Monday Caps Clips: AO, Cover Boy
by J.P. on Dec 21, 2009 7:20 AM EST
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Your savory breakfast links:
- Alex Ovechkin is on the cover of this week's Hockey News, which you can preview here, but do yourself a favor and pick up a hard copy of it - it's worth it.
- Quintin Laing on his return to the lineup. [Washington Times]
- Don Cherry defends himself against claims that he encourages violence, then proceeds to excuse David Koci's hit on Mike Green without missing a beat. [Puck Daddy]
- A little AO cheesecake... for the ladies. [Alex Ovetjkin]
- Hershey heads into the Christmas break with the best winning percentage in the AHL. [John Walton Hockey]
- Stefan Della Rovere will be one of five rotating alternate captains for Team Canada's WJC squad... [NHL.com]
- ... Mostly because he's not afraid to mix it up, as last night's box score shows (note also Marcus Johansson on the score sheet). [Hockey Canada]
- In case you missed it over the weekend, The Copper & Blue of all places had a couple of nice Peter Bondra stories to tell. [C&B, C&B]
- Glen Hanlon is back in the NHL, hired by the Canucks as a "goaltender scout." Congrats. [NHL.com, Vancouver Sun]
- Finally, happy 31st birthday to Petr Sykora (yeah, that one).
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Good (chilly) morning. What an awesome weekend with the white stuff. (Snow, for those of you with dirty minds :)) But now, it is time to return to the grind.
Good for Delly. I look forward to seeing him in red.
And how much love for Laing? That’s just awesome.
Unleash the Alex!
by gotsparkly on Dec 21, 2009 7:43 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I read a recap of the game between Canada and Småkronorna and they had some quotes from Della Rovere were he accused Sweden of playing dirty that was kind of unexpected I would have thought that it be the other way around.
by Ice Warrior on Dec 21, 2009 7:47 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
TSN got some interviews and highlights from the games with the Della Rovere interview.
A lot of the Swedish players are blogging but unfortunately not Marcus Johansson as far as I can tell. I don’t know if it has something to do with being captain and you therefore have to be “serious” or if it is Lex Anton Gustafsson. Marcus Johanson is in third place in point production among young players in the SEL
by Ice Warrior on Dec 21, 2009 8:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
But an elbow to the head, Captain Cormier? (from the comments) Really? That’s positively Richardsian.
ALEX, FЯEE
by Your Nation's Capital on Dec 21, 2009 10:20 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Considering how inane the video interview that Campbell did with Ovechkin, I’m pretty impressed with how the actual story came out. Even more impressed that it was not blacked out in the portion of the magazine available for non-subscribers.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
by gfcaps fan on Dec 21, 2009 7:52 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
"AO Cheesecake"
That first photo was well-done, with Ovie’s tattoos reflected in the mirror. I wouldn’t have guessed he has tattoos. Not sure what they are, though.
by Caps_Chick on Dec 21, 2009 7:56 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
He had them done this summer and there were a lot of discussion of what they meant I think this is one of the last articles about it.
by Ice Warrior on Dec 21, 2009 8:04 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks. I rarely read Puck Daddy and missed this.
by Caps_Chick on Dec 21, 2009 8:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Don Cherry needs to choke on some crack jacks and die already
by Brainumbc on Dec 21, 2009 8:48 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
So are “crack jacks” like crack cocaine in a box with a little prize included?
"So much on my mind I just can't recline. Blastin' holes in the night 'til she bled sunshine."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 21, 2009 8:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Don Cherry’s prize would probably be a lime green paisley tie.
Unleash the Alex!
by gotsparkly on Dec 21, 2009 9:14 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Which, if he was going to choke on, statistics and science insist should have happened long ago.
We can conclude, from observational evidence, that he can only be defeated by finding the head vampire.
Winterion Game Studios
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by winterion on Dec 21, 2009 9:34 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Perhaps we could somehow combine a giant pink flaming suite jacket with an iron maiden and take him out.
by Brainumbc on Dec 21, 2009 10:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
…which would be an improvement over most of his ties!
by IRockTheRed on Dec 21, 2009 10:16 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
But seriously, since nobody else is saying it, /CI’ed
Winterion Game Studios
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by winterion on Dec 21, 2009 9:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
/CL'ed?
aye yay yay… i thought i was up to date with all the hip, young, fresh mad dope innurnet lingo
by Brainumbc on Dec 21, 2009 10:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
CI, as in Capitals Insider.
Unleash the Alex!
by gotsparkly on Dec 21, 2009 11:03 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
(jots notes in his ’innurnet ananancrocononyms notebook)
by Brainumbc on Dec 21, 2009 11:06 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Or just “Cled” if you want the even hipper nomenclature.
"So much on my mind I just can't recline. Blastin' holes in the night 'til she bled sunshine."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 21, 2009 11:15 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
anyone headed to practice today? i’m in a red sweater, white coat, and black boots if anyone wants to say hello :)
"No Brooks Laich, no win. Know Brooks Laich, know win."
by kellobellow on Dec 21, 2009 10:03 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
if thats the case im leaving work early….
by highslot84 on Dec 21, 2009 10:32 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
wow haha – i should have known someone would go there. It’s one way to stand out, right? ;)
"No Brooks Laich, no win. Know Brooks Laich, know win."
by kellobellow on Dec 21, 2009 12:48 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
They come running just as fast as they can…
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 21, 2009 10:18 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
What Don Cherry said about Mike Green was 100% correct – Green was “asleep” on that play.
But Brawndo's got what plants crave. It's got electrolytes.
by hotdog88gt on Dec 21, 2009 10:05 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
And if you’re “asleep” on a bench waiting for a train, doesn’t justify me in rolling you and stealing your wallet.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 21, 2009 10:19 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Your analogy is flawed. There’s no crime in Canada. At least that’s what Michael Moore tells me.
"So much on my mind I just can't recline. Blastin' holes in the night 'til she bled sunshine."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 21, 2009 10:25 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Amusingly enough I was watching the history channel yesterday ..some show about snipers. It was hosted by a Canadian sniper.
I remember thinking.. hmmm….. that must be the most boring job in all the planet.. Canadian Sniper. And no I’m not talking about Crosby
by Brainumbc on Dec 21, 2009 10:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Not a chance. The Canadians in Afghanistan have done amazing work. Their snipers are unreal.
ALEX, FЯEE
by Your Nation's Capital on Dec 21, 2009 10:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
no shit? Remind me not to piss off any canadians anytime soon
by Brainumbc on Dec 21, 2009 10:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Seriously. They are absolutely elite. But you should be okay as long as you don’t decide to join the jihad in South Waziristan.
ALEX, FЯEE
by Your Nation's Capital on Dec 21, 2009 11:00 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I didn’t think you could aim that will riding on the back of a yack
by Brainumbc on Dec 21, 2009 11:01 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Or a yak, either!
I wouldn’t want to ride on a yack… that’d be gross. My cat yacked on the floor the other day….
;-)
by IRockTheRed on Dec 21, 2009 11:01 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
My dog yacked on my bedroom curtains the other day. I woke up staring at vomit. That’ll happen after you find an empty bag of potato chips in her cage I guess.
by Brainumbc on Dec 21, 2009 11:07 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not justifying the hit and neither was Cherry. Koci hit a guy in the numbers and got tossed from the game and was fined. What Cherry said about Mike Green was true – he had his head up his ass on that play.
But Brawndo's got what plants crave. It's got electrolytes.
by hotdog88gt on Dec 21, 2009 11:11 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Asleep or not, Cherry also said that Koci “took it easy” on Green. Just a ridiculous take on it all around.
In an ideal world all ten fingers would be on my left hand so my right hand could just be a fist for punching.
by Fehr and Balanced on Dec 21, 2009 12:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The Canadidian Olympic braintrust (Li’l Stevie Y, K-Lo, etc.) met yesterday in Chicago, for what was rumored to be pick ’em day.
Any chance they decided to go Green?
(Unis worn yesterday by Team Canada in the WJC pre-tourney match)
ALEX, FЯEE
by Your Nation's Capital on Dec 21, 2009 10:17 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Signs point to...
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 21, 2009 10:27 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think they said K-Lo was in the hizzay at the EDM game. Did Gangsta have a good enough game? He did have at least one really nice SOG (that Deslauriers stuffed) that I remember seeing, and the first GA was Schultzy’s and the second was Alzner’s…
Should also note here that EDM was another milestone for Mike. BOTH his parents were there to see him play. His mom’s heart had been in such bad shape she couldn’t watch him live. They drove 4.5 hours from Calgary…
ALEX, FЯEE
by Your Nation's Capital on Dec 21, 2009 10:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
on the CSN broadcast, they showed GMGM and Kevin Lowe sitting in Low’e box.
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
by RedBirdie on Dec 21, 2009 11:26 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Everyone on the ice at Kettler except 8, 19, 28, and 52. Those lazy bastards.
by Cluster on Dec 21, 2009 10:32 AM EST via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Anyone from Hershey? Is Wilson hanging around, or Matty just “happen” to find himself in a practice sweater?
ALEX, FЯEE
by Your Nation's Capital on Dec 21, 2009 10:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Neither. Potsy’s out there and so’s ShaMo, reportedly. Neuvirth’s still here, though, and Varly’s not there either according to Corey.
Unleash the Alex!
by gotsparkly on Dec 21, 2009 10:40 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Then Brooks stays at center for Carolina, and we’ll see if Neuvy has earned another start against the Sabres.
ALEX, FЯEE
by Your Nation's Capital on Dec 21, 2009 10:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
except 8, 19, 28, and 52. Those lazy bastards
Lazy and selfish. Why won’t they ever think of the team?
ALEX, FЯEE
by Your Nation's Capital on Dec 21, 2009 10:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Snowed in maybe? Those Lamborghinis and Mercedes don’t handle too well on ice. They would have had to bum a ride in Brooks’ Esclade.
"So much on my mind I just can't recline. Blastin' holes in the night 'til she bled sunshine."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 21, 2009 10:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The Muscovite and the Siberian, snowed in? It is to laugh.
ALEX, FЯEE
by Your Nation's Capital on Dec 21, 2009 10:46 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know, I’ve herd Ovi refuse to take pictures before because it was “too cold outside.”
"So much on my mind I just can't recline. Blastin' holes in the night 'til she bled sunshine."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 21, 2009 10:52 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And by “herd” I mean “heard.” Unless that was a clever reference to the etymology of the name Ovechkin.
"So much on my mind I just can't recline. Blastin' holes in the night 'til she bled sunshine."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 21, 2009 10:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Herding Ovechkins is about as easy as herding cats, I hear…
by IRockTheRed on Dec 21, 2009 10:59 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That’s what The Hockey News says.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
by gfcaps fan on Dec 21, 2009 10:59 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Nah, you just need a couple dames and some chew.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
by jordanDC on Dec 21, 2009 11:00 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I thought they went to home depot, picked up some day loborers, and dug a long secret tunnel from their homes to kettler
by Brainumbc on Dec 21, 2009 10:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Not to mention a Calgarian and a Swede. Snowed in. Pfeh.
ALEX, FЯEE
by Your Nation's Capital on Dec 21, 2009 12:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
They did have some problems yesterday according to aftonbladet
Superstar stuck with the car in snow chaos – then got “Bäckis” to help out
Nicklas Bäckström landed in the middle of snow chaos on the U.S. east coast.
And was forced out and shoot when team mate Alexander Ovechkin stuck on an uphill on the way home.
- In the end he got back and take another road. It is well on the brink of disaster here right now, "says Nicky from Washington.
Nicklas Bäckström and team mate were in the Washington Capitals landed in the middle of the snowstorm that paralyzed the U.S. East Coast this weekend.
- We arrived home Sunday morning local time and was lucky that I landed at Dulles International Airport. They had only one runway open, but we were one of the plane was landing, "says Nicklas.
But then, it was not as painless.
“We came nowhere”
- No, me and Mike Green got stuck on a hill with Ovechkin when we went home in Ovechkins car and when we would leave Green, we were standing on an uphill. The wheels just spun and we got nowhere. Me and Mike Green had to step out and shoot. But it did not help. We had to go back and run around instead, "says Backstrom.
It has snowed a record amount over Washington in the last few days and in some quarters, the snow depth reached nearly a meter.
The two major airports, Ronald Reagan and Dulles had long delays, and passengers have been stuck in a couple of days.
The good news is that it has stopped snowing, and plus grades are going.
- But people are not accustomed to snow. It is enough that there is little snow on the hill for them to shut down all schools, "says Nicklas.
Nicklas Bäckström is from Gavle, and accustomed to heavy snowfall. There is also Alexander Ovechkin, growing up in Moscow’s cold winters.
- As for my part, I feel calm, "says Nicklas.
Not sure of Olympic spot
He is more worried for Bengt-Ake’s Olympic Selection December 27 over the snow in Washington.
Even though it sound strange for a guy who is top ten in the NHL’s points.
- But you never know, although I hope I will make it, "he says.
He is especially keen on the championship after last week’s road game in the Olympic city of Vancouver.
- Yes, you realized how big it will be with hockey in Vancouver. Hockey is 99 percent of the Olympics over there. I could see the media circus around Ovechkin. There is a total hockey crazy town. Hockey crazier than Toronto and close to Montreals level.
Nicklas Bäckström don’t need to worry he’s a lock for the Swedish Olympic team.
Blizzard or not.
by Ice Warrior on Dec 21, 2009 2:59 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
This is priceless.
Unleash the Alex!
by gotsparkly on Dec 21, 2009 3:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
aw, how cute, they carpool to and from the airport. I’m sure Matt Bradley approves!
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
by RedBirdie on Dec 21, 2009 3:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not actually convinced that Nicky isn’t actually homeless. He seems to be a permanent guest at either AO’s house or Gangsta’s hot tub.
Thanks for that great story, Ice Warrior.
(And I’ve always meant to ask – who is the Ice Warrior in your avatar?)
ALEX, FЯEE
by Your Nation's Capital on Dec 21, 2009 3:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Don’t forget he doesn’t have any clothes so he got to borrow Ovies.
I have it b/c I really like those helmets. It’s a classic Jofa VM helmet from 1963 but I don’t now who the man is just a model I think.
by Ice Warrior on Dec 21, 2009 3:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Don’t forget he doesn’t have any clothes so he got to borrow Ovies.
I forgot about that. Both Nicky and Sasha are wearing AO’s clothes all the time too. Do they even bother to pack separate suitcases?
ALEX, FЯEE
by Your Nation's Capital on Dec 21, 2009 3:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
and don’t forget, Nicky was like a 7th child in the Nylander household his rookie season.
Although Lil’Gus claims Nick let him use his apartment this summer, so maybe Nick has a place, but its got bad mojo or something.
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
by RedBirdie on Dec 21, 2009 3:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
[/snark mode on] NIcky’s still on his rookie contract, so he’s got to pinch his pennies and live modestly, you know. [/mode off]
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
by gfcaps fan on Dec 21, 2009 3:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Swedish television had a long interview with Bäckström a couple of months ago and he told them about his first road trip he didn’t know that they were suppose to drive by them self to the airport he thought they were going by bus. But he didn’t miss the plane b/c Ovie came and picked him up. And the reason Ovie did that was b/c he had thought the same thing himself before his first away game.
by Ice Warrior on Dec 21, 2009 6:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Awww! That’s too cute.
"And next year it will be ours."
by Ovechwin on Dec 21, 2009 6:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m assuming shoot = push in this article, right?
Thanks as always for bringing the Swedish stuff.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
by jordanDC on Dec 21, 2009 3:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes that is it. I was a little lazy and used google translator and changed only the words that didn’t get translated and the stuff that got really crazy.
by Ice Warrior on Dec 21, 2009 3:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
But people are not accustomed to snow. It is enough that there is little snow on the hill for them to shut down all schools, "says Nicklas.
Sasha and Malia would have gone to school in this weather.
"So much on my mind I just can't recline. Blastin' holes in the night 'til she bled sunshine."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 21, 2009 3:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
most of us don’t have chauffeured Suburbans with police escorts to help us get to school! God, driving up Wisconsin Ave in the snow or ice is a bitch.
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
by RedBirdie on Dec 21, 2009 3:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe YOU don’t.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
by jordanDC on Dec 21, 2009 3:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve been thinking the same thing as him actually with all the talk about snow day and canceled work. That’s almost unheard of in Sweden we are expected to show up to school and work no matter what even if it means doing it old school like Gustav Vasa ( old Swedish king Gustav 1 of Sweden) skiing.
by Ice Warrior on Dec 21, 2009 3:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
With him I meant Bäckström not Jordan.
by Ice Warrior on Dec 21, 2009 3:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Skiing to work would be absolutely awesome.
I was referring to this, BTW.
"So much on my mind I just can't recline. Blastin' holes in the night 'til she bled sunshine."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 21, 2009 3:45 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I didn’t know this was such a sensitive subject sorry if I offended anyone.
by Ice Warrior on Dec 21, 2009 3:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Heh, no offense taken here. I was joking around. In fact, I’ll be the first one to insult DC area residents when it comes to coping with winter weather.
"So much on my mind I just can't recline. Blastin' holes in the night 'til she bled sunshine."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 21, 2009 4:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
and as I DC native, I’m adept at blaming many of the problems on overconfident northerners and skittish southerners! Real natives just stay inside and cross our fingers that our beer supply will last.
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
by RedBirdie on Dec 21, 2009 4:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The general rule of thumb is that the only good drivers are the ones who come from the same state as you do. This applies to anyone, in any state.
"So much on my mind I just can't recline. Blastin' holes in the night 'til she bled sunshine."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 21, 2009 4:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Real natives just stay inside and cross our fingers that our beer supply will last.
raising my hand (and my glass) to that one, haha.
"No Brooks Laich, no win. Know Brooks Laich, know win."
by kellobellow on Dec 21, 2009 5:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
+/- $19 million dollars and the hopes-n-dreams of four nations riding in that car. Chests theatrically clutched in Arlington, Toronto, Moscow, and Stockholm.
ALEX, FЯEE
by Your Nation's Capital on Dec 21, 2009 3:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well we been through worse right, at least they weren’t close to being decapitated this time.
by Ice Warrior on Dec 21, 2009 3:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
at least they weren’t close to being decapitated this time that we know of. This is Ovie driving, after all.
really, you have to question the sanity to those who willingly get into a moving vehicle with him at the wheel.
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
by RedBirdie on Dec 21, 2009 3:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Good point. I always think about Pelle Lindberg when hockey players and driving/cars are discussed I know he was a filthy Flyers player and everything but it’s a shame that we didn’t get to watch him more then a couple of years. And the man had some great masks.
by Ice Warrior on Dec 21, 2009 4:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
But Green’s main vehicle is also an escalade, its the one of seen at Kettler more often than not, its kinda hard to miss with the red rims
by Doncosmic on Dec 21, 2009 1:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Young guns don’t need target practice, eh?
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
by gfcaps fan on Dec 21, 2009 10:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
As the day follows the night, so too does Ups and Downs follow 11 am on a Monday.
"So much on my mind I just can't recline. Blastin' holes in the night 'til she bled sunshine."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 21, 2009 10:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Aye… you’re mere minutes away.
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by J.P. on Dec 21, 2009 10:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Schedule
If you’ve been thinking the Caps have spent more time on the road than Viggo Mortensen, you’d be correct. They’ve played the most away games in the league with 21 and have played the second fewest home game with 14. Yet, there they are, one point out of the top spot . After their final trip out west to SJ and LA, the remaining schedule really tilts in their favor. Not bad for a team that sucks on defense and in the net.
by b.orr4 on Dec 21, 2009 10:52 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
And is really a one-man team.
ALEX, FЯEE
by Your Nation's Capital on Dec 21, 2009 10:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m hearing that the Caps are getting poor goaltending.
/overused memes
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by crabchowdah on Dec 21, 2009 10:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno.
Maybe I’m silly or a worrier, but I’m still concerned about the Caps’ seeming inability to break a trap. Guess we’ll find out next month – the Coyotes are using a modified trap and they’re better than a lot of people give them credit for.
Unleash the Alex!
by gotsparkly on Dec 21, 2009 11:11 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s not silly – as I’ve noted several times, those teams (MTL, NJD) are giving them mad trouble.
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by J.P. on Dec 21, 2009 1:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And Edmonton was committed to clogging the neutral zone, dumping the puck and playing a counterattack style. It gave the Caps fits for two periods. That and Deslaurier. But part of having a trapping team is having a good goalie.
I agree here, playing against the trap is an issue.
The Caps play NJD on Boxing Day. We’ll see how that goes.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
by fat_daddyo on Dec 21, 2009 1:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
This is not the first time they’d had said problem. They’ve had that issue for several years now. The top line guys, especially Ovi & Semin, unwillingness to play dump and chase when necessary is a major culprit. Also, forwards not getting back to even up rushes hasn’t helped either. Devils counterattack with precision at times. I’m deathly afraid of the Caps getting the Devils in the playoffs.
A man gotta have a code
by CP2Devil on Dec 21, 2009 1:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Who knows which teams are playing well/poorly, have good/bad health, and get favorable/tough draws once the playoffs roll around? That will determine a lot of it.
But in general I agree with you: AO in particular seems to revert to do-it-all-myself mode against defensive teams, which just exhausts him and leads to passivity from the rest of the team; also, you have to expect that the Caps will have to deal with at least one real tough opponent in the EC playoffs, be it PIT, NJD, or whoever is hot at the time.
Both those teams are tougher to play against than the Caps are, as currently constituted. But, there is room for upgrades, so we’ll see how that shakes out.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
by fat_daddyo on Dec 21, 2009 1:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’d take playing the Pens over the Devils. NJ has goalie advantage and the trap. If we were just talking who had more talent I’d say the Pens, but it is a matchup issue.
A man gotta have a code
by CP2Devil on Dec 21, 2009 1:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
They got out of this brutal stretch in the schedule (9 games, 17 nights, 9 different cities) at 6 – 3 – 0.
Not bad.
Not great, but not bad. Losing to Toronto is bad; losing to Vancouver in the way they did stings a bit. But overall, I suppose you can live with the record.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
by fat_daddyo on Dec 21, 2009 1:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
congrats to Hanlon, who always seemed like a really respectable and classy guy. Vancouver has got to be a heck of a lot nicer than Minsk!
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
by RedBirdie on Dec 21, 2009 11:28 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I’ve been rocking the red in Kansas City, anything exciting happen?
"And next year it will be ours."
by Ovechwin on Dec 21, 2009 11:36 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Depends on your definition of exciting. Gordo’s going to be on a conditioning stint in Hershey in the near future, which means he might be close.
Unleash the Alex!
by gotsparkly on Dec 21, 2009 11:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Awesome. I hope his back is better.
"And next year it will be ours."
by Ovechwin on Dec 21, 2009 12:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Here's a funny Glen Hanlon story...
lifted straight from Tom Benjamin’s Canucks Corner blog, not long before Hanlon was fired as Caps coach:
The Hanlon We Knew
Every time I saw Glen Hanlon during tonight’s game I thought, "Geez, Carrot, you’ve got to get out of this coaching gig. It’s killing you." Where on earth did the Glen Hanlon we knew in Vancouver go? Washington fans may not be aware of the fact that Hanlon was a great fan favourite in Vancouver, as much for his personality as for his play. He was always fun and tonight he didn’t look like he’d had any fun in a long time.
All that is just an excuse for retelling my favourite Glen Hanlon story:
This was back in the days when Pat Quinn was both coach and general manager of the Canucks. Hanlon was a young assistant coach and George McPhee had just been hired to take over for Brian Burke who was about to take a job at NHL headquarters. Quinn, Hanlon and McPhee were eating in a restaurant after a tough road loss. Quinn was pissed about the loss and bitching about the goaltending, the power play, the officiating and everything else. An angry Pat Quinn is not a man to be messed with. He finally wound down and went to the washroom.
While he was away, their food arrived and, as a joke, McPhee folded a paper napkin and slipped it under the patty in Quinn’s burger. (It was McPhee when Hanlon tells the story, but George denies it fairly convincingly. It was almost surely Hanlon.) Pat was still worked up when he returned to the table. He took a big bite of his burger, chewed, swallowed, and resumed his rant. McPhee and Hanlon sat there and watched Quinn demolish the napkin burger, venting all the while.
He’d barely finished when Brian Burke wandered in and sat down. "What’s good here?" Burke asked as he opened a menu.
"Don’t have the burger," said Quinn. "Mine was drier than shit."
by S h a g g y on Dec 21, 2009 12:05 PM EST reply actions 6 recs
Rec’d, as napkin burger > potpourri appetizer.
"After the Cold War, the AK-47 became Russia's biggest export. After that came vodka, caviar, and suicidal novelists (and a couple good hockey players)."
by Bald Pollack on Dec 21, 2009 12:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think i’ve had a few napkin burgers at the Tastee Diner in Bethesda. Their food is awesome – when you’re hammered.
by S h a g g y on Dec 21, 2009 12:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
oh my god, that’s hilarious!
but it could have been McPhee! He denies everything"fairly convincingly" so I’m not sure it hold any water. Either way, great story.
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
by RedBirdie on Dec 21, 2009 12:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I strongly believe that McPhee is better at denying things than Hanlon is, whether McPhee actually did them or not.
In other words, the fact that McPhee told you he didn’t do it, and told you that convincingly, sheds no light on who actually did it…
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 21, 2009 12:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Varly getting in some work today with Alzner
by Cluster on Dec 21, 2009 12:24 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
From TEB on CI
Goalie Semyon Varlamov, who has been nursing an injured groin the last two weeks, came on the ice 30 minutes into practice and drilled with goaltending coach Arturs Irbe separate from the rest of the team. Most of the drills were just skating side-to-side and he did not face any shots
Sure, whatever you say Tarik.
by Cluster on Dec 21, 2009 6:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Oops, my bad. CI post by Mark Giannotto.
/self-pwn
by Cluster on Dec 21, 2009 6:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
So all the forwards were in white sweaters?
ALEX, FЯEE
by Your Nation's Capital on Dec 21, 2009 12:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, no line work today. In fact, Laich and Steckel put on the blacks for the 2 v 2 and then 3 v 3 scrimmages.
by Cluster on Dec 21, 2009 12:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Never mind. I can read good.
ALEX, FЯEE
by Your Nation's Capital on Dec 21, 2009 12:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
(At the airport)
Why do people insist on lining up before they even announce they are boarding. Do I get a prize if I get on the plane first?
"And next year it will be ours."
by Ovechwin on Dec 21, 2009 12:32 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
yes! You get……..to sit on the plane longer! WHOOOOOOOOOO!
good luck flying back. DC is a mess.
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
by RedBirdie on Dec 21, 2009 12:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It wasn’t too bad, a bit icy walking from plane to terminal, but luckily I missed all the bad parts, just get to enjoy the snow.
"And next year it will be ours."
by Ovechwin on Dec 21, 2009 6:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
so… i about died laughing when i saw this tweet via @wyshynski: New Puck Daddy: Puck Headlines: Measuring true MVPs; Ovechkin beefcake http://bit.ly/7qtzZX
he forgot the icing!
"No Brooks Laich, no win. Know Brooks Laich, know win."
by kellobellow on Dec 21, 2009 2:07 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Oh. My. God. That Bloge Salming/DGB collaboration at the bottom of that Puck Daddy post is freaking fantastic (not that anyone should be surprised with those two involved).
Of all our iniquities ignorance may be the worst
by Killer_Carlson on Dec 21, 2009 2:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I was crying watching that.
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
by RedBirdie on Dec 21, 2009 2:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I just watched it. Wow! Great work by those two. The goalie part had me laughing, but the Kessel part truly put me over the edge into howling.
A man gotta have a code
by CP2Devil on Dec 21, 2009 4:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If you're a Caps fan from back in the day
You really should take 15 minutes and go through the Bondra stories and video. Awesome stuff—though, I admit, I have little recollection of him destroying the 2002 Worlds.
by bilspacecadet on Dec 21, 2009 2:15 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
definitely good stuff – some of my best hockey memories involve watching bonzai do his thing
"No Brooks Laich, no win. Know Brooks Laich, know win."
by kellobellow on Dec 21, 2009 2:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
yes, watch it. I dare you to not get goosebumps watching the Slovak team sing their national anthem.
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
by RedBirdie on Dec 21, 2009 2:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
saw this on puck daddy, but the NYT has a short piece on which players are accounting for a high percentage of their team’s goals. Unsurprisingly, Gaborik tops that list at 25.5%.
Also, does this mean we can spend the season screaming “Crosby is a selfish puck hog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”? :)
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
by RedBirdie on Dec 21, 2009 2:41 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Crosby needed to get a little more selfish. And his SO skillz are scary. But the rest of the Pens must be standing around watching. So how are they winning so much?
ALEX, FЯEE
by Your Nation's Capital on Dec 21, 2009 2:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
they’ve been ridiculously lucky to tie some games they had no business tying, and then they obviously made a deal with Satan, Darth Vader, and Dick Cheney to win every shootout.
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
by RedBirdie on Dec 21, 2009 2:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Fleury has been really good. They commit to their forechecking system. They’ve gotten some bounces to go their way.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
by fat_daddyo on Dec 21, 2009 3:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The Caps’ stats make me giggle – Ovie with 23 out of one hundred twenty seven goals – and that’s with eight games off. Good gravy.
ALEX, FЯEE
by Your Nation's Capital on Dec 21, 2009 2:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, that’s deeply amusing. Also a little sad. A potentially historic season derailed by injury and suspension.
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
by RedBirdie on Dec 21, 2009 2:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
AO is exploring a new world this season. A world with Limits in it. Finding that his body has Limits, as does the patience of the league cheeses.
Though at least through this past weekend, Canada has unLimited enthusiasm for the Gr8. Don’t think that will last much past the end of January.
ALEX, FЯEE
by Your Nation's Capital on Dec 21, 2009 3:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I have to admit that I’m rooting against Canada in hockey.
Unleash the Alex!
by gotsparkly on Dec 21, 2009 3:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You and most of the rest of the world.
A man gotta have a code
by CP2Devil on Dec 21, 2009 4:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think here will be more potentially historic seasons in the future.
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Dec 21, 2009 3:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Don’t get too excited – Ovechkin’s at 25.2% in the games he’s actually played.
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by J.P. on Dec 21, 2009 3:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Nice catch.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
by fat_daddyo on Dec 21, 2009 3:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I just like to throw that ridiculous statement back at the fans who use it the most.
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
by RedBirdie on Dec 21, 2009 3:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
This weekend's storm seen from space:
"So much on my mind I just can't recline. Blastin' holes in the night 'til she bled sunshine."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 21, 2009 3:42 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Maryland, your crack is showing.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
by jordanDC on Dec 21, 2009 3:43 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
DAMN! that’s pretty cool.
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
by RedBirdie on Dec 21, 2009 3:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
if wikipedia says so, it must be true!
by Natty Bumppo on Dec 21, 2009 4:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
There are currently two USPS trucks stuck in the ice in my building’s parking lot.
I could have been equipment manager, but nooooo!
by boutros23 on Dec 21, 2009 5:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
How is this not rec’d? This picture is amazingly cool.
Only YOU can prevent idiots from commenting!
by Knee high to a duck on Dec 21, 2009 10:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Damn this weather
So far there are 6 guys from my team playing in our game tonight.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
by jordanDC on Dec 21, 2009 4:00 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Plenty of ice time for you guys then.
"So much on my mind I just can't recline. Blastin' holes in the night 'til she bled sunshine."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 21, 2009 4:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
My game was cancelled last night. At least you get to play.
In an ideal world all ten fingers would be on my left hand so my right hand could just be a fist for punching.
by Fehr and Balanced on Dec 21, 2009 4:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Anybody know how Glebe Rd looks?
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
by jordanDC on Dec 21, 2009 5:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
it’s clear, or at least the mile between my house and ballston is
"No Brooks Laich, no win. Know Brooks Laich, know win."
by kellobellow on Dec 21, 2009 5:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Crazy Rink Rat density in the Ballston corridor.
In an ideal world all ten fingers would be on my left hand so my right hand could just be a fist for punching.
by Fehr and Balanced on Dec 21, 2009 5:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The blizzard didn’t stop me from sporting my brown flip flops.
by Cluster on Dec 21, 2009 6:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That’s flopcore.
In an ideal world all ten fingers would be on my left hand so my right hand could just be a fist for punching.
by Fehr and Balanced on Dec 21, 2009 6:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
but did it stop you from going to Starbucks?
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
by RedBirdie on Dec 22, 2009 10:20 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
definitely – we should all party more often!
"No Brooks Laich, no win. Know Brooks Laich, know win."
by kellobellow on Dec 21, 2009 10:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ok, good. Hopefully it’s clear to 395..
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
by jordanDC on Dec 21, 2009 5:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, Fan Forum with MK22 and BM9 going on. Waiting for it to start.
Unleash the Alex!
by gotsparkly on Dec 21, 2009 4:04 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
me too
I could have been equipment manager, but nooooo!
by boutros23 on Dec 21, 2009 4:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
How the heck is OTT in 5th place??
They have a negative goal differential.
Talk about luck…
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
by fat_daddyo on Dec 21, 2009 4:06 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
How is OTT is 5th place? By default.
Rocking the Red since 1975
by CapsFan75 on Dec 21, 2009 5:59 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
gotta love NHL Power Play: “Sidney Crosby slipped to number 4 on the THN most powerful people in hockey list! And Ovechkin is 2nd? How did this happen???”
ok, maybe that’s a little bit of an over-dramatic re-enactment, but it wasn’t very hard to read between the lines. Proteau’s response was awesome. “well, everywhere outside of Pittsburgh, the fan attachment to Ovechkin is unparalleled.”
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
by RedBirdie on Dec 21, 2009 4:57 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
"well, everywhere outside of Pittsburgh, the fan attachment to Ovechkin is unparalleled."
Adam, proving once again why he’s the only guy at THN I like.
A man gotta have a code
by CP2Devil on Dec 21, 2009 4:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
THN with its usual mix of interesting, funny, and predictably inane.
Eastern Conference trade bait? (I think their choice for Washington possible, but there are others that are more possible.)
A Holiday Wish For Each Team Can we say predictable?
Unleash the Alex!
by gotsparkly on Dec 21, 2009 6:07 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I think the western conference is more interesting trade bait for the Caps. More of what the Caps need, more teams out of the running who the Caps could do deals with.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 21, 2009 10:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
For those of you in MoCo, Burger Monday at Dogfish Head in Gaithersburg remains awesome and draft 60 Minute IPA is the next best thing to the nectar of the Gods.
I so don’t miss my Monday night class.
Only YOU can prevent idiots from commenting!
by Knee high to a duck on Dec 21, 2009 10:54 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
impossible to get into last night! Damn all those Redskins fans with their false hope! I hope they enjoyed weeping in their beer last night!
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
by RedBirdie on Dec 22, 2009 10:21 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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Washington
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68 | 45 | 14 | 9 | 99 |
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Tampa Bay
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Atlanta
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Carolina
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