Game 3 Open Thread - Capitals @ Rangers
by J.P. on Apr 20, 2009 5:30 PM EDT
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Tonight's probable (we think) netminders:
Have at it, people.
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Yes, this is him. Welcome to Twitter, @donbrashearcom. Happy to have you, and to hear you’re playing tonight. And thanks, MSG wireless.
Yep. Sometimes I know more than I can come right out and say. ;)
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Link?
Working the late shift at work night, luckily with internet access, anyone got a streaming link for the game? And since I’m working the same shift Wednesday night and dont want to have to ask again, will the same link work for Game 4 or do they change around? Thanks in advance.
For the future, is there a way we can create this as a fanshot for each game? I think that the whole asking for a link to watch kind of bogs down the early chat, and half the time people coming late will just ask for one rather than reading the post.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
I don’t use it, but if someone knows of a consistent, reliable link, I’ll throw it in the Game Thread posts.
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Try this one, scroll down about 3/4 of the way on the page.
Ben Olsen > Wells Thompson
by Bald Pollack on Apr 20, 2009 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions
And note they have the start time listed incorrectly, by the way.
Ben Olsen > Wells Thompson
by Bald Pollack on Apr 20, 2009 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions
everyone should just automatically check atdhe.net. the caps game is listed tonight. rumors of their demise have been greatly exaggerated.
by Natty Bumppo on Apr 20, 2009 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions
they seem to be directly stolen from NHL gamecenter. even the pre-game “please stand by” graphic. this hasn’t changed.
by Natty Bumppo on Apr 20, 2009 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions
apologies! i was mistaken. ATDHE.net is picking up on the UStream.tv feed.
by Natty Bumppo on Apr 20, 2009 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I hope your mom is right. I kind of also hope that means a certain enforcer is sitting.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
Where are our Leaf trolls? I hope they haven’t jumped off our bandwagon yet.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
Well it looks like they bring the Leafs bad luck too…
by thehoagster07 on Apr 20, 2009 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Everyone should go watch TEB’s new video because he answers my question and says he likes my username blush
Not that my question wasn’t answered prior to this video.
Not if they start to play better =P
by thehoagster07 on Apr 20, 2009 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
What, do you want him to diagram plays for you? :)
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well, if he were REALLY a world class coach…
by Natty Bumppo on Apr 20, 2009 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I never thought that Kurt Russell was that good a Coach
never let the truth get in the way of a good story
Needs more Plissken.
Ben Olsen > Wells Thompson
by Bald Pollack on Apr 20, 2009 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Lisa Hillary just said Nylander’s the odd man out up front.
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any guesses at our third center? we would know by now if aucoin had been recalled, correct?
by Natty Bumppo on Apr 20, 2009 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Think what you will. The big man isn’t bad on the boards nor working the offensive cycle, something the Caps have been missing.
in the words of tom renney, brashear is ‘sandpapery’
by John Merrigan on Apr 20, 2009 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions
he hasn’t been much of a “goon” this season honestly.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions
i guess he has played a little less this year than he normally does
by John Merrigan on Apr 20, 2009 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions
You should be happy, Brashear is a waste of a uniform
never let the truth get in the way of a good story
Except that he provides a spot and cycles the puck far better than everyone else’s enforcers, and usually he gets 8-10 minutes, while the other team plays their enforcers 3-5. That means someone else has to take extra minutes, and get tired.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
Crisis mode-Comcast is a black screen on my TV in my dorm room. All other channels coming in fine. This game isn’t blacked out in rural VA, is it?
We don’t get Versus on campus and we’ve always gotten games that have been on both on CSN before. CSN has been dark since at least 6:25, that’s what’s been weird for me.
by thehoagster07 on Apr 20, 2009 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions
According to TEB
Brashear took the warm-up, but did not do any line rushes.
The mind games continue!
Announcers
Joe B must be in Calgary doing the late game on VS. He’s usually on.
by Simply Sensational on Apr 20, 2009 7:02 PM EDT reply actions
He’s in NY doing the game with Locker on CSN.
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Katie_Carrera: Well folks please pay no attention to those warm up lines. Brashear is in Nylander is out and the starters are Fleischmann-Backstrom-Semin.
by Simply Sensational on Apr 20, 2009 7:05 PM EDT reply actions
I was about to say. Abe Lincoln is rolling in his grave.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions
booomshhh booomsshh, ranger rave, booomshhhh
by zephyr on Apr 20, 2009 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Because I don’t feel like listening to Mr. Roboto.
Ben Olsen > Wells Thompson
by Bald Pollack on Apr 20, 2009 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Is that what they’re for? I think they were for when Marc Staal rips off his seventeen minute guitar solo during Freebird.
Good lord I hate the camera view at MSG.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
they turn the house lights off completely. to give it that NY, NY “broadway” look.
by Natty Bumppo on Apr 20, 2009 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Nah, I’m watching it on one of the streams.
by thehoagster07 on Apr 20, 2009 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions
The terribleness of MSG for TV watchers is multiplied by a billion for computer watchers.
by thehoagster07 on Apr 20, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, he’s so cute I could eat him up. Ohhh, you mean he’s playing well?
by CapitalCentre on Apr 20, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Those light sticks in the stands are horrible.
At first I thought every person at MSG brought a laptop or something.
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They like them because they keep their laps warm :)
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by Ben Rothenberg on Apr 20, 2009 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions
so we’re trying to get AO to play nicely with others….by putting him with two guys that have been TERRIBLE through two games?
If he’s not going to use his teammates, why not put him with guys who aren’t going to do anything any way.
by David Getz on Apr 20, 2009 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
and putting our best playmaker with someone (flash) that can’t finish? i’m not feeling it.
by Natty Bumppo on Apr 20, 2009 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s no penalty – unless you’re Olie Kolzig in the playoffs against Tampa
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still remember that. it was on Vinny, no?
by Simply Sensational on Apr 20, 2009 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I was about to say. God that pissed me off so much.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Roszival
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by Ben Rothenberg on Apr 20, 2009 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I predict a goal in the next three minutes…. very loose out there.
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Reply hazy, try again.
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by Ben Rothenberg on Apr 20, 2009 7:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Does that count?
Ben Olsen > Wells Thompson
by Bald Pollack on Apr 20, 2009 7:20 PM EDT up reply actions
BAM
2 minutes later, I’m good
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by Ben Rothenberg on Apr 20, 2009 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions
That I can. And they’ll get the next goal.
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by Ben Rothenberg on Apr 20, 2009 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Not as impressive, but the streak continues…
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by Ben Rothenberg on Apr 20, 2009 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey, wow, can you predict the Caps win tonight?
by CapitalCentre on Apr 20, 2009 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions
See above, oops.
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by Ben Rothenberg on Apr 20, 2009 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions
okay also thanks to a sweeeeet pass by nicky B.
by Natty Bumppo on Apr 20, 2009 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions
I just let out a big “woo hoo” and my dog ran away in fear…is this bad?
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 7:22 PM EDT reply actions
Your dog obviously does not has its game face on…
by thehoagster07 on Apr 20, 2009 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions
If Nick Backstrom is the Caps’ best forward, the Caps will win tonight.
by TylerG on Apr 20, 2009 7:22 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Horrible defense there. He had so much time.
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They held that one for, what, a minute and a half?
by CapitalCentre on Apr 20, 2009 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions
No, they had it once before and lost it some 30 seconds later.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Koz should wait longer before shooting there so that the puck can be blocked in its entirety and stay in play. Ugh.
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see above, scared dog.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Two great care bear sequences
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 7:24 PM EDT reply actions
In out of town news, I can’t believe Carey Price is getting the start
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I like it.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Even if the refs saw that, no reason it should be a call if Avery isn’t going for the Theo slash.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
jurcina had no idea what to do with that along the side wall, though. almost a costly turnover.
by Natty Bumppo on Apr 20, 2009 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions
THAT is the save we haven’t had all series.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
Does Feds know how to move any more, or does he just stand there?
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Jesus, Ovechkin, I know you’re Ovechkin, but consider passing once in a while, eh?
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Laich in front of the net….the way it should be
by Simply Sensational on Apr 20, 2009 7:29 PM EDT reply actions
He’s just going to the bakery, looking for bread.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I didn’t think John Rocker still played for the Long Island Ducks.
by thehoagster07 on Apr 20, 2009 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
If you think that’s bad, I’ll let you know what the Philly fans yell at me tomorrow night. [homophobic slur] will be the epitome of class compared to the anti-Crosby stuff I’ll hear. =]
Uh oh… we’ve got a Flyers guy and a Pens guy in here. Fiiiiiight! :)
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CARE BEARS!!!!
Hey, who’s the Flyer fan that said Backstrom was too prissy? :)
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JP have you contracted a Care Bears Japers Rink shirt yet? I think it’s necessary.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ll design.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions
LOL, I actually missed whatever the contrary example was there. What’d he do?
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by Ben Rothenberg on Apr 20, 2009 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice hit in the corner, then a beauty pass on Semin’s second
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My money is the same one(s) who called Crosby “Cindy Crysby.” They know only one thing in Philly: “If you don’t goon it up like we do, you’re a pussy.” Yup, that’s our lovable “most intimidating fans in the league.” Bunch of jokes.
That goal comes from frustration-two guys try to kill Backstrom to make up for the goal they didn’t get, they give up a goal.
Laich’s taking a bad penalty here.
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yah
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Won’t last.
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by Ben Rothenberg on Apr 20, 2009 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions
When Laich gets pushed around the crease he needs to find himself falling into the goalie every single time
1 time, 100 times, there’s an art to absorbing a hit like there is an art to clearing the crease. We’re not talking dirty pool or falling On anyone. They aren’t arranging flowers out there.
As much as Laich gets pushed around the crease (god love him)I’ve not seen him hit touch the goalie once all year much less 10 times. THAT takes some serious effort. :)
Feds looked creaky again, like he could barely move his stick to do anything with AO’s pass. (This is over-analysis.)
Not really – Kozlov and Feds noticeably play the game at a slower pace than AO, Semin and Nick.
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They like to show up to the play fashionably late ;)
by thehoagster07 on Apr 20, 2009 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions
whoa i FINALLY saw the replay via TSN of the backstrom shot off varly’s post. almost pens own-goal 2.0.
Apropos of nothing, but instead of booing when they think there should be a penalty against the opponent, the crowd in Montreal always cheers in anticipation of the power play, then boos if it doesn’t get called. It drives me nuts.
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The opposite
I’m complaining about their cheering. The sense of entitlement up there, if you will.
And yeah, that was before I was born.
Not that Philly fans deserve any defending. It’s a special brand of fandom up there, to be sure.
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by Ben Rothenberg on Apr 20, 2009 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Seems like the Rangers have more than 6 shots.
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Disagree – the pass was behind him.
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I thought it was behind him too, might have been on both of them though (can’t see well)
by thehoagster07 on Apr 20, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Tyler, if you want to advertise on the CapsFans thing, put the URL in, not JP’s twitter account,. Easier to get here that way.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 7:43 PM EDT reply actions
Was just offering a friendly suggestion.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Speaking of, SB Nation is doing a “race to 5,000 followers” thing, so CK – make everyone follow us and make everyone’s followers follow us. :)
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And pour yourself a nice cup of Kool-Aid.
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i thought that was the incorrect play from fehr. laich crashing the net as he’s expected to do. everyone looking for fehr to shoot.
by Natty Bumppo on Apr 20, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Please, boys… NO SECOND PERIOD LETDOWN
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Drink every time the CSN anchor messes up a hockey name.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 7:47 PM EDT reply actions
If there were a Caps/Hawks series...
How bad would Dustin Byfugasdlalskdjflksjdfa’s name be mispronounced?
Your intermission entertainment:
http://www.channel1media.com/flyers/2009/
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Hungry for more passion? Danny finally decided to come out?
by thehoagster07 on Apr 20, 2009 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions
The Triplets = the Saved By Zero of family ads.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I dunno..I can tune them out in my head. I can’t tune out Save by Zero in my head.
by thehoagster07 on Apr 20, 2009 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions
They are each their own kind of awful.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm trying really hard
Not to be pissed off they didn’t do this when I was watching them. I’m way too excited though. Awesome period.
Just chiming in here…cool. Caps could have been up 5-0 in that period if they’d cashed in on all their glorious chances. But I’ll take 2-0.
David Poile
A one-year extension? Why on earth would he agree to that when he could get a five-year deal in MIN?
Is everyone else forced to watch WEC Wreckage instead of another game on Versus right now?
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 7:56 PM EDT reply actions
I’m no hater of MMA, but Versus needs to consider not running repeats of fights from eight months ago non-stop.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions
No man, more Turkey Revolution!
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Slightly OT
Anyone with Comcast Cable and Center Ice?
If so…..are any of the games in HD?….percentage
never let the truth get in the way of a good story
I’ve got CI on Comcast and, as far as I can tell, no HD games. And no NHLN HD. Versus HD, though.
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Btw, how was the wedding, sis?
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Cinnabon closes at 8, so no minibun, sorry. Got pepperoni sticks and a 18 piece in an 8 piece box…the perks of working there.
by thehoagster07 on Apr 20, 2009 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Flashbacks…… but they’ve changed the HG since I was there, Chick fila still there?
(damn I feel old)
p.s. when were you there? owens is the one that has changed the most since i left a couple years ago
i don’t remember what year they redid owens, but they painted it all kinds of crazy bright colors, make you write down your order on little slips of paper… i don’t think the actual menus have changed that much, but i felt like it was a lot different last time i was there
Could just be me...
but it seems like half of D.C. is populated by VT grads. The other half is Boston College.
Gotta get Avery on that punch
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Category 1 Avery confirmed
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 8:08 PM EDT reply actions
There’s the Avery we all know and love to watch implode.
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watch 52 during this PP. He can’t wind it up… his shoulders hurting prety bad.
Everything’s a wrister.
I buy that. B/t him and Poti, I think you’ve got two healthy shoulders.
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Lundqvist with some great saves, but the Rangers can’t bank on that all night.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 8:12 PM EDT reply actions
That was really a slash?
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
I said the same thing. I guess every time you hit the hands…
by Scott in Shaw on Apr 20, 2009 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Great point. He’ll learn to control them with time though.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice dive, Avery
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by J.P. on Apr 20, 2009 8:16 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Erskine just got lucky.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 8:16 PM EDT reply actions
Well I guess my prognostication of Avery vs Green is wrong. Looks like we might have Avery vs. Erskine for now on.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 8:16 PM EDT reply actions
I don’t know if Avery’s in to that.
by David Getz on Apr 20, 2009 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I think it’s been bubbling up since Game 1, to be honest. He’s just going nuts now.
Ben Olsen > Wells Thompson
by Bald Pollack on Apr 20, 2009 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh my goodness.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 8:18 PM EDT reply actions
You say that like you’re surprised?
Ben Olsen > Wells Thompson
by Bald Pollack on Apr 20, 2009 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Jesus, Flash. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.
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by J.P. on Apr 20, 2009 8:18 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
It’s harder to lift that shot than you think. The puck is extended from your body, as are your hands. You don’t expect the pad to flash out that far either.
His earlier penalty was a weak play.
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And he had a chance to clear a puck and didn’t, which led to the Juice penalty.
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Laich drove the net, and drew a penalty. Love it.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 8:21 PM EDT reply actions
Glad he’s his old self right now.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Why is Flash moving away from the goal when that shot came in?
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BROOKS
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 8:23 PM EDT reply actions
Dear Bruce,
Brooks on the PP.
Thx, K, buh-bye
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yeah JP, lrn2 l33t sp3ak
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Man, the gameday chats have been missing this excitement for awhile now, glad it’s back :)
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 8:24 PM EDT reply actions
Annnnnnnnnnd...
I’m going to call this one for the Caps. 2-1 series.
Boudreau finally got the memo that traffic to the net works on Henrik.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/23/AR2008122302586.html
Don’t count your chickens before they hatch!
by thehoagster07 on Apr 20, 2009 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions
shhh shuuuuttt upppp
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Erskine has officially moved into Avery’s vacant head. He has his feet up on the coffee table, too.
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Drinking the man’s beer and naughtying up his girl, too.
by jimmiebjr on Apr 20, 2009 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I think Avery is more of the Zima-type, although it’s discontinued now.
by thehoagster07 on Apr 20, 2009 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions
precious. we need the erksine care bear photoshop.
by Natty Bumppo on Apr 20, 2009 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I think Ovechkin needs to go watch theRangersevery team practice every day from the bench.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I miss Jim Hrivnak.
Ben Olsen > Wells Thompson
by Bald Pollack on Apr 20, 2009 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
It’s kinda fun to watch another team lose their composure.
They need that clip of Will Ferrel From Old School.
Crapola… thunder here… if my power goes out, I’m gonna freak.
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He’s also twice referred to the Rangers “block-shotters” (methinks he meant shot-blockers, but who the hell knows?)
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I’d aim a little higher.
Ben Olsen > Wells Thompson
by Bald Pollack on Apr 20, 2009 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Drink Triplets on screen.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 8:33 PM EDT reply actions
Are you freaking kidding me?
See my comment above re: Varlamov shutting the door. Should’ve taken the under on this one.
Not sure that comment was meant for mixed company.
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What you’ve gotta like about Varly tonight is that he’s really competing. He’s not just making saves, he’s fighting through second chances, bodies, all of it. Mature that way.
He’s leading by example.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions
The last 4 of the first weren’t good…
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Don’t count those chickens either…
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Avery is having a hissy fit.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 8:37 PM EDT reply actions
Category 1 Avery double confirmed.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 8:38 PM EDT reply actions
Semin was oh-for-two for a while, until he got two.. Send him to the AHL.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
If you want to go ahead and compare Semin and Fleischmann, be our guest. But realize what you’re typing.
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They could complain, or they could try to PLAY CLEAN for a change.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
NYR has 21 shots. Caps have 30.
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I’d like to see the Caps get a 4-spot here. A couple of funky bounces and this game could get nerve-wracking again.
Can we talk Mike Green for a second? WTF?
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I’d hate to speculate, but he doesn’t look right to me.
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The live mics that Joe and Craig don’t know are live? Awesome.
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Any South Park reference is a good one. Rec’d.
Ben Olsen > Wells Thompson
by Bald Pollack on Apr 20, 2009 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions
If there was anything that could get me to vote Republican, it’s girl-on-girl porn.
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by J.P. on Apr 20, 2009 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, but that’s not really girl-on-girl – that’s fetish weirdness.
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Second that. What a disgusting job that was. Sorry, I’m just a “regular” guy who likes cute lesbians. Not sick ones.
I used to live with Lesbians. Not as good as it seems.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
Hence the quotation marks.
And thus ends this line of commenting.
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Potsy has a good beard going.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 8:47 PM EDT reply actions
he also looks like a felon apparently.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions
He might get that chance if they put another goal up in the 3rd.
Ben Olsen > Wells Thompson
by Bald Pollack on Apr 20, 2009 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I shaved after the lost the first two games…..had to change the luck
never let the truth get in the way of a good story
hokie grill won’t let me grow a beard =(
by thehoagster07 on Apr 20, 2009 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Those with a DVR.....rewind to 4:07 left
watch the replay of the scamble in front of Varly……Avery slaps at the puck, then spears Erskine in the face
never let the truth get in the way of a good story
missed.
can someone get this on youtube?
by Natty Bumppo on Apr 20, 2009 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Being as your not in the RVA area, I think you guys don’t have to survive Auto Connection commercials. They are much worse than the Triplets.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 8:49 PM EDT reply actions
What are people doing for luck?
Anyone going in for ridiculous superstitions?
Right now, I’ve got my Rock the Red shirt on from last year, my Caps hat on, and I’m wearing. . .
. . . an Adam Deadmarsh Avalanche jersey. I wore it every game in 2001 when the Avs won the cup.
Whatever you’re doing, keep doing it.
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Hey whatever works. I’m not wearing my jersey tonight since I wore it to games 1 and 2.
by Scott in Shaw on Apr 20, 2009 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions
My mom is wearing my new Ovie jersey that I haven’t seen yet (it got shipped to home rather than school). Does that count?
by thehoagster07 on Apr 20, 2009 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Doubting the Caps as much as possible in what I say.
by red army line on Apr 20, 2009 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Btw, Drury hasn’t taken a single faceoff. Gee, wonder what his injury is.
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The only good thing about the game not being on TV here-I can watch 24 and the Caps at the same time!
Feeling a bit jealous here
I’m really getting to like Varlamov a lot. Love his style. Meanwhile, we’re stuck with Price and I’m just hoping we don’t break him like we broke Theodore. :I
I feel for you, that’s why I got FIOS installed today.
Ben Olsen > Wells Thompson
by Bald Pollack on Apr 20, 2009 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks to this game, I’m on the fence for going to Wednesday’s USOC game. But I’ll definitely be there on the 2nd.
Ben Olsen > Wells Thompson
by Bald Pollack on Apr 20, 2009 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m in 134 also. Row 5, seats 5 & 6 (the wife usually comes with).
Ben Olsen > Wells Thompson
by Bald Pollack on Apr 20, 2009 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Might just be exhausted – hard shift.
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nahnahnahnah nah nah nah nah nah
by thehoagster07 on Apr 20, 2009 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
We always get a heavy dose of EODM at the Booth.
by Scott in Shaw on Apr 20, 2009 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Pothier got caught standing still there.
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This reminds me of a Mike Eruzione story about the Miracle on Ice. He says after they took the lead in the third, he was on the bench and looked up at the clock and it said ten minutes. Then he went out, skated a shift, came back, looked up and it said 9:59.
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This is the Rangers team we all knew from the regular season. . . useless power play. Undisciplined. No offense.
We’ll see. This is why losing two games in a row is so tough. Even if the Rags play like “themselves,” they’re bound to win a 40% of the games. Like a coin flip, the result of one game isn’t dependent on the game that came before it.
Encouraging thought
Varly has looked much better, more confident and more in control tonight than he did in Game Two. He’s playing like he’s settling in. (Which is nothing short of amazing.)
and he’ll only get better as time and games go on.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions
He didn’t show signs of having to “re-boot” from Game two, but like you said, you never know.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
It seems the team is playing more loosely in front of him, too, giving him a bit of room (if that makes sense).
Actually I don’t agree with that. NYR has had more bodies in front of him/on him tonight than in Game Two.
I think Sid played Mortal Combat on Boris Valabik’s organ. Zing!
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by J.P. on Apr 20, 2009 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Nerd moment: It’s Kombat….
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
This feels like GDT after dark or something.
Ben Olsen > Wells Thompson
by Bald Pollack on Apr 20, 2009 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
that’s all sorts of wrong.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions
There’s a lot of songs that go well on organ (Final Countdown. Jump). There are a lot that don’t, and the Rangers guy has played them (MK theme, Welcome to the jungle.)
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
2:35 of ice time is a huge waste of a sweater in any circumstance…
by thehoagster07 on Apr 20, 2009 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions
The silence in MSG is golden. You can hear the skates along the ice.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 9:21 PM EDT reply actions
I know he's been a little lucky, but. . .
How about Varly? Holy crap he could steal this series back.
I don’t know if I agree with that. If the Caps need Varly to steal Game Four, they’ll lose Game Four.
remember the IT guy who dressed as a goalie
I wish he played
Welcome to Smashville, Tennessee.
by Aditya T (smashville) on Apr 20, 2009 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions
So,
whats up with the 1 day wait before you can comment?
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by Aditya T (smashville) on Apr 20, 2009 9:23 PM EDT reply actions
whats up with the 1 day wait before you can comment?
I’ll give you an example: a few days ago a Mr. “Hugh G. Rection” registered with the email address “”mailto:crapitalssuck@garbage.com">crapitalssuck@garbage.com". He hasn’t been back since, but my guess if there wasn’t the 24 hour waiting period, he’d have gotten in several trolling comments before we were rid of him
Hah, Vampire Weekend at a hockey game.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 9:25 PM EDT reply actions
Dude, what’s weird about that? Whenever I play all I have to do is belt out a few “Blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake gotta new face!” and I’m golden.
I don’t know, I don’t take them for a pump up band. I mean I don’t listen to Radiohead while playing or anything, just a personal choice thing IMO.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions
sarcasm doesn’t translate well on the internets sometimes ;)
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s okay, it’s not you, it’s me.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Good Lord, no words for how overrated, honestly.
by David Getz on Apr 20, 2009 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Im surprised you guys aren’t more outraged that people take Pitchfork seriously.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions
What irritates me is that people here in DC base their entire musical taste off of Pitchfork and other sites. As soon as a band “gets hot” their shows sell out, no matter how much they actually suck/rock.
C’est la vie. I mean, I visit Pitchfork and credit them for turning me on to bands I really like, like Fleet Foxes and Deerhunter, but what can you do?
Split your lungs with blood and thunder
When you see the white whale
Break your backs and crack your oars men
If you wish to prevail!
You going in May? I’m freaking there.
I remember one time last year, they played “The Wolf is Loose” during a Brashear fight, but I haven’t heard it since.
Yeah should be great! I saw them with Slayer and KSE back at Nation. My buddy lost his nipple ring and I got my nose broken…To this day craziest show I’ve ever been too. Just awesome
The LOG show is the night before at Rams Head so Its gonna be a rough week at work.
At the slayer show the lead singer broke a string ON HIS BASS!
I can Only hope… I wont be able to speak for a month and will have no idea what anyone’s saying but I’m ok with that.
There goes the loonatic
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by Aditya T (smashville) on Apr 20, 2009 9:29 PM EDT reply actions
I don’t know what Erskine did that earned a penalty.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
I never thought about a Category 0 Avery until now.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 9:30 PM EDT reply actions
Varly gave him a tiny stick before Avery turned around and got in his mug.
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Tweeters reporting fans exiting in droves as of five minutes ago.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 9:31 PM EDT reply actions
HOW DO YOU THINK HE DOES IT?
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Apr 20, 2009 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
There we go!
Welcome to Smashville, Tennessee.
by Aditya T (smashville) on Apr 20, 2009 9:31 PM EDT reply actions
Don’t Stop Believing guys :)
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 9:32 PM EDT reply actions
Stay Classy NY.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 9:32 PM EDT reply actions
And the Caps have now scored
more goals tonight than the other 2 games in the series combined
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by Aditya T (smashville) on Apr 20, 2009 9:33 PM EDT reply actions
Dear George and Ted,
Sign Nick to a 10 year deal NOW.
Signed,
Me
Ben Olsen > Wells Thompson
by Bald Pollack on Apr 20, 2009 9:33 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
POTI SUCKS (Except he just scored on you)
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
They are chanting something sucks. I think Varly, not sure,
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 9:34 PM EDT reply actions
Oh it was Poti.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 9:34 PM EDT reply actions
Call me crazy, but Erskine deserves an honorable mention.
by thehoagster07 on Apr 20, 2009 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
First: Varl
Second: Backis
Third: Erskine – Gotta give him a medal for getting in Avery’s head.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Apr 20, 2009 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
More Erskine man-crush.
Can’t blame you this time, though. He showed a hell of a lot of discipline tonight.
Game 4 key
This is neat, and I’m stoked (also fueled by some beer), but game 4 will be the real key.
If the Caps can take back home-ice, they’ve got a chance.
I’m still skeptical, but this is a good night.
Until the Caps have won 2 games, every game is must win.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
Until the Caps have won 4 games, every game is a must win
never let the truth get in the way of a good story
Ok, technically, until the Caps have won 16, every game is “must-win.” But in reality, on a micro-level, the next game is the most important. It regains home-ice, it nullifies the two games we lost back here, and it gets into the Rangers’ heads. It also proves that Varly’s performance the last two games isn’t a fluke.
Avery: “Those pants don’t go with that top”
Varly: “Sto?”
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
Avery: (stares in stunned silence)
Varly: I will break you.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Just so you know.
Varly has five shutout periods in a row.
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by CapitalsKremlin on Apr 20, 2009 9:48 PM EDT reply actions
All he does is come up with huge saves.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
He was great, but he got very, very lucky on the Callahan no-goal. Sometimes, it’s better to be lucky than good.
Course I’ve heard of that. I am sitting here in an Adam Deadmarsh Avalanche jersey for good luck, after all. :)
I used to room with our goalie in hockey. They are STRANGE.
We used to have 3 keepers. One was a drama queen, the second was a stoner and the third was wasted most of the time.
“You’re supposed to puke, Tony. You’re a goalie…”
LOL I imagine the stoner didn’t do too good. Drama queens usually do pretty well. Just look at Roy and Brodeur. :)
by JulesWagner on Apr 20, 2009 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions
The drama queen was, technically, the best goalie, but one day, he flipped after the coaches pulled him, and he just up and quit. It’s a shame, too, because it killed our season.
I bet. It takes a LOT of stamina, both mental and physical. I figure that’s why goalies have such a hard time in Montreal. So much frickin’ pressure.
by JulesWagner on Apr 20, 2009 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions
LOL Reminds me a lot of Theodore when he got here. hehe
by JulesWagner on Apr 20, 2009 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions
LOL I don’t know how the night life is in Washington but trust me in Montreal it’s pretty bad. :)
by JulesWagner on Apr 20, 2009 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Although you have a very nice one in Varlamov. Could be the Eastern Conference’s Nabokov if he’s consistent. Haven’t seen an effective upwards glove stance in a while.
by JulesWagner on Apr 20, 2009 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I love how he’s so quick going down on his pads and still doesn’t go down right away like so many do. So far, his timing and read are pretty good plus he seems to have that AO fire in him. Can’t be bad, can it? ;)
by JulesWagner on Apr 20, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Varly has been great — no argument. But the team has played tighter in front of him. He hasn’t had to face the odd man rushes and breakdowns that Theodore muffed in game 1.
True – but it doesn’t matter what is the reason we’re playing well – keep doing it, right?
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Apr 20, 2009 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Last I checked the only goal in game 2 was a result of an odd man rush.
by Carl Putnam on Apr 20, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Hope is good
A good many teams had NONE to begin with. ;)
by JulesWagner on Apr 20, 2009 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Just checking in – Is the sky still falling? :-)
Great game by Pothier. His best two way game since he was a Sen in my opinion.
As any Caps fan knows when #28 comes to play Caps are extremely hard to beat.
Not trying to rain on the parade, but this series is still the Rangers’ to lose. They have home-ice advantage. All they need to do is win 2/4.
The Caps are better off than they were before tonight, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
Point of reference – Regular season record of 3-0-1 against the Rangers. I have confidence we can go 3-1 in the next four.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Apr 20, 2009 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I didn’t mean that everything is great. I was just referring to the extremely negative tone a number of posters were displaying after games 1 & 2. By negative I mean not just critiquing but acting like the whole team was loaded with a bunch of two bit losers. The whole same old caps thing especially. I though TK was in here posting at one point. :-)
by Carl Putnam on Apr 20, 2009 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Well maybe the team read those comments and decided to crank it up. I’ll make sure to doubt the Caps even more, as I have over the past two days.
by red army line on Apr 20, 2009 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Co-sign on Pothier. His best game definitely since he’s been back. Some great low, hard shots on the PP. Steady in his own end. Erskine and Poti also played well. ShaMo was average though.
by DonnieKnutts on Apr 20, 2009 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
What is wrong with Mike Green?
First of all, because I’m elated at the victory, major props to the legend NICKLAS BACKSTROM for playing the game of his life. The way he shrugged off Callahan before the assist on the second goal, I will never forget that play. AWESOME.
But Greenie, Greenie, Greenie: What is wrong with #52? He could’ve been our worst defenseman tonight. Just an awful game. If we can get him going, we could even be more dangerous.
We were speculating earlier that his shoulder is still giving him issues. Remember that game where he got hit and stayed down for a while? Then he got up and claimed that he had the wind knocked out of him? Yeah, that was complete and total BS. He hasn’t been shooting the same since then.
My guess is that he’s already planning on off-season surgery on his shoulder, which likely hasn’t been totally correct since he took that hit from Pronger early this season.
It’s gotta be something…he is looking REALLY tentative in his own zone and when he is aggressively forechecked, he more often than not just concedes the puck. He made some really dicey plays in this game, and when’s he’s not contributing offensively, he almost becomes a liability in the defensive end.
by DonnieKnutts on Apr 20, 2009 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Avery's sly punch to Varly
Gotta love the way the young Russian calmly shook off the cheap shot. Loved the little quick helmet readjustment while staring straight ahead, oblivious to #16.
Had that been Theo received the punch, I guarantee it’d have resulted in a matching minor.
The only reason I would want the Caps to lose this series...
It would be to see Chara hammer Avery into the boards, making him part of the boards…
Brashear played 2:35
essentially, two shifts that I counted.
Question: Obviously the mojo is back with this line-up and maybe BB will keep it the same to keep it going. HOWEVER, is Brashear’s 2 minutes worth scratching Circles? Most would probably say yes but I wonder… what’s the point of dressing Brashear for two shifts?
He might have been real injured…. But I thought he played well in the first period. We’ll see tomorrow im sure.
He had six shifts total. Obviously not much.
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I guess the next question would be… if Brash is out, what are the line combos next game? I kinda liked seeing Steckel off the 4th line.
by DonnieKnutts on Apr 20, 2009 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s what we had last year, right? And that also gives us two really good faceoff guys on separate lines.
by red army line on Apr 20, 2009 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Aucoin is fast. He could be our Callahan, our Rangers’ killer. Speaking of Rangers killers, where’s Joe Motzko? If memory serves he scored 2 goals in 1 game against Lundqvist including a nice curl-and-drag goal, but GMGM traded him at the deadline last year.
by red army line on Apr 20, 2009 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
If the Ducks thought Brad May would put them over the hump in 2007, they’d be in a lot of trouble.
by red army line on Apr 20, 2009 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s not really a very good retort considering May had 900 career games and was brought in to play eight minutes a night and Motzko and Aucoin are career AHLers – the situations aren’t even remotely the same.
Point was, they weren’t brought in to play a huge in-game role. Experience, May had that, but he wasn’t expected to produce a tremendous amount like Olli Jokinen. At the very least Aucoin brings energy and effort despite his size. Motzko was so long ago I can’t even remember what he did well anymore.
by red army line on Apr 22, 2009 1:01 AM EDT up reply actions
Whatever it takes to keep the figure skater out of the lineup is fine by me. I like Nyles but even I can’t excuse his play this season.
by Carl Putnam on Apr 20, 2009 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Apr 20, 2009 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Took ages to load even on on my Fios 10 MB/sec connection
by red army line on Apr 20, 2009 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
For a while it was down to 200 or so per game…big increase
by red army line on Apr 20, 2009 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
You mean the guys at OFB who got over 50?
by red army line on Apr 20, 2009 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
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Florida
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53 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 61 |
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Washington
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54 | 28 | 21 | 5 | 61 |
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56 | 26 | 24 | 6 | 58 |
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55 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 50 |
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