Monday Caps Clips: Word's Getting Out on Fehr
by J.P. on Jan 25, 2010 6:32 AM EST
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Your savory breakfast links:
- In case you hadn't heard, Eric Fehr is having a breakout season. [WaPo]
- Last night was the team's "Casino Night" fundraiser. Good real-time coverage of it from @NateEwell and @Emily_Karol, and a wrap from Caps365 (video).
- Take it with a grain of salt since it's Bruce "Malkin to the Kings" Garrioch, but "a league executive has insisted for the last month Washington will make a deal to land Kovalchuk." [Ottawa Sun]
- Not quite a trade rumor (yet), but could the Caps be interested in Marty Turco? [Edmonton Journal]
- Alexander Semin has been playing better since his good buddy was named captain. Coincidence? [DCist]
- Speaking of Semin, in case you missed it in the overnight, Tuvan Hillbilly posted another brilliant translation. [Japers' Rink]
- A
Pens homerPA journo knocks Alex Ovechkin's defense and takes a cheap shot at his physical appearance. Classy. [Beaver County Times] - Taking Bruce Boudreau literally... and awesomely. [FanShot]
- The January Journeys of John Carlson, now in snazzy visual form. [Peerless]
- Braden "Busy Feet" Holtby keeps rollin'... [Stack the Pads]
- ... as do pretty much all the Bears. [Peerless]
- Checking in on Caps prospect Phil DeSimone. [Laconia Citizen]
- Former Cap Matt Cooke bites (allegedly literally). [Puck Daddy]
- Plenty of politics at play in Russian hockey - just ask Glen Hanlon. [The Province]
- "Ups and Downs" coming up at 11:00.
- Finally, happy 41st birthday to Steve Maltais and... it's Esa Tikkanen's birthday as well.
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From the legendary house of journalism, the Beaver County Times
HD telecasts also show the entire defensive zone when Washington doesn’t have possession of the puck. Awesome? Not so much. The bad: Good luck spotting No. 8. If you watch the Capitals — like say Thursday night’s much-hyped game against the Penguins — you noticed that Washington’s superstar still doesn’t pay even a modicum of attention to his own end. In fact, you’d need a full view to see Ovechkin. If you did, you’d find him floating near the far blue line.
I dunno… I’ve seen just about every Caps home game in person and all of them on TV or replay… I can’t recall ever seeing the Caps playing at 5-on-5 with only four guys in the defensive zone if the other team has the puck.
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by ThePeerless on Jan 25, 2010 6:44 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
You’re expecting quite a bit from a PA journalist.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 25, 2010 7:00 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s just a silly “If I write, that’ll make a ridiculous meme true” article (which, btw, has the author’s email at the bottom).
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by J.P. on Jan 25, 2010 7:13 AM EST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
(“If I write it,” that is)
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by J.P. on Jan 25, 2010 7:14 AM EST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
That’s an odd comment, because at 1.76, his ES GAON/60 is better than any Pittsburgh forward not named Eric Godard.
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2010 7:34 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
And considering his GVT is the highest of any non-goaltender in the entire league at 20.2, something that took me….oh….30 seconds of research to find, i’d say he’s been pretty good this year.
Everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn. What this book presupposes is... maybe he didn't?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 7:37 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
What is this “research” you speak of?
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by gfcaps fan on Jan 25, 2010 7:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
OVENCHIKEN DOESN’T PLAY DEEFENSE!! JOKE JOKEEE JOKKE hE Is uGLY. gO PENS.
Everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn. What this book presupposes is... maybe he didn't?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 7:40 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn’t really take this too seriously if I were a Caps fan. In Pittsburgh, Madden has a ton of people who love him…and also a ton of people who despise him. There is no in between.
Madden knows a lot about hockey, but he often stirs the pot just to get people riled up.
This isn’t really much different that Dan Steinberg mentioning Sidney Crosby in every other article he wrote last year. He’s just stirring the pot.
As for Cooke biting Asham – What goes around comes around.
by Link_Gaetz on Jan 25, 2010 7:51 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Also, get used to reading articles about how Ovechkin isn’t the best player in the NHL because of his defense. It is a lot like when Jagr was, far and away, the best offensive player in the NHL for the latter part of the 90’s. Even though Jagr scored at will, the majority of “experts” thought Peter Forsberg was the best player in the league, since he was good at both ends of the rink.
It will be the same for Ovechkin. No one else in the NHL touches him offensively, but you are going to have many people (some out of plain jealousy) writing that he isn’t the best player in the league.
by Link_Gaetz on Jan 25, 2010 7:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’d agree with you if it didn’t seem to me like Ovechkin wasn’t one of the hardest backchecking players in the game.
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by Whiter Mage on Jan 25, 2010 4:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He can be that.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 4:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Madden didn’t write the article
Everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn. What this book presupposes is... maybe he didn't?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 7:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh. Well that’s embarrassing. To be honest, I didn’t bother reading it.
Usually Madden is the only one who writes editorials forthe BCT, and he wrote a similar article on insidepittburghsports.com the other day. I just saw what the article was about, and assumed it was Madden.
Well….no one knows who Chris Bradford is anyways. Other than the 15 people who read the BCT.
by Link_Gaetz on Jan 25, 2010 8:00 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It is really amazing… guys who write for a living, then go into radio and TV seem to get really stoopid when they go for the electronic media attention and coin. Wise and Wilbon (two fine writers) have done that in going from the Post to sports talk radio and ESPN, respectively (where they frankly stink). Madden seems to have trod similar ground. On radio, he’s an insufferable oaf. In print — such as the article in insidepittsburghsports.com from last Friday — he sounds reasonable and, dare one say it of a Pittsburgh columnist, almost insightful.
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by ThePeerless on Jan 25, 2010 8:24 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Besides, if these people keep writing articles with no statistical analysis or no evidence other than their half-assed (but i’m using my whole ass!!) opinions based on a player’s appearance and watching a single game on HD, how can you NOT criticize them, if only for crappy journalism and writing?
Everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn. What this book presupposes is... maybe he didn't?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 8:02 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, it’s a lot different than Steinberg, who not once stated as fact something that was demonstrably false about Crosby’s actual game (not to mention that Steinz has never taken an unprovoked shot at a guy’s physical appearance).
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by J.P. on Jan 25, 2010 8:01 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The article makes Pittsburgh and their fans look worse than it tries to make Ovechkin look.
Everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn. What this book presupposes is... maybe he didn't?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 8:04 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, I’m not defending this guy. It looks like a 17 year-old high school student wrote it for his school newspaper.
I’m just saying, it’s probably not worth the frustration to even worry about something like this.
I am also pretty sure that Ovechkin’s appearance has been made light of several times before. Doesn’t belong in an actual newspaper though.
by Link_Gaetz on Jan 25, 2010 8:06 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No one’s really worrying about it….we’re just pointing out how dumb it is.
Everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn. What this book presupposes is... maybe he didn't?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 8:08 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
’Tis dumb.
Also, a pet peeve of mine is when someone thinks any of the following reflect a team’s fanbase:
1) Something a “journalist” wrote.
2) Something that is said on a blog message board.
That article shows nothing about the Pens fanbase. It doesn’t even reflect poorly on the 15 people who probably read it. That is about the same as reading something said on Puck Daddy’s message board, and thinking all fans of that team are the same as the person who posted it.
by Link_Gaetz on Jan 25, 2010 8:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Unfortunately, it happens. The uneducated will read that and assume its more “whining” from Pittsburgh, and there will be fans up there that love it. Those people are usually the loudest voices in completely anonymous forums.
Everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn. What this book presupposes is... maybe he didn't?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 8:14 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I’m not really worried – just poppin’ in a link.
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by J.P. on Jan 25, 2010 8:37 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Triumph read this slightly differently:
Yeah, I’m not really worried – just poppin’ in a link.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Jan 25, 2010 9:34 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Speaking of the (alleged) biting, how does biting Asham get revenge for the Hartnell “biting”? Wouldn’t it have made more sense to bite Hartnell?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 8:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Who knows. The whole thing is pretty ridiculous. What you said makes sense to me, but I’m not sure that Matt Cooke could grasp that. I just hate the Flyers more than anything in the world. I hope Aaron Asham gets rabies….
….but would that mean that Matt Cooke would have rabies?
by Link_Gaetz on Jan 25, 2010 8:13 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe he has scabies?
Everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn. What this book presupposes is... maybe he didn't?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 8:14 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I believe its ’Guin rabies?
A man gotta have a code
by CP2Devil on Jan 25, 2010 8:18 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
First it was Flyers eating Pens, now we’ve got Pens eating Flyers. As a Caps fan I just hope they all cannibalize one another.
A man gotta have a code
by CP2Devil on Jan 25, 2010 8:13 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
As for Cooke biting Asham – What goes around comes around.
Lycanthropy?
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Jan 25, 2010 9:32 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You can also sort by defensive GVT, and if you do you will find that Ovi has the third highest defensive value on the team, first among forwards. Only four Pens are better than Ovi in this department as well. If you want to take total GVT into account, it’s no contest.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Jan 25, 2010 8:25 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I seem to recall Ovechkin making a great diving stick check to clear the puck out of our zone at one point in that game, which provoked a big cheer of approval from the fans at the party. And that’s just what I recall off the top of my head.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 8:25 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
What do you recall off the bottom of your head?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 8:26 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You would know if you actually went to the party.
"We've got armadillos in our trousers. It's really quite frightening."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Jan 25, 2010 8:28 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Pants party?
Everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn. What this book presupposes is... maybe he didn't?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 8:30 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I wasn’t invited =/
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by Whiter Mage on Jan 25, 2010 4:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
There’s no such thing as being late to a no-pants party.
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 4:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I remember me yelling loudly that holy crap, Ovechkin does play defense.
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by Ovechwin on Jan 25, 2010 9:06 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I also recall this.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 9:07 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I just wanted to make sure the penguins fans took note!
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by Ovechwin on Jan 25, 2010 9:09 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
hmm, i have an HD tv and it showed someone in white wearing number 8 sprawling out to block a shot during that game. It was in the little area directly in front of the Caps goalie, which i believe is considered the defensive zone. But when you write for the Beaver County Times, you are held to a different standard. I suppose you can only be the best player in the league if you win the Ross and Richard Trophy and the Selke (with the Byng too) in the same year. By that logic, Gretzky was a poseur.
by dcsportsfan1 on Jan 25, 2010 8:45 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
So let me get this straight, the guy who “doesn’t play defense” came away with two goals, one assist, and was a +2 and as of right now leads the entire league with a +30 (the next guy is +25, so Captain A.O. isn’t losing this lead anytime soon).
Lowblow Cindy had one goal but ended up a -1. Malkin-Lindros had three assists (and remember, no PP goals for the Penguin unlike the Caps who netted two with the man advantage including one of A.O.’s goals) and was even.
Now who was the slouch in the defensive zone in that game?
And don’t make me bring up that unwatchable Young Stars Game from 2006… There was only one non-goaltender who didn’t score a goal in that game and it was very notable because he was clearly not playing in his defensive either that night.
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by Caps Nut on Jan 25, 2010 9:05 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You know what else is a played out meme? Cindy. Can we move on from it please?
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2010 9:12 AM EST up reply actions 10 recs
I guess BP prefers Crotchby.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 9:13 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sydneee?
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 9:14 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
.
We could call him Sydnor?
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 9:17 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
You know what is coming when you post stuff like that.
A man gotta have a code
by CP2Devil on Jan 25, 2010 9:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You get a rec but I wish you wouldn’t taint the Wire with those comparisons.
Now let's say you and I go toe to toe on bird law and see who comes out the victor.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jan 25, 2010 6:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
BP is a prophet of truth.
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 9:13 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No.
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by Caps Nut on Jan 25, 2010 9:55 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Perhaps you should take that type of wit to boards with a lesser common denominator. Because it’s played out, childish and quite frankly, immature.
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2010 9:59 AM EST up reply actions 10 recs
Oh yes, because this place is epitome of intelligent, adult, and classy discussion about the sport of hockey…
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by Caps Nut on Jan 25, 2010 10:09 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It ought to be. If you don’t want it to be, then I’m not particularly interested in whatever else you have to say.
Yes, I’d like this place to be a good, mature place to discuss hockey. Doesn’t everyone?
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Jan 25, 2010 10:13 AM EST up reply actions 9 recs
It seems as if you and your friends are only focusing on the “gratuitous insults” and ignoring the actual points being made.
That my friend is your problem, not mine.
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by Caps Nut on Jan 25, 2010 10:17 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
My friends don’t typically say “That my friend is your problem, not mine” to me.
Look, this ain’t my site. But it is JP’s, and Getz’s, and Stephen’s and Tuvan’s and Becca’s. And they’ve made it clear that mindless insults aren’t their preference. So out of respect for our hosts, why don’t you take it where it’s appreciated over at CI or Puck Daddy.
I mean, enough people have said “don’t do it” enough times in enough ways now — what’s the point? Just to intentionally annoy?
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Jan 25, 2010 10:25 AM EST up reply actions 6 recs
But again, there’s more than just the “mindless insults.”
Trust me, I get what you’re saying, but you and others seem to be hung up on the one point and use it as the excuse to ignore and flip away everything else.
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by Caps Nut on Jan 25, 2010 10:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
When the “one point” is that the league is fixing the playoffs, yes, we are going to discount EVERYTHING else you say. Begone.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:43 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs
It’s full of sex jokes and repeated, sometimes tired internet memes, but the general points of which are usually what you describe, yes.
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 10:16 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s why people regard us as an elitist blog.
It’s why you can make the case that this place changes and persuades more than most.
It’s why people continue to keep coming here from more official areas.
Why do we want to hear another “Cindy Crysby got a rigged Stanley Cup!” statement when we could get that anywhere else?
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2010 10:16 AM EST up reply actions 9 recs
21 seconds.
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by Caps Nut on Jan 25, 2010 10:17 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If it’s not out of your system yet, let me know, so I can flag the other posts too.
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2010 10:20 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Why? Because you don’t care to explain it?
Tell me, the first two years of the NBC Contract, the NHL produced Edmonton-Carolina and Anaheim-Ottawa Stanley Cup Finals. Not exactly ratings winners were they with one half of the SCF being a Canadian team huh?
So with the contract with NBC hanging by a thread, the NHL TWICE IN A ROW produces Detroit-Pittsburgh SCFs. A matchup generally considered to be the best possible SCF for the NHL in terms of TV ratings in the US, where they count.
Now add in the NHL’s “All Cindy, All the time” marketing plan and you honestly believe that it is entirely out of the realm of possibility that the league wouldn’t wire a Cup to her?
How many “Next Greztky’s” has the NHL had before Cindy who came up just a little short of the hype?
Please, do me a favor this one time and ingore the “gratiuitous and infantile insults” and argue against the facts and points at hand.
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by Caps Nut on Jan 25, 2010 10:31 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe Detroit and Pittsburgh were the two best teams that year?
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 10:32 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Whatever facts you present get clouded by the “gratuitous and infantile remarks.” Kinda hard to present a point when you call someone a poopyface. Or maybe you haven’t learned that yet?
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2010 10:34 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
So then you don’t want to confront the points then?
You just want to play Board Cop.
Understood.
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by Caps Nut on Jan 25, 2010 10:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
.
I’d be Board Cop only if I could be this cop
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 10:38 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
You will...
…respect my authoriti!!!
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Jan 25, 2010 1:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If Board Cop = gladly point out every “Cindy” and conspiracy reference on the board, I’ll gladly take it.
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2010 10:39 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I will grant you, it is easier than confronting the points head on.
And why were the Caps left out of the Winter Classic this year?
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by Caps Nut on Jan 25, 2010 10:40 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Go Flyerz!!!!
Поклон перед вашим капитаном!
by Knubles and Bits on Jan 25, 2010 10:41 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ovechkin can’t play defense! WE DON’T WANT TO WATCH HIM OUTDOORS!
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 10:42 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
This guy is the greatest commentor in the history of blog commenting.
Sir, I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 10:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I THOUGHT YOU WERE A CAPS FAN!
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
by Ovechwin on Jan 25, 2010 10:43 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
That was funny yesterday.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Rec’d for continuity
Поклон перед вашим капитаном!
by Knubles and Bits on Jan 25, 2010 10:47 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
because of NBC, not the NHL.
the guys who run the NHL are too incompetent to pull of a league-wide conspiracy. They’re lucky they can find their car keys in the morning.
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
Notice how when the Caps have a shootout, it is the healthy type.
by RedBirdie on Jan 25, 2010 10:42 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
So NBC can dictate who plays in the Winter Classic, they can’t even possibly nudge the league into giving them a better Prime Time matchups?
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by Caps Nut on Jan 25, 2010 10:46 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
In a word, no. There’s a huge difference in saying “We want this team in our outdoor game” and rejiggering the regular season schedule for that and saying “We want you to compromise the competitive integrity of your entire playoff tournament, make this happen.”
Only YOU can prevent idiots from commenting!
by Knee high to a duck on Jan 25, 2010 10:47 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Really, with the league’s U.S. Broadcast contract hanging by a thread?
Note, I said “nudge,” not “this is who we want.” Because Canadian teams don’t bring NBC any ratings worth their while and if NBC dropped the NHL, who Fox retake the NHL would CBS snap them up? We already know that ESPN wants nothing to do with them.
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by Caps Nut on Jan 25, 2010 10:52 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, really. Nudge, shove, sledgehammer blow, it doesn’t really matter. A conspiracy to alter the outcome of the playoff tournament (which is what any interference is) makes the game not worth watching. Why should we? The winners are pre-determined by the almighty TV contract, where’s the drama?
As another point, the best ratings don’t come from Pittsburgh or Detroit, they come from New York and Boston. If the league was really out to do something like that, don’t you think they’d go with large media markets?
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by Knee high to a duck on Jan 25, 2010 10:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Pretty much this. LA vs NY or NY vs Chicago would be the match up that ended up happening.
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by Whiter Mage on Jan 25, 2010 4:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s not that ESPN didn’t want “anything” to do with the NHL. It’s that VS. (then OLN) offered them a better deal financially. For better or worse, the NHL went for the money and not the broader exposure offered by ESPN.
And please don’t discount Canadian viewership. A TOR-DET final could have drawn some monster ratings too.
by Gin and Tonic on Jan 25, 2010 2:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Not to mention, if this whole NBC/Comcast deal goes through, Vs. becomes just as big (potentially) as ESPN.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 2:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
its one thing to say “You knwo what, we want the Flyer on New Years. By the way, you’re not really in a position to argue with us here.” it’s quite another to think that NBC managed to rig the entire playoffs.
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Notice how when the Caps have a shootout, it is the healthy type.
by RedBirdie on Jan 25, 2010 10:48 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Look, if you’re trying to imply that everything that isn’t pro-Caps is a conspiracy by the NHL and Al-Qaeda, it ain’t gonna work here.
"I'm gettin' heartburn. Tony, do something terrible."
by Steck It Out on Jan 25, 2010 10:42 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Because Cindy Crysby rigged it! And 9/11 was an inside job!
I’ll confront the points as soon as you have something concrete to saw about this and start illustrating your points without the CI-level dialect.
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2010 10:42 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Jessie Ventura sez: THERMITE PAINT.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
ITS A CONSPIRACY!! THE HARP PROJECT!!
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 10:45 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I FOUND A LOCKED DOOR AT THE AIRPORT, WHAT ARE THEY HIDING?
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:48 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
COME ON GUYS!!! LET’S LOOK IN THE WINDOW! I THINK I SEE SOMETHING!!
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 10:48 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And yet, reading the Tim Donaghy book, there was never anything “concrete.” Meaning an actual memo or directive from the NBA dictating that for ratings purposes Team A should win or a certain series should be extended to seven games.
Yet time and again, that is exactly what happened. But by your standards, because there was no “concrete” proof, there was no rigging at all…
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by Caps Nut on Jan 25, 2010 10:48 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, generally it takes proof to prove things.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:51 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Well, there’s the 21 seconds…
Not mention that there’s no proof that rigging didn’t take place…
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by Caps Nut on Jan 25, 2010 10:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
HAHAHAHA, ok. You’re just taking a piss now, right?
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:55 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Not just a meme, a way of life...
If you’d have stuck to that, I’d have been delighted. Back your points up with legit evidence, leave the name calling at the door and it’s all good.
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2010 10:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Not mention that there’s no proof that rigging didn’t take place
That’s a logical fallacy if I’ve ever heard one.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Jan 25, 2010 11:09 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
"We've got armadillos in our trousers. It's really quite frightening."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Jan 25, 2010 11:11 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yep. hilarious.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 11:12 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Not by the standards set by B.P.
Remember, it is “concrete proof.”
The best I’ve heard yet is “incompetence” but there’s nothing to back that up either.
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by Caps Nut on Jan 25, 2010 11:37 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Someone explain this “21 seconds” thing.
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by Whiter Mage on Jan 25, 2010 4:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
the refs failed to whistle the Penguins for too many men at some point in the playoffs (either vs. carolina or Detroit, I can’t remember which). Anyways, Pittsburgh had 7 guys on the ice for 21 unwhistled seconds.
Looked far too much like the typical officiating incompetence that we are all much too familiar with.
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by RedBirdie on Jan 25, 2010 4:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Eyes rolling SO hard that this is the “proof.”
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 4:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’d say that those standards are standards that much of the Rink populace holds, and if you want to share them with anyone, have a little more than circumstantial things mashed together to prove it.
And when it comes to Donaghy books I’ll read first, I’ll choose Jack’s over Tim’s.
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2010 10:52 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And when it comes to Donaghy books I’ll read first, I’ll choose Jack’s over Tim’s.
Nice
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by SeattleCapsFan on Jan 25, 2010 3:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Jak-tor!!!
"My left hand has pretty much turned into a claw anyway."
by UnleashFurry on Jan 25, 2010 9:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And why were the Caps left out of the Winter Classic this year?
nut is right.
by Natty Bumppo on Jan 25, 2010 12:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
.
…by which i mean “right, you are a nut,” not, “caps nut is right.”
drat!
by Natty Bumppo on Jan 25, 2010 12:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Genius use of the title period despite no image.
Now let's say you and I go toe to toe on bird law and see who comes out the victor.
by Fehr and Balanced on Jan 25, 2010 6:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Eh, probably a more effective response would be ignoring the offending posts. But then everyone has to play along. Good luck with that on the internet.
But truthfully, self-appointed moderation drives me up a wall, let the head honchos take care of it.
by darwintheboxer on Jan 25, 2010 1:59 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Are you legit insinuating that the league fixed the finals? Yeah, goodbye.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Why? Because it is impossible?
Tell me, have you ever heard of Tim Donaghy?
He’s got a book out you should read.
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by Caps Nut on Jan 25, 2010 10:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
With all due respect, it’s only Tim Donaghy.
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by Steck It Out on Jan 25, 2010 10:40 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Until Bill McCreary comes out with a book of his own that implies it (after serving time in a federal prison), all there is is pointless speculation, with no hard facts.
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2010 10:40 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
So then it is not possible that it could be true?
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by Caps Nut on Jan 25, 2010 10:42 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Proving something’s existence by the inability to prove its inexistence? Poor argument.
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 10:42 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Isn’t that what B.P. is doing to?
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by Caps Nut on Jan 25, 2010 10:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
.
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 10:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
What I’m doing is suggesting that you bring something of worth or value to this (or any) discussion, and doing it without sounding like a 14-year old in the process.
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2010 10:45 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed. Let’s leave it to the professionals here in terms of acting like 14 year olds.
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 10:46 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Fin.
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2010 10:48 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And yet I have, and yet you ignore it.
Because of “insults”
Because of “KoOkY KoNsPiRaCy ThEoRiEs.”
Anything to avoid discussing the matters at hand.
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by Caps Nut on Jan 25, 2010 10:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Give it up, jesus.
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
by Ovechwin on Jan 25, 2010 10:50 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Caps Nut is Jesus? All hail our paranoid savior!
"Now wait a minute. This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man."
by The Ghost of Bebop on Jan 25, 2010 10:50 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
suddenly, everything makes so much sense!
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
Notice how when the Caps have a shootout, it is the healthy type.
by RedBirdie on Jan 25, 2010 10:51 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well…he has been trying to nail home the same point for a while now
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 10:51 AM EST up reply actions 7 recs
Nice.
"Now wait a minute. This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man."
by The Ghost of Bebop on Jan 25, 2010 10:52 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The last rec’tation, right there.
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2010 10:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I just got back from a meeting and pretty much rec’d every other post in this particular thread. Take a look at my recent activity, haha.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Jan 25, 2010 10:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You had some kind of rec’splosion.
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
by Ovechwin on Jan 25, 2010 10:59 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
My opinion on the matter was voiced pretty well by BP, Gould, and others so I felt it best to rec their efforts.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Jan 25, 2010 11:01 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Same here. I didn’t chime in because BP & Knee said my points for me.
Now can we go back to discussing things that actually happened or could realistically happen?
A man gotta have a code
by CP2Devil on Jan 25, 2010 11:09 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I was only gone for an hour and this place exploded. I’m still trying to catch up.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Jan 25, 2010 11:12 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Believe or not there is actually some hockey talk in here too. If you can find it.
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by Knubles and Bits on Jan 25, 2010 11:14 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I guess everyone needs a little excitement on their Monday mornings.
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
by Ovechwin on Jan 25, 2010 11:14 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Groan. (And rec’d.)
Game-Over Green? Canada-Over Carlson!
by Scott in Shaw on Jan 25, 2010 11:24 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
At least he’s got an avatar.
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by Knubles and Bits on Jan 25, 2010 10:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
This is the same argument that 9/11 conspiracy theorists use. I’ll give you the same response I give them. If you honestly think the league fixed the finals, why are you still watching NHL hockey?
"Now wait a minute. This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man."
by The Ghost of Bebop on Jan 25, 2010 10:48 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Or at least not getting inside info and making a mint gambling?
And I mean an actual “mint”, like a pepper mint or a spear mint
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 10:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
UntilBill McCrearyAuger comes out with a book of his own that implies it
by Yoshietree on Jan 25, 2010 10:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You sir, are a donk.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:40 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Not a Bonk?
"I'm gettin' heartburn. Tony, do something terrible."
by Steck It Out on Jan 25, 2010 10:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
.
Or a Conk?
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
Deals exclusively in punnery and poop jokes.
by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 10:47 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Or a Matt LeBlanc
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
by Ovechwin on Jan 25, 2010 10:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I always thought it was pronounced like “Blank”
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 10:55 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If you want to pronounce it super American it is.
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
by Ovechwin on Jan 25, 2010 10:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Or the Zonk
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
…Back and to the left…..back and to the left…..back and to the left…
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 10:40 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Best. Seinfeld. Ever.
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2010 10:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That is one magic loogie.
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 10:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I’m sure the NHL would have picked 2 teams from relatively small rust belt markets for the Cup finals if they could have. As opposed to, say, Chicago-Boston or Chicago-NYR.
Beating a dead horse now, but that’s totally absurd.
by grapejoos on Jan 25, 2010 10:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Here’s where you lost me:
A matchup generally considered to be the best possible SCF for the NHL in terms of TV ratings in the US, where they count.
U.S. Cities by population:
1 New York city New York 8,363,710
2 Los Angeles city California 3,833,995
3 Chicago city Illinois 2,853,114
4 Houston city Texas 2,242,193
5 Phoenix city Arizona 1,567,924
6 Philadelphia city Pennsylvania 1,447,395
7 San Antonio city Texas 1,351,305
8 Dallas city Texas 1,279,910
9 San Diego city California 1,279,329
10 San Jose city California 948,279
11 Detroit city Michigan 912,062
12 San Francisco city California 808,976
13 Jacksonville city Florida 807,815
14 Indianapolis city (balance) Indiana 798,382
15 Austin city Texas 757,688
16 Columbus city Ohio 754,885
17 Fort Worth city Texas 703,073
18 Charlotte city North Carolina 687,456
19 Memphis city Tennessee 669,651
20 Baltimore city Maryland 636,919
58 Aurora city Colorado 319,057
59 New Orleans city Louisiana 311,853
60 Pittsburgh city Pennsylvania 310,037
61 Riverside city California 295,357
62 Toledo city Ohio 293,201
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Jan 25, 2010 11:14 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And I don’t know if you’ve heard about Detroit, but I’ve heard the place is BOOMING right now. You can’t find a seat anywhere!!
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 11:16 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
As far as I know, Pittsburgh isn’t much better off.
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by Knubles and Bits on Jan 25, 2010 11:18 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
So is the NHL trying to figure out how they can make a Rangers-Islanders SCF? Ratings bonanza!
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by Knubles and Bits on Jan 25, 2010 11:17 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
So you really want to say that population/market size=interest in hockey from that locale???
Ok, so why isn’t Phoenix doing as good if not better than Detroit at the Box Office and in the TV ratings and smoking Pittsburgh like a cheap cigar?
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by Caps Nut on Jan 25, 2010 11:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The fact remains—the “best possible” Stanley Cup matchup wouldn’t involve Detroit OR Pittsburgh.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Jan 25, 2010 11:45 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Really, then what would be the “best possible” SCF then?
In other words, who has the biggest and most loyal fansbases in the NHL?
Do you really want to say that Detroit and Pittsburgh are not among the top in their conference and Top 5 overall?
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by Caps Nut on Jan 25, 2010 11:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
From a marketability standpoint, WSH-PIT.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 11:50 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
TBL-PHX
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 11:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
True, which is why you heard some groaning last year about our series being in the second round and not the Eastern Conference Finals.
And also to the point, it isn’t too hard to find lamentations that it couldn’t be in the SCF as well.
But geography is a female dog.
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by Caps Nut on Jan 25, 2010 11:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If there was a conspiracy, wouldn’t they have played in the conference finals?
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 11:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Marty had something to do with that…
Besides, only the SCF gets NBC Prime Time.
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by Caps Nut on Jan 25, 2010 11:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
But it wouldn’t have mattered if there was an actual conspiracy.
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 11:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
no, they wanted to keep it under wraps! So they didn’t go all the way with the conspiracy, duh!
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 11:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think they just coated Marty in thermite paint
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 12:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Marty’s stick reverberates at the same frequency as the human brain, do you think that’s by design or by happenstance?
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 12:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
OH YEAH??!! WERE YOU IN VIETNAM?! I WAS IN VIETNAM! I WAS A NAVY SEAL!! A NAVY SEAL!
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 12:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well if the goal is to generate the best possible SCF (that being DET-PIT) with PIT getting the help they need to win, does it really matter who PIT plays on their way to SCF?
Yes, WAS-PIT in the ECF would be nice, but it would generate the same Prime Time ratings for NBC that PIT-CAR or PIT-BOS or even PIT-FLA would.
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by Caps Nut on Jan 25, 2010 12:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s funny that you post these things right above your sigline.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 12:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, I’m not the one tryinig to say that DET-PIT are bad hockey markets…
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by Caps Nut on Jan 25, 2010 12:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
DET-PIT are bad hockey markets
Mr. Strawman, bring me a dream
Bring me an argument that nobody’s made
Help me turn my affirmative statement
Into a categorical negative by everyone else
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Jan 25, 2010 4:02 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Well, for one, it would involve the Rangers, no question. You can make the argument that Detroit gives it an aura of credibility. But Pittsburgh was an unmitigated disaster like, three years ago.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Jan 25, 2010 11:52 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh BTW….
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by Caps Nut on Jan 25, 2010 12:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m convinced, it was a set up.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 12:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Rec’d for the absolute lack of snark.
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by Whiter Mage on Jan 25, 2010 4:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Preach, BP.
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Jan 25, 2010 10:14 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Thank you, rec’d a rooni
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by SeattleCapsFan on Jan 25, 2010 3:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Lowblow Cindy
Really? Even leaving aside the totally gratuitous Cindy part, we still have a totally gratuitous nut-punching reference that, while it did happen, does nothing at all to reinforce your point and makes you look like an inveterate hater.
And don’t make me bring up that unwatchable Young Stars Game from 2006… There was only one non-goaltender who didn’t score a goal in that game and it was very notable because he was clearly not playing in his defensive either that night.
The Youngstars game as evidence? I don’t even know how to respond to this.
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by Knee high to a duck on Jan 25, 2010 9:59 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Ok, I’ll play the game and instead of reposting about the breakdown of even strength goals in the game which generated +/- ratings, I’ll note that Player A has an NHL career +/- of +49 while Player B +36.
Player A’s highest complete season to date is +28 and lowest is -19.
Player B’s highest complete season to date is +17 and lowest is +2.
Happy now?
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by Caps Nut on Jan 25, 2010 10:15 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If you’d have stuck to that, I’d have been delighted. Back your points up with legit evidence, leave the name calling at the door and it’s all good.
Only YOU can prevent idiots from commenting!
by Knee high to a duck on Jan 25, 2010 10:22 AM EST up reply actions 8 recs
For lack of a better word, this.
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2010 10:23 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I cannot get the link to work this morning. I keep getting an error message, and I really want to read their piece of fine journalism.
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by RedBirdie on Jan 25, 2010 9:50 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s back up now
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Jan 25, 2010 10:15 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
thanks!
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
Notice how when the Caps have a shootout, it is the healthy type.
by RedBirdie on Jan 25, 2010 10:20 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmmm….was Ovechkin’s diving break up of a cross ice pass in the neutral zone?
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 Jan 25, 2010 11:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Finally, a Caps fan admits that Ovechkin’s a diver!
Go Flyerz!
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by J.P. on Jan 25, 2010 12:15 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
It’s always fun when JP gets in on a meme.
"We've got armadillos in our trousers. It's really quite frightening."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Jan 25, 2010 12:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I guess he missed how Ovechkin iced the game against the Penguins by clearing the puck out of the slot in the D zone before hitting the empty net from inside the D zone.
Of all our iniquities ignorance may be the worst
by Killer_Carlson on Jan 25, 2010 5:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Has anyone checked out the latest Plus/Minus figures for Malkin and Crosby and compared them to Ovi’s?
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by CapsFan75 on Jan 25, 2010 7:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Way to go Asham. Can’t say I disagree with any of what he says (except defending Avery.)
Now drink with me deeply of the bourbon, scotch, and rye until such time as we are fighting drunk.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 25, 2010 7:03 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Who the fuck is Eric Fehr?
Поклон перед вашим капитаном!
by Knubles and Bits on Jan 25, 2010 7:26 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
The fact that this didn’t have a laughola trail with a billion replies saddens me.
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by Whiter Mage on Jan 25, 2010 4:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I know right? I woke up so early just for this.
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by Knubles and Bits on Jan 25, 2010 7:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I chuckled…
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Jan 25, 2010 8:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Did I miss a good reason why we’d want Turco? A really quick look at the stats tells me that Theo’s are better, and that’s not exactly a ringing endorsement of Theo, despite his current hot streak.
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by gfcaps fan on Jan 25, 2010 7:41 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Only circumstance I could think of would be Varly still nagged with injuries and one of Neuvy/Theo struggling. But with the Olympics taking up all that time before the deadline I just don’t see it happening.
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by Knubles and Bits on Jan 25, 2010 7:47 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I hear CuJo is still available. And that “Kolzig” guy is out there.
To be honest, right now, this minute, I think Hasek might be a better goalie than Turco. I think Roy might be better.
I firmly believe that Turco is done. Do. Not. Want.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Jan 25, 2010 9:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If anyone in the organization seriously mentions the word “Kolzig” I will eat my hat
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 9:40 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ll hazard a guess that the Kolzig reference was with tongue firmly planted in cheek.
I read the Turco article – looked like a beat reporter trying to fill column inches. Would be very surprised if the Caps go out and get him.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
by fat_daddyo on Jan 25, 2010 10:05 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Turco? More like Turdco.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:06 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Biron? More like Peeron.
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 10:07 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Roloson? More like Cholo, son.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:08 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Or Noloson
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 10:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
or Kari Letsonein. Wow this stuff is easy.
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by Rather Bengt on Jan 25, 2010 10:12 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s Lehttin’em in. If he’s on his game, it’s Lehtnoth’n in.
Get it right or pay the price.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:13 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
What’s the price? 100 Kovalchuk jerseys?
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by Rather Bengt on Jan 25, 2010 10:14 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ll let you slide for 71 Kovy jerseys..
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:16 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Your generosity is noted.
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by Rather Bengt on Jan 25, 2010 10:17 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
What’s the exchange rate for Kovy Kovalchuk jerseys to Kovy Kovalev jerseys?
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 10:17 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
.50 on the $1.
Kane jerseys on the other hand…
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 10:18 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
.50 on the $1.
Little generous there.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
NYR
Not worth a dime.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:24 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hmm. Let’s just say I decided not to go the obvious route, and that was the only jersey I could think of where he didn’t suck when he wore it. MTL, I suppose, too…
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 10:27 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Depends if we are talking about good Kovy Kovalev or lazy Kovy Kovalev jerseys
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by Rather Bengt on Jan 25, 2010 10:20 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Please, only highbrow discussion and no infantile name calling…
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by Caps Nut on Jan 25, 2010 10:18 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And if you don’t like it, the back button if up and to the left.
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2010 10:21 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
*is (rats)
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2010 10:22 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
enough of the martyr act.
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
Notice how when the Caps have a shootout, it is the healthy type.
by RedBirdie on Jan 25, 2010 10:21 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Uh, again, no.
And it is not so much “martydom” than:
A: Seeking to have the unoffical rules enforced evenly.
B: Demonstrating absurdity by being absurd.
I’ll let you decide which one.
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by Caps Nut on Jan 25, 2010 10:26 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe you and your 120ish posts haven’t notice, but I think there’s little more that there’s been a little more pushback on this offense from other Rink members more and more over the last week or so, so it’s a gentle request which many others agree with.
If you don’t want to adhere to the request, take your business elsewhere.
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2010 10:30 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Turdco?
Only high brow discussion please…
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by Caps Nut on Jan 25, 2010 10:18 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m a role player.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Can I be a grinder? Or at least a hoagie?
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 10:22 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You’re more of a hero, if anything.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:22 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
(psssst — they’re making fun of the mindless, overdone, reflexive insults that annoy everyone by coming up with clever new ones of their own)
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Jan 25, 2010 10:29 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ll hazard a guess that the Kolzig reference was with tongue firmly planted in cheek.
I will go this far: had a few breaks and some expectations been different, it might be Kolzig still in the league right now and Turco out.
Worst thing that happened to Kolzig was that his team got good, and it became painfully obvious that (as much as we all love him) he was the weakest link. Stars have been bad all around the last couple of years, which I think is extending Turco’s career.
If they had an offense like the Caps, would they put up with him any longer? I seriously doubt it.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Jan 25, 2010 10:17 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sure, if Kolzig had stayed healthier, he could have hung on as a backup on a bad team, maybe.
I’m with you on Turco, btw. If they have to get a backup, there’s better options out there.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
by fat_daddyo on Jan 25, 2010 11:42 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And cheaper too.
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by CapsFan75 on Jan 25, 2010 7:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
is Hasek back to playing beer league roller hockey in Prague?
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
Notice how when the Caps have a shootout, it is the healthy type.
by RedBirdie on Jan 25, 2010 9:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He might have been a goalie in the Olympics if he hadn’t gotten hurt.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 9:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I’m gonna have to agree and pass on some Turco. The signs point to his best years being behind him, and he’s not the gamebreaker he used to be not too long ago.
With Turco we have too many dollars and too many bodies at a position in which we’ll still have too much uncertainty. It just doesn’t make sense.
by Mobsky on Jan 25, 2010 9:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Turco? Seriously? That’s who someone things we would expend our dry powder on? God knows teams like Philly would bid high.
by Ninjak on Jan 25, 2010 7:56 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
What does Philly really have to bid for him? They’ve kinda sold the farm the last few years getting guys like Pronger. Other than Giroux, who would be worth taking?
Everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn. What this book presupposes is... maybe he didn't?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 8:07 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The reason the Caps might be interested in Theo is simple. If Varly goes down, do you think Theo can take you through four rounds and win you a Stanley Cup? I sure don’t. Turco’s not having a great season, but then again, he’s not playing on a great team. Turco’s playoff numbers have been solid with Dallas- .914 Save% and a 2.17 GAA in 47 games. He probably couldn’t carry the Caps through four rounds either, but maybe a combo of Theo and Turco could. Of course, all this is dependent on Varly’s health. If comes back and stays healthy, there’s no need for Turco. But that’s a big IF right now. If he doesn’t get healthy, I wouldn’t bet a nickel on the Caps winning the Cup. If I’m McPhee, I’ve got to at least be looking at a scenario that doesn’t include Varly in the playoffs.
by b.orr4 on Jan 25, 2010 9:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
There’s nothing Turco would bring that Marty Biron wouldn’t bring better and cheaper. I feel very passionately about this one. “Experience” may help your team gel when it’s an experienced F or D acquired in trade, but not from G. For a G, “experience” only helps the G himself. And despite all his experience, Turco is done. No amount of experience would be enough. He just can’t do it anymore.
I’d rather trust Holtby than Turco.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Jan 25, 2010 9:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I was with you until you went to the Biron card. Turco is still a much better goalie than Biron. He’s a better puck handler, has a better save percentage all-time and this season, he’s a better playoff performer (both GAA & save pct.), and he plays on a team currently that doesn’t defend as well as the Isles do most nights.
A man gotta have a code
by CP2Devil on Jan 25, 2010 10:00 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Would rather have Roloson than Biron if we are choosing the Isles as a dance partner but Roly likely doesn’t want to play backup
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by Rather Bengt on Jan 25, 2010 10:02 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Obviously, I’d prefer Rolo over Biron. That’s not even a contest. With the Isles still in the hunt for the playoffs I don’t see Rolo being traded, especially with DiPietro’s history of injuries.
A man gotta have a code
by CP2Devil on Jan 25, 2010 10:04 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Let me blow this thread’s mind: Kari Lehtonen.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:04 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Unless Lehtonen blows a knee or hamstring first. I would rather have Jere Lehtinen on my wish list but he’s injured also. And he doesn’t play goal.
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by Rather Bengt on Jan 25, 2010 10:08 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Caps already have a young goalie with a history of injuries. Why would the Caps want another?
What is it with you and the Thrashers?
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by CP2Devil on Jan 25, 2010 10:09 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He misses the Flames being in Atlanta and the images of Willi Plett’s locks on hockey cards
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by Rather Bengt on Jan 25, 2010 10:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
stonishingly:
The Atlanta Flames have won more playoff games than the Atlanta Thrashers have, despite the fact that the Thrashers have been in Atlanta for longer, and despite the fact the Flames never won a playoff series until they got to Calgary.
Then again, I grew up in NY as a Flames fan until they moved west and off TBS (We had cable growing up, and just about every Flames game was on WTBS…)
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Jan 25, 2010 10:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
They use this as the Alternate Captain letter, no?
"I'm gettin' heartburn. Tony, do something terrible."
by Steck It Out on Jan 25, 2010 10:34 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yep, and that is sooo awesome.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:37 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yep, nice to see that they’re not completely clueless about team history.
"I'm gettin' heartburn. Tony, do something terrible."
by Steck It Out on Jan 25, 2010 10:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
They also use a modified version of it on the spelling of “FLAMES” on the side helmet sticker.
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Jan 25, 2010 10:46 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
They Do...
Thankfully some teams also keep track of the history of the teams:
The Coyotes retired Dale Hawerchuk’s number despite the fact he only played for Winnipeg, and they’ve kept the Jets’ retired numbers retired.
The Dallas Stars retired Neil Broten’s #7 despite the fact he played most of his career in Minnesota.
The Minnesota Wild, in their weird bear head logo, have the North Star as the eye of the bear in tribute to the North Stars.
Other teams that have moved, such as Colorado and Carolina, unretired the numbers that the franchise had retired. In fact, the ’Canes retired the number 2 for Glen Wesley after the Whalers retired it in Hartford for Rick Ley.
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Jan 25, 2010 10:46 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I still really like the Wild logo.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I miss the Jets
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by Rather Bengt on Jan 25, 2010 10:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hartford vs Carolina is a different matter. When the Whalers left, the city filed to keep the name, colors, and pretty much anything attached to the team. I think the ‘Canes didn’t have a choice.
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by Whiter Mage on Jan 25, 2010 4:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, this is why you can’t play as the Whalers in NHL 10.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 4:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You can with an add-on for PC someone custom made that was pretty sweet.
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by Whiter Mage on Jan 25, 2010 4:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I figured it would be possible on PC.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 4:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Who cares?
They’re still there in the only game that matters!
by Kerry Fraser's Hairspray on Jan 25, 2010 4:54 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
I wish I could play that game on 360
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 4:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If it was on Xbox arcade… Honestly, I preferred 95.
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by Whiter Mage on Jan 25, 2010 4:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
96 is the winner.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 4:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Caps not in RWB in 96.
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by Whiter Mage on Jan 25, 2010 4:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ok?
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 4:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I hate that dumb eagle logo at center ice.
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by Whiter Mage on Jan 25, 2010 4:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m sorry.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 4:59 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
However, if I’m going to be the Ducks or Whalers, 96 is the way to go, especially with the cool music (Brass Bonanza for the Whale, of course, and “Yo Ho Yo Ho a Pirate’s Life for Me” for the Ducks FOR SOME REASON)
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by Whiter Mage on Jan 25, 2010 5:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I use an emulator and run it (the original, as well as updated hacks) on my computer. NHL ’94 on a 30" Apple Cinema Display is truly a study in anachronism.
by Kerry Fraser's Hairspray on Jan 25, 2010 4:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Updated Hacks sounds interesting.
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by Whiter Mage on Jan 25, 2010 4:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
http://update.nhl94.com/ has current roster updates, and there are tons of other mods out there as well. It’s nice be able to play that game as the Caps and have the best player be better than a 78.
by Kerry Fraser's Hairspray on Jan 25, 2010 5:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
:o I’ll give it a try.
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by Whiter Mage on Jan 25, 2010 5:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Right you are sir. ’94 is still the gold standard in my book.
A man gotta have a code
by CP2Devil on Jan 25, 2010 5:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If he comes out and agrees with me that we need Pavel Kubina, I’ll eat my hat
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 10:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m all for more O from the D.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:11 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Unleash the Sarge!!!
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Jan 25, 2010 10:48 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
heh, never noticed
But Lehtonen is a lot better than he gets credit for. He would be at least as good as the other goalies as a rental.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sure he’s incredibly talented and athletic, but he’s a headcase who’s always injured. We already have Varly.
by Mobsky on Jan 25, 2010 10:15 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Headcase? More like Lehtcase…amirite???!!
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 10:16 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m willing to take the risk on the rental IF Varly isn’t better by deadline time.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:17 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Jesus, if Varly isn’t better by then, will he ever be?
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 10:20 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Some goalies get upset with their defense...
…leaves them out to dry.
Lehtonen goes apoplectic, up to and including yelling in their faces during time outs…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Jan 25, 2010 10:50 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He’s also on one of the worst teams in the league, so maybe he’s a little frustrated.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:52 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Worst organizations, too.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:52 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He should just follow the Bryz's example
And try to decapiate linesmen with his stick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opZQxaENnq4
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by Rather Bengt on Jan 25, 2010 10:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I was with you until you went to the Biron card.
I stand by it. Don’t disagree with anything you said about Biron. That’s just how far down I am on Turco. If we’re going to get a backup goalie who sucks, he might as well be cheap.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Jan 25, 2010 10:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
G.O.D. Maybe I’m missing something, as my thoughts on players normally track along the same as yours. Not sure what you’re issue is with Turco.
He’s certainly not world class, but he’s not Biron either. Both his current stats and his past playoff stats are better than Biron’s numbers. Plus he’s a better puck handler.
Now if its that you think he’ll cost too much in trade then I get where you are coming from.
A man gotta have a code
by CP2Devil on Jan 25, 2010 10:26 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not high on Turco, but, as is usually the case, he tends to play better with better D in front of him.
But I wouldn’t want him here, by any means.
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 10:28 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Was a great goalie, but past his prime, and DAL would prolly want young goaltending in exchange.
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by Steck It Out on Jan 25, 2010 10:29 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
At this point, I’d think they’d take anything they could get – he’s not doing much good for ’em.
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 10:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That may be, but you look at their goaltending situation – both their goalie prospects are in their late 20’s, and they’re starting Alex Auld…they’re going to be mainly targeting a “goaltender of the future” if they’re out of it by the trade deadline, which I think they will be.
You are right, though…they’re probably wanting to get whatever they can for him.
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by Steck It Out on Jan 25, 2010 10:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Is Brett Hull still their GM? They need some new amateur scouting like whoa.
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 10:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think so. I think there was a reshuffling and Hull was given a new position. I think.
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by RedBirdie on Jan 25, 2010 10:40 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think Joe Nieuwendyk’s their GM now. Damn, I wonder how many teachers misspelled his name on their attendance sheets.
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by Steck It Out on Jan 25, 2010 10:41 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes Joe is the Stars GM. And continue the spelling woes, Reijo Ruotsalainen is ther head scout. Actually the 2nd part isn’t true. I was just showing off.
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by Rather Bengt on Jan 25, 2010 10:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
There was a reason the NY media gave Ruotsalainen the nickname “Rexy”
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Jan 25, 2010 10:51 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sexy Rexy or did Ron Duguay monoploize the NY media’s sexy hockey references?
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by Rather Bengt on Jan 25, 2010 10:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Duguay won, because he wasn’t only on the sports pages…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Jan 25, 2010 1:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hello Page 3….
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by Rather Bengt on Jan 25, 2010 1:59 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And Page 6...
…his wife was frequently there too.
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Jan 25, 2010 2:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Nah, man! He’s Joe Nieuwendyk!
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:45 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Brooks Laich, pre-Brooks Laich.
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 10:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Pre-Brooks Laich can be a serious issue for your health…you should check with your health care provider.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 10:50 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If, within 4 hours, you’re still Brooks Laich-ing, please call your doctor immediately as this may be a sign of severe attraction.
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 10:52 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He has a say-and-spell last name, like me. Can’t say it without immediately spelling it.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Reshuffling due to the Sean Avery fiasco…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Jan 25, 2010 10:50 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Turco doesn’t do anything for the Caps. I’ve seen my share of him respectively.
I still personally am leaning against trades this year. I am a big fan of the deadline shake-up trade heading into the playoffs, and was very annoyed we didn’t do it last year. But I strongly believe the Olympics will serve as the deadline shake-up this year. Amonte’ was a simply a solid NHL player til his Olympic breakout. After that he was Mr. Clutch in the NHL for many years. I just think the deadline shake-up aspect is not so applicable this year, or rather is a bit trumped by the Olympics.
That said if we can get goaltending security, or a D-man from Anaheim for something innocuous like cash/a pick this next draft I certainly wouldn’t complain.
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by Icebat on Jan 25, 2010 11:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know what Gouldie’s thinking about, but this is the figure that pops out at me: $5,700,000 vs. $1,400,000.
I know we’re banking a lot of room with Nylander off the table, but Biron leaves us quite a bit more cap space for grabbing another player if we need to, without a huge dropoff in performance.
In my mind, the better question is Turco + X vs. Biron + Y in determining value for this particular team.
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by Knee high to a duck on Jan 25, 2010 10:29 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
This pretty much sums up why I think Biron is a better option for a team needing a goalie than is Turco. I still think that Turco is a better goalie than Biron, even though he is on the downside of his career. But the difference in the money is way bigger than the difference in talent, and if a team is gonna want Biron or Turco to get them through the playoffs they are gonna need to get a lot of help in front of them.
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by Killer_Carlson on Jan 25, 2010 6:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think the main issue for me is salary. It’s a binary question: is the guy an acceptable playoff starting goalie, yes or no? For me, Turco is a “no.” So why would you give up team resources in trade so you can overpay him?
The question isn’t “is Turco better than Biron?” The question is, “is he adequate for any of our needs?”
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Jan 25, 2010 10:31 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Manny Fernandez left his business card.
Just a thought…not a sermon.
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by Steck It Out on Jan 25, 2010 10:32 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Just wondering, what is Manny doing this year…is he playing at all?
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by Rather Bengt on Jan 25, 2010 10:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I am blaming Lou Dobbs for that. Just because.
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by Rather Bengt on Jan 25, 2010 10:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
sounds like a plan! I like to blame Lou Dobbs for lots of things.
Manny, however, is related to That Guy In New Jersey Who Hates Hockey And Tries To Suck All The Fun Out Of It.
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Notice how when the Caps have a shootout, it is the healthy type.
by RedBirdie on Jan 25, 2010 10:37 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Or as someone once called him in here “The Soulless Vampire”
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by Rather Bengt on Jan 25, 2010 10:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That’s kind of a redundant nickname, isn’t it?
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 10:40 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
sounds like something F&B would say
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
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by RedBirdie on Jan 25, 2010 10:40 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He must have priced himself out of work.. I mean, he won that two-headed goalie award with Thomas last year. He’s not a bad player.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I could get behind that one, but who’s to say that he’s even still in game shape?
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He’s a goalie. It’ll take him like a week to get into game shape; they just stand around anyway.
/Cled?
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by zephyr on Jan 25, 2010 11:55 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
lol they should just get a sumo wrestler to be a goalie, hahalol they would cover the whole net!!
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 11:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I loved that commercial
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 11:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It was a commercial? I was just doing my “every person that’s not a hockey fan that I’ve ever talked to about hockey” character.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 11:59 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think it was for an insurance company, but they got a new goaltender that was some sort of giant slavic person. I’m trying to google it.
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 12:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know if you guys are thinking of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSWPa7R5no0
It was an experiment that involved the Capitals that was put in the book “Andy Roddick Beat Me with a Frying Pan” (good book, btw)
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by zephyr on Jan 25, 2010 12:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Article too:
In case you haven’t read it, pretty great http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119143109983647814.html
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by zephyr on Jan 25, 2010 12:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Fffffff that.
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by zephyr on Jan 25, 2010 11:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
OK, for a second there I thought you were arguing that Biron was just a better goalie.
I want neither as they don’t really do anything for me. They aren’t marketly better than what the Caps already have.
A man gotta have a code
by CP2Devil on Jan 25, 2010 10:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I disagree with the point on playoff success. Since his first playoffs in 2002-03, he’s only won 2 of the seven series he’s played in, and until recently he was known as a huge playoff choke. The numbers are bloated from an insane series (that he still lost) like two years ago.
by Mobsky on Jan 25, 2010 9:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
With trade deadline approaching I believe a message from Chuck, Flav, & Terminator X is appropriate…“Don’t Believe the Hype”.
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by CP2Devil on Jan 25, 2010 8:13 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
I thought you were gonna go with “fuck the 40 oz.” but I guess that works too.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Jan 25, 2010 8:30 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Or 911 is a joke
Everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn. What this book presupposes is... maybe he didn't?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 8:34 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Can’t truss it?
"We've got armadillos in our trousers. It's really quite frightening."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Jan 25, 2010 8:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve heard a time or two that Elvis was a hero to most…
Everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn. What this book presupposes is... maybe he didn't?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 8:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
But he never meant shit to me you see.
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by Knubles and Bits on Jan 25, 2010 8:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
So are you saying he was a racist, simple and plain?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 8:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Motherf*ck him and John Wayne.
"We've got armadillos in our trousers. It's really quite frightening."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Jan 25, 2010 8:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Most of my heroes don’t appear on no stamps.
A man gotta have a code
by CP2Devil on Jan 25, 2010 9:13 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Not a Forsberg fan?
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 9:14 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sample a look back you look and find Forsbergs nothin but a redneck for four hundred years if you check.
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by Knubles and Bits on Jan 25, 2010 9:26 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Fight the Foppa?
A man gotta have a code
by CP2Devil on Jan 25, 2010 9:28 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Foppa in full effect recently in the SEL
IS KEPTIN NOW
by Your Nation's Capital on Jan 25, 2010 9:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
On this stamp. . .
Hirsch makes the stop.
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by Knubles and Bits on Jan 25, 2010 9:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I guess in Sweden...
…you don’t have to be dead to be on a stamp.
In the US, that’s one of the requirements, unless you do the “print your own stamps” and generate postage meter stamps with photos like this one:
http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/ab24/Hystricine/Guerin.jpg
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Jan 25, 2010 10:37 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’d call the hazmat team before I opened an envelope with that stamped on it.
by mercurialwinger on Jan 25, 2010 12:20 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
The video of Holtby’s pregame rituals is pretty great. I love goalies.
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by boutros23 on Jan 25, 2010 8:19 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
You can’t tell me this doesn’t give you nightmares…
http://www.ffodc.com/articles/washington-capitals/billy-g-moustache.html#comments
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by The Miz on Jan 25, 2010 8:52 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Is that my photo from yesterday? What, no credit for the image… rude! :P
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by Hystricine on Jan 25, 2010 2:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Has Matte Cooke taken advice from Jarkko Ruutu? He’s forgotten that the first rule of bite club is that you do not talk about Bite Club
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by Space Weed on Jan 25, 2010 9:15 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Well, it was his first time at Bite Club, so he had to bite.
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by Steck It Out on Jan 25, 2010 10:17 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I hear it was either there or Blight Club, where he would learn about poor urban neighborhoods
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 10:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Bruce and Fehr
Bruce can’t seem to just compliment Fehr without taking a bite out of him. From Wang’s article:
… and I knew the growing pains that he went through, and he’s becoming more of a well-rounded player, and as soon as I thought that [on Saturday], then [the Coyotes] scored a goal on him, and he made a mistake, but in the most part, I really like what he’s doing.
I don’t remember thinking that the Fehr was to blame for either Yotes goal. Green, definitely. Fehr not so much.
we're not gonna allow someone like Downie to go after him.
by Sct112 on Jan 25, 2010 9:22 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
He’s the bizzarro Fleischmann….he can do no right.
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 9:23 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And he has green hair and freckles.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 9:23 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think he just has a healthy Fehr of changes
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 9:28 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Perhaps he knows that’s what motivates the guy.
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by winterion on Jan 25, 2010 9:23 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I can't find the quote since I don't have the "Gabby" book at work, but....
I remember reading how, as a coach, he had a knack for learning what buttons to push for certain players, and how that allowed him to keep his guys at their competitive best.
Maybe Fehr responds negatively (on ice) to compliments and praise, he may get somewhat complacent in his play, whereas a few negative words “you’re playing well, but…” or a night off in the press box, will keep him on edge and playing full-tilt all the time.
by Scofield on Jan 25, 2010 10:25 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Right, it’s probably another case of “coaches actually know what they’re doing.”
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:30 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I remember reading how, as a coach, he had a knack for learning what buttons to push for certain players, and how that allowed him to keep his guys at their competitive best.
Do you remember who said that? Was it Bruce?
I’m not complaining about Bruce and what he has done with the team, the results are undeniably terrific. I just thought it interesting that there do seem to be guys that he can’t compliment without “motivating”, but there are other guys that he never dings publicly.
we're not gonna allow someone like Downie to go after him.
by Sct112 on Jan 25, 2010 10:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, it was in the Gabby book… I thought it had some reference to how he has a knack for knowing what buttons to push on players…
by Scofield on Jan 25, 2010 11:30 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder what he would say to me. I’m a head case even when I win games.
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by zephyr on Jan 25, 2010 11:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And not have a damn clue with what to do with you.
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by Whiter Mage on Jan 25, 2010 4:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Fehr didn’t pick up Laurie on the first Coytoe’s goal. Fehr was just standing around by the crease and his guy skated right on by him.
BTW, everybody on that third line was a -2 on Saturday night as was Schultz.
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by Caps Nut on Jan 25, 2010 9:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s not Fehr.
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by CapsFan75 on Jan 25, 2010 7:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Can we try and keep this whole “Fehr is good” thing to ourselves? It may drive his price up.
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by Ovechwin on Jan 25, 2010 9:43 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
But at the same time his value.
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by Knubles and Bits on Jan 25, 2010 9:45 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn’t worry about that for another 2 years.
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2010 9:51 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Reading the tea leaves
Check this blog post by Ted Leonsis out. This comment won’t make sense unless you at least skim the intro:
http://www.tedstake.com/2010/01/23/a-love-note-to-my-partners/
Looks like the kind of note Leonsis would write just after the ownership group came to a courageous decision. Most likely decision floating out there is obviously to buy the Wizards and Verizon Center (perhaps agreeing to put in a little more than they had counted on). An equally courageous decision would be to walk away, if the demands were too high, but from what we’ve heard about the process, it seems too soon for anyone to walk away. Between assessments and whatnot, you’d expect there to still be weeks of opportunity for negotiation. So I think the first possibility is the most likely one.
If I’m right, look for a news article soon that says that Lincoln Holdings and the Pollin estate have agreed to terms on the Wizards and Verizon center.
/speculation
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Jan 25, 2010 9:44 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
.
Lincoln Holdings is run like a huge ethnic family.
I told you I don’t like ethnic food!!!
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 9:51 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Also, there’s this today:
http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2010/01/25/daily5.html
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
by gfcaps fan on Jan 25, 2010 10:08 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That’s a lot of names potentially taking up room on the cup, too.
by bagace on Jan 25, 2010 10:21 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Some serious heavy hitters on that list, Michelle Freeman’s family developed a ton of property at the beach and their name is on everything over there.
Aim for the head baby Jesus
by Doncosmic on Jan 25, 2010 1:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And now a word from the statistics department at the Fehr Lobby......
Eric Fehr has scored 14 goals. He has been on the ice for 13 goals against total. The only other player on the Caps that has scored more goals than he has had scored against him is AO, who also doesn’t play defense.
The list of players in the NHL for who this is true (that have played significant time):
Alex Ovechkin
Patrick Marleau
Eric Fehr
Zach Parise
Note for completeness: Shorthanded goals were counted, but shorthanded GA were not counted. Power play goals and GA were both counted.
by psuscott1 on Jan 25, 2010 9:51 AM EST reply actions 7 recs
than he has had scored against him is AO, who also doesn’t play defense.
We know what you’re saying here, but watch out for the unwashed masses, who don’t.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
by gfcaps fan on Jan 25, 2010 10:02 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, that’s sweet. This needs to be a new stat - personal +/ or something like that.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Jan 25, 2010 10:21 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That's a motherfucker of a stat
And I’ve got 11 dollars in my wallet for anyone who will read that list to Bruce and ask him to comment on it.
by bilspacecadet on Jan 25, 2010 12:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Interesting company.
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by Whiter Mage on Jan 25, 2010 4:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I will buy 100 Kovalchuk jerseys if he ends up on the Capitals.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 9:56 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Can we have that in writing?
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by Rather Bengt on Jan 25, 2010 10:01 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No, but I would be rather excited INDEED.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:05 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That should be enough to wipe up the tears after a monumental collapse in the first round. No Kovalchuk please. This team needs many things, but renting more offense at a price that could greatly affect the future of this organization is not one of them. Especially since this guy wants to get payed like the best player in the league to stick around and he wouldn’t even be the best player on this team.
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by Knubles and Bits on Jan 25, 2010 10:07 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He wants to be payed like the best player in the world to stay in Atlanta.
You might be crying if we get Kovy, but I’ll be dancing a jig.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:09 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I won’t cry when we get him, but I’ll cry if he is all we get and it’s not enough to put us over the top. Then we gave up the future for nothing when he high tails it outta here for the biggest paycheck.
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by Knubles and Bits on Jan 25, 2010 10:11 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
We’ll have to see how it plays out. For all we know GMGM has a list of prospects that he doesn’t think will go anywhere anymore and he can fleece Waddel. Or he trades Alzner, Carlson, Backstrom, and Bawa. We can’t know until it happens, so don’t assume the worst.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:14 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Cheeee-rist. That’s just scary to think about.
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 10:21 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, we can’t lose Bawa.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:21 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
.
Or Sawa
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
Deals exclusively in punnery and poop jokes.
by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 10:23 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
….I don’t mind losing Sawa. What’d he ever do for the Caps?!
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 10:25 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Helped the Little Giants beat the Cowboys and get Home of The O’Shea Brothers put on the town water tank
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
Deals exclusively in punnery and poop jokes.
by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 10:27 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Pretty sure we hate the Giants ‘round these parts. Looks to be like you’re digging a big ol’ hole for yo’se’f.
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 10:30 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That was a great game….beat them with a little play I like to call “The Annexation of Puerto Rico”
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
Deals exclusively in punnery and poop jokes.
by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 10:31 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
which current caps player most resembles “the icebox”???
by Scofield on Jan 25, 2010 11:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ovechkin
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
Deals exclusively in punnery and poop jokes.
by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 11:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Too late
We already traded him to the Canucks for cash in July of 1991.
by bilspacecadet on Jan 25, 2010 12:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Damn.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 12:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Who is Bawa anyway? I think I missed out hearing the news on that player.
Rocking the Red since 1975
by CapsFan75 on Jan 25, 2010 7:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Rehashed hash
I brought this over from yesterday’s Semin article thread:
As a self diagnosis, I have a feeling that I’m suffering from "Post Past Experience Syndrome" when it comes to Semin and I know I’m a resistant reformist here. I also never really bought in to the notion that he wanted to be in Washington long term (please excuse the past tense). However, I have to recognize (and I do) that he is a really great player and will probably benefit another organization soon for it. I’m not a hater, but a more stable and equally productive replacement (Kovy) would make "my" Caps team more compelling, especially if it brought me Kovalchuk or Niedermayer (while not an offensive replacement) as salve for Semin’s departure. And I feel he is leaving. Kovy’s/Niedermayer’s rental and Semin’s exit seem to make sense for a cup run now and for 2011 cap management reasons where Backstrom will need to be locked up long term.
And, you guys are right, he is talking to a future team with his elusion to more productivity. I didn’t realize it when you all did because I am not always the sharpest knife in the drawer. But it is painfully obvious to me that he is feathering a bed somewhere other than in the DC metro area.
Or maybe it’s Monday and I hate Mondays.
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by ZamMan on Jan 25, 2010 2:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think he has a highly artistic temperament (read: he’s crazy, like a left-handed pitcher). I don’t think he quite knows what he wants.
My vote is: enjoy the ride for the next year and a half. And let whatever happens happen.
As far as Semin for Kovy, I’m torn up inside about it because Kovalchuk is one of my favorite players, but in the end I think it’d be a move to make a move. The current good chemistry — and the fact that Semin is signed for another year at a reasonale salary — make me think that it wouldn’t be worth it. I think it’s better to ride the mixed metaphor that brought you to the party, and not change it mid-stream.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Jan 25, 2010 3:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
What if you could have Kovalchuk for 8 mil/season?
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 3:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Pass. Call me crazy, but paying Kovalchuk $8m and up for what will likely amount to lesser offensive productivity than he’s having now makes me nervous. There’s not many guys you can point to who have continued producing in their later career years, especially since the first post-lockout year.
At this point, it’s probably better to stick with the devil you know, and see what Semin does for the rest of his contract time here.
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2010 3:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Buy. Resigning Kovalchuk changes everything for me. 8M per year is a deal for Kovalchuk. Semin will probably get 6.5 on the market, and Kovalchuk is more than 1.5M better than him. And I’ve done the capgeeking — the Caps would be fine salarywise with Kovalchuk at 8M but without Semin.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Jan 25, 2010 4:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m glad the number that I pulled out of thin air works.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 4:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
GMGM would take that in a heartbeat. I’d think.
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 4:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
But I really don’t want to lose Jizz.
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 4:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The Ovi-Kovy-Nick Green/Carlson PP would make you forget.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 4:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hmm. Carlson’s the only one whose nickname doesn’t rhyme. You’ve got Ovi-Kovy, Nicky, Greenie, and CAPTAIN AMERICA.
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 4:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think they call him Carly in Hershey, which I can’t get behind.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 4:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I could get behind Johnny, but we’ve already had a Johnny.
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 4:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, too soon.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 4:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
J.C.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
by fat_daddyo on Jan 25, 2010 4:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Penny for short.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 4:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
KILLER. Because that’s what he was and what he issued against Canada in the WJC Final OT.
by renhoak on Jan 25, 2010 8:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I approve this message.
Of all our iniquities ignorance may be the worst
by Killer_Carlson on Jan 25, 2010 8:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Eff that. I’m calling him “Super Crazy American Badass”
When you dance with the devil, you wait for the song to stop.
by Steck It Out on Jan 25, 2010 4:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Or SCAB.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 4:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
They’d never come off the frcking ice…
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
by fat_daddyo on Jan 25, 2010 4:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And we’d win every game.
I might be exaggerating.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 4:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Alternate observation:
They’d keep their PP shifts short by scoring instantly.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 4:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It would create a logjam at LW, but I suppose you could sort it out some way or another – unless Kovy also plays RW?
On to the main point: Kovy wants 10 years. Assuming he comes down to $8MM per, you comfortable paying Kovy paying him into his late 30’s for his likely declining production?
I’m of the opinion that one super long contract per team is about the limit…and the Caps have AO in the fold. For that reason, I’d be inclined to pass on Kovalchuk.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
by fat_daddyo on Jan 25, 2010 4:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Kovy wants 10 years if he’s going to stay in Atlanta. We can’t know what he’d want from other teams because he’s not allowed to talk to them yet. He might be up for a Hossa-type one year deal to try and win the cup if Atlanta can’t sign him. We don’t know.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 4:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Kovy also doesn’t come here with Sasha still in the picture.
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 4:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Which is why we need to swap them!
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 4:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
So there’s no logjam at LW, is the point that I’m trying to articulate, here.
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 4:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sasha plays RW at present, no?
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
by fat_daddyo on Jan 25, 2010 4:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Semin plays RW because there are so many LWs. He’s a natural LW.
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
by RedBirdie on Jan 25, 2010 4:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s been suggested that he plays RW also because Ovie takes such long shifts ahead of him at LW.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 4:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The logjam I forsee is AO, Kovy, and Laich for the two top LW spots. So, someone would have to move, either Kovy or Laich.
It’s a minor point, really.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
by fat_daddyo on Jan 25, 2010 4:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ugh. Pretty sure the almighty Brooks Laich is the one moving. I don’t think there’s much of a logjam.
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 4:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Fair enough
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
by fat_daddyo on Jan 25, 2010 4:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, right, I get it.
Well, if we could get Kovy for, say, 3-5 years, the thought of him in that lineup is…formidable.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
by fat_daddyo on Jan 25, 2010 4:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
100 jerseys, I’d buy.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 4:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
“Yes, our second line left wing is Ilya Kovalchuk…enjoy matching your defensive pairings”
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
by fat_daddyo on Jan 25, 2010 4:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I just smiled uncontrollably.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 4:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
One wrench in those spokes is that, as improbable as Flash’s chemistry with Semin has been, could it happen again with another Russian Phenom? One who’s much more like AO than Sasha?
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 4:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 4:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I know PLENTY of crazy right handed pitchers, too!
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
by RedBirdie on Jan 25, 2010 3:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
This one, for example.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 3:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
MY EYES!
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
by RedBirdie on Jan 25, 2010 4:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
have seen the years, and the slow parade of tears?
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
by fat_daddyo on Jan 25, 2010 4:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
http://www.answers.com/topic/little-pitchers-have-big-ears
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by Icebat on Jan 25, 2010 4:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I agree with this, but man I hope that he doesn’t end up someplace else in the East. Imagine facing Kovy in the second round dressed in a Devil or Sabre sweater. That is a chilling thought.
we're not gonna allow someone like Downie to go after him.
by Sct112 on Jan 25, 2010 10:15 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly, and that may be enough of a reason for GMGM to nab him. I’m sure he’s taking note on who’s whispering in Waddell’s ear.
by Mobsky on Jan 25, 2010 10:17 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Kovalchuk would suffocate in NJ.
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 10:21 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And not just because of the air quality.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:24 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think that that was true with their earlier teams but I think he would be just fine on the current incarnation. They aren’t only a trap team these days. They have skill guys that would allow Kovy excel. Would he be better on other teams, sure. But really, him on a Devil/Sabre PP would make them lethal.
That said, I don’t want GMGM to sell the farm to keep Kovy from going to one of those teams.
we're not gonna allow someone like Downie to go after him.
by Sct112 on Jan 25, 2010 10:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
. But really, him on a
Devil/SabreANYONE’S PP OMG would make them lethal.
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 10:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed. I’m not sure why we’d a) break the bank to get a LW, b) send a few picks/players (Fehr + ?) to a division rival, and c) be unable to sign him to a long-term contract when we need help on defense. Granted, Kovalchuk is a beast, but scoring is not our problem. I’d much rather have a Neidermayer, Phaneuf, Hamhuis or Jovanovski, all who – IMO – would be more useful in addressing our defensive weaknesses and could be had much cheaper than Kovalchuk.
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by topshelf_22304 on Jan 25, 2010 12:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I got love for anyone who can permanently relegate Erskine and Sloan to press-box status AND provide an upgrade over our #4 d-man, ShaMo. Not sure Staios would qualify, but if he did I’d happily take him.
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by topshelf_22304 on Jan 25, 2010 1:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not buying Staios.
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Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
by Whiter Mage on Jan 25, 2010 4:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I like Staios. Good upgrade over Shamo and knocks down the ice time to a more reasonable level for the lower pairing guys. I think he’s a good and realistic pick up for the Caps at the deadline.
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by Killer_Carlson on Jan 25, 2010 6:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m selling. Terrible Corsi, even relative to the rest of the team, terrible GA/GF ES ratio, low goalie SV% when he’s on the ice. His K is 2.7 and he’s signed through next year at age 36.
If we’re going for an EDM D-man, I’d much rather have Smid. I don’t think he’s available, though.
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by Knee high to a duck on Jan 25, 2010 7:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He was a part of the package for Heatley, I believe.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 7:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, really? Color me intrigued.
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by Knee high to a duck on Jan 25, 2010 8:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Why so many? Are you going to sew them into a tapestry?
I used to work in a fire hydrant factory. You couldn't park anywhere near the place.
by zephyr on Jan 25, 2010 12:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well I was going to hand them out to my friends, but if you don’t want one, that’s cool.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 12:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
::sniff sniff:: we’re FRIENDS?
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by zephyr on Jan 25, 2010 12:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No, I can’t trust goalies.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 12:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You’re sending mixed signals here.
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by zephyr on Jan 25, 2010 12:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Just kidding, buddy.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 12:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Kozlov was another guy that did that at all times.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:06 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Green does it, too.
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
Notice how when the Caps have a shootout, it is the healthy type.
by RedBirdie on Jan 25, 2010 10:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
#needsmoreBradleymouthguard
Game-Over Green? Canada-Over Carlson!
by Scott in Shaw on Jan 25, 2010 11:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I miss AO storming down the wing wagging his tongue, hungry for a goal. I guess he figured he’d bite it off one day if he got blind sided.
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by zephyr on Jan 25, 2010 12:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The Coyotes players at least got one win in DC
http://www.nbcwashington.com/blogs/niteside/Face-Off-At-Flip-Cup-82565542.html
I’m assuming these G’town student were not from DC, more likely Cleveland…how do you lose in flip cup to Phoenix players?
"It was one of those things where everyone in the building was suddenly excited again," Cerrato said. "And all the women in the building were the most excited. They couldn't believe we were getting the guy from "Dancing With the Stars."
by KevinE on Jan 25, 2010 10:18 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
hah, pretty awesome story though.
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 Jan 25, 2010 12:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ovechwin, please tell me you saw what the Sabres ran into at their hotel.
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by boutros23 on Jan 25, 2010 10:19 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Was that the same Furry Convention Primetime Sam Roberts was supposed to attend?
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 10:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
How did I become the go to person on furries? That’s amazing though.
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
by Ovechwin on Jan 25, 2010 10:24 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Pretty hilarious reputation you’re earning.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:25 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not even the one with furry in my username!
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
by Ovechwin on Jan 25, 2010 10:26 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I suppose your sig could have something to do with the rep.
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 10:30 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Are you implying Sidney Crosby likes to dress up in fur-suits?
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by Ovechwin on Jan 25, 2010 10:32 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ooooh, don’t tell PETA.
"I'm gettin' heartburn. Tony, do something terrible."
by Steck It Out on Jan 25, 2010 10:32 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m implying nothing that can’t be inferred :-).
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 10:37 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Your bark is probably worse than your bite.
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by Ovechwin on Jan 25, 2010 10:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Are you implying that I’m a furry?
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 10:41 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You’re not denying it.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:41 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I am not now, nor will I ever be, someone who definitively answers a question without vagueness, maybe.
/GMGM’d
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 10:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Possibly.
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by Ovechwin on Jan 25, 2010 10:45 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I see we understand each other. Now excuse me while I go nurse an inner body injury with some Tylenol(?).
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 10:50 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Are you minute to minute? Hour to hour?
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by Ovechwin on Jan 25, 2010 10:50 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
As of right now, I expect to start working again in a few minutes, but we’ll see what they say.
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 10:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, Chesnokov quotes you as being out “5 hours”
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by Ovechwin on Jan 25, 2010 10:55 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Bruce told me he has “ouchies.” When asked about boo-boos, Boudreau declined comment.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
An interview with me says that I expect to be back at work shortly. Another source quoted me at 1-3 days.
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 25, 2010 11:00 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s a trap! Ovechwin is trying to get you to come out of the closet!
"My left hand has pretty much turned into a claw anyway."
by UnleashFurry on Jan 25, 2010 9:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Get back in the closet!
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by Ovechwin on Jan 25, 2010 10:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Someone called?
"My left hand has pretty much turned into a claw anyway."
by UnleashFurry on Jan 25, 2010 9:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry, just remembered discussing the CSI episode not too long ago. Now this shows up.
I have a C on my heart.
by boutros23 on Jan 25, 2010 10:27 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s kinda funny above all.
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by Ovechwin on Jan 25, 2010 10:30 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Why do I feel like I was the one that brought up the CSI episode with the furries? lol
by terpgrrl on Jan 25, 2010 1:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
D’oh, my bad.
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by boutros23 on Jan 25, 2010 1:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly, but I get stuck with the rep.
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by Ovechwin on Jan 25, 2010 1:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry! There must be something about you…people associate you with the crazy.
by terpgrrl on Jan 25, 2010 1:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s kids these days, they’re all crazy.
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by Ovechwin on Jan 25, 2010 1:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
people associate you with the crazy
Must be getting her confused with beta?
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 1:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That’s pretty hard to do.
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by Ovechwin on Jan 25, 2010 1:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah…Beta is just crazy in person! haha love ya beta!
by terpgrrl on Jan 25, 2010 1:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Most definitely!
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by Ovechwin on Jan 25, 2010 1:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
HAHA omg I’m so glad I manned up and trudged through the comments on the clips for once. Jeez I’m really not that crazy, guys! Just sometimes I say things I think are going to have laughs ensue after I’ve had a few…
by beta on Jan 25, 2010 7:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Just kidding, it’s all in fun.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Gotta give Ryan Miller credit, he’s doing a REALLY good job of not looking completely creeped out in that picture.
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
Notice how when the Caps have a shootout, it is the healthy type.
by RedBirdie on Jan 25, 2010 10:28 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He’s just getting psychologically prepped for the Winter Games in a few weeks ;)
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by Rather Bengt on Jan 25, 2010 10:29 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He’s so into it.
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by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:31 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I read further into the post. That Duck furry is wearing Drew Miller’s jersey! EEEEEEEEEEK!
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
Notice how when the Caps have a shootout, it is the healthy type.
by RedBirdie on Jan 25, 2010 10:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That made my morning!
A man gotta have a code
by CP2Devil on Jan 25, 2010 10:40 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Doh! Not sure what happened. Replied to wrong thread.
A man gotta have a code
by CP2Devil on Jan 25, 2010 10:40 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
awwwwwww, and here I thought my comment about Ryan Miller not looking creeped out while being hugged by two furries in hockey jerseys was the highlight of your Monday morning!
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
Notice how when the Caps have a shootout, it is the healthy type.
by RedBirdie on Jan 25, 2010 10:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Imagine the DNA he probably picked up just by stopping for that photo.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:46 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ewwwwwwwwwww.
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
by Ovechwin on Jan 25, 2010 10:47 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry to burst your bubble.
A man gotta have a code
by CP2Devil on Jan 25, 2010 10:48 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m going to go cry int he corner now. And pout about how everyone here is so mean to me.
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
Notice how when the Caps have a shootout, it is the healthy type.
by RedBirdie on Jan 25, 2010 10:50 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
CONSPIRACY!
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
by Ovechwin on Jan 25, 2010 10:51 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, I engaged is a plot to deprive her of recognition she justly deserved. It wouldn’t have been possible though, without the help of Gary Bettman & Dick Ebersol.
A man gotta have a code
by CP2Devil on Jan 25, 2010 10:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Gary Bettman hates me.
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
by RedBirdie on Jan 25, 2010 10:55 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You should be proud.
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
by Ovechwin on Jan 25, 2010 10:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I join a long list of people Gary Bettman hates. It’s kinda like Nixon’s enemies list.
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
by RedBirdie on Jan 25, 2010 10:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
.
Jane Fonda, Daniel Schorr, Jack Anderson… Hey, this is Richard Nixon’s enemies list! You just crossed out his name and put yours!
Here…here….gimme that….Bar-ney….Gum-bel….
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
Deals exclusively in punnery and poop jokes.
by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 11:00 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
See, I told you there was proof!
/Capsnut’d
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2010 10:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Gary Bettman hates everyone…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Jan 25, 2010 1:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hands Birdie a Bubble Point to cheer her up
For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.
by Rather Bengt on Jan 25, 2010 10:51 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
yay, Bubbles!!!!!!!!!!!
With icing? pretty please?
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
by RedBirdie on Jan 25, 2010 10:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
…well you did say please…..so OK
For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.
by Rather Bengt on Jan 25, 2010 10:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
According to the Post, it’s the 50th anniversary of Bubble Wrap. Wrapped in Bubbles….
I have a C on my heart.
by boutros23 on Jan 25, 2010 10:59 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
add that to the visual of Tomas Holmstrom wanting to enjoy some cake (with icing!) this morning……It’s a good morning! Besides, you know, Gary Bettman hating on me. Haterz gonna hate.
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
by RedBirdie on Jan 25, 2010 11:00 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Indeed it is…read that this morning
For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.
by Rather Bengt on Jan 25, 2010 11:00 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Lambert clearly gives GMDW too much credit when looking at the HFB trade proposal.
Now drink with me deeply of the bourbon, scotch, and rye until such time as we are fighting drunk.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 25, 2010 7:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Randy Hahn rules...
Watch him make fun of Rick Jeanneret!
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
Deals exclusively in punnery and poop jokes.
by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 10:33 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
That’s the greatest thing I’ve seen so far today.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The best part is how warbly his voice gets. That’s clearly the best warble i’ve ever heard.
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
Deals exclusively in punnery and poop jokes.
by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 10:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Let’s all email him and request Chuck Kaiten next.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Here’s Randy Hahn doing Sir Mix A Lot
It might feel good...It might sound a li'l somethin', but damn the game if it don't mean nothin'
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
Deals exclusively in punnery and poop jokes.
by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2010 10:42 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Also great. If he hadn’t been in the terribly NHL2k9 commercials that ran every 10 seconds last year, he’d be among my favorites by now.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:47 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
*terrible LOL I HAVEN’T HAD MY COFFEE YET TODAY.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
by jordanDC on Jan 25, 2010 10:50 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
CONSPIRACY!
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
by Ovechwin on Jan 25, 2010 10:51 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh man, I absolutely hate that commercial (both the NHL2k9 one with Randy Hahn and the commercial with that douche whining about not having his coffee yet).
Of all our iniquities ignorance may be the worst
by Killer_Carlson on Jan 25, 2010 7:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That commercial literally made me stop drinking coffee. I’m not exaggerating. It was THE reason I stopped.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Jan 25, 2010 7:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I saw that when it happened, gold!
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
by Ovechwin on Jan 25, 2010 10:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sometimes, I think of a day when Miller will make the best save ever and that when Rick calls it, he’ll say Miller so loud and proud that his head will explode.
"I'm gettin' heartburn. Tony, do something terrible."
by Steck It Out on Jan 25, 2010 10:39 AM EST up reply actions