Thursday Caps Clips

by J.P. on Mar 5, 2009 6:42 AM EST in Caps Clips

Lets hit the links:

The AP previews tonight's Caps/~~Marlies~~Leafs game. Caps.com does the same.
WaTimes on the deadline, WaPo on same.
How many of the Caps' "6-8 Grade A prospects" can you name? [In The Room]
The Caps were "losers" yesterday. [CanWest]
Well, Michael Nylander's still here. Hopefully he doesn't read The Examiner. [The Examiner]
While you're busy freaking out about the way the Caps have been playing of late, DMG drops a little knowledge that deserves a wider audience: "Last season between February 7th and February 29th, the Detroit Red Wings were 1-8-2. The season before, Anaheim went 3-7-1 in late January and early February. In 05-06, Carolina went 1-3-3 in mid April." I don't have to tell you what those three teams have in common. [Japers' Rink FanPost]
Finally, huge thanks to everyone who made yesterday a record-setting day here at The Rink and who contributed to the 2,000+ comments. Imagine if the Caps had actually done something...

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Wow, umm, wow

That Examiner story couldn’t have been more wrong on the “trade rumors”. Jesus.

There is whispering that Phoenix Coyotes center Olli Jokinen is officially on the trading blocks, as the money losing Coyotes look to dump salary. The Capitals are one of the teams mentioned by the Edmonton Sun as seriously making a play for Jokinen

First of all, Garrioch is the writer of that story, so no, I wouldn’t call it credible. Second, where the hell would the Caps manufacture the Cap space for that. It’s a salary dump, and we aren’t able to take on any new salaries.

This isn’t reason enough for Washington to pick him up, but it should certainly be considered. Antropov is also an upgrade from Federov, but like Federov has playoff experience and does a lot of the little things well, while also being a decent set-up man. If the Leafs were to trade directly with the Caps for Antropov, they would likely want a lot more than Nylander, as the Leafs are looking to get younger, not older. Leafs GM Brian Burke is someone who as always is looking to strike a hard bargain and this may mean that Washington would have to give up a prosing prospect like Karl Alzner or Chris Bourque in exchange for Antropov’s services.

Ummm, yeah, Antropov may be a slight upgrade over Feds, but doesn’t he play wing now? I don’t think he’s played center in a couple years. And a prospect like Alzner or C-Bo? Really? That’s pie in the sky dreaming right there. The Rags picked him up for a 2nd and a conditional 2010.

In the end though I wouldn’t be surprised either to see Washington deal for steady Coyotes defenseman, Derek Morris. Morris apparently has a list of teams he would be willing to be traded too. That list only includes three teams, Boston, Philadelphia and also Washington

I guess it was a 4 team list.

by wittcap79 on Mar 5, 2009 8:30 AM EST reply actions

Leafs GM Brian Burke is someone who as always is looking to strike a hard bargain and this may mean that Washington would have to give up a prosing prospect like Karl Alzner or Chris Bourque in exchange for Antropov’s services.

Didn’t know Alzner and Bourque were looked at as young amateur writers.

Can't we get Chris Bourque a red jersey now? Thanks.

by Whiter Mage on Mar 5, 2009 8:49 AM EST up reply actions

Oh

this dudes got crazy typos. He refers to “loses” twice in the article. As in, “the Caps had two tough loses at home”. Jesus, do they have an editor or something?

by wittcap79 on Mar 5, 2009 8:53 AM EST up reply actions

He also apparently can’t spell Fedorov’s name right, which is pretty embarassing for a hockey writer considering that he is a household name and won a MVP award 15 years ago.

by grapejoos on Mar 5, 2009 10:41 AM EST up reply actions

I’ll take a stab at the 6-8 Grade A prospects:

Alzner
Carlson
Varlamov
Neuvirth
Gustafsson
Osala

Well, there’s six…

by David Getz on Mar 5, 2009 2:53 PM EST reply actions

Gus?
Holtby?
Kugryshev?
Borque?

by Scott in Shaw on Mar 5, 2009 3:53 PM EST up reply actions

Well, Bourque’s 23 and while I think he’s going to be a decent NHL player, I think he’s past Grade A. Kugryshev I could buy because he’s tearing up the ‘Q’. Holtby’s done very well this year, but I have a hard time calling a fourth rounder a Grade A guy less than a year after his draft.

by David Getz on Mar 5, 2009 3:59 PM EST up reply actions