Tuesday Caps Clips: Prospect Growth

by J.P. on Jul 21, 2009 6:24 AM EDT in Caps Clips

Matthieu Perreault and Joe Finley. Photo by jmu_capsgirl via Flickr.

Your savory breakfast links:

New Caps' assistant coach Bob Woods was once a teammate of Glen Metropolit's (we think). In Anaheim. Of Roller Hockey International. Puck Daddy has much more on Woods' inline past. [Puck Daddy]
The prospects... they're growing! [Dump n' Chase]
The winners from Development Camp. [Capitals Kremlin]
The Caps are on the rise. [NHL.com]
Bruce Boudreau was on The Fan 590 in Toronto yesterday with three hours to kill. Something tells me that wasn't difficult for him. [Welcome to the Show]
Sticking with radio, LaVar Arrington's new gig began yesterday on WJFK and he's off to a heck of a start, with gems like "Ovie is really running the city....He is the man, bro." [@dcsportsbog, who also notes that the newest Redskin (at least, as of yesterday afternoon) also sends some love AO's way)]
Garrett Mitchell was the youngest player at Development Camp last week and a Second Team All-Masisak selection. A profile and interview at PT is icing on the cake. [Puckhead's Thoughts]
Sergei Fedorov is re-introduced to Russia. [KHL via @emcerlain]
Vanity license plate du jour. [MYFO via PPP]
We know Detroit GM Ken Holland can't draft. It turns out he can't trade, either. The Wings must be having a terrible decade, eh? [mlive]
Dean Arsene's day with the (Calder) Cup. [Abbortsford News]
In case you missed it, Daren Machesney has caught on with Vancouver's AHL affiliate, following the Hershey-to-Manitoba trail that former Caps prospect Maxime Ouellet blazed not too long ago. [Manitoba Moose]
Despite this great news, we'll all still take you up on any and all offers to buy us a beer. [TechJournal South]
Happy 2nd Birthday to Tic Tac Toe Hockey, who used the word "perspicacious" in a post. Yes, I had to look it up. [TTT Hockey]
Finally, Happy 28th Birthday to Timo Helbling, who will one day be able to tell his grandkids, "I (along with Dainius Zubrus) was once traded for Jiri Novotny."

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I have to say that Bullfrogs championship ring may be one of the ugliest pieces of jewellery I’ve ever laid eyes on. Still, kinda lame that Woods didn’t get one.

by Murshawursha on Jul 21, 2009 8:15 AM EDT reply actions

PSA – I thought it was well known — but the best food near Kettler is outside the mall across the street on Randolph to Super Pollo (that’s Super Chicken for the non-Spanish speakers). It’s Peruvian chicken at its finest. It’s a hole in the wall, but the chicken is incredible. Much better then anything you’d get at the food court.

by vt caps fan on Jul 21, 2009 9:07 AM EDT reply actions

I don’t know — Pollo Rico is hard to top.

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by turnituptoeleven on Jul 21, 2009 9:13 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

I do love me some Pollo Rico as well (the sides are not as good as SP but the chicken might be better)- but its not directly across the street from Kettler and much more of a hike (it’s near the Va Sq metro).

by vt caps fan on Jul 21, 2009 9:29 AM EDT up reply actions

I’m going to vote Pollo Rico over Super Pollo, although they’re both good.

by boz on Jul 21, 2009 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions

I vote Rico as well. True, they have less sides (fries & slaw only), but the chicken makes up for it.

For fried chicken, Pollo Campero is unbeatable. I believe it is Guatamalan. There’s one off of Columbia Pike in Falls Church. I will seriously eat an entire 8 piece myself.

by PaintDrinkingPete on Jul 21, 2009 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions

Also in Herndon, VA on Elden Street! Just had it last week and it is “para matar” (to die for?). Someone please clean up my awful Spanish if that’s wrong…

by war_capitals on Jul 21, 2009 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions

Ya nailed it…just sounds/reads weird.

by Yoshietree on Jul 21, 2009 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions

For the Peruvian Chicken fans…

Chicken Pollo off of 236 in Annandale is by the far the best chicken…and their rice&beans is pretty good too.

by Yoshietree on Jul 21, 2009 9:13 AM EDT up reply actions

I sense a Japers’ Rink Peruvian Chicken taste test in the works. I’ll bring the beer and tequila, everyone brings their fave pollo…

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by J.P. on Jul 21, 2009 9:15 AM EDT up reply actions

Such a tease.

by Yoshietree on Jul 21, 2009 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions

I’m in. But the beer should be Tecate.

by vt caps fan on Jul 21, 2009 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions

/it is Peruvian chicken…

by Yoshietree on Jul 21, 2009 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Or if you prefer something nonalcoholic before the game, as I do:

by Gould Old Days on Jul 21, 2009 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions

Stay Thirsty, My Friends

/The Most Interesting Man in the World

by Cluster on Jul 21, 2009 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions

Craig Laughlin is doing beer ads?

If you've read this far...seek help.

by ThePeerless on Jul 21, 2009 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions

God I hate that ad campaign… it pretty much empitomizes absolutely everything I can’t stand about advertising all in one fell swoop.

by Murshawursha on Jul 21, 2009 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions

Wait, you hate….awesome?

by David Getz on Jul 21, 2009 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

I hate the implication that drinking their beer will make me go sword fight with samurai in japan, climb a giant mountain somewhere, ‘live vicariously only through myself’ (what the hell does that even mean?), and end up surrounded by women who adore me for the above reasons.

It might be a different story if the guy wasn’t completely made up… but since he is, yeah. Oh, and not for nothing, Dos Equis is a recipe invented by a German guy.

by Murshawursha on Jul 21, 2009 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions

To be fair, though, it’s not saying that you will do those things if you drink the beer so much as saying ‘Hey, if it’s good enough for him, it must be pretty damn good’.

by David Getz on Jul 21, 2009 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions

I’ll give you that. Still, since ‘he’ is a complete work of fiction, it’s good enough for… an actor who pretends to live an exciting life?

And I suppose you could really apply these arguments to a whole host of commercials. I don’t know why I hate that particular one so much.

by Murshawursha on Jul 21, 2009 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions

And I suppose you could really apply these arguments to a whole host of commercials

Exactly. So why you gotta knock the funny one?

by Rob Parker on Jul 21, 2009 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Plus, he can speak French—in Russian.

by Cluster on Jul 21, 2009 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions

i admit it: i am totally susceptible to product branding. i used to prefer coke to pepsi because coke had a “secret formula” and used the word “classic” on the cans. i’m the reason ad agencies exist.

by Natty Bumppo on Jul 21, 2009 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions

and we love you for it

www.wiseadvertising.com

Because now I can justify browsing and commenting during the work day with the argument that I am promoting my business.

by Sombrero Guy on Jul 22, 2009 7:55 AM EDT up reply actions

That’s funny. For me, the only thing that “pretty much empitomizes absolutely everything I can’t stand about advertising all in one fell swoop” is Coors Light. Seriously, worst commercials ever, over and over again.

by grapejoos on Jul 22, 2009 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Wrong. Geico.

by Scott in Shaw on Jul 22, 2009 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions

C’mon. This has Clio written all over it.

by Cluster on Jul 22, 2009 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Ah yes. The only place you can get 3 unique, annoying mascots/ad campaigns running simultaneously.

by brs03 on Jul 22, 2009 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Geico is annoying, but you’ve got to lower the collective intelligence of humanity a little more before you can approach “are you ready for a cold one,” the coach press conference commercials, and, taking the crown for the absolute dumbest, worst commercial series of all time, “and twins!”

I’m forgetting several of their other horrible ad campaigns because they have killed too many of my brain cells to remember.

by grapejoos on Jul 22, 2009 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions

“Ice brewed” and the Mountains turn blue when it’s cold. So dumb.

by Rob Parker on Jul 22, 2009 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions

absolutely everything I can’t stand about advertising all in one fell swoop" is Coors Light

I couldn’t even describe the commecials any more, but I remember pre-lockout that Coors commecials completely dominated whatever hockey/sports I was watching, and they were so incredibly sexist that I swore that I’d never buy a Coors product. I haven’t to this day, and if I find out a product is owned by Coors, I won’t buy it. Take that advertisers! (Also, I’ll never buy another bottle of Jim Beam after their commecials this year, and I was so incensed that I actually wrote to them about it. Got a reply, too.)

by gfcaps fan on Jul 23, 2009 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions

I’m partial to the Pio Pio Super Chicken in Wheaton, but haven’t been to the one in Clarendon yet.

by EmilyB on Jul 21, 2009 9:38 AM EDT up reply actions

Best Chicken

Ron and Fez Noon to Three

by YvonLabresMoustache on Jul 21, 2009 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions

Heh. Funny this comes up today. Last night my wife and I tried Pio Pio in Clarendon for the first time (the one by Carvel). Pretty good, except for the thick black hair I found in my empanada.

by Cluster on Jul 21, 2009 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Welcome to today’s epidode of “Puck ‘n’ Cluck” on The Food Network.

If you've read this far...seek help.

by ThePeerless on Jul 21, 2009 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions

criminal that “the chicken place” in bailey’s crossroads hasn’t been mentioned. major game despite the terrible name. i haven’t been to pollo rico, but the chicken place is literally twice as good as super pollo on randolph.

by Natty Bumppo on Jul 21, 2009 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions

i’m all about the yucca fries.

by Natty Bumppo on Jul 21, 2009 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions

And I’ll throw some love to Crisp & Juicy Chicken on Rockville Pike. Best spice rub I’ve ever had. My family knows that whenever I’m home, even for a day, we need to go get some.

by Gould Old Days on Jul 21, 2009 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions

No love for La Granja de Oro in Adams Morgan? Or am I the only Rinkhead who hasn’t moved to the ’burbs?

by Scott in Shaw on Jul 21, 2009 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions

I’m living it up in the hoodtastic Southwest Waterfront!

by RedBirdie on Jul 21, 2009 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Nice. I lived there in law school. The new Safeway development above the Metro should help.

by Scott in Shaw on Jul 21, 2009 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions

except Safeway is still scary and ghetto as all get out (piss poor selection to boot)! I’m actually closer to the Ballpark than Waterfront, so I suck it up and drive up to the Safeway on the Hill. But I like it there, walk to baseball and I have a nice patch of brick “yard” so I can grill and drink beer beforehand.

by RedBirdie on Jul 21, 2009 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions

And you can walk to the Capitol Skyline pool!

by Scott in Shaw on Jul 21, 2009 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions

damn right! (walk to a lot of depressing baseball, too. Boy, I wish I had been there last night!)

by RedBirdie on Jul 22, 2009 9:57 AM EDT up reply actions

I was considering moving to DC. Then I found out a friend of mine is living in a rowhouse in Mt. Pleasant that runs him and his roommates $4,500 a month. No thank you.

by David Getz on Jul 21, 2009 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions

At $9.5 million per season, assuming he plays all 82 games, it takes Ovie less than one shift to earn that (22:59 ATOI, $5037.00 per minute of ice time)

/somebody double check that for me

by Cluster on Jul 21, 2009 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions

I told you all AO’s shifts are too long!

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by J.P. on Jul 21, 2009 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Damn, I should have spent more time at the rink as a kid.

by David Getz on Jul 22, 2009 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Judging from the lack of comments, it’s time for some real content to return. Fear not – it’s coming later this morning.

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by J.P. on Jul 21, 2009 9:14 AM EDT reply actions

Here’s a comment for you.

Reading the bit about the prospects growing — everyone expects heights to be over-reported, it seems, but at least one of the new guys came in taller than listed. I guess it depends on how old that listing was, given that we know some guys are still growing even into their twenties. Seems like the standard over-reporting is an inch.

by gfcaps fan on Jul 21, 2009 9:34 AM EDT up reply actions

A while back, the Junkies did an interview with a basketball player who was rumored to be much shorter than the media guide had him listed.

Junks: So how tall are you, really?

Player: Dude, I’m 6’9". Just like the guide says.

Junks: Is that in your shoes, or in your flat feet?

Player: In my flat feet. But I usually play in my shoes.

by EmilyB on Jul 21, 2009 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions

Btw, Perreault and Finley skating side-by-side doesn’t look nearly as silly as I’d envisioned it.

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by J.P. on Jul 21, 2009 9:19 AM EDT reply actions

This is just a setup for a “more bars in more places” commercial, isn’t it…

by brs03 on Jul 21, 2009 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions

Aside from the height difference, I’m sort f surprised at how similiar their builds seem to be, unless it’s just the hockey gear making Perrault look big.

by Murshawursha on Jul 21, 2009 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions

I envision MP jumping on Finley’s shoulders, waving his stick wildly and shouting “patine, usted pollo grande!!”

(forgive me, I used an online translation engine).

If you've read this far...seek help.

by ThePeerless on Jul 21, 2009 9:49 AM EDT up reply actions

Patine, Pollo Grande!

Pollo Grande, where’s your skates?

Pollo Grande, where’s your pants!?

by Gould Old Days on Jul 21, 2009 10:10 AM EDT up reply actions

Why does that look like Maxime Talbot?

…kind of a weird hockey Rorschach test.

If you've read this far...seek help.

by ThePeerless on Jul 21, 2009 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Don’t see it, but do like it!

Pensburgh.com -- it's like the Max Talbot of blogs*

*not just because we only work for 12 minutes a night

by Hooks Orpik on Jul 21, 2009 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions

If I might drag y’all away from his fascinating discussion on chicken, Mirtle has a nice post up on Fedorov: http://www.fromtherink.com/2009/7/20/955646/fedorov-i-think-my-nhl-career-is

Still blows my mind that a living hockey god wanted to retire as a Capital!

by RedBirdie on Jul 21, 2009 12:55 PM EDT reply actions

Kinda like Sergei Berezin, but… different.

If you've read this far...seek help.

by ThePeerless on Jul 21, 2009 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

rec’d!

by Natty Bumppo on Jul 21, 2009 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions

For what it’s worth, 106.7 went from awesome to Garbage in a weekend. Lavar Arrington spent 30 minutes bashing Gregg Williams and not letting Chad Dukes speak, and sports fan or not, who wouldn’t rather listen to Mike O’Meara? It’s a god damn shame. I didn’t get to listen to the Mike Wise show, and, honestly, don’t mind the switch of Junkies to Sports Junks, cause it’s the same as it is.

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

by Whiter Mage on Jul 21, 2009 9:31 PM EDT reply actions

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