Draft Night Open Thread
by J.P. on Jun 26, 2009 3:30 PM EDT
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Caps trade 24th pick to Cavaliers for Shaq. Bank on it.
Capitals Kremlin the second line center of the Caps blogosphere.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jun 26, 2009 3:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The image of Shaquille O’Neal on ice skates nearly triggered a gigglefit.
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees." - Delores Ibarruri
by gotsparkly on Jun 26, 2009 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s not as if tall basketball players haven’t been picked up by hockey teams before. Manute Bol was signed to a CHL contract at one point. http://espn.go.com/minorlh/news/2002/1112/1460103.html
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Jun 26, 2009 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
But we’re talking Shaq. OTOH, he’d be great for a quote.
by gfcaps fan on Jun 26, 2009 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know that is a referrence to some once great sports league, but I can’t quite put my finger on it……
by SethB on Jun 26, 2009 3:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Bonjour à tous! Bienvenue à le repêchage de la NHL 2009!
by Stephen Pepper on Jun 26, 2009 3:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Beer of the night: From Boulder, Colo., Avery IPA.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice.
Just for the fact that it’s a Quebec beer and red, I might offer Maudite.
by Stephen Pepper on Jun 26, 2009 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
mmmm Avery. Good choice. Don’t like them quite as much as Odell Brewery, but damn tasty.
by eeyeats on Jun 26, 2009 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
For my $, the best IPAs in the USA right now are Lagunitas, Anderson Valley, Avery, Victory and Bear Republic.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stone and Dogfish Head, along with Lagunitas, are my three favorites. Southern Tier makes a pretty tasty IPA, as well.
Plus, you get to read the stuff on the side of the Stone bottles, which is always good for a chuckle, at least when you’re buzzed.
by Knee high to a duck on Jun 26, 2009 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yay dogfish head! :)
(i work at the restaurant, haha)
they taught me to actually kind of like beer there… and that’s quite a feat for me.
by kellobellow on Jun 26, 2009 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dogfish (barring Brickskellar) is my favorite bar, because it’s actually a bar. I don’t have to scream to be heard, the beer is excellent and I can get to know the bartenders.
I just turned 24 and I’m already a grouchy old man.
by Knee high to a duck on Jun 26, 2009 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I adore the bar staff at Dogfish Gaithersburg!
by RedBirdie on Jun 26, 2009 7:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just meant brewery in general. And since I’m in Colorado, I’m pretty familiar with the full lines of both. Avery could very well have a better IPA, specifically. Can’t go wrong with either as far as I’m concerned.
Dogfish Head is great too.
by eeyeats on Jun 26, 2009 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bonjour à tous! Bienvenue à le repêchage de la NHL 2009!
Le booooooo!
by Bald Pollack on Jun 26, 2009 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Tough crowd. And it’s almost Friday happy hour!
by Stephen Pepper on Jun 26, 2009 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
AND I WON’T GET TO WATCH! But I’ll be keeping up with my iPhone – can I comment mobile-ly?
by DrinkingPartner on Jun 26, 2009 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Depends on the quality of the comment. ;-)
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
My comments are always classic! Previous comments like: “Fuck yeah!” “That’s right!” “Flash sucks!” and so on.
How can you question the quality of my commentary?!
by DrinkingPartner on Jun 26, 2009 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
“Flash sucks?” Yes, then you may sit next to me. ;-)
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tough crowd. And it’s almost Friday happy hour!
I was just channeling Habs fan when Der Kommissar takes the stage.
by Bald Pollack on Jun 26, 2009 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That should have ben LNH XD
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees." - Delores Ibarruri
by gotsparkly on Jun 26, 2009 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ce n’est rien. :)
(I never thought I’d get any use out of college-level French until I started following hockey – suddenly it became DAMN USEFUL :D)
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees." - Delores Ibarruri
by gotsparkly on Jun 26, 2009 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sitting in a quality “Days Inn” in Montreal… If anything “fun” happens… i’ll update. Have they added a mobile comment feature yet to the mobile webpage??
i’m already drunk. we’re heading to the repechage in about 45 minutes. looking for pierre mcguire… he needs to be heckled.
by Scofield on Jun 26, 2009 4:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I’m going to be drunk off my ass at the Aberdeen Ironbirds game tonight, following the draft more closely than the game :-). Anyone here ever been to that park?
by DrinkingPartner on Jun 26, 2009 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think the mobile version of this site allows for comments, but you can view everything perfectly.
Tell pierre to go to hell for me. — don’t know why, I just don’t like that dude.
by vt caps fan on Jun 26, 2009 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great Scofield – let us know what you see and hear.
Unfortunately, still no mobile commenting on SB Nation as of yet.
by Stephen Pepper on Jun 26, 2009 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
small recap
First – the obvious – massive boos for “Gerry Bettman” as he was displayed on the big screen, toronto, and boston.
it seemed to me that the centre bell has great atmosphere… i’d like to see a game here.
as phoenix was on the clock… bettman announces ":next on the clock … PHOEN IX…. coyotes
…then starts the chants HAM – IL – TON …. HAM – IL – TON!!!
it was at this point we realized that this draft was going to take 6 hours and began to wander. we did move down to the second row… where during the caps pic, we made a small amount of noise and were noticed and thanked by GMGM and BB. Some guy I don’t know came over from the table and gave us a draft day hat. so that was pretty cool.
it was the after hours that made the night… that might be a different thread.
by Scofield on Jun 27, 2009 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Any draft night drinking games to share? Certainly any mention of reaching should require a reach for your beverage . . .
by Stephen Pepper on Jun 26, 2009 4:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Any time anyone talks about Brian Burke trying to trade up.
Oh, no, wait, we’d all be dead before the first selection was actually made.
by David M. Getz on Jun 26, 2009 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Alcoholics Anonymous edition
When TEB blogs something interesting.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Make up an over/under on Swedes taken in the first 2 rounds, and drink the difference (actual)
by Bald Pollack on Jun 26, 2009 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You’re not a fan of this one?
Bonjour from Montreal, Caps fans. I just arrived a little while ago and went straight into a Professional Hockey Writers’ Association meeting at the media hotel. So I’m playing catch up at the moment.
Anyway, I just wanted to post a quick note letting everyone know that I’ll be at Bell Centre tonight and will be blogging all the Caps’ news that goes down, live from draft floor. I hope to be up and running around 6 or so, soon after a quick chat with Bruce Boudreau.
by Gould Old Days on Jun 26, 2009 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
An “interesting pick” should make your beverage interesting.
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees." - Delores Ibarruri
by gotsparkly on Jun 26, 2009 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Luongo
Here’s a question: Why are the ‘Nucks doing the Luongo extension now? He’s got a year left. What’s the urgency?!
(In a related story: VAN has apparently decided that Cory Schneider is not the future. And in one fell-swoop they’ve destroyed much of his value as an asset.)
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 4:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Because he couldn’t beat Hershey? Wow. Didn’t I keep hearing he won best goalie in the AHL this year?
by gfcaps fan on Jun 26, 2009 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn’t think he showed much all year, except a lot of .ca-centric chatter. Take a look at his NHL stats.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry, I was trying to snark, but it didn’t come out right. Damn internets.
by gfcaps fan on Jun 26, 2009 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, he did, though AHL accolades don’t say much about NHL success.
by Stephen Pepper on Jun 26, 2009 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, he didn’t exactly have a lot of help from his offensive lines.
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees." - Delores Ibarruri
by gotsparkly on Jun 26, 2009 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Two hours to go….
Here’s a nice article from NBC Sports picking the Caps for SC 09-10 champs.
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by boutros23 on Jun 26, 2009 4:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh, geez. did he have to? This early?
by gfcaps fan on Jun 26, 2009 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And dammit, it’s Bill Clement. GMGM is going to have to work extra hard to get around that vote of confidence.
by Gould Old Days on Jun 26, 2009 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL.
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by boutros23 on Jun 26, 2009 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Awww crap. We’re doomed. :P
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees." - Delores Ibarruri
by gotsparkly on Jun 26, 2009 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wait a minute, I will correct myself. It’s not early — early would have been June 12th. At which time I believe the discussion had in fact already started.
by gfcaps fan on Jun 26, 2009 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Has even one interesting thing happened yet today?
by Gould Old Days on Jun 26, 2009 5:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Uh, Does Claude Lemieux becoming an American citizen count? ;)
by Stephen Pepper on Jun 26, 2009 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Judge said “I can’t believe I read that guy his freaking oath…”
by Gould Old Days on Jun 26, 2009 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Then Lemieux tripped him as he was leaving the bench.
If you've read this far...seek help.
by ThePeerless on Jun 26, 2009 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Any of you guys following the Pronger to the Caps discussion on Twitter?
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by boutros23 on Jun 26, 2009 6:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yes. It’s become numbingly stupid right away.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If the Caps can move 26/4/23 and the No. 55 it’s a good deal.
The guy who defended a bizarre idea by saying that the Caps could trade Carlson/etc. if they wanted to get the deal done is… not helpful. I mean, the Caps could trade AO if they wanted to get the deal done, fer chrissakes.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed. Carlson/Alzner/Neuvirth would be ridiculously stupid.
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by boutros23 on Jun 26, 2009 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do you think that Pronger would actually go for that? Would that be enough, and can we fit him under the cap?
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees." - Delores Ibarruri
by gotsparkly on Jun 26, 2009 6:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why would Pronger have to go for it? Does he have a NTC/NMC? (FWIW: I have no idea.)
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He forced his trade from EDM to ANA and I think was traded from STL to EDM on the same contract. Any NMC he had has long since been waived. But I think she meant would Pronger be traded away for that package, to which I think the answer is yes.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Quote of the day so far, from NHL on the Fly — “Matt Duschene would probably be a #1 pick if it weren’t for Tavares and Hedman”
by Gould Old Days on Jun 26, 2009 6:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
geniuses.
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by boutros23 on Jun 26, 2009 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
How embarrassing is it for the NHL that this low-rent production is on NHL NETWORK (!!!!) 45 minutes before the draft.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Talking heads. Some are better than others. Then there are the ones on NHL On The Fly. //snark
Even when I eagerly watch that piece of crap (i.e., after a Caps win), I gag.
by gfcaps fan on Jun 26, 2009 6:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
One hour of TV time + JP + DMG/Pepper/me + a 12-pack of Victory Hop Devil = Better TV than ANY studio show on NHL Network.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
that is a bold statement, sir. Exactly how many of those Avery’s have you had? : )
from the house that Red Jesus built
by bigonetimer on Jun 26, 2009 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL None. But a cat, a parrot and a 12-pack would be better TV than anything on NHLN.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No question. Larry Murphy must be about 3 fingers into his third scotch before he even takes the set.
I do love OTF’s extended highlights, though!
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by bigonetimer on Jun 26, 2009 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Red Wings would have won the Cup if they’d won four games.
If you've read this far...seek help.
by ThePeerless on Jun 26, 2009 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have inside information that the NYI are going to select Duschene first to try to enrage their fans to the point that they burn down the Colliseum. Then the Town of Hempstead will be forced to build a new arena. Garth Snow is brilliant.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 6:15 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
RDS reporting that DanyDeal09 is almost done.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 6:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Finally. I’m sick of hearing about Heatley.
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by boutros23 on Jun 26, 2009 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here’s hoping he goes to New Delhi for some Bollywood actresses.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Jun 26, 2009 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dreger says Flyers are in “serious discussion” to land Pronger.
by Bald Pollack on Jun 26, 2009 6:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
PHL would have to move a LOT of money to make that happen. Pronger: $6.25M hit.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Isn’t Philly up hard against the cap limit already? That seems unlikely for them to make that much room.
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by boutros23 on Jun 26, 2009 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Assuming it’s legit, figure they’ll have to part with Rathje and Jones, or face a logjam back there.
by Bald Pollack on Jun 26, 2009 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anaheim must be ‘serious’ about Briere…
from the house that Red Jesus built
by bigonetimer on Jun 26, 2009 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
bear in mind, Dreger has a ‘hunch’ the Isles are picking Duchene…
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by bigonetimer on Jun 26, 2009 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why do I get that picture in my mind of Johnny Carson in the genie hat making predictions?
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by boutros23 on Jun 26, 2009 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
From the TSN bog. Take it for what it’s worth.
Agent Pat Brisson, who represents John Tavares and Matt Duchene, told Ryan Rishaug today that he does not know what the Islanders intend to do with the top pick. Brisson said he usually knows by now, adding that Garth Snow’s cone of silence act is something he’s never experienced in 20 years at the draft.
by Bald Pollack on Jun 26, 2009 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
um, Brisson’s done business with GMGM before. He should be used to absurd silence.
by RedBirdie on Jun 26, 2009 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ooh…the tension. It’s like a zit about to pop…
…that doesn’t.
If you've read this far...seek help.
by ThePeerless on Jun 26, 2009 6:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Eric Duhatschek: Pronger to Philly: I’m told it’s happening.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 6:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
as an EC opponent, I’m not thrilled.
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by boutros23 on Jun 26, 2009 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Announced on TSN
No details provided yet.
by alexthe8 on Jun 26, 2009 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Appears to be Lupul and picks, says ESPN.
by Bald Pollack on Jun 26, 2009 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Darren Dreger at TSN says Lupul, Sbisa and 2 firsts.
by Ames on Jun 26, 2009 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Meanwhile on Versus...
Auto-racing QUALIFYING. GROAN.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 6:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Off topic, but I flipped over to MTV to see if they were still playing Michael Jackson’s videos, and Jon Norris was on there, and a worse-looking human being I have not seen.
by Bald Pollack on Jun 26, 2009 6:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
MTV Jams is Norris-less
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by boutros23 on Jun 26, 2009 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s draft night. You don’t have to watch!
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And We. Are. Live. on Versus.
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by boutros23 on Jun 26, 2009 7:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
You delivered that better than Engblom.
by Bald Pollack on Jun 26, 2009 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whoops, talking head guess fail.
by Bald Pollack on Jun 26, 2009 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some of these GMs are freakishly ugly.
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by boutros23 on Jun 26, 2009 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
This just in
Avery’s IPA is velvety hoppy!
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 7:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Garth Snow may pick the IPA over Duchene.
by Bald Pollack on Jun 26, 2009 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Nice call by Bettman to come out with the legends and minimize the booing
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by bigonetimer on Jun 26, 2009 7:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
a little
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by bigonetimer on Jun 26, 2009 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Boos to Bettman
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by boutros23 on Jun 26, 2009 7:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
the suck up
va fair foutre, Gary
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by bigonetimer on Jun 26, 2009 7:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
C’est vrai
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by boutros23 on Jun 26, 2009 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Henri Richard still looks like he could and would kick everyone’s ass.
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by boutros23 on Jun 26, 2009 7:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Okposo, Bailey and Tavares…. interesting….
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 7:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
how much time between picks?
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by bigonetimer on Jun 26, 2009 7:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It’s Tavares. And Snow ended up head-faking out nearly everyone.
by cuqui on Jun 26, 2009 7:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The scene at the Mausoleum still looks like the early ’80s.
by Stephen Pepper on Jun 26, 2009 7:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
oh man, on his highlight he completely messed up Varly during the world juniors
by amkcaps on Jun 26, 2009 7:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I feel much better now.
Lupul, Sbisa, and two First round picks.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 7:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
agreed. i was upset when i heard that they got him. now im not. we can deal with him 4 times a year
by amkcaps on Jun 26, 2009 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh goody…
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by boutros23 on Jun 26, 2009 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow.
Great deal for ANA
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by bigonetimer on Jun 26, 2009 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yup. PHI made that move to win now. If they don’t win this year they are in trouble. No great D prospect, no 2 first round picks. They will be tough but gave up a lot. I’m only shocked they didn’t give up any of their scoring depth really.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s essentially 3 consecutive first rounds and Lupul
by gnuf on Jun 26, 2009 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
TSN has still reported more on the TOR non-deal than on the PHL-ANA ACTUAL Pronger deal.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 7:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Dreger on TSN blog: Pronger traded to Philly. Deal is for Lupul, Sbisa and 2 firsts.
by Stephen Pepper on Jun 26, 2009 7:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
For the Caps that is like Laich, Alzner, and 2 Firsts. No way I would do that.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
exactley right. i dont get it… they really want to win this year
by amkcaps on Jun 26, 2009 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Philly’s going to be interesting this coming year.
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by boutros23 on Jun 26, 2009 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i didnt say they were smart, or that they were going to win. just that they want to
by amkcaps on Jun 26, 2009 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
PHL is about six million over the cap right now.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 7:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I wonder if they’d be willing to trade Jeff Carter. That’d be crazy, but so’s the deal they just made.
by Gould Old Days on Jun 26, 2009 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can they bury Briere in Allentown/AHL?!
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yup. I just hope nobody takes him off their hands, but you’re right (below) if they do it’s going to be for peanuts on the dollar because of that contract.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I did not want Hedman in the SE. I knew it would happen but I was hoping it wouldn’t.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 7:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
he’s a beast. Now him and Pronger in the EC.
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by boutros23 on Jun 26, 2009 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
not to be mean or anything, whats wrong with hedmans face?
by amkcaps on Jun 26, 2009 7:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I’ve wondered if that’s a birthmark.
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by boutros23 on Jun 26, 2009 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s still a nice looking guy, no doubt.
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by boutros23 on Jun 26, 2009 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh – per Corey – GMGM chatting with Chiarelli…… alone in a dark corner
by Ames on Jun 26, 2009 7:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
that is encouraging.
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by bigonetimer on Jun 26, 2009 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ultimately the Flyers will give up Sbisa, Lupul *and another player* for Pronger. They’re $6M over. So that means that they’ll have to move another body to make room for him. The deal for ANA is only part of the REAL deal.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 7:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Right, but they’ll possibly get something else back for that other player. If they trade Gagne for a first then they both add to the cost for getting Pronger and take away from the cost.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
A significant player, too, if it’s a 6 million cap hit. More likely two players, I would think.
by Knee high to a duck on Jun 26, 2009 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nope. They’ll be salary-dumping, trading salary for a fifth or something. Welcome to the capped NHL, eh?
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right, but to dump 6 million in salary, it’s going to take one of their best players under contract or two other ones, if I understand that point you’re making.
by Knee high to a duck on Jun 26, 2009 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh I gotcha, I thought you meant that PHL would get something back for that salary dump. Sorry.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The dream would be Briere. I don’t know how much they really need to shed on top of this. They got rid of 4.25 with Lupul and they don’t have much more to sign.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yup but that will cost less than a mill and so will the 7th D if they don’t just pull guys from the AHL to fill it.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed. But all it takes is one injury to F up your cap. See WSH, 08-09.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah I’m not endorsing the position they put themselves in, I just don’t think they need any more major moves to make this fit under the cap.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
They have to move $6M in salary! That’s major!
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
But Lupul and Sbisa are $5M of that right?
by Ames on Jun 26, 2009 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
According to NHLNumbers, even after Sbisa and Lupul: PHL is over. The Cap Geek numbers don’t include bonus cushion, right?
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bonuses are included in cap hit but not in salary (so they say).
by Bald Pollack on Jun 26, 2009 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ooops: Per Vogel: Teams can exceed the cap with a bonus cushion of up to 7.5%.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
54.926 – 4.25 + 6.25 = 56.926
The cap is at 56.8 correct? That’s .126 they need to cut. I think they’ll live.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
that’s a great point. this is a house of cards with any significant injury on the back line
from the house that Red Jesus built
by bigonetimer on Jun 26, 2009 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think anyone is going to take Briere with a long-term expensive contract and his injury history, given the cap is going to be falling soon.
They have a lot of scoring forwards, of whom I presume (although I don’t know for sure) that only Richards and Carter are untouchable among them. I have to figure they could move one or two for a goalie and a pick, or something.
by Knee high to a duck on Jun 26, 2009 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gagne would look pretty good on the Caps…
by Gould Old Days on Jun 26, 2009 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah he would but he’d basically kill any chance of us bringing in another C.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don’t. Start. PHL isn’t trading Simon Gagne to WSH. EVER.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was surprised Philly made the trade with us last year.
I think they have learned their lesson.
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And we got a potential future 1-2 D out of it.
by bigmac1124 on Jun 26, 2009 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
3 straight years with no 1st rounders, and those long term high dollar contracts to players who will be past their prime (Briere/Timonen) – Flyers are looking at some difficult times in a few years.
by Stormblue on Jun 26, 2009 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Phoenix... rises?
James Mirtle: From The Globe’s Paul Waldie: “Jerry Reinsdorf has made an offer worth roughly $130 million for the Phoenix Coyotes.”
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 7:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
James Mirtle: “Under Reinsdorf’s offer the NHL would receive $38.5 million and a major Coyotes’ creditor, MSD Capital, would get $79.7 million. Current majority owner Jerry Moyes would get nothing.”
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mirtle corrects to say $148 m.
by Stephen Pepper on Jun 26, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK, it’s ON now…
from the house that Red Jesus built
by bigonetimer on Jun 26, 2009 7:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
digression – i plan on turning to CSN sometime close to 9 to relive the $4 million goal :)
by kellobellow on Jun 26, 2009 7:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
thanks for the reminder… I loved watching Bradley’s two goals last night.
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by boutros23 on Jun 26, 2009 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Something about re-living it on TV, not on YouTube, is worth it.
Capitals Kremlin the second line center of the Caps blogosphere.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jun 26, 2009 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just saw the replay of Semin’s flutter-puck deflection goal which tied it up in the first… the hockey gods were rocking the red on that one.
by cuqui on Jun 26, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kee-rist. The lightning is getting nuts in Arlington.
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by boutros23 on Jun 26, 2009 7:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
yeah, i just heard the thunder… yikes!
by kellobellow on Jun 26, 2009 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
swear to god, i almost fell off the couch.
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by boutros23 on Jun 26, 2009 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
btw, Flying Dog Double Pale Ale for me tonight.
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 7:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
captain and coke for me, as usual… and i made buffalo chicken dip :) that combination + hockey = awesome night in the making.
by kellobellow on Jun 26, 2009 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ruination IPA over here, the most bitter thing I can find, but it’s so good.
by Knee high to a duck on Jun 26, 2009 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
TSN should ask Don Waddell how he still has a job.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 7:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
They wanted to focus on questions he might actually have an answer for.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It makes me wonder about the owner of the Thrashers. They’re most definitely the real stupidity behind that operation.
by bigmac1124 on Jun 26, 2009 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The ownership of ATL is part of the problem. It is a group of ~ 8 people currently locked in a lawsuit between themselves. It really is not stupidity but an inability to do much of anything because of the lawsuit.
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
rightfully so, they really wanted him
by amkcaps on Jun 26, 2009 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What do you mean rightfully so? LAK had the pick and used it. If Burke really wanted him then pay up and move up. I don’t see where his sense of entitlement comes from (it existed before he went to TOR).
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haha, sorry for the misunderstanding. I meant he really wanted Schenn, so when he was picked it makes sense that he was pissed. I use “rightfully so” in a strange way; Ive heard it before
by amkcaps on Jun 26, 2009 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, yes he does. I’ll be interested to see where MPS goes.
by Knee high to a duck on Jun 26, 2009 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Isles moving up from 26 to 16…
from the house that Red Jesus built
by bigonetimer on Jun 26, 2009 8:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Maaaaan our pick seems so far away right now. This is going to be like watching paint dry for me.
by bigmac1124 on Jun 26, 2009 8:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Dude. This is hockey fan geekdom. It’s riveting!!!!
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Something—like a trade-CAN happen at any moment-so the riveting part is valid.
by bigmac1124 on Jun 26, 2009 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.
by bigmac1124 on Jun 26, 2009 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m just talking in terms of DC at this point in the convo. The Pronger deal was pretty interesting just because I’m not sure why they gave up so much for a guy who has one year left on his contract.
by bigmac1124 on Jun 26, 2009 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pronger seems a good fit for the Flyers’, ah, ethos and could re-sign there.
from the house that Red Jesus built
by bigonetimer on Jun 26, 2009 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
They need to extend him to make that deal in any way worth it.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
How many times is McGuire going to say “The right pick, for the right team.”
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 8:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Really? I’ve picked up a buzzing noise in my ears…
by D'ohboy on Jun 26, 2009 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
the drinking helps for sure.
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by boutros23 on Jun 26, 2009 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wish they’d just let McKenzie do all the talking.
by Ames on Jun 26, 2009 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
because he’s 6 for 6 so far.
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by bigonetimer on Jun 26, 2009 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Isn’t just about anyone who did their mockdraft?
by Ames on Jun 26, 2009 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
NHLN’s own Craig Button, not so much (2-6).
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by bigonetimer on Jun 26, 2009 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Guess he’s not his father’s son.
by Bald Pollack on Jun 26, 2009 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Surely someone can figure out a drinking game based on his comments.
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And a punching-the-TV-screen game too.
by bigmac1124 on Jun 26, 2009 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
New flat screens don't take punches so well
Your favorite meme is dead
by Edanger6 on Jun 26, 2009 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Burke is about to tell the crowd to F-off!
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 8:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow. Kinda seems to me that the Leafs just drafted Grabovski 2.0.
by D'ohboy on Jun 26, 2009 8:11 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Also really doesn’t seem like a “Brian Burke” sort of player. . .
by D'ohboy on Jun 26, 2009 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man, Burke looks just like Newt Gingrich
http://uppitynegronetwork.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/newtgingrich.jpg
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
hahahaha… i was just trying to figure out who he reminds me of. thanks!
by kellobellow on Jun 26, 2009 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I see Brian Denehey
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by boutros23 on Jun 26, 2009 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
could he be fronting for the Sens?
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by bigonetimer on Jun 26, 2009 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe. Perhaps they’re waiting to see who Ottawa can get with their pick to announce a trade. It would be kinda weird though – why not just trade the pick?
by D'ohboy on Jun 26, 2009 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Please tell me the Caps have packaged Mo and their pick to move up and get Cowen
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You really want another huge long-term project defenseman? With an injury history?
by D'ohboy on Jun 26, 2009 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I really want a big shutdown defenseman to get Crosby out of the crease!
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
First, unless you get Hedman you aren’t getting that guy in this draft. Second, Mo and the 24 is not enough to move up to take a top 10 pick, especially if the guy is good enough to come in and keep Crosby out of the crease already. You’re just going to have to be patient and wait on Alzner and Carlson like the rest of us.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, I realize that Mo and 24 is not enough to move up to that position, but I can dream.
I am not sure that Alzner will be that physical d-man that I want; Carlson, maybe. I am with you, though, about patience (see my previous comments about Sarge).
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know what you mean by physical but the guy that did the best against Crosby all post-season was Lidstrom. He’s not the most “physical” guy on his own team but being solid on your feet and smart enough to always be in position goes a long way.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No doubt that I agree with you that (hopefully) Alzner is a positional type defenseman in the mold of Lidstrom. And I also agree that there is great value in that type defenseman.
My only point is that I would also like a big d-man with a mean streak (think Stevens and Pronger) that will physically challenge Crosby/Hartnell/others when they get near the net. I think Cowen could be that guy in a few years.
No need to argue the effectiveness of one vs. the other. I would like both types of d-men on the Caps.
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right. ‘Cause the Caps don’t have 4 and 23?
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you comparing Erskine and Juice to Stevens and Pronger?
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you comparing Erskine and Juice to Stevens and Pronger?
That was sarcasm.
My only point is that Crosby did too much in front of the Caps’ net during the playoffs, and I think Cowen is the type of player that will prevent players from having so much freedom in front of the net.
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
New rules don’t allow that. Positional play is the key now.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did Philly just give up the farm to bring in Pronger for “positional play?”
by Direction 87 on Jun 26, 2009 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pronger is nowhere NEAR the beater in front that he was before the rules changed. Not even close. Pronger is a stud D because he is a threat in all three zones, makes the best outlet pass in the NHL, and is tough everywhere. NOT because he clears guys out.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It doesn’t matter why they did it, they still gave up a ton. And while everyone talks about Pronger’s physicality (because he’s dirty) it’s only his positional play that allows him to play like that. He is where the puck is going first and when you get there you get mauled. Lidstrom and Timmonen just get there and move the puck before you can do anything. It’s just a different style but the positional play is the key.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pronger is going to spend a lot of time making sure Crosby pays the price for hanging out around the crease (something we didnt do during the playoffs)…if that’s “positional” play, so be it.
by Direction 87 on Jun 26, 2009 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The new rules do not completely remove the physical part of hockey.
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn’t say that they did. This is silly.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Comment from my wife on Ryan Ellis:
“Retin-a micro baby!”
by Bald Pollack on Jun 26, 2009 8:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I thought the same
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by boutros23 on Jun 26, 2009 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s a hockey player not a model. Who cares.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Line of the night from Bryan Murray there, on the Heatley situation
“Are you going to have to reduce your expectations?”
“No, we’re probably going to have Danny Heatley play left wing for our hockey team if nothing works out.”
by Gould Old Days on Jun 26, 2009 8:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Agreed. And the right approach, especially because DanyBoy is douchily asking for a deal… but only to certain teams.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly, and Heatley is going to have to suck it up. It’s bad for both, but what else can happen? unless someone is silly enough to give up the cash for him.
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by boutros23 on Jun 26, 2009 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed on the douchi-ness, but that’s Ottawa’s fault for giving him a no-trade clause.
by D'ohboy on Jun 26, 2009 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Seems like the Oilers are quietly building a talented forward corps.
by Bald Pollack on Jun 26, 2009 8:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
digression again – for a good time, flip to comcast in about one minute ;)
by kellobellow on Jun 26, 2009 8:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I’m there now. just waiting for the amazing…
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by boutros23 on Jun 26, 2009 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
is it sad that i’m giddy? hahaha :)
by kellobellow on Jun 26, 2009 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
was there that night, and will never ever forget it.
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by boutros23 on Jun 26, 2009 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
me too… words can’t describe it. amazing. oh feds :)
by kellobellow on Jun 26, 2009 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
still makes me a little teary
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by boutros23 on Jun 26, 2009 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
but it will also make me sad, and I did bid on a Fed figure on eBay today…
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by boutros23 on Jun 26, 2009 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great stat
No Americans were taken in the top ten this year. According to TSN Researcher Kevin Gibson, the last time an American born player didn’t go in the top 10 was 1993.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 8:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The NYI could have stayed at 16 and gotten de Haan!
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 8:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah that doesn’t make much sense. What did they give up to move up?
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Minnesota #Wild trade pick #12 to New York #Islander for picks #16 #77 #182.
Capitals Kremlin the second line center of the Caps blogosphere.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jun 26, 2009 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Isles essentially burn five picks to select De Haan.
by Stephen Pepper on Jun 26, 2009 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So last year they trade back and stockpile picks for no reason… and this year they just burn them?
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
They had an outside shot at getting him at 26.
by Bald Pollack on Jun 26, 2009 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love how McGuire was gushing about how “smart” their decision was. . . right before they picked de Haan.
by D'ohboy on Jun 26, 2009 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s a tool. I wish one of our hated enemy’s hires him to be GM. Two birds…
by Hunky Dory on Jun 26, 2009 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Geez, when they were talking about hiring him in Colorado, I was about to give up on that franchise.
by D'ohboy on Jun 26, 2009 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe the Isles guy got picked, and Snow got nervous about it happening again, so he moved up just to be sure. One layup, and then… How many picks do they have left, now? Are they in the minus yet?
by Hunky Dory on Jun 26, 2009 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I see where you’re coming from, but from the Isles’ perspective, that’s still pretty dumb. One should never draft out of fear or hope – it leads to bad decisions.
by D'ohboy on Jun 26, 2009 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Draft picks, 77 and I think 16 or 20 something, it was a first rounder.
Capitals Kremlin the second line center of the Caps blogosphere.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jun 26, 2009 8:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Landon Ferraro being interviewed – my friend’s already calling him “Chicken Marsala.”
Crazy suit, dude.
by Stephen Pepper on Jun 26, 2009 9:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Tarik just posted:
Anyway, I wanted to catch everyone up on what I’ve observed at the Caps’ table. GM George McPhee has been on the phone. A lot. What I found more interesting, though, was his 10-minute long conversation with Boston GM Peter Chiarelli. That conversation was followed by Coach Bruce Boudreau talking to his Bruins’ counterpart, Claude Julien, for about 10 minutes.
Of course, the Caps’ and Bruins’ tables are right next to each other. But they were saying more than just, “Hello.”
by cuqui on Jun 26, 2009 9:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
More likely. Kessel pushes one of the other young guns out of the picture. Thanks for joining us.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Internet troubles….thank goodness for neighbors with unsecured connections
by David M. Getz on Jun 26, 2009 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nah, I just moved and we’re having trouble getting the internet set up
by David M. Getz on Jun 26, 2009 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Either way, it is a little odd that two of the top three EC teams are talking trade
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also from Tarik:
[T]he Caps ought to be drafting sometime around 11. Ugh. That’s putting a serious crimp in my post-draft plans.
Seems like he’s itching to get to the strip clubs on Rue St. Catherine? :)
by Stephen Pepper on Jun 26, 2009 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why does TEB think anyone cares about his post-draft (or travel) plans?!
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think the Panthers just got a steal – if they can sign him.
by D'ohboy on Jun 26, 2009 9:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Even if they have to wait a year it’s a steal.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was kinda hoping the KHL issue would let him slip to us. Yes, he’s at a position we’re stacked at – so what. We could then trade someone for another piece we need. I think on pure talent, he should have gone in the top-10.
by D'ohboy on Jun 26, 2009 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
In the range...
We’re entering the part of the draft where if the Caps really love someone that they can move up to get him for a fairly reasonable cost.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 9:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That’s what I was thinking. And the further some of the highly touted guys fall the better the chances are that we get within range of a guy we want.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ditto, I was just thinking the same thing. I wonder whom is remaining that the Caps love???
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
GMGM is superb at playing his cards close and at bluffing. Remember Backie, AGus, etc…..
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sweet.
More slot-jumpers equals more guys falling to us.
by D'ohboy on Jun 26, 2009 9:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I ID’d guys I thought would/should interest the Caps. They’re all still on the board.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Of they guys left, who would you want the most?
by D'ohboy on Jun 26, 2009 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not saying but Tyler is on to it.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve never seen any of them, so I don’t know. Most of the guys I named are big bodies who go to the net, get into the corners, etc. I’m a relative dilettante on this, sorry. :-P
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yup. And I question anyone that goes into the draft with their “intensity/drive/desire” as their knock.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think the Rags are drafting Mike Danton to get Gomez and Redden off the books.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 9:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
They could just acquire Heatly in trade and have them go for a ride together. . .
. . . too soon?
by D'ohboy on Jun 26, 2009 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah that is the alternative.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
11 of first 15 picks have been Canadian.
Somewhere in Canada there is a guy in an ugly suit giving the draft a big thumbs up!
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 9:21 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
That little tree thing next to the link icon is your friend.
by Bald Pollack on Jun 26, 2009 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
11 of first 15 picks have been Canadian.
Sorry, I meant to quote it.
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No worries brother. I can’t be mad at anyone who has Paul’s Boutique as an av.
by Bald Pollack on Jun 26, 2009 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Easily one of the greatest albums ever. You are the first one to pick up on the av.
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Definitely top 5…no doubt about it.
by Yoshietree on Jun 26, 2009 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bob McKenzie has him 29th. I usually go by his analysis.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
With every pick, we get closer to grabbing something decent. Thanks, Isles and Wild!!!
by D'ohboy on Jun 26, 2009 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That Mr. Hockey list is rather uninspiring.
by superjuan on Jun 26, 2009 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think he is a stretch. I have been hearing his name projected as a first rounder for at least a month. Of course, it was always tied to the Wild.
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hockey players seem to really hot sisters
and a few MILF’s too
Your favorite meme is dead
by Edanger6 on Jun 26, 2009 9:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Fun game:
Sister, girlfriend, or MILF?
by D'ohboy on Jun 26, 2009 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
As you drink more, the guesses get wilder.
by Bald Pollack on Jun 26, 2009 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not unless the sister is underage. Otherwise, it’s just a fun guessing game.
by D'ohboy on Jun 26, 2009 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lettermen is unfazed by age.
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
man this draft is slower than the NFL’s…..
by RedskinFan4Life on Jun 26, 2009 9:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Any guesses who plays in the Gold Medal game in the next WJC?
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 9:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Canada-Sweden. I mean, look at who’s getting drafted…..
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly. (Not to mention they were the gold medal game 2 years running.)
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Damn, forgot about Zimbabwe…they have been improving. Especially with that super stud ManHuice Bambwa
by CapsFanSince1979 on Jun 26, 2009 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn’t know cricket had a world juniors too.
by superjuan on Jun 26, 2009 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Russia and Finland -- they’ll be the only ones who have anyone left
by RedskinFan4Life on Jun 26, 2009 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Looking good...
I love this. Moore, Josefson, Leblanc, Kreider and Ashton…one will be available for us and I like them. Guys I figured we would be picking from are going.
by CapsFanSince1979 on Jun 26, 2009 9:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Canadiens love American born D. John Moore goes right here.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree…but Louis Leblanc is another good option. From Quebec and also well educated, which Gainey will like.
by CapsFanSince1979 on Jun 26, 2009 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
True. Can’t underestimate the French element.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
hey, anything that helps the Caps….
by RedskinFan4Life on Jun 26, 2009 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You mean like trading up and drafted a kid who was banged up all year just because his dad used to wear your same sweater?
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are there any more Kostitsyn brothers?
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fredo Kostitsyn is another year away from being eligible.
by Bald Pollack on Jun 26, 2009 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
New drinking element
Drink with every Swede pun.
by DebCapsFan on Jun 26, 2009 9:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I hope this does not turn out to be the highlight of his hockey career.
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 9:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
His mom looks like a brainy MILF. She could teach me piano anytime.
by D'ohboy on Jun 26, 2009 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I suspect that she could teach us alot of things
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would be upset…I want Josefson for the Caps
by CapsFanSince1979 on Jun 26, 2009 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wouldn’t mind that myself, but I wouldn’t bet on it either.
by David M. Getz on Jun 26, 2009 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Josefson is 6-0, 187. I’d like to see the Caps go a little bigger, given PIT, etc.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
but I am hoping that Schroeder is taken off the board….I do not want him
by CapsFanSince1979 on Jun 26, 2009 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
he’s dropped like a rock, rated as high as 11. Why?
from the house that Red Jesus built
by bigonetimer on Jun 26, 2009 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Small. Probably worried that his performance in the WJC was a flash-in-the-pan.
by D'ohboy on Jun 26, 2009 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not for nothing, but where were all you people an hour ago?
by Bald Pollack on Jun 26, 2009 9:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
playing games….this draft is longer than the NFL’s. thought the Caps be drafting in the next two mins…..
by RedskinFan4Life on Jun 26, 2009 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, but it only feels half as long because there’s no Chris Berman
by David M. Getz on Jun 26, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Waiting for #24… looks like I got here about a half hour early.
by superjuan on Jun 26, 2009 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bob Gainey just said a few big centers were available. GMGM could probably say same. We hope.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 9:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
that.
I want to know more about convo with Chiarelli.
from the house that Red Jesus built
by bigonetimer on Jun 26, 2009 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So in 20 minutes, do we lose TV coverage?
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 9:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That’s a crock that the Rangers got a pick for Cheraponov. I wonder if Vancouver got a pick for the loss of that defenseman.
by CapsFanSince1979 on Jun 26, 2009 9:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It’s not a crock, it’s the CBA. Bourdon was signed. No pick.
by David M. Getz on Jun 26, 2009 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought the Rags did not get anything???
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kreider was the first guy I thought the Caps would be interested in.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 9:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
interesting - his fav player is Ovechkin….
by RedskinFan4Life on Jun 26, 2009 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
that he’d have an outside chance playing for the Caps….. ‘course that’s mute now since he’s been picked….
by RedskinFan4Life on Jun 26, 2009 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn’t have minded that kid.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 9:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
that’s not all -- 6’2 and 201 lbs….nice size…better than Schroeder.
by RedskinFan4Life on Jun 26, 2009 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am so scared we are going to get Schroeder.
by CapsFanSince1979 on Jun 26, 2009 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Schroeder reminds me of Parise. Everyone knows he’s good, but everyone’s afraid to pick him because of his size.
by David M. Getz on Jun 26, 2009 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
NCAA hockey player so there are fewer games to watch. They just can’t believe he can be that affective at that size.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If Calgary picks...
Carter Ashton
by CapsFanSince1979 on Jun 26, 2009 9:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Then he’s picked roughly where people thought he could have gone?
by Bald Pollack on Jun 26, 2009 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Budish is the guy I want. But that’s just off of what I read. I emphasize I don’t know jack about any of these kids.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 9:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I like him, but not in the first. Maybe if you trade down
by CapsFanSince1979 on Jun 26, 2009 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
All the buzz from the Real Draft Gurus has been that Budish is moving up — fast.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you don’t see a guy play you can’t see his flaws?
by David M. Getz on Jun 26, 2009 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
At this point there are several guys I’d be happy with that are left and not enough picks that they can all be taken before we pick so I should be happy.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m diggin Budish, Josefson and O’Reilly. You?
by David M. Getz on Jun 26, 2009 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Budish and:
11-20 on TSN: Carter Ashton
21-30 on TSN: Jordan Caron, Ryan O’Reilly
31-40 on TSN: Jeremy Morin, Joonas Nattinen
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like Nattinen too. There are several Swedes I like in this draft.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m with you, I’ve sung Josefson’s prasies for some time but you really turned me onto O’Reilly.
Capitals Kremlin the second line center of the Caps blogosphere.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jun 26, 2009 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Those 3 plus Ashton and Shore. I’d also take Moore given the chance but haven’t though much about D.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m fine with those, I’m also lighting a candle for Klingberg.
by Bald Pollack on Jun 26, 2009 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
New Jersey will take
John Moore
by CapsFanSince1979 on Jun 26, 2009 9:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Or Schroeder. They took Parise.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Probably right…but was Anaheim going to take him
by CapsFanSince1979 on Jun 26, 2009 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
can’t wait for this one
from the house that Red Jesus built
by bigonetimer on Jun 26, 2009 9:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yup. I wanted him the most.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You’re wrong. But this argument won’t be settled for years.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not too small for the NHL. Too small for elite Eastern Conference teams, I think.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
NJD has designs on being one of those teams. You’ll get to see what he can do against the PIT boys plenty. Time will tell.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Even the fella at the Duck’s table looked disappointed.
by superjuan on Jun 26, 2009 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let’s act like we did’nt want him anyway…;)
Capitals Kremlin the second line center of the Caps blogosphere.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jun 26, 2009 9:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Those lava lamps-lite at the NHL draft tables are, uh, lame.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 9:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I see charity auction written all over them.
Capitals Kremlin the second line center of the Caps blogosphere.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jun 26, 2009 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
They will be auctioned on nhl.com after the draft
by CapsFanSince1979 on Jun 26, 2009 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
lots of defense slated in here, including Moore, Despres
from the house that Red Jesus built
by bigonetimer on Jun 26, 2009 9:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Columbus and Vancouver could use them.
by Bald Pollack on Jun 26, 2009 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I could see GMGM doing this too. Trading down to get 2 picks in the next 30 because of the depth of this part of the draft.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 9:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Not sure he will do that this year….fitting into the 50 man roster is getting a little tight. Just like I think he would favor a player that does not have to be signed for 3 years (ie. NCAA or Europe)
by CapsFanSince1979 on Jun 26, 2009 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was looking at this earlier today. I think that we’re talking about late-one/early-two guys. You don’t have to sign these guys soonest, ergo…
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nah, I think GMGM goes best player, period
by David M. Getz on Jun 26, 2009 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey… I have no problem dropping 6 spots for a #37…
by superjuan on Jun 26, 2009 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
cha ching
from the house that Red Jesus built
by bigonetimer on Jun 26, 2009 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i know….draft John Moore - trade him for Josefson?
by RedskinFan4Life on Jun 26, 2009 9:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I thought you were suggesting that the BJs and Jersey trade Moore for Josefson. I was confused…
by D'ohboy on Jun 26, 2009 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
my bad……thats what I get for not having live TV am following this along on nhl.com. it just updated ANA and CBJ trade and subsequent pick.
if you know a faster updating website, i’d love to know it
by RedskinFan4Life on Jun 26, 2009 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
RT @JapersRink-ish: Pierre McGuire loves everything everyone is doing. I mean….
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 10:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Man, all those guys I thought that one would make Washington are almost all gone. Just Ashton left
by CapsFanSince1979 on Jun 26, 2009 10:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I would not be surprised to see Ashton or Ferraro go to Vancouver
by CapsFanSince1979 on Jun 26, 2009 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Des Pres, they’re going to need a puck moving D soon.
by Bald Pollack on Jun 26, 2009 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Has McGuire blasted anyone for their pick??? Where is the Kiper vehemence for a stupid pick?
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 10:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The closest was with the Isles pick of de Haan.
by D'ohboy on Jun 26, 2009 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why do I get the feeling we’re going to end up with Ferraro…?
by D'ohboy on Jun 26, 2009 10:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I’m betting on Calgary’s desire for bigger guys.
by D'ohboy on Jun 26, 2009 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’ll be Ashton or Ferraro, unless Vancouver does something strange.
by Bald Pollack on Jun 26, 2009 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have had that feeling since the fifth pick
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, good on Versus sticking with the draft (so far).
by cuqui on Jun 26, 2009 10:04 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Agreed. But… how fucking lame is it that we feel compelled to applaud Versus for doing something so obvious?! (Sigh.)
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man, Video Prof just saps all the excitement out of the night
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 10:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Screw it.
I’m hoping on the Schroeder Bandwagon of one.
by superjuan on Jun 26, 2009 10:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hoping and hopping, I’m sure.
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Question for the size queens
Ferraro or Schroeder?
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 10:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Me too, but I’m not a size queen. I’ll always take skill.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Vancouver
please take Schroeder…though you probably take Ashton or Ferraro
by CapsFanSince1979 on Jun 26, 2009 10:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I don’t understand not wanting Schroeder
by David M. Getz on Jun 26, 2009 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not a fan of 5’8" players…at least with first round picks.
by CapsFanSince1979 on Jun 26, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s an awfully big bias to have based on just one factor, especially given that Schroeder is stronger than a lot of these guys
by David M. Getz on Jun 26, 2009 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow… Luongo sure looked happy about that pick.
by superjuan on Jun 26, 2009 10:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I didn’t expect him to say Minniesooooota the way he did.
by thehoagster07 on Jun 26, 2009 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I still think Calgary will take
Carter Ashton (who I want for the Caps as #1 on my list – now the others are gone)
by CapsFanSince1979 on Jun 26, 2009 10:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
CGY is a big western team, love western guys… Gotta be BabyRay.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Calgary prefers Ashton’s size
by CapsFanSince1979 on Jun 26, 2009 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ashton is too much of question to me, with the one big year and all
by David M. Getz on Jun 26, 2009 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree. Concerns me too. The kind of guy you take if you’ve got two picks in ten slots. A slight risk.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
but you like Budish who has really not played against good competition for even one year
by CapsFanSince1979 on Jun 26, 2009 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like his body and the reports on his hands.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So, WSH is 2 away...
I’m feeling trade down a few spots. If GMGM can, I bet he will. I think there may be 10 guys the Caps probably like here and that they can move down and get two of them….
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 10:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I was looking but there aren’t a lot of teams that have two picks in that area that may want to move up.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Caps are going to take either Ferraro or Ashton
by CapsFanSince1979 on Jun 26, 2009 10:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I have no info…just gut feel
by CapsFanSince1979 on Jun 26, 2009 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Then don’t say ‘they are’ say you think they are. Otherwise we think you’ve read something somewhere that might be int’g to the rest of us.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn’t think that at all. I’m guessing most other people didn’t either.
by Cluster on Jun 26, 2009 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Wow, that one surprises me. The grinding Canadian brothers take a swede
by CapsFanSince1979 on Jun 26, 2009 10:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Caps on the clock!
Well, we know nothing but bodies and stats. So here goes nothing…..
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 10:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Take Len Barrie’s kid!!!!!!!1111one
by David M. Getz on Jun 26, 2009 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Watch Versus decided to go to boxing now…
by superjuan on Jun 26, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Caps picking after a Canadian team. TSN may not even show the pick! ;-)
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 10:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
And after the last Canadian team to pick. I was wondering for a bit if they were going to show the pick too. :)
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees." - Delores Ibarruri
by gotsparkly on Jun 27, 2009 5:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just stood for no reason at all
from the house that Red Jesus built
by bigonetimer on Jun 26, 2009 10:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
@cmasisak: GMGM talking to Boston again.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 10:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
let me know as soon as you hear/see it !!!!! i have no tv here
by RedskinFan4Life on Jun 26, 2009 10:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Unrelated, but P.S. on Pronger from Dreger: “whispers on the draft floor Pronger will be asking for a 5 year extension at 6 mil or better.”
by Bald Pollack on Jun 26, 2009 10:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
@cmasisak22: Looks like a deal is in the works
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 10:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
And Pierre still comes off like an idiot.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
How goddamn ignorant can McGuire be??? For FUCKS SAKE – do some goddamn research!
by D'ohboy on Jun 26, 2009 10:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
McPhee to the podium. He’s going to pick
by Gould Old Days on Jun 26, 2009 10:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
GMGM was all business.
Capitals Kremlin the second line center of the Caps blogosphere.
by CapitalsKremlin on Jun 26, 2009 10:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
yeah, no fanfare. no parade to the podium.
phht
from the house that Red Jesus built
by bigonetimer on Jun 26, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good! The draft was taking long enough as it was.
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees." - Delores Ibarruri
by gotsparkly on Jun 27, 2009 5:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
From ISS
International Scouting Services: Playmaking forward with great game sense and vision with the puck. Johansson has been an effective and consistent offensive threat for Sweden at both the U18 and U20 levels for the past couple of seasons. A shifty and technically skilled skater, Johansson has great hands and an excellent touch on the puck. Another young Swede with men’s league experience, he proved that he can be an effective point producer at the next level already, putting up 10 points in 45 games for Farjestad in the Swedish Elite League.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 10:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
33 for McKenzie as well. Didn’t see that coming.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
They could have traded down and gotten him, right? Hmmm. 5-11, 189.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 10:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Has a shot he should use more often.
Sound like any other Swedes that we know?
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Concussions.
Not a word I want to hear associated with their pick
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 10:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
reading his profile on NHL.com nothing about a concussion anywhere
by RedskinFan4Life on Jun 26, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
VS said that he had a few concussions when he was younger but was healthy for the last year.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I find anything those guys say to be ambiguous at best.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Jun 26, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not crazy about this. I like O’Reilly, I like Budish, I even like Ashton okay….but….I dunno about this one.
by David M. Getz on Jun 26, 2009 10:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
could turn into 6/200 by x-mas, I suppose….
/ducks
from the house that Red Jesus built
by bigonetimer on Jun 26, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Capitals exaggerate guys heights and weights as much as any team in the league
by David M. Getz on Jun 26, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
hey he’s bigger than Schroeder
by RedskinFan4Life on Jun 26, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why do you say that? He played with men for the last year, Schroeder did not. I’m sure he’s pretty strong.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Schroeder was one of the stronger players in the combine tests, iirc
by David M. Getz on Jun 26, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know, I just like that Johansson played with men. He has enough hockey strength to do that so I’m cool.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Flash played with men last year
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
He also had pneumonia, in case you missed that little tidbit.
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees." - Delores Ibarruri
by gotsparkly on Jun 27, 2009 5:29 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, but the pneumonia hit him in the middle of the season, not at the start. Flash’s strength has always been lacking
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 27, 2009 8:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Flash was on pace for 25+ until that illness hit him in the face, and then he looked like the old Flash from last year.
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees." - Delores Ibarruri
by gotsparkly on Jun 28, 2009 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
they can’t call us a Russian team anymore now we’re a Swede team
by RedskinFan4Life on Jun 26, 2009 10:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Pretty Swede, if they pan out like Backstrom did.
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees." - Delores Ibarruri
by gotsparkly on Jun 27, 2009 5:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I really hope they know what they’re doing here, because this guy is pretty far off the board. I hope this isn’t another Gustafsson situation.
by D'ohboy on Jun 26, 2009 10:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Might even be a statement about Gustafsson’s progress, who knows.
by Bald Pollack on Jun 26, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The good thing about Johansson is that he’s playing in the Elite League, not in the junior league like Gus.
by D'ohboy on Jun 26, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I still don’t mind Gus. Really. He may be developing better than we thought. If they wanted a center to step in right away, they wouldn’t have taken this kid.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Jun 26, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m sure they want a center to step in right away, but that’s not going to happen at 24
by David M. Getz on Jun 26, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, but you have to think a guy like Ferraro is closer than a guy like Johannson.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Jun 26, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ferraro is a W and wasn’t going to step in right away anyway.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jun 26, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Winger or not, if they wanted a center sooner, there were some on the table.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Jun 26, 2009 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not sure that was worth 3 1/2 hours of our time
by Direction 87 on Jun 26, 2009 10:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
ok i’ll be heading off now no picks for a while now. i’ll catch up tomorrow
by RedskinFan4Life on Jun 26, 2009 10:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Caps could package picks and move up….
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You don’t draft for need at 24
by David M. Getz on Jun 26, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Given that center is the Caps’ greatest need, do you believe that they followed your mantra?
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes. Their pick is two years away at a bare minimum and they’re not drafting a player for 2012 based on their 2009 needs.
by David M. Getz on Jun 26, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pretty much any pick they made is 3 years away. It would not be a stretch to think that their need in 2012 will be center. You have to think that they will be strong at G and D.
I do not disagree with you, I just think it is valid to ask if they are drafting for need.
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No doubt they could have a need at center in 2012 but Gus and Perreault could pan out and Steckel and Gordon could still be here – it’s awfully had to know. I just think with the depth the Caps have and where they’re picking they’re picking based on who they think is best overall
by David M. Getz on Jun 26, 2009 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Actually, I’m fine with not getting “grit” in the first round. I would have liked someone with size and skill, but if that wasn’t available, or the guy wasn’t skilled enough, I’d rather have the better player. Grit is always available in the lower rounds.
by D'ohboy on Jun 26, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
what if you’re picking people from the lower rounds in the 1st round?
by Hunky Dory on Jun 26, 2009 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, that’s always a concern. But most people didn’t have Carlson in the first round, either.
by D'ohboy on Jun 26, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Most of the drafts I saw had Carlson in the top 30
by David M. Getz on Jun 26, 2009 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think most had him in the very late 20s, or early 30s. I don’t trust TSN’s ratings either – I think they take way too much away from European players. From the looks of it, the NHL GMs don’t trust them either.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Jun 26, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Grit that makes it to the NHL?
by David M. Getz on Jun 26, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah. I think that drafting a “grit” player in the first is silly. My poster child for this is Brandon Sutter. He projected as a third-liner. Why draft that in the 1st round?
by D'ohboy on Jun 26, 2009 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, we know nothing but bodies and stats.
I will keep telling myself this as I scrutinize this pick.
by Moonage Daydream on Jun 26, 2009 10:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Line of the night
In response to my complaints about 5-11, 189, my STHmate: 5-11, 189 not a problem. Backie can take him drinking to help him gain weight.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 10:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Huh. I’d love it if they stayed on the reservation just a little bit. Why not trade down, take an extra pick and THEN pin the tail on the donkey?
by Hunky Dory on Jun 26, 2009 10:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
No promises that he’s going to be available. I’m sure GMGM talked to a ton of guys before deciding to go with this pick.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Jun 26, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No GM bats 1.000.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Jun 26, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Corey sounded like they were close to dealing with Boston.
by Bald Pollack on Jun 26, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oops nevermind. Page not updated. HA.
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And in all fairness, he’s not a bad pick and not that far off the board. I like him a lot better than some of the other available guys (Reilly). Probably would’ve taken Shore, but he’s not bad.
by Vinn on Jun 26, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do they do this for the next two rounds?
uhh...uhh...uhh...
by hotdog88gt on Jun 26, 2009 10:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
they prob could have traded down and still get him. but hey, caps drafting is usually smart so hopefully they know what they are doing.
by hockeyman33 on Jun 26, 2009 10:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Call ’em out, bring ’em up, take pix.
uhh...uhh...uhh...
by hotdog88gt on Jun 26, 2009 10:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Usually not, because a lot of the guys projected past round one don’t even show up.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Jun 26, 2009 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Looks like we’re not the only ones reaching…
by Scott in Shaw on Jun 26, 2009 10:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Most teams have been “reaching,” it seems.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Jun 26, 2009 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The consensus was that the players from 1-20(ish) were clear, but everything after that was muddied because the draft was so deep. I guess there’s not much difference talent-wise between guys at 30 versus guys at 50. At least according to the scouts.
by D'ohboy on Jun 26, 2009 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
604 posts?
Wow. Have a good night kids.
by Bald Pollack on Jun 26, 2009 10:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
So does Marcus wear #6 with the Caps?
by superjuan on Jun 26, 2009 10:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Too bad they changed unis since then.
by superjuan on Jun 26, 2009 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I kind of hope not. 2-6 are for defensemen, in my book, and any forward who dips below 7 always throws me for a freaking loop. 7 is almost too low, too.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Jun 26, 2009 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The guy is a Cap in 2012 at the earliest. So…. I mean, the last thing that matters is his uni number?!?!?
by TylerG on Jun 26, 2009 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Question was asked, opinion answer was given~
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Jun 26, 2009 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs