Third Period Open Thread
Caps have a lead heading into the third... that always works out well for them. Third period awaits.
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Welcome to the Thread of Impending Doom
I lived with a blind guy for a while, then he figured it out and demanded back rent.
by Rather Bengt on Dec 7, 2009 9:10 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
to increase the post totals
"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."
this
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by RedskinFan4Life on Dec 7, 2009 9:12 PM EST up reply actions
We actually try to drum up the number of words, not posts. That’s why I was brought in – to up the word count.
speaking of words, you’ll be writing the recap tonight?
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by RedskinFan4Life on Dec 7, 2009 9:14 PM EST up reply actions
By Becca’s request:
By popular request. If you’re on limited bandwidth or you’re on a small screen (like a mobile device) this makes a huge difference.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 7, 2009 9:20 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
glad i put down my soda just now…. that would have been painful comin’ thru my nose
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by RedskinFan4Life on Dec 7, 2009 9:20 PM EST up reply actions
By popular request. If you’re on limited bandwidth or you’re on a small screen (like a mobile device) this makes a huge difference.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Dec 7, 2009 9:10 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
lol starting to get a little old there…..
Rock the Red! Rock the White! Rock the Blue! Rock the Pens!
by RedskinFan4Life on Dec 7, 2009 9:11 PM EST up reply actions
Ugh, I posted this before Becca H’s comment above showed up for me… thought I was being clever. Then I refreshed the page and saw what everyone else sees.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Dec 7, 2009 9:12 PM EST up reply actions
BUT
It’s not a two goal lead…
/surreptitiously knocks on wood
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
how the hell are the NHL network guys defending Carcillo and saying the whole thing was Bradley’s fault??!?!?! F’ing morons
Yeah, that was from last night. I watched that before bed (after 1 am) and was ready to throw something at the TV
"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."
FWIW, we’d be closing in on 900 if we didn’t do this multi thread thing, so good call.
I could have been equipment manager, but nooooo!
Did you subtract the 200 people asking why we had a new thread for the second period?
by sixsevenfiftysix on Dec 7, 2009 9:12 PM EST up reply actions
and the 200 posts by G.O.D. too
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by RedskinFan4Life on Dec 7, 2009 9:13 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, but they were all by popular request.
And stop calling me Shirley.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 7, 2009 9:21 PM EST up reply actions
The many sides of Sasha Semin on display during this game
The stick fouls, the turnovers at the blue line, the overpassing, the occasional disinterest…
…and the fact that he basically made the first goal by himself. Not many guys can walk in and around the defender and create that angle, then get the pass where it needs to be. The stick skills to tie up Halpern, then get back down the ice and make the right pass. The play in the first where he walked past two defenders into the low slot and let go a laser.
He’s a funny one.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
did anyone else feel a little bad for halpy after the turnover that led to the last goal? I still kinda miss halpern
No. It was pretty dumb of him to not get it deep when he was surrounded by Caps and had no support.
Of all our iniquities ignorance may be the worst
by Killer_Carlson on Dec 7, 2009 9:26 PM EST up reply actions
I need some Aaron Rodgers TD’s to players not named Greg Jennings.
by thehoagster07 on Dec 7, 2009 9:16 PM EST up reply actions
I am hoping Vince Lombardi comes back and helps my fantasy team in the Dead NFL coaches fantasy football league I am in
I lived with a blind guy for a while, then he figured it out and demanded back rent.
yes he is ..that’s why I put Jimmy Hoffa in when they play at the Meadowlands
I lived with a blind guy for a while, then he figured it out and demanded back rent.
I’m down 15 or so and I have Rodgers, GB D and Mason Crosby and my opponent has Jennings.
by thehoagster07 on Dec 7, 2009 9:18 PM EST up reply actions
My roommate for the last 2 years is a Wisconsin native, so I’ve sorta adopted them as my second team.
by thehoagster07 on Dec 7, 2009 9:23 PM EST up reply actions
When I was a kid, we didn’t have a team, so I picked the Packers because Brett Favre was dreamy. (Cut me some slack, I was 10)
Yeah, I didn’t have any reason not to like them, so they became team #2.
by thehoagster07 on Dec 7, 2009 9:25 PM EST up reply actions
I like him, actually. He’s a hard hitting guy, I’m assuming he had the INT?
There will be a Яeckoning for the wЯecking ball
Damn the “Z” button’s effects…when I’m looking through my Facebook news feed, I hit “Z” and nothing happens!
I do “z” on EVERY site. Period. It’s so good here that I can’t help it.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Dec 7, 2009 9:13 PM EST up reply actions
Try space instead. Works same as Page Down in most browsers.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
Ha. But “z” is so much more than scrolling down.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Dec 7, 2009 9:15 PM EST up reply actions
pretty soon, everyone will have to go to the doc’s office for a “z finger injury”
how will that go over with the insurance companies?
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by RedskinFan4Life on Dec 7, 2009 9:15 PM EST up reply actions
Flash interview on Lightning channel:
He said some of the guys on the (caps) team looked tired out there, it was good to have AO out there fresh skating around out there.
Flash talks too fast and garbled. But I bet he’s the AO of interviews in the AHL
that can’t be good…..any indication why they’re tired? about to have a lonnnng week if they are tired already…..
Rock the Red! Rock the White! Rock the Blue! Rock the Pens!
by RedskinFan4Life on Dec 7, 2009 9:17 PM EST up reply actions
Continuing the Twitter lifts:
22nd game is the fastest Ovi has reached 20 goals. He did it in 27 games in his 65-goal season of 2007-08.
"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)."
VARLY
I know the Caps have three goals, and Ovie has 2, but so far to me Varly is the star of this game.
agreed, would love to see him get a shut-out tonight.
"We take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor." - Bobby Clarke
Go back and read the end of the Florida game thread.
by thehoagster07 on Dec 7, 2009 9:19 PM EST up reply actions
But this isn’t just our rule, it’s a fairly longstanding hockey rule. It’s like talking about a perfect game when at a baseball game — you just shouldn’t do it. Athletes are superstitious.
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Dec 7, 2009 9:30 PM EST up reply actions
Fans are superstitious too.
"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."
But we aren’t playing the games
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Dec 7, 2009 9:32 PM EST up reply actions
Can we get some sort of filter, like a lot of sites have for language, where it just automatically changes the world to “cutiepie”?
by sixsevenfiftysix on Dec 7, 2009 9:20 PM EST up reply actions
He’ll be fine; Juice isn’t out there.
"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 7, 2009 9:22 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
you forget about Poti…..the infamous screener
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by RedskinFan4Life on Dec 7, 2009 9:22 PM EST up reply actions
Is GOD Posting?
Need me some trenchant analysis to make sense of what we’ve seen so far
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
Carebear reunion
Varly sharp, Ovie 2 goals,
Caps are winning.
Haiku recap!
There will be a Яeckoning for the wЯecking ball
Nah, fuck the conventional forms. You want to write a haiku with 4 syllables in the closing line? You go, my friend.
I lived in Japan for 3 years – it’s a crap form of poetry anyway.
Now, if you described the goings on to date in, say, trochaic pentameter…then we’d be talking.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
Hmm… how about “Caps arrrrrrrrrrre winning.”?
by sixsevenfiftysix on Dec 7, 2009 9:22 PM EST up reply actions
that’s why you write the posts
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by RedskinFan4Life on Dec 7, 2009 9:23 PM EST up reply actions
Caps are winning-ing
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 7, 2009 9:28 PM EST up reply actions
Caps are ahead
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by RedskinFan4Life on Dec 7, 2009 9:23 PM EST up reply actions
aghh, nope….
Rock the Red! Rock the White! Rock the Blue! Rock the Pens!
by RedskinFan4Life on Dec 7, 2009 9:23 PM EST up reply actions
But if you want to get picky about it like that, you have to stop writing them based on syllable count too!
by sixsevenfiftysix on Dec 7, 2009 9:37 PM EST up reply actions
lol
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by RedskinFan4Life on Dec 7, 2009 9:25 PM EST up reply actions
You know, I’m not feeling particularly trenchant tonight. Got a sweet dog by my side, I’m drinking a little bit of Rainwater Madeira (delicious) and thinking about which of our many good leftovers to make myself for dinner.
The Caps are up 3-0 against a division rival, Vinny Lecavalier has Dave-Steckel-itis, and has had it all year. Our star, in contrast, is continuing a remarkable year. Life is good.
Sorry, I’ll try to work up some trench.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 7, 2009 9:26 PM EST up reply actions
So random question. On the back and bottom of B-Mo’s helmet is a black strap. any ideas what that is?
Fehr is fair, but I like Laich
a black strap?
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by RedskinFan4Life on Dec 7, 2009 9:20 PM EST up reply actions
that was a snark there, sorry…… haven’t seen it yet….
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by RedskinFan4Life on Dec 7, 2009 9:21 PM EST up reply actions
It’s some extra support for the base of the skull to help prevent concussions.
Of all our iniquities ignorance may be the worst
by Killer_Carlson on Dec 7, 2009 9:25 PM EST up reply actions
Blocked Shots
Caps 10 – Lightning 2 – I don’t know if it’s good they are blocking more or bad they are allowing them, but this TB team is feisty. Varly looks good.
So I see my Eastern Conf team is doing well tonight … :)
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? (boycott Hollywood!)
by ang6666 on Dec 7, 2009 9:23 PM EST reply actions
Actually, that might have been harsh. No idea what your situation is. Carry on.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Dec 7, 2009 9:25 PM EST up reply actions
I wouldn’t say that exactly … Sharks are my #1 team … but if I had to pick a backup Eastern Conf team … it would be the Caps (born in Arlington ya know)
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? (boycott Hollywood!)
by ang6666 on Dec 7, 2009 9:25 PM EST up reply actions
ha ha!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? (boycott Hollywood!)
by ang6666 on Dec 7, 2009 9:26 PM EST up reply actions
Can I offer you some stale crackers that have been open since our last houseparty, about six weeks ago?
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 7, 2009 9:27 PM EST up reply actions
uh no! making dinner here actually … so won’t be around that much :)
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? (boycott Hollywood!)
by ang6666 on Dec 7, 2009 9:27 PM EST up reply actions
You and me both, fellow Californian
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 7, 2009 9:30 PM EST up reply actions
hey there! :)
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? (boycott Hollywood!)
by ang6666 on Dec 7, 2009 9:31 PM EST up reply actions
Leftover chicken leg (Sunday lunch) leftover Arctic Char (sunday dinner)
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 7, 2009 9:34 PM EST up reply actions
ah … no leftovers here … cheese stuffed pasta shells & garlic bread … it’s how I make sure my boys keep loving me … :)
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? (boycott Hollywood!)
by ang6666 on Dec 7, 2009 9:36 PM EST up reply actions
dinner will be ready in an hour … :)
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? (boycott Hollywood!)
by ang6666 on Dec 7, 2009 9:37 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t think they freeze well :)
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? (boycott Hollywood!)
by ang6666 on Dec 7, 2009 9:38 PM EST up reply actions
Sounds really good
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 7, 2009 9:40 PM EST up reply actions
Red meat = methane in the air and cowshit in the water, and I’m married to an ecologist. We don’t abstain, but we’ve tried to reduce a lot.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 7, 2009 9:41 PM EST up reply actions
Faaaaahhhhkkkk…next time I’m in Cali I’ll take you out for a big ol’ hunk of grilled cow.
You deserve it.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
ha ha !
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? (boycott Hollywood!)
by ang6666 on Dec 7, 2009 9:42 PM EST up reply actions
Oh, we do eat beef on occasion. And even more lamb, pork, and goat (our new favorite). I swear it tastes better when you save it for special occasions.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 7, 2009 9:43 PM EST up reply actions
Gonna have to try some goat. Love the baby sheep, love the swine.
For the record, we had leftover venison roast chez daddyo, tonight.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
Venison is delicious and, in most places, good for the environment. Deer ain’t going to become endangered anytime soon.
I don’t like fishing or hunting. I don’t like personally being the agent of death. But I’m happy to enjoy the spoils of what other folks bring home.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 7, 2009 9:50 PM EST up reply actions
I from california! Bit of a pain when games start at 4 in the afternoon
Alexander Ovechin Game Covers: 3
Sidney Crosby Game Covers: 0
Maybe one day Sid. . .
yeah … I grumble lots when the Sharks play on the east coast … thankful that I have two machines … so one is streaming the game while I work on the other :)
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? (boycott Hollywood!)
by ang6666 on Dec 7, 2009 9:37 PM EST up reply actions
quick, get rid of the bubbles picture!
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by RedskinFan4Life on Dec 7, 2009 9:26 PM EST up reply actions
should I be scrolling the other threads real quick? :)
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? (boycott Hollywood!)
by ang6666 on Dec 7, 2009 9:27 PM EST up reply actions
well you guys did invite us
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? (boycott Hollywood!)
by ang6666 on Dec 7, 2009 9:28 PM EST up reply actions
well thank ya :)
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? (boycott Hollywood!)
by ang6666 on Dec 7, 2009 9:30 PM EST up reply actions
You guys need anyone on D for a mid-round pick?
"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)."
who you trying to get rid of?? (ha!)
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? (boycott Hollywood!)
by ang6666 on Dec 7, 2009 9:30 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah.
Someone say something funny, stat!
We got an image to uphold. No dick jokes, though. We mined that well dry
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
pun intended!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? (boycott Hollywood!)
by ang6666 on Dec 7, 2009 9:31 PM EST up reply actions
what was the final?
I lived with a blind guy for a while, then he figured it out and demanded back rent.
5-2
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by RedskinFan4Life on Dec 7, 2009 9:28 PM EST up reply actions
oh I bet!!! they are crazy over there!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? (boycott Hollywood!)
by ang6666 on Dec 7, 2009 9:34 PM EST up reply actions
did someone say tank?
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by RedskinFan4Life on Dec 7, 2009 9:29 PM EST up reply actions
Speaking of armored vehicles, any news on whether the the fighting vehicle is a proud papa yet or not?
A man gotta have a code
was wondering myself…..
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by RedskinFan4Life on Dec 7, 2009 9:39 PM EST up reply actions
Man, I know Semin had a wide open net, but I wish AO had been a little selfish there to get the hatty.
Anyone catch who that Dman was? That was some of the worst defense of a 2 on 1 I’ve ever seen. Left AO with a huge lane to the net and didn’t block the passing lane either.
Of all our iniquities ignorance may be the worst
Is it Hedman that plays with Ohlund? If so that’s a disappointing play from the young stud, but he’ll learn.
Of all our iniquities ignorance may be the worst
by Killer_Carlson on Dec 7, 2009 9:30 PM EST up reply actions
Lots of jumpy pucks and missed connections on the part of the Lightning, Caps may be earning some of that “winners aura”
Or maybe they skipped the shower this morning
I wonder how much of it is the ice.
"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."
I’d blame the ice before anything else, it’s probably worse than ours.
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Dec 7, 2009 9:33 PM EST up reply actions
Fire wagon hockey.
Likey, but not so smart at this point, eh?
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
You know your PP isn’t doing much when Downie’s on the first line PP.
But, for the record, I haven’t seen much of Stamkos tonight.
There will be a Яeckoning for the wЯecking ball
"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)."
Link please! I would like to see the rest.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 7, 2009 9:50 PM EST up reply actions
wow that TB color guy just completely mangled the goalie’s name, I couldn’t even figure out who he was talking about.
I cannot believe Varly made that save. He is absolutely my favorite Cap. I could like him better only if he had some Billy Smith in him and started whacking guys in the crease on occasion.
"We take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor." - Bobby Clarke
P.S. Rink Rabbits – t-shirt discussion FanPost started, since we always discuss it in bits and pieces (took me entirely too long to figure out how to do that, haha)
:)
"No Brooks Laich, no win. Know Brooks Laich, know win."
Looked clean enough on the replay..
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
Gonna guess that Greenie just got a tad bit less bubble-icious for the rabbit contingent. Busted nose?
Thought it was a clean hit, btw.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
by fat_daddyo on Dec 7, 2009 9:38 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Corey latest tweet
Hale’s shoulder caught Green up high — but it was a clean hit. Not sure why someone didn’t jump Hale — isn’t that how things work now?
A man gotta have a code
by Carl Putnam on Dec 7, 2009 9:39 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Awesome. Big rec. We need to keep that man in this town.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 7, 2009 9:42 PM EST up reply actions
Is that a visor-induced scratch?
"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)."
Surely, it was right in line with the edge.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Dec 7, 2009 9:40 PM EST up reply actions
that was a nice 3rd goal you guys had … just saw the replay
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? (boycott Hollywood!)
by ang6666 on Dec 7, 2009 9:40 PM EST reply actions
Yeah…we think #8 has a chance to stick with the big club…seems to have a nose for the net
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
by fat_daddyo on Dec 7, 2009 9:41 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
The best of the bunch was Fleischmann to Fehr, though. Those kids really are developing some beautiful chemistry.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 7, 2009 9:42 PM EST up reply actions
In seriousness, Fehr has showed good hands, real good hands, a couple of times tonight. He’s more than just a big lug.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
Thank goodness he took the opportunity to show it.
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Dec 7, 2009 9:55 PM EST up reply actions
Flash and Fehr had a little bit of mojo last year both have really found some confidence this year.
"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)."