"If you're a skater, skate a little bit harder. If you're a shooter, make sure you shoot the puck....

"If you're a skater, skate a little bit harder. If you're a shooter, make sure you shoot the puck. Find a way to the net, don't just hope to get it to the net. If you're a guy that goes in front of the net, plant yourself there, don't get moved out of the way. Just bear down and get the job done."

- Brooks Laich, in this afternoon's must-read

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This is hockey, OK? It’s not rocket surgery.

by David Getz on Apr 20, 2009 3:52 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs

If I’m not mistaken, there is a decent-to-large amout of fury which, insofar as I can tell, has been restrained through two games via a tether around it’s metaphoric neck. I think we all know what now needs to happen.

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by J.P. on Apr 20, 2009 3:56 PM EDT reply actions

Maybe some unleashing is in order?

by Ovechwin on Apr 20, 2009 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions

I’ll say it, they need to Put up or Shut up.

by vt caps fan on Apr 20, 2009 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions

AMEN!

However, I like this talk much better than “we were the better team, we’re not getting the breaks, this series could easily be 2-0 our way”….at least this acknowledges that we are not doing what we need to do and not trying to reduce our problems to flukes or some singluar issue.

by Vickster on Apr 20, 2009 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions

more talk talk talk

they always say the right things in these interviews but rarely follow up on the common themes that showed up towards the end of the season. no more freakin’ talk.

just get it done. (please)

by ns on Apr 20, 2009 4:02 PM EDT reply actions

“They” is very different from “Brooks Laich”.

by David Getz on Apr 20, 2009 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Laich does stick to his word.

by ns on Apr 20, 2009 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions

If you’re a guy who likes hair dye? a little bit redder!
faux-hawk? a little bit spikier!
skate in circles? a little bit circlier!

by Stormblue on Apr 20, 2009 4:07 PM EDT reply actions 5 recs

Ha.

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by J.P. on Apr 20, 2009 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions

that post is full of win.

Capitals Kremlin the second line center of the Caps blogosphere.

by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions

“Just bear down and get the job done.” Exactly.

by Rompy on Apr 20, 2009 4:15 PM EDT reply actions

“Just bear down and get the job done.”

Emphasis mine.

I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.

by Whiter Mage on Apr 20, 2009 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions

I believe.

by Sombrero Guy on Apr 20, 2009 4:17 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

We have no choice but to believe.

Red Jesus shall lead us.

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by J.P. on Apr 20, 2009 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Ovie will part the Blueshirt sea and lead the Caps to the land of milk and honey.

Capitals Kremlin the second line center of the Caps blogosphere.

by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions

ok, j.p. who’s he going to be…? Red Jesus or Robocop?! A little bit of both just might do the trick. Hell hath no fury like an MVP scorned!

by mechanicsville on Apr 20, 2009 5:57 PM EDT up reply actions

I don’t, but I prefer to be surprised anyway. Go Caps!

by katzistan on Apr 20, 2009 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm pegging for #21 for a two-point night

I just have that feeling he’s gonna tickle the twine this evening. Something ugly.

by DonnieKnutts on Apr 20, 2009 4:54 PM EDT reply actions

I’m feeling one of those brooks laich moments where he will do all the dirty work (screen the goalie, muck in the corner’s) and not get a single point in the stat sheet. And in the end nobody will talk about the kind of game he had, but the blogs.

I BELIEVE!

by vt caps fan on Apr 20, 2009 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.

by Whiter Mage on Apr 20, 2009 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Epic Win

by Ovechwin on Apr 20, 2009 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions

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