Friday Caps Clips: O Captain! My Captain!
by J.P. on Sep 4, 2009 6:41 AM EDT
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Your savory breakfast links:
- Chris Clark is "the healthiest [he's] been in two years" and thinks the Caps "could be five, 10 games better than last year." We'd all be thrilled with nine more wins... when they matter most. [Capitals Insider]
- The boss thinks his team can - and will - be better too. [Ted's Take]
- The odds makers aren't so sure, however. [BetOnline.com (possibly NSFW, if your employer doesn't dig you checking out gambling sites)]
- Take it to the bank - Brendan Morrison will have a bounce-back season. [The Hockey News]
- Single-game tickets go on sale Saturday, September 12 (and the promo schedule - complete with the Mike Green bobblehead - can be found here). [Capitals]
- Alex Ovechkin will be at the NHL Store in Manhattan on September 9 to "personally ring up a limited number of lucky customers who are among the first to pre-order NHL 2K10 as well as go head-to-head with the finalist in a pre-determined contest in the Nintendo Wii version of the game." [NHL.com]
- The Caps are your local attendance champs (well, not including the Nats... I think). [Bog]
- NHL.com's fantasy guru tells a "die-hard Penguins fan" to pick AO over Sid and Geno with the first pick in his draft (and heaps praise on Alexander Semin). [NHL.com]
- Last week we linked to a story on rookie camp invitee Ryan Jasinsky. Here's another one. [Vindy.com]
- Finally, happy 57th birthday to former Caps bench boss Jim Schoenfeld. Thanks for filling in for Torts and losing Game 6, and be sure to blow out all the candles on your small ring-shaped cake of sweetened dough fried in deep fat.
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THN's world confuses me.
Not that I’d complain if they’re right on Brendan Morrison, but can someone explain to me where this gem comes from?
Playing behind one of the league’s best ‘D’ corps will do wonders, too. [referring to Ray Emery in Philadelphia]
Who have they got besides Pronger? One stud Dman does not a D corps make.
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees." - Delores Ibarruri
Timonen and Coburn are very, very good too.
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Besides, he might have mean “one of the league’s thirty best ‘D’ corps.”
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Yeah. Between Pronger and Timonen, that’s two of the top Dmen in the East. Who else can boast that top-end talent level, except maybe Boston (if you’re high on Wideman)?
No one. I’d say they’re top three are the best in the East (by a decent margin), and maybe in the entire League (you’d have to consider maybe Calgary (Bouwmeester, Regehr, Phaneuf), Nashville (Weber, Suter, Hamhuis), Chicago (Keith, Seabrook, Campbell/Barker), Detroit (Lidstrom, Rafalski, Kronwall)).
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Is it fair to say that the Caps’ top 3 are Green, Poti and Schultz? For the relative salaries, I’d take the Caps’ top 3 over Calgary and Chicago, I think. Campbell seems grossly overpaid for his production and Phaneuf is Exhibit A of how drastically defensive play can suffer when the focus is the big hit rather than positional defense.
Possibly an interesting Fanpost(assuming it hasn’t already been written): which teams’ top 3 D are the “best” when performance and salary are accounted for?
by ChrisAm on Sep 4, 2009 8:57 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I think you’d get some pushback in certain circles with your 3rd Caps D there, but not from me (and not from the stat sheet).
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Oh, and I agree – good FanPost.
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Lemme get a look at his lady and I’ll tell you.
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The Flyers game plan is to allow 15 or fewer shots per game, and back on an .850 save % from Emery.
Because now I can justify browsing and commenting during the work day with the argument that I am promoting my business.
Timonen and Coburn are very, very good too.
Yeah, if Braydon Coburn is your third best defenseman you’re doing something right.
What if you traded him for Alexei Zhitnik? Safe to assume you’re doing something wrong?
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I know its an old cliche, but its really strange to me how Philly can’t seem to get a quality goalie in the fold. Emery? Really? They had average goaltending last year, and seem to have taken a big step back.
That is unless you think Emery wasn’t the problem in Ottawa? Was he that toxic, or was it the whole team?
If Emery wasn’t at least a big part of the problem in Ottawa, why’d he have to play in Russia last year?
As to why they can’t get a good G, look no further than Danny Briere’s contract. Methinks they’d be happier with Khabibulin right now than Briere and Emery.
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Both good calls, but Ottawa was just a much of a mess without Emery as they were with him. (See Heatley, D.)
If they are that pissed about Briere’s contract (its quite an albatross), how’d they think that Pronger was the silver bullet? To me, a $6mil a year goalie without Pronger would be a better team than with Pronger and having to use Emery.
Agreed. You’d think they’d’ve learned from Danny’s contract.
"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees." - Delores Ibarruri
C’mon, they’re annual contenders in the playoffs with moves like these! This is precisely the model they’ve followed for the last 35 years (or however long Bobbie C. was bemoaning his team’s consistent “success” with no hardware).
Tool.
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by war_capitals on Sep 4, 2009 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Well, the “load up on D and save on a G” method works for DET, so it’s not a batshit crazy idea.
A man must have a code.
The key is limiting how many big saves the goalie needs to make. Limit it to 1-2. Worked with Theo, works with Ozzie
by red army line on Sep 4, 2009 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
IIRC, 2 good chances was too much for Theo to handle last time he started. But yes, limiting chances is a big part of being able to save money on a goalie (which the Caps are not) but the way you limit chances is by shelling out a ton of cash for Lidstrom, Rafalski, Kronwall, Stuart, etc.
A man must have a code.
If Emery wasn’t at least a big part of the problem in Ottawa, why’d he have to play in Russia last year?
Funny how every preview of the Caps lists goaltending as their glaring weakness, yet you rarely hear that with the Flyers. Call me crazy, but I’d rather have a veteran who won 32 games last year and a highly-touted youngster as my goalie tandem than a backup who’s played 59 games over the last four seasons and a guy who played in another country last year.
We’re not going to call you crazy in a discussion that involves Ray Emery, that’s for sure.
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Because the Flyers weakness EVERY year is in goal?
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My buddy Dave, a Flyers fan, bitches about this every year since I’ve known him. It’s as predictable as the swallows returning to San Capistrano (I think I mixed a metaphor or two right there, a 3rd cup of coffee might prevent that?).
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."
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by war_capitals on Sep 4, 2009 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions
yup. Giroux could easily supplant Briere on this team and for a fraction of D-Bag’s salary.
Flyers scare me this year.
by ns on Sep 4, 2009 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions
Coburn is a rock solid defenseman and is going to be for a very long time in this league… I know Atlanta would love to have him back…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Sep 4, 2009 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions
How hard must they be kicking themselves when they consider a future D-corps of Bogo, Enstrom and Coburn? That’s gotta sting.
by Knee high to a duck on Sep 4, 2009 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions
You mean vis-a-vis Waddell continued employment? Isn’t there some kind of major controversy with Atlanta’s ownership? That’s probably why he still has a job, if so.
by Knee high to a duck on Sep 4, 2009 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions
True statement. I wanna say I read somewhere yesterday that the Atlanta team is owned by 9 different people, one of which the other 8 are trying to force out the door. Very possible that this instability is why he’s even still there… they have a bigger fish to “fry”.
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by war_capitals on Sep 4, 2009 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I’d say the guy that single handedly destroyed your talent pool is the biggest fish to fry, but what do I know, I’m not a squabbling millionaire. Yes, they have ownership issues, but other teams have had ownership issues before and been able to competently run their hockey department. I don’t know when the ownership problems started but Waddell has been there forever, without any good results.
A man must have a code.
I think you can make the case that the most significant reductions in their talent pool came as a result of the ownership. Waddell was under a lot of pressure to get the team into the playoffs and he made bad moves to make it happen.
How many owners don’t put pressure on their GMs to make the playoffs? Not many. The ownership may be terrible but that doesn’t absolve Waddell of his ridiculously short-sighted moves.
A man must have a code.
How many owners don’t put pressure on their GMs to make the playoffs? Not many.
Right – the problem arises when “pressure to make the playoffs this year” trumps “long term interest of the franchise” like it did in Atlanta.
Don’t get me wrong, I think Waddell is the worst GM in the NHL and I can’t forgive him for his role with the national team. Just throwing it out there.
I’ve been trying my hardest to keep the national team debacle out of this, but it’s been on my mind as well.
What it comes down to for me is that ownership incompetence does not erase GM incompetence. Can you quibble about the exact cause of the loss of talent in ATL? Yes. But Waddell is the “hockey man” in the operation and he’s supposed to be the one that knows what value is. The very fact that he had to mortgage the future just to make the playoffs is an indication of how poorly he had been doing for so long despite how many high picks he had (isn’t he the only GM ATL has ever had?). The owners shouldn’t have left him there but at the end of the day Waddell negotiated Zhtinik for Coburn. Waddell traded for Tkachuk. Waddell traded away Steve Staious for Simone Gamache. Waddell Jiri Slegr for a nobody. Waddell traded away a 2nd for Ivan Majesky. Waddell drafted Patrik Stefan. By my count Waddell has only overseen one draft that landed 2 solid NHL players (2003: Coburn and Enstrom) and one of those guys is already gone in a terrible trade. Obviously there are some guys still developing so that number could rise, but he has had a decade to build a team with regular high picks and hasn’t done anything.
A man must have a code.
Don’t get me wrong, I think Waddell is the worst GM in the NHL
Well he does have a Stanley Cup ring (‘98 he was the AGM of DET) so he’s a better GM than most in the league, including GMGM.
A man must have a code.
Really? That Detroit team had been stacked for a while by then, exactly what moves as Assistant GM did he make to earn that ring? Versus the contributions of Scotty or the real GM there back then?
I’d say the Prosecution has a much tighter case than the Defense here… (and why again are we so eager for the Thrash to improve their front office and challenge us?).
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As a pubilc service leading into this holiday weekend, I thought I’d pop this link in here for anyone needing a little inspiration.
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by J.P. on Sep 4, 2009 7:45 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I’ll repeat one of my own comments from over there, b/c it’s just so damn versatile:
Alright, I’ll drop a quickie on you guys – a simple Memphis style dry rub that is killer on ribs, but also on everything from steaks to chicken to cheese fries to pierogies to eggs to…
JP’s Memphis Rub
1/4 cup paprika
1 1/2 tbsp ground black pepper
2 tbsp dark brown sugar
1 tbsp kosher salt
1 1/2 tsp celery salt
1 tsp cayenne pepper (more to taste)
1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 1/2 tsp onion powder
1 1/2 tsp dry mustard
1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
Combine. Put on everything in site (a pinch b/t the cheek and gum ain’t bad either).
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by J.P. on Sep 4, 2009 8:30 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
To say nothing of this fab four I have stocking the fridge:
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Then I highly recommend Ruination IPA from Stone. In addition to being marvelous beer, the label is hilarious and snarkier than any piece of merch I’ve ever seen before.
by Knee high to a duck on Sep 4, 2009 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Nice – I’ll have to track it down (beeradvocate.com review, FYI).
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You’re in VA, right? The last couple of times I’ve been into a Total Wine, they’ve had 22s for sale. I’m not sure if it comes in another denomination.
by Knee high to a duck on Sep 4, 2009 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m in MD, but I’ll hunt down good beer in its natural habitat if I must.
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I’ve found it in a couple of different places in Montgomery County, if that helps. There are a couple of stores in Rockville that sell it, IIRC; dedicated beer places, mostly.
If you ever get down to DC, there’s a beer/wine/liquor place on P right off of Dupont Circle that sells that and a wide variety of delicious beer.
by Knee high to a duck on Sep 4, 2009 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions
NHL.com’s fantasy guru tells a “die-hard Penguins fan” to pick AO over Sid and Geno with the first pick in his draft
This kind of goes back to some discussions me and F&B had in fanposts recenty. Assuming all three will stay healthy, you have to project Ovechkin for at least 50 goals, bare minimum. No other player’s a solid bet to give that, especially a winger (apologies to Kovalchuk, Heatley and Semin). Crosby would get 70+ assists, but there’s a lot of centers with 50+ assist potential (Thornton, Backstrom, Savard, etc).
For fantasy purposes goals are crucial, so that would have to value AO. No problems there, since in fantasy terms a guy like Joe Thornton is almost as valuable as Crosby. Therein lies the difference between fantasy and actual hockey.
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In a normal year I’d expect at least one of that group to top 50 if we’re assuming health, throwing in Kessel and Vanek as wildcards and subtracting Semin – I don’t really see him as a 50 goal guy, even if the cards fall just right for him. He came flying out of the gate last year, but even if you extrapolate his production up to 82 games, you still don’t get a 50 goal season out of him; 105 points on 45 goals and 60 assists, if I recall correctly.
Come to think of it, if we’re assuming health, Gaborik is almost a surety for 50. He’s got a skating gear that I’ve not seen from anyone else in the league and he’s highly skilled, but his problem is that he’s less healthy than a Baconator sandwich. This should be an entertaining year for Scotty Hockey and his cardiac physician.
by Knee high to a duck on Sep 4, 2009 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
his problem is that he’s less healthy than a Baconator sandwich.
Bwhaha. That was awesome.
Comment first, think second, read third.
PAINT IT BLACK (I mean GREEN)… hilarous!
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by war_capitals on Sep 4, 2009 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions
Love the baconator line as well, but it’s different assuming health for AO and Semin/Gaborik. The latter two have frequently been injured, AO rarely has.
A man must have a code.
Semin played 70+ games in 06-07 before being banged up the last two. I don’t think the Gaborik label applies to him yet.
by red army line on Sep 4, 2009 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree. I wasn’t trying to go that far (though I think most people probably think Gaborik missed more time to injury than he actually has), I’m just saying that both AS and Gaborik have injury history that AO doesn’t so it’s more reasonable to expect AO to play 80 games.
A man must have a code.
Semin hasn’t essentially lost a season to assorted injuries yet, so I’d not put him in that category, either.
65, 65, 48, 77, 17: The number of games Gaborik has played in the last 5 seasons. Pretty comparable to Semin’s games played if you throw out the 17; which obviously doesn’t make sense, but skews the mean pretty badly.
It feels like he’s been around forever, but he’s still only 27. It’s possible he heals up and plays mostly healthy for the rest of his career, but it’s unlikely. Most likely scenario (in my eyes) is that he misses 10-20 games a season from various minor injuries and just being nicked up.
by Knee high to a duck on Sep 4, 2009 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions
The other point I meant to make was that although there probably will be another 50 goal scorer behind AO, it’s very hard to determine who it will be. It could be the guys you and Hooks named, or it could be Nash, Iginla, Lecavalier, Carter, Parise, or some other guy to come out of nowhere. The only sure bet for 50 is AO.
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I agree that the only sure bet for 50 is AO, that’s what I was trying to imply with one of them being a good bet for 50 – I just didn’t know which one.
I definitely don’t assume good health for either of those two in reality, I was just continuing with Hook’s assumptions. Out of the guys you just named, I see Vinny as having the best shot at 50 again – Parise will be under Lemaire, Nash under Hitchcock, Carter is going to be playing on the second line and Iginla is probably on the downslope of his career.
AO is durable and a continuous threat. 50 goals looks like his floor right now, he started abysmally and still beat Carter by 10 markers.
by Knee high to a duck on Sep 4, 2009 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Nash won a Richard trophy under Hitchcock before, and this year if he has Brassard healthy all year he could really do some damage. Carter played 2nd line last year (the first time he had a major 5 on 5 role on the team) and he came pretty close to 50. Natural development alone should keep him in the 50 goal ballpark. Iginla is at the tail end of his career, and CGY just lost their second best offensive player so I agree he’s a long shot. Parise is interesting because nobody knows how the coaching change will affect his numbers. Nothing would surprise me about Lecavalier. I could see him putting up 50 and an MVP caliber season or putting up 30-40 range and just another “very good” year.
A man must have a code.
Nash won a Richard trophy under Hitchcock before, and this year if he has Brassard healthy all year he could really do some damage.
That’s true and it was a 41 goal campaign the year before the lockout. He’s definitely a stud, but I still don’t see him reaching 50 with the amount of time that he spends on the PK.
If Brassard spends the entire season healthy, maybe we’ll see a powerplay that clicks better than 12% of the time and Nash will pot 50. Stranger things have happened.
Carter played 2nd line last year (the first time he had a major 5 on 5 role on the team) and he came pretty close to 50.
This inspired me to head over the behindthenet and look up ES minutes: Carter has more of them than any other forward on the team, despite being on the nominal second line. He’s also in the top 4 among forwards in PP time for Philly, so I guess I’m not surprised that he’s racking up the points. Guess who he has more PK time than? If you guessed Mike Richards, you guessed right (Granted, the difference is very small, but it’s there).
I recall him starting out ablaze, but then cooling off dramatically as the season marched on. I guess we’ll see.
Vinny or Vanek are my best guesses for 50, followed by Kovalchuk if Antropov works out.
by Knee high to a duck on Sep 4, 2009 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Kovalchuk can score 50 with or without Antropov.
Carter gets lots of ES, PP, and PK time (and produces in all 3 phases) so I don’t see any reason he can’t/won’t continue to rack up points.
I don’t see why Nash playing PK is going to stop him from scoring. He can score SH and he is in good enough shape to still take a ton of ES and PP time to continue scoring.
A man must have a code.
Kovalchuk has hit 52 twice so far without him and carries extremely high shooting percentages. However, I think a big determinant of whether he gets it this year is how well the new additions mesh both at ES and on the PP.
It’s not that Nash playing shorthanded is going to keep him from getting his, I just don’t think he’s going to get 50, in large part due to a defensive system, lack of effective powerplay and big PK minutes, which take away from his effective ES minutes. I don’t think there’s any doubt that the capability is there. He’s underrated in the MSM because of where he plays and who he plays for – he’s one of the best wings in the league.
I don’t think the Flyers are going to score quite as many shorties this year, but they’re going to be a threat anytime Richards is out on the ice with Gagne or Carter – 16 is an awful lot of shorts for a single season, even given the talent they throw out there.
After Carter got to ~30 goals, his production dropped off pretty substantially, more in the 30-40 goals scored range than 45-55. He could take that step up in consistency, or not; he may not get the ice time with Giroux stepping up and Briere being healthy.
by Knee high to a duck on Sep 4, 2009 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah Carter slowed down a lot later in the season but PHI also revealed he was playing on a bum shoulder for the playoffs. It seems reasonable (to me) that he could have hurt his shoulder in the regular season and just been fighting through (like Fehr did). It doesn’t change the fact that his production slowed, but it’s something to think about. The bottom line is that he put up huge numbers in his first real opportunity. I’m of the mind that it wasn’t a fluke.
A man must have a code.
I’ll buy that reasoning. Something else that didn’t occur to me is how ridiculous their PP is going to be:
Richards, Carter, Gagne, Briere, Giroux, Hartnell, Timmonen, Pronger, Coburn and Carle or vanRiemsdyk makes a hell of a 1-2 punch for powerplay unit. I could see that being a threat for the entire two minutes.
by Knee high to a duck on Sep 4, 2009 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Related to that AO appearance, from Steinz:
Alex Ovechkin will arrive at the NHL Store in NYC on Tuesday driving a Zamboni down 6th Avenue with a police escort. Seriously.
"You know you're an alcoholic when the bartender knows your name - and you've never been to that bar before."
1) Nice to see your captain looking like he’s ready to (finally) play an entire season. He could be the wild card in the lineup. At this point expectations are relatively low.
2) Still no word on Nylander? Read recent comments by the coach and his name was absent from his remarks about line combos this season?
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2) Still no word on Nylander? Read recent comments by the coach and his name was absent from his remarks about line combos this season?
I’m almost certain Nylander’s situation is going to play out like this: he comes to camp, participates in drills, maybe even gets in a preseason game or two. The season starts and it becomes clear to him that he’s simply not a part of the team’s plans and isn’t going to play. Mid-November/early-December he goes on loan to a Russian team.
David: It may play out that way, but can’t imagine he’d up and leave his(large) family there in DC to play on the other side of the planet/and or move them there mid season/school year.
IF he was going to play over there in the KHL it would seem to have to occur very soon if at all
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I think it’s the combination of two factors (and much of this is gut and guessing, I admit):
- Nylander’s going to want to come back to DC and try and force his way in to the lineup, so he’s not going to go on loan before the season starts.
- Nylander’s not going to want to sit in DC and not play all year, even if it’s where his family is.
Ergo, I see him going to Russia mid-season.
agreed. he still has a few years of play ahead of him, whether the NHL or KHL, and sitting out a full season (very likely) with the Caps will hurt his chances of scoring a decent contract for the end of his career
by ns on Sep 4, 2009 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Actually, part of my answer is fueled by something I leaned at the DC Beautification Day event. I asked the people in charge of community events who was the player they’d be least likely to bring out. Without hesitation, they responded, “Nylander.” Seems its a combination of his discomfort with the public and of the public’s opinion of him.
I realize he’s a professional and he should be able to handle any negative public reaction he may receive. But, in my interpretation of the conversation, the way they quickly responded possibly suggests tenseness throughout the entire organization. I have a feeling that Nylander will be gone sooner rather then later.
Nothing mind blowing, just interesting. Take it for what its worth, my guess is mostly made of fluff! (Maybe its based on my secret fear that I get his name in the autograph line at the convention!)
Is it October yet?
Or...
….he comes to camp, and they bag skate him until he gets “injured”. He still gets paid but the cap hit comes off the books as a long term injury…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Sep 4, 2009 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions
No chance.
(1) The union’s going to raise hell if they single out one guy for particularly strenuous drills for no reason, especially if he gets hurt.
(2) Teams can’t fake injuries. Especially not season long ones
(3) Nylander’s not going to want to sit in DC and not play.
The season starts and it becomes clear to him that he’s simply not a part of the team’s plans and isn’t going to play. Mid-November/early-December he goes on loan to a Russian team.
Agreed that barring a miracle, he’s probably not playing in the NHL this season, but I see his move to Russia more like October not November. Interestingly, I had to go by Kettler this morning to talk to my season ticket rep and wandered over to the rink. There was a full-house on the ice, about 16 guys, yet no Nylander. He’s got to be in town since school is back in session in Montgomery County, so it was kind of surprising not seeing him there. Especially since his possible replacement, Brendan Morrison, was on the ice. I’m just wondering if it’s almost embarrassing for him now to be around the team given all the speculation about his future.
By the way, it doesn’t mean much but Morrison looked like he had plenty of giddy-up on his skates. If he’s got knee problems, I didn’t see them.
Great point about him not being there.
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Based upon his play recently, If he was there, would anyone notice? ; )
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by red army line on Sep 4, 2009 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s still in Sweden and comes back this weekend. If his kid isn’t at Team Maryland practice on Tuesday night, something is up.
by Scott in Shaw on Sep 4, 2009 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions
if his kids attend a private school,t hey may not be in session. He may just be spending the last couple of days of summer with the kiddos.
So who's going to be at Kettler on Monday?
I haven’t found what time they’re supposed to be on the ice. 10:00 am, maybe?
I’m going to try but I’ve never been there before, though. What’s the parking situation or can I get there by rail?
by Knee high to a duck on Sep 4, 2009 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I might try to go. Does anyone know what kind of stuff will be going on or what the schedule is?
by Scott in Shaw on Sep 4, 2009 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Here is what we have so far on caps.nhl.com
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Per the team (via @nateewell):
Informal Caps workouts at Kettler this weekend: 10 am Sat., 10:30 am Sun and 1 p.m. Mon. Rookies on ice at 10:30 am Monday.
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by J.P. on Sep 4, 2009 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Probably drills, possibly scrimmage. Wasn’t it the first day of rookie camp last year when Boudreau set them to doing “Herbies”?
by CapitalCentre on Sep 4, 2009 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions
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