2009 NHL Trade Deadline Open Thread I
by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 7:00 AM EST
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[The current open thread can be found here]
Alright, here's how this is going to work. This post is going to stay at the top of the page until the trade deadline and we're all going to talk about the day's goings-on in the comments (basically, it'll be a live blog in the comments).
As big trades happen, we'll post links below this post and you can discuss them in detail there be talking about them in the comments, and as Caps trades happen, we'll have separate posts with extensive analysis, natch.
Finally, here are a few quick reference links:
- Mirtle's list of UFAs
- Salaries at NHL Numbers and that other site, as well as our spreadsheet on the Caps' salaries
- Our list of Caps' draft picks for the next two drafts
So hang in there and enjoy the day - it's sure to be an exciting one.
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First big news of the day:
One of the more prominent names on the trade block is officially off-limits, as the Anaheim Ducks have taken defenceman Chris Pronger off the market.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 7:23 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
better than hearing the Devils or Bruins got ahold of him.
by Khail SMASH on Mar 4, 2009 7:25 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Spot on, though I think Havelid meant the Devils weren’t headed in that direction and the B’s are too close to the cap to make that one happen without some serious shuffling.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 7:25 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
the B’s are too close to the cap to make that one happen without some serious shuffling.
Exactly what I told my co-workers at the pro shop who had starry eyes for Pronger.
by Khail SMASH on Mar 4, 2009 7:29 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Replace Devils with Flyers and the statement still holds true.
by Sct112 on Mar 4, 2009 8:23 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I guess he wasn’t gonna bring in what they really wanted. Picks, top prospect, and a Kessell/Backstrom type player. (Which isn’t a surprise since that is completely absurd)
by wittcap79 on Mar 4, 2009 7:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Real Estate Agent: Look, nobody’s going to buy your house for what you paid for it. The value of your house has dropped. And if you leave it out on the market any longer at that price, people are going to think something’s wrong with it because it’s been on the market for so long.
Homeowner: OK, take it off the market. Maybe we can put it back on the market this summer if it’s more of a buyer’s market then…
by Gould Old Days on Mar 4, 2009 8:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Pretty much. Makes more sense for them this way, anyway. More teams (including the Caps) will be better able to absorb his salary then. More teams bidding = better offers.
by grapejoos on Mar 4, 2009 10:20 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
GOOD
At least that means that the Devils or Bruins don’t get ahold of him, and that makes me happy. I don’t think we can afford him – Morris seems much more likely to me. As much as I like the idea of Pronger, Morris passes the sniff test.
by gotsparkly on Mar 4, 2009 8:14 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’d love to see Sean O’Donnell join the Caps. After last night’s loss, the Kings are 13th in the west and 7 back from a playoff spot . Maybe they’ll finally give up on this season and focus on next.
by Gould Old Days on Mar 4, 2009 8:31 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
An FYI on Tomas Kaberle:
The Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman – already the subject of trade rumours – suffered a hand injury in the third period of Tuesday’s 3-2 overtime loss to the New Jersey Devils. The injury is to the same hand that he broke in January, which caused Kaberle to miss 13 games.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 7:24 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
couldn’t see him fitting in with the Caps. Couldn’t tell you why, I just can’t see it.
by Khail SMASH on Mar 4, 2009 7:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I can tell you why.
Kaberle’s a power play quarterback and an offensive defenseman. Don’t get me wrong, he’s a good defenseman, but he’s not really what I think we need.
by gotsparkly on Mar 4, 2009 8:15 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Isn't that
exactly why you make the guy a healthy scratch? It’s not like the league doesn’t already know that he can play.
by wittcap79 on Mar 4, 2009 7:37 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yup. If that injury costs them a deal, Brian Burke’s not going to be happy.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 7:50 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It didn't
No team was going to blow the doors off of Burke.
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:28 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Is this why Nyls has been a scratch the last 4 games? :)
I need 100% of you guys to give 110%.
by capsfan4life on Mar 4, 2009 8:01 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Wouldn’t think so. I don’t see there being a buyer for Nyls. He’s been scratched because he’s been terrible. Though he might be back in there after the last two games.
by Sct112 on Mar 4, 2009 8:24 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder if he’s registered his displeasure on Twitter?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 7:53 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
PHX and PHL discussing Bryzgalov and Morris for Lupul, Biron and Upshall.
by TylerG on Mar 4, 2009 8:04 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Lupul’s the rich man’s Jon Sim…he OWNS us. I would most certainly hope they would send him as far away as practicable. Is Bryzgalov really that much of an upgrade over Biron? Would Biron wave his no trade to go to PHX? I doubt it
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 8:07 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Not sure how that deal makes sense for Phoenix.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 8:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not sure how it makes sense for PHI.
Bryzgalov isn’t exactly an upgrade over Biron.
by gotsparkly on Mar 4, 2009 8:16 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think he is, plus he’s got another two years on his contract.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 8:20 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Geez…I never realized their goalie situation was so bad…Biron, Nittymaki AND their AHL guy are all UFAs after this year…yikes!
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 8:23 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Briere’s contract boggles my mind still to this day…I can’t even fathom that in the first 3 years of that deal, he’s making 26 million, and then another 21 million the three years after THAT.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 8:26 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I agree, how do Biron and Upshall help this team get younger/rebuild? Seems like they would need prospects rather than guys that are 25 and up. I can’t say I know much about the Yotes current situation, other than its bad.
by Sct112 on Mar 4, 2009 8:31 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
How can a franchise bleeding money and needing league help to stay afloat take on Briere’s contract? Sorry, I’m not buying it.
by b.orr4 on Mar 4, 2009 8:41 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
TSN's stream seems to be working
http://www2.tsn.ca/window/tradecentre.aspx
No third party feed needed, it’s working fine for me. Silly Canada.
by OvechkinLaichsSemin on Mar 4, 2009 8:18 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
THANK YOU for the link!
Been doing the TOR/MON radio thing for the past three hours. Another cup of coffee and I keel over.
by Whale4ever on Mar 4, 2009 8:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Whats the general feeling down there? Pronger has so dominated the news that JayBo has been flying under the radar for me lately.
by Sct112 on Mar 4, 2009 8:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
50-50. I’ve flipflopped on this so many time that my head is spinning. Most fans that I’ve talked to want to keep him through the season, but it ain’t happening.
by Whale4ever on Mar 4, 2009 8:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I agree with what the TSN panel is saying right now – you’ve gotta move Bouwmeester. You simply can’t let him walk for nothing.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 8:46 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Where’s he going then? Out west so the Cats won’t see him but 2 times a year?
by Sct112 on Mar 4, 2009 8:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I disagree…making the playoffs is MUCH more important…they can’t move him if they don’t get anything substantial back for him, and who’s going to give something substantial for him? They would need immediate returns NOW, and what contender would do that? It would be cutting of their nose to spite their face
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 9:20 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
They’ll get something substantial for him.
Two key points:
1) Cats ain’t winning the Cup this year, with or without JayBo, so they need to either lock him up (not happening) or keep building for the future.
2) The Cats are more than just JayBo.
You just can’t let the most valuable asset on the market go for nothing. Ask the Thrashers how screwing up the deadline to make the playoffs one year works out.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 9:22 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Or ask Ted what making the playoffs last year has done for the franchise’s bottom line this season. You can not overrestimate just how important it is for a team in the south Florida market to make the playoffs. I say unless they get absolutely blown away with a deal that helps them now, hold on to him. And let’s not forget, they can still trade JayBo’s rights for a first rounder in June.
by b.orr4 on Mar 4, 2009 9:41 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah but the Thrash still made the playoffs that year. Its killing them NOW, but they still made the playoffs. I’d take that any day.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 9:42 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah but the difference is that the Cats are adding the assets from a big trade instead of sending them out.
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Will they get enough assets back to offset losing Bouwmeester? That’s my whole point…I don’t think they can do it and still make the playoffs
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 9:45 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think that they can and even if they don’t they still have turned they most marketable asset into something because that kid is walking July 1st.
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:47 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
They were a terrible team that got swept out of the playoffs and got stuck with Alexei Zhitnik and no Braydon Coburn.
The Panthers still make the playoffs without JayBo – they’re a good team with great goaltending and in a good position.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 9:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
They’re three points out of ninth with a murderous schedule ahead. JayBo has been an absolute stud for them during this run. Unless they get something great for him, they are not a lock by any stretch to make the playoffs.
by b.orr4 on Mar 4, 2009 10:05 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Let me ask, if you are the Panthers and you aren’t going to keep young Jay Bo – why are you even bothering? He’s young, lock him up. If you don’t want to / can’t afford it, just move the team to Hamilton now.
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by macvechkin on Mar 4, 2009 10:40 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
making the playoffs means $$
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 10:41 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It worked fine for me last year.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 8:41 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If that craps out, give this a try:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/habsvision
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 8:41 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Dang it, need FLash 9 and I can’t load it at work >_<
I need 100% of you guys to give 110%.
by capsfan4life on Mar 4, 2009 8:50 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
they’re standing uncomfortably close to each other
by ns on Mar 4, 2009 8:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Derek Morris
Let’s talk Morris for a minute.
Is he tough? He has one fight in the past two years and about as many hits per game as Mike Green.
Does he bring offense? His points-per-game this year is the worst of his career, the last three years have been his least productive as an NHLer, and his five goals and seven assists in 57 games looks a lot like Shaone Morrisonn’s three goals and eight assists in 55.
Does he bring experience? He has played as many playoff games in his career – seven – as most of these Caps played last year.
Would he make the blueline better if he bumps Juice or Ersky from the lineup? Sure. But someone convince me that he’s a huge upgrade over Shaone Morrisonn.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 8:31 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I think you’ve stated before that Morrissonn is pretty much Kurt Sauer (as far as comparison goes). Does Morris play substantially more (and against better comp) than Sauer does?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 8:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sauer plays against tougher competition 5-on-5 and is on the ice for fewer goas.
Morris plays around 35 seconds more per game and is minus-13 worse than Sauer.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 8:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I would say that this is mostly about price. If we can get him for a song (Ted Ruth), sweet. But it sounds to me like he’s being shopped as the Pronger alternative and that is just driving up the price.
by Sct112 on Mar 4, 2009 8:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Likely.
I think my point here is that if you move Mo in this deal, you’re not getting a hell of a lot better, and probably not getting better from a “value” point of view, and it does nothing to address the third D pairing.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 8:40 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Mo+Juice+Pick for Hamhuis+Zanon?
Hey, I can dream.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 8:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Experience
If you look at Morris’s stats, they’re not impressive. What he does bring is a lot of NHL experience to a defensive corp that is woefully young. With Poti out of the lineup last night, the Caps had one defenseman over 26 years old and that was Erskine at 28. That’s a recipe for disaster and lately it’s becoming more and more obvious. Having a guy who’s played 12 seasons on defense, even if he’s not a big scorer or hitter, would be extremely valuable. And yes, I’d take him over Morrisonn in a heartbeat.
by b.orr4 on Mar 4, 2009 8:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
But will the Yotes take Mo? I can’t imagine that they would. What would be the benefit to them. A lateral move to a guy that is overpaid that will be an RFA come the summer? I would need picks and youth. The Caps aren’t going to be giving that up if it isn’t an upgrade.
by Sct112 on Mar 4, 2009 8:51 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Probably not but I’m thinking they could move Mo to another playoff team that could use some defensive help and then they could make a trade for Morris that just involved picks and/or prospects.
by b.orr4 on Mar 4, 2009 8:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Care to speculate on the Mo side of that deal?
by Sct112 on Mar 4, 2009 8:55 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
They need his contract slot, so I doubt they’d want an NHL body in return. I’m guessing a third rounder or a prospect. But who knows, another GM may like his game more than we do and overpay.
by b.orr4 on Mar 4, 2009 9:02 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I didn’t say Morris isn’t better than Mo(rrisonn). But I think the bigger problem here is that third pairing, and upgrading your #3/4 D without bumping the rest of the depth chart at all – and at the cost of $2m per annum of cap space – can’t be considered a significant improvement to the team overall.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 9:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Why are my Wednesdays so busy? Class soon =(.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 8:42 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Completely unrelated ....
Am I the only person who thought that the girl chosen in the Sing-Off was absolutely horrid? Pretty, nice voice, but her pitch sense was ATROCIOUS.
by gotsparkly on Mar 4, 2009 8:43 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
She was hotter then every other person that’s ever gone up there so in my eyes she’s an upgrade (not to my ears though) but I’ll take it.
by vt caps fan on Mar 4, 2009 8:45 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Her timing and tempo was not consistent. Bring Back Bob or Caleb!
by MetalCap on Mar 4, 2009 8:48 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Neither was anything else.
I think they chose her on looks.
by gotsparkly on Mar 4, 2009 8:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sometimes being a classically trained vocalist is sometimes a curse, and last night was one of those times. I’m considering submitting a tape myself if THAT was the best they could come up with
by gotsparkly on Mar 4, 2009 8:52 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Her phrasing was horrendous…needs to learn when to take a breath. Easy on the eyes though, obviously that’s why she was up there. Coulda sworn I saw her look up for the words at one point as well.
by wittcap79 on Mar 4, 2009 9:13 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
What was she singing?
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:14 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The Rush song? :)
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 9:18 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Nah, anthem:national type
I prefer Temples of Syrinx anyway.
by wittcap79 on Mar 4, 2009 9:21 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’d rather hear “Double Trouble” than ANYTHING by Rush
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 9:23 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I’m not a huge Rush guy.
They actually were my favorite band for a while in high school, but then my dad got a job. Zing!
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 9:23 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I guess you weren’t in a “rush” to get any of their albums?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 9:24 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You all better simma on the Rush trashing, or I will subject you to the empty threat of Donald Brashear kicking yoru asses.
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by macvechkin on Mar 4, 2009 10:42 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Heh.
I could go on all day. Seriously, I could, but I won’t. Instead I’ll pick up a USB microphone and submit a tape myself and see what they think.
by gotsparkly on Mar 4, 2009 9:25 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Panger and McGuire currently pooping on Jose.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 8:46 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Panger should would know how to rate a short goalie, no?
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 8:47 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
…should sure would.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 8:47 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Did they say anything of value, or just rip JT60?
I have a feeling they ripped him for the loss yesterday.
by vt caps fan on Mar 4, 2009 8:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
They shouldn’t have ripped him since he was out with the flu and Nuvy started.
by MetalCap on Mar 4, 2009 9:04 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
But if they were like the guys sitting behind me yesterday, they still blamed JT60.
by vt caps fan on Mar 4, 2009 9:07 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Just saying the Caps can’t win with him. They’re a pretender as long as he’s the G, unless they get Bouwmeester (huh?).
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 9:11 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
A pretender? What if I say he’s not like the others? Have they considered that??
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 9:12 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
haha got me laughin in the office on that one
by MetalCap on Mar 4, 2009 9:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Tells me what we’ve been saying:
1) We need better D in front of him
2) they’re still idiots.
thx
by vt caps fan on Mar 4, 2009 9:15 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Screw Maguire and Pang
They can dump on him all they want, but if Theo is in goal last night I’m thinking it’s an entirely different game. I’m not blaming Neuvirth. He was thrown into a tough situation and, unfortunately, didn’t measure up.
by b.orr4 on Mar 4, 2009 9:06 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I put that to a lack of experience. A couple of the goals were simple rookie mistakes, and he’ll learn to snag those over time. He’ll be fine in the long run.
I need 100% of you guys to give 110%.
by capsfan4life on Mar 4, 2009 9:22 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Time to go learn about Flannery O’Connor. Back at 12:30. >_<
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 8:48 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Goal Celebration
Totally off topic, but how embarrassing was that goal celebration after Fed scored? Bruce was steaming about it and deservedly so. Can you imagine what Cherry would have said if AO were involved in that fiasco?
by b.orr4 on Mar 4, 2009 8:52 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
TEB mentioned it in the article this morning… I don’t know what that was about… especially from Feds, he’s supposed to lead these guys.
by Sct112 on Mar 4, 2009 8:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I was wondering about that as well. Not okay.
by sonia on Mar 4, 2009 8:55 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah….strange Fed celebration…replay showed it was an awkward fall….Also noticed the mock jump into the glass by Stall after the goal…gonna get ugly. I think the OV leap started out as a natural reaction….others are willing to throw it back.
by Mulator on Mar 4, 2009 9:05 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah I heard OV won’t do it now since Crosby started doing it…
by MetalCap on Mar 4, 2009 9:06 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
lols.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:12 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
can’t pick on Ovi’s game so they harp on his celebration/enthusiasm. stay classy, Staal.
by ns on Mar 4, 2009 9:08 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, the fall was awkward, but Feds had his stick in the air real quick. Silly.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 9:12 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It was horrible. Embarrassing is exactly the word.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 9:11 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And good on Boudreau for calling them out on it:
“We just made it 5 to 2, and we’re jumping on each other like we just won an overtime game. I’m sure if I were on the Carolina bench I’d be going, ‘Look at these idiots.’”
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 9:13 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Awesome. I thought it was overzealous.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:13 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Brett Clark
I have nothing to support it but can’t shake the notion the Caps are interested in Brett Clark. I just think he fits the bill for this team…he has one year left @ 3.5 so it would mean a salary dump, but he could always be moved on draft day.
by ThreePingPost on Mar 4, 2009 9:07 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Just looked him up, looks like a solid stay at home D but nothing much written on him, he’ll eat up ice time and block a ton of shots. Who do you think we’d trade for him?
by MetalCap on Mar 4, 2009 9:13 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Not sure we could make this trade unless we moved a roster player, but I think he would be the same cost as Derek Morris.
by ThreePingPost on Mar 4, 2009 9:16 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Btw, after I sit here all day, who’s going to come over and massage my ass?
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 9:15 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Aren’t you married?
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:16 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah. Is getting an ass massage infidelity?
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 9:17 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Depends on who does it.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:17 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I get paid to do it! (I’m a massage therapist.)
by sonia on Mar 4, 2009 9:22 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Can we form a line?
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:24 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Free ass massages for everyone if Nyles gets traded!
by sonia on Mar 4, 2009 9:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That changes my opinion on him.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And sonia.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 9:37 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, I’m a professional!
Also I’m hoping no one here lives in NYC. :)
by sonia on Mar 4, 2009 9:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hence him asking us… Marriage sure is grand.
by Sct112 on Mar 4, 2009 9:17 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe he should ask Tarik’s guys. They’re used to that.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:18 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Was anyone else disappointed by Mirtle’s list? All he did was pick UFAs… you think that BJ is on the block?
by Sct112 on Mar 4, 2009 9:16 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think you trade for an injured player.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:16 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
My point exactly. Mirtle lists BJ as trade bait… makes me question all of the others on the list.
by Sct112 on Mar 4, 2009 9:17 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm pretty sure
Jimmy’s list is just an overview of all the UFAs since they are traditionally the most likely to get moved. I don’t think he’s necessarily saying that Johnny et al. are actually ON the block
by wittcap79 on Mar 4, 2009 9:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Right, guess I thought his cheat sheet might actually provide some insight into who was being shopped as well as who might be available.
by Sct112 on Mar 4, 2009 9:23 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I guess the other side of that is people who would look at it and wonder where UFA guys are, even if they’re hurt.
by David M. Getz on Mar 4, 2009 9:24 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Trade Deadline should be an excused absence from my classes. As it stands, I got to English, found out my term paper was due (that I thought was due Friday), so I told him I had to run and get it and left. Guess I’m taking one more class!
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:20 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Shouldn’t your tem paper be due and the end of the term? Isn’t that why it is named such?
by wittcap79 on Mar 4, 2009 9:23 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Mid-term.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:23 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Concur
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:27 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
So what is the damage? Toronto rioting and looking for Burke’s head now that Kaberle got injured last night?
by Sct112 on Mar 4, 2009 9:28 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Nope
Kaberle was never getting traded. Waiting until the draft just makes too much sense.
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:29 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I have a feeling we wont hear anything until 245 (of course I have to leave at 230 today so it would be fitting)
by vt caps fan on Mar 4, 2009 9:28 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
1. e4
I have as many wins in a Capitals uniform as Michael Belhumeur does.
by marky narc on Mar 4, 2009 9:28 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
1. e4 c5
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:29 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Finally, someone made a move! The Sicilian Defense – good choice.
Can’t actually play this out, though… heading off to work (which has no internet access!), but I just wanted to see if anything had happened so far this morning.
I see the answer is “not yet.”
I have as many wins in a Capitals uniform as Michael Belhumeur does.
by marky narc on Mar 4, 2009 9:30 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No kidding. The guys on TSN are talking about whether it damages the integrity of the game to scratch guys who are about to be traded.
by David M. Getz on Mar 4, 2009 9:29 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
They have about 68 analysts getting paid by the hour. They need something to happen.
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:30 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Honestly, it’s a fair point. They’re really arguing that you should take less to stay in Toronto.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:30 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Meh
If you talk about bleeding blue and white and you want to play nowhere other than Toronto than prove it.
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:30 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Something better happen before 12
I gotta go to a meeting. And I don’t think they’re going to let me sleep through it…bs
by wittcap79 on Mar 4, 2009 9:31 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
They dropped Halpern’s name as available. I selfishly want Captain Jew back.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:27 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I can’t say my Fiancee wouldn’t go crazy either.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:29 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He can’t come back. His number’s not available any longer.
by b.orr4 on Mar 4, 2009 9:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
J-Bo
Haven’t heard J-Bo to VAN until now.
http://tsf.waymoresports.thestar.com/thestar/hockey/se-news.cgi?blog-deadline&x_SEID=34&x_SEType=2
by ecouls1 on Mar 4, 2009 9:29 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
but that would be foolish of FLA I think. They’re so close this year.
by ecouls1 on Mar 4, 2009 9:29 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Malkin to the Kings guy was reporting that too…not sure if I buy it
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 9:31 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Btw, it’s positively insane how much time they’re devoting to Dominic Moore and his 12 goals on TSN.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 9:30 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
and 29 assists!
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:31 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
How many goals does Jeff Finger have?
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:31 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That, in a nutshell, is why people hate the Leafs
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 9:31 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I hate it when the teams with the most fans get the most time on a commercial broadcast that is aiming to pull in the most viewers.
Damn that’s annoying.
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:32 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Its why people hate the Yankees too
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 9:32 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
At least the Leafs can’t buy the league (or couldn’t do it properly before). Imagine if they won a Cup? Seriously, imagine it because it won’t happen otherwise
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:34 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Doesn’t seem help the Yankees any…they haven’t won a title in almost 10 years despite spending more than anybody
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 9:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hahaha, “Just imagine. There are now four year old Yankee fans who have yet to see their team win a championship.”
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
As long as your fans continue to pay league high prices for the dreck thrown on the ice you have you’re going to keep getting it.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Blame the Fans?
I don’t have all day to explain why that is so wrong-headed but here’s the coles notes:
- One corporate box = 1 entire section of the upper bowl.
- just over a third of the Leafs’ revenues come from tickets
- The largest fanbase in the league
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Are “coles notes” Canadian Cliff Notes?
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 9:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Canadian Cliff Notes are Fletcher’s dandruff
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 9:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes
They actually are.
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
They mix it with John Ferguson Jr.’s magical tears and tell the future that way
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 9:41 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
THAT’S where Eklund comes from.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:41 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
But then it tells us that Lenny killed King Duncan. It’s all messed up.
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:41 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t really “blame” the fans, but the reasons the Leafs struggle is likely the same reason that the Redskins struggle.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well
We don’t have an insane owner that thinks he’s playing fantasy hockey.
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:40 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
But the other three stats apply to both teams.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:40 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
But as much as I hate Peddie and Tanenbaum I can’t compare them to Daniel Snyder.
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:42 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m biting my tongue to avoid making a very out of taste joke/not joke.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Do it
I don’t care as long as it’s not about the fans.
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve always thought that Dany Heatley killed the wrong Dan Snyder.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:46 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ouch…LOL
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 9:46 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
WOW!
Wow. That is so bad and funny I can’t help but laugh.
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:47 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Wow…..
But I can see where your coming from haha
by MetalCap on Mar 4, 2009 9:47 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Not anymore
They hired Brian Burke. They’re smart now.
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:40 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
My fiancee last night asked if TSN stood for Toronto Sports Network. I answered that I wasn’t sure, but wouldn’t be surprised.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
More or less. People think Toronto is the country’s capital. It’s kind of an important city.
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:34 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It's the same thing
for NYC. I have honestly heard people, (my wife’s extended family) say they live in the capital of the US. It’s hard to convince them that Brighton Beach is pretty far from “capital” material.
by wittcap79 on Mar 4, 2009 9:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Toronto people don’t think that. Foreigners do ;)
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m sure there is a couple of Toronto eliteists walking around who’ll tell you that IT IS Canada.
by wittcap79 on Mar 4, 2009 9:41 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, the cool thing now is to say how much Toronto sucks and Vancouver is awesome. Even for Torontonians.
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:42 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
hahaha
Yeah, or the “China is a corrupt nation” anti-bump.
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I believe that is what you folks are feeling right now…
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:45 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I can proudly say I didn’t watch a minute of the summer olympics.
by wittcap79 on Mar 4, 2009 9:45 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I can proudly say I did, while draped in my German flag singing “Einigkeit und Rechts und Freiheit” when that 19 year old beat the 42 year old American woman in swimming.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:46 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Old people suck.
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:47 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
As do Germans…and German Titov
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 9:48 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I can’t accept responsibility for German Titov, but as for Germans, hey, we’ve been doing nothing but great things since 1950. And we made the Shamwow. And you know we make good stuff.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Konrad Adenauer FTW…
Actually, wasn’t he Austrian?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 9:50 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Germans have a habit of claiming Austrians as our own. See: Mahler, Mozart, Bach…
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:51 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And that other guy right? I think his name rhymes with “Smitler”?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 9:51 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Wer?
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:52 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ha
If anything my Hungarian roots should be claiming the Austrians. We were a powerful tag-team for awhile.
(Awaiting obvious joke)
by wittcap79 on Mar 4, 2009 9:52 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
My fiancee is of Hungarian descent…they don’t mess around
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 9:52 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s ok – they also have the habit of having Austrians mistaken as their own. See: Hitler…
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 9:52 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Asked for comment, the 19 year old said “She’s old and she’s funny.”
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:48 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It's the same cry
Everyone makes when NBC rotates between the only 4/5 teams they show all year. NYR, Det, Bos, Phl, Pitt.
by wittcap79 on Mar 4, 2009 9:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
And it’s just as pointless.
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed
TSN is a Canadian network, who the hell do we think they are going to promote?
by wittcap79 on Mar 4, 2009 9:37 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Rimouski?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 9:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Damn demand!
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 9:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, since you Americans love Socialism so much now ;)
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
We’re just trying to be like you guys.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 9:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
hahaha
It’s worked out well. Time for me to get my daily checkup and my state-rationed cheese.
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Please please
stop demeaning the gubment cheeez with a title like “state-rationed cheese”
by wittcap79 on Mar 4, 2009 9:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hey
It tastes great in our government-back Kraft Dinner.
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:45 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You shouldn’t be proud of ignorance ;)
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:32 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He’s the brother of the guy Bertuzzi crippled. Duh.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 9:34 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Duh
He’s the guy that ran over Brad May on March 4th at 4pm…
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Are they really related?
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:37 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yup. Bros.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 9:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, he’s a good Canadian boy! Ya got somethin against Canadians?
by b.orr4 on Mar 4, 2009 9:51 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Brilliance from “Brian Burke” on Twitter:
Told Kaberle we’d move him last night. Thanked him for his service and gave him a firm handshake. In hindsight, it might have been too firm.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 9:35 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
the Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia theme music during the Tim Horton’s commercial is really screwing me up.
by ns on Mar 4, 2009 9:35 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Somehow just heard it for the first time. Nice call (and great show).
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:52 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well played. I noticed it but didn’t comment on it until now (see below).
These 600 comments are getting hard to keep track of.
by David M. Getz on Mar 4, 2009 10:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Can we trade Nylander for Youppi?
would be a cool tag team with Slapshot. he’s kind of awesome:
by ns on Mar 4, 2009 9:39 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I’d take that stick Youppi’s holding for Nylander.
by vt caps fan on Mar 4, 2009 9:42 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hell I’d take the puck next to him.
by OvechkinLaichsSemin on Mar 4, 2009 9:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Only if he dances like teenage Screech (the Eagle, not the Saved by the Bell guy)
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 9:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And he can tape the players’ sticks.
I need 100% of you guys to give 110%.
by capsfan4life on Mar 4, 2009 9:42 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
he IS multi-talented, and seriously, we already moved the Expos over here…i’m sure Youppi wouldn’t mind a reunion. he could work the Nats and Caps games.
by ns on Mar 4, 2009 9:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Youppi!’s favorite baseball team is here now. We can get rid of that fucking chicken hawk Screech and Youps can wear a hat with an upside-down Expos hat (M turns into a…).
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:45 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Off-topic crazy story:
Ask the most hard-core baseball fan about John C. Odom and most likely you’ll get a blank stare. Yet millions of people have heard of the slender right-hander.
He was “Bat Man” or “Bat Guy” or “Bat Boy,” the minor league baseball player traded for 10 maple bats.
It became a big joke last May when word of the unusual swap jumped off the sports pages, and the former San Francisco Giants prospect went from pitcher to punch line.
“People are like, ’I’d kill myself’ and stuff,” Odom said at the time, dismissing any such notion.
Three weeks after the trade, he abruptly left the team.
Six months after the trade, he was dead.
The medical examiner said Odom’s death in Georgia on Nov. 5 at age 26 was an accidental overdose from heroin, methamphetamine, the stimulant benzylpiperazine and alcohol.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 9:46 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
WHOA!
I wonder when the family will sue the team for wrongful death?
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:48 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
heroin, methamphetamine, and benzylpiperazine would be a great name for a fantasy hockey team
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 9:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I thought that was the Habs’ second line. Zing!
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 9:50 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
starting outfield for the 1986 New York Mets
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 9:50 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Cocaine was that starting catcher and cleanup hitter?
by Sct112 on Mar 4, 2009 9:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Winstrol was the catcher, and Deca Durabolin played first base
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 9:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You Canucks socialism, we have litigation…
by Sct112 on Mar 4, 2009 9:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
More or less
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Terrible
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Okay.
I didn’t think that highly of Kuba when I watched him.
by gotsparkly on Mar 4, 2009 9:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Chris Neil could be headed to SJ, per TSN.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 9:53 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I would love to have Chris Neil here. =(
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No you wouldn't...
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
A Leafs fan saying that makes me think I want him more.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Nope
He’s an embarrassment and he has lost the flash of utility he used to have. Two years ago he would have been a great pickup.
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think he’d be a decent fit here. I don’t love the way he plays the game, but he’s useful.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 9:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I agree. For a rental, you could do a lot worse than him. He would have made a big difference the last two games.
by treat on Mar 4, 2009 9:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Not if you expected hitting or fighting.
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That seems like an eminently stupid move for a franchise that is basically stuck in limbo.
by treat on Mar 4, 2009 9:53 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
The trouble is that they have the top 3 that they can’t move. They have to win now.
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 9:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Shurely you jesht.
/Murray’d
"Good crowd out there tonight, boys, let's really try to win this one."
by Bald Pollack on Mar 4, 2009 9:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Heh.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 9:55 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
NODONNELL
Shit, the Kings resigned Sean O’Donnell (so says Puck Daddy). I thought he would have been a great fit.
by Gould Old Days on Mar 4, 2009 9:54 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Sigh...
I’m starting to wonder if these numbers will change at all today:
by OvechkinLaichsSemin on Mar 4, 2009 9:54 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
“Waived:”
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:55 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
“Contract Extended (for amount team is going to regret later):”
by Gould Old Days on Mar 4, 2009 9:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Once the first one goes down, I expect a ton to go in a fast time.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:54 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Sort of..
…a who blinks first type of thing?
by gotsparkly on Mar 4, 2009 9:55 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s how it was last year when I was skipping class just to watch. The first guy happened at 10:30, the second 11, then there were 6-7 by noon.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I think a lot of teams have the same first choices and once they move all hell will break loose.
by David M. Getz on Mar 4, 2009 9:55 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Same thing happens when you cruise in Fells Point
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 9:55 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
*** Trade Alert ***
Ottawa sends Vermette to CBJ for Leclaire.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 9:56 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Isn’t Leclaire still hurt? Columbus is smoking the Dubie right?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 9:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Its a good salary dump for them anyway…Mason’s the guy there now
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 9:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Obviously it’s so they can afford Nylander….
…or something….
by David M. Getz on Mar 4, 2009 9:59 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ottawa gets an actual goalie…albeit one who can’t stay healthy, and CBJ gets unfulfilled potential. Not bad.
by wittcap79 on Mar 4, 2009 10:03 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think that just got the Blue Jackets to the playoffs.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Looks like OTT is the only club who’s fax is working
by MetalCap on Mar 4, 2009 9:57 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Vermette probably had his bags packed
Everyone knew he was going to be shipped
by Wisper on Mar 4, 2009 9:58 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I think Morris is getting more expensive by the hour here.
Kuba, Kaberle, and Pronger are off the market.
by marks4java on Mar 4, 2009 9:59 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I think that might lower his price. With fewer other players, teams may relax on what they’re willing to give up.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 9:59 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Depends on how many teams are bidding on him
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 10:00 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly. Everyone knows Morris is on the move and whomever makes the highest bid gets him.
by David M. Getz on Mar 4, 2009 10:01 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Am I the only person who’d never heard of Morris before last week?
by sonia on Mar 4, 2009 10:02 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yep.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:03 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You’ve clearly never studied economics.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:00 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He did skip class today.
It does make teams feel less likely to respond though. Philly getting Morris doesn’t require the same response as Philly getting Pronger.
by Sct112 on Mar 4, 2009 10:02 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I went to class. And then I got up and left. Is that really skipping?
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:03 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
hmm… not really sure. I didn’t do that much, if I made it there, I figured I would end up staying…
by Sct112 on Mar 4, 2009 10:04 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
We had an assignment “Read another person’s essay and critique it.” I didn’t bring an essay.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:05 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I recommend you select one of DMG’s posts from the last week and critique it. You know, for practice.
by Gould Old Days on Mar 4, 2009 10:06 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I should bring that to class, and compare DMG to Flannery O’Connor. He’s definitely more interesting.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:06 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That’d be a great reference for if I do decide to go back to school and get a PhD.
by David M. Getz on Mar 4, 2009 10:07 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I haven’t.
But I’d argue against supply and demand here.
If there’s 1 guy out there, as opposed to four, I’m not giving up as much to get the 3rd guy in a 4 guy race. I’ll take my chances with the team I have if I can’t get him cheap.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:02 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The flip side of that is that now if you get Morris you’re the one team that has made a significant defensive upgrade and it gives you a competitive advantage.
by David M. Getz on Mar 4, 2009 10:03 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but I’d rather get Sauer than Morris. I don’t think he’s a huge upgrade.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:04 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
As I was discussing above, I only think Morris is a significant upgrade if it’s over Juice or Erskine (or Kronwall, obviously). If it’s a swap for our Mo, I think it’s a minor upgrade at too high a ($) cost.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:05 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but I don’t see how you pick the guy up without giving Mo up.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:06 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And therein lies the rub.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:07 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Kronwall?
I thought he was pretty solid last night. What’s your beef? No, seriously, I ask a hockey-educated man.
by gotsparkly on Mar 4, 2009 10:07 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think Kronwall is an upgrade on Juice.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:08 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And can def see the potential in him
but we’ve got way too little to go on. He did look decent last night, but the other outings…not so much. Maybe with more time in the system etc…
by wittcap79 on Mar 4, 2009 10:09 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And supply and demand only work consistently if you assume rationality.
These are Hockey GMs we’re talking about…
by Gould Old Days on Mar 4, 2009 10:03 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
From PHX’s end, if ive got 4 guys bidding against each other, that only helps me
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 10:03 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm pretty sure
top-4 D-men are a normal good
by wittcap79 on Mar 4, 2009 10:05 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I probably shouldn’t be spending my day on SBN for the trade deadline, but considering Comcast Cable isn’t getting NHL Network free, and the quality of postings on this networks, this is the best place to go. Damn you SBN!
by CapitalsKremlin on Mar 4, 2009 9:59 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Sorry!
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 10:00 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Was just about to ask where I could find the TSN trade site, thank you.
by CapitalsKremlin on Mar 4, 2009 10:01 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You don’t think it was an accident I took today off? My boss thankfully doesn’t ask questions :)
by gotsparkly on Mar 4, 2009 10:00 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s my four year anniversary with the GF and while she’s working out the details on our trip to Syracuse…I’m on SBN uh “working” on “stories”
by CapitalsKremlin on Mar 4, 2009 10:02 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Why on earth are you going to Syracuse?
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:03 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
She got accepted to law school there, and we’re finding a place for her to stay, get acquainted with the area and I’ll probably look for some media outlets that need a writer in case I decide to move along and freeze my ass off.
by CapitalsKremlin on Mar 4, 2009 10:05 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Word of advice: makes sure to stop by Dinosaur BBQ. You’d never expect a good BBQ joint in the middle of Central NY, but it’s damn good.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:07 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I hear a lot of fossils eat there
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 10:08 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Are you familiar with the term “lake effect”?
by David M. Getz on Mar 4, 2009 10:07 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Of course there’s the other side of the coin: the summers are awesome.
by David M. Getz on Mar 4, 2009 10:08 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Except you’re still in CNY, where the Carrier Dome and Carousel Center Mall are the two big tourist attractions.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:09 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well maybe I’ll get lucky, write for the Syracuse Crunch or Binghampton Senators.Binghampton’s where my Dad started his journalism career, so it’s only right/creepy that I may end up in NY too.
by CapitalsKremlin on Mar 4, 2009 10:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You better get Center Ice, cause I’d miss the hell out of your posts.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think that would be my signing bonus if I tag along with her. Otherwise, no deal.
by CapitalsKremlin on Mar 4, 2009 10:11 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Remember to start off by asking for more, and then drop to that so it seems like you’re conceding something.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:12 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah maybe I should out for more, a couple of incentive based contracts, and then a NMC. It worked for Nylander!
by CapitalsKremlin on Mar 4, 2009 10:12 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn’t move to New York and ask for a NMC.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:13 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Better make it a long term deal because I feel like she’s going to have the upper hand soon with the law school and all.
by David M. Getz on Mar 4, 2009 10:13 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Get first refusal rights on a move.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:14 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Are you going to be a UFA or an RFA?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 10:15 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Is he on his initial 3 year 2-way deal?
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:15 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
We hit four years today, so I guess I’m a UFA after this contract expires.
by CapitalsKremlin on Mar 4, 2009 10:16 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Eh she wants to stay in VA and we’re still waiting on U.R. I have a feeling U.R. will win out because it’s closer to home and she won’t have to deal with “lake effect.”
I’ll cross my fingers.
by CapitalsKremlin on Mar 4, 2009 10:15 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
UR is great… and Richmond as i’m sure Mage will tell you is a pretty nice spot.
by Sct112 on Mar 4, 2009 10:16 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
As long as you avoid New Kent and the Col. Bojangles statue.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:17 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ever see people gathered around the JEB Stuart Statue? They were out there a few weeks ago with a bunch of candles and confederate flags. I facepalmed.
by CapitalsKremlin on Mar 4, 2009 10:18 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Honestly, living in Winchester in the Winter and NOVA in the summer (and Glen Burnie this upcoming summer) I avoid Richmond like the plague.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah I attend VCU, and she went here with me, so we both love it here. 2 hours to the Caps, 2 hours to the beach, not bad at all.
by CapitalsKremlin on Mar 4, 2009 10:17 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Man, we’re going to have to start a new thread just for you CK.
by David M. Getz on Mar 4, 2009 10:17 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
400 comments but 1015 is pretty good work.
by Sct112 on Mar 4, 2009 10:17 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I blame the trade deadline being dormant
by CapitalsKremlin on Mar 4, 2009 10:18 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah I remember spending a month in Schenectady N.Y. and thinking it was some of the best summer weather I’ve ever been in. So that’s a plus.
by CapitalsKremlin on Mar 4, 2009 10:09 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Try driving up to Lake Ontario for a day. It’s quite nice.
by David M. Getz on Mar 4, 2009 10:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
except when it gets hot, because no one has air conditioning. Or at least that’s how it was when I lived in Rochester.
by sonia on Mar 4, 2009 10:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You could work
at Lockheed Martin…maybe they need a writer.
by wittcap79 on Mar 4, 2009 10:11 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
They ALWAYS need writers, especially if you have experience in either proposal writing or technical writing, and I wouldn’t say no to a referral bonus :)
by gotsparkly on Mar 4, 2009 10:14 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ll poke around as well. My division’s bidding on a lot of different things right now, so there might be stuff there.
by gotsparkly on Mar 4, 2009 10:24 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If you're really looking
I know that CACI is hiring as well
by wittcap79 on Mar 4, 2009 10:26 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ugh... you have to be REALLY looking
I know times are tough but avoid CACI if you can. Also, whatever contract you get placed on, list THAT on your resume not CACI.
I toss every resume I see if the person has worked for CACI in the past 4 years.
But these are some scary times and a paycheck is a paycheck….
by Wisper on Mar 4, 2009 10:30 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Interesting. Care to elaborate?
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I can only speak for technical jobs
but a lot of the other IT Directors and CIOs that I know do the same. We all have had the same bad experience hiring out of CACI.
CACI is a NOTORIOUSLY horrible employer. They grossly underpay their people. They use their warm bodies employees as commodities to plug holes on their contracts. And they win a lot of contracts because they can always underbid most other companies since they cheap out on everything (plus they used to have one of the top 5 lobbyists in DC working for them to land contracts, though I’m not sure that’s still the case as he has since switched Firms).
When the market was flourishing (and I realize that it no longer is) anyone with reasonably marketable skills and or professional ambition got out of CACI as soon as they could with ALL KINDS of bad war stories to tell about it.
Its just a cancer mark on the resume. Unless they are one of the exceptions with a story like “I moved to the area from Colorado and landed a job at CACI but I’m really looking for something more {insert euphemism for ”unlike a Dante-esque government zombie-shop where high-end skills go to die""
I realize as I’m typing this that I’m probably about to offend any number of Japers’ Rinksters that currently work for CACI, but if you have a good gig that works for you then go for it. I’m just telling you how the firm is perceived outside of the GovCon world.
by Wisper on Mar 4, 2009 11:05 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not an IT guy, my background is in econ and poli sci.
by David M. Getz on Mar 4, 2009 11:06 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't work there
Just curious about your position. Seems like you don’t like CACI, not the people who work there. They gave me an offer yesterday and I told them I’m not leaving unless I get $X. they said they’ll let me know before the end of the week. I don’t think they’re going to come through since my $X was about $10k more than they were “budgeting” for. But I ain’t drivin to B’more for less.
by wittcap79 on Mar 4, 2009 11:11 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I dont like CACI
and am suspicious of people that work there. I have had exactly ONE success story of hiring someone that worked for CACI. Everyone else brought an under-motivated and often under-skilled mindset that I wound up dealing with for months as a performance issue until I could fire them or they realized they needed to quit and go back to Gov Con work.
IT in top AmLaw 50 lawfirms is a thankless high-stress job and the people that I (and the dozen or so other Legal Directors I network closely with) have hired out of CACI do not transition well and just cause trouble on my teams.
Helpdesk, Engineers, DBAs, Messaging Experts, Citrix, Cisco, etc. Junior level to senior level it just always repeats itself so I no longer bother.
I’m probably missing out on the exceptions of good talented people that have passed through CACI buts its just not rolling the dice trying to find them.
by Wisper on Mar 4, 2009 11:18 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, well then I’m really not worried. This guy doesn’t do IT. You’re absolutely right, my skills would be of no use to you. Work ethic maybe, but skills…nope.
by wittcap79 on Mar 4, 2009 11:21 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually worked at CACI for a year until the group I was in got purchased by another company which was awesome for me and the group.
by usiel on Mar 4, 2009 11:15 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Comment?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 10:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That would seem silly w/o looking at their experience, no?
by wittcap79 on Mar 4, 2009 10:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Skills are easy to find, even in a tight market
(and the labor market is now FAR from tight)
More important is fit, attitude, ambition, professionalism, service-orientation for client facing roles, work ethic, initiative, etc.
And CACI is a fertile training ground for everything NOT TO BE in those areas.
by Wisper on Mar 4, 2009 11:09 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ummm, okay. I’m not HR but that seems like you’re going to exclude people just because they worked at CACI. Needless to say, there are certain, god I hate this term, “skill sets” that you just can’t pick up everywhere. Especially in the defense sector. Not to mention the fact that some people already have certain hard to obtain clearances that can cost a civilian company a pretty penny to get for them. Either way, I don’t work there and there are plenty of other contractors with needs.
by wittcap79 on Mar 4, 2009 11:15 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ottawa gets LeClaire *AND* a 2nd Round pick
by Wisper on Mar 4, 2009 10:00 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Still a good trade for Columbus. Easily wins it. Pascal Leclaire is injured way too much, and Vermette is easily better than a second round pick.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:01 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And Leclaire’s salary, which tops off in his last year at 4.8 million
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 10:01 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Dubie
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 10:02 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
~30-35 minutes to hit media on that trade
i don’t really have any comment to share. just pointing it out.
by OvechkinLaichsSemin on Mar 4, 2009 10:03 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Think a healthy LeClaire can challenge Auld
for the starting Sens gig?
by Wisper on Mar 4, 2009 10:04 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Other way around, I’d say – Auld might be able to challenge a healthy Leclaire.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:04 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
A healtyh anyone could challenge Auld for the starting gig.
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 10:04 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think you could have done more to make me appreciate Theo, Varlamov and Neuvirth than write that last comment…
by Gould Old Days on Mar 4, 2009 10:05 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
Yeah, compared to some places we’ve got it pretty good.
by gotsparkly on Mar 4, 2009 10:05 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Kerry Laytonin?
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:05 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
“Bob, what do you got for us?”
“Nothing”
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:07 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
“The Dominic Moore situation”
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:08 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Why not, they apparently have seven guys covering him.
by David M. Getz on Mar 4, 2009 10:08 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
“The Situation Room!”
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:09 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You’re going to feel bad when he helps the Blackhawks get to the conference final…
not really. You’ll never feel bad.
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by PPP on Mar 4, 2009 10:13 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Anyone else laugh out loud at the Rico Fata comparison? If that’s what they really think of him…oy vey
by ThreePingPost on Mar 4, 2009 10:21 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Caps Related
So, what goalie do we expect the Caps to get today?
Bjork clearly isn’t the guy.
by marks4java on Mar 4, 2009 10:08 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think they get one. I think they live and die with Jose.
by David M. Getz on Mar 4, 2009 10:09 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I also think they’ll rush BJ back knowing he’s a UFA; if he gets hurt even more, no loss in their eyes.
by vt caps fan on Mar 4, 2009 10:11 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
…probably up to BJ if he can even play though. Is a playoff push with a team that won’t resign him potentially worth a career? I think not…
by ThreePingPost on Mar 4, 2009 10:22 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Weekes.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:09 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If not Bjork, maybe we can trade for a guy that looks like he plays in Sigur Ros
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 10:09 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I haven't seen anything to like from Bjork
since Vespertine.
But I don’t think we sink precious cap $ in another goalie. I think we ride Theo and keep rolling the dice with the kids.
by Wisper on Mar 4, 2009 10:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
“Should the Sens try for Manny Fernandez?”
Lololol.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:12 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Should -we- try for Manny Fernandez?
by gotsparkly on Mar 4, 2009 10:15 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:16 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think so.
Manny is at 4.3M and is a UFA at the end of the year.
by Wisper on Mar 4, 2009 10:16 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Admin Note:
Let me know if this thread gets really slow for anyone, and I’ll open a new one.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:17 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Wont lie, I’m impressed we’re pushing 400 posts this early.
WELL DONE.
by vt caps fan on Mar 4, 2009 10:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
We’re on pace for 3,000 by the time the Caps make a trade.
by CapitalsKremlin on Mar 4, 2009 10:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That seems pretty low for March 2010.
by OvechkinLaichsSemin on Mar 4, 2009 10:20 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think June 2009.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:22 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
JP, the day is going extremely slowly for me. There’s only been one trade so far. Can you get them going?
by Gould Old Days on Mar 4, 2009 10:23 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ll see what I can do.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:24 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No rush for me.
I’m pulling sheet music and working on O Canada and watching the board. Y’all are a hoot :)
by gotsparkly on Mar 4, 2009 10:32 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Laich v. Vermette
I know most (okay, all) of us would take Laich over Vermette any day of the week, but would the rest of the hockey intelligentsia? Pretty similar players (though obviously I think Laich is better). Considering Vermette landed an injured goalie and a second, what would Laich land on the open market?
by treat on Mar 4, 2009 10:19 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
A healthy goalie and a first?
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:20 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Laich could get some picks and a role player I’d imagine, but I wouldn’t ever do that trade. Laich has intangibles and you don’t get those in every player.
by CapitalsKremlin on Mar 4, 2009 10:21 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed. Guy has leader written all over him, and I don’t want to see him in any other uniform.
by OvechkinLaichsSemin on Mar 4, 2009 10:21 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He has future coach written all over him too.
by CapitalsKremlin on Mar 4, 2009 10:22 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Except last night he said that the Caps were a lead by committee team… I’m not sure what Laich is waiting for if he is a leader in the making… now’s the time my friend, now’s the time.
by Sct112 on Mar 4, 2009 10:24 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed. Someone needs to be screaming and throwing things.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:24 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Here’s hoping for a … Clark trade?
by OvechkinLaichsSemin on Mar 4, 2009 10:26 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It depends on what the team is question is doing. Vermette’s more a proven commodity has been more versatile but Laich is younger (just a bit though).
by David M. Getz on Mar 4, 2009 10:21 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think Laich’s work ethic is probably widely considered to be better, but Vermette’s offensive upside is probably a little higher.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:22 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
This is the first trade deadline I’m actively paying attention to, IE skipping school. Something exciting better happen!
by Ovechwin on Mar 4, 2009 10:23 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Any word from Kettler?
Any Caps convienently given the day off for bullshit flu reasons?
by Wisper on Mar 4, 2009 10:23 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
JP, why haven’t you hired some agents to stake out Kettler each day!
by CapitalsKremlin on Mar 4, 2009 10:24 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If I were working in my arlington office today, I’d have conveniently had an off site meeting at 11 today. But I’m not in Arlington today
by vt caps fan on Mar 4, 2009 10:26 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m a 1/4 mile away…but I’m waiting on a plumber.
by David M. Getz on Mar 4, 2009 10:29 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
On the ice by 11
the players should be there by now
by Wisper on Mar 4, 2009 10:25 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but I should be in the room for my tuba lesson at 11, and I’ll likely be a few minutes late.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:25 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
What I’d give to be a fly on the wall in the “windowless room” at Kettler.
by CapitalsKremlin on Mar 4, 2009 10:24 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
How is bitch 1 going to cover the Habs trading stuff from the Buffalo Sabres practice facility? Maybe that’s why she hasn’t heard anything.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:24 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Hey now – way too misogynistic, WM.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:26 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And Montreal is in Buffalo tonight
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 10:26 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That’d answer it. My comment didn’t intend to bash her because she was a woman.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:29 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, “bitch 1” was a little over the top, IMO, but I wasn’t horribly offended.
by gotsparkly on Mar 4, 2009 10:30 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe he intended to write “mitch” but hit the wrong button?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 10:31 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe I’m just a terrible, terrible person.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:31 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Nah.
Easy, man. You’re not. I’m a chick who works in a male-dominated field and likes hockey. I find that most of the time, guys don’t mean anything personal when they talk like that, and I just blow it off.
by gotsparkly on Mar 4, 2009 10:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I was serious. :D
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:34 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
How isbitch 1that sportscaster going to cover the Habs trading stuff from the Buffalo Sabres practice facility? Maybe that’s whyshethe sportscaster in question hasn’t heard anything.
Better?
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:27 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The first change is better. The second one unnecessary.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:30 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Regardless, wasn’t intended to be a sexist thing at all. I think some women are better than some men at the sportscaster position. Case in point, Sage Steele, even though she kept ramming the Ravens down my throat.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:31 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Word. No worries.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:32 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sure sure, saving your ass there. ;)
by CapitalsKremlin on Mar 4, 2009 10:32 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Not really. Women = Bitch 1, 2, 3. Men = Asshat 1, 2, 3. I just hadn’t gotten to one yet.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That would be cool if Sage Steele had sisters named Parsley, Rosemary, and Thyme
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 10:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
+1 sir.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If she married a guy named Fred Trap, she’d be “Steele-Trap”
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 10:34 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’d find a way to pay for his salary if he said “Baba Booey” at the end of it.
"Good crowd out there tonight, boys, let's really try to win this one."
by Bald Pollack on Mar 4, 2009 10:31 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Pascal’s boring now that he got rid of his killer faux-hawk.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:33 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
That was one brutal headshot:
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:34 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ol’ Rabbit Teeth
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 10:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
There it is!
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Looks less faux-hawk and more Alph-Alpha-ish.
by CapitalsKremlin on Mar 4, 2009 10:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Pascal LeClaire has NEVER played 12 consecutive games?
Jesus… and I thought Semin was fragile.
by Wisper on Mar 4, 2009 10:33 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I don’t want my goalie playing in 12 consecutive games in any situation.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:34 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
What about 16+ for the playoffs? No?
by MetalCap on Mar 4, 2009 10:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’d like to get some time off between games. Playoffs also has no 2in2, or 3in4s.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of...
Did anyone else think that Semin getting boarded from behind merited more than 2?
by gotsparkly on Mar 4, 2009 10:34 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I did think that it merited an a** kicking rather than a cheek pat.
by Sct112 on Mar 4, 2009 10:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes. Easily. It merited a teammate coming over and letting Pitkanen – and the rest of the League – know that’s not OK.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
God I miss Hunter.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Was Erskine on the ice? I’ve a feeling if he was, something would have happened. Remember how he went after Lucic.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:37 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think so – pretty sure it was Green and partner (Schultz).
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No it was Greener that gave him the cheek pat…
by Sct112 on Mar 4, 2009 10:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah.
A 2 minute minor and a DB Special. :)
by gotsparkly on Mar 4, 2009 10:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Seriously. There needs to be at least two guys on the team willing to do that on the ice at any time.
by David M. Getz on Mar 4, 2009 10:37 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I like to start a “Waive Brashear” chant in my living room during most games. Sadly, nobody else joins in…
by ThreePingPost on Mar 4, 2009 10:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t want Green being that guy, I’d rather he be on the ice for the PP, but someone like Laich who’s a leader needs to be willing to do that… All the more reason this team needs some grit.
by Sct112 on Mar 4, 2009 10:40 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Would have been nice to see Chris Neil have a talk with Joni, no?
by treat on Mar 4, 2009 10:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, good thing Brashear stepped up like he has all season. 
by OvechkinLaichsSemin on Mar 4, 2009 10:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Derek Morris - no movement yet
What’s your take? Phoenix not getting what they want or does the bidding keep getting higher? Are we going to see something ridiculous going to the desert?
by David M. Getz on Mar 4, 2009 10:35 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
They’ll hold out for a while I’d think even if theyve heard an offer they like.
by MetalCap on Mar 4, 2009 10:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The latter, IMO
Supply and demand – I bet Phoenix is holding out for whatever they can get.
by gotsparkly on Mar 4, 2009 10:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think there’s a disconnect between what Phoenix thinks they can get for him and what teams are willing to give for him. At least, there should be.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Canadians have a beep button now?
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:37 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Related: Is Burke drunk? What a dick.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:37 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
What happen? i’m Not following live on TV
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 10:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Nothing to exciting – a couple of one word answers, and a “none of your business.” His usual schtick.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Burke said something like “that’s none of your business” and then “caught himself.”
by CapitalsKremlin on Mar 4, 2009 10:40 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Brian referenced an offer he had received
and the host butted in with “And what players were offered” and Brian snapped “None of your ..” and stopped short before finishing with “Fucking Business you talking head little prick!! Im Brian Burke!!! You hear me?? I AM BRIAN FUCKING BURKE you neutered little maggot!!! Just sit behind your desk and run your little pony show while those of us that knew how to run a hockey team RUN A GOD DAMNED HOCKEY TEAM!!!!!!!”
…or something…. anyway, nothing big.
by Wisper on Mar 4, 2009 10:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah he’s an arrogant F isn’t he.
by vt caps fan on Mar 4, 2009 10:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hah, nice. Although, I hate to admit that it’d probably be annoying to be asked a question that the TSN guys know you’re not going to answer.
by David M. Getz on Mar 4, 2009 10:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No, I think he's funnier and laid back when he's drunk
But he did almost completely fire off a “None of your F***ing Business” right on the air.
by Wisper on Mar 4, 2009 10:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I was laugholing.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:40 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe I'm a little late...
But I’m done with Brashear. Too many times one of our stars has taken a cheap shot… And he hasn’t done anything. All he does now is occasionally brawl with another heavyweight.
I’d join that ‘waive brashear’ chant.
by Murshawursha on Mar 4, 2009 10:41 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Come on now.. he… dumps the puck pretty well.. sometimes..I guess.
by OvechkinLaichsSemin on Mar 4, 2009 10:42 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hell, I could dump a puck. And I’d do it for cheaper than 1.2 million a year.
by Murshawursha on Mar 4, 2009 10:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder if it’s BB. To be able to do his job, Brash might need to take an instigating penalty now and then and I wonder if BB’s holding him back.
by David M. Getz on Mar 4, 2009 10:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I was talking about that with my brother a while back. Sometimes they show Brash talking to BB on the bench and it almost looks like Brash is trying to justify going out and mucking it up…
by ThreePingPost on Mar 4, 2009 10:46 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Couldn’t a conference call with Kevin Lowe have been arranged with Bri?
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by Bald Pollack on Mar 4, 2009 10:41 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Any producer worth his salt on TSN would have found some way to get those two on air together
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 10:42 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Nyles to Columbus?
Puck Daddy sez
Why can’t the Blue Jackets ever just trade for a natural center? Your Adam Oates-like passer that doesn’t also play the other forward positions? I mean, Rick Nash has been waiting for that guy to walk through the door for years, and every single time the BJs end up trading for or signing some dude that “also plays a little center.” Oy … maybe it’s yet to come. And maybe Vermette will figure out how to produce again in a new city, because he has fewer goals than Manny Malhotra so far.
I’m probably way behind on this one, but would they take Nylander off our hands?
by Gould Old Days on Mar 4, 2009 10:41 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Nyles wife is not going to make today easy.
by CapitalsKremlin on Mar 4, 2009 10:42 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Don’t need to now with the acquisition of Vermette
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 10:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Wait, a curling commercial telling me to watch responsibly?
I like curling, but how do you watch sober?
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:42 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Connelly
The Fourth Period reporting that Connelly signs an extension in Buffalo
by treat on Mar 4, 2009 10:42 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
If Buffalo paid him $8m for two years, they’re insane.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Buffalo keeps letting their good players get away. Sign they don’t want to do that anymore?
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It would be a sign they missed five years ago.
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by Bald Pollack on Mar 4, 2009 10:45 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Connolly makes Alex Semin look like Cal Ripken. Spend the money elsewhere – this guy’s made of glass.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:45 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Here’s ESPN on Connolly:
2008-09: He missed 34 games, posted 26 points
2007-08: Missed 34 games; 40 points
2006-07: Missed 80; one point
2005-06: Missed 19; 55 points
2003-04: Missed 82; zero points
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 11:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Doesn’t Connelly miss half of every year with some horrific injuryt?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 10:45 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
They sent that sign when they matched EDM on Vanek. No need to be stupid now.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:47 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
4.5 million per year for Connolly.
by David M. Getz on Mar 4, 2009 10:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Approximately $100,000 per game. Well done, Sabes.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
They kind of painted themselves into a corner there. If they let him go for nothing, it’s another instance of ownership letting stars walk out the door (Briere, Drury, Campbell, etc.), but he is not the type of player you pay big money for.
by treat on Mar 4, 2009 10:46 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i think losing drury and danielle really made them skittish on letting top six forwards walk.
by MordecaiBrown3 on Mar 4, 2009 10:45 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Or maybe since Danielle is gone
there is just an empty spot in Ruff’s heart for a small talented under-performing center that spends rides the season-long merry-go-round on and off the IR.
by Wisper on Mar 4, 2009 10:50 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Okay, you get one dream player of the current stock of trade bait for a bargain, who do you take?
by CapitalsKremlin on Mar 4, 2009 10:44 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
are you really that high on Morris? I kind of agree with the conversation earlier that he doesn’t offer much over Mo relative to what we have
by Sct112 on Mar 4, 2009 10:46 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I forgot about J-Bo because (1) I don’t think he’ll be moved and (2) in reality it’s so out of reach for the Caps.
But after J-Bo, I would say Morris because I think the team really needs another defenseman.
by David M. Getz on Mar 4, 2009 10:47 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If he goes somewhere, it won’t be the Caps. We’re lined up to face Florida right now, and with the streak Brodeur is on, we’re probably going to stay in that #3 slot.
by OvechkinLaichsSemin on Mar 4, 2009 10:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, the Caps don’t have the cap space in any event.
by David M. Getz on Mar 4, 2009 10:50 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Leopold.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:45 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Bouwmeester by 47 miles.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:46 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I’ll be honest, Bouwmeester is such a pipe dream for the Capitals I forgot he was out there.
by David M. Getz on Mar 4, 2009 10:47 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He hasn’t really been hyped that much recently based on the fact that Pronger is out there, I feel like he is under a lot of radars.
by Sct112 on Mar 4, 2009 10:48 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Who ever we can get for taking Nylander’s contract off our hands
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 10:46 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
“Wor, Wur, Wuhr War-Room.”
God good, we need a trade these guys are losing it.
by CapitalsKremlin on Mar 4, 2009 10:45 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Time for my lesson. That I’m not prepared for. This day will suck. Make it better, GMGM.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 4, 2009 10:45 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
$9 million for 2 years for Connelly! That’s ridiculous.
by treat on Mar 4, 2009 10:49 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Money sucks, but its a good length for Buffalo…I wouldn’t sign that guy to more than two years under any circumstances
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 4, 2009 10:50 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Phoenix has the potential to do really well today – with Kuba, Pronger off the market, Morris looks even nicer and with Connolly and Vermette off the market, Jokinen looks even nicer.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:49 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Btw, looks like Feaster has been exactly that.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:50 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I just realized ...
My fly has been down all morning.
How is this possibly the news of my day so far?
by OvechkinLaichsSemin on Mar 4, 2009 10:51 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
As long as the horse stays in the barn, no reason not to let him get a little fresh air says I.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hmm. Good point. It’s not like I’m working with customers or anything.
I should probably put a shirt on though. My boss is jealous of my manly hair.
by OvechkinLaichsSemin on Mar 4, 2009 10:55 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Because Buffalo signed your fly to a 3 yr/$16m deal.
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by Bald Pollack on Mar 4, 2009 10:55 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Okay, why is the ad for curling using the theme music from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia?
by David M. Getz on Mar 4, 2009 10:52 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Its confusing the hell out of me too. And it makes me think of Danny Devito, so I’m laughing in disgust right now.
by vt caps fan on Mar 4, 2009 10:55 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Season 5 couldn’t come soon enough.
by OvechkinLaichsSemin on Mar 4, 2009 10:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Not sure why, but I dig the girl on that show.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I dig everything about that show.
by David M. Getz on Mar 4, 2009 10:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Nice. Isn’t she married to one of the dudes on the show?
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:59 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
She’s married to Charlie, iirc.
by OvechkinLaichsSemin on Mar 4, 2009 10:59 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
or no.. not Charlie. Charlie is actually married to the Waitress.
by OvechkinLaichsSemin on Mar 4, 2009 11:00 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
She’s married to Mac. And the fact that Charlie is married to the Waitress is the greatest thing ever.
by sonia on Mar 4, 2009 11:00 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hahaha that is so funny. God I love that show.
The Caps need to trade for Day Man.
by grapejoos on Mar 4, 2009 11:03 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
On second thought, perhaps Night Man provides the grittiness we’ve been lacking.
by grapejoos on Mar 4, 2009 11:03 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno, Day Man is the fighter of the Night man, as well as champion of the sun…
by sonia on Mar 4, 2009 11:05 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but I’m not so sure about the “friendship for everyone” part.
by grapejoos on Mar 4, 2009 11:06 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
But he’s a master of karate!
by OvechkinLaichsSemin on Mar 4, 2009 11:07 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, it’s Mac. I’m dumb :(
by OvechkinLaichsSemin on Mar 4, 2009 11:00 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
There are some funny outtakes between them (from the dvd extra features) on the youtubes.
by grapejoos on Mar 4, 2009 11:01 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Is it slow for you? It’s still flying for me.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
goes in spurts… takes 2 seconds to reload everything, then it will take 15 seconds to scroll… If I’m the only one don’t worry about it.
by Sct112 on Mar 4, 2009 10:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
What browser are you using?
by OvechkinLaichsSemin on Mar 4, 2009 10:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Less about the browser than the hardware and the network at work…
by Sct112 on Mar 4, 2009 11:00 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
IE is ajax-retarded while firefox always runs smooth to me. just saying.
by OvechkinLaichsSemin on Mar 4, 2009 11:01 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ll probably hook up a new thread around noon.
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by J.P. on Mar 4, 2009 10:59 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Wow you guys have been busy already today.
by zephyr on Mar 4, 2009 10:55 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Ironic, given that nothing’s actually happened, eh?
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