Tuesday Caps Clips: Overtime is Ovi Time
by J.P. on Oct 12, 2010 6:49 AM EDT
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- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night's win from us, Vogs, NHL.com (Masisak), WaPo (blog, blog, gamer), Caps365 (video), CSN Washington (Beninati), Puck Daddy, Peerless, Frankovic, Puckhead, RMNB, RtR, Inside Hockey, TBD, Capitals Outsider, Capitals News Network, Caps Snaps (pics), Caps In Pictures (pics), and clydeorama (pics).
- The Caps' second line was off to a strong start (offensively, at least) heading into last night's game. [CI]
- Setting realistic expectations for Marcus Johansson. [Insider2]
- From the "The More Things Change..." file, through two games (i.e. prior to last night's overtime game-winner), Alex Ovechkin was the most valuable skater in hockey. [ESPN]
- Michal Neuvirth is the man... at the moment. [LIR]
- "Unleash the Fury" gets a makeover. [D.C. Sports Bog]
- Brett Leonhardt has two turntables and a microphone, hence he is where it's at (note: second turntable and mic not pictured). [Capitals Outsider]
- What Saturday night's fights mean for the Caps. [The Hockey Writers]
- Is D.C. a hockey town? Has anyone ever defined that term? [D.C. Sports Bog]
- Bruce Boudreau gets a radio show, begging the question, "What took so long?" [@SergeyCapsPr]
- A look ahead to Braden Holtby 's season... [Stack the Pads]
- ... and a look back at opening weekend for the Bears. [RtR]
- Finally, happy 25th birthday to Mike Green (whose fans get 25 pictures to celebrate the day), and happy 45th to Todd Krygier.
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I think Ovi is like some fans in that I think he wants to fast forward to the playoffs. There is nothing IMO, that this team needs to prove during the regular season. Besides the development of some players there aren’t any mysteries about this team that relate to the regular season. Its all about the playoffs.
I think Ovi will snap out of it at some point just like I will…
When are the playoffs again? Are we there yet?
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Love me those red weagle decks. Stretch looked like he was having a blast, though I think he wanted the camera guy out of his face a little.
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Stretch was probably 3 when that song came out.
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Glad to see Stretch getting more and more involved. He’s a classy young man, and the Caps should try and keep him around as long as they can. Also, working last night is particularly upsetting because Stretch and I have an ongoing battle of obscure 80’s 90’s music/tv references. Missing the game will surely give him a big advantage in our next sparring bout.
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That doesn’t look like a red weagle deck. That looks like a rare 12" pressing on red vinyl of something involving the Weagle. Where can I get it?
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by thebigfoist on Oct 12, 2010 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s probably just a Serato control record to which he added the Weagle sticker.
by Kerry Fraser's Hairspray on Oct 12, 2010 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Somewhere in the recaps, I think it was Vogel’s, it is suggested that AO has an injured left hand. First I’ve heard of this. Anyone got any further intel on this one?
I’m with Peerless. Don’t understand why Green gets 30+ minutes while Schultz gets 20.
Really hoping that Backstrom can get it going here before too long. He looks way off his game.
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
I’ve seen speculation of the same.
I don’t agree on Backstrom – I think he’s doing some different things (forechecking like a madman chief among them) and get the feeling that the points will come. In bunches. Soon.
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He got hacked on the wrist the last preseason game against Nashville. Don’t know if he got hacked on the same hand last night.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 7:52 AM EDT up reply actions
From what I saw, the same wrist has been slashed twice. Seems to be the tactic to stop Ovechkin this year.
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If someone (God forbid) breaks Ovi’s wrist before the Winter Classic, Mr. Bettman’s head may explode.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m trying to decide if the broken wrist is worth Bettman’s head exploding….
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It is close… realllllllll close….
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Oct 12, 2010 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions
like it exploded when the Caps lost in Game 7 in the first round to the Canadians?
The Caps own the seats next to my aunt. For Game 7, Gary Bettman, Bill Daly, Brendan Shanahan and some other NHL guy sat there. They were definitely cheering for the Caps. Shanahan jumped up and cheered when Ovie scored the goal that was later disallowed.
by vtcapsfan99 on Oct 12, 2010 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions
you know Shanahan wishes the game was played this way when he was younger. He probably would have played a lot like Ovie.
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But he wouldn’t wear a visor and would fight.
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well, of course, because Shanny’s a good Canadian boy, not one of these soft Euro pansies.
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Re. AO, any indication of when, how and how serious?
I’ll try to pay more attention to the forechecking aspect of Backstrom’s game. If that line gets good forechecking pressure, I’m with you, the points will come in waves. I haven’t noted it so far, but I haven’t really been looking for anything more than him creating chances with the puck on his stick.
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
That would be Mr. Chris Kelly going all Paul Bunion on the Great 8, end of the 2nd I think. I got it a Vogs tweet.
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Locker thought it was Neil initially, which was hilarious.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 8:13 AM EDT up reply actions
With you 100% on 19’s play so far. He’s creating a lot of chances that aren’t finding the twine, but should. Those shots from the slot are goimg to start going in soon and those backdoor passes are going to stop skipping blades. Carlson biffed a couple just last evening – we could easily be talking about Nick’s 3 A night.
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by Knee high to a duck on Oct 12, 2010 9:20 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Backstrom looks like a completely different player out there. I’m sure come midseason he’ll take the good of what he is trying now and add it to the good that he has established. Hopefully that slapshot will be added to his repertoire, it looks like he’s going to have a terrific shot with that.
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He does look different and I like the change. Stronger on the boards, gritty forechecks and more physical play. His play has shifted more towards a Crosby-style and I can’t see that as anything but a positive.
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by Knee high to a duck on Oct 12, 2010 9:32 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I really like the change. The forechecking and gritty play makes him my favourite player on the Caps that much more.
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by Rather Bengt on Oct 12, 2010 9:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Schultz sits during the power play, Green doesn’t. That’s most of the disparity in time on ice.
by RPI93 on Oct 12, 2010 7:44 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I was speaking more to the wisdom of playing Greenie 30 minutes and Schultz 20, more than the mechanics of how they got there.
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
When Schultz is as good as Green is on the power play, I’ll agree with you.
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When Green demonstrates in April that he can handle being played 30+ minutes in October and throughout the regular season, that might be a valid point.
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by J.P. on Oct 12, 2010 8:21 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I can’t help but thinking playing him 30+ in October is not a good thing.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 8:25 AM EDT up reply actions
As I can’t look forward 6 months into the future, I guess we’ll find out.
I did find myself saying “Green ,get off the ice” a couple times last night, though.
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Really? Because I found myself saying “Erskine, get off the ice” even more. Especially in OT.
…no, seriously what the bloody hell was he doing out there in OT??
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by Becca H on Oct 12, 2010 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
No idear. Erskine and Sloan would never grace (probably the wrong word there considering Erskine’s skating…um…abilities) the ice in OT if I had it my way.
Guess BB didn’t want to break the pairings?
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by twistedlogic on Oct 12, 2010 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
That makes sense. Given that Green should get the power play time, who replaces him as Schultz’s partner at even strength?
See, I disagree that Green should get as much PP time as he does. I’d like to see them both getting about 23 a night, PP time included.
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
So with you on this. I’d like to see Green at 23, AO at 21 and Carlznerson take more of the load at evens. And unnamed D acquisition X take some time from 4/89.
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by Knee high to a duck on Oct 12, 2010 9:41 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions 2 recs
And I with you.
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by Carl Putnam on Oct 12, 2010 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Until that acquisition happens Green isn’t going under25, and I’m not sure he should. Carlson skated just shy of 22 so it’s not like he could have taken many more minutes.
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The problem with Green is that they should be splitting the PP time between him and Carlson, and cutting back on his PK time somewhat.
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Duncan Keith was playing over 5:30 a night or so last season, close to 60% of CHI’s PK minutes. Then again, he wasn’t getting 5+ mins of PP time per game.
by red army line on Oct 12, 2010 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Keih is better defensively than Green and not as good offensively. So he should be getting more PK time and less PP time compared to Green.
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Disagree with the premise, as how much time a guy should get has as much if not more to do with his teammates as his own skill (to say nothing of how different teams commit penalties at different rates). If Mike Green is the Caps’ best penalty-killing defenseman, he should get the most penalty-killing minutes, regardless of whether someone on another team is better defensively.
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I would disagree with the premise of the last statement. Green isn’t the best PK dman on the Caps. He is quite good at it, but I not the best.
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Where’d I say he’s the Caps’ best penalty-killing defenseman?
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In the second sentence…. or that was the implication at least.
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IfMike GreenPlayer X is the Caps’ best penalty-killing defenseman, he should get the most penalty-killing minutes, regardless of whether someone on another team is better defensively.
In the debate that was going, his use of that statement would imply Green is the best.
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The “if” that opened the sentence made what followed a hypothetical. Yoshie’s spot on in what he took away from my comment.
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That wasn’t the implication at all. The point was that how the Caps assign ice time shouldn’t have anything to do with how skilled their individual players are relative to Duncan Keith, which was your point.
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I might have just read too much into it, but I saw that implied. I should rephrase my original statement a bit. Keith gets (and should get) the PK time because he is an excellent dman, and the best on his team. Green shouldn’t, because he isn’t the best dman on his team.
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And that makes perfect sense.
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It makes sense to a degree…though I’d argue that he’s total SH time on ice is only 20 seconds more than Schultz and if the team is truly playing a more aggressive PK then maybe the coaches feel that the gap in skating ability is more important than the lapse in traditional defensive ability.
Holy runon batman.
I feel Schultz should be getting more, both because he is strong defensively and to cut down on Green’s TOI. However, those two were the two best options last night.
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Personally I’d rather see Green’s PP time decrease by ~30-40% and an increased role on the PK. Like most people I hate seeing Ovechkin and Green out there for a full 2 minutes.
My preference would be for Carlson to get a significant portion of the PP time (maybe 40%), for Schultz to be the main PK dman, and for Green to get a good chunk of PK time. Green is good enough on the PK that I have no problem with him being there – it’s more about how much TOI he ends up with.
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Can Carlson QB the PP though? It’s high time to find out.
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Green shouldn’t, because he isn’t the best dman on his team.
Except that he is.
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Well….Sarge ain’t bad defensively. Certainly can’t bring the offense that Green brings, but he’s right up there as far as D is concerned.
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by twistedlogic on Oct 12, 2010 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
All-around, yes. Defensively, no. And that matters more on the PK.
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Being able to handle the puck and move it out while maintaining possession is a huge asset for an aggressive PK. Even if Green isn’t the best defensive defenseman on the team, he’s not too far off, and did have great PK stats in 2008-2009 (so there’s a bit of a history there).
by red army line on Oct 12, 2010 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Adding more nuance still, the amount off PK, ES and PP time Green gets should depend on the delta between the goal differentials at each phase of the game and his next closest competition on the Caps, with an eye on keeping total minutes down for the playoffs. If that means others play more PK minutes so 52 gets more ES and PP time, then they should get them, even if 52 is a better PKer.
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by Knee high to a duck on Oct 12, 2010 11:01 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
He was caught icing his hand a few times last night (specifically while he was serving his cross-checking penalty), and kept shaking it while on the ice. Don’t know what happened, but it was definitely bothering him a bit.
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by SeattleCapsFan on Oct 12, 2010 7:52 AM EDT up reply actions
FYI…That was Green’s 26th game of 30-plus minutes in his career, all of them since Bruce Boudreau took over (since December 12, 2007, covering 198 games).
FYI, part II… his first 30-minute game also happened to be the first instance of “Game-Over Green” — his first game-winning goal, an overtime winner against the Rangers.
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by ThePeerless on Oct 12, 2010 7:59 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Don’t understand why Green gets 30+ minutes while Schultz gets 20.
PP Time.
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8:37 of PP time doesn’t explain a difference of almost 12 minutes. Green also had 2 minutes more ES and 45 seconds more PK – those are the ones I’m wondering about. I’d like to see Schultz get more PK time, he has shown he can handle it.
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I’d imagine that it wasn’t entirely intentional. Coaches can’t completely control ice time.
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I specifically remember Green getting stuck on the ice twice after Sarge had already changed. One of them really long. That could possibly account for the 2 min at ES right there.
That and being on the ice after the PP ends. The PK time is really what I wonder about more. I know Green is good enough to handle it, but he needs his minutes cut back a bit – and the PK is probably the best spot to do so.
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I don’t think his ice time will continue to be this high. It’s more likely a one-off thing.
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True – but he’ll probably continue to get 25-28 minutes.
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Some of it may be logistics. For 2/3 of the game, Schultz is the defenseman furthest from the bench, so he has to be more rigorous on his changes during the first and third periods. Green’s changes are easier in those periods so he can be a little looser on when he goes off.
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Oct 12, 2010 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Comcast showed a few shots of Ovi clearly experiencing some discomfort (at the least) in his left wrist. Joe B commented on it.
by mechanicsville on Oct 12, 2010 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
I mentioned it in the Recap thread, but I thought his rebound control was pretty poor last night. That said, I agree, and I’d have still given him one of the three stars.
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Who actually decides these three stars? Is it like the MPAA rating system. A room full of druids in torch light and smoke converge while singing Oh Fortuna, ring a bell, and push a little sealed envelope from underneath a door, for only the chosen ones to open and read?
by Brainumbc on Oct 12, 2010 7:56 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’m thinking it is those leprous priests in “300” — they consult their oracle, or something
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The 3 stars are picked by the guys in the Press Box. It used to be the home team media only, but I don’t know if that’s expanded. I also don’t know whom Ted counts as media. Hey, Smart People! who’s picking these stars anyway?
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Maybe we can do that insufferably lame interactive thing a thrust our arms to the right to pick Ovechkin as first star, thrust our arms to the right to pic Neuvirth as first start, or shove my size-11 boot up the ass of the schmo who thought up THAT idea to pick Semin as the first star
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Sad.
Amen
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions
Now don't start that again!
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by SeattleCapsFan on Oct 12, 2010 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
It was my favorite movie growing up.
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by SeattleCapsFan on Oct 12, 2010 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s the CrowdWave technology…Ted has it on his list. It measures the direction and intensity of movements in the crowd, and it’s used for these games between sections and for the trivia questions.
I will note that the crowd is now 0-2 in the “arms pointing” questions on the season (as well as 0-2 on the NHL rules trivia questions, but that involves texting). I guess we could blame the technology.
I’m guessing that the people that really know the answers want no part of that foolishness.
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by boutros23 on Oct 12, 2010 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I am completely floored that there is actually any sort of technology behind those goofy games. I figured it was just like the crowd decibel meter from previous years.
Agree that Neuvy left a good number of rebounds in the high percentage areas. Also thought that the team D did a very nice job collecting rebounds and sending them to the low percentage areas. Good game for the team in front of the net on the whole.
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I think he can handle those rebounds better than most because he always seems to be in a good position when the puck squirts back out.
In fact, I don’t think any of the goals that got past him ni the past three games have been off of rebounds
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Yea true. Was one the D should have seen though
His don’t seem to be as bad as varly’s. Varly’s rebounds come with a thunderous BOOM off his pads. If you record the boom and play it backwards you can hear a demon voice yelling “REBOUND HERE!”
I thought Neuvy also made some poor decisions playing the puck behind the net. There were at least two occasions that where it was too close for comfort, but I’ll chalk it up to inexperience for now. Overall, a solid performance.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Oct 12, 2010 8:53 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m sure I know one of the times you are talking about, when he had to wait for the puck to clear the trapezoid line with a forechecker bearing down and then he outwaited the forecheck and went the other way. Definitely close, but I liked the poise.
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Yeah, that is exactly one of the instances I am referring to. I was thinking that he may still be adjusting to the speed of the NHL vs. the AHL. Playing the puck with a incoming forechecker like that is certainly a riskier option in the NHL, but he managed to pull it off. At least he didn’t play the puck outside the trapezoid like Varlamov did in one of his early games. Of course Varley was brand new to the rule at that point, having limited North American experience.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Oct 12, 2010 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I know the 3 stars and the Palm dinner winners, but I haven’t heard anything about the team hardhat for either Sat. or last night’s wins. Are the boys not doing that anymore?
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Good point. Inquiring minds want to know.
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by souldrummer on Oct 12, 2010 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions
Hendricks won in on Saturday, don’t know who got it last night.
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by ThePeerless on Oct 12, 2010 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Yea, I’m shocked he wasn’t. I said it last night in the GDT, Neuvy gets most of the credit for taking it to OT IMO.
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by SeattleCapsFan on Oct 12, 2010 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions
It had to be tough for the folks in the booth to determine who to pick. The three players they selected all had terrific games as well. Neuvy was good last night, but he was better against New Jersey and he did get a star that night.
Green could have been the #1 star had Fehr not had a 2 point night. He almost completely shut down Alfredsson…
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Oct 12, 2010 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Troubling stat from last night – the Caps were 9-for-22 (40.9%) on defensive zone draws, including Boyd Gordon’s uncharestically poor 4-for-11. And the team’s 5-for-14 in the O-zone was even worse. Faceoffs = possession, and the Caps didn’t have it last night. Something tells me Stecks gets a sweater Wednesday.
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Thankfully, Ottawa made up for it by being absolutely terrible in their own zone, and having Pascal Leclaire in net.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 7:56 AM EDT up reply actions
I never get tired of watching him jab at the puck with his glove. If I had a dvr I would have rewound that and watched it constantly.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 8:04 AM EDT up reply actions
When they were on their own zone, yes. The problem I had was that we spent far too much time in our zone thanks to some bad clears and some rotten luck. We were getting killed at the wall near the blueline.
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far too much time in our zone thanks to some bad clears and some rotten luck
And crappy faceoffs.
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Since Bradley could be on the shelf, I would expect that — Gordon/Steckel/Hendricks on the fourth line.
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If Brads can’t go – and if prior experience with “lower body tweaks” is any indication, he won’t – then I guess we’ll see Stecks and Gordo on the 4th line. Don’t see any way that Hendricks doesn’t get a sweater, by the way.
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(And I could see Gordon sitting, Stecks in for him and King in for Brads.)
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 8:04 AM EDT up reply actions
The Isles have Konopka, no? Can’t let Stecks fight him again…
I say King plays Wednesday.
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They also have James Wisniewski, at least at the moment.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 8:14 AM EDT up reply actions
He’d blow any of our 4th liners off the ice.
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by Rather Bengt on Oct 12, 2010 9:16 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
It’s actually good for the Islanders, since he sucks.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 9:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Meh. They’ll swallow their losses.
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by Rather Bengt on Oct 12, 2010 9:21 AM EDT up reply actions
I mean, I don’t wanna job the guy, but if he gets suspended, he can’t say he didn’t have it coming.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 9:23 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
True enough. He should have gotten a grip on it before it burst into something larger.
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by Rather Bengt on Oct 12, 2010 9:38 AM EDT up reply actions
I read something late yesterday that Konopka may be talking to the League, because he bumped into Avery during warmups. Anyway, just an FYI that it sounds like it’s possible he gets a fine and/or 1 game suspension, but don’t have the source at the moment.
Well there may go David Steckel’s chance to play Charles Bronson.
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by Rather Bengt on Oct 12, 2010 9:57 AM EDT up reply actions
Avery is head and shoulders above the rest of the pests. No one seems to be able to get a rise out of people like him.
And, of course, no one seems to be able to get a rise out of Sean Avery like Jon Erskine.
You had me at no problem.
the two times a year I don’t mind Erskine on the ice.
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no one seems to be able to get a rise out of Sean Avery like Jon Erskine
One of life’s great puzzlements.
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Avery isn’t a Jim Gaffigan fan. Simple as that..
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by Rather Bengt on Oct 12, 2010 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions
And ghostly pale Catholics
"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 12, 2010 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Last night was a bad night on the dot for the Caps period. They didn’t have it last night for some reason. Maybe because Steckel was a healthy scratch and couldn’t intimidate the linesmen?
I kid…I kid….
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Oct 12, 2010 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions
More on last night’s faceoffs:
Per TOI, the Caps had 15 5-on-5 draws in their own end. The defensemen on the ice for them, were Erskine (9), Carlson (8), Green (5), Schultz (4), Alzner (2) and Sloan (2). Clearly Bruce saw 4-74 as his lockdown pair last night and tried to hide 27-89.
Also, the Caps had seven O-zone draws. Laich was on the ice for six of them, Backstrom/Knuble just one, Ovi just two. Odd. Looks like the 2nd line was getting offensive opportunities and being protected a bit from taking D-zone draws.
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Clearly Bruce saw 4-74 as his lockdown pair last night and tried to hide 27-89.
This is the part where I quietly curse to myself that Poti went down and Calznerson got broken up in the first.
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by Bald Pollack on Oct 12, 2010 8:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Weird. Against the Devils it was Green-Schultz getting the harder zonestarts, IIRC.
by red army line on Oct 12, 2010 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Looks like karma finally caught up with Cam Janssen
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 8:36 AM EDT reply actions
...
Finally, happy 25th birthday to Mike Green (whose fans get 25 pictures to celebrate the day)
I’ll add this gem to collection of birthday boy pictures:
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A simpler time, before he discovered The Front Page and their Captain’s Basket.
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by Bald Pollack on Oct 12, 2010 8:48 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Schultz looks like Gareth Keenan
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 8:50 AM EDT up reply actions
I was thinking more along the lines of Thom Yorke in his younger days.
"Do not be afraid to ask for credit, for our way of refusing is very polite."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Oct 12, 2010 8:54 AM EDT up reply actions
I thought of Schultz as Sick Boy from Trainspotting
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by Rather Bengt on Oct 12, 2010 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Mike Green has the longest neck of any vertebrate not in the camelopardalis species.
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OT- Tom Verlaine of Television begs to differ
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by Rather Bengt on Oct 12, 2010 9:18 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
A Rec for the awesomeness that is Tom Verlaine
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Oct 12, 2010 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Indeed Mike L Indeed.
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by Rather Bengt on Oct 12, 2010 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions
....
Merton Hanks disagrees
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 9:18 AM EDT up reply actions
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Looks legit to me
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions
That picture is horrifying.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 9:37 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah. Yikes. I retract. The man has a lot of neck.
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
He must have a custom helmet to cover that dome/neck and he must have very expensive custom dress shirts or his collars will appear too low.
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Wowsah. That neck doesn’t look natural.
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by twistedlogic on Oct 12, 2010 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions
I keep looking at that picture and thinking of the “moutheyes” thing they do at KSK.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Is that his playoff beard?
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Okay, and I’ll weigh in with, “Yesterday’s Salary Cap thread was so long people mistook it for Tyler Myers’ Neck.” Hi-Ooooh!
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by ThePeerless on Oct 12, 2010 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions
its a pre-douche Green
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by TheFuryUnleashed on Oct 12, 2010 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions
By coincidence, I found that picture yesterday as well. I remember seeing it once but never could find it again.
Nice that we found it in time for his birthday.
Ah! Our future first defensive pairing. Was somebody daydreaming about that combination in advance. (And Schultz was a blond in those days.)
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If I google Hockey Town, the 3rd thing that comes up (after a restaurant and a rink) is the Official Detroit Red Wings website. 4th thing that comes up is the link to wikipedia that defines it as the nickname for Detroit, Michigan.
I appreciate the efforts the team is taking to get the city motivated, but that video bugs me. Rock the Red was creative, easy, and fun. The hockey town thing is just ripping off the wings, and really seemed forced and uncomfortable.
Tampa Bay already ripped off the Wings (hoo hoo) with their “Hockey Bay, USA” promotion.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions
I’d argue there is a major difference between claiming to be “a hockey town” and claiming to be “Hockeytown.” I think we’re going for the former, and it doesn’t bother me all that much even though DC is all about winning.
I am over Rock the Red myself.
Yeah, they’re not in the video saying “We are HockeyTown” – they’re saying “We ARE a hockey town”. Big difference, imo. For one thing, claiming one is a hockey town is significantly less arrogant than saying one is HockeyTown (although I guess you could say the same for “America’s Hockey Capital”…but I like that, sounds less pretentious).
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I thought it was “Building America’s Hockey Capital”?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Ugh, I still really hate it.
"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 12, 2010 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions
I don’t mind the Building America’s Hockey Capital." Besides the direct correlation to this being the Nation’s Capital, it also implies that it’s still a work in progress, which it is because (a) The Caps are still the seeking recognition from the locals and (b) we haven’t won a fucking cup.
"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
I thought it was “Building something together… something special, something to see…”
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by J.P. on Oct 12, 2010 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
My recollection was “a home to love forever…”
"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 Oct 12, 2010 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions
They definitely couldn’t say We are Hockeytown. Pretty sure that is trademarked.
But it was close enough to irk me.
been done...
He could have left if he wanted, but he stayed. Not because other worlds weren’t available to him. Because he loved this place. “This is a hockey town,” he’d say. And he never said it like it was something we should have to apologize for.
We’re a hockey town.
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by ThePeerless on Oct 12, 2010 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions
I just don’t get it. What’s the upside in proclaiming that you are something that is amorphous and undefined to a group of people who already buy whatever it is you’re selling? Seems too mockable and, to me, the bottom line is… so what? Personally, I’d rather live in a football town with a Cup-winning hockey team than “a hockey town” with, say, the Buffalo Bills.
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by J.P. on Oct 12, 2010 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
eh. Only if you’re already a fan. And people who are fans have more important things to occupy their time with than slogans. Those who are only casually aware of Hockey don’t automatically think, “Detroit.” The Caps’ — admittedly weak — attempt to increase the consistent fan-base is seemingly aimed at creating the idea that being a hockey fan is very DC. And DC is all about being as DC as possible. I swear this town could sell cat poop on a stick for $40 if people who just arrived thought it was a DC tradition. Those who are only casually aware of Hockey don’t automatically think, “Detroit.”
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And for you older Todd Krygier fans, you get 1 photo to celebrate the day
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by Rather Bengt on Oct 12, 2010 10:14 AM EDT reply actions 3 recs
(Can also be used when Jason Chimera celebrates his birthday)
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions
A good and bad thing…
Good because it got Mario out of that game, and made him look like an [Avery]. Bad because 18 Caps and 17 Penguin skaters played 4 OTs that night while Mario didn’t Guess who was the only player who wasn’t fatigued in Game 5 of that series and led his team to the victory?
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Oct 12, 2010 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I was looking for a clip of that on youtube but sadly no luck
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by Rather Bengt on Oct 12, 2010 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions
that = the OT winner
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by Rather Bengt on Oct 12, 2010 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
I remember that incident very well. Sighs. Damn you Peter Nedved.
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by Rather Bengt on Oct 12, 2010 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
GIFsoup is broken.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh nice. Thanks. I had forgotten Hasek thowing his blocker at Bondra LOL
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by Rather Bengt on Oct 12, 2010 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
throwing even
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by Rather Bengt on Oct 12, 2010 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions
12 guys at a Caps after game auction winning a date with Todd Krygier and Steve Leach to the shagrin of a few jersey wearing single ladies who were digging into their sofa cushions but came up short against a bunch of drunk guys from a local adult house league who spent way more than they should have (for a good cause, though): $535
Cases of Molson after Krygier and Leach came to our adult house league game (we did win a date with them, after all) and coached us hackers into a finely tuned machine: $66
The relief felt by Krygier and Leach that they didn’t have to spend an evening saying things like, “no, really, this is fun” and “yes, we are single” and “no, thanks, I have to get up at noon for practice”: Priceless.
That’s my preferred memory of Krygier. I think it was 1991.
by ZamMan on Oct 12, 2010 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Per Corey:
Matt Bradley is skating on his own before practice for the #Caps.
At least he’s able to skate.
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Do we know what happened?
"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 12, 2010 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions
knee, apparently
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by ThePeerless on Oct 12, 2010 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh boy
"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 12, 2010 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions
ooh, Green’s doing a photo shoot for Maxim today.
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She’s not. Sergey tweeted about it earlier.
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by Carl Putnam on Oct 12, 2010 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions
There goes the Norrishood.
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by Rather Bengt on Oct 12, 2010 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions
I think this just perpetuates the meme that he’s not focused enough on hockey. Maxim is just a skin mag, let’s be honest. I like Green and I think he can walk and chew gum at the same time (or undress and get his picture taken wearing bubbles), but if he wants to be taken more seriously, just say no to gratuitous photo spreads. He will get made fun of for this by his many detractors (Duncan Keith would never do this, we’ll hear). Maybe I’m wrong and it will be a substantive article, or focus on many of the top NHL D-men, but substantive Maxim article is pretty much an oxymoron.
"Because the game is not just about fighting no more. " D.J. King
I think this just perpetuates the meme that he’s not focused enough on hockey.
Now, is that a meme or a cliche?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Crosby’s been in the magazine before, or something similar. If people want to mock Green, they’ll find something to mock him about whether he gives them something or not – I see nothing wrong with him doing something that could elevate the profile of the game.
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I get what you’re saying, but to the rest of the hockey world I say “Who cares?” if Green is doing gratuitous photo shoots? Particularly if it doesn’t affect is game?
Really, when was the last time Maxim covered hockey? Ever?
And I’m very sorry that Duncan Keith is just another stereotypical cardboard player. But I like players to have something approaching a personality. Yeah, I’ve knocked on his thug-life airheadedness, but I find it strangely endearing.
walk and chew gum, I’m not sure about, but he can skate and chew gum!
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Ok, I am going to make one more point and then be silent on the issue.
I don’t care what other people say about Green. You might not care what other people say about Green. But Mike Green cares more than he should about what other people say and think about him. And this could cause the kind of talk that he doesn’t appear to like.
That’s all.
"Because the game is not just about fighting no more. " D.J. King
That’s actually a really good point.
"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 12, 2010 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I couldn’t disagree more. Mike Green, like it or not, is one of the top defensemen in the NHL and one of the faces of one of the most exciting teams in the sport. Much like all of the other star players, he needs to get used to showing up for these types of committments….both mentally and physically…because they’re not going away. How is a Maxim photoshoot any different than how he’s probably going to be portrayed with HBO cameras following him around 24/7?
I’m saying the fact that Green is really affected by nay-sayers is a really good point. But you’re also correct in that anything Green does in the spotlight can be skewed to fuel his critics. His only option would be to avoid any and all public appearances, which would then cause people to criticize him for hiding/avoiding the media.
Basically the dude’s gotta go see a therapist and get his head straightened out. Oh wait…
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by SeattleCapsFan on Oct 12, 2010 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions
He doesn’t have to avoid all media, he just can choose more wisely, imo.
"Because the game is not just about fighting no more. " D.J. King
Possibly. Except Green also needs lessons in choosing his words a bit more carefully.
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Not in Seattle anymore.
by SeattleCapsFan on Oct 12, 2010 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions
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Are you saying, he chose………………………………..poorly?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
That brings me to the next question which is….why on earth do I want to watch cameras following Mike Green and the rest of the Caps/Pens around 24/7?
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by twistedlogic on Oct 12, 2010 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions
to see if Bruce says “Now let’s go get a snack”?
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That would be funny, though.
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by twistedlogic on Oct 12, 2010 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Bruce may steal the entire series. I’m really looking forward to it.
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How do so many people really know what Mike Green cares about and thinks about?
The ice will show everything.
Green himself has said he worries about what others say and it has affected him.
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It’s not like there haven’t been Norris trophy winners that did gratuitous (horrifying) photo shoots.
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don’t remind me. There’s not enough bleach in this world to fully scrub Chara from my retinas.
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I just felt it was sad that he had to be objectified like that.
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by Rob Parker on Oct 12, 2010 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions 8 recs
Haha, 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 12, 2010 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions
....
Plenty of hockey players have done photo shoots in the past. To include Crosby, Ovechkin, Avery, a good chunk of the Rangers team.
IMO it doesn’t matter if the article is “substantive” as it’s free advertising for the Caps and the NHL as a whole.
Lundqvist should do one every week.
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by oldemystix on Oct 12, 2010 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I think it does play into the perception that people outside of DC have of Green, some of whom vote for the Norris. They will know about this type of photo shoot which plays into the lifestyles of the rich and famous promoted by Caps PR in the past, such as his cars and his condo’s renovation. They will not know about his charity work, such as treating a kindergarten class to lunch because the children were raising money for So Kids Can. Since someone from Caps PR was going, I wonder who set this up-his agent or Caps PR. If the latter, they are likely more interested in PR for the team and free advertising for the team than in how Green is perceived by others when it matters.
Just as long as it’s not anywhere near the Chara SI spread…ew
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Not in Seattle anymore.
by SeattleCapsFan on Oct 12, 2010 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions
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Because they’ve been pretty awful defensively through three games? And/or to get Nick going?
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Well, the latter? It was somewhat rhetorical, but I was obviously focusing on the offensive production.
"It's always good to have vikings."
I agree, but I feel as if the former has been overlooked due to the end results the line has achieved.
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Y’know, at times last night I was thinking that Bruce should reunite the Care Bears to try to get something going from AO and Nick. Guess this might be an attempt to achieve a similar result.
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It’ll be interesting to see how Semin responds. Sometimes he seems a lot more willing to involve him teammates when he’s playing with another elite talent.
I’d settle for fewer flybys and less floating in the D-Zone. As good as he’s looked on the PK, he’s looked very bad in his own zone at evens sometimes.
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Semin only seems to care when he’s on the PK. ES defensively, he’s just waiting around.
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Didn’t like it when Flash was on the top line in training camp. Why switch when the top line is showing signs of waking up?
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To change things up. If anything, I’d move Knuble down. Backstrom is switching things up on his own, Ovie seems to be in kind of a rut and you can’t ever move him down. I’d echo the sentiment in this thread to move back to the Care Bears line just to see what happens. Flash has actually been pleasantly surprising in his play and I don’t necessarily dread him potentially getting 1st line minutes so much. Between that and the PK success, it’s some real end times stuff going on with this team.
Human existence being an hallucination containing in itself the secondary hallucinations of day and night (the latter an insanitary condition of the atmosphere due to accretions of black air) it ill becomes any man of sense to be concerned at the illusory approach of the supreme hallucination known as death.
So now that the Ovi head-in-a-bowling-ball-bag ad is out, which one of you geniuses is going to mash it up with The Big Lebowski?
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I’ll get right on that after I check what condition my condition is in.
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by Rather Bengt on Oct 12, 2010 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Well-placed continuity rec.
A very misguided piece on Huffington Post recently called 30 Rock the most racist show on television thanks to Tracy Morgan’s wild, manic, madcap performance. Tonight illustrated why whoever wrote that piece is full of shit and should be punched in the face until he has a more nuanced grasp on comedy.
by Bald Pollack on Oct 12, 2010 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions
As long as it doesn’t anything to do with the Eagles. I HATE the fuckin’ Eagles.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions
I heard the comment Avery made to trigger the obscene gesture was “Stay out of Malibu, Wisniewski”
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Uh, where’s Johansson?
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"It's always good to have vikings."
Interesting to see Henricks on the third line over Steckel and Gordon. You have to like the shrewd (to this point) signing by the Caps, but if you’re doling out $1.9M to two depth centers, they shouldn’t be guys who getting beat out by someone who was a UFA two weeks ago.
by David Getz on Oct 12, 2010 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Unless they’ve just put him there for today’s practice because they’re waiting for a scrappy little French guy to arrive from Hershey…..
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They’ve got enough healthy bodies to handle the Islanders. After that, who knows?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
And they don’t play the Preds ’til Saturday night. So Brads, MJ90, and Poti have a few daze to heal up.
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Yup. And they’re off two days after the Nashville game, and off three days after the Boston, Boston, Atlanta series before they go to Carolina and Minnesota back-to-back.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Pfft, having enough healthy bodies is SO overrated.
/Lamoriello’d
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by Becca H on Oct 12, 2010 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Good column from Wyshynski this morning wondering out loud why the Devils aren’t being punished by the league for violating the CBA.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions
I think this is a really great point:
A few games of leniency from the NHL is understandable, because injuries happen; but if the Devils are allowed to compete with 16 or 15 skaters on multiple occasions this season in an effort to avoid making more difficult decisions with regard to the cap, then they should suffer consequences, either financially through fines or in the loss of (even more) draft picks.
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Is it safe to say at this point that Lou has lost some of the zip on his fastball?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s safe to say he has, but the Livo comment, though funny, is a bit unfair. Lou forgot more about hockey at breakfast this morning than most of us know now.
"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 Oct 12, 2010 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions
History doesn’t win championships. And it’s not an excuse for not performing your job.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I think the salary cap was his undoing. That and the Scotts and Marty getting old.
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I think he swung and missed on bringing back Lemaire too. I’ve heard nothing but horror stories about how bad that room was at the end of last year, especially in the relationship between Lemaire and Langenbrunner.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Not to mention, Marty should not be playing 77 games at 38 years old.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I wonder how much control Lou has over that, but I agree.
I also think the “Marty plays too much!” card is overplayed. He was injured a couple years ago and he came back, presumably fresh, and still managed to blow a playoff series with two late goals in game 7. I just think he’s losing his reflexes, and whether or not he’s sharp he just isn’t the same. But rest surely couldn’t hurt.
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1995-96 NJ 77 75
1996-97 NJ 67 64
1997-98 NJ 70 69
1998-99 NJ 70 70
1999-00 NJ 72 72
2000-01 NJ 72 72
2001-02 NJ 73 73
2002-03 NJ 73 73
2003-04 NJ 75 75
2005-06 NJ 73 73
2006-07 NJ 78 78
2007-08 NJ 77 77
2008-09 NJ 31 30
2009-10 NJ 77 76
2010-11 NJ 3 3
These are GP/GS for Marty. He’s played over 70 games every single year since 1997-98, wit the exception of the one year he was hurt in 08-09.
And that’s not even including playoffs.
I wonder how much having his puck-playing skills truncated by the trapezoid has hurt him as well.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah. The Flames got, what, 5 games or so with a less than 20 roster last season? The NHL can’t really step in too early if they’ve already let a team get away with something similar in the past.
By my count it was 5 games, 2 seasons ago, April 2009…
Calgary Flames
April 2 18 skaters
then
April 3 16 skaters
April 6 17 skaters
April 7 17 skaters
April 10 15 skaters
April 11 15 skaters
Playoffs
April 16 18 skaters
Note: Latest news out of NJD is that Rolston has a groin injury and it might be a sports hernia…seeing a second specialist today. If Rolston heads to LTIR it solves the Devils roster/cap issues for awhile. Also, as expected Leblond to minors and Mair signed.
Info:
“Lamoriello said Rolston already saw specialist in Philadelphia — Patrik Elias saw same Dr. for his sports hernia.”
TGfireandice Tom Gulitti – Devils beat writer
Rolston to LTIR would be doubly annoying – for Rolston it sucks, but mostly for getting Lou cap relief that he doesn’t deserve. Talk about the luckiest guy in hockey.
"It's always good to have vikings."
Lou’s also the reason for the “Alexander Mogilny Rule”
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Personally, I’m shocked that the NHLPA isn’t up in arms about the 20-man roster to begin with. If every team did that, that’s 90 jobs for their union members gone.
Then again, the Devils are a cap team, so the total salary is the same… which just goes to show that the union is more interested in the fat cats than the rank-and-file (which we already knew).
I wonder what the general reaction would be if a non-cap team went with a 20-man roster…
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Well, in their defense, the NHLPA hasn’t been the most um…“well run” organization the last few years.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions
But shouldn’t Don Fehr be turning that around?
"This guy is an android. He's not human....Oh my goodness."
Depends on if he gets elected or not.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Everytime
I read Hendricks this image pops into my head.
Does anyone else have these large problems?
Think twice before you speak, and then you may be able to say something more insulting than if you spoke right out at once.
by zephyr on Oct 12, 2010 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
Rock the Red!
Everything sounds smarter in Tikkanesse....
by Bonzai!!! on Oct 12, 2010 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I want to say something here, but after the whole “objectification” conversation, maybe I’d best hold off.
'Cause the end of what it was is what it is right now...
restraint, or too memorized by those huge tracks of land?
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Ahem…“buxom physique” per Wikipedia…
"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 12, 2010 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Too bad my brain isn’t functioning today….I’m pretty sure there’s something funny to be said in relation to memorized vs. mesmerized :).
split the difference: mammarized!
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by redlineblue on Oct 12, 2010 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
apparently, my brain isn’t functioning, either.
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Who is that? That is a world-class set of jugs, btw.
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
Whoa, whoa, whoa, where is the NSFW tag on those!
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by bigeugene on Oct 12, 2010 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Those are Christina’s Hendricks, brought to you every sunday by ‘Mad men’ on amc.
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by redlineblue on Oct 12, 2010 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, Steckel is terrible (or, if you’re an optimist, at the very least comes nowhere near close to replacing MoJo’s speed) so he’s out for the 3rd line, and I’m guessing they don’t want to go 3 lefties on the 4th line so Gordo is out as well. Not that surprising to me.
Steckel was a failure at 3C, period. It’s a waste of time to put him there unless he miraculously turns some corner he should have several years ago. Given Hendricks play, he definitely deserves a chance at the 3rd line. Chances are it won’t pan out, of course, but you have to give the guy a shot considering his intensity level and now production. Credit due to Gordo to getting the pass to Hendricks, but Hendricks snaking it through to Fehr was something you wouldn’t expect out of a grinder.
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Yep, Hendricks has definitely been playing the way he needs to.
I’d take Gordon over him in a vacuum as a 3rd liner (free Hendricks up to play with some more jam on the 4th line), but I also don’t disagree with the lefty-vs-righty thinking if that’s what it is.
Gordo can do 3C, definitely. I’d almost like to see what he could do with Chimmer and Fehr since he’s pretty damn sneaky and has good eyes.
Better to see if Hendricks deserves those minutes over a call-up from the AHL now.
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Also, if Sabourin isn’t on the ice, should we assume that Varly is “100%” and Sabourin is on his way to Hershey?
"It's always good to have vikings."
That was my assumption – It was reported that Varlamov practiced yesterday and stayed on to do extra work with the scratches so if a day later all signs are good, I assume Sabourin will be placed on waivers today in order to be assigned to Hershey.
katie:
Marcus Johansson, Tom Poti and Dany Sabourin are not out on the ice at KCI for the #Caps.
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Corey tweeted the same thing earlier. Corey didn’t list Bradley in that tweet. Neither did Katie in hers. How ’bout that?
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by J.P. on Oct 12, 2010 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
How ’bout that.
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Um…at the risk of being dense, what do you read into the non-listing of Bradley?
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That CI is biting off Corey.
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The more things change…
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by Knee high to a duck on Oct 12, 2010 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s been Wally Pipp’d
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Add this earlier tweet from CoreyM: “Matt Bradley is skating on his own before practice for the #Caps.”
Bradley tank (almost) never breaks, that’s what it is.
by red army line on Oct 12, 2010 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions
This is why I don’t need a Twitter account. Pretty much all relevant Caps tweets end up in the Clips regardless.
"Do not be afraid to ask for credit, for our way of refusing is very polite."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Oct 12, 2010 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yup. Only reason I’d want Twitter is for Dan Ellis’ oh so hilarious tweets.
"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 12, 2010 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Eh, i find it useful for accumulating news about everything I’m interested in, hockey included.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Oct 12, 2010 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
I think Paul Bissonnette has taken over as best player-tweeter now that Ellis has left.
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Biz nasty is entertaining, but I think Eric Fehr gets athlete tweeting just exactly right. His tweets give us a little picture of what he’s doing without being overly personal. His tweet announcing his new contract was really special.
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I don’t really follow twitter unless it’s trade deadline day and i check out the usual suspects. But a question for you that do follow athletes on Twitter: Does the Bryz tweet?
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by Rather Bengt on Oct 12, 2010 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions
no, but Biz has a “Bryz Quote of the Week” feature going on right now. So, Bryz filtered through BizNasty. What more could you ask for?!
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Are they good?
"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 12, 2010 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m getting a headache from trying to read his past tweets…
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Not in Seattle anymore.
by SeattleCapsFan on Oct 12, 2010 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Biz Nasty should really be blogging. 140 characters is too restrictive.
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I’m gonna laugh if Biz Nasty gets nominated for the Community award because of his tireless work on behalf of the homeless.
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I use the awesome Tweet Tweeters here at the Rink. All important Caps tweets in one handy spot, without me having to break down a sign up for Twitter.
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I wish there was a better app than Tweetizen for that – it limits me to 7 feeds, for some reason. But I think the ones that are in there cover what’s needed, for the most part, especially since I RT the important ones.
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even with it’s limitations, I really like it and think it’s a great addition to the site.
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Just do it. C’mon.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Oct 12, 2010 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Cool. I’d follow.
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MoJo is “week-to-week” with a foot injury, per Corey et. al.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Oct 12, 2010 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, he’s not going to get his NHL experience that way, but it was good defensive positioning that broke his foot.
by DrinkingPartner on Oct 12, 2010 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s not broken, per reports.
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Well, that’s lucky, if true. Hopefully, it’ll only be a week or 2, in that case.
by DrinkingPartner on Oct 12, 2010 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Have they said what from exactly? I assume the shot he blocked on the PK, because it looked like he was a little hurt going off the ice afterwards.
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Ouch…yea. I got hit with a line drive on the shin while pitching in baseball once. Took a good month to heal completely.
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by twistedlogic on Oct 12, 2010 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Per Dan Rowinski:
Dany Sabourin was given the day off because his daughter is sick and he needed. Not yet being sent down. Varlamov skated entire practice.
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Going to need a wireless connection for Stretch to be the DJ down at the bench!
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Absolutely a good reason to miss practice. Family first.
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Oct 12, 2010 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions
So I got completely spoiled last night. Was at Bar Louie prior to the game having a few beers with my friends and this guy gave us tickets to his suite. My mom, stepdad and brother were also at the game and he gave me tickets for them too. In total we got 8 free suite tickets. We just gave our tickets to some people standing in line for movie tickets. While I can’t ever see myself paying for seats like that, I do have to say it was a great way to watch the game.
The stache is back!
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New thread to discuss injuries, rosters, lines and assorted whatnot.
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A question for those folks with Game Center:
I don’t have a DVR at home (working on that). How long does it take for Caps’ games to become available in the archives after they’ve finished? I had to step away during the second period yesterday and didn’t get to record the scoring chances I wanted to. If it’s somewhat timely, that’s something I’d look into.
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by Knee high to a duck on Oct 12, 2010 1:38 PM EDT reply actions
Three days isn’t so bad, I think I could live with that. Thanks.
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by Knee high to a duck on Oct 12, 2010 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Do you time these posts on purpose?
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