Saturday Caps Clips: Injuries Mount in Victory; Panthers @ Caps Game Day
by J.P. on Nov 7, 2009 9:45 AM EST
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- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night's win from Corey (blog, article), Tarik (blog, article), Vogs, Litter Box Cats, Examiner, Ed Frankovic, Peerless, Puckhead and Fight For Old D.C..
- Preview of tonight's back-end of the home-and-home with the Kitties from NHL.com, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner Litter Box Cats for coverage from the other side of tonight's match up.
- A post on "the Hershey mentality" from Friday morning. Prescient. [RockTheRed.net]
- Dan Levy of The Sporting Blog picks Alex Ovechkin as "The Next Best Player Who Won't Win A Championship," clubbing the franchise along the way. [Sporting News]
- The always humble Brett Hull: "You just watch (Alex) Ovechkin, he reminds me – I don’t want to say he reminds me of me – but he goes to all the places that I used to go. It’s so fun to watch him." Good thing you stopped short of saying he reminds you of you. [The Globe and Mail]
- AO is featured prominently in Express Night Out's "Best of 2009." [Express Night Out]
- Mike Green will be on "Caps on the Fly" on Monday, so headed on out to the Hilton Garden Inn if that's your thing. [Capitals]
- I'd point you to NHL.com Senior Editorial Director Phil Coffey's "D.C.'s now a hockey town" post, but you already read it last week under a different byline.
- A bit more on Matt Bradley's magic concussion-reducing lid. [Examiner]
- Great look at life on the road for Da Bears. Go read it. [OFB]
- Is the Cap (property) with the best shot at fifty-in-fifty... Cody Eakin? [NHL.com]
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Question for those of you in the 1,000+ comment (!) Open Thread last night – was it getting slow there at the end, or was site performance pretty good throughout?
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It was fine for me, but I’ve never really experienced lagging problems in the past that others have claimed.
it lagged for me, but i think that was more of a computer issue
by twistedlogic on Nov 7, 2009 11:05 AM EST up reply actions
Ran like a top; no issues.
"I'm just doing karate and trying to get females pregnant."
by Bald Pollack on Nov 7, 2009 11:32 AM EST up reply actions
No problems at all for me. Major props to the SBN programmers. As a fellow programmer myself, I was most impressed.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 7, 2009 12:40 PM EST up reply actions
Hey, J.P. I sort of jokingly asked this last night, but now I’m curious. Do the SBN guys know the record for the most comments on a single post? I’m thinking we can break it with our GDTs.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 7, 2009 12:47 PM EST up reply actions
Not sure, but I’d imagine we’re nowhere close. I bet PPP has some threads that kill 1,000 comments.
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They tend to break them up though. They’ll do new threads for each period if they have to. If we’re looking at records I’m gonna guess it’s not a hockey blog. That MMA blog probably has some absurd comment volume on some of their OTs or fight recap posts.
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...
Fine…. then we can set a record for the most comments on a single post out of all the SBN Caps-related blogs.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 7, 2009 3:24 PM EST up reply actions
Haha. I don’t think we need to be self-conscious over here. Anyone that has gone travelling for SBN road games knows we are one of the strongest NHL blogs on SBN, and we’ve got the best crew of fearless leaders.
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...
Litter Box’s recap had some very high praise for the Caps on stuff we never hear like
…caps are great at shot blocking
…caps blueline is underrated
It was pretty nice to hear.
" 60 percent of the time...it works everytime"
by shwedy on Nov 7, 2009 10:31 AM EST via mobile reply actions
I think the world of Puck Daddy, but his content yesterday was more than thin. He started the day with a cheap shot at Crosby with the story about the urinal cakes, then apparently felt shame and the need to balance it out with a cheap shot at Ovechkin.
Note to PD – some stories are better left unpublished.
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He’s gotta feed those troll commenters of his.
Void Boyd! Go with Perreault!
by jordanDC on Nov 7, 2009 10:46 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Cheap shot at Ovechkin? Read closer — he defends him against the article.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Nov 7, 2009 1:33 PM EST up reply actions
Acvcording to Corey
Ovechkin to IR, retroactively of course.
So Fehr is in.
"And next year it will be ours."
From the tweets I got, whether Fehr is in depends on whether 52 or 55 can go. If one of them can go, 89 stays at forward; if not, 89 and 4 move back to D and 16 is in.
Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood...Make big plans, aim high in hope and work. - Daniel H. Burnham
Fan Clubs: Sloan, Schultz
I like the idea of a Pirate vs. Ninja debate by the way.
"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."
Not if the pirate had a sidearm.
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by J.P. on Nov 7, 2009 2:11 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Pirate and a fair fight? I think you don’t fully appreciate what it means to be a pirate. And how is it a fair fight if you are going just hands and feet against a guy with a wooden leg?
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...
Excellent points. But I still like the Ninja’s chances against the Pirate with a gun. Especially if it’s one of those old-timey 1700’s pistols.
Of all our iniquities ignorance may be the worst
by Killer_Carlson on Nov 8, 2009 12:05 AM EST up reply actions
So who’s the pirate and who the ninja? Ovechkin and Semin?
Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood...Make big plans, aim high in hope and work. - Daniel H. Burnham
Fan Clubs: Sloan, Schultz
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Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood...Make big plans, aim high in hope and work. - Daniel H. Burnham
Fan Clubs: Sloan, Schultz
by gotsparkly on Nov 7, 2009 2:17 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Well Semin has to be the pirate by default because he cannot be the ninja. Becoming a ninja requires tons of commitment and focus to hone your skills to their absolute peak. Being a pirate allows you to abide by, uh, “less stringent” professional rules.
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 7, 2009 2:55 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
AO is totally the ninja. Nunchuks, throwing stars, the works – and he could still kill you with his bare hands.
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Um: Pirates carouse and loot, killing with whatever’s at hand.
Ninja wear tights (I mean, “the required singlet”).
Thank god the game’s back on CSN tonight. I couldn’t stand two nights in a row on the +.
Fight, you time-wasting figure skaters!
Dan Levy – He lumps Alex in with mainly older players at the end of their careers. Reasoning for why Alex will never win the Cup, the Pens and the Caps franchise has never won the Cup before. At least the Pens part I get only because I assume he’s at best a casual hockey fan and doesn’t realize the other young talent Caps have as well. The other part, give me a break. What do Yvon Labre and Brian Engblom have to do with Mike Green and Alexander Ovechkin? Absolutely nothing.
A man gotta have a code
Admittedly, this is not in my wheelhouse as I’ve paid more attention to my wall going from white to yellow to a slightly less tacky yellow to a completely-dry-to-the-touch yellow more than I’ve watched hockey since they came back from the strike or lockout or whatever happened
I always try to backstop specious claims with a full blown admission of ignorance and incompetence at the outset. Makes me feel like I’m doing more of a public service than my job.
Why did he even bother writing this. There are so many interesting, and not interesting stories he could write about sports he cares about. Will Kobe face Shaq for the title? Will Arod get a break? After being slaughtered by the Japanese, are the Phillies dolphins or whales? Why even bother with writing about hockey. I hate those assholes. Either ignore it or actually pay attention to it. Don’t dip your dirty nasty toes in our water if you don’t like our beach.
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 surely hope Dan Levy’s wrong. It does seem premature to write off Ovi’s chances of being on a Stanley Cup winner when he hasn’t yet turned 25. (But, there is the pessimistic Caps fan in me that wonders if the franchise is somehow cursed.)
On a more optimistic note, I see parallels between the Caps and the Orioles of the early 80’s. (They even had their very own version of Semin and Ovi; i.e. Eddie Murray and Cal Ripkinm respectively.)
On another more optimistic note, I remember a Washington Redskins team that seemed that they couldn’t seem to get their act together that year but managed to get in first place with some very ugly wins. Those were the Skins of the Doug Williams era who won the Super Bowl that year.
Was 26’s boarding hit that bad? I was watching at a pub, saw the hit and thought they were just calling interference or something. Didn’t seem that nasty but I was admittedly only half paying attention while chatting with pseudo fans most of the night
Because now I can justify browsing and commenting during the work day with the argument that I am promoting my business.
Wheel o’ Justice awards double points for blood.
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 how I imagine Campbell does it:
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Nov 7, 2009 3:06 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
From Bob McKenzie:
Washington puts Michael Nylander on waivers.
"I'm just doing karate and trying to get females pregnant."
Well doesn’t it even if there is no deal made presently because it means Nyls has waived his NMC? Thats been a big step towards making something happen.
Am I off on this? I don’t think its over but it seems like substantial progress.
Exactly. If he’s waived the NMC, something’s up. Unless he’s planning to play in Hershey. Yeah, right.
Not sure how to cite tweets (damn kids!) but OFB re-tweeted from NHLSourcesSay that “Teams will consider Michael Nylander if placed on re-entry waivers.”
Re-entry is NOT good for the Caps.
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by J.P. on Nov 7, 2009 1:44 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Not really, because the Caps would then be on the hook for half his salary (and cap hit) next year, too. In other words, approximately $2.4m of cap hit and no player for each of the next two years. Better than full cap hit and unusable player? Not necessarily, given that he can be waived or bought out after this season.
I can’t envision re-entry waivers for him, since the only upside there would be someone paying half of the $ he’s due (easy to say when it’s not my money, but still). Losing control of that asset is no good, even for the space it would seem to create.
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The problem would be more next year than this. It’s bad enough carrying Nylander at a full share of a salary cap hit. Next year with half the salary hit? Plus paying a raise to the guys they have to re-sign? This would be one of the deeper circles of salary cap hell.
If you've read this far...seek help.
If the caps have put him on waivers, which presumably means he’s waived his NMC, then can’t they just bury him in the minors now? Yeah, we don’t want him taking ice time away from our prospects in Hershey. Then again, he could be not playing in Hershey versus not playing here, and a roster slot down there is better than a roster slot up here. Plus the cap hit is gone.
I suppose there’s also the possibility that he could be taking the Shanahan route — i.e. gets assigned to the minors, refuses to report, Caps suspend/release him, he becomes a UFA, and hopes he can find a team interested in his services.
It doesn’t happen that way. Even if it did, that’d be the one thing the Union would actually get behind (a grievance against management)
"I'm just doing karate and trying to get females pregnant."
I liked it better when you did it 4 months ago.
"I'm just doing karate and trying to get females pregnant."
Suck up.
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...
anyone know if CI ever linked to the japers’ rink nylander breakdown? if not…criminal. CI needs to recognize.
If anyone knew it would be the Official Japers’ Rink Archivist, I’d think.
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...
my pride injured, i ran the search. sombrero guy and metalcapsfan were over there sending people to the FAQ, but no such love from lindsay in her links column the following day (she wanted to discuss crosby’s sportsmanship) or from TEB in his nyls story a few days later.
just seems odd to me that we have such a great local resource that so rarely gets the link love from WaPo. especially if you’re going to send readers to hockeybuzz instead. BS.
You don’t hype the competition, 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...
That did seem to be their policy, but then they started adding WashTimes links — at user prodding — some time this summer. I guess it’s personal. /snark
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Nov 7, 2009 5:22 PM EST up reply actions
we don’t want him taking ice time away from our prospects in Hershey.
But as long as MP is getting his ice time in the NHL there’s an opening for a C in HER!!!
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...
Just a simple request...
When you post large images can you please but something in the subject title so we can collapse them if we wish. Thanks.
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...
Wow. Think anyone will claim him? Guy goes from playing with Jagr, then Ovechkin, then out the door. I never liked him the first time we signed him; the second signing wasn’t all that great an idea but the way things have turned out with him is plain weird.
But Brawndo's got what plants crave. It's got electrolytes.
If he gets picked up off waivers we’re on the hook for half his cap hit still.
I think.
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Now the long wait ’til noon tomorrow, when the waiver-claiming deadline expires. Remember Chris Smith went to the Pens @ about 11:58:09 am.
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At least we already know the Nylander post won’t generate quite that much discussion.
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Nov 7, 2009 3:26 PM EST up reply actions
First step on his way to Europe hopefully. For all involved I hope this gets resolved soon.
A man gotta have a code
No, only if he’s claimed on re-entry.
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Go further down in McKenzie’s Twitter feed…the back and forth about Forsberg and whether he will sign with someone after the Karjala Cup. He’s been linked to the Caps in the past, and the Caps never utter a peep about such things, but, if room is opened up…
If you've read this far...seek help.
I’d have to start posting nude women or something if we drop Nylander AND pick up Forsberg. Confetti and fireworks wouldn’t cut it.
Void Boyd! Go with Perreault!
Only problem is we’d be stuck with a Forsberg contract when he’s on IR. I like Peter and love how he plays the game but I think his body is done.
A man gotta have a code
FWIW on Forsberg, from Kevin Allen’s twitter:
From someone I trust: Forsberg wasn’t good vs. Czechs.He was skillful, but not physical vs. Russia. Forsberg told him foot is OK, not good
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It appears to be the formality of doing it; Corey says (via a team official) no deal is imminent.
"I'm just doing karate and trying to get females pregnant."
Well, don’t believe anything it until it’s on the transaction wire. Anonymous and possibly meaningless speculation is the ambrosia of the internet.
"I'm just doing karate and trying to get females pregnant."
Yeah, it's crazy
This whole situation just keeps going around in circles.
Your favorite meme is dead
Like a record baby
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...
Bored + printer + iron..
Pretty sure it’s one of a kind.
Void Boyd! Go with Perreault!
by jordanDC on Nov 7, 2009 1:29 PM EST reply actions 7 recs
He better hope you see him and not me. I’m gonna take that shirt off his back and run.
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...
As a charter member of the MP lobby, I’d expect you’d have been in on merchandising at the ground floor.
"I'm just doing karate and trying to get females pregnant."
This was an non-sponsored product of a rogue effort. The MP Lobby will take any and all actions necessary to preserve the strength of its brand. That the T-shirt is bad ass is no defense… unless rights are transferred to the Lobby.
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 7, 2009 3:14 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Awesome.
Let me know if you need any legal representation. I know a guy. He’s good. Knows the difference between landscape and balls.
"I'm just doing karate and trying to get females pregnant."
One guy just drove his semi as a float. I guess semis are cool.
by zephyr on Nov 7, 2009 5:03 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
We have any video of the Green injury? I read "slew foot " last night but haven’t seen anything else on it.
But Brawndo's got what plants crave. It's got electrolytes.
Per the GDT it wasn’t really a slew foot. I didn’t ever get a good look but some of the people that did said it was just an awkward hit, not a slew foot.
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...
Per Mike, he laid a hit on a guy that went wrong. He also twittered today:
I’ll be alright. Thanks for the support always recover quicker when there’s positive people around you. I feel the energy
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