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Happy Birthday to Us

Four years ago today, Japers' Rink was born. Thanks to all of you who make it worthwhile for us to keep at it and who know, like we do, that the best is yet to come.

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I’ll second (or whatever we’re up to) that!

Best Caps blog!

by gfcaps fan on Jul 12, 2009 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

Without question the finest sports blog I (have) read. Kudos to the JP, DMG, Pepper, Tuvan et al. and the community for making this my favorite internet distraction.

by grapejoos on Jul 13, 2009 1:34 AM EDT up reply actions  

Congratulations!!! What an accomplishment. Thanks for continuing to provide the best in hockey coverage, hands down – you guys are fantastic!

by Becca H on Jul 12, 2009 1:17 PM EDT reply actions  

Back in the dark ages before the internet, these would be the slowest days of the year. Now, thanks to sites like Japers, the off-season flies by. Congrats on what I think is the most intelligent blog in hockey. And let’s hope next year at this time we’re trying to figure out how the Caps will be able to defend the Cup.

by b.orr4 on Jul 12, 2009 1:42 PM EDT reply actions  

Happy Birthday!

Really appreciate all that Japers’ offers!

by capfan on Jul 12, 2009 1:47 PM EDT reply actions  

I can’t remember how I lived without this site. I still marvel that anyone has the time to do what you guys do. But thanks!

by katzistan on Jul 12, 2009 2:27 PM EDT reply actions  

Thanks for helping the work day pass much more quickly!

by sincitycapsfan on Jul 12, 2009 2:46 PM EDT reply actions  

Here’s to 4 years of getting great blogging, and being able to get my daily Caps fill without having to dissect it like a novel (sorry, OFB).

by :hsughrofl: on Jul 12, 2009 3:33 PM EDT reply actions  

-getting. silly lack of post editing.

by :hsughrofl: on Jul 12, 2009 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday to you!

It’s time to celebrate your birthday!
It happens every year!
We’ll eat a lot of broccoli
And drink a lot of beer!

  —— Weird Al Yankovic

Let's go Caps!

by MikeL-Pivonka on Jul 12, 2009 3:45 PM EDT reply actions  

No, thank you Japers’ rink.

"And next year it will be ours."

by Ovechwin on Jul 12, 2009 3:50 PM EDT reply actions  

Happy Blogiversary!

Yay for mobile commenting!

Sent from my iPhone @ the pool

by Scott in Shaw on Jul 12, 2009 4:10 PM EDT reply actions  

Still have some leftover birthday vodka, hoisting one to the Rink.

"Yes, It is a 'Beautiful Game.' It's because we see something meaningful that we hope to someday, somehow, see in ourselves."

by Bald Pollack on Jul 12, 2009 5:01 PM EDT reply actions  

Congratulations! It’s been a lot of hard work. We recognize that and we appreciate it.

by Gould Old Days on Jul 12, 2009 5:01 PM EDT reply actions  

Thank you all for thanking us for thanking you.

Japers' Rink: Hockey blogging from the most powerful city in the world

by J.P. on Jul 12, 2009 5:10 PM EDT reply actions  

Its well deserved, you guys do great work.

by Sct112 on Jul 12, 2009 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

Congrats and keep up the good work!

by SethB on Jul 12, 2009 5:20 PM EDT reply actions  

Congrats – great work by a great group of bloggers led by a blogger extroidinare….

by markbona-capsfan99 on Jul 12, 2009 5:30 PM EDT reply actions  

congrats guys. I’m sure the best is yet to come…

by vt caps fan on Jul 12, 2009 5:39 PM EDT reply actions  

Congrats. And my have you come a long way since your first post.

First Post

by Pivonka, Michael Ridley on Jul 12, 2009 5:49 PM EDT reply actions  

Picture it: late in a tie game, the the puck rolls into the corner to Olie Kolzig’s left.

Aw, man. The first sentence written for digital posterity has a typo? :)

by Cluster on Jul 12, 2009 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

How do you feel about the lack of the two-line pass, now, JP?

by DrinkingPartner on Jul 12, 2009 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions  

And was Josef Boumedienne really our best option for leading the rush back then? Gag.

by Cluster on Jul 12, 2009 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions  

was wondering the same thing.

by Natty Bumppo on Jul 13, 2009 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah, I was mostly wrong. Oops.

Japers' Rink: Hockey blogging from the most powerful city in the world

by J.P. on Jul 13, 2009 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

Thanks for all the thoughtful analyses, passionate diatribes, and building a community with an appropriate blend of friendliness and sarcasm. The efforts of all the principle contributors are very much appreciated.

by CaliCapsFan on Jul 12, 2009 6:48 PM EDT reply actions  

JP, I was out of the country the past 2 years. My 11 year old son and I lived the Caps through this site. Without it, we’d have gone nuts. Thanks to you, SP, DMG, TH and the many literate posters out there. Fantastic team effort.

by Pi on Jul 12, 2009 8:08 PM EDT reply actions  

Happy Birthday, Japer’s! You do the research that I should do on my own!

WIthout you, my posts would be even more vague and with less stats!

Thumbs up, guys!

by DrinkingPartner on Jul 12, 2009 8:36 PM EDT reply actions  

Always quality stuff...

We’re blessed to follow a great Caps team, and we have some superb blogosphere partners. Certainly your esteemed group, Peerless, and the OFB gang really round out the hockey experience. In fact, my hockey knowledge has grown immensely from the aforementioned blogs.
Best wishes and thanks again.

by Dougeb on Jul 12, 2009 8:53 PM EDT reply actions  

OFB rounds out the hockey experience like a flat tire and a keying round out a Ferrari.

by TylerG on Jul 12, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

No matter how much we rag on OFB, they’re not as bad as CI or the boards. I mean, really. They need credit for not being the bottom of the barrel.

by DrinkingPartner on Jul 12, 2009 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

Damn it, Tyler, can’t we get through one post without you raggin’ on my ride?

by David Getz on Jul 13, 2009 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

Reading some of the old archive posts from the “beginning” regarding the uncertainty of Ovechkin’s signing in the period immediately post lockout are interesting to say the least.

While, when looking back to early days of this very blog, it seems like quite a while ago, let’s not forget that when you consider everything this organization has accomplished since then is nothing short of amazing.

Losing to Pittsburgh was tough this year, and JP, I think I can speak for all of us that frequent this site regularly that we share the same wish…


JP, via Twitter:
The ol’ blog turns four-years-old today – guess what we’re wishing for as we blow out the candles

Still, reading stuff like this really helps to put things in perspective and realize just how lucky we, as Caps fans, really are right now.

7/15/2005
Outside of signing AO, the Caps have plenty of work to do. Only nine players are under contract, and those that aren’t include key veterans Jeff “Everything I Know About Hockey I Learned From Playing With Mike Spero” Halpern, Dainius Zubrus and Captain Brendan Witt. Obviously the top priority is Ovechkin. Once that deal gets done, I’ll be able to exhale.

by PaintDrinkingPete on Jul 12, 2009 10:25 PM EDT reply actions  

congrats…now, where the hell is the half hour ’the week that was in Caps hockey" TV show on Comcast? Do I need to write another letter?

from the house that Red Jesus built

by bigonetimer on Jul 12, 2009 11:27 PM EDT reply actions  

Congrats. Japer’s is an amazing resource, one of, if not THE best team hockey blogs on the web.

Rockin' the Red in Section 412

by boutros23 on Jul 13, 2009 7:08 AM EDT reply actions  

Congrats and keep up the quality work!

I find sometimes it's easy to be myself
sometimes I find it's better to be somebody else

by Fauxrumors on Jul 13, 2009 8:48 AM EDT reply actions  

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