Game Day Open Thread - Capitals @ Blackhawks
by J.P. on Sep 19, 2009 10:30 AM EDT
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Goal: Michal Neuvirth, Braden Holtby
Forwards: Alexandre Giroux, Keith Aucoin, Andrew Gordon; Brooks Laich, Kyle Wilson, Chris Clark; Quintin Laing, David Steckel, Matt Bradley; Oskar Osala, Mathieu Perreault, Boyd Gordon
Defense: Shaone Morrisonn, Mike Green; Tom Poti, Milan Jurcina; John Erskine, Patrick McNeill
Have at it, people.
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That line sounds like win in so many ways – but also impossible as long as B. Gordon and Laich are on the team.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Sep 19, 2009 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Not sure I agree. Laich – Steckel – Clark or Laich – Steckel – Fehr is much stronger — those guys might actually score some goals. On this team right now, Steckel is a third line center. I love Laing and Bradley, but they had better be on your fourth line if you want to contend.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Sep 19, 2009 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
Uh yup. People are easily misled by a couple of strong memorable playoff games into thinking that Bradley is an NHL 3rd liner.
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That’s why I said the line is impossible with Laich and Gordo on the team. You have to look at Gordon on line four with brad and laing, if laing makes it, and a third line of Stecks with Laich and Clark.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Sep 19, 2009 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions
I think Brads and Q are 4th line players, Steckel is going to be a 3rd line mainstay. Get your taste of this line now cuz it won’t be around long.
A man must have a code.
I agree with that assumption. I think if the Caps had another center who could fill third line minutes, Laing – Steckel – Brads would be a great fourth line, but Steckel at this point on this team has to play on the third line.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
Any video streaming? (not holding my breath…)
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Sep 19, 2009 11:25 AM EDT reply actions
I think I remember reading somewhere that it was going to be on Chicago TV. Maybe if you have Center Ice…
Comcast keeps telling me that they don’t have the codes for Center Ice yet for this year. THey think they’ll have ‘em around September 25th – if they don’t have ‘em by then I think I’m going to have to bust some chops.
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Don’t get me started — I’m a DirecTVer. I already know I won’t be able to watch Caps/Broons.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Sep 19, 2009 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey, if folks in the Baltimore area want to come up and watch Caps/Bruins, it’s BYOB and I’m not shy about taking keys but otherwise I don’t mind.
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I wish. Got a Caps fan friend in the San Francisco area who can get the game?…
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Sep 19, 2009 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Or Los Angeles?
But seriously, if Directv no longer has Versus, why must it honor its blackouts?
by bilspacecadet on Sep 19, 2009 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
As far as entertainment value, this thing is likely to be a dud. Chicago dresses mostly big league talent, and the Caps definitely have their B-team going tonight.
On the plus side, Neuvirth should have plenty of chances to show his stuff. Haha.
I just purchased Center Ice ($153.88) this afternoon but I’m in GA though. All I’m getting in every channel at the moment is a screen with MLB’s game schedule.
I think that’s because Extra Innings and Center Ice use the same channels. In fact, during a free extra innings trial that was during hockey season (probably last spring), there were NHL games on some of the channels.
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I just got it for about $10 more on DirecTV.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Sep 19, 2009 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions
There is a link that should work (Polish website)
http://www.soccer-live.pl/transmisje.php?id=zimowe
Please scroll down to Program na Niedzielę 20. Września 2009, find 2:30 (local time – Poland) Washington Capitals – Chicago Blackhawks (NHL) Pre Season, download SopCast at Sopcast.com, if you do not have it . There is a slight delay in the broadcast (1-3 min). Good luck.
by Beata on Sep 19, 2009 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
He just needs to be himself, and he probably makes the team.
The person who really has the onus on him is Neuvirth – he’s got to show something if he wants to stick. I’d love to have a feed focused (can never remember if there’s one “s” or two in that word) only on him; he’s the most interesting plot to this game, imo.
After him, ShaMo and Juice.
I REALLY want Laing to make the team. I don’t think he will ever have a better chance.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Sep 19, 2009 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions
The Bourque lobby is sad to see a missing name from the forwards list.
That said, still looking forward to (listening, sigh – get with it already, NHL.com!) hearing the game.
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by winterion on Sep 19, 2009 12:25 PM EDT reply actions 6 recs
Rec’d just to reassure you that the Bourque lobby is with ya.
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by CapitalCentre on Sep 19, 2009 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m told the last WUPG was eerily accurate (Weber almost putting the puck in his own net while trying a clear.)
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Yes, it was
I heard that on the audio feed and totally thought of your WBPG immediately. Eerily accurate indeed.
Borque got his look last game. There are lots of guys that need a look so don’t be too upset. I’d bet Borque dresses at least 3 pre-season games, and really I’m leaning toward 4.
A man must have a code.
Personally, I’m not upset. If anything, from what I heard BB say in the post-game, I think he’s relatively comfortable where Chris is and needs to see some others play. A net positive, really.
That said, as chairman of the Bourque Lobby, it’s my positional duty to say what I said!
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I’m going to be at a wedding smack in the middle of the Catskills tonight, so my chances of getting anything resembling tweets, let alone a feed, are nil. (I don’t even have cellphone coverage where I’m going.)
Good luck to the guys and let’s go Caps!
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Can we talk Kessel Trade Here...
…or do I need to fanshot it or take it to Friday’s link thread?
Myself, I think it’s a good trade for Toronto.
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They’ve been chatting away on it. Personally, they’re split right down the middle on the matter.. I think Kessel is one of the better young forwards in the game right now – if I’m Burke and I can get Kessel for 1-1-2, I pull the trigger.
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It sounds bad, but I don’t know if I’m Burke I’m so quick. Kessel’s definitely a first line center, but I worry about him (as I do with Blake) because cancer is as finacky a thing as you can find. I’m more worried than most though, and I do hope the best for Kessel and Blake – I just hope the Bruins suck.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
Worry understood, but isn’t Kessel’s the kind that if you catch it early, it’s gone? For example, see Lance Armstrong — how many years ago was that?
I won’t pretend to understand – but I hope that to be the case.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
Many cancers if caught early enough can probably be removed surgically with little worry of a recurrence. Testicular cancer is one. The most deadly cancers I think are because they are hard to diagnose before they’ve spread too far, such as pancreatic.
Kessel has cancer?
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Could have sworn he was a center. Regardless, he’s a fine player.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
It’s a no-brainer of a trade for me. Kessel is both really young and established as a top-line player. Those guys just don’t come available very often, for one. For another, the odds of drafting a Kessel in the position that the Leafs are likely to draft – say, between 10 and 15, if not lower – is unlikely in a deep draft, and the next couple drafts are not shaping up to be all that deep.
That is the mother of all run-on sentences, by the way.
Back to Kessel: He’s trended the right way, he’s got his best years in front of him, and he does the single hardest and most valuable thing in hockey: he scores.
Love the trade for the Leafs.
I agree, I think it’s a good trade for them. It’s a big draft pick bounty, and even late round picks can be gems (just ask Detroit re: Mike Green), but he’s a potentially elite player and the kind of scorer that team desperately needs.
It’s fun to rip on Burke, but the Leafs are going to be much, much tougher to play against this year. I’m not sure how many games will win, but everyone will cringe seeing them coming up on the schedule.
There are plenty of examples of late first round picks that became (or are soon to be) productive players. I also think training and talent depth are getting better all the time so in the not-too-distant future the NHL first round is going to start to look like the NFL first round in the sense that it’s a huge fail for a franchise to not get a quality player with that pick.
The leafs will definitely be a tough team to play against this year.
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Sorry, I hear first-round fail and Leaf in the same sentence, and my mind wanders to how much different the NFL would look today if the Bolts picked up Manning and the Colts picked up Ryan Leaf…
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Go for it – it’s an open thread.
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The cool thing about Burke
is that he doesn’t care about “playing it safe”; he’s not worried about being fired next year by making bold moves. He’s at the epicenter of North American hockey and the future is now. Very well played.
I’m not a fan of the trade. I think the contract Kessel got was more than he should, and I think it makes no sense to trade away more than the compensation package you would have had to pay if you just signed him to an RFA offer sheet. If you’re afraid BOS matches then make the offer and make them match, then start talking trade. You’ve got the guy signed to the K you want, and you have BOS over a barrel needing to move assets fast. I guess the fear is that BOS keeps Kessel and moves other players to other teams, and TOR gets nothing; I just don’t think Kessel is that good that they should need to overpay that much for him (on both fronts). Two first and a second may not yield one player that is good as Kessel, but those 3 players could easily bring more to your team than Kessel will.
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Well after looking at the RFA compensation structure I see that @ 5.4 the Leafs would have owed two firsts, a second, and a third. So by saving BOS the trouble of having to dump salary they got to keep their third. I still think they overpaid for him but the trade package makes a lot more sense. Anyone have any thoughts on how this affects the market for Semin’s new K?
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the moment I saw 5.4 I thought of Semin’s….basement price. 28 has Phil Kessel coming and going.
This was a huge move for the B’s to reload…big balls for Chiarelli.
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Totally with you. Great job getting that return for Kessel by Chiarelli. I also agree that Semin is a far superior player. He was going to make 5.4 anyway so I wasn’t that worried. Semin and Backstrom could both push for 6+ if they wanted to so it just comes down to how hard they want to push GMGM.
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Regarding why make the trade versus trying to convince Kessel to sign an offer sheet, I offered up this at From the Rink:
There’s always the threat of the Bruins tradings his rights elsewhere and that team matching, even if the Bruins can’t afford it.
So, for example, Kessel signs an offer sheet under which the Bruins will be entitled to first- second- and third-round picks. In the period the Bruins have to match (i.e. still have Kessel’s rights), David Poile calls up Peter Chiarelli and says, ‘Hey I hear Burke’s offering you first- second- and third-round picks for Kessel. We’ll give you that plus an additional third rounder".
Kessel’s rights then go to Nashville, who matches the offer sheet from Toronto and Burke misses out on his guy altogether.
Good call. The overpayment issue is moot with him signing at 5.4. TOR traded away less than they were willing to give away on an RFA offer. Now my beef is that Kessel just isn’t worth 5.4.
Your point is well taken, though, and it’s the best answer I’ve gotten in response to that question.
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CHI going with a mostly NHL roster, so there’s going to be plenty of fire power out there. If Neuvirth doesn’t step up this could look uglier than the last game time we played in CHI.
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HFBoards research concludes the picture that was filtered to become that cover came from a pre-season game in which he was captain.
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Wait- is that a joke or are you being serious?
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Someone in Sweden needs to hurry up, get off their comfortable yet reasonably priced modular furniture, and scan a high-res version of the box art. I can’t find anything anywhere bigger than ~500px (which simply will not cut it come print time.)
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Watch the pregame warm-up live on chicagoblackhawks.com at 7 pm CT!
Lemme know if it works…
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Is Twiiter the Finnish version of Twitter?
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by crabchowdah on Sep 19, 2009 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
So 1500 is playing the Navy game and that doesn’t end for another 11 minutes (game time) so I’m assuming we’re not going to get the game on that channel.
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No, the game is starting as scheduled. Good work, 1500 AM
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It’s almost 8:30 and the Navy-Pitt game is on…
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So Green’s not playing? Did they say why?
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Scoresheet says no Green, and Pothier (who wasn’t supposed to play) is. in.
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I didn’t see the goal, but the score sheet says it was 57 Wilson, not 53 Laing, fwiw.
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United Center announcer can’t pronounce Pothier…
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Is that an example of a french name getting americanized? Like with Aucoin?
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From above:
There is a link that should work (Polish website)
http://www.soccer-live.pl/transmisje.php?id=zimowe
Please scroll down to Program na Niedzielę 20. Września 2009, find 2:30 (local time – Poland) Washington Capitals – Chicago Blackhawks (NHL) Pre Season, download SopCast at Sopcast.com, if you do not have it . There is a slight delay in the broadcast (1-3 min). Good luck.
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Not a fan of how Potsy is playing today. Way too passive and getting killed with speed.
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GOAL!
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Clark looked real good that shift
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the announcer just said Neuvy looked like a “deer in the headlights” while making a save (or trying to play the puck or something). Haven’t we heard that phrase before?
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Five minutes ago:
@GreenLife52 Watching the fight tonight. Can’t wait…..
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Yeah, I saw that and I was like “Uh…”
by sixsevenfiftysix on Sep 19, 2009 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
better than an injury
(please don’t be injured, please don’t be injured, please don’t be injured…)
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by crabchowdah on Sep 19, 2009 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions
For those of us without AM1500 so we can’t hear and Mac owners so we can’t see, what’s the score? My buddy in VA said 2-0 Hawks. True? Thanks.
didn’t someone mention that they use the low quality goals in the preseason (someone was making a joke about the dirty nets in Buffalo)?
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by crabchowdah on Sep 19, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
don’t they use the low-quality goals in the preseason? (reference to someone making a joke about the dirty nets in Buffalo)
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by crabchowdah on Sep 19, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Is that the second time a Cap has hit a post? The Wild and Baseless Prediction of the Game™ isn’t too far off, except that I don’t think either has been by Jurcina.
So the WBPG has been almost right two games in a row…
winterion must learn to harness this raw psychic power
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by crabchowdah on Sep 19, 2009 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m mesmersized by the WTOP graphics. It’s like the acid trip scene from Taking Woodstock (great movie, BTW).
Come on, Caps, start the new year off right – and speaking of which, l’shanah tovah to my fellow members of the tribe!
Happy new year to you too :3
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Sep 19, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
this
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by crabchowdah on Sep 19, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
And to you too
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by CapitalCentre on Sep 19, 2009 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think JP has an offseason, frankly. Unlike some of us, who don’t hit midseason form until May.
by Becca H on Sep 19, 2009 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Flattery will get you everywhere…
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Go Colgate! Good job Hawks announcers going whistle to whistle talking about Kane and not the play.
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Re-vote! Wilson’s more valuable than I thought!
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You have to love the goal and assist by Captain Clark tonight, right? Like I’ve said before, I think it’s been so long that we forget what a healthy Clark can do out there…
And power play now? Seriously? LOVE it. Bring it home, boys! :)
Indeed. Wonder if Laich’ll cash in or hit the crossbar to complete his little game of post-post-crossbar…
What’s their PP percentage tonight? I just turned it on about 5 minutes ago…
On that note, I love that I’m listening to the Caps game from the complete opposite side of the world. Love me the internet.
by SeattleCapsFan on Sep 19, 2009 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
They’re playing “Shipping up to boston”. Why do teams that aren’t the red sox play that?
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BTW, Huet is getting run over… looks familiar.
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I’m down with that!
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Sep 19, 2009 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
No Young Guns in the lineup, Hawks with Kane and Toews playing, our 3rd string goalie in, and we still win. Awesome.
Grinders and prospects (and most of our NHL D) and we pulled it out. Great job.
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Or as I call them, the grinders and the defenders. Great job!
by CapsFan1975 on Sep 19, 2009 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Would this be considered an upset? WIN!
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so that’s back to back (i know preseason) games against essentially Hershey beating a starting line up of Buffalo and now Chicago
Promote the game, it's the NHL, not SCHL
we have a strong organization. This is a good sign.
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by crabchowdah on Sep 19, 2009 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Can’t tell you how happy the Perreault Lobby is right now. BB eased him in to the game but he sure looked good in the 3rd and OT.
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His 4-on-4 shift with Wilson, as you pointed out, was beautiful
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Granted, he did most of his damage 4/4 or PP so he had some extra space, but he also had a very nice forecheck 5/5 in the first period and he made either Keith or Campbell turn the puck over behind the net. I can’t wait to hear what BB has to say about MP and KW.
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nice (technically belated unless you’re orthodox, which I’m not) New Year win, Caps!
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Neuvirth is just awesome....
Man, is it possible for someone to take Theodore off our hands? Looks like we are set with Neuvirth and Varlamov. I’ve heard there are some who believe Neuvirth is really a better goalie than Varlamov — not sure about that, but he was lights out tonight. None of our ‘big guns’ tonight – none of the ‘young guns’, This was a Bears victory tonight — Wilson, Perreault and Neuvirth all shining as stars.
I’m of the opinion Varlamov is the better goalie right now, but that Neuwirth will have the more successful career, just based on playstyle. It’s definitely good shape in net for the Caps right now.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
by Whiter Mage on Sep 19, 2009 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
So the Bears beat the Blackhawks. What if they were both Chicago?
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by crabchowdah on Sep 19, 2009 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions
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