Sunday Caps Clips: A Romp and a Rumble
by EmilyB on Oct 10, 2010 9:07 AM EDT
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PrintYour savory Sunday brunch links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night's win from us, Vogs, NHL.com (Masisak), Tarik El-Bashir (blog, blog, gamer, photos), Caps365 video (highlights, players, Boudreau), CSN Washington (O'Halloran), McNally, Peerless, Frankovic, OWO (blog, pics) RMNB, 106.7 The Fan (recap and audio), Rock the Red, SB Nation DC, TBD.com, Hoffman, Puckhead's Thoughts, CapsNewsNetwork, Caps Snaps (pics and pics), and clydeorama (pics).
- Yippee! The Caps can haz fighting! [Puck Daddy, D.C. Sports Bog, Capitals Kremlin, Alan May]
- The Caps can haz goaltending also. [WaPo (Tracee Hamilton)]
- New ceiling treatments for the Verizon Center. [Caps Outsider]
- New window treatments too. [Ibid]
- Plus a nifty new intro video... [WashCaps.com]
- ...and the Kings of Leonsis were all over this way back in August. [KoL]
- The new-look Hershey Bears kicked off their season against the Baby Waddlebirds last night. [Hershey Bears Blog]
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Green’s hair during that fight makes me think, “I Ran. So Far Away.”
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by J.P. on Oct 10, 2010 9:21 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
We should have received an extra set of wings for the number of fights. But that’s just me thinking.
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by Backeez Got Back on Oct 10, 2010 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Unfortunately, results for the Bears against the baby Flightless Fowl were not so wonderful but at least they got the Bettman point.
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Kyle M. from RMNB tweeted last night that Holtby punched a guy last night during their game. I’d imagine he would have been ready to go during that last period if he was playing at Verizon.
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I can’t wait to see Holtby play in the NHL. Thaat wouldn’t be a good indicator for the other young guys up here, but it’d be cool.
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I thought the first 1:05 or so was pretty good. But the “we are a hockey town” thing…ugh.
by red army line on Oct 10, 2010 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yea I agree. I was stoked for the intro video…what a let down.
You know you’re not yet a hockey town if you have to tell people you’re a hockey town.
"Do you see my fist? It was fists like these that built quaint Canadian cities out of the harsh Canadian wilderness, etc. etc."
Not in Seattle anymore.
by SeattleCapsFan on Oct 10, 2010 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
We were a little late getting to Verizon, so I missed the opening, but watched it online. I suspect it will grow on me after a few viewings – it wasn’t horrible, but it seemed to lack both the fun of two years ago and the intensity of last year. It proabably will help seeing it with crowd noise as support.
"It's always good to have vikings."
I think the start with Run This Town could have been awesome…after the initial build up get super intense with some highlights and something referring to last year’s regular season success and this year’s “Stay Angry” focus on the Cup. This video just seemed like an ad, not an intro video.
Way lame, if you ask me.
"Do you see my fist? It was fists like these that built quaint Canadian cities out of the harsh Canadian wilderness, etc. etc."
Not in Seattle anymore.
by SeattleCapsFan on Oct 10, 2010 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions
This thing seems interested on building lifelong hockey fans among the kids, something that is actually credible. You’ve got a generation of kids right now who don’t connect to the Nats, watch the Redskins perpetually FAIL, and see the Caps as potentially the defining town of their childhood. “Building America’s Hockey Capital” seems determined to get that “generation effect”. I like the kids stuff and I like the District stuff with Fort Dupont and putting some of the kids in there.
That said, the slogan to me seems devoid of motivational power for the players and the rabid fans and falls short.
C+/B- for me.
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by souldrummer on Oct 10, 2010 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Well exactly. Have a campaign to build a generation of hockey fans. Don’t make it the focus of your intro video.
If anything, I fell like 8 year old boys would respond more to a pump up highlights video than what they came up with instead.
"Do you see my fist? It was fists like these that built quaint Canadian cities out of the harsh Canadian wilderness, etc. etc."
Not in Seattle anymore.
by SeattleCapsFan on Oct 10, 2010 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
There’s a way of getting that message across to the kids with the images while keeping the rabid fan focus there. It’s kind of tricky mix for them if they want to mix “family friendly” with passionate make life hell for Flyers and Penguins fans.
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by souldrummer on Oct 10, 2010 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions
I didn’t like last year’s at all.
The music in this one is great and I liked the kids in it as part of the building a hockey town theme. It was perhaps overdone with the guys saying it but at the game last night we did find it rousing. It could be interpreted as defensive but it didn’t come across that way to me last night. It was more of how far we’ve come as a team and as a franchise.
Alright, confess-how many goals are you going to make this year?
"I'm not going to tell!"
Well can you at least guarantee fifty?
"No way. I have a different objective. To win."
by capsyoungguns on Oct 10, 2010 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess I give the Caps some credit for including the kids, which is a creative move that I haven’t seen before but. . .
The music is lame and cliched, even by arena standards. AC/DC might be horrendously overused, but that’s because they don’t suck. I always thought that Nu-Metal died back in the early 2000s, but then I hear crap like that. . . I guess the WWE needs entry songs, so there’s always a demand. There are so many good punk/hard rock/metal bands out there that don’t suck and would be much better. There are several songs from the Sword’s new album that would have been great; it’s a shame that they let the mullet-crew pick this one.
The whole “we are a hockeytown” thing is lame in extremis. It speaks to the general lack of self-confidence that permeates the entire organization. I don’t mind the “building America’s hockey capital” thing because it’s honest – this is a work in progress.
I suppose it’s somewhat better than last year’s video, with the weird workout theme, but that’s not saying much.
'Cause the end of what it was is what it is right now...
Man, you are so negative.
/I agree with you though. :)
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by zephyr on Oct 10, 2010 2:52 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
And the season highlight video from last year should have had one song and one song only as the theme:
“How Near, How Far” by Trail of Dead
'Cause the end of what it was is what it is right now...
Or for Brooksie:
“It Only Hurts When I Breathe” by Cop Shoot Cop
'Cause the end of what it was is what it is right now...
They can’t possibly please everyone.
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I’m not a fan of the video this year. Then again, I didn’t really like the last one either.
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I like having a song versus just the instrumental of last year. It’s more exciting.
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Between this video, last year’s, and the ‘08-’09 one, the ‘08-’09 would be my favorite. Cheesy, but it got me more pumped than the other 2 have.
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I want the return of the pretender! That was my favorite.
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It’s not like they’re making the movie version of the Watchmen though. :)
'Cause the end of what it was is what it is right now...
But it’s just a pregame video, so who really cares? It’s not going to win or lose us games.
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Don’t care all that much, but there was a thread discussing it.
It’d be nice if the intro song got me (more) enthused before games, but it’s not completely necessary. However, after 30+ times watching it per season . . .
'Cause the end of what it was is what it is right now...
I just feel like this is another one of those non-issues that the negative Nancies won’t let go and will just love to complain about.
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This is very likely the first and last time you’ll hear me discuss it.
'Cause the end of what it was is what it is right now...
We agree on that count!
Hopefully people listen to DJ King this season!
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No, They used “Nothing Else Matters” by Metallica.
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I agree, almost makes the video seem too “defensive”…? (Is that the word I’m looking for?).
Would have been better if they just said, “We are…the hockey capital” (so something to that effect) rather than try to convince us that DC is a “hockey town”. Just my 2¢.
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by PaintDrinkingPete on Oct 10, 2010 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions
It is defensive. The part where Knuble, Green, Ovie etc. go “we are a hockey town. No really, we are! We have fans and everything!” is a little much. We know we’re a hockey town, we don’t need the reassurance.
Also, no kids in intro videos please.
I thought the kids were kinda cute. Then again, I love Mites on Ice.
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Too bad they are wearing Bruins colors.
"Because the game is not just about fighting no more. " D.J. King
First, the kids are from Fort Dupont (that’s their colors) and there’s a message in that. It would not be quite the same message if the kids were from, say, Ashburn. Don’t think they didn’t choose it purposefully.
Second, there may be disagreement on where/when to use kids, but as a parent of 3 youth hockey players I think there’s never been enough to tie youth hockey to the Caps to help grow the sport in general around here. I’ve always heard Dallas has done a great job of this. It’s getting better, though.
Third, maybe they’re just trying something different, trying to reach a different demographic. I think they already have those who simply like somethng to get their own adrenaline pumping. Granted, the only people who are going to see it are those at the game, but if such a video gets a few kid to say, “I want to play hockey, too, like that kid,” then it’s a good thing. It’s one reason I like the Mites on Ice (one of ours did it; he was the only who started as a Mite).
Indeed, those are the Fort Dupont colors. I loved the fact that the video made the point that getting local kids into hockey as players will make them lifelong fans of hockey. Add in the Mites getting into Caps colors reinforces that point. You build through the youth. (I too am a parent of a youth hockey player—he lives and breathes hockey).
Alright, confess-how many goals are you going to make this year?
"I'm not going to tell!"
Well can you at least guarantee fifty?
"No way. I have a different objective. To win."
by capsyoungguns on Oct 10, 2010 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ve always wanted to have a Caps intro done with the first and last parts of ‘Guerilla Radio" by Rage Against the Machine. Super-high energy, great bass notes and it’s easy to clap or stomp to. Or Beautiful People by Marilyn Manson (although either may have been done before, I don’t remember the videos before the last couple of years, aside from Pretender).
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by Knee high to a duck on Oct 10, 2010 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions
I believe many moons ago Beautiful People was their entrance music but not necessarily the song on the intro video.
Wasn’t even that long ago… Used to be the song they’d skate out onto ice to (maybe still will be?), but yeah, wasn’t a part of the intro video.
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by PaintDrinkingPete on Oct 10, 2010 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Another idea: Slam by Pendulum, which has one of the great music videos ever.
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by Knee high to a duck on Oct 10, 2010 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions
50,000 unstoppable watts by Clutch …. perfect song except for the ham radio and liquor line …
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by TheFuryUnleashed on Oct 10, 2010 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions
Props to KOL for calling the Entrance Music back in August. Don’t know how I missed that posting, but the tempo and lyrics are PERFECT for Caps Hockey!
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Yeah. I like the song—perfect for the Caps. And I missed the HOL posting too.
Alright, confess-how many goals are you going to make this year?
"I'm not going to tell!"
Well can you at least guarantee fifty?
"No way. I have a different objective. To win."
by capsyoungguns on Oct 10, 2010 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Being mostly out of touch with today’s hit music, I appreciate being given the source. Great music.
"It's always good to have vikings."
It seems that we possess a minority opinion in this regard. As a lifelong possessor of minority opinions I can live with it.
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I never have run with the popular crowd.
Alright, confess-how many goals are you going to make this year?
"I'm not going to tell!"
Well can you at least guarantee fifty?
"No way. I have a different objective. To win."
by capsyoungguns on Oct 11, 2010 8:11 AM EDT up reply actions
Thanks
Thank you for your kind words. I had no idea that this would catch on two months ago. It was definitely a treat to hear it and I personally haven’t felt more pumped for a Caps game in so long.
Adam
-KOL
I’m sorry to have missed your blog when originally posted. It was great watching the three earlier intros and then the whole song. Very prescient of you. The change is fascinating—the first two are on the Caps as individuals and with an emphasis on youth. The last two are far more team oriented and aim for more maturity. Fascinating to watch them sequentially.
Alright, confess-how many goals are you going to make this year?
"I'm not going to tell!"
Well can you at least guarantee fifty?
"No way. I have a different objective. To win."
by capsyoungguns on Oct 10, 2010 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Don’t be sorry. It definitely is interesting to watch each video in order. I like how much emphasis you put on the message of the songs, because I didn’t realize that initially, haha. “We Are One” just spoke volumes to me. I think I may have listened to it about 10 times/day before I wrote that article. I am glad you like the song and I hope it catches on.
So Tarik wrote the gamer? Or did the Post credit the wrong author?
"Just the fact that I knew something was bad, I knew it was probably broken, I knew I'd have to miss some time--that makes me upset more than anything."
I beleive he did. He tweeted from the game last night. I’m guessing Katie had the night off.
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by Carl Putnam on Oct 10, 2010 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions
I noticed that too. Katie hasn’t tweeted anything since Pavelec w recovered consciousness at the hospital. And her last WaPo article was the Gamer in Atlanta. I assume she had plans over the weekend. Damn personal lives of beat reporters messing w/ my hockey. I’ll sue! facetious
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Oh my bad. Don’t have a twitter account.
"Just the fact that I knew something was bad, I knew it was probably broken, I knew I'd have to miss some time--that makes me upset more than anything."
by QuintinLainged on Oct 10, 2010 10:02 AM EDT reply actions
Dig the handle by the way. Where is your namesake anyways?
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by souldrummer on Oct 10, 2010 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Last thing I heard he was trying out with some team in Saskatoon?: http://www.thestarphoenix.com/sports/Funk+comes+running+back+Saskatoon/3588954/story.html
Talk about a downer for him after last year.
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by QuintinLainged on Oct 10, 2010 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions
You’re certainly more up-to-date on the Laing news than I. Agree that it’s a downer.
And then Helmer couldn’t see to get a job either.
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Helmer not coming back is a shame. I now really wish I had bought a Helmer tshirt last time I was at Giant center.
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by QuintinLainged on Oct 10, 2010 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions
God that fight was bad. So very, very bad.
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Next time Mike Green fights the sound system needs to go country. Bet the locker room got a real hoot out of that one.
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by souldrummer on Oct 10, 2010 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions
There were so many fights last night that more discriminators besides “that” are needed in the description.
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Aside from the obvious discerning eye, how about “the one in the pic in today’s Clips”?
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by Bald Pollack on Oct 10, 2010 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions
..
Green and Kovalchuk square off…
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by ThePeerless on Oct 10, 2010 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions 8 recs
funny, I thought it looked like figure skating, too.
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There’s a photoshop of Kovalchuk/Green waiting to happen.
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by souldrummer on Oct 10, 2010 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions
I like Stein’s description of it: “I think jazz hands were involved”
"Do you see my fist? It was fists like these that built quaint Canadian cities out of the harsh Canadian wilderness, etc. etc."
Not in Seattle anymore.
by SeattleCapsFan on Oct 10, 2010 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Green looks like he’s ready for something resembling a real fight, but is at the same time very confused by Kovalchuk’s use of jazz hands.
The guy is Peter Schumpmaker. Lord knows what a schump is, but you can bet your bippy his ancestors made them. What he's doing is far worse than crafting fine schumps.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Oct 10, 2010 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’m with you. That was an embarrassment.
The best part of the final 6 minutes was Boudreau turning to face the Devils bench, spreading his hands incredulously and yelling, “what the f*$k are you doing?!” at Maclean.
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
From the WaPo article...
“They had 11 rookies on their opening night roster, including Neuvirth.”
That’s not right is it? Should be just Alzner, Carlson, Johansson, and Neuvirth right?
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Alzner I don’t think is considered a rookie anymore. Probably should read 11 homegrown 1st rounders (I think 12 1st rounders overall).
by red army line on Oct 10, 2010 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions
I thought she might have been looking for 11 of their own 1st rounders instead of rookies. Thought I was crazy (or still hungover) for a minute there.
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by iwearstripes on Oct 10, 2010 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I noticed that too in Tracee’s article – I believe 11 is the number of no. 1 picks on the roster, which doesn’t fit at all with the point she was making (especially w/ regards to Neuvirth who was a 2nd rounder). Just sloppy.
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Terrifying. So glad he seems to be stable. That was the scariest moment I’ve seen watching hockey since Proger collapsed after taking a slap shot to the heart way back when.
What’s scary too is that he doesn’t seem to remember the first two minutes or so of the game.
Alright, confess-how many goals are you going to make this year?
"I'm not going to tell!"
Well can you at least guarantee fifty?
"No way. I have a different objective. To win."
by capsyoungguns on Oct 10, 2010 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Alright, confess-how many goals are you going to make this year?
"I'm not going to tell!"
Well can you at least guarantee fifty?
"No way. I have a different objective. To win."
by capsyoungguns on Oct 10, 2010 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions
more worrisome is the fact that he was paralyzed temporarily.
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Possibly a seizure. He was in a crouch, straightened, threw his arms out and fell backwards. Forgetting the time immediately before isn’t unusual.
It did look like he signaled to the bench right before he went out. I’ve seen guys pass out before in sporting contests, but not like that, when in the game but totally away from the play. When it happened I was fearing the worst, big time.
Yeah the way he went down was terrifying. I was thinking stroke or heart attack. Not that a seizure is much better, but hopefully something not as serious as the aforementioned two.
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When he went down and wasn’t moving anything, not even his hands, I feared that he was paralyzed. Years ago, a BU hockey player had gone down (due to a check by the opposing player) in their season opener and he ended up paralyzed. Except, in the case of Pavelec, there was nobody on either team around.
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Most entertaining fan ever.
Guy on the Metro who was saying:
1) the Caps should lobby Congress to raise the salary cap only for them because D.C. is a Federal district so we can do whatever we want. We need not abide by the rules.
2) He said we should have petitioned the IRS to force the Penguins into bankruptcy.
3) The Caps should have sued the NHL in Federal court over Ovi’s suspension last season.
1/3 of the metro car was eavesdropping on this guy’s conversation. He was kind of hilarious. The guy loved buzzwords. I’m actually still amused.
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was he also holding a Styrofoam cup and asking for change?
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 Oct 10, 2010 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Nope. He actually spoke passable legalese. I’m guessing he just started as a paralegal.
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by iwearstripes on Oct 10, 2010 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions
I suspect he will have a nice future chasing ambulances…
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Oct 10, 2010 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions
You know you’re reading an “elitist” blog when the Caps Clips include “Ibid” as a reference. Nice.
"Do you see my fist? It was fists like these that built quaint Canadian cities out of the harsh Canadian wilderness, etc. etc."
Not in Seattle anymore.
by SeattleCapsFan on Oct 10, 2010 10:30 AM EDT reply actions
although what the captain who chased that whale has to do with hockey escapes me
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by ThePeerless on Oct 10, 2010 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Question for someone who was more sober than I was last night:
What did Carlson get a misconduct for?
Because now I can justify browsing and commenting during the work day with the argument that I am promoting my business.
Flagrant heroing
Actually, I suspect it was this rule being applied…
46.16 (Third Man In) — A game misconduct penalty, at the discretion of the Referee, shall be imposed on any player who is the first to intervene (third man in) in an altercation already in progress except when a match penalty is being imposed in the original altercation. This penalty is in addition to any other penalties incurred in the same incident. This rule also applies to subsequent players who elect to intervene in the same or other altercations during the same stoppage of play. Generally, this rule is applied when a fight occurs (emphasis added).
Carlson wasn’t being whistled for fighting (he went off for roughing), nor was Johansson, but he was the “third man in” in this instance.
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by ThePeerless on Oct 10, 2010 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
If a goal, an assist, and a fight is a “Gordie Howe Hat Trick,” is a goal, an assist, and a misconduct a “John Carlson Hat Trick?”
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by ThePeerless on Oct 10, 2010 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Only if he gets known for this type of thing.
The guy is Peter Schumpmaker. Lord knows what a schump is, but you can bet your bippy his ancestors made them. What he's doing is far worse than crafting fine schumps.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Oct 10, 2010 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Given that not even Gordie Howe had many Gordie Howe Hat Tricks (two in his career), it doesn’t have to happen often to become known.
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by ThePeerless on Oct 10, 2010 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions
While he didn’t get many GHH of his own (one, I think), he was known for the rough side of the game, as well as a decent scoring ability. Carlson wouldn’t necessarily have to get all three in the same game often to be known for it, but he would have to do each often enough for them to be known as a big part of his game.
The guy is Peter Schumpmaker. Lord knows what a schump is, but you can bet your bippy his ancestors made them. What he's doing is far worse than crafting fine schumps.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Oct 10, 2010 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Hilariously, this is the same rule that they put on the jumbotron just before one of the intermissions. They also managed to get it wrong on the jumbotron, calling it a “10 minute game misconduct” which doesn’t exist.
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by iwearstripes on Oct 10, 2010 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions
although for purposes of recording penalty minutes, Carlson was docked 10 minutes. He is fourth in the league in PIMs at the moment…
…thug
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by ThePeerless on Oct 10, 2010 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions
RAH!!!
"Do you see my fist? It was fists like these that built quaint Canadian cities out of the harsh Canadian wilderness, etc. etc."
Not in Seattle anymore.
by SeattleCapsFan on Oct 10, 2010 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions
The first time I read your comment, I pronounced it differently than you intended.
I hope.
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by iwearstripes on Oct 10, 2010 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Okay, Lindsay, are you forgetting that I was a professional twice over – an analyst and a therapist. The world’s first analrapist.
'Cause the end of what it was is what it is right now...
by D'ohboy on Oct 10, 2010 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions 7 recs
Masisak:
After a third period that saw five fights, the third guy who could be missing is Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond. He jumped Washington rookie Marcus Johansson and earned an instigator and game misconduct penalties, as well as a fighting major.
If Leblond did get the game misconduct, that third man in ought to be rescinded, right?
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by Knee high to a duck on Oct 10, 2010 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions
A misconduct in that situation would be rescinded if Leblond had been called for a match penalty (intent to injure), which he was not (he could have been called for such a penalty had Johansson been injured, under Rule 46.15). I don’t believe the situation as it unfolded requires the misconduct to Carlson be rescinded, but I believe it could be (the penalty is entirely at the discretion of the referee).
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by ThePeerless on Oct 10, 2010 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Ah. Didn’t parse the difference between Game Misconduct and Match Penalty. Thanks.
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by Knee high to a duck on Oct 10, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
so, unless the blindsided player is injured, there’s no ‘intent to injure’? What a bunch of Bettman.
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by redlineblue on Oct 10, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Is there any point to rescinding the misconduct after the game is over? Aside from the fact that JC now has a shitton of PIMs, are there any other ramifications?
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by SeattleCapsFan on Oct 10, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
It matters. Three misconducts, and you sit a game, and each subsequent misconduct carries an increase of a game suspension.
The club may appeal to have the penalty rescinded up to 48 hours after the conclusion of the game.
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by ThePeerless on Oct 10, 2010 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Thanks.
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by SeattleCapsFan on Oct 10, 2010 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Im sure GMGM was up into the wee hours putting the captions on the video argument that RAHJC should not have been given a misconduct due to the non-participation of MJ90 and failure of referee to intervene quickly.
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The Caps have gotten misconducts rescinded before, so I wouldn’t be surprised if RAHJC’s went away.
Although he was yappign at the ref as he was being escorted to the penalty box. So maybe the misconduct was for calling the ref a cocksucker.
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by RedBirdie on Oct 10, 2010 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Heh. I like that—the notion of calling the ref a cocksucker. He was yappin’ alright.
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by capsyoungguns on Oct 10, 2010 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Rec’d for the Bull Durham reference.
by BradleyFightingVehicle on Oct 10, 2010 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m betting it was for being the first guy in to rescue MaJo
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by can't skate on Oct 10, 2010 10:51 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
He looks possessed.
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by SeattleCapsFan on Oct 10, 2010 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions
beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee the puck
beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee the puck
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by ThePeerless on Oct 10, 2010 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
and at the other end of the intesity spectrum
wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
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by ThePeerless on Oct 10, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hey, just becaise that move didnt work in the SO last year doesnt mean it cant be perfekted in game conditions. Hater.
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by redlineblue on Oct 10, 2010 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions
zzzzzz
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by bigeugene on Oct 10, 2010 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions 13 recs
Brian Gionta?! I thought you left the Devils?
by red army line on Oct 10, 2010 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Oct 10, 2010 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions
D’oh. Should have read the comments before saying that. Oh well.
by Martyvburen on Oct 10, 2010 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions
A beautiful practice facility, which will be traded to the Kings… ;-)
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Oct 10, 2010 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
So what a weekend to be down in Leesburg for a wedding. Missed both of the games, although was reading updates on here and through my brother’s texts. Had radio feed through my phone at least but couldn’t find anywhere it could stream video well. Sounded like an awesome game last night, Carlson continuing to show why we all know he’s going to be a damn fine D man and possible Calder candidate this year. Green fighting? Epic and sad I missed it. I like the fact Johansson won 7 of his 11 draws. He’s in the perfect place playing with the perfect 2 linemates right now. For us to be able to nitpick errors that are so easily fixable both with practice and just more game experience is a wonderful thing right now. A lot of this season’s importance to a playoff run may be his development and him getting the on the job training he will playing those 3rd line pivot minutes.
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by Davethecapsfan on Oct 10, 2010 12:20 PM EDT reply actions
The Green fight was pretty pathetic. A bunch of missed punches and then he spun in circles with Kovy until they fell. You can find a video of it on RMNB though. It’s good for a laugh.
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I’m sure he felt like he needed to “get one” under his belt to be more legit haha.
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by Davethecapsfan on Oct 10, 2010 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I was at the game, so I haven’t seen Bruce climb up on the bench to give McLean a piece of his mind. Is there video of this online?
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I’m really disappointed that Comcast isn’t going to be re-broadcasting this game. Damn Redskins!
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when do the "skins play? That’s when I do my grocery shopping.
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I think it’s an early game based on the pre- and post-game shows. But they could run the re-play where they have the VA Tech re-play.
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Skins play at 1, at home against Green Bay
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by Davethecapsfan on Oct 10, 2010 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions
speaking of, I saw Wisconsinites in their native dress at the Caps game last night.
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If no one posts a link to already-available footage, I can capture it from DVR and YouTube it later on this evening.
This is the only link I can find to the fracas. Not sure if BB jumping up is in there, but the reaction shot of the bench was pretty priceless. Sasha either wanted to fight or was screaming “oh, the humanity” in Russian. If King had dressed I wouldn’t have been shocked if he came off the bench there.
thank you! Sasha screaming is great. And you can see Bruce pacing on the bench int he background, shouting and arm-waving. I’m pretty sure McLean is seen shouting “F@&^ YOU!” as well
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Thanks for the link. Good to see how it all developed. Last night we couldn’t really see from our seats how it began, just how it ended. We looked at each other and said WTF. Such a strange way to end the game.
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by capsyoungguns on Oct 10, 2010 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Watch the last 2 seconds of the video, Chimmer is yellin, Sasha is yelling, it’s nuts.
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And flash is just lookin kinda helplessly on.
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Nicky looked like a very concerned papa.
That fall could have had horrid results for MarJo. I’m glad he’s ok.
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Watching his knee twist as he fell I worried too.
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by capsyoungguns on Oct 11, 2010 8:13 AM EDT up reply actions
Chimera looked like he was about to come onto the ice there.
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Love how fast Carlson got in there, and even if he wasn’t, Fehr and Gordon weren’t far behind. Hopefully DJ gets a chance to show PL3 some manners. If PL3 even thinks about turning down that fight he should be laughed out of the league.
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I really want to see that guy get his face rearranged. What he did was terrible.
I have to imagine even his own teammates won’t talk to him after that. If you’re Parise or Zubie, imagine what you’re thinking will happen next….
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Parise is so classy I’m sure he’s embarrassed.
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Classy, and also aware that the Caps have guys that are both fast enough to catch him and big enough to do some damage when they do…if the Devils are interested in roughing up star players, that is.
Which is why I imagine that PL3 won’t dodge King when they meet in November.
Side note: how the hell do the Devils think they can compete when they have 11 forwards, and one of them plays 3 minutes a night? Who couldn’t tell that this was going to be a problem?
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
If they need a swingman who can play both F and D, I can think of someone to pass off to them.
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by Bald Pollack on Oct 10, 2010 5:59 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Agree, Fat-Daddyo. It seems like such a waste of a roster spot to keep an enforcer on the Devils’ roster, especially when they’re short on cap space anyhow. It would not have been unusual in the 80’s or 90’s but in the cap space era, an enforcer with no other skills is an unaffordable luxury.
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Oh the possibility… Gabby giving McLean the business overdubbed with some of his ads. I can see it now where he yells over there “I’m getting a garden salad” or “You had me at no problem”
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Oct 10, 2010 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Anyone not going to the game Wednesday and want to go? I see tickets on stubhub for like, 12 bucks!
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It seems like my entire section is selling them, including me. I asked all my neighbors if they knew anyone who wanted them, and everyone said they were selling theirs. I think it’s a combo of it’s a weeknight, it’s the third game in five nights, and it’s the Islanders. Also, the STH party is Thursday. That’s a lot of Caps hockey for one week.
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Hockeyfights.com comments are hilarious.
1/2 comments read “devils were playing like goons”
other 1/2 read “caps are pansies barely fighting at all!”
Though it appears we won 3/5 fights so homers and haters will be homers and haters.
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Brooks Laich completing everything from teams to tires and everything in between.
I was looking through Silver Seven’s recap of Sens-Leafs (to see if they wrote anything about the game against the Caps on Monday), and man, those PPP people are quite happy.
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So… maybe they could use a DJ King right about now.
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King for Tarasenko! Get it done!
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by Knee high to a duck on Oct 10, 2010 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Also, congrats are in order for RAHJC’s Team USA captain Derek Stepan, who had a hat trick yesterday in his first-ever NHL game with the Rangers, and rang the post on an empty netter.
USA hockey is kickin’ some serious azz.
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Love to see the American do well, but not loving the Rags having a quality offensive prospect. I also got seriously burned by sitting Dubinsky last night.
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I’m just glad I played Thomas today in my Yahoo league.
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by gotsparkly on Oct 10, 2010 5:12 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
What a game!
Caps showed great composure, even through the end. It’s rare for the Devils to goon it up even in a rout but they let it all go last night. Made for an exciting show.
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by Pete_OWP on Oct 10, 2010 3:42 PM EDT reply actions 8 recs
I love this last pic.
Alright, confess-how many goals are you going to make this year?
"I'm not going to tell!"
Well can you at least guarantee fifty?
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by capsyoungguns on Oct 10, 2010 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions
That picture of Carlson is awesome.
The guy is Peter Schumpmaker. Lord knows what a schump is, but you can bet your bippy his ancestors made them. What he's doing is far worse than crafting fine schumps.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Oct 10, 2010 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions
I love the quality of these photos, great work.
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by Knee high to a duck on Oct 10, 2010 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions
John Carlson celebrates a goal
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by ThePeerless on Oct 10, 2010 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions
FYI, per @mirtle – PL3 gets to sit in the press box Monday courtesy of his little punk stunt on MJ90.
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by gotsparkly on Oct 10, 2010 4:00 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Campbell fails at his job yet again. That should have been multiple games.
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Guess the Devils aren’t playing Boston anytime soon.
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agreed. There’s instigating, and then there is chasing someone down the ice and jumping him.
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He got punished for the instigating, but not anything else. And this for a guy who has a reputation as a goon.
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Are there provisions in the rulebook for supplementary discipline for instigator and that’s it? I don’t remember one.
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by gotsparkly on Oct 10, 2010 5:03 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I think Campbell has a lot of discretion in handing out punishment. Wheel of Justice and all.
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Found it. There isn’t.
46.12 Instigator in Final Five Minutes of Regulation Time (or Anytime in Overtime) – A player or goalkeeper who is deemed to be the instigator of an altercation in the final five (5) minutes of regulation time or at any time in overtime shall be assessed an instigator minor penalty, a major penalty for fighting, and a game misconduct penalty (see 46.22
I don’t think they can give him more than the one automatic based on that and the call on the ice. There’s no provision in that for supplementary discipline.
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by gotsparkly on Oct 10, 2010 5:09 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Even though he chased Mackan down the ice and jumped him? That alone is deserving of mulitple games.
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Yeah, guy who is barely 20, comes from a league without fighting and isn’t exactly all that big. PL3 is going to have a long year — I can’t imagine other enforcers aren’t going to take note of his actions.
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Poor Sammich!
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by boutros23 on Oct 10, 2010 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
MarJo looked so small out there last night. I sometimes found myself wondering if I were seeing Perreault and then corrected myself. (He just didn’t seem to look as small during the rookie game, somehow.)
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He’s also quoted as saying he knew what he was doing and has no regrets. I agree with timmy38, should be multiple games.
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If Campbell won’t discipline him now, I’m sure King will be happy to later.
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I’m probably oblivious, but where are these quotes?
The guy is Peter Schumpmaker. Lord knows what a schump is, but you can bet your bippy his ancestors made them. What he's doing is far worse than crafting fine schumps.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Oct 10, 2010 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Here:
http://www.nj.com/devils/index.ssf/2010/10/devils_volchenkov_rolston_dont.html
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Wash the game a sell out?
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Not all the seats were filled, but I think it still was sold out.
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There’s nothing to figure out. Attendence figures for all sporting events are based on tickets sold, not fans in the seats. If the Caps sold every ticket to a game and nobody showed up, it would still be a sell out.
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by Hang a Laingtern on Your Problems on Oct 10, 2010 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Wasn’t on the schedule, but they just said last night’s game will be re-broadcast at 7:00. For those of us who were at the game and didn’t get to hear all the good stuff.
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Even for those of us who already saw it on teevee. Gonna pay more attention to who’s chirping who.
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Weird. They just teased it at the end of Geico Sportsnet too. I blame Ed Snyder/Comcast Philly.
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Interview with Slava Malamud after last night’s game (from TJ’s site )
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Team Cohesion
Does anyone else think that the Devils may have paid the Caps a humongous favor last night by starting all that chippy crap at the end of the game?
This is a Caps team that has been criticized in the past for somewhat soft play. This is also a team with a ton of new/young faces who are still getting their feet wet in the league and on the team.
I have to imagine that players like Carlson, Alzner and Johansson feel like “one of the guys” after sticking up for their teammates, or in Johansson’s case, watching his teammates stick up for him. Integrating into a new team is tough for a young player, but the Devils may have just accelerated the process for the Caps youngsters.
It may turn out to be nothing, but something tells me that last night, with its combination of the Caps displaying:
A) a killer instinct that has been lacking in years past,
B) team cohesion that’s tough to come by with a bunch of new/young players and
C) team toughness that in years past has been more of a slogan than an actual attitude,
might turn out to be a defining moment in the season when we look back.
'Cause the end of what it was is what it is right now...
by D'ohboy on Oct 10, 2010 7:31 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Does anyone else think that the Devils may have paid the Caps a humongous favor last night by starting all that chippy crap at the end of the game?
Definitely. I was thinking/musing about the same thing, especially with the youngsters/rookies being integrated and feeling like they’re really a part of the “guys.” The win was great, especially following a putrid performance against the Thrashers when they collectively looked lost out there, but the extracurricular activities and how the Caps’ responded were just as galvanizing.
I got the feeling there’s a sense of belonging, both from the vets’ perspective and the youngsters, that they’re all in the same boat and have each other’s backs. It’s huge when a rookie like Johansson realizes that his teammates are willing to stick up for him and when Carlson and Alzner demonstrate that they too will stick up not only for their fellow rookies/youngsters but other teammates as well.
As you said, integrating into a team as a young player is a process and it usually takes a while (over the course of a season and in other cases, a couple of seasons) but what transpired with Devils last night definitely was a catalyst in accelerating that process. Time will tell whether last night was a defining moment when we look back on the season, but I can’t help but think that it was a good step forward for the team as a whole in terms of forging their identity. Maybe it’ll take a few more of these moments and games, but intangible things like this go a long way and are solid foundations for building team cohesion over the season.
Glad to see the process get started sooner rather than later … Thanks Devils John MacLean.
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Good to see you back – it’s been a while.
Still reeling from the Contador positive?
'Cause the end of what it was is what it is right now...
Good to be back again — it’s a new season full of new hopes. Quite frankly, I was still reeling from last spring’s playoff debacle all summer. The whole Contador hoopla doesn’t surprise me one bit.
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by Christoph J on Oct 10, 2010 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I also think the Verizon video operator may have contributed. Wasn’t the Unleash the Fury video played in the 3rd when we were up by 4 or 5? (Maybe the Devils took it as advice.)
Yeah, it was 7-2 when they played it. A few minutes later is when the rash of fights broke out.
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lol… I said something like that to the guy next to me. Maybe the Devils didn’t understand what it was supposed to mean….
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Somehow I doubt that. It was more likely MacLean had his squad go into goon mode to try and establish some sort of (physical/intimidation) superiority over the Caps. Superiority in a game they were the less superior team in just about all aspects after the middle of the second period.
It was a short-sighted attempt on MacLean/Devils to put some sort of stamp or mark before the next tilt between the teams and serve notice. Not sure they were successful in that respect as it seems the Caps might have benefited from the fracas, as D’ohboy points out, more so than the Devils.
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by Christoph J on Oct 11, 2010 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Anyone else think D’ohboy is just happy that Steckel didn’t play?
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I can only imagine how happy I’ll be on the day when I don’t have to watch him or Erskine.
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Just wait a couple games and I’m sure we’ll see Gordon and Sloan in the lineup.
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by Killer_Carlson on Oct 11, 2010 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I saw Ovie at the skins game today with his Russian model girlfriend. Here he is with DeAngelo Hall:
That’s an old shirt.
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Ovi always surprises. He kept his draft T-shirt! And breaks it out in the year the All-Star Game is being held in … Carolina.
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That sounds rather presumptuous for Ovechkin. Sounds very arrogant, assuming he’ll be picked for the All-Star game. If only he could be a good Canadian boy instead.
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Haha, there was a slight bit of snarking in my previous post. Maybe I needed a “Go Flyerz!” at the end.
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Any other Caps at the game? Gorgeous day to be at FedEx and watch “american football”!
by Ray of Sunshine on Oct 10, 2010 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I didn’t see any other Caps players, but I could of easily missed them. Last skins home game I saw Ovie, Green, Backstrom, Fehr, Alzner, Carlson. If you hang out where the skins players exit the stadium and cross the street into their controlled access parking lot, the caps players come by because they park in the same lot. Ovie walked past with Valeria but didn’t pay attention to the crowd calling his name. We could see him taking pics back in the parking lot though, that must of been when he took the pic with D-Hall. I took the pic above from D-Hall’s twitter. Ovie tailgates in the lot with Cooley, you can’t see that from where they let the crowd stand, but Cooley’s talked about it on the radio.
Thanks vt. It would be fun but crazy if they were out tailgating with the masses!
by Ray of Sunshine on Oct 10, 2010 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
2nd Star of the Day
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How is Bryz’s SV% over 100?
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Someone entered the numbers wrong. Note 42 saves on 40 shots.
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Those are the save on the shots the Bruins didn’t even bother to take, knowing they weren’t going in.
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Could be. Perhaps it was the Coyotes’ stats guys that night. I wish they had given Stempniak credit for more things, cuz he’s on my fantasy team.
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He’s just that fuckin’ good
The guy is Peter Schumpmaker. Lord knows what a schump is, but you can bet your bippy his ancestors made them. What he's doing is far worse than crafting fine schumps.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Oct 10, 2010 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions
That he can save imaginary shots. Guess that he saved 40 real shots plus 2 imaginary shots.
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In which case he definitely deserves better than third star. You’d think one of the geniuses at nhl.com would notice this.
“Ees only Hockey. Why you haff to be mad? "
"HISTORY DOESN’T MATTER!!! .... Who cares if it’s never been done? We aren’t those teams who failed before. We are in control of our own destiny, and we will make it happen our own way.." - A Gordon, June 2010
From Tim Leone’s blog on tonight’s Bears win over Rochester Amerks:
Exiled Washington Capitals forward Michael Nylander played for Rochester. He had no points and committed two minor penalties.
"HISTORY DOESN’T MATTER!!! .... Who cares if it’s never been done? We aren’t those teams who failed before. We are in control of our own destiny, and we will make it happen our own way.." - A Gordon, June 2010
Nyls had the game-winner last night against the Marlies. Brian Burke was watching the game.
In other former Caps hockey news, Broda and the Houston Aeros defeated Giroux and the Oklahoma City Barons yesterday. Broda was 2-0-2, +2 and third star of the game, and Roo was 0-0-0, minus 2 with a ten minute misconduct for “abuse of official.” Oof.
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http://theahl.com/stats/official-game-report.php?game_id=1007336 Broda/Roo
http://theahl.com/stats/official-game-report.php?game_id=1007341 Nyls
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I know Broda can’t skate, but neither could Andrew Brunette.
I hope we didn’t repeat a past error because someone didn’t “look the part.”
'Cause the end of what it was is what it is right now...
He’s also not very big. Not tiny, but not a guy that has Fehr’s size to compensate. I agree he should have at least gotten a look considering his obvious goal scoring ability. How many years did we bring Dubuc to camp? Broda has to be worth a look.
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The thing I find really surprising is that the team’s willing to give contracts to guys like Pinizzotto, Bruess and Beagle, but Broda couldn’t get one. We’ve got grinders coming out our ears. It’s probably no great loss but. . .
'Cause the end of what it was is what it is right now...
I agree. The grinders seem to at least have upside because of their relative skating ability, but if you’re willing to take a chance that those guys might pan out to be a 4th liner I don’t see how giving Broda a one year deal hurts that bad. I guess they might not want to use up the contract, but he seems like he has upside if he can figure out how to play despite his skating. LOTS of poor skaters with great finishing skill have made GMs look bad. I hope Broda isn’t one of them.
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I hope he makes Minny look like a smart team for picking him up for free. His game grew on me a lot as I watched the Hitmen through the Memorial Cup last year, and I think he’s a focused and smart hockey player. With decent hands and a bit of an edge.
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Just for fun, I took a look at the posts on “In Lou We Trust”. Surprisingly, the fans were not as negative as I would have thought, given the team’s performance. There were a fair number of posters I recognize from here. Fans were also trying to reassure themselves (and fellow fans) that NJ has gotten off to bad starts before, including last season, and posted related data.
One comment I thought was funny on there. They compared the fight of Kovy and Green to taking a Ferrari to a demolition derby. Great comment and so appropo. Related to that, speculation on whether that was one of the highest salaries among fighting participants.
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HA! I just figured out Mackan is Marcus Johanson…..I thought this whole offseason we had a center prospect named mackan……..
Sorry….a tad slow here………………..
Don’t feel bad! The other night, I discovered I did not know where the “Search” function on the NHL.com site was or that they even had such a thing. Guess my old eyes had trouble seeing a gray box on top of a black background and that “Search” box was in an odd location.
BTW, the Japers “Search” function is easy to find.
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http://www.japersrink.com/2010/2/24/1310552/japers-rink-glossary-v-2-0
There’s a glossary there that gives a rundown of what was current as of earlier this year.
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Went to a boxing match and a hockey game broke out..
Thanks EmilyB, KneeHighToADuck; yes my photos. Here’s a few more from Saturday’s game.
by Pete_OWP on Oct 11, 2010 2:06 AM EDT reply actions 3 recs
Great photos. So sharp and clear and perfect moments captured. Keep sharing please.
Alright, confess-how many goals are you going to make this year?
"I'm not going to tell!"
Well can you at least guarantee fifty?
"No way. I have a different objective. To win."
by capsyoungguns on Oct 11, 2010 8:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Sellouts at Verizon Center
Oh, and I am not sure of the exact number, but it’s been 60+ consecutive sell outs at Verizon Center for the Capitals. Who said DC isn’t a hockey town??
Big thanks to this man for making it happen!
I think tomorrow will make it 61 in a row. Verizon also has a new capacity of 18,398 after years of it being 18,277.
Think twice before you speak, and then you may be able to say something more insulting than if you spoke right out at once.
Didn’t they also say they would sell standing room tickets to every game this year? So expect to see a lot of games with an extra 100 attendance.
"It's always good to have vikings."
I think it’s just for high-demand games like Flyers and Pens. Although I would have expected standing room for opening night. Perhaps being able to sell club level seats for individual games negated the need for standing room?
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