Recap: Caps 4, Sabres 2
by J.P. on Nov 17, 2010 10:26 PM EST
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One of the most impressive aspects of this still-young 2010-11 campaign for the Washington Capitals has been just how many different ways they seem to be able to win games. They've won with great goaltending, with dazzling highlight-reel skill exhibitions, and with grinders stepping up. They've won blowouts and close games, high-scoring affairs and goaltending battles, games they've dominated and games in which they've been outplayed.
Tonight, with the Buffalo Sabres in town, they showcased a lot of the above en route to a 4-2 victory which ran their home record to 10-1-0 and increased their cushion atop the League standings. The "how" most certainly matters, but that "how many" sure is attention-grabbing.
Ten more notes on the game:
- For a couple of minutes there in the middle of the second period, Michal Neuvirth seemed to have lost his concentration and/or confidence, and was beaten twice in a 48-second span as his 3-0 lead quickly became 3-2. But he didn't let a single puck past him over the final 27 minutes of the game, which included a few desperate goal-mouth scrambles as the final buzzer drew near, and he ended the night with his best game of the month, stopping 31 of 33 Sabres shots. Impressive mental fortitude, no doubt.
- The big story ahead of tonight's game was Bruce Boudreau's line tinkering, most notably breaking up Nicklas Backstrom and Alex Ovechkin, slotting the latter alongside Marcus Johansson. So how'd the kid do centering the captain? He won 10 of his 15 faceoffs, fired two shots on net and didn't have a single giveaway (he also didn't play in the game's final ten minutes or so). Individually, he certainly receives a passing grade for his effort...
- ... as a line, however, Ovechkin, Johansson and Mike Knuble struggled, posting by far the team's worst Corsi/Fenwick numbers as the never really established much possession and were caught defensively a few times. Had Johansson not had a career night in the dot, things could have been really ugly for this trio.
- And while the Ovechkin line (was it the top line?) had its issues, the night belonged to the third line of Jason Chimera, David Steckel and Matt Bradley, which combined for two goals and three assists and, really, was even better than those numbers might imply, given that both goals were scored thanks to hard forechecking and Chimera's soft hands (yep, you read that right). Steckel's goal, by the way, made him the tenth different Cap with a game-winner this year (as a point of reference, more than half the teams in the League don't even have ten wins yet).
- Speaking of Stecks, one of the game's less-publicized individual match-ups featured the League's top two faceoff men (heading into the game), Steckel and Paul Gaustad. Goose won this round, but that's no doubt cold comfort.
- Does anyone miss former Cap Shaone Morrisonn? Not after coughing up the puck to a hard-checking Bradley in the corner moments before the Steckel goal, I'd wager.
- If there was a turning point in the game, it was at 7:49 of the second period. With the Caps leading 3-0, Alexander Semin and Backstrom made brilliant passes in succession and the puck ended up on Brooks Laich's stick for what could have been a nail-in-the-coffin slam dunk. But Ryan Miller - who was on the ropes at that point - made a sparkling save and gave his team a chance to get back in the game. They did.
- With two more points (a gorgeous set-up to Backstrom on a 5-on-3 power play and an empty netter from somewhere in Anne Arundel County), Semin now has 25 for the season. In his 84-point 2009-10 season, he registered his 25th point on December 7.
- Did anyone miss Tomas Fleischmann tonight?
- The Caps will want to be a little more careful with the puck than they were tonight - total the Sabres takeaways and Caps giveaways and you get 22; total Buffalo giveaways and Washington takeaways and you get six.
And so it's off to Atlanta with a couple of good wins in a row and some folks wondering how they might win their next game.
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That spot in Anne Arundel County he launched it from was my front lawn JP, I cheered out my window and Sasha looked up, winked, and just said “Sniper”.
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by Davethecapsfan on Nov 17, 2010 10:30 PM EST reply actions
Don’t you mean снайпер. Sasha Minor doesn’t give lawn interviews in English, silly…
by cbl on Nov 17, 2010 10:38 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Ah of course…
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by Davethecapsfan on Nov 17, 2010 10:39 PM EST up reply actions
And it didn’t just barely go in, either. That 180-footer was dead freakin’ center in the net.
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by war_capitals on Nov 18, 2010 10:09 AM EST up reply actions
Good luck will rub off when he shakes hands with you
Congrats, Chimmer. Beast.
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Steak or lobster, Brads? What'll it be?
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Given that the other 2 linemates appeared in 3 stars of the game, Brads getting the dinner sounds good to me. Whole line was tremendous tonight.
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by Davethecapsfan on Nov 17, 2010 11:47 PM EST up reply actions
Steak, well done, with a side of Pampers Cruisers to go….
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Nov 18, 2010 10:07 AM EST up reply actions
Bet he likes the hard hat tonight better than that third star
Good going, Stex.
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- Guess tonight’s performance won’t be making the 2011 Alex Ovechkin DVD
- The way Semin is playing right now is other-worldly. If he were somehow able to keep this up it might not matter what #8 does.
- Less than 26 minutes for Green? Color me impressed.
Once again power play chances were hard to come by, all we got was the 5 on 3 in the 1st. Green and Schultz were -1 on the night as well, Carlznerson +2 (although I think one of those was the empty netter)
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by Davethecapsfan on Nov 17, 2010 10:41 PM EST up reply actions
Says something when the rookie pair is on the ice for the final shift of a one goal game, no?
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It’s pretty clear to me at this point that they will have their rookie moments but all in all they can excel at this level.
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by Davethecapsfan on Nov 17, 2010 11:44 PM EST up reply actions
Sez Coach wants his rookie pair to learn a lot in a hurry. And trusts them enough to let them do it.
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Carlson and Greenie are tied for best +/- among the D men at +8.
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by Davethecapsfan on Nov 17, 2010 11:53 PM EST up reply actions
And against the very team they messed up against last time. Redemption! (And they were on the ice with the newest edition of our “top” line of Ovi/Laich/Semin. So does that mean that Brooksie is our new top line center?)
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No Fleischmann, know win.
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 Nov 17, 2010 10:39 PM EST reply actions 12 recs
Gordo stays perfect.
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by Davethecapsfan on Nov 17, 2010 10:41 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I’d take a 5D at this point
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by Davethecapsfan on Nov 17, 2010 10:48 PM EST up reply actions
Not if he’s sitting no.
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by Davethecapsfan on Nov 17, 2010 11:45 PM EST up reply actions
Easily the poorest choice of word(s)
I find it sadly ironic when folks use this word so loosely. Especially when we have half a dozen players supporting a month for supporting awareness of this awful killer.
It’s coincidental, or unexpected? Really? Maybe you mean a different word.
In any case, welcome to the internet.
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by Hang a Laingtern on Your Problems on Nov 17, 2010 11:42 PM EST up reply actions
PC police coming through! sheesh.
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Not another Capitals blog!
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by Ovechwin on Nov 18, 2010 12:28 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Both my Mom and Dad passed away from cancer, so I don’t take that term lightly. But I’m old enough to know that when someone uses it to describe a “malignant” force in the locker room to just take it as a euphemism. Have we come so far that we can’t call an insidious disease by it’s name and attribute it’s characteristics to a sports figure who may spread his negative personality to the rest of the team?
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I don’t disregard your comment. In fact I appreciate it. I know where you are coming from and there’s no need to apologize or back down from it. I just don’t like us to get us all wrapped around the axle of speech codes and political correctness. Go Caps.
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BB said the refs were “reffing the score and not the game” which I agree with to some extent. Didn’t help we got a 5 on 3 (and an extended one at that) in the first 10 minutes of the game. Pile on a 3-0 lead, writing was on the wall we weren’t getting a call unless someone got murdered on the ice…and even then that guy would get a deuce for diving probably.
To be fair though, they might have given us a break or two on a couple calls as well.
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by Davethecapsfan on Nov 17, 2010 10:44 PM EST up reply actions
As a general rule I assume when the Caps don’t draw a ton of penalties it’s because they’re not working hard enough or not skating hard enough – this was one of the few times where I thought it was more a case of Buffalo being disciplined. They maybe could have been whistled for a few things but I didn’t see a lot of “blown” calls going the other way.
Agree they could have given us a break on some of the Caps’ penalties, though.
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yeah, in the 2nd leading up to the goals, and for parts of the 3rd, it seemed like the Sabres were hitting hard, checking a lot and we weren’t doing much. Yeah Ovie laid out a few good hits (and the ref got a good one in on Ovie), but overall it seemed like the Caps wanted to try and win without much physical play
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Yeah, there wasn’t much suspicious except for that Ovechkin mugging by ShaMo and a couple of borderline boarding calls (both teams) in the third. I Boarding was apparently legal this game.
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Everything wrong with the Sabres is Drew Stafford's fault.
There was one rather blatant Too Many Men that Buffalo got away with.
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true, but look at the box scores from the past week. one or two per game I think and 4-6 for the opposition on average. everyone gets away with one from time to time, including the Caps. But this seems a bit much…
You just gotta accept that any night the refs are actually on our side it’s a fluke.
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by Davethecapsfan on Nov 17, 2010 10:50 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
That’s hilarious. Brett Sutter was traded by Flames GM Darryl Sutter (his father) and Brent Sutter (his uncle) to the Canes. Awkward…
One thing about sitting Flash, it allows 4 guys to play center who actually, you know, play center. Put another way, it allows the lineup to fall into something resembling an organic shape with no, or less, distortion. MarJo, Backs, Steckel and Gordo/Hendricks drops the skill quotient, but at least you have 4 guys that have an idea of what they should do.
Flash, what a fricking disaster. I’m going to throw up in my mouth when Boudreau announces that his “time to sit” is over, and he takes his soft, floaty ass back out there against Atlanta.
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by fat_daddyo on Nov 17, 2010 11:23 PM EST reply actions 5 recs
It WAS great seeing those centers out there tonight. Maybe BB can finally get some lines to gel without 14 in the mix. Just daydreaming, but if Flash goes, I would think Perreault comes up, no?
You had me at no problem.
Not necessarily, imo. Between Gordo, Stecks and Hendricks you have three guys that can play center, and only two open slots.
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Fortunately Gordo and Hendricks can both play wing and still be effective and bring plenty to the table.
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by Davethecapsfan on Nov 17, 2010 11:46 PM EST up reply actions
Right. Wasn’t saying they’re a problem to have on the roster – although obviously it would be best to have a more skilled guy to play 2C – but only that it’s not a slam dunk to call up MP.
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Mackan might not fill that role yet but he’s showing that the potential is there
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by Davethecapsfan on Nov 17, 2010 11:49 PM EST up reply actions
He looks like his ceiling is high enough to eventually be a legit answer to the 2C question, yeah. On a team with “3 scoring lines” his best and highest use would be getting 12-15 minutes a night between 25 and 16 (especially if 16 would kick it up a gear).
But for now he can play 2C.
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16 seemed to wake up after sitting for a game but he’s been quiet last couple.
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by Davethecapsfan on Nov 17, 2010 11:52 PM EST up reply actions
Is it just me, or does anyone see a lot of the same style/decisions that Backstrom made in his first season coming out in MJ90??
Many times looking to “find” OV vs. skating the puck, not getting many shots through and although he’s not as strong on the puck as NB, I feel like that same “attribute” is there w/ MJ.
Maybe I’m reading into it too much because they’re both from Sweden, but I feel like we’re watching Rookie 19 all over again w/ 90. One could only hope that he progresses the same way.
So what you’re saying is we need to get rid of Stecks, too?
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by Hang a Laingtern on Your Problems on Nov 17, 2010 11:47 PM EST up reply actions
I can’t hate on Stecks last couple games. He’s still slow but was putting in work tonight
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by Davethecapsfan on Nov 17, 2010 11:48 PM EST up reply actions
I really go back and forth on him. He seems like a genuinely good guy, and God knows there are nights where he shows up and really gets it. I just don’t know if I want him on my team come April.
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by Hang a Laingtern on Your Problems on Nov 17, 2010 11:51 PM EST up reply actions
Come April if he’s winning draws like we need him too and giving us good shifts on the 4th line I’m happy with that. If he wants to go all retro 2009 against the Pens and chip in some huge goals I’m in heaven.
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by Davethecapsfan on Nov 17, 2010 11:54 PM EST up reply actions
Semin is playing out of his mind this season. I only caught about 1/2 of the game, but from what I saw he was hustling after every loose puck and making some very solid plays in his own end.
FЯEE ALEX!
Playing his ass off. He’s even been showing willingness to put himself into situations where he’s going to get cleaned out, too.
You had me at no problem.
He got into a pusedo shoving match with one of the Sabers just before a line change early in the 2nd I believe. and also jumped into a scrum/puck battle along the boards that normally he’d just try to fish the puck out w/ his stick.
I really like the physicality and effort – and Koken mentioned that he’s “having more fun” … not sure what changed (other than it being a contract year) but if he plays this way consistently he’s gonna earn a LOT of money.
One of these days, Laich, Knuble, Flash, and Fehr have to start getting their acts together and start scoring again. They have too much talent to be kept down forever.
But at least Laich had an assist today.
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I sorta disagree with this – those guys (with the exception of Flash, actually) need to play with good players if they’re going to score. Since the Caps have only one legit playmaking center at present, you can only expect whomever is on with Nick to really be productive at even strength, IMO. Right now it’s Laich, so we’ll see. The lack of production from 21, 22 and 16 highlights the team’s weakness down the middle.
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I noticed that Nicky B. had only 16 minutes of ice time today. What’s up with that?
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“2nd” line and a grand total of 2:13 or so of PP time for the entire team to use will do that I guess.
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by Davethecapsfan on Nov 17, 2010 11:55 PM EST up reply actions
But then Ovi and Semin both topped 18 minutes, Ovi having 19 minutes. And Johansson had only 15 minutes and didn’t show up after a certain point during 3rd period.
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Considering we were talking about Ovie playing 22-24 minutes even like 6 games ago I’m quite happy with 19 minutes for him. Anytime he’s under 20 it’s a bonus.
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by Davethecapsfan on Nov 18, 2010 2:59 AM EST up reply actions
League Leaders as of 11-17-2010
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Only to Steve Moore. Oh, God. Too soon?
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by Hang a Laingtern on Your Problems on Nov 18, 2010 12:00 AM EST up reply actions
Guess Bertuzzi has found a way to capture the old magic again.
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No, its because you chumps gave Steve Montador a -1.
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Montador earned that minus… he played ok, but his partner Leopold was the best defenseman possibly on either side last night….
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Nov 18, 2010 10:09 AM EST up reply actions
Can someone please cool down Crosby and Stamkos? About the only good thing I can say about Stamkos leading the league in everything is at least it’s not Crosby. Or guess who needs to step it up!
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See those lists are wrong though…29 points leads the league.
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by Davethecapsfan on Nov 18, 2010 12:55 AM EST up reply actions
Henrik Sedin: 22 assists, only 0-2 goals? Yikes.
by red army line on Nov 18, 2010 10:01 AM EST up reply actions
Remember the Flash Gordon video when 14 came back from injury at the VC? Pretty sure everyone used to love him…He’s been money for the Caps, but for some reason just really really stinks.
Think it might be because he’s not a center DBL-B?
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Pretty much. He’s a pretty good winger but, as we’ve seen, not a very good center.
Ideally, I’d love for the team to roll like this:
Ovie-Lars-Knuble
Laich-2C-Semin <- how much better Semin would be with a playmaker at center every game/
Flash(Hendricks)-Mackan(Gordon)-Fehr
Chimera-Stecks-bradley
Soon the Championship with be ours, all ours!
Another question. It seems that MarJo was missing in action since about the middle of the third period. Anyone have any news about him? We saw all kinds of other crazy combinations. At the end, it was Semin/Laich/Ovi as our forwards and before that Backstrom/Steckel and someone else. At one point, I even saw Ovi/Backstrom/Fehr.
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Didn’t hear anything to suggest an injury. Steckel’s line was getting a lot of ice in the 3rd though. Tonight’s solid performance in the dot aside, you’d have to assume BB was not sending out Mackan for D zone draws either in a 1 goal game.
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by Davethecapsfan on Nov 18, 2010 12:56 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah, I’d assume that it was the coach stapling the rook to the bench with a one-goal lead late. Smart move.
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Nobody said he had to be in the pressbox.
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I’ll say it. MJ90 might be a “great skater” - but then, so is Dorothy Hamill (who has just one less goal and point in her NHL career than MJ90 and a 3-better +/).
two dashes results in a strikethrough. tends to show up when discusing plus/minus. ex: Schultz had a massive +/- but but it’s not as impressive as the year pronger had a ginormous +/- because Schultz is a sissy who never hits anyone!
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bah, and I managed to screw it up! lalala gets the strikethrough.
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Great recap, but a quick geography correction. The rink is laid out east-west in the arena, and the Caps skate from West to East in the first and third periods. How do I know this? Because if you get there for warm ups in the late spring, they have to close the curtains on the upper deck behind the Caps goal so that the visiting goalies aren’t blinded during the warm ups. That means that Semin’s empty netter came from somewhere in Loudon county…
Be that as it may, it was an interesting night as one of the groomsmen from my wedding attended the game with me, and he’s a Sabres fan….
1) A great game for Steckel, Chimera and Bradley. Hard to find any flaws in their game tonight at all, and they showed the guys who make more than all of the combined that results can come from great effort. That said, it was inexcusable for Brads to not get one of the stars. Not that Leopold had a bad game, but Brads was all over the ice. The only thing he forgot to do was get in a fight and get a Gordie Howe hat trick…
2) Marcus Johansson didn’t look out of place centering Ovie and Knuble. That said, the line looked a bit off, and opposing defensemen are on to Ovie. At least one time he was held up enough by ShaMo to end up offsides (and he ended up jawing at ShaMo…) When Ovie really gets going, the league better watch out. Maybe that will come in April, May and June…
3) Neuvirth had a bit of a brain-[Hartnell] there in the second period, but definitely showed some resilience. Kudos to the kid for his being a brick wall in the third.
4) My friend the Sabre fan couldn’t believe that they called the second penalty to set up the 5-on-3, but in seeing the replay on On the Fly, it was definitely the right call. A nice set up to get Backstrom a goal. The Backstrom/Semin/Laich combination looked great…
5) Every once in awhile a solid player who is very consistent every night has a game that they’d probably like to forget, and I think last night Jeff Schultz had one of those nights…. I’m not worried as I’m sure that won’t happen again.
6) A couple of times last night with Carlson, I was saying over and over again “He’s only 20” and “He’s only a rookie”… he made a couple of serious gaffes at the blue line during the game… again, I’m not worried.
7) On a positive note, Green played a very solid defensive game. Was Tomas Vanek even in the game… I don’t think I noticed him at all. Alzner had a great game too, and if there is a defenseman that’s more efficient in their own end in the league, tell me who it is. The kid only has one focus in his own end: Get the puck out, do it quickly , and don’t ice it.
8) Bruce needs to check up on the rulebook… if one team calls for a time out, the other team can’t call it. Someone asked if Bruce was being Joe Gibbs, but in the NFL teams can call time out one after the other… they can’t call time out consecutively without a play being run. In the NHL this is moot, since each team has only one time out.
So next up is a trip to Atlanta, a place where the Caps have one of their 4 regulation losses… time for a bit more payback….
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Nov 18, 2010 10:25 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
I don’t think Neuvirth looked bad on the second goal. That puck hits Shultz’s leg and drops flat on the ice. Schultz can’t see it, both D have their guys tied up and Gordo can’t reach the puck before the D gets there. Kudos to the Sabres D for jumping up on that play.
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What was weird was that during the second intermission, myself and a couple of friends were standing in the concourse behind 409 and Joe B. walked by, and he didn’t look very happy. Wonder what gives?
Maybe CSN thought he was going to be doing the Rangers/Bruins game last night up in NY for Versus so they gave him the night off, but Versus would use Sam Rosen since he is the Rangers’ regular broadcaster…
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Nov 18, 2010 1:40 PM EST up reply actions
According to Joe B. in his CSN piece about the game he had no voice. Cranky because he was sick perhaps.
First of all, please allow me to say that having laryngitis is pretty close to the worst thing that can happen on the job for an announcer. It’s a helpless feeling. I’m glad and grateful that Al Koken is able to fill-in very capably, which gives my throat another day to heal.
Alright, confess-how many goals are you going to make this year?
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Well can you at least guarantee fifty?
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by capsyoungguns on Nov 18, 2010 1:52 PM EST up reply actions
I’m really impressed with Neuvirth’s mental strength. He looked really rattled late in the 2nd period after those quick goals. But instead of letting it snowball he regrouped in the intermission and came out with a great third period. It’s not the first time he’s toughed out some wins after some soft stretches in the game either. I don’t particularly like that he’s looking shaky at times, but I do love his ability to bounce back from a bad period or hang in there when he clearly doesn’t have his A game.
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by Killer_Carlson on Nov 18, 2010 11:08 AM EST reply actions
I wonder if anyone else had discusses the signs of mental toughness that Neuvirth has shown.
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if the rest of the hockey world actually discusses Neuvy’s mental toughness, then they’re going to have to give up on one of their favorite talking points: The Caps can’t win with the goalies they have! And we know how loathe people are to give up on factually incorrect points.
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Yes. His apparent ability to lock things down in the third period — even after a rotten second — is a pleasant surprise.
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by CapitalCentre on Nov 18, 2010 2:38 PM EST up reply actions
it was celeb night in our section. Ron Weber, wait, sorry, Hockey Hall of Fame Member Ron Weber made his triumphant return last night, and Joe B randomly came by to chat with a couple people as well.
The most amusing moment of the night came during the first intermission, when a couple in Buffalo jerseys can in and were seat hopping. They weren’t even sly about it; after the first two times they got kicked out of seats, they started walking up to people and asking “Are those seats taken?” They ended up sitting right in front of us. Someone told the usher, who mistakenly asked me for my ticket! And then he asked the seat hoppers. “Sir, you see that section, way over there, that last row? That’s where you belong.” They had a minor argument about it before the usher pulled the “don’t make me call security” card.
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Hopefully this April the Caps won't enter the month like lions and leave like lambs...
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