Game Day Open Thread - Panthers @ Caps
by J.P. on Dec 3, 2009 5:00 PM EST
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Tonight's probable netminders:
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Caps/Cats open thread. Whose team’s goalie will Keith Ballard take out tonight? Tune in to see…
A man gotta have a code
FЯEE ALEX
Do it now.
Familiar Rapports: Bald Pollack, F&B, Gould Old Days.
Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
yay, this open thread with any online feed I can find has become a regular part of caps games for me
Thanks, JP and Co.
Home games tend to have fewer comments, because some people are the kind with tickets. Jerks. Share please.
Familiar Rapports: Bald Pollack, F&B, Gould Old Days.
Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
When I do go to games, I actually miss the experience of the GDT.
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Dec 3, 2009 7:48 PM EST up reply actions
While I love the tongue-n-cheek aspect of the “Free Alex” movement I really hope no one is taking it too seriously.
Whether you think he deserved the game misconduct for the knee-to-knee or not, he got it. And if he wasn’t suspended after two ejections so close together the rest of the league and fans would have gone apoplectic.
Now let’s concentrate on the positives. We’re starting a whole new month worth of games tonight, and the Caps have a good chance to put some distance between themselves and the rest of the conference leaders. Let’s hope Semin comes back ready to prove he deserves an extended stay in D.C., Knuble kicks it into high gear when he returns, and the defense finally brings it all together.
Let’s make December the start of our march to history!
MOTIVATE SEMIN
Hey that Varlamov kid is pretty good.
He should be the rookie of the month…oh, wait…
Speaking of Varly and snubbage… I was listening to the puck podcast the other day, and they were talking about rookies this year. The host (Eddie) was asking about goalies this year, and who could pull a Varlamov this Spring, but never talked about Varly as a rookie this year. I wonder if that is representative of the mind-share out there; Varly was a rookie last year. Interesting.
There was a lot of hype pre-season about Varly still being Calder-eligible. I doubt anyone who matters thinks otherwise.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Dec 3, 2009 5:39 PM EST up reply actions
Quit hyping Varlamov. Remember he did lose that one regular season game in regulation.
Russian Machine very rarely breaks.
And deserved to lose a second! He’s terrible!
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I have an idea. Didn’t the Orioles send out stuff promoting Nolan Reimold to all the rookie of the year voters? Maybe the Caps’ PR department can send out something to the NHL RoY voters.
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ugh, that was really really repetitive
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One of the dumbest sports columns I've ever read
SI.com’s Jim Kelley effectively says that Ovechkin = Bertuzzi-on-Moore.
by TylerG on Dec 3, 2009 5:39 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I am dumber for having read that
Hi guys, this is my first comment here, I’ve been reading for quite awhile.
I think he all but called Ovechkin a murderer-in-training
by Steve. on Dec 3, 2009 5:56 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Welcome. Good on you for finally taking the plunge, and not dilly dallying with your avatar.
Listen to Ol' Hank Murphy and eat your damn onions.
The Ovechkin Hit Kerfluffle Isn't Over Yet!
Wait until he returns on Monday. Then it’ll start all over again for a few games until everyone realizes he doesn’t run around hitting people with a blackjack.
MOTIVATE SEMIN
Epic fail.
delivered to an unsuspecting Patrick Kaletta (running the Buffalo Sabres forward face-first into the glass from behind and picking up a major penalty)
Todd Bertuzzi, another forward who had an advantage in terms of size, skill, power and speed and used it to cripple Colorado’s Steve Moore?
Is that what Marty McSorley heard when he whipped his stick upside the head of Donald Brashear
That are all exaggerations at best; untruths at worst.
Another example of someone who didn’t watch the hit, he just jumps to a conclusion.
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Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
If he doesn’t believe it and still wrote and published it then he’s an even bigger asshole than my initial impression. I would cut more slack for him if he got caught up in the rabble and got carried away. But willfully mischaracterizing just to increase your page hits? That’s just low.
Listen to Ol' Hank Murphy and eat your damn onions.
I couldn’t even make it past the first couple of paragraphs. Not only was it mind numbingly stupid, not only was he blatantly uninformed, the article is also just written terribly.
Now drink with me deeply of the bourbon, scotch, and rye until such time as we are fighting drunk.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Dec 3, 2009 7:32 PM EST up reply actions
Wouldn’t it technically be Фрее Алек?
Familiar Rapports: Bald Pollack, F&B, Gould Old Days.
Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
Alright guys, last thursday class of the semester so I’m relying on the game thread one more time to get me through class and not fall too behind on the game, always appreciate the comments here on game days
Semin
Sasha with a hat trick tonight! Mark my words…
by SimonsTribe17 on Dec 3, 2009 6:33 PM EST via mobile reply actions
From Becca's twitter:
Japers' Rink: Hockey blogging from the most powerful city in the world
by J.P. on Dec 3, 2009 6:33 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
She obviously took down her Brooks Laich centerfold before she shot that.
Listen to Ol' Hank Murphy and eat your damn onions.
I thought that’s why there were corners and boarders, for the thumbtacks. I see you have more practical solutions.
Listen to Ol' Hank Murphy and eat your damn onions.
Hey, here’s a reason we can’t afford to lose Corey:
Washington, DC: When will Poti be back? Do you think him being out is the main reason the PK has been lousy the past few weeks?
Tarik El-Bashir: Tom could return Saturday, Boudreau said this morning. And yes, his absence has had something to do with the PK’s struggles.
Poti is at his best when the Caps are shorthanded. When he gets the puck down low, you can count on him to get it out. The same cannot be said for some of the Caps’ other D-men, who often blindly try to bank the puck off the glass.
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Hey i always though blindly banking it off the glass was worse then passing it right to the opposing post man….. am i wrong?
Ugh
There is not a hand big enough for the face palm that statement deserves.
Listen to Ol' Hank Murphy and eat your damn onions.
OT, but what do we think of Jonas Gustavsson’s heart issues?
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It’s always scary stuff but I think he should be ok. I suffered from the same condition when I was younger but I grew out of it. With any kind of adequate medical treatment it’s not a huge problem; and pro athletes definitely have adequate medical treatment, especially in North America.
Listen to Ol' Hank Murphy and eat your damn onions.
I don’t know how high my hopes are for Semin tonight. He seemed pretty sure that he wasn’t playing in this game — you have to wonder if BB strong-armed him into it.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Dec 3, 2009 7:03 PM EST up reply actions
per corey
“Lines are same as yesterday’s practice for the #Caps: 21-19-28, 14-9-16, 33-85-17, 89-39-10”
It makes me so sad to think that we may not be able to say “per corey” for long.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Dec 3, 2009 7:04 PM EST up reply actions
Evening all. Sorry to ask again, but does anyone have a free online link to the game they can forward to this Canadian caps fan? ;)
I lived with a blind guy for a while, then he figured it out and demanded back rent.
Here’s hoping all the crap going around AO the last few days doesn’t negatively effect the play tonight. I worry a little about distraction.
If you don't wanna get hit, KEEP YOUR HEAD UP!
My sister (Japers’ commenter kellobellow) has her season tix in 421, I’m sure she has a sign.
by thehoagster07 on Dec 3, 2009 7:17 PM EST up reply actions
She’s a teacher, right? I bet she’s the teacher that sits behind me! I didn’t know she was in 421. Small world.
A teacher with Caps tix. That’s what I’d like to be someday…
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and apologiez for replying like an hour later
by thehoagster07 on Dec 3, 2009 8:20 PM EST up reply actions
Yup, she’s N. That means I’ve sat behind you twice this year too! Home opener and vs. the Habs the other week.
by thehoagster07 on Dec 3, 2009 8:24 PM EST up reply actions
I was at both of those! lol I’m the girl in the Green jersey (soon to be Nicky) that is constantly telling her father to shut up…or I’m yelling at leaners, whichever.
Nice. My sister’s got Laich and her friends have some combination of Bradley and Backstrom I think. I have an Ovie jersey because I don’t have the $ to drop on a Steckel or Laing one =p
by thehoagster07 on Dec 3, 2009 8:28 PM EST up reply actions
Erskine, I like you and you’re one of my favorites, but you can’t just flail your stick at it and then fail to defend. That was bad.
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Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
Nice play by MP to get the puck in the defensive corner and get up ice. Good job by Giroux to go offsides and kill the play. Jerk.
Listen to Ol' Hank Murphy and eat your damn onions.
I saw IRockTheRed for sure, didn’t see GS, or at least didn’t notice.
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by Knee high to a duck on Dec 3, 2009 7:34 PM EST up reply actions
Can anyone grab a screen capture?
FЯEE ALEX
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 3, 2009 7:26 PM EST up reply actions
Can I just say, the Ameritel triplets aren’t identical, so they would be poor judges of quality copies. That is all.
Free Alex signs on the Florida feed as well
by sixsevenfiftysix on Dec 3, 2009 7:23 PM EST reply actions
Giroux was being held on that play.
When Giroux first came up I didn’t think much of him, but the more time he spends up with the Caps may just be all he needs. He looks better this game than he did last.
But Brawndo's got what plants crave. It's got electrolytes.
Misleading. He’s been force-fed on the top line. AO and Nick had great games with him. Gir-poo didn’t earn that +5.
Listen to Ol' Hank Murphy and eat your damn onions.
And did you see that play on the PP, that was horrifyingly bad.
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by Knee high to a duck on Dec 3, 2009 7:34 PM EST up reply actions
thats true, and yes I don’t think he deserves to be on the top line. But how many NHL teams can bring someone up from their farm and put right on their top line and still have success?
I think the Capitals could bring just about anyone else from Hershey and they’d have more success. Giroux’s a great AHLer, but he’s not an NHL player.
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Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
I wouldn’t mind him, Bouchard, or AnGus at this point. OO first, thouhg.
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Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
bouchard isn’t ready yet…and oskar takes too many penalties unfortunately. We Caps fans would be just as pissed with OO as they are with Gir-poo…
Except that OO can develop. Gir-poo is who he is. He’s not going to get better.
Listen to Ol' Hank Murphy and eat your damn onions.
I agree with you there…but OO does not look even close to the OO from last year, its a shame really because he seemed like a large bodied player that could shoot really well
Interesting. I haven’t watched him at all, this year or last. Only saw him a little in training camp. Didn’t look like his skating and foot speed was where it needed to be yet.
Listen to Ol' Hank Murphy and eat your damn onions.
The thing that bothers me is that he’s trying to turn into a physical player, and growing up in europe he doesn’t background doing that…hence all the penalties
I’ll live with that. He’s going to need to play like that in NA because he doesn’t have the speed and finesse to do it otherwise. Grow that snarl, OO.
Listen to Ol' Hank Murphy and eat your damn onions.
OO adding a penalty or two wouldn’t change the player he’s replacing.
I like Giroux – in Chocolate and White. He doesn’t need to wear RWB.
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Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
Just steal his Dad away from coaching the Swedish Nat’l team and bring him back ;)
I lived with a blind guy for a while, then he figured it out and demanded back rent.
AnGus didn’t even make that team and his dad’s the coach! If we are bringing a guy from Sweden AnGus is the second choice.
Listen to Ol' Hank Murphy and eat your damn onions.
Good to see nepotism just doesn’t cut it in Stockholm
I lived with a blind guy for a while, then he figured it out and demanded back rent.
Marcus “Sandwich” Johansson, I’m assuming.
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You have a however many game advantage on me, but I am quickly catching up :D
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I suck at these things so I take great pleasure being in first for so long. Let me just bask in this glory for a few short moments. haha
Colin Campbell should suspend
his son for that piss poor defensive effort on Sasha right there.
Listen to Ol' Hank Murphy and eat your damn onions.
by Rob Parker on Dec 3, 2009 7:26 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
On a related non-joke note, does anyone else think Campbell’s policy of recusing himself is as ass-backwards as his other decisions? I couldn’t care less about the fact that his son plays for Florida if a player on the Panthers (other than his son) is on the receiving end of a suspend-able offense. It shouldn’t cloud his judgment at all. Suspending a player from games involving his son’s team is a MUCH greater conflict of interest.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Dec 3, 2009 7:29 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah there is a variety of opinions on that. We got into it a little bit in the Caps Clips today.
Listen to Ol' Hank Murphy and eat your damn onions.
Ah, I’ll have to check that thread out during intermission. By the time I wake up on the West Coast there are already so many comments I often don’t bother.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Dec 3, 2009 7:32 PM EST up reply actions
Can't be pissed
CBJ is on Caps Nation’s shit list this season. Gotta root against them.
Listen to Ol' Hank Murphy and eat your damn onions.
Ha
It’s ok. I have MAF, Crosby, Gonchar, and Goligoski (over 2 teams).
Listen to Ol' Hank Murphy and eat your damn onions.
it’s funny, I refuse to draft Flyers players, but I wouldn’t be opposed to getting Malkin/Crosby or a hanful of other Pens. But I hate the Pens more. weird.
When it comes to fantasy hockey I’ll draft the player that I think will help me the best. Which is how I have Carter on 2 teams, Richards on 3, and Malkin on 2.
Now drink with me deeply of the bourbon, scotch, and rye until such time as we are fighting drunk.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Dec 3, 2009 7:36 PM EST up reply actions
This is why I didn’t want to get into fantasy hockey. I’m too competitive and I ended up with Richards, Hartnell, Crosby, Goligoski and Corey Perry over 2 teams. I hate rooting for their stats to be great, but that’s what it comes to.
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by Knee high to a duck on Dec 3, 2009 7:37 PM EST up reply actions
The only Pen on my team is Orpik (but I drafted Jeff Carter 6th overall).
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That was beautiful. I mean flat out gorgeous.
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by Knee high to a duck on Dec 3, 2009 7:28 PM EST reply actions
This is all I could think of when I heard the name
But Brawndo's got what plants crave. It's got electrolytes.
Those are pretty nice AHL stats for Salak.
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by Knee high to a duck on Dec 3, 2009 7:31 PM EST reply actions
I really like 3-goal leads. I just wish there was a way to get there without having a 2-goal lead. 2-goal leads make me nervous.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
That doesn’t sound like Wes Johnson…
or has it just been too long since I’ve been to a game?
FREE ALEX!
If only the Caps could play like this the whole game
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Dear Alexandre Giroux -
You should try and hit an empty net or the Caps fans will hate you forever.
Love, Esa Tikkanen.
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Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
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by Whiter Mage on Dec 3, 2009 7:34 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
Is it a good thing I’m too young to know about that?
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Im gonna say this: the league needs to define whether they actually want the defending team to control or clear the puck on a delayed penalty, because that was not controlled or cleared. If they want to increase scoring, require actual control rather than merely touching the puck to end a delayed penalty.
He’s Czech. They have to run in fear of Transylvanians.
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by Whiter Mage on Dec 3, 2009 7:36 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
correct. 8 =/= 2. Unless we’re talking about those damn ’08 TB Rays (Oh wait- that would be 9=2)
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Vokoun has a phobia for blood?
A hockey player?
If they ever make it to the playoffs, just slash your teammate in front of him, instant goalie change.
JURCINA ALMOST SCORED!
Too bad almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades =\
I need 100% of you guys to give 110% 100% of the time.
The Caps are buzzing. Panthers look tired.
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by Knee high to a duck on Dec 3, 2009 7:39 PM EST reply actions
Last game of a 3 in 4 if I heard correctly.
by Knubles and Bits on Dec 3, 2009 7:41 PM EST up reply actions
Bradley just looked like Backstrom on that pass.
by Knubles and Bits on Dec 3, 2009 7:39 PM EST reply actions
Not juicy enough for Juice apparently.
by terpgrrl on Dec 3, 2009 7:41 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
FЯEE Alex's Bobblehead.
FЯEE ALEX
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 3, 2009 7:41 PM EST reply actions 9 recs
His patience drives me crazy and awes me at the same time.
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by Knee high to a duck on Dec 3, 2009 7:44 PM EST up reply actions
Wooo the ECHL Hall of Fame!!
I lived with a blind guy for a while, then he figured it out and demanded back rent.
Am I the only one thinking – but not hoping – that this game is gonna be a big crash at the end? Salak looks solid so far. It’s a shotfest…
But Brawndo's got what plants crave. It's got electrolytes.
seriously…. I think he looks awful. Leaving rebounds everywhere. If any other player is at the net other than the likes of Juice and Stecks its 4 nothing
J.P. Tweet about 15 mins ago.
With an AHL goalie in net, maybe Giroux will actually do something positive.
He’s in the zone today. J.P. that is.
A man gotta have a code
Awsome 1st period. I hope we can keep thr peddle down.
If you don't wanna get hit, KEEP YOUR HEAD UP!
you were saying?
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Boy, if Erskine had any reach or any speed or any hands, that would have been cleared a while ago.
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by Knee high to a duck on Dec 3, 2009 8:00 PM EST reply actions
BRADS! I love this so hard.
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by Knee high to a duck on Dec 3, 2009 8:02 PM EST reply actions
Maybe the refs feel sorry for Stecks too.
by Knubles and Bits on Dec 3, 2009 8:08 PM EST up reply actions
Oh man, that was such a sick feed from BMo. Too bad.
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by Knee high to a duck on Dec 3, 2009 8:05 PM EST reply actions
That could not have been any prettier.
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by Knee high to a duck on Dec 3, 2009 8:06 PM EST reply actions
Fehr is doing an awesome job staying in front of the net and being a nuisance. It’s nice to finally see players consistently be in front of the goalie.
Now drink with me deeply of the bourbon, scotch, and rye until such time as we are fighting drunk.
Good eye, I was just going to say that. He’s also been a hound on puck retrieval, the most underrated PP skill.
Flash has been forcing terrible passes through the middle of the ice. Ugh.
Listen to Ol' Hank Murphy and eat your damn onions.
I was just about to say that (about Flash). He’s been fumbling the puck and making bad passes. Not good.
Fehr is skating well, and moving the puck well. But the best thing, as you noted, is his forecheck. He’s not hesitating to go into the dirty spots and pull the puck out to make plays. He’s also had a few nice passes. He’s playing the exact type of game he needs to be successful.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Dec 3, 2009 8:10 PM EST up reply actions
If only Semin could consistently play like this.
And I’m loving how Fehr is (and has been) playing.
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That’s far from the key. Important, but far from the key.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Dec 3, 2009 8:10 PM EST up reply actions
Man, you could see Dvorak was gonna get that all the way.
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by Knee high to a duck on Dec 3, 2009 8:08 PM EST reply actions
Maybe we can give them Stretch if they agree to take Nylander.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Dec 3, 2009 8:10 PM EST up reply actions
That’s a serious conflict-of-interest
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It’s a question of price. If he wants Toews and Kane money, he’s not worth it.
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by Knee high to a duck on Dec 3, 2009 8:09 PM EST up reply actions
About that. For 5.5 it depends on the term, IMO.
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Yeah, nothing too long.
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by Knee high to a duck on Dec 3, 2009 8:15 PM EST up reply actions
if i’m not mistaken was Getzlaf’s term 5 years? That’s not bad. Not great, but I could live with, at 5.5
Getzlaf > Semin by a country mile.
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by Knee high to a duck on Dec 3, 2009 8:19 PM EST up reply actions
Agree. But Getzlaf’s still on a RFA deal though isn’t he? and plus, he definitely signed on for less than market, with Anaheim being so up against the cap back when it was his contract year (with the insane blueline costs?)
So is Semin and they’re signed for similar terms and money. The Ducks definitely got the better deal there.
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by Knee high to a duck on Dec 3, 2009 8:27 PM EST up reply actions
I’d say 6 would be the ceiling of fiscal responsibility. MAYBE 6.5. 5.5 is a no brainer.
by Davethecapsfan on Dec 3, 2009 8:14 PM EST up reply actions
No way do I want Semin for 6. He’s injury-prone and inconsistent. For 6 you need to be getting elite production or very near it. I’d trade 28 for Kane or Toews in a heartbeat. Or Keith. Or Perry. Or Getzlaf. Or a bunch of guys.
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by Knee high to a duck on Dec 3, 2009 8:17 PM EST up reply actions
4th in the league in points per game is elite level production in my book. He might miss some games but lord everyone is nowadays. Bad Semin has been away for quite awhile now…I’m not sure I would trade him for all the guys you listed. The existing chemistry with the rest of our big guns is only another mark in his favor in my book. He also puts up points in the playoffs.
by Davethecapsfan on Dec 3, 2009 8:22 PM EST up reply actions
So do all the guys that I mentioned. The problem with Bad Semin is that he’s liable to show up at any time and make a stay of indeterminate length. He’s a special talent, but he’s rarely healthy for long stretches.
I have a hard time believing our other guns would have a hard time meshing with any of those guys.
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by Knee high to a duck on Dec 3, 2009 8:25 PM EST up reply actions
Getzlaf and AO would make the most physically dominating line in the NHL.
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Well…we could have just drafted him instead of Fehr…Fehr’s recent outburst aside I think anyone would do that deal straight up ;)
by Davethecapsfan on Dec 3, 2009 8:27 PM EST up reply actions
And to Clarify, Getzlaf is one of the guys I probably would trade Sasha for.
by Davethecapsfan on Dec 3, 2009 8:27 PM EST up reply actions
The Ducks wouldn’t do that in a million years, but for sure.
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by Knee high to a duck on Dec 3, 2009 8:28 PM EST up reply actions
I make that trade. Every single time.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Dec 3, 2009 8:29 PM EST up reply actions
3-goal leads are nice, but 4-goal leads are better.
Who is this guy Salak? He’s not playing very well…
Atta dinnin stick a who!
He’s posting killer stats in the A, but he’s getting lit up. Kind of like Giroux in reverse.
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by Knee high to a duck on Dec 3, 2009 8:10 PM EST up reply actions
.yltcaxe
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by Knee high to a duck on Dec 3, 2009 8:12 PM EST up reply actions
Coming in late…but this game could easily be 7-0 or 8-0. Semin has been very, very good. Backstrom big as well. Flash finally back on the scoresheet. The only negative thing is Steckel didn’t bury his breakaway…besides that this is a flawless performance so far.
Oh wait. I forgot Giroux. Besides one decent drive to the net, he’s looked slow and useless.
by Davethecapsfan on Dec 3, 2009 8:10 PM EST up reply actions
Why is Gir-Poo on the PP? He sucks. Put MP out there. Jeezy Petes, BB.
Listen to Ol' Hank Murphy and eat your damn onions.
Can’t hold the puck. A step too slow. Not getting to the corners quick enough. Not making good passes. There has got to be a better choice.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Dec 3, 2009 8:12 PM EST up reply actions
So well. His change of speed and lateral movement is astounding.
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And every time the D gives him a lane to the net he drives it. I love it. He never takes the easy way out. He just attacks.
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and he’s slippery, never gets caught in the boards. 85 > 33
by MHBears on Dec 3, 2009 8:14 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
We want wings on the jumbo tron. Love it.
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by Knee high to a duck on Dec 3, 2009 8:14 PM EST reply actions
Heh. I’d have no idea what this meant if I hadn’t been at the preseason game against the Rangers.
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Is Steckel playing with some phantom injury that we don’t know about? He has seemed off all season long.
He’s been having a good game tonight if you ask me. Has had some good forechecking and has created some good chances. He’s just beyond snake-bit at this point.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Dec 3, 2009 8:15 PM EST up reply actions
best I can remember the top line play all year. would like to see how this line does against teams not from florida
I’d say that about every line but when Backstrom and Semin are playing the puck possession game this well and Laich is going to the net/retrieving anything down low it’s fun to watch. This is again the same line that gave us such a spark in the 2nd half of the Philly series 2 years ago.
by Davethecapsfan on Dec 3, 2009 8:16 PM EST up reply actions
I was very excited about 21/19/28. Too bad it won’t last.
by Knubles and Bits on Dec 3, 2009 8:16 PM EST up reply actions
Here’s the real truth of the matter…b/c we’ve seen 19’s chemistry with Ovie as well. When Backstrom is on his game/healthy whatever it is…he can make his line extremely dominant. You put him with either Ovie or Semin and you have a line that can take over a game at any time. Finding the right balance will be key. The scary part is you plug in Knuble or Laich as the other winger on either one of those lines and the balance is tremendous.
Couple in Fehr and Flash scoring like they are? It gets scary.
by Davethecapsfan on Dec 3, 2009 8:20 PM EST up reply actions
I like the balance
And we’ve seen a ton of chemistry between Ovie and Morrison too. Good problems to have no which way I put it.
The difference is Semin needs Backstrom to dominate. And Ovie, well, he’s Ovie.
by Knubles and Bits on Dec 3, 2009 8:21 PM EST up reply actions
This is a good point…Ovie likes to hold the puck a lot more than Semin does…Semin’s one touch passing game works so well with Backstrom b/c Nicky is the only one who can control those passes and continue the play with another great pass. When they are on it’s fun to watch.
by Davethecapsfan on Dec 3, 2009 8:23 PM EST up reply actions
Wow what a curl and drag by Semin. Too bad he couldn’t bury that.
by Knubles and Bits on Dec 3, 2009 8:15 PM EST reply actions
question for you, i tried to screencap with the sopcast player, no dice (black screen). Are you using the justin feed?
sopcast. it depends on how your video card is displaying the feed. some graphics cards can write video directly to the screen (that is, bypasses windows and therefore no screen cap). Others (mine must be one) have the ability to let windows (or their own routine maybe) capture the screen. So it depends on the feed (a flash feed like justin.tv) will be captureable. A media player feed (like sopcast) depends on your video card and drivers.
MP looks real good defensively tonight. Hasn’t been as dangerous on offense as we’re used to but he’s really doing well in his own zone.
Listen to Ol' Hank Murphy and eat your damn onions.
If Giroux could have found his stick on that clark rebound that was set up by MP he’d have another helper on his sheet. THEY’RE KILLING THE CALDER DREAM.
by Davethecapsfan on Dec 3, 2009 8:26 PM EST up reply actions
Showing a little bit of snarl in front of Varlamov there.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Dec 3, 2009 8:26 PM EST up reply actions
Some of the signs from the panthers feed
by kman8924 on Dec 3, 2009 8:26 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
Wow, are these all from people handing them out or are there really that many Rink readers sitting in the same section?
FREE ALEX!
The 2nd shot was from warmups IIRC.
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by Bald Pollack on Dec 3, 2009 11:07 PM EST up reply actions
Lost in all of this…Varly is having another strong game. Hasn’t had to make any 10 bell saves but has made the ones he’s needed to.
I was thinking the same thing. The shots FLA does have are pretty good quality. Especially early before we took over.
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Horton’s definitely had some good chances. (Selfishly I hope if Florida ever scores one, he pots it because I’m playing him tonight, but I’d love for Varly to get the shutout.)
His numbers on the season are starting to hit levels we haven’t seen out of a Caps goalie in a long time. Quietly dominant. The win/loss record is even more ridiculous.
by Davethecapsfan on Dec 3, 2009 8:33 PM EST up reply actions
Seriously I was very happy to see Jose put in a solid, solid effort the other night at Carolina, because I still think we need to split the load a bit more than some other top teams regardless of who our #1 will be going forward for the rest of the year. If Varly takes it over like I hope/think he is, the less minutes we’re forced to play him the better come playoff time. He looks so much more calm and in control lately. Workmanlike.
by Davethecapsfan on Dec 3, 2009 8:36 PM EST up reply actions
And Varly gives off the attitude that “you’re just not scoring on me” and I never see that from Theo. But that might be my bias.
Listen to Ol' Hank Murphy and eat your damn onions.
No…it’s not just you. Even on his good nights I feel like I cringe more every shot when Theo is in. When Varly is in net lately I’m just hoping they clear the front for him and no crazy deflections happen. Nothing else seems able to beat the kid right now outside of a really special shot.
by Davethecapsfan on Dec 3, 2009 8:39 PM EST up reply actions
You’re totally right about crazy deflections. Every time there is a scrum near the net I expect the puck to go in off our D.
Listen to Ol' Hank Murphy and eat your damn onions.
Varly’s had worse luck with that than pretty much anyone. Our D scored a bunch of own goals last year against him.
by Davethecapsfan on Dec 3, 2009 8:47 PM EST up reply actions
MP throwing the body late in that period! Anyone catch him finish his check after the dump in?
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Threw a nice shoulder into the Panthers player that dumped it. It seems he’s always adding something when he’s on the ice, even if it doesn’t show on the score sheet.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Dec 3, 2009 8:36 PM EST up reply actions
He should have a few more helpers last few games but switching linemates and just some bad luck has killed that for him. I still haven’t seen the guy have a bad night yet. I love how hard Gordo works when he’s healthy but how you can say we aren’t a better team with MP out there on the 3rd line every night I don’t know.
by Davethecapsfan on Dec 3, 2009 8:37 PM EST up reply actions
Especially with Backstrom and Semin PKing we don’t need two lines of defensive grinders. When healthy I’d love to see 3 scoring lines and a checking line:
AO/BMo/Knuble
AS/Baxter/Laich
Flash/MP/Fehr
Brads/Steckel/Clark
Who beats that lineup?
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Honestly going forward how do you see D combos looking?
by Davethecapsfan on Dec 3, 2009 8:43 PM EST up reply actions
I can agree with this…although Mo might be gone after this year. Carlson might need another season. Erskine is also signed beyond this year isn’t he? Leaves him and Sloan as guys to fill in holes.
by Davethecapsfan on Dec 3, 2009 8:46 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah
Damn, forgot about Jurcina. I’d almost pair him with Poti over Schultz actually.
Who am I kidding though, Nyls seems to enjoy the money for nothing.
Almost no one. We’ve talked about how nasty a 3rd scoring line would be with that line you just listed right there. You’ve got 3 scoring lines with a play-making pivot who have no issues being defensively responsible, a skill/sniper winger (AO, Semin, Flash)…and a retriever/go to the net guy that’s a body down low who doesn’t mind getting those dirty goals (Knubs, Laich, Fehr).
That’s as solid as it gets.
by Davethecapsfan on Dec 3, 2009 8:41 PM EST up reply actions
What would you suggest for defensive pairings F & B?
I lived with a blind guy for a while, then he figured it out and demanded back rent.
Green/Schultz
Poti/Potsy
Alzner/Juice
Not a huge fan of Schultz with Green because I’d like a guy with more mobility there but I don’t think Potsy can do it and I don’t think Alzner is ready for it yet. I could split the Po-Po but Alzner and Juice are such a good tandem I don’t see it happening. Then you’d have Poti/Alzner and Potsy/Juice. That’s probably better as far as the minutes the second pair is going to get (I want Alzner to get more than Potsy) but I think the way I listed it is most likely.
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If Pothier continues to play at this level I love him in the top 6. How much is Erskine getting paid to sit in your config? Also wonder what to do with Sloan or do you carry him as your #13 foward/#8 D?
by Davethecapsfan on Dec 3, 2009 8:52 PM EST up reply actions
Personally I like having the versatility/having a swingman. (It sure worked out well for Toronto with Ian White).
Agreed, but I also like a guy like Laing as the #13 forward. This is ignoring Gordo still being out
by Davethecapsfan on Dec 3, 2009 8:54 PM EST up reply actions
This just in
Briere with a 4 minute PIM for spearing. I hate that fucker.
Listen to Ol' Hank Murphy and eat your damn onions.
There has been a ton of fighting in that game. I saw Pronger go off the ice with 5 for fighting and Richards went off earlier. I don’t have the sound on, so I can only see what’s happening, not hear.
Me too. Shit where there is no possible legitimate explanation.
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Keith Ballard agrees
I lived with a blind guy for a while, then he figured it out and demanded back rent.
I take it back, F&B. In these cases, an instigator penalty should be assessed.
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Beat me to it. Philly announcers said he was lucky not to get a major. Hate Briere and his dirty stick offenses.
by darwintheboxer on Dec 3, 2009 8:47 PM EST up reply actions
CSN loves to show couples together. Last game it was a girl in a Canes jersey and a guy in an Ovi jersey. They kept showing her touching his leg.
It must be hard to pick up chicks when you look like Eddie Munster. Sorry Joe B.
by terpgrrl on Dec 3, 2009 8:50 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
More evidence the rule needs to be fixed
Good thing the league is so well run, it should take no time to get it done.
I never before saw a 7 minute power play. That was crazy.
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by CapitalCentre on Dec 3, 2009 10:19 PM EST up reply actions
I remember a 9 last year in Sloan’s first game.
by Davethecapsfan on Dec 3, 2009 8:57 PM EST up reply actions
One of my players got knocked down with a perfectly clean hit! Must destroy hitter!
Go Flyers!
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Dec 3, 2009 8:57 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
Good to see Clarkie get in there like a Captain should.
by Knubles and Bits on Dec 3, 2009 8:57 PM EST reply actions
This is about to get way too cute.
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by Knee high to a duck on Dec 3, 2009 8:57 PM EST reply actions
Not anymore. Set it up and bang it home.
by Davethecapsfan on Dec 3, 2009 8:58 PM EST up reply actions
If Steckel doesn’t score now then…..
I lived with a blind guy for a while, then he figured it out and demanded back rent.
Wow. Another penalty. Florida is falling apart.
by Knubles and Bits on Dec 3, 2009 8:58 PM EST reply actions
This is where the Caps need to:
a) Run up the score.
and
b) Lay out some clean physical punishment
To make a statement.
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So much for this.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Dec 3, 2009 9:27 PM EST up reply actions
I dunno, that looked pretty blatant to me.
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by Knee high to a duck on Dec 3, 2009 9:01 PM EST up reply actions
2. Also, the two from the guy in the box second technically expires first, so he’s released from the box on a goal on that 5 on 3.
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How is the first penalty scored? Is the minor scored before the major? So a goal negates the minor right away or does the major have to be served first?
Thats good news
We haven’t been great at 5 on 3 until tonight.
by Knubles and Bits on Dec 3, 2009 9:03 PM EST up reply actions
Watching Erskine try to field a pass from 28 is comical.
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by Knee high to a duck on Dec 3, 2009 9:03 PM EST reply actions
I was gonna say, welcome to the NHL, kid.
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by Knee high to a duck on Dec 3, 2009 9:04 PM EST up reply actions
Got Nicky and Knoobs. Couldn’t beleive my luck. need 22 back though. Lots of F on IR.
If you don't wanna get hit, KEEP YOUR HEAD UP!
I picked up Flash when Knuckles went on the IR. I have so many caps it’s ridiculous. Of course, I’m not doing so hot right now.
I have nicky, knubs in two teams, and Laich (in a very deep league) and Ovie on one of those. I really have a lot of caps on one of my teams.
I got 5 Caps in 2 leagues and 4 in one. Picked up Nicky in the 6th round in 2 of them. I was Very suprised.
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A Giroux goal, right?
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La Steckle de David?
I lived with a blind guy for a while, then he figured it out and demanded back rent.
Florida’s chances at a comeback are better than Stecks’ chances for a goal.
by Knubles and Bits on Dec 3, 2009 9:05 PM EST up reply actions
I think this game
Is why they try to get teams playing b2b nights to match other teams playing on b2bs.
I feel kinda bad at this point, except for Juco.
Kerry Fraser looks like he’s aged 20 years in the last two. I feel bad for him, and that takes a lot for me to say.
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He looked as angry motioning Allen off the ice as I’ve ever seen an official. I was away…was there a fracas?
I know…I feel like we’re the Pens and the Panthers are us tonight. Game 3 memories of 6 straight PP chances going against us…
by Davethecapsfan on Dec 3, 2009 9:08 PM EST up reply actions
It’s amazing what our team can do when we’re hard working AND we outskill a team. If they wanted to make a statement saying “This is our division” and “We don’t need Ovie” – it’s been made?
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Might as well count down from 60, you’ll get there faster that way.
by thehoagster07 on Dec 3, 2009 9:08 PM EST up reply actions
Was that dirty or reckless?
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by Bald Pollack on Dec 3, 2009 9:29 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Oh man, Salak got hit by a stick?
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No it was Marty McSorley
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Actually, McSorley and Bertuzzi tag teamed him.
by thehoagster07 on Dec 3, 2009 9:12 PM EST up reply actions
Damn, that FLA D went down easy but Sloan had no business doing that.
Listen to Ol' Hank Murphy and eat your damn onions.
sloan took a penalty, no biggie though. 6-0 with 6:30ish left in the 3rd.
by thehoagster07 on Dec 3, 2009 9:14 PM EST up reply actions
Good job raising your kid, Colin. Nice little unneeded slash on Sloaner because you fell down? Well done.
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Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
Campbell is prone to throw some cheap shots. Nothing terrible but little love tap slashes behind the play.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Dec 3, 2009 9:16 PM EST up reply actions
Flash winning a forecheck battle, then throwing the puck at the net? More of this and less telegraphing cross ice passes, please.
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by Knee high to a duck on Dec 3, 2009 9:15 PM EST reply actions
God damn it, Bman.
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Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
Next game’s trivia question should be “Which Capital logged the last amount of PP time vs. Florida?”
Or which 2 Caps skaters logged more PP time than ES time.
by thehoagster07 on Dec 3, 2009 9:20 PM EST up reply actions
Btw…on the Semin discussion from earlier comparing him to Kane or Toews money. He out-produced them in less games last year and is again at a higher points per game clip than either this year as well.
Points per game is all well and good, but they have to be in the game to make that stat worthwhile.
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by Knee high to a duck on Dec 3, 2009 9:20 PM EST up reply actions
True, but if he has more points in fewer games anyway…
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Kane and Toews are both 20 or 21. They’re not even close to their ceilings yet and I’ll bet you Kane kills Semin this year.
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by Knee high to a duck on Dec 3, 2009 9:22 PM EST up reply actions
If Semin plays 68+ games this year I’d take that bet. This is assuming Kane doesn’t get hurt either.
by Davethecapsfan on Dec 3, 2009 9:25 PM EST up reply actions
And Toews already missed a bunch of time with the dome injury. All things considered I’d rather Sasha go out with a splinter than a guy with dome problems. (Not that I am making that conclusion about Toews as of now.)
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Man, that was Willie Mitchell destroying him in the neutral zone. I don’t think you can conclude that about him yet. Anyone would have been concussed there.
Semin playing 68 games isn’t looking like a great bet at this point, either.
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by Knee high to a duck on Dec 3, 2009 9:29 PM EST up reply actions
Salak does have an interesting glove, and is pretty good at holding on.
Constructive criticism.
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Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
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Im gonna cover the score with my hand and say that I am very disappointed in the power play. 2nd game of a back to back and something like 9 mins of 5-on-4 and 4 mins of 4-on-4 in the third and only a couple of goals.
3-12!
Yeah, I just hadn’t looked. I knew they had a few PPGs and a lot of failed PP time but didn’t know the official tally.
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And hey,
2 on 5 on 3s is a good start considering how bad we’d been with two man advantage.
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Varly’s great until he gives up that first one >_<
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Meh, he was worse on the first one. The second one was fluky.
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by Rob Parker on Dec 3, 2009 9:26 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
More-so a point back to the post where Varly’s stats look like they go down the drain after the first goal against.
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Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
Oh I know what you were referring to. C’mon here WM. I’m just saying it wasn’t a focus thing on that. If they were reversed I’d be with you.
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If not for the last minute
I’d never get anything done.
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My screencaps of the ‘FЯEE ALEX’ signs are here for use if you need ’em. Just copy whatever size you want.
Tonight was Dr. Semin instead of Mr. Stick Foul.
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by Knee high to a duck on Dec 3, 2009 9:48 PM EST up reply actions
For the first 57 min the caps were basically perfect.
and then they decided to end one of their best performances of the season to date on a really sour note. blah.
still those first 57ish minutes were an absolute joy to watch
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