dont throw your hat in the SO
by Brainumbc on Nov 12, 2009 8:30 AM EST
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It's lame. It's not a goal. The player doesn't earn it.. It's a breakaway given to him and the team gets the goal, not the player.
I think it's everyone's dream to throw their hat on the ice for a hat trick and I'm waiting for the day where I can too have that pleasure. But .. to mangle the words of Dave Chapelle, if hat tricks were a stock, their prices would be plummeting right now. What's next? Are we going to credit a goal tender with a shut out if they didn't allow any goals after coming in halfway through the game?
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I was going to write something like this today. Seems I was beat to it.
Not only is it stupid, but you’re putting your team at a disadvantage. Your player just scored in the shootout and most likely grabbed the momentum, and now we have to wait for the ice crew to clean hats off the ice.
This would be something that should be addressed by a player video before the shoot out. It would carry a ton of weight if someone like Ovie or Greener was on the jumbo urging fans to hold celebration until the end.
I’m not going to argue the “it makes us look bad” point (although personally I don’t really have a problem with it), but I don’t buy the momentum point for the shootout, simply because it really doesn’t have a momentum.
And point out that the two times the Caps’ fans have done this, the other team has gone a combined 0-12 thereafter and the Caps have won both games.
I don’t think the hats have anything to do with how well people are performing in the SO. I mean hell I could twist things around also to say that after the hats drop, the caps went 2 for 10 in the shootout.
True about the momentum thing…
But it’s just lame… That’s the most important point.
That’s exactly what I was thinking. Semin scores and we’re hot …. why slow things down? After he scored in the SO I started saying out loud on my couch “please dont throw hats please dont throw hats.. every other team in the NHL is going to laugh at us”.
At least there weren’t that many. I can hear whatshisname, the guy who calls the goals and the starting lineups getting on the mic before a shootout and saying to 18000 people “Please don’t throw your hats. If you do.. you’re a douche”
Then again.. we DID win so… hmmmmm.
Did anyone else think Verly looked like he wanted to be handcuffed to the goal, covered in leather, and whipped after that one stop halfway through the shootout?
I was wondering if he was okay – someone who was closer said the puck got caught in his pants and he was trying not to let it drop until the whistle was blown.
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They said it was to halt his backward momentum into the goal with the puck. Couldn’t see it from where we were either, I thought he had caught it.
I think everyone like me watching at home knew exactly why he did that… but it still looked kinky :)
Did anyone else think Verly looked like he wanted to be handcuffed to the goal, covered in leather, and whipped
He’s a goalie. It’s entirely possible.
Along those lines, last night I told my brother that Theo was one of only 7 right-handed (technically, right-gloved) goalies in the NHL.
He responded that that would mean there were 53 goalies “in their right minds.”
“Oh no,” sez I. “No goaltender is in his right mind!”
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by EmilyB on Nov 12, 2009 10:41 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Ice the next shooter?
Maybe throwing hats slows our momentum less than it ices and puts pressure on the other team’s next shooter, who is standing there thinking, “I better make this.” Also probably annoys the other team.
by Direction 87 on Nov 12, 2009 12:35 PM EST up reply actions
Nice. Like calling a timeout before a field goal. I like it. Note: Varly doesn’t mind the extra time to prepare for the next shot.
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by Scott in Shaw on Nov 12, 2009 9:52 PM EST up reply actions
Needless to say, I agree, but… my guess is that anyone that reads this (or any other) blog knows better.
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by J.P. on Nov 12, 2009 8:52 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
that unfortunately is the truth…
JP, do you see the traffic stats? Such as maybe an uptick in people coming in from at least the WP link? Maybe Corey can put something on the WT site also?
Promote the game, it's the NHL, not SCHL
Yeah, they send us decent traffic.
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I wonder if these people are the same people that were throwing garbage onto the ice after we got beat in game 7 OT by the flyers a couple playoff seasons ago.
I was sitting behind Huet when the goal was scored… then I hear someone to my right scream.. then suddenly it looked like it was raining empty water bottles and wadded up aluminum foil.
Maybe this is why Flyers fans seem to have OV so much.. they’re really just taking their distaste for DC crowds out on our superstar. Can’t say I blame them. When we lost that game there was a serious case of white-trash lack of class going on. Not just the throwing of garbage on the ice but the brawls with Philly fans afterwards. Seriously people?
When that goal was scored against us.. I actually stood up and clapped to salute a hard fought series. There’s no need for that other crap.
by Brainumbc on Nov 12, 2009 9:18 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
It’s a redundant message, but I’m rec’ing it for the avatar, because Pabst Blue Ribbon > Heineken.
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No question. Heineken literally is the most vile beer I’ve ever tasted. If body odor had a taste, it’d be Heineken.
(Sidenote: as a general rule, I find beer in green bottles to be poo poo, in part b/c the green bottle lets too much bad light in and skunks the brew.)
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by J.P. on Nov 12, 2009 10:06 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Heinie is indeed nasty. This is also an unpopular opinion but I find new castle to taste like vomit.
The only green bottle beers I like are Yuenling (how can you NOT like it) and Carlsberg. Of course Carlsberg tastes purposely skunky ina delightful way.
Carlsberg has a new green bottle beer called Elephant which I’m finding at all the Giants which tastes horrible but it’s like 7.9%. I buy it because my fiance doesn’t like it when I drink more than a couple. This way I can have a couple and really have.. more.. than a couple ya know? And it doesn’t taste quite as bad as steel reserve
I’ll go on record as saying I do not like Yuengling.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 12, 2009 10:20 AM EST up reply actions
At least it ain’t as bad as all the other “american” beers.. e.g. bud, busch, coors, and all the other redneck-stroke-my-mullet-and-put-my-can-in-a-foam-cover-because-i’m-such-a-wuss-that-I-have-to-keep-my-one-beer-cold-for-a-long-period-of-time type beers.
Although MGD ain’t bad.
If I’m forced to drink a cheap beer, my preference is Coors. I can fully appreciate the finer beers, but sometimes you just want something cheap that gets the job done. The most tolerable for me is Coors even though it’s the Gimmick Beer.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 12, 2009 10:29 AM EST up reply actions
cheap usually doesn’t get the job done, unless you’re talking about taking a piss every 5 minutes :)
cheap and effective for me? good ol OE or STEEL RESERVE. Too bad they don’t serve that stuff at the phone booth…
Maybe they do that the arena in Philly.. that might explain a lot
50-cent cans of natty boh are also particularly nice.
by Natty Bumppo on Nov 12, 2009 5:14 PM EST up reply actions
I’d rather not drink than have to drink cheap beer!
I was once out in flyover country visiting Mr. Bird’s extended redneck clan. Someone asked me what type of beer I liked, and I got blank looks when I rattled some of them off. Dogfish and Leinie’s (although Leinie’s Original tastes like ass) I can understand, but I was a little shocked that there remain parts of the country that don’t have Sam Adams. I thought it was mainstream now.
appropriately, I was accused of being an elitist!
by RedBirdie on Nov 12, 2009 10:54 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I really like Dogfish too. If I can get some good beer, I prefer it, but I won’t turn my nose up if all that’s available is Coors.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 12, 2009 10:56 AM EST up reply actions
Mmmm I dig the dogfish that’s 12+ percent. Again.. tastes like crap… but if the wife only wants you to have “just one beer” :)
Samiclaus is another good one if you can find it at those mega liquor stores (like Corridor or that annandale win place) that are like 16%.
Pizza paradiso in Gtown carries it amongst many other high abv beers that will knock you on your ass.
we’ve got at least 3 i can think of off the top of my head at dogfish that are 18+ percent (120 min ipa, world wide stout, and fort)… crazy stuff for sure.
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by kellobellow on Nov 12, 2009 11:08 AM EST up reply actions
More importantly, what fraction of your paycheck are you willing to burn in order to get a pint.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 12, 2009 12:16 PM EST up reply actions
on tap, they’re served in snifters, which i think are 12 ounces? (i should know that, haha), and i know 120 and world wide are also served in 12 oz bottles. fort comes in 750mL bottles at the one i work at… gotta share those for sure, haha!
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I always felt weird drinking those mega strong beers in snifters.
I think my favorite high alcohol content beers has to be Delerium Nocturnum. The crazy belgian one that looks like a stone bottle with the pink elephant on the front.
A good place to get these is Adega downtown silver spring. The communist county of montgomery here in maryland closes down their liquor stores at 9 and aren’t open on Sunday… but I found this place here is a restaurant technically that sells fancy packaged junk… so if its 10pm on a sunday night and you want to bring home a beer that will knock you on your ass.. this is the place to go
I always felt weird drinking those mega strong beers in snifters.
I think my favorite high alcohol content beers has to be Delerium Nocturnum. The crazy belgian one that looks like a stone bottle with the pink elephant on the front.
A good place to get these is Adega downtown silver spring. The communist county of montgomery here in maryland closes down their liquor stores at 9 and aren’t open on Sunday… but I found this place here is a restaurant technically that sells fancy packaged junk… so if its 10pm on a sunday night and you want to bring home a beer that will knock you on your ass.. this is the place to go
I was a little shocked that there remain parts of the country that don’t have Sam Adams.
That surprises me too.
Most Sam Adams is not actually brewed in the Boston area (that brewery is largely for R&D). Quite a lot of the beer is made at a brewery some 10 miles from the college I attended. Good place for senior year weekend outings…
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by CapitalCentre on Nov 12, 2009 12:12 PM EST up reply actions
That brewery’s a great little tour. A $2 donation to their micro-loan fund and they give you three pours of Sam, including a Brick Red that’s only brewed for taps in the Boston area. Good stuff.
by mercurialwinger on Nov 12, 2009 7:54 PM EST up reply actions
Rec’d and agreed. I’d rather go sober than drink bad beer.
by Knee high to a duck on Nov 12, 2009 4:19 PM EST up reply actions
In this world, there are three kinds of beer: Free Beer, Cheap Beer, and Good Beer.
Don’t drink Cheap Beer.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Nov 13, 2009 1:44 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Paul Newman enjoyed Coors, so as cheap beers go, it’s got a slight edge.
All marketing campaigns since notwithstanding.
by Stephen Pepper on Nov 13, 2009 12:10 PM EST up reply actions
Agreed. I have a couple friends that swear by it (arguing the “acquired taste”), but I’d rather drink just about any beer before Heineken.
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by Sombrero Guy on Nov 12, 2009 10:49 AM EST up reply actions
I like Heineken quite a bit, but I understand why people don’t. It tastes mildly skunky on a good day and in the green bottles it can definitely turn. I prefer it from the tap and cans to the bottles. I also like Stella, Hoeegarden, and other skunk-ish beers, though.
Heineken on tap is so different than bottled. Hard to find (besides a couple of VC stands, and Nats Park)
You can always try the gimmicky mini-draught Heineken kegs that most beer-carrying stores have. I know, not the same as the ’ol stainless steel half-barrels, but still much better than the bottles.
Love those. Almost always have one of H. Light in my fridge.
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by Scott in Shaw on Nov 12, 2009 9:48 PM EST up reply actions
Where do you get that? I’m not a huge H. fan, but I think H. Light is pretty good.
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Crappy liquor store called The Barrel House on 14th ST & Rhode Island (near Logan Circle).
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by Scott in Shaw on Nov 13, 2009 3:26 PM EST up reply actions
D’oh, pretty much any supermarket (e.g. Harris Teeter) carries these mini-kegs. Probably even the Class Six too, if there is a base/post near you. ABout $20 or so….as your said, the Light is way better.
Does anyone know if you can get your hat back after the game? If I were at a game where a hat trick was scored (and actually close enough to reach the rink) I would be hesitant to throw my hat. I wear my last-gen logo (the capital dome one) to games and you can’t find that hat anymore. Probably a non-issue because I can’t see myself sitting in the lower level any time soon.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 12, 2009 9:57 AM EST reply actions
If you toss your hat on the ice, it’s long gone. I have no idea what the VC does with them. I like what Columbus does, in that they have a bunch of clear plastic bins where they dump the hat trick hats and label the bin with the name and date…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Nov 12, 2009 10:08 AM EST up reply actions
I’ve always wondered that. Then a couple weeks ago after the OV “hat track”, Joe Bennanati mentioned that all the hats are collected and taken to the second floor of the verizon center somewhere for the fans to retrieve.
Sounds like an easy way to get a free hat. Better get there before everyone else :)
I think next game I’ll bring the most ridiculous pimp hat I can find to the game.. just so I can have 18000 people look at it and thing “WTF”
That wouldn’t work… in 1999, someone tossed a motorcycle helmet on the ice when Peter Bondra scored a hat trick…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Nov 12, 2009 10:09 AM EST up reply actions
LOL that sounds dangerous.
I’m going to concoct something absolutely ridiculous though.. something that no one could possibly miss but that I can easily sneak into the phone booth. Maybe I’ll just bring one of those tiny 1×1 foot cubes that inflate immediately into a matress when you pull the chord.
hahaha, i definitely remember that!
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by kellobellow on Nov 12, 2009 11:10 AM EST up reply actions
Wow, at first I read that as “someone tossed a motorcycle on the ice”.
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Now that would be impressive.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 12, 2009 5:33 PM EST up reply actions
Well if Joe Finley had been there…
by mercurialwinger on Nov 12, 2009 7:56 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I think some of the hats are donated to homeless shelters, most of them go to Kettler where they’re building some big Hat Trick display. Apparently, Ovie’s been known to see if there’s any interesting hats from his hat tricks.
I think we should take the fabric from the 1000’s of hats thrown on the ice and make a giant 50 foot Towlie (from south park) and hang it from the rafters at Verizon Center
Because.. you know.. if it’s in the rafters then its.. high up..
Because.. you know.. if it’s in the rafters then its.. high up..(cricket chirping)
Because.. you know.. if it’s in the rafters then its.. high up..(cricket chirping)What? OK I’ll have to give it to myself then:
Because.. you know.. if it’s in the rafters then its.. high up..(cricket chirping)What? OK I’ll have to give it to myself then:http://www.instantrimshot.com/
I would totally bring a cool hat for an Ovi hat trick. But dunno if I can heave it all the way from the 400 level.
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if you get it down to the 100s, they’ll usually throw it the rest of the way for you (remember crosby whining about the 2 waves of hats last year?)
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by kellobellow on Nov 12, 2009 11:11 AM EST up reply actions
Not really… it got lost in the haze of all the other things Crosby whines about.
by Brainumbc on Nov 12, 2009 11:27 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I think you should throw your shoe since it is a shoeout.
One guy just drove his semi as a float. I guess semis are cool.
If you throw your hat, you can go to Guest Services and get it back after the game. Don’t know what they do with them after that.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Nov 12, 2009 10:41 AM EST reply actions
I was thinking this was the case.
Here’s a solution: Hats that go on the ice when there isn’t a hat trick don’t get returned. Do with them as they do for unclaimed hats. If nothing else it will make them buy another Cap$ hat.
And it gives the announcer a way of educating with a pre-“reminder” about what will happen and why.
Not like most ppl expect to get their hats back anyways.
I think it would be better if they allow the non-hat trick hats to be reclaimed, but instead… someone pees all over the hats. That’ll be motivation enough not to cheapen the hat trick celebration
I think when you go to claim your hat you should get your picture taken while getting pee’d on and the next home game during a game break the pictures go up in the arena.
OOOooooo this thread is getting Kinky again!
18% Beer, leather bondage, getting pissed on. Wow… we Caps fans are perverted.
I say if you want your hat back after a SO hat trick, you get your picture taken on the second floor while having Varly dressed in leather gimp outfit simultaneously pouring Sam Adams all over you while pissing on you. .. and have a permanent wall with these pictures with the words “THESE PEOPLE DON’T UNDERSTAND THE RULES” sitting on top.
It’s only fair.
by Brainumbc on Nov 12, 2009 1:41 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
You’re my new favorite poster.
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by Scott in Shaw on Nov 12, 2009 9:50 PM EST up reply actions
And you HAD my new favorite avatar.. until I realized what it was. Initially I thought it was Frankenberry.
Oh well.
Frankenberry would be all kinds of awesome.
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by Scott in Shaw on Nov 13, 2009 10:04 AM EST up reply actions
I always thought it was a red robot playing hockey. Like a Russian machine. I now clicked on it and I’m severely disappointed.
One guy just drove his semi as a float. I guess semis are cool.
Wow. While robots are of course awesome, I guess I underestimated the number of people who would be disappointed in an old school Hershey Bears logo!
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by Scott in Shaw on Nov 13, 2009 11:48 AM EST up reply actions
Nah it’s a cool avatar it just wasn’t my mental image. The avatars are too small now on the redesign.
One guy just drove his semi as a float. I guess semis are cool.
I am a fan. He’s way more were-bear than actual bear, anatomically. I love it — it’s a blast from the days before they taught “perspective” and “anatomy” to graphics designers.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Nov 15, 2009 11:26 AM EST up reply actions
Except then people would mistake you for a Malkin fan.
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by Killer_Carlson on Nov 13, 2009 2:11 PM EST up reply actions
The next time I’m at a game when this happens I’m going to throw my hat just to spite you people who are making way too big a deal about it. Lighten up.
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I don’t think we’re making that big a deal about it. This post has about 50 comments and 2/3 have been about beer and kinky leather bondage
If that’s not cause and effect, I don’t know what is.
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by Bald Pollack on Nov 12, 2009 11:09 AM EST up reply actions
Slava Malamud interviewed Varly. Go read the whole interview, but here is the relevant excerpt:
Slava: Do the local fans frustrate you sometimes? It’s the second time they’ve thrown hats on the ice for a supposed hat trick during the shootout. Does that get you off your rhythm?
Varly: “Actually, no, it doesn’t. On the contrary, it gives me more time to tune myself in. I was even thinking, ‘Come on, throw a couple more!’”
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Varly’s hilarious in that interview. “I was thinking, ’No [expletive] way! Why am I in the net now?” ha ha ha! and: “I said to myself, ‘Oh, hell! Why? Why did you let this one in?’ … Well, actually, I said it differently, but you won’t print that.”
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