year in Hershey, stay healthy, and let’s see how it goes. We have eleventy billion d-men walking around up here – why pull an Eminger and risk his development by rushing him into the NHL?
by Becca H on Nov 10, 2009 1:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
How’s that for a trifecta of Rink writers all responding to the same comment? :P
by Becca H on Nov 10, 2009 1:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You’re not convinced Alzner is ready but want Carlson here?
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 1:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Nah, I was (mostly) kidding about that – but for what it’s worth, I was more impressed w/ Carlson than I was Alzner during preseason. Maybe I’m at the point where I expect Alzner to stand out more, I don’t know.
I’d like to see them both get some more time in Hershey before pushing them up, though.
by Becca H on Nov 10, 2009 1:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I thought that was Alzner’s game though… To fly under the radar. He was never going to be a points guy, but instead a +/- guy. Granted, I haven’t see Carlson play too much, but it seems he plays a more aggressive style looking to jump into the play, and the Caps already have someone like that in Mike Green. Alzner was here last year and is a little older, therefore I think it will/should be him before Carlson.
by JimCareyFanClub on Nov 10, 2009 1:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No, it’s true – his style is a more low-key, position-based one. The fact that I didn’t notice him was probably a good thing.
I think I probably just got caught watching Carlson because I hadn’t really before, and I was impressed. Alzner is better poised to make the leap out of the two.
by Becca H on Nov 10, 2009 1:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You don’t win CHL Defenseman of the Year and WHL Player of the Year by “flying under the radar.” He may not put up gaudy offensive stats, but they guy totally controlled games down in the WHL. I have yet to see him do that with any consistency, either in the NHL or the AHL.
I’m pretty clearly on the “Age Ain’t Nothin’ But a Number” bandwagon, and I think Carlson has looked more ready than Alzner when I’ve seen them both play at the same time/level.
I'm trying to work out a deal with a club in Europe
by D'ohboy on Nov 10, 2009 9:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I want Alzner here. He’s got little or nothing left to learn in Hershey.
Russian Machine very rarely breaks.
by macvechkin on Nov 10, 2009 1:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sloan may be better forward than Laing…. either way his versatility is working out for him.
by bigity b on Nov 10, 2009 1:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Waive Poti and bring up Alzner? Just wishful thinking… so probably nothing for now.
by JimCareyFanClub on Nov 10, 2009 12:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Why would this move preclude that?
And why waive the team’s second best defenseman?
by David M. Getz on Nov 10, 2009 12:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think Poti is hardly the 2nd best D-man on the team. He was once an offensive-minded defenseman that the Caps need to play more defensively. I wasn’t saying that this move precluded waiving Poti, but it is another way to keep shedding cap space. What is his hit? 2.5-3.5 mil? I would argue Morrisonn, Green are above him and if Alzner is brought up then he jumps above Poti as well.
by JimCareyFanClub on Nov 10, 2009 12:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Poti ain’t going anywhere, nor should he. This defense already is too young and, if anything, it needs to get older not younger.
by b.orr4 on Nov 10, 2009 12:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Moving Nylander gives the team plenty of cap space, and there’s no way moving Poti is addition by subtration. Unless they have plans for that space, it’s giving away an asset of value.
by David M. Getz on Nov 10, 2009 12:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
True. I would think it would be more of an option if there were stronger veteran d-men available via trade that wouldn’t handcuff the Caps salary cap-wise. Regardless, I think Poti needs to step up his game to set himself apart as being the Caps clear-cut #2 d-man.
by JimCareyFanClub on Nov 10, 2009 12:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I would think it would be more of an option if there were stronger veteran d-men available via trade
And what assests would you be willing to trade for a veteran d-man? Especially if you’re willing to waive Poti, who is at the very least a minutes eater.
by Yoshietree on Nov 10, 2009 12:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’d be looking to add some grit to the blue line. A crease-clearing defenseman that is good on the PK. Guys like Green, Pothier, and if they decide Carlson is ready can help on the PP. But this team needs defenseman that have an edge to them. IMO, Poti is a minutes eater, and while valuable, I’d like to see our veteran defensemen accomplish something while out on the ice.
As far as what to give up, I don’t know exactly how to value the Caps prospects. But I’d say that Fehr is definitely expendable. If they looked to acquire an upper-tier defenseman, we all know that the Caps have the top prospects to acquire said player. The only thing that I’ll admit I’m not sure about is how our mid-level prospects grade out.
by JimCareyFanClub on Nov 10, 2009 12:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think you’re over-valueing the majority of the Caps prospects if you want a top-tier defenseman in return.
by Yoshietree on Nov 10, 2009 1:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I wasn’t overvaluing any of the prospects. The only problem is that the Caps most likely won’t part with Alzner/Carlson because one or both are close to helping right now. One of Varly/Neuvirth could definitely be the centerpiece of a trade for a big name d-man, however that is a trade that shouldn’t be made for at least another year.
The main problem with the prospects is that it seems there are a few great ones then a lot of guys that can’t net a solid return.
by JimCareyFanClub on Nov 10, 2009 1:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Goaltending prospects are rarely the centerpiece in big trades because they generally have a lot more value to the team that holds them than anyone else.
by David M. Getz on Nov 10, 2009 1:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, and someone that can fight so that “Glass-Jaw” Bradley doesn’t have to keep losing fights.
by JimCareyFanClub on Nov 10, 2009 12:59 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Our long national nightmare is over ( we hope). Now, how are we going to spend that $4.5 million?
by b.orr4 on Nov 10, 2009 12:36 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
In GreenLife52’s dreams…
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 12:39 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
waffle fries aren’t greasy enough. Gangstra strikes me as the type that enjoys Five Guys and Thrashers.
by RedBirdie on Nov 10, 2009 12:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, but you need the waffle fries as the foundation upon which you’ll pour the gravy. Duh.
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 12:43 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
This comment makes me look forward to seeing the team at Bell in a couple weeks THAT MUCH more.
"I'm just doing karate and trying to get females pregnant."
by Bald Pollack on Nov 10, 2009 1:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Gotta say, I never saw poutine made with waffle fries in the four years I was up there – clearly I wasn’t going to the right places!
by Becca H on Nov 10, 2009 1:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh this is just blind poutine anticipation, regardless of strategery.
"I'm just doing karate and trying to get females pregnant."
by Bald Pollack on Nov 10, 2009 1:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
What is that, poutine brought to you by Chick-fil-a? :P
by Becca H on Nov 10, 2009 1:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
mmmmmmm.
so i finally found some poutine when randomly out in Columbia. it was “poutine duck fat fries”. i nearly threw up. i kept pointing at it and saying “this is not poutine!!”
by ns on Nov 10, 2009 1:45 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I have gone so far as to mail order poutine gravy from canada and search store by store in the DC area for cheese curds.
That said, Molson and poutine worked out pretty nice for watching the playoffs last year.
by Stormblue on Nov 10, 2009 2:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
order your cheese curds direct from Wisconsin. Its damned well impossible to find acceptable cheese curds in DC.
by RedBirdie on Nov 10, 2009 2:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
order your cheese curds direct from Wisconsin
I fully endorse this.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 10, 2009 2:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
just had some brought back this weekend straight from the dairy farmers that packaged them.
Because now I can justify browsing and commenting during the work day with the argument that I am promoting my business.
by Sombrero Guy on Nov 10, 2009 4:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
no, pretty much anyone will do. I have curds shipped from a friend who gets them at some local family dairy operation. They’re not even labeled!
by RedBirdie on Nov 10, 2009 2:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
ha true, but at some point, you have to ask how much do you want to pay for something that costs $3 in montreal.
I found cheese curds in Wegman’s for what its worth.
by Stormblue on Nov 10, 2009 2:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, but how much does it cost to go to Montreal? :)
I get rather absurd amounts of fresh Wisconsin beer shipped to me, too. My fridge is well stocked at the moment, along with some dogfish and the last couple of 6 packs of Sam’s Oktoberfest I could find.
by RedBirdie on Nov 10, 2009 2:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ever been to Great Dane Pub? There’s one in Madison, maybe other places too.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 10, 2009 3:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
nope. I lived waaaaaaaaay up north. Big fan of South Shore brewery as a result.
by RedBirdie on Nov 10, 2009 3:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
waaaaaay up north? means different things to different ’Sconnies. Although the brewery location clearly qualifies. Even farther north than where I grew up (which is way up there, too).
by cuqui on Nov 10, 2009 6:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
someone once asked me “Wait, you live north of Highway 8? YEAR ROUND?!”
by RedBirdie on Nov 10, 2009 9:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
wow, and a fellow Caps fan?
I lived down the street from the brewery, and friends with the brewmaster. :) I used to get to test out new beers.
by RedBirdie on Nov 10, 2009 11:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That’s funny, because after I moved away from the Island City some locals set up a microbrewery three houses down from my family’s house — my younger brother got to do what you did!
by cuqui on Nov 10, 2009 11:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
oooh, i have to remember to plan some poutine eating for the playoffs. good call.
by ns on Nov 10, 2009 2:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Jimmy’s Tavern in Herndon sells outstanding poutine gravy. Gotta believe it’s authentic too since it’s a die hard Buffalo Bills dive bar.
by bigity b on Nov 10, 2009 2:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I believe Birch and Barley on 14th street offers poutine as an appetizer, though it’s classed up a bit. If the 555 beers weren’t a good enough reason to go, there’s your cherry on top.
by treat on Nov 10, 2009 2:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If you can actually get in the door. They been “at capacity” every time I’ve tried.
"Let the rest be scared of us." - Sasha Semin
by Scott in Shaw on Nov 10, 2009 4:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve gotten in twice, albeit rather early (5-ish). It’s worth it. Give it time for the hype to subside, and then go enjoy some delicious cask ale.
by treat on Nov 10, 2009 4:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Next time I have a day off…
"Let the rest be scared of us." - Sasha Semin
by Scott in Shaw on Nov 10, 2009 6:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If Chick-fil-A served poutine, I’d move back to Atlanta tomorrow. And gain about 100 lbs.
by grapejoos on Nov 10, 2009 4:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If Chick-fil-A served poutine
It’d be Chick-fil-Eh…
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Nov 10, 2009 5:04 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
hee hee, Canadians are funny
Fight, you time-wasting figure skaters!
by boutros23 on Nov 10, 2009 5:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Between you and F&B
This thread is getting downright pun-tastic.
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by D'ohboy on Nov 10, 2009 5:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No Olympic Stadium + No Ovechkin = Buyer’s Remorse?
by Cluster on Nov 10, 2009 2:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That’ll look good next to my Jagr bobble head. Too soon?
by JimCareyFanClub on Nov 10, 2009 12:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I know you’re joking, but I hope Nylander doesn’t go down in Caps history along the likes of Jagr. Couldn’t be more different in terms of personal character.
by Cluster on Nov 10, 2009 1:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I certainly don’t view him like Jagr. But I do own a Jagr-Caps bobblehead…
by JimCareyFanClub on Nov 10, 2009 1:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No, definitely not. He’s not Jagr. They both had awful contracts, but I never doubted Nyls’ good faith (or at least not until long after he became somewhat sympathetic).
by grapejoos on Nov 10, 2009 5:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah Nyls wouldn’t quit on the team even when we wanted him to.
If consequences dictate the course of action, then it doesn't matter what's right, it's only wrong if you get caught. If consequences dictate the course of action, then I should play God...
by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 10, 2009 5:06 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Nyls has actually been fantastic through this whole thing. Sure, his paycheck helps make it easier, but how hard would it be to go to work every morning knowing that its for nothing and just killing time. Especially when he feels he can still perform at a high level.
I have nothing but admiration for the way Nyls handled himself throughout this whole thing.
"I think the relentless negative coverage in The Washington Post is a real difference from previous years," Redskins general counsel David Donovan said. "But in terms of the way our actual fans are behaving, we don't see any difference."
by Sct112 on Nov 10, 2009 6:27 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
Rec for the joke and for Nylander handling this like, as folks more articulate than myself phrased it, “like the consummate professional”.
by Knee high to a duck on Nov 10, 2009 6:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Now, would his bobblehead actually have a bobbly head or would it just spin around in circles? We want to be realistic, here…
by Becca H on Nov 10, 2009 1:40 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
that would be creepy, haha
"No Brooks Laich, no win. Know Brooks Laich, know win."
by kellobellow on Nov 10, 2009 2:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
We’re going for accuracy here – creepy is an indirect consequence.
by DrinkingPartner on Nov 10, 2009 2:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Somewhere...
…Linda Blair’s ears are burning…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Nov 10, 2009 3:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Invest in hedge funds or...
Save it to sign an ass-kicking d-man like Tom Gilbert if Edmonton will part with him.
by S h a g g y on Nov 10, 2009 12:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You and I have very different understandings of Tom Gilbert’s game. I thought he was a more offensive guy.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 10, 2009 1:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
We are closer in our understanding than you think – I meant more like production ass kicking, vs literal ass kicking.
by S h a g g y on Nov 10, 2009 1:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Gotcha.
If consequences dictate the course of action, then it doesn't matter what's right, it's only wrong if you get caught. If consequences dictate the course of action, then I should play God...
by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 10, 2009 1:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If I’m GMGM (which I’m not), I bury that cap space under a rock for a month or two and wait to see what unfolds.
Our lives are this moment, the music, the dance ....
Fan Clubs: Sloan, Schultz
by gotsparkly on Nov 10, 2009 12:45 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Absolutely. The team can now afford to play the ‘wait and see’ game with the plethora of dmen on the roster versus being pressed into a move…
by ThreePingPost on Nov 10, 2009 12:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
FOUR POINT EIGHT SEVEN FIVE
Thank you.
Russian Machine very rarely breaks.
by macvechkin on Nov 10, 2009 12:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
nachos and dip for Ov
Rock the Red! Rock the White! Rock the Blue! Rock the Pens!
by RedskinFan4Life on Nov 10, 2009 9:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
$4.875M...
…will buy a lot of nachos, even at the VC.
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Nov 10, 2009 11:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
VC nachos, ew
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Fan Clubs: Sloan, Schultz
by gotsparkly on Nov 11, 2009 9:28 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
What they lack in quality, they make up for in price. Then again, Ovie seems to like them.
Personally, I get popcorn from Joe at the popper stand by section 117. He’s been making popcorn at the VC (and at the old arena) since the 1970s…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Nov 11, 2009 2:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
ok, which one of you pranksters posted thing in Stienz’s chat?
Stockholm, Swe: Could the Washington Redskins find a roster spot for Michael Nylander?
Dan Steinberg: The Redskins are already fine at spinning in circles without going anywhere, thanks.
awesome that Steinberg worked in a circle joke.
by RedBirdie on Nov 10, 2009 12:44 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
awesome that Steinberg worked in a circle joke.
Which is only a couple letters away from being a circle…. never mind.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 10, 2009 12:47 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Reply fail.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 10, 2009 12:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You said it, I only thought it.
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by gotsparkly on Nov 10, 2009 12:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Man, BMcK is hedging…
“And since this Russian thing looked like it was going to get done a time or two before and didn’t, we better wait for official confirmation.”
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 12:47 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Told you so.
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Fan Clubs: Sloan, Schultz
by gotsparkly on Nov 10, 2009 12:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Bob McKenzie = the Bible?
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by gotsparkly on Nov 10, 2009 12:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
McKenzie love me, this I know.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 10, 2009 12:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
People always love “told you so.” Rec’d.
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 12:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
What’s my wife doing posting under your name?
by b.orr4 on Nov 10, 2009 12:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ha!
Wow, the blog-meister himself isn’t even Rec’ing what he “Rec’d”… what’s this (online) world coming to!
Semin was the second gunman on the grassy knoll, clearly he must be traded.
by Chris meet Alex on Nov 10, 2009 6:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It was a sarcastic “Rec’d.”
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 7:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Wow, the blog-meister himself isn’t using the sarcasm font… what’s this (online) world coming to!
Semin was the second gunman on the grassy knoll, clearly he must be traded.
by Chris meet Alex on Nov 11, 2009 12:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
>Slumps down in chair and starts sighing<
by b.orr4 on Nov 10, 2009 12:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
( bad feeling in pit of stomach)
" 60 percent of the time...it works everytime"
by shwedy on Nov 10, 2009 12:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I guess he must have missed a decimal point or something.
by ThreePingPost on Nov 10, 2009 12:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
"I always fuck up these mundane little details"
Fuck up this, Bob.
I'm trying to work out a deal with a club in Europe
by D'ohboy on Nov 10, 2009 5:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
what did I say? “do not celebrate prematurely.” See, I is smrt.
by RedBirdie on Nov 10, 2009 12:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Bob “Nylander heading to Russia” McKenzie?
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 12:51 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
I heard one Russian team offered Nylander some gum and coupons to Bennigans
by The Admiral on Nov 10, 2009 12:57 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Bennigan’s still exists? I thought they went out of business?
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by gotsparkly on Nov 10, 2009 12:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Shhhh. Don’t tell Nyls.)
IS PЯACTICE ЯINK NOW
by Your Nation's Capital on Nov 10, 2009 12:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
There’s one in Rockville at Federal Plaza…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Nov 10, 2009 3:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
So who’s playing in Russia in that pic?
by CapsFan75 on Nov 10, 2009 6:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Just proves the fact
It doesn’t matter where you play an All Star game, it’s still boring.
I don't care how you score goals. Pretty or ugly. The ballet or the bulldozer. However you do it, just do it. And make sure you do it more than the other guys.
by Holt Worth on Nov 10, 2009 6:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think we should retire his number tomorrow night….but not #92….we should raise 4.758 million to the rafters…
by SA-Town on Nov 10, 2009 1:03 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
Man, McKenzie’s out on an island right now. Gotta figure the team tipped Corey and Tarik to keep their powder dry for the moment.
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 1:07 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
ehhh, except TEB reported yesterday that he’s likely headed to Minsk.
Russian Machine very rarely breaks.
by macvechkin on Nov 10, 2009 1:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Tarik said he’s heard that it’s possibly Minsk, true. But he didn’t come with “Nylander heading to Russia.”
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 1:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Not exactly, but I’m just repeating what Lindsay Applebottom is saying on CI.
Russian Machine very rarely breaks.
by macvechkin on Nov 10, 2009 1:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn’t be surprised if Tarik and Corey know what’s coming, so they can write their articles, on the condition that it’s embargoed until they get permission.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Nov 10, 2009 1:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Like Mike Green’s weight?
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by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 10, 2009 1:44 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Isn’t GMGM supposed to be addressing this today? Anyone know when/if that’s happening? McKenzie can speculate all he wants, until I hear it from the team I won’t believe it.
by Becca H on Nov 10, 2009 1:08 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Yes ma’am.
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by gotsparkly on Nov 10, 2009 1:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Per Corey: “[A] team official said it looks like there WON’T be an update on Michael Nylander’s status today.”
So…never mind. Awesome. We get a whole day (at least) to celebrate/speculate/hand-wring…
by Becca H on Nov 10, 2009 1:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
someone get Mrs. Nylander on the line, NOW.
by ns on Nov 10, 2009 1:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Corey preceded that with the awesome “A team official said it looks like there will be an update on Michael Nylander’s status today.” Oops.
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 1:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yup – luckily he was quick to correct it or I would have posted the wrong thing!
(Although did you see what I did there? Sorry about that…should have known you’d get that up in the post itself.)
by Becca H on Nov 10, 2009 1:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
right about now is typically when GMGM gives out his daily cryptic breifing.
by RedBirdie on Nov 10, 2009 1:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He’s up in TO at the GM’s meeting so all must be flexible.
by cuqui on Nov 10, 2009 1:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of which, GMGM was just kibitzing in a corner with Lou Lamoriello at the meeting (showing on NHL Live right now). Hmmm.
by cuqui on Nov 10, 2009 1:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
“Lou, you’ve got to tell Jacques ‘No More Trap.’ If I have to listen to Locker bitch about it one more time, I might kill him with my death glare. And I really don’t want to go to jail.”
by RedBirdie on Nov 10, 2009 1:42 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Reference cap space, haven’t seen anybody post this yet, but Corey tweeted the following yesterday:
@cmasisak22 about 18 hours ago
According to @capgeek if today was the last day on the roster for Michael Nylander, the #Caps will save $3,889,896 of his 4.875 mil cap hit.
by cuqui on Nov 10, 2009 1:14 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Meaning that if they did nothing for the rest of the year, they’d have about $12m worth of cushion to work with at the deadline (that number times just over 3/4 of the season). That’s a lot more cash than they’d likely be able to use.
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 1:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Okay, wait – talk to me like I’m a small child because what you just said didn’t make sense, I’m very confused. I’m not great with this whole salary, cap hit, percentage of a year stuff.
by Becca H on Nov 10, 2009 1:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Please clarify that J.P. I have the savings at ~3.865 mil, and would be glad to be wrong.
by Jarmo55 on Nov 10, 2009 1:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You only pay someone when they’re on your roster. So if you have 3.8 in cap space but you only have to pay someone for about 1/4 of the season you can afford someone who makes more in a year.
by David M. Getz on Nov 10, 2009 1:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
So you could theoretically pay someone making 12mil+ from the deadline on with that money? Got it.
by Jarmo55 on Nov 10, 2009 1:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Right. This.
Say (for the ease of numbers) that the Caps save $4m for Nyls, that they’re exactly at the cap before moving Nyls, that they do nothing else this season, and that the trade deadline is with exactly 1/4 of the season left. They’d have $4m to spend but only have to pay 1/4 of salaries, so they can hook themselves with up to $16m in annual player salaries (ex. and $8m player and two $4m guys).
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 1:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
So basically money ain’t a thang when it comes to adding someone at the deadline. That’s pretty exciting.
by Kolzilla on Nov 10, 2009 1:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, a lot of other things come into play, namely injuries and LTIR.
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 1:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
So we could possibly trade for Gomez and Briere?!
Russian Machine very rarely breaks.
by macvechkin on Nov 10, 2009 1:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If there is a way to unrec or ‘boo’ a post, I’d boo this one. And it has nothing to do with Gomez.
by vt caps fan on Nov 10, 2009 1:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Booooo…talk about your gruesome twosomes; I’m glad this was (hopefully) a sarcastic suggestion.
Even if Briere was as good as he’s hyped to be, which he’s not, I would never want the Caps to pay that much for a little troll who goes into every scrum with his stick out and ready to spear guys.
by Becca H on Nov 10, 2009 1:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, yes, since -
A) Briere is a clown
and
B) How would that cap look for 2010?
Russian Machine very rarely breaks.
by macvechkin on Nov 10, 2009 1:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Aren’t there a bunch of years left on that, too?
Not that I want that little snot anywhere near my team.
by gfcaps fan on Nov 10, 2009 3:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Correction
Briere is an assclown.
I'm trying to work out a deal with a club in Europe
by D'ohboy on Nov 10, 2009 3:11 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Admittedly, as much as I dislike Danielle Briere, I’d rather have him spearing for me than against me.
by DrinkingPartner on Nov 10, 2009 2:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
no way, Briere is a guy I put on my “do not draft” list in fantasy hockey. Even if he gets you points, it takes some of the enjoyment out of hockey having to root for him.
by Stormblue on Nov 10, 2009 2:35 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
As a rule of (Tom) Thumb
I usually like the little guys. Briere is just a special level of douche.
I'm trying to work out a deal with a club in Europe
by D'ohboy on Nov 10, 2009 5:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Drury AND Redden?
Russian Machine very rarely breaks.
by macvechkin on Nov 10, 2009 1:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Caps trade for Kovalchuk, let Semin walk at year’s end, resign Kovalchuk to long-term deal. (e5)
by JimCareyFanClub on Nov 10, 2009 1:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Please oh please.
Void Boyd! Go with Perreault!
by jordanDC on Nov 10, 2009 1:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Honestly, moreso than any other two-some: yes, please, yes, please.
by DrinkingPartner on Nov 10, 2009 2:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks, I knew I was missing something.
by Jarmo55 on Nov 10, 2009 1:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Anybody have a good reference for 2010 UFAs and RFAs? Let’s go shopping!
by treat on Nov 10, 2009 1:32 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Interesting names on the 2010 FA list (Quick and dirty, no research done):
Keith Tkachuk
Aaron Ward
Adrian Aucoin
Doug Weight
Niclas Wallin
Darryl Sydor
Steve Ott
Jere Lehtinen
by Kolzilla on Nov 10, 2009 1:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, man…Steve freaking Ott, I would love that. Do it, GMGM!
I also love Doug Weight but I think he’s gotten too old and injury-prone – although I have nothing to back that up, so I could be wrong.
by Becca H on Nov 10, 2009 1:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
too old and injury-prone
One or both of those apply to most of the list.
by Yoshietree on Nov 10, 2009 1:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I’m not tripping over myself to sign any of those guys, personally.
by DrinkingPartner on Nov 10, 2009 2:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think the idea was to look for potential trade deadline targets.
by David M. Getz on Nov 10, 2009 2:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Even with that caveat, most of the names on that list don’t jump out as players that will immediately help this team.
by Yoshietree on Nov 10, 2009 2:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You don’t think any of them would help at all? I mean, they aren’t Kovalchuk but I’d say any of them would fit in nicely come April.
by Kolzilla on Nov 10, 2009 3:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Depends on what kind of impact you’re looking for. I doubt that anyone on that list would have the level of impact that Feds or Huet had with the Caps. And I can’t see any of them having an impact like Guerin did with the Guins.
Buuuuut I can’t see into the future, so I don’t know what the Caps are going to need around the trade deadline. If today were the deadline, I’d think long and hard about a couple of the dmen, but I don’t think any of the forwards offer that much of an upgrade.
by Yoshietree on Nov 10, 2009 3:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I could see Ott being the missing grit we need on the team. I could see Ward giving us a steady veteran presence that won’t get rattled. Would I give up much for either? No. But I don’t think they’d be superfluous on our roster.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 10, 2009 4:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Not as familiar with Ott, but is he a walkskating 5 minute boarding major waiting to happen, like Cooke is/was?
by renstar on Nov 10, 2009 4:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Definitely is but he seems to get away with them in-game. He’s more of a 2-game suspension waiting to happen.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 10, 2009 4:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Haven’t watched Lehtonen for a while, but doesn’t he also have a reputation for being a huge pain in the ass to deal with in the playoffs?
by Kolzilla on Nov 10, 2009 4:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He’s a real good two-way defensive forward and I think he’s had a few decent playoffs but nothing on the Claude Lemieux level.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 10, 2009 4:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He’s frequently broken, though.
Void Boyd! Go with Perreault!
by jordanDC on Nov 10, 2009 4:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn’t mind getting another defensive scoring threat like Aucoin to help take some of the crazy pressure off of Green.
Void Boyd! Go with Perreault!
by jordanDC on Nov 10, 2009 1:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
With all these posts, you’d think we lost a guy with 3rd line potential to the Penguins or something.
"I'm just doing karate and trying to get females pregnant."
by Bald Pollack on Nov 10, 2009 1:38 PM EST reply actions 22 recs
Hahahahahaha.
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by gotsparkly on Nov 10, 2009 1:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve moved on to acceptance. I wish Chris well in Pittsburgh.
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by winterion on Nov 10, 2009 10:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Or, more likely, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Nov 10, 2009 11:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Only if they promise to re-send him through the waiver wire after Washington gets this cap space thing figured out..!
Ahh, to dream.
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by winterion on Nov 11, 2009 12:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
We should pray that Ottawa falls out of playoff contention fast, and that we can snap up Volchenkov.
by treat on Nov 10, 2009 1:40 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
BREAKING: I’ve removed “BREAKING” from the title of this post.
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 1:42 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
That’s about as thrilling as the outcome of this post has turned out to be ;)
by Becca H on Nov 10, 2009 1:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Darn...
… I think we all were hoping to see you break dance J.P. ;-)
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Nov 10, 2009 3:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That’s for Breaking 2, Electrink Bugaloo
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 5:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe we should get Chelios?
/backs out of the room while dodging tomatoes.
I don't care how you score goals. Pretty or ugly. The ballet or the bulldozer. However you do it, just do it. And make sure you do it more than the other guys.
by Holt Worth on Nov 10, 2009 1:45 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Aside from him possibly looking at the Isle right now, he’s got enough on his plate by ruining the Players’ Union right now.
"I'm just doing karate and trying to get females pregnant."
by Bald Pollack on Nov 10, 2009 1:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
he’s got enough on his plate by ruining the Players’ Union right now.
He’s got a lot of help on that front, both actively and passively.
A man gotta have a code
by CP2Devil on Nov 10, 2009 1:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
1. Per CI post (that makes sense) – by the time Nylander made his decision, the KHL office was closed for the business day. Hence “no official announcement” and being delayed by a day again.
2. Anyone else find it ironic that this story, for quite a while now too, is just going around in CIRCLES!
by bigity b on Nov 10, 2009 2:01 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Actually, I hear he already has a verbal commitment with one team, but tomorrow he’ll sign paperwork to join a different team.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Nov 10, 2009 2:03 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
ahh… either way the paperwork being official and the offices being closed for the day certainly makes sense.
by bigity b on Nov 10, 2009 2:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Stay tuned
For scenes from the next episode of “Michael Nylander: Wife Team Swap”
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by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 10, 2009 2:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Michael & Kate Plus 14?
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Nov 10, 2009 3:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Wait, are you saying Nylander is actually Gus Gilchrist?
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 10, 2009 2:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The person to which it refers, yes, however I thought the reference itself was pretty clever.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 10, 2009 3:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That from Tarik or one of the boneheads?
Void Boyd! Go with Perreault!
by jordanDC on Nov 10, 2009 2:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, that new V series is supposed to be the bomb, yo.
"I'm just doing karate and trying to get females pregnant."
by Bald Pollack on Nov 10, 2009 2:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
AMC remade The Prisoner...
…that will do better than V. Esp. with Ian McKellan as #2.
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Nov 10, 2009 3:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I saw peeks of it at SDCC, but it seemed to fall into “meh” territory for me.
"I'm just doing karate and trying to get females pregnant."
by Bald Pollack on Nov 10, 2009 5:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
so over it
…just browsing flights from Minsk to Stockholm. Not bad at all!
Srsly. Let’s get this show on the road.
by bigonetimer on Nov 10, 2009 2:03 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Nyls signing with Minsk would certainly make my F-I-L a happy happy man. And in turn would make me a happy happy Caps fan!
by wittcap79 on Nov 10, 2009 2:16 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Radio listener?
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 5:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
you know, if I wasn’t a Caps fan, I’d find the whole Nylander Saga to be the best hockey soap opera in years.
by RedBirdie on Nov 10, 2009 2:23 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
No kidding :)
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by gotsparkly on Nov 10, 2009 2:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
As the World Turns…
Fight, you time-wasting figure skaters!
by boutros23 on Nov 10, 2009 2:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
kinda like Nylander after he crosses the blueline OHH NO NOW I’M DOING IT
Void Boyd! Go with Perreault!
by jordanDC on Nov 10, 2009 2:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah last years was Avery vs the Stars. this year its the Nylander story.
by vt caps fan on Nov 10, 2009 3:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Does that make the Nylander story…
Nah, it’d be too easy to make that joke
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Nov 10, 2009 4:31 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
With GMGM uo in Toronto with all the other GMGM, er, GM's
Might there still be an NHL deal in the works, however unlikely?
by S h a g g y on Nov 10, 2009 2:29 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
29 other teams could have claimed him for half the salary without giving up players 2 days ago; he’s going to Minsk, barring unforeseen circumstances.
"I'm just doing karate and trying to get females pregnant."
by Bald Pollack on Nov 10, 2009 2:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
wouldn’t they have claimed him for all the salary, since it was just regular waivers, and not re-entries?
by RedBirdie on Nov 10, 2009 2:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Pretty sure.
Void Boyd! Go with Perreault!
by jordanDC on Nov 10, 2009 2:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yep, you’re right; got caught up in the moment.
"I'm just doing karate and trying to get females pregnant."
by Bald Pollack on Nov 10, 2009 3:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If Nylander goes to Dinamo Minsk, he will have a challenge — they don’t appear to be in playoff contention. On the English language KHL site, they have 28 points and are 15th in the league (out of 24). By the way, for Fedorov watchers, his team is on top of the league with 52 points. He’s 4-7-11 with one game-winning goal and a 64.2% win ratio in the dots. I would say he appears to be enjoying his retirement from the NHL. I hope that Nylander will also enjoy wherever he ends up. He was very reliable up until his shoulder injury, and he played hurt for a long time when we needed him to do that. That should not be forgotten.
by FlyingCloud on Nov 10, 2009 2:31 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Wow, kids – 330 comments (and counting) and nothing is even official yet.
We’re not ready to see Nylander go away or anything…
by Becca H on Nov 10, 2009 2:46 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Maybe this was an elaborate hoax to get more page views for this site…. I’m on to you guys.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 10, 2009 3:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually the Nylander thing wasn’t a hoax at all; we thought no one would look. The deliberate planting of poutine-related conversation, however…caught us red-handed. ;)
by Becca H on Nov 10, 2009 3:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Dammit, even my work is conspiring against me. I just read:
“Dynamic Micro’s F.O.B. argument only addresses the risk of loss in commercial transactions. It is clear that Dynamic Micro and its United States customers intended that Dynamic Micro ship the Model 300 to them in this country.” Semitool, Inc. v. Dynamic Micro Sys. Semiconductor Equip. Gmbh, 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23050, *23 (D.Cal. September 5, 2002).
But every “Dynamic Micro” became “Dynamo Minsk” to my tired eyes.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Nov 10, 2009 3:01 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
That sounds like a real page turner..
by renstar on Nov 10, 2009 3:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Dynamic Micro is the new name of the Montreal Canadiens.
Void Boyd! Go with Perreault!
by jordanDC on Nov 10, 2009 3:07 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I’m researching the deep metaphysical question “what is a sale, when you really get down to it?”
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Nov 10, 2009 4:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It depends on what your definition of is is.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 10, 2009 4:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That’s still a joke today, but you have to give the guy credit for the balls and brilliance of that defense. Just jaw dropping bravado to pull that one out.
I don't care how you score goals. Pretty or ugly. The ballet or the bulldozer. However you do it, just do it. And make sure you do it more than the other guys.
by Holt Worth on Nov 10, 2009 5:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Just to be nitpicky for a second here, if he is indeed headed to Minsk, that would be Belarus, not Russia.
Wherever he’s shipping out to, it’s about time this foolishness ended.
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by Ben Rothenberg on Nov 10, 2009 3:13 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
That’s the nature of Twitter. “Nylander to a team in Belarus in the Russian-based KHL” wouldn’t have fit.
by David M. Getz on Nov 10, 2009 3:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Wherever he’s shipping out to, it’s about time this foolishness ended.
Believe me, every single person here agrees with you. It’s gone on about a year and a half longer than it should have.
Also, I think this is one of the few things Caps and Flyers fans agree on – this and hating the Pens ;)
by Becca H on Nov 10, 2009 3:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Belarussians largely wish they were still part of Russia, we’re just granting them their wish.
by six hole on Nov 10, 2009 3:15 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
That’s just not true. I have Belarussian friends.
Void Boyd! Go with Perreault!
by jordanDC on Nov 10, 2009 3:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
What, like there’s no pressures to reunite? Except that their leaders are always talking about it? And I can say “largely” without it including your friends.
by six hole on Nov 10, 2009 3:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Painting with broad strokes.
Void Boyd! Go with Perreault!
by jordanDC on Nov 10, 2009 3:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I prefer pointillism.
Sundays in the park. . . with Georges
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by D'ohboy on Nov 10, 2009 3:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Fair. Let’s all just agree their dictator sucks and is the bigger source of their problems.
by six hole on Nov 10, 2009 3:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Having the public outraged over Nylander instead could be just what he needs to avoid a coup.
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by Ben Rothenberg on Nov 10, 2009 3:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh great, another overnight. It’s not like the Nylander household hasn’t changed their minds on contract decisions when given a moment in the past…
by Icebat on Nov 10, 2009 3:28 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
“George, I decided I want to play in Washington.”
Void Boyd! Go with Perreault!
by jordanDC on Nov 10, 2009 3:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Then GMGM screams in frustration before pushing Nylander out a window.
I don't care how you score goals. Pretty or ugly. The ballet or the bulldozer. However you do it, just do it. And make sure you do it more than the other guys.
by Holt Worth on Nov 10, 2009 3:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Does he come off the cap then?
[I kid, I kid]
by six hole on Nov 10, 2009 3:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Dude. I was JUST going to say that, freaky.
And I think if GMGM knocks off Nylander we get a draft pick taken away or something.
by Becca H on Nov 10, 2009 3:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
A high round draft pick?
Russian Machine very rarely breaks.
by macvechkin on Nov 10, 2009 3:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Worth it. With the money we save, would could sign a proven FA player!
Void Boyd! Go with Perreault!
by jordanDC on Nov 10, 2009 3:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You have to really admire the patience of Boudreau and GMGM. If Nylander played for the Wings Babcock would have brained him by now.
I don't care how you score goals. Pretty or ugly. The ballet or the bulldozer. However you do it, just do it. And make sure you do it more than the other guys.
by Holt Worth on Nov 10, 2009 3:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Don't you mean: Bizarro Babcock?
Because only Bizarro Ken Holland would ever sign that Nylander contract.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 10, 2009 4:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Quite true!
I don't care how you score goals. Pretty or ugly. The ballet or the bulldozer. However you do it, just do it. And make sure you do it more than the other guys.
by Holt Worth on Nov 10, 2009 4:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Except, if it was Bizarro Babcock, then he would have put him on the first line and told the media he admired Nylander’s ability to stay out of the way of the rest of players.
I don't care how you score goals. Pretty or ugly. The ballet or the bulldozer. However you do it, just do it. And make sure you do it more than the other guys.
by Holt Worth on Nov 10, 2009 4:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Bizarro Babcock would also say it with a smile on his face.
by RedBirdie on Nov 10, 2009 4:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Anyone else not seeing the Bizarro Murphy avatar? It showed up fine in the GDT the other day right?
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by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 10, 2009 4:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
empty box.
Void Boyd! Go with Perreault!
by jordanDC on Nov 10, 2009 4:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually Nylander was supposed to leave today
but the plane is still circling the airport.
by S h a g g y on Nov 10, 2009 3:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
In related news
I found this cool hourglass animation they can use on the Caps website til they have final newslander
by Icebat on Nov 10, 2009 3:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, why’d you post the Nylander family crest?
I don't care how you score goals. Pretty or ugly. The ballet or the bulldozer. However you do it, just do it. And make sure you do it more than the other guys.
by Holt Worth on Nov 10, 2009 3:43 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
ZING! +1
I don't care how you score goals. Pretty or ugly. The ballet or the bulldozer. However you do it, just do it. And make sure you do it more than the other guys.
by Holt Worth on Nov 10, 2009 3:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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by turnituptoeleven on Nov 10, 2009 3:43 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
GreenLife52’d
"Let the rest be scared of us." - Sasha Semin
by Scott in Shaw on Nov 10, 2009 4:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Point taken. Granted, your creative juices would too be tapped after a six hour crit.
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by turnituptoeleven on Nov 10, 2009 5:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, and wasn’t it Green who said he hadn’t read a book since he was in seventh grade? Double ouch.
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by turnituptoeleven on Nov 10, 2009 5:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I just meant the gangsta-ish language.
"Let the rest be scared of us." - Sasha Semin
by Scott in Shaw on Nov 10, 2009 6:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Said he hadn’t written anything, not that he hadn’t read anything.
by David M. Getz on Nov 11, 2009 10:31 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
oh, right, my bad. Although I’ve found that, typically, people who don’t enjoy writing don’t like to read, and vice versa.
by RedBirdie on Nov 11, 2009 10:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Where did you ride? Nice night out – perfect weather…
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by D'ohboy on Nov 10, 2009 9:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry: “Critique.” If I finished a criterium in six hours, I might have to kill myself. I did, however, ride home from the metro yesterday, if that counts for anything.
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by turnituptoeleven on Nov 10, 2009 11:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
WARNING!
The Hockey Gods do not like premature cap-space-ular discussions. Do not anger the hockey gods! They will get vengeance!
I don't care how you score goals. Pretty or ugly. The ballet or the bulldozer. However you do it, just do it. And make sure you do it more than the other guys.
by Holt Worth on Nov 10, 2009 4:16 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Must. Get. Out. Bad. Thoughts.
grandma naked grandma naked grandma naked grandma naked
by six hole on Nov 10, 2009 4:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
THAT'S WHAT YOU USE TO GET BAD THOUGHTS OUT OF YOUR HEAD??????
May I humbly recommend this instead?
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by D'ohboy on Nov 10, 2009 5:07 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Those were more of the thoughts I was trying to remove.
“$4.875M in cap space has been shown to increase the size of a certain part of the male anatomy.”
by six hole on Nov 10, 2009 5:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I generally think of those as good thoughts, and “Grandma naked” as horrible thoughts that should be scrubbed from my mind with bleach.
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by D'ohboy on Nov 10, 2009 5:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hopefully tomorrow, after a favorable press release, I won’t have to worry about getting wood.
by six hole on Nov 10, 2009 5:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Looks like she’s sitting on the lip of a giant toilet. Hey, if you’re into that kind of thing, that’s cool.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Nov 10, 2009 5:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Don’t knock it ‘til you’ve tried it, man.
I'm trying to work out a deal with a club in Europe
by D'ohboy on Nov 10, 2009 5:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Why do you want me to think of herpes?
I don't care how you score goals. Pretty or ugly. The ballet or the bulldozer. However you do it, just do it. And make sure you do it more than the other guys.
by Holt Worth on Nov 10, 2009 5:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You see that and your first thought is herpes?
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by D'ohboy on Nov 10, 2009 5:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Not exactly...
But with this one…
I don't care how you score goals. Pretty or ugly. The ballet or the bulldozer. However you do it, just do it. And make sure you do it more than the other guys.
by Holt Worth on Nov 10, 2009 5:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Who is that undeserving SOB?
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by D'ohboy on Nov 10, 2009 5:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Brian Austin Green got herpes from a toilet seat?
by Icebat on Nov 10, 2009 5:48 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Donna Martin Graduates!
Fight, you time-wasting figure skaters!
by boutros23 on Nov 10, 2009 5:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think she has an Avery stamp near her groin.
Fight, you time-wasting figure skaters!
by boutros23 on Nov 10, 2009 9:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
what's that?
i couldn’t hear you with this happy, happy music playing in my head…
by Natty Bumppo on Nov 10, 2009 4:42 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Flash is on XM right now.
Void Boyd! Go with Perreault!
by jordanDC on Nov 10, 2009 4:47 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
And then there's this...
In an effort to provide as much info as possible on Nyles’ likely future home, I present a couple of shots of Dinamo Minsk’s Ice Girls:
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by J.P. on Nov 10, 2009 5:30 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I knew there was a reason this was my favorite blog...
Awful dye job aside (ahhh Eastern Europe!), Mrs. Nylander has plenty to be unhappy about.
I'm trying to work out a deal with a club in Europe
by D'ohboy on Nov 10, 2009 5:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You mean besides the fact that she has to move her 92 kids to Belarus after hand-picking the American city she was most comfortable in?
"Let the rest be scared of us." - Sasha Semin
by Scott in Shaw on Nov 10, 2009 6:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, that too
That’s the more adult way of looking at it, I suppose. I was thinking with my dipstick.
I'm trying to work out a deal with a club in Europe
by D'ohboy on Nov 10, 2009 9:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Is that why he wears #92?
I would have thought there was other significance….
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Nov 11, 2009 8:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh man...
If I were an unwanted veteran in the twilight of my career I’d TOTALLY want to go play there. I mean, what unwanted veteran in the twilight of his career wouldn’t?
Just sayin…
I don't care how you score goals. Pretty or ugly. The ballet or the bulldozer. However you do it, just do it. And make sure you do it more than the other guys.
by Holt Worth on Nov 10, 2009 5:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He’s going to Minsk, but why does the shirt in the first pic say “I Heart Bahamas”?
"I'm just doing karate and trying to get females pregnant."
by Bald Pollack on Nov 10, 2009 7:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Question about Nylander's status post-Russian team's season ending...
The KHL’s regular season ends on March 7th and the playoffs can end on April 27th. Is the length of the “loan” to a Russian club dependent on how long that team actually ends up playing? If his Russian team fails to make the playoffs, or doesn’t advance past the end of the NHL regular season on April 11th, what is Nylander’s status? Would he be forced to return to the Capitals active roster after the conclusion of his new team’s season? Not sure how this was handled when Darius Kasparaitis was “loaned” to a Russian team by the Rangers several years back (story here: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/rangers/2007/10/kasparaitis-headed-back-to-rus.html ). Is there a chance that the Caps could still possibly be on the hook for a salary cap hit, however small, in March or April?
by MetalCapsFan on Nov 10, 2009 6:31 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
My experience with loans is mostly from soccer, so I don’t know for sure, but what I’d expect is that they loan him until a date (May 1 or June 1 for example), so I don’t think it’d be an issue.
by David M. Getz on Nov 10, 2009 6:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
So Comcast SportsNite opens with “Breaking News” . Yeah, it was breaking news six hours ago. I thought maybe they were going to tell us the deal was done. Idiots.
by gfcaps fan on Nov 10, 2009 6:43 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
…..Nylander is many things, but Sidney Crosby is not one of them.
Our lives are this moment, the music, the dance ....
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by gotsparkly on Nov 10, 2009 7:07 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
I hardly think this news was worthy of 500 comments…
But Brawndo's got what plants crave. It's got electrolytes.
by hotdog88gt on Nov 10, 2009 7:36 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Vladimir El Bashir:
What are we doing now?
Estragon Masisak
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Nov 10, 2009 8:08 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
Vladimir El Bashir:
What are we doing now?
Estragon Masisak
We’re waiting for Nylander…
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Nov 10, 2009 8:08 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
From the classic “Waiting For To Go”.
IS PЯACTICE ЯINK NOW
by Your Nation's Capital on Nov 10, 2009 8:11 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Vladimir El Bashir:
To treat a man . . . like that . . . I think that . . . no . . . a human being . . . no . . . it’s a scandal!
Estragon Masisak:
A disgrace!
Pozzo Beninati:
You are severe.
If you've read this far...seek help.
by ThePeerless on Nov 10, 2009 8:41 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
wow. now this is why we are elite.
Fight, you time-wasting figure skaters!
by boutros23 on Nov 10, 2009 9:45 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
This whole thread just got rec'd
Honestly, this made my night after my effing bike computer conked out on me at mile 49 of 50. :)
I'm trying to work out a deal with a club in Europe
by D'ohboy on Nov 10, 2009 9:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
VLADIMIR:
Let’s wait and see what he says.
ESTRAGON:
Who?
VLADIMIR:
[Nylander.]
ESTRAGON:
Good idea.
VLADIMIR:
Let’s wait till we know exactly how we stand.
ESTRAGON:
On the other hand it might be better to strike the iron before it freezes.
VLADIMIR:
I’m curious to hear what he has to offer. Then we’ll take it or leave it.
ESTRAGON:
What exactly did we ask him for?
VLADIMIR:
Were you not there?
ESTRAGON:
I can’t have been listening.
VLADIMIR:
Oh . . . Nothing very definite.
ESTRAGON:
A kind of prayer.
VLADIMIR:
Precisely.
ESTRAGON:
A vague supplication.
VLADIMIR:
Exactly.
ESTRAGON:
And what did he reply?
VLADIMIR:
That he’d see.
ESTRAGON:
That he couldn’t promise anything.
VLADIMIR:
That he’d have to think it over.
ESTRAGON:
In the quiet of his home.
VLADIMIR:
Consult his family.
ESTRAGON:
His friends.
VLADIMIR:
His agents.
ESTRAGON:
His correspondents.
VLADIMIR:
His books.
ESTRAGON:
His bank account.
VLADIMIR:
Before taking a decision.
ESTRAGON:
It’s the normal thing.
VLADIMIR:
Is it not?
ESTRAGON:
I think it is.
VLADIMIR:
I think so too.
Silence.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Nov 11, 2009 1:24 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I’m so annoyed I had a friggen 9 hour shift today. I missed out on all the fun :/
"And next year it will be ours."
by Ovechwin on Nov 10, 2009 9:32 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
i enjoyed reading this thread today - what a whirlwind…… thanks for the laugh. how do i do a double rec?
Rock the Red! Rock the White! Rock the Blue! Rock the Pens!
by RedskinFan4Life on Nov 10, 2009 9:37 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Because someone has to do it…..
Isn’t it afternoon in Russia already?
by gfcaps fan on Nov 11, 2009 8:31 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
It’s whatever time Putin says it is…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Nov 11, 2009 8:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Currently 4:45 PM in Minsk. Get on it, McPhee!
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Nov 11, 2009 9:45 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
GOD, the resident japers’ rink international time zone coordinator.
by Natty Bumppo on Nov 11, 2009 12:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
OK, someone explain why it’s now 9:00 in MInsk and we still haven’t heard anything? I figured for certain that if I was away from a computer and a radio that something would have happened by now.
Because I had to be snarky.
by gfcaps fan on Nov 11, 2009 2:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Amen. I’ve been refreshing the rink like mad hoping to see that fanshot at the top. Getting worried.
by grapejoos on Nov 11, 2009 2:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
So basically, since Saturday, we’ve accomplished nothing other than finding out that none of the other teams wants to claim Nylander’s contract.
Awesome.
Russian Machine very rarely breaks.
by macvechkin on Nov 11, 2009 3:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I was just catching up on the twitter collection — do I read correctly that he’s outta here, but we won’t know for sure and to where until possibly the weekend? Arrgh!
by gfcaps fan on Nov 11, 2009 3:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Just read this.
He’s willing to go to Russia, everything else must be just a formality.
Russian Machine very rarely breaks.
by macvechkin on Nov 11, 2009 3:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Except he doesn’t “sign” with Minsk. But yeah.
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by J.P. on Nov 11, 2009 4:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m sure there are some kind of enticements being offered on the down.
Russian Machine very rarely breaks.
by macvechkin on Nov 11, 2009 5:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
“I haven’t experienced any of that,” McPhee said, of trade discussions with his counterparts. “I haven’t had one discussion.”
Pretty remarkable — McPhee very rarely opens up about negotiations, and only to send a message. Like when he told everyone the Caps had matched Huet’s offer, but Huet didn’t sign.
Here the message is for Nylander and it’s pretty obvious: “Whatever it is you’re holding out for, it ain’t going to happen so you’d better make up your mind.”
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Nov 11, 2009 4:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Be Gone!
What’s taking so long to get this thing done? LEAVE! GET OUT! Grab a flight.
by NHL Observer on Nov 12, 2009 12:52 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
