Tuesday Caps Clips: All Ovechkin, All the Time
by J.P. on Nov 3, 2009 6:39 AM EST
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Your savory breakfast links:
- Alex Ovechkin is "week-to-week" with an "upper-body strain." [Capitals]
- Vogs on "Life Without Ovi." [Dump and Chase]
- J.P. on life without Ovi: Get busy living, or get busy dying.
- Other takes on the news of the day from The WaPo, The Times and Peerless.
- Slava Malamud spoke with AO on his injury (translated after the jump).
- Great work by the editors who ran headlines like "Capitals' Ovechkin expected to miss one game" based upon Bruce Boudreau's assertion that "he's more probable for the weekend than he is for Wednesday." Psst... it's called "the healing process" and the way it usually works is the more time off an injured player gets, the more likely he is to play again.
- In other AO news, he has become a "global icon" who apparently has "transcended the sport of hockey" and signed with IMG Worldwide "for exclusive worldwide management, sponsorship, licensing and marketing representation." It's probably all an elaborate ploy by IMG, though, to facilitate getting their mitts on Jeff Schultz. [Puck Daddy, D.C. Sports Bog, Washington Times, Washington Business Journal]
- He also was named the second star of the month for October. Jobbed. [Capitals]
- How clutch was Alex in October? There were none more clutch (tip o' the lid to Nicklas Backstrom, Jose Theodore and Alexander Semin for their respective months of clutchosity as well... sorry, felt I needed to invent a word there). [USA Today]
- Michael Nylander appeared on HNIC Radio yesterday afternoon with Jeff Marek and Kelly Hrudey. Not much new, but he did mention that he's heard that there may be "interest from a few teams." [CBC.ca (audio)]
- If The Boss agrees "for the most part" with a post that claims that the Caps "lack backbone," does that mean that he thinks the team's soft? I doubt he'd say that. [Ted's Take]
- Gabby on his book release in the latest edition of "Behind the Bench." [Capitals]
- In the first round of weekly power rankings, the Caps are up a spot to third at the National Post, up three to third at The Sporting News, up three to fifth at ESPN and holding at fifth at TSN and CBC and fourth at Sportsnet.
- Nice piece on the Ovechkin/Mike Richards rivalry. [TSN via YouTube (video)]
- Despite the inconsistency, Mike Green's off to a pretty good start. [Puck Prospectus]
- The Caps are currently out-shooting their opponents by a slim per-game margin, but should they end up in the red in this area, take heart - some pretty darn good teams have been outshot by their opponents. [Behind The Net]
- Though he's a long shot to make Team USA (heck, I didn't even know he was eligible... maybe being born on the fourth of July earns you automatic citizenship), Mike Knuble must be put on the squad so we can see "Yankee Knuble Dandy" and, of course, "Knuble-eve in Miracles?!" headlines. [From The Rink]
- Are the Caps sending someone to Finland to scout Peter Forsberg? [The Fourth Period]
- Apparently, Rolling Stone doesn't know that the Caps exist, which is somewhat ironic given how irrelevant the once-great mag has become. [D.C. Sports Bog]
- Capitals Singles Night at Bar Louie before the Wild game? This has to be the worst idea the team has come up with in years. I mean, do they really want Brooks Laich to be late to the game? [Capitals]
- Alexandre Giroux was named AHL Player of the Month for October. Hopefully he's in a position to repeat in November, December... [John Walton Hockey]
- Bear Tracks and an Andrew Joudrey article. [LDN]
- Jason Bacashihua is currently 4-0-0/1.00/.962 for the Bears. [John Walton Hockey]
- The Vancouver Canucks have signed Matt Pettinger. Atta boy, Princess. [Canucks]
- In other Vancouver-related news, Glen Hanlon has stepped down as head coach of the Belarus national team. Rough couple of weeks for Hugs. [The Hockey News]
- And in other Olympic hockey news, someone named Tracee Hamilton chimes in on Sochi 2014. [Washington Post]
[In today's edition of Sport-Express, Slava Malamud catches up with Alex Ovechkin to see if he can get some insight into his injury. There are no earth-shattering revelations, except that maybe the entire Russian Olympic team has been jinxed.]
Sounding the alarm isn't really included among the duties of a sports reporter, but since we aren't afraid to jinx things with praise, well.... basically, at the rate they are going Russia will need to send to Vancouver an Olympic team made up of some KHL clubs, a medical team from a medium-sized hospital and a shaman from the Republic of Sakha. (come on, I know you meant a Tuvan shaman, Slava- TH). I can only call the adversity inflicted upon the potential Olympians as nothing else but unprecedented.
It hasn't even been a month since the start of the NHL regular season and injuries have already claimed Andrei Markov (torn tendon- out for several months), Sergei Gonchar (wrist- out at least until December), Ilya Kovalchuk (broken bone in foot, not expected to return before the end of November), and Evgeni Malkin (sprained shoulder- out two to three weeks). Such trifles as Alexander Semin's illness (exactly what it was they will not say, but it is well-known that the team did have a case of the swine flu), which caused him to sit out a couple of games, are not even worth mentioning.
And now, during a Sunday game in the U.S. Capital, that very thing which the Russians have had enough of happened again. It is difficult to say exactly when it happened. Perhaps at the beginning of the second period, when Ovechkin skated by Jason Chimera and the latter nudged the former with his shoulder. Apparently that was in retaliation for when the Russian boarded the Canadian forward during the first period. Ovechkin shoved Chimera with his hands, a scuffle ensued, during which Alexander was grabbed and dragged, and finally he went to the penalty box, lightly supporting his left arm. Coming out on the ice, he collided in the offensive zone with Raffi Torres, fell to the ice and grimaced in pain and immediately came off the ice and went to the locker room. He missed the rest of the game.
If you assess the situation solely on appearances, you could assume that Alexander injured his left arm or shoulder. After the game he talked a bit with the press and gave an interview to Sport Express.
Alexander, what happened? Were you injured by Chimera, Torres or somebody else?
"I can't say. I can't even discuss the exact moment in order to not divulge what exactly my injury is."
Then can you at least give the official version-is it upper or lower body?
"Upper body."
How serious does it feel?
"I don't know, but I would say that it is "day-to-day". I'm going in for some tests tomorrow and then everything will be clear."
What's happening to all the Olympic team players? You guys are just having some bad luck.
"I can't understand it myself. Perhaps some girl has put a hex on us."
Yesterday afternoon Moscow time Ovechkin underwent testing, after which he confirmed to your Sport Express reporter that his injury is not very serious.
"They'll give a more exact diagnosis later" said Alexander "but the doctors said that there is no serious damage."
Can you give some estimation of when you might return?
"It's 100 percent that I'll miss the next game, and then we'll see."
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Epic liink list this morning.
It was only a matter of time before OV took a semi-serious injury. The way he throws (threw?) his body around, it was coming sooner or later. He’ll be out for as long as he’s out, and the team can learn to play team-oriented hockey on a nightly basis. Be good for them.
To my sleep-deprived eyes, the layout of the Rink looks different this morning…
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
Whoa…death to double spacing policies implemented, it seems.
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What, we running out of bandwidth?
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
Just got word from support that “The double spacing in comments is definitely our top priority this morning. We will be fixing as soon as we possibly can.”
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Nice. Unanticipated responsiveness is always a bonus.
Test.
Test2
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
Yeah, a bit of a facelift. I strongly urge anyone with any thoughts or comments on it to drop an email to support@sbnation.com (for example, on the double-spacing issue).
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by J.P. on Nov 3, 2009 7:08 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
There is changing to improve something and changing to change. The latter isn’t always a bad thing, although generally I’m not fond of it. If it is the former, what was it intended to improve?
If you've read this far...seek help.
My understanding is that it’s an effort to make posts more readable and a first step in a project to improve load time. I’m not crazy about the look yet, but I’m not sure if that’s a dislike or just a shock over change.
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It’s pretty broken. Your main logo in the top corner (peanut butter) is covering up the headline of the article.
As a web designer, it troubles me.
Maybe play with an edge, be a little more physical -- maybe be more of a prick out there.
Please help the cause and drop the tech folks an email with the problem (screen cap, too, if possible).
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I miss the dark blue…
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Nov 3, 2009 9:12 AM EST up reply actions
Make your voice heard! support@sbnation.com
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Sent in a screenshot of the logo covering up article content.
Maybe play with an edge, be a little more physical -- maybe be more of a prick out there.
And quickly got this reply:
Jordan,
That issue is caused by adblock being turned on. We will look into a way around it, but that’s the reason for the logo hanging over the content like that.
Thanks,
Chris
Maybe play with an edge, be a little more physical -- maybe be more of a prick out there.
What’s funny is that a few months ago I sent in a suggestion that the change their standard Washington Capitals page, and said the Rink looked better than that page did. Now they’ve ported the Caps page colors over here! I wanted it to go the other direction…
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Nov 3, 2009 9:21 AM EST up reply actions
I told ’em that the page looks cold and corporate now. I know people always get upset when sites they are used to change (look at Fark a year ago for example) and everyone will eventually get used to it.
The change here really isn’t so bad when compared to podium cafe, which looks nothing like a cycling site. It was awesome when they changed their color scheme to match the leader’s jersey in each of the grand tours.
I told ’em that the page looks cold and corporate now.
I always thought the sidebars on both sides made the site rather cozy.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 3, 2009 9:31 AM EST up reply actions
This is most important issue. I now have a headache from reading. Not a fan of the font stuff, but that is a nminor thing and I can live with it. Color thing I can’t, literally.
Off to send my e-mail to SBNation.
A man gotta have a code
can’t stand the new css styles and can’t stand the lack of double-spacing. in NO way can that possibly make posts more readable.
When I was in college, they offered a Software Usability course. One of my regrets is that I never made time to take that class.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 3, 2009 9:36 AM EST up reply actions
Looks like they are trying to match the blogs with the new SB Nation frontpage. Gotta be consistent
Fehr is fair, but I like Laich
Is it just me or does everything seem pushed farther to the left? I can’t for the life of me remember what used to be over there on the left though.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 3, 2009 7:57 AM EST up reply actions
I think there were quick links to Rink Wraps, Translations, etc, plus a list of other Caps blogs.
by red army line on Nov 3, 2009 8:01 AM EST up reply actions
For the first four months this blog was on SBNation I think I never noticed the FanShots and FanPosts on the right side.
by red army line on Nov 3, 2009 8:01 AM EST up reply actions
Ah, I think all that stuff was consolidated into the right sidebar.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 3, 2009 8:03 AM EST up reply actions
All that stuff’s still on the left sidebar on the front page and never was on the left of these post pages.
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And is it me, or is there a problem with the “Z” key? Or have the shortcuts changed and I have to read the directions again?
Working fine for me. Browser issue maybe?
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 3, 2009 8:21 AM EST up reply actions
Working fine on my work computer, but I’m still running IE6 here. Weird thing is that I had issues with the Z in IE6 before this upgrade. Also, the new layout looks better in IE6, since it has trouble properly displaying 3 columns.
"I tried to capture the spirit of the thing"
by tuvanhillbilly on Nov 3, 2009 8:26 AM EST up reply actions
Except it probably didn’t occur as a result of giving or taking a hit or a collision along the boards or a similar piece of contact. It appears to have been a product of a scrum at the Columbus bench that might have been aggravated when he collided with Raffi Torres, the sort of collision that he probably brushes off a dozen times a game.
If you've read this far...seek help.
J.P. on life without Ovi: Get busy living, or get busy dying.
“Brooks [Laich] was here.”
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 3, 2009 7:50 AM EST reply actions 8 recs
The LDN links are the two that are in the text before the bracketed credit.
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Alright, just seems a little weird whenever that thingy in brackets isn’t blue.
by red army line on Nov 3, 2009 9:23 AM EST up reply actions
I rec’d this post for the sheer amount of links contained within. A plethora of links, if you will.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 3, 2009 8:06 AM EST reply actions
I think the Bible had less links than today’s post. I’ve gone through two cups of coffee just getting to the bottom of the page and I haven’t even clicked on an article. Good job. I hope SB Nation paid you OT for this.
I’d imagine he got paid time-and-a-half.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 3, 2009 9:05 AM EST up reply actions
Yes, but clutchosity-against/60 is a much more revealing measure.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 3, 2009 8:15 AM EST up reply actions
Isn’t that usually abbreviated Qual-clutch?
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Nov 3, 2009 9:14 AM EST up reply actions
Your fuel for the enforcer debate from the Post article:
Asked whether the Capitals’ lack of an enforcer allowed Chimera and Boll to confront Ovechkin without fear of retribution, Boudreau said: “We had a couple of guys go and challenge Chimera after that and he didn’t want to do anything. If he’s not going accept that challenge, he’s not going to accept a Donald Brashear challenge. So I don’t think it would have stopped them from doing anything.”
I don’t think that’s fuel for the enforcer debate so much as the team toughness debate. Really, I find it a sickening quote – “Hey, we tried to be tough, but the guy wouldn’t engage, so, oh well!”
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by J.P. on Nov 3, 2009 8:21 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
It really makes no sense. If the only guys you can enforce against are the guys willing to go with the enforcer, you’re only “enforcing” guys who aren’t deterred. You might as well send out a memo to every team in the league telling them they can who whatever they want to whomever they want because the Caps aren’t going to make them answer.
You look at quotes like that, and the fact that the Caps haven’t had an instigator penalty since Boudreau’s first game and I think it very, very strongly suggests the decision not to drop the gloves in those situation is coming from Gabby. I like the guy and I love all he’s done for the Caps, but this is an area he needs to change his policies in.
Yeah I agree. Sometimes you don’t let the guy have the choice in the matter. Steve Ott doesn’t always like answering the bell for his low blows but when the bare knuckles start flying he generally gets with the program. You don’t ask the man for a cup of tea and a tangle. You drop ’em, grab the sweater, and start throwing haymakers until he obliges. Take the instigator and move on with the season.
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 Rob Parker on Nov 3, 2009 10:49 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
You don’t ask the man for a cup of tea and a tangle.
Rec’d just for that line.
by mercurialwinger on Nov 3, 2009 12:55 PM EST up reply actions
Playing Devil's Advocate
What is "team toughness?" Is this something perceived by or about the team, its opponents, or by the fans? Do the Capitals only have one player worth protecting? Is there something that happened in previous games that if someone had dropped the gloves, it would have precluded anything happening in the Columbus game? If you leave your star players exposed by not dropping the gloves, then why did Columbus not go after any of Semin, Backstrom, Green, or anyone else later in the game when no one dropped the gloves after Ovechkin was hurt? Where is the measurement of "toughness" on the scoreboard? How does it figure into the standings?
by mechanicsville on Nov 3, 2009 4:32 PM EST up reply actions
AO is the top target because he’s the best player. If you hop over into the thread about Ken Hitchcock admitting they targeted AO you’ll find my discussion with CP2 that Keith Yandle tried to fight (he is no tough guy by any stretch) when Wisniewski threw a forearm shiver into Doan’s face. The rest of the night the Coyotes were chomping at the bit to get a piece of Doan. When another team watches that they know that if they go play rough and tumble with PHX they had better be ready for a long night. Does that translate into standings points? I don’t know. It’s an empirical question and I don’t know how you’d measure it. But it does tend to keep teams more honest about attacking your skilled players.
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...
tend to keep teams more honest about attacking your skilled players
See, that’s the part about which I’m not sure. I’m not disagreeing…just not sure whether you can say for sure one way or the other.
by mechanicsville on Nov 3, 2009 4:52 PM EST up reply actions
I’m saying that based on my experiences playing and based on watching the way certain teams play and get played. You may be right but I do think it affects the way teams/players approach the game.
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...
Can’t argue with that. Rather difficult to play effectively with your head ona swivel.
by mechanicsville on Nov 3, 2009 8:32 PM EST up reply actions
That’s part of it but there’s also this feeling on the ice that everyone on both sides realize one teams pushing the other team around. It’s not always necessarily intimidation, and I question how many NHL players can really be physically intimidated as tough as they are, but players can tell when one team is in control physically. I don’t know that I can explain it any better and I have no idea how it plays out at a level anywhere close to the NHL.
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...
This is one of the few instances where I think Bradley or somebody, anybody, should have taken the instigator and just beat the life out of Chimera.
Maybe play with an edge, be a little more physical -- maybe be more of a prick out there.
No doubt. I would have liked to see some retribution for the reckless knee-on-knee hit on Green, if for no reason other than to send the league a message. Now this. If you’re not going to just take the penalty when someone tries to engage Ovechkin and ends up injuring him, when are you?
I’m not a huge fan of gratuitous fighting, fighting after clean hits, or trying to measure a team by the number of fights they’re in, but if a team won’t drop the gloves in defense of their star players – instigator be damned – it hurts their team toughness.
Chimera was doing exactly what I thought wasn’t happening against Green — Chimera was targeting Ovi directly.
Chimera’s face should have been squashed, whether he cared to defend himself or not.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Nov 3, 2009 9:15 AM EST up reply actions
We had a couple of guys go and challenge Chimera
Other than Brads, I’m guessing the second guy that challenged him was Morrisson, right after regulation ended. Both he and Chimera had their gloves off in the scrum behind the Caps nets. They were chatting, but for some reason ShaMo decides not to do what he needed to do and start throwing fists.
Only having five D-men for the overtime……who cares.
Other than Brads, I’m guessing the second guy that challenged him was Morrisson, right after regulation ended.
You sure it wasn’t Juice?
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...
Positive. It was Morrisson, for sure. He was in prime gloveless sweater-jostling mode, exchanged words, and then they both just let go. Such an opportunity, so deflating.
To clarify, Morrisonn (Not Morrison), right?
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I know you were right. I was just trying to highlight one of my reasons for picking Shamo over Juice in the debate the other day. Awful nice of those guys to bring my point into such high relief so quickly, no?
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...
Imagine how much more stark the contrast had Shamo actually, y’know, done something.
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Which only makes it so much more frustrating. We know Shamo is capable of carrying through, and a couple of years ago, it seems like he would have. DMG may have hit a homerun with his comment above about Gabby. I will often go back and Youtube most of the fights in the NHL after they happen to see the game situation around how they started, who was involved, how they did, etc. Other teams’ responses to questionable hits or in getting retribution seems instant. Gloves immediately off, game time and score be damned. The Caps don’t seem to have that switch in their heads.
That was going to be my question. If the guy won’t go, how do you determine whether to take the instigator? At some point, does someone take a run at the guy and hope it works out okay (no major injury, minor penalty)? Does it matter based on the score at the time?
I have argued at length that the scored generally matters, but the way that Chimera was going after guys all game long overrides that. He was determined to piss off or injure someone and needed to be dissuaded via fisticuffs from doing as much.
Maybe play with an edge, be a little more physical -- maybe be more of a prick out there.
Chimera is everything that’s wrong with hockey. Guys who can’t take a legit hit and then go around all game hitting guys after the play and then refusing to drop the gloves. You’re right, someone should have said “Damn the instigator” and just started wailing on him. I love his quote in the Post, “He had hit me pretty hard earlier in the game and I just wanted him to know he wasn’t going to hit me out of the game.” What a total jackass.
None of this tracks for me: Who’d trade Ovechkin for Chimera? If I’m Boudreau (or Jurcina, or an AHL call-up on special assignment), Chimera getting cheep with Ovechkin begets open season on Nash.
…and then Columbus goes after Backstrom. Then Washington goes after Vermette. Then Columbus goes after Green. Then Washington runs Theo.
I’d never support trading cheap shots. Hold the guy who committed the infraction accountable.
It’s cause they feel more confident playing in front of Varley.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 3, 2009 9:41 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Most of the ‘Columbus goes after…’ that you posited actually happened (e.g. crosscheck 19, from behind, into the net; who doesn’t run Theo?). I’d be glad to see a miscreant dealt with directly, but if your Team is going to spend an evening abusing my stars, I’m not just sending my Team after your palookas.
If you’re Hitchcock, how does taking Chimera, Bradley, and Ovechkin out of the game sound to ya?
Most of the ‘Columbus goes after…’ that you posited actually happened
No, it didn’t. There’s a world of difference between how Columbus played and running at people and starting back and forth cheapshot crap. If someone goes after your guy, you make them pay. You try and enact eye-for-an-eye stuff. That’s, much, much worse than anything anyone on Columbus did on Sunday.
I’m going to whine about the refs for a moment. They were terrible in this game from the get go. If they had been doing their job from the beginning and calling the crap against Columbus (and I’m ignoring whether there should have also been calls against the Caps), could that have prevented this, in that it woulnd’t have gotten to the point of the scrum in front of the benches?
I don’t think so. Ovechkin hit Chimera hard, but clean. Chimera decided to give Ovechkin a shove later as a result and Ovie retaliated. Chimera and Boll were penalized. I’m just not sure what else you can ask them to do.
There’s a world of difference between how Columbus played and running at people
If you say so. Sounds like you’re saying they played our stars hard and clean (except Chimera). So: why would our dishing the same medicine to their stars constitute ‘cheap shot crap’?
It wouldn’t. But I had the impression that was what this exchange was centered (1) given phrases like “getting cheap with Ovechkin begets open season on Nash” and “sending my team after [the opponent]” and (2) the Capitals should be out hitting everyone on every team hard every night.
I did sound a lil heated. The ‘designated tough guy’ mechanism annoys and frustrates me. I saw Nicky crosschecked into the net and Semin punched in the back of the head vs. CBJ, in addition to Ovechkin swarmed and (re)injured.
If I can take those liberties against Caps in exchange for the utterly replaceable Chimera (who can prob’ly handle Brads anyway), I’m going to do so every night.
In shootout order, right?
"Let the rest be scared of us." - Sasha Semin
by Scott in Shaw on Nov 3, 2009 11:39 AM EST up reply actions
any chance SDR shows up in DC? is it even possible? he’d probably do OK replacing Sloan, no?
by ns on Nov 3, 2009 9:36 AM EST up reply actions
Not possible until after his OHL season ends.
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If their guy doesn’t want to engage, you do it for him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZqXmTfbQwE
Russian Machine very rarely breaks.
Not sure what the point is there. Doesn’t look like Dave Brown had to fight anyone so are you suggesting we X check a dude in the face?
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...
Regarding Mike Knuble and Team USA
He apparently has dual citizenship, having been born in Toronto but moved to Michigan with his family in his teens.
This link is specific to Jason Pominville, but describes the choices faced by dual citizens.
Basically the dual citizen may choose to play for the Canadian program or the American program, but once the choice is made, there’s no going back.
IS PAЯTY NOW
Good job on Mike Knuble for making the right choice!
Maybe play with an edge, be a little more physical -- maybe be more of a prick out there.
Good job on Mike Knuble for making the right choice!
And picking the only team that would have him…
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Nov 3, 2009 9:17 AM EST up reply actions
JP
Knuble played in the Olympics for Team USA in 2006 and he has represented the USA in the World Championships.
His parents (his father is deceased) are not Canadian.
If readers are interested, there have been some interesting stories written over the years about his parents/family. His parents are Latvian, met in the USA, temporarily moved to Canada and returned to the US where Mike Knuble was raised. From what I have read, not in his teens, but most of his childhood was spent in Grand Rapids.
The Toronto birthplace is more akin to Heatley being born in Germany or Kolzig being born in South Africa, then someone like Pominville.
Knuble has also played on four World Championship teams (‘95, ’99, ’01, and ’05) and one Olympic (’06) team for the U.S., so he’s no stranger to wearing the stars and stripes
He’s no Brett Hull.
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...
I go away for a weekend, place a harmless bet on Columbus in Vegas and everything turns into chaos.
"I'm just doing karate and trying to get females pregnant."
I told everyone to hide the good china and tie down their avatars in anticipation of your return.
IS PAЯTY NOW
Having the marquee player not get hurt would have sufficed.
"I'm just doing karate and trying to get females pregnant."
BP, the team toughness around here was adequate, but I for one am glad to get our avatar-enforcer back in the lineup. I just feel more comfortable in my ability to play my role, knowing that someone has my back if things get hairy.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Nov 3, 2009 9:18 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
For what it’s worth, I like the new site design (or rather, the rework to match SBNation).
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Aucoin swapped out for Perreault. Interesting. I’m very excited to see how he plays.
Maybe play with an edge, be a little more physical -- maybe be more of a prick out there.
Via Corey tweets, by the way.
Maybe play with an edge, be a little more physical -- maybe be more of a prick out there.
Capitals Recall Mathieu Perreault from Hershey, Assign Keith Aucoin
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals have recalled center Mathieu Perreault from the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League (AHL) and assigned center Keith Aucoin to Hershey, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today.
Perreault, 21, is a second-year pro who stands 5’10", 174 pounds. The Drummondville, Quebec, native has played in 11 games for Hershey this year and has one goal and six assists, tied for fourth on the team with seven points. He had back-to-back two-point games and was +5 last weekend.
……
The sixth-round selection, 177th overall pick in the 2006 Entry Draft, will wear No. 85 with Washington and is eligible to make his NHL debut with the Capitals on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at the New Jersey Devils.
Seems like a lateral move to me. I guess Perrault is a size upgrade….
Also, would this be the first #85 in Caps history?
I guess Perrault is a size upgrade….
hahaha, never thought i’d hear that!
"No Brooks Laich, no win. Know Brooks Laich, know win."
Dude seriously grew an inch or two over the last couple years. Looks bulkier, too.
Maybe play with an edge, be a little more physical -- maybe be more of a prick out there.
Did you see him at training camp?
Maybe play with an edge, be a little more physical -- maybe be more of a prick out there.
Nope, haven’t seen him since Heshey’s playoffs. Looked bigger than when he was drafted…but I don’t think he’s 5’10’’.
Sure he is, on skates.
"I tried to capture the spirit of the thing"
by tuvanhillbilly on Nov 3, 2009 10:23 AM EST up reply actions
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Forsberg
Forsberg is younger than I thought. Does anyone own his rights anymore? Why he’s not playing professionally anywhere anymore?
I find the top icon’s placement to be incredibly distracting. Why fix what wasn’t broke?
"And next year it will be ours."
Take a minute and let the folks making the decisions know your thoughts – support@sbnation.com
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Er, JP?
A Washington Capitals blog from the most powerful cities in the world
Has the subhead of the blog changed?
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Very observant.
I was made aware of two flaws in the old tagline – 1) that it didn’t accurately reflect our geographic make up and 2) that without “Washington Capitals” in the tagline, we were sacrificing a ton of Google juice. And so the change was made. Should something better come along (suggestions welcome), it shall change again.
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The Wash Caps change is correct and welcomed.
But…
Which other powerful cities do we blog from?
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Palmyra
"I tried to capture the spirit of the thing"
by tuvanhillbilly on Nov 3, 2009 12:03 PM EST up reply actions
Pepper is in New York, at least. But even though that makes it technically accurate in terms of from where posts’ authors hail, I think it’s a lame change, because the situs of the blog is still DC since it’s where JP started it and lives (in the burbs, I think), and Washington is the city with the nickname.
"Let the rest be scared of us." - Sasha Semin
by Scott in Shaw on Nov 3, 2009 11:44 AM EST up reply actions
The Capitals play in Washington DC, the most powerful city in the world, and we blog about them from just about everywhere. I don’t get why that would be incorrect on the subhead.
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Because it’s clearly a typo.
Maybe play with an edge, be a little more physical -- maybe be more of a prick out there.
Oh, I see. Well.. it’s silly. Blogging from the most powerful city in the world, commenting from other places.
Maybe play with an edge, be a little more physical -- maybe be more of a prick out there.
This. “We” don’t do any blogging here. Unless you want to see “Fanshotting from the most powerful cities in the world,” which is a bit much.
"Let the rest be scared of us." - Sasha Semin
by Scott in Shaw on Nov 3, 2009 11:57 AM EST up reply actions
"Fanshotting from the most powerful cities in the world"
If you look at that really fast, you get the impression fans are doing something other that writing online comments.
Of course, it might just be a term for fans writing online comments, too.
If you've read this far...seek help.
“Peter Northing from the most powerful cities in the world” just didn’t roll off the tongue the same way.
O.K. Now I need to go take a shower. Thanks a bunch.
by mechanicsville on Nov 3, 2009 2:06 PM EST up reply actions
Just don’t forget that Pepper’s a New Yawker, and we’re all good.
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Never that! And he’s got some great tix up for sale at the Rink Rat Ticket Exchange.
But he :: is :: writing about Washington’s team.
:: waving hi to Pepper ::
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I wasn’t able to watch a lot of the last game, but reading that open letter referenced above- Poti was there for the tying goal late in the 3rd?
I’d posted previously here I didn’t like Poti in there in the final 2 minutes where the game is separated by one goal or less.
I’ve seen too many very poor decisions (usually of the pinching type, but othe creative decisions too) leading to unfavorable results.
I don’t see why BB didn’t listen to me…
;)
Whatever “week-to-week” means, it definitely ruined my day :(
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by Brad_Richards_Rocks on Nov 3, 2009 11:50 AM EST reply actions
The Mike Green rehab program?
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by J.P. on Nov 3, 2009 12:40 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I’ll let the nachos and coke go for one game. It’s his attitude in general that wins out.
I want to be around team; I don’t want to stay at home and watch game at home. I want to travel.
Alex is a little bit of all right.
It would probably be better for him to rest it out at home, but that would be as futile as ordering the tide to stop rolling in.
So. Does he sit way up in the press box? It’s prolly a little crowded down at the bench.
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I’m thinking in a suit behind the bench like Komisarek a couple years back.
Maybe play with an edge, be a little more physical -- maybe be more of a prick out there.
Via Corey
Watch the Ovechkin video on the #Caps site and listen to the background noise. Guys giving media crap for leaving @GreenLife52 mid-sentence.
Awesome video!
"And next year it will be ours."
Dear Jason Chimera,
You are a douche.
“One guy challenged me, the Morrisonn guy,” Chimera said." I don’t know his first name. he’s a defenseman. It was going into overtime. I wasn’t going to fight then . . . I’m not the guy to turn down a fight, but we’re headed into overtime at that point. I play in overtime. I wanted to make something happen in overtime."
I hope “the Morrisonn guy” smears your ugly mug across the ice on April 3. And you’re not a guy to turn down a fight? Yes, yes you are. Next time, grow a pair and back up your words with actions.
Love,
I don’t feel bad about Scuderi’s dirty hit now.
by RedBirdie on Nov 3, 2009 2:25 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy, eh?
Maybe play with an edge, be a little more physical -- maybe be more of a prick out there.
It’s always douchebaggery from western conference teams that screws us over.
Maybe play with an edge, be a little more physical -- maybe be more of a prick out there.
And what did he do wrong? Of all the hits he’s thrown in his career the one on Mike Green may be the least controversial. People, our stars are going to get hit, sometimes even hurt. Injury <> dirty. What you should be up in arms about is the response (hint: lack thereof) from our 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...
I wasn’t going for the douchbaggery part, I was going for the western conference part.
"And next year it will be ours."
Gotcha. I was just responding to the general tone of the thread, and the other thread.
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...
Post was pretty tongue-in-cheek.
Maybe play with an edge, be a little more physical -- maybe be more of a prick out there.
Fair enough but I know you see the other “woe is us” comments going on. Just trying to nip it in the bud.
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...
5 Things I'm More Concerned About Than "Toughness"
1)The coaching staff coming up with a new breakout play. Seeing them continue to run the same ones that they have been using for the past year is getting old.
2)A veteran defensemen learning how not to screen his own goalies.
3)Penalty killers aggressively taking away space, particularly when the player with the puck has his face to the boards.
4)Penalty killers being coached to understand that when killing an empty net power play the first priority is to take away the passing lanes. Taking away the shooting lanes is secondary—the burden of stopping shots falls more heavily on the goalie.
5)Boudreau evolving his strategy. He appears to have run out of ideas and has been reduced to berating the players for not trying hard enough. If he does not learn some new tricks…
by mechanicsville on Nov 3, 2009 4:42 PM EST up reply actions
If we didn’t challenge him to a fight until late in the 3rd that’s on us. I can understand not wanting to put yourself out of OT. But something tells me there was an offer much earlier considering AO didn’t make it through the first period. If not, well, team toughness fail.
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...
I thought he was challenged earlier as well, but if you accept his word (which you certainly don’t have to) that he wasn’t challenged until the 3rd it’s hard to fault him. Now, I suspect he was challenged in the first, second, and third and refused but decided to use the OT excuse for the one challenge. I don’t disagree that it’s chicken shit to turn down fights all game after that and then use that one excuse, but if our team didn’t challenge him before that, and I don’t recall anyone saying they asked him to tango earlier than the third, or any blatant attempts to get him to fight before the third, then that’s on us.
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...
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| GP | W | L | OTL | PT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Florida
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51 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 59 |
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Washington
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52 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 58 |
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Winnipeg
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54 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 54 |
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Tampa Bay
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51 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 51 |
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Carolina
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54 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 49 |
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