Thursday Caps Clips: Righting the Ship in Raleigh
by J.P. on Nov 25, 2010 9:17 AM EST
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- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night's win from us, Vogs, CSN Washington (Masisak), WaPo (Carrera: blog, gamer), Caps365 video (Boudreau, players), CSN Washington (Beninati), Frankovic, StC, SB Nation DC and KOL.
- Is Matt Hendricks a poor man's Matt Cooke? (And is it an insult to rich people to equate them with Cooke?) [Dump 'n Chase]
- Alex Ovechkin is slumping. Yeah, sometimes our links are stale by the time they run. [TSN]
- Speaking of The Great Eight, apparently "it’s possible to compare Alex Ovechkin with another incredibly talented player who had problems with coaches: Jaromir Jagr." Shots fired! [HotH]
- A couple of former Caps are among the best right-wingers of the modern era. [CBC]
- Great list of thing for which Caps fans should be thankful. [OFB]
- Michal Neuvirth could do something this season that no goalie in franchise history has ever done. [LiR]
- A guide for when Caps fans should panic. (Our guide: wait until someone writes a post telling you not to panic and add a three-game losing streak.) [Box Seats]
- Queer eye for the stats guy featuring Marcus Johansson? [RLS]
- Talkin' prospects. Russian prospects. [HockeyBuzz]
- Doug Wickenheiser played the last 43 games of his NHL career for the Caps. If you don't know much about the former first overall pick, it's time to go to school. [Montreal Gazette]
- Some Caps love from former Cap Al Iafrate. [Sharks Videocenter]
- Finally, happy 60th birthday to Bob Kelly... and happy Thanksgiving to all of you and the people who are important to you.
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I dig the Great 8 on the right side. And I think the move got him to shake out his game a bit, get more creative. Nicely done, Boudreau.
I’d like to see Brooks Laich as 1LW instead of Flash.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
Brooks was already 1LW. And the question is - will he stay there, even when Knuble gets back?
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Flash started there. I liked Laich there better
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Nov 25, 2010 11:30 AM EST up reply actions
Laich definitely looked good there. We’ll see how long BB sticks with those lines but that was by far the best game we’ve seen from the top line in quite some time. Hard to attribute too much of that to Laich but may as well stick with it for a bit.
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At the very least until Knubes is back.
Alright, confess-how many goals are you going to make this year?
"I'm not going to tell!"
Well can you at least guarantee fifty?
"No way. I have a different objective. To win."
by capsyoungguns on Nov 25, 2010 2:44 PM EST up reply actions
Generally speaking, there’s a bump in productivity whenever a structural change like that is made. The real pudding will be if the effect persists after a few games and everyone’s settled in to the new roles.
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by Knee high to a duck on Nov 25, 2010 1:14 PM EST up reply actions
We’ll see. And then we’ll have another shakeup when Knuble comes back. If our ‘present’ first line continues to work, Knuble goes to 2RW and I assume Semin reverts to 2LW. Ovi being a right winger would pretty much defeat the purpose of Semin being a RW.
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I’m not sure I agree. There are lots of players that don’t like being moved and don’t respond well. We’ve even seen a few guys on our team that the coaching staff exclusively plays on one wing because they don’t like their performance on the opposite side. The Flyers have moved Cs all over the lineup trying to find a way to make them fit and some of those guys clearly have not played as well on the wing as at center. If it was so easy to get a jump start then you’d see it much more often.
Lockout talk makes me want to go out and choke an old lady - Elliotte Friedman
Good morning and happy Thanksgiving. I give thanks that our dymanic duo have regained their chemistry. I’m loving Ovi on the right too. I thought Laich looked right at home with them. If I didn’t have a turkey to cook I’d go watch their practice. I love happy energetic practices.
Alright, confess-how many goals are you going to make this year?
"I'm not going to tell!"
Well can you at least guarantee fifty?
"No way. I have a different objective. To win."
by capsyoungguns on Nov 25, 2010 9:55 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Of course. Not really serious about it. My family would take exception I believe.
Alright, confess-how many goals are you going to make this year?
"I'm not going to tell!"
Well can you at least guarantee fifty?
"No way. I have a different objective. To win."
by capsyoungguns on Nov 25, 2010 2:47 PM EST up reply actions
Will there be a morning skate at KCI tomorrow with the early game?
"This guy is an android. He's not human....Oh my goodness."
I doubt it. There’s never a morning skate for Sunday 5:00 games so I don’t think it would happen for a Friday edition either.
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Here’s to hoping the Islanders break our shared record with the Sharks for the longest consecutive losing streak. They’re currently on a 14 game skid so it’s certainly possible even though they play the Devils and then the Rangers twice.
Per the team
Fahey and Holtby to Hershey. Film at 11.
"DON'T SAY THAT! Please! That is the worst, most stupid thing anyone could say! Cause it quite clearly isn't "only a game." I mean if it was do you honestly think I'd care this much?"
So what now happens to Jared DeMichael, the goalie that Hershey just recalled?
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I think they’re sending him back, or waiting on confirmation of neuvy being okay.
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I’m glad Neuvy is playing well, but I don’t understand the point of trying to project him breaking time on ice, games played and win records as a 22 year old in the year after his NHL debut. Kolzig set those records when he was 30 and in his seventh or eighth season as a Cap. If Neuvy continues to play well, there will be plenty of time for him to take on individual records — right now, I’m more concerned that he not be injured or burned out at the end of his rookie season.
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Heartily seconded on Red Fisher’s piece in the Gazette. Excellent, must-read stuff.
"DON'T SAY THAT! Please! That is the worst, most stupid thing anyone could say! Cause it quite clearly isn't "only a game." I mean if it was do you honestly think I'd care this much?"
Doug Wickenheisee is much beloved here in the STL. I live perhaps 10 minutes from where Wick did. He is remembered through the 14 Fund, and a banner hangs in Scottrade Center in the rafters for the fund.
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Great stuff linking to the Red Fisher article on Doug Wickenheiser.
I remember watching in Canada Game 6 of the CGY-STL series in 1986 when Wickenheiser scored the OT winner of what was likely the biggest win in Blues history. It was dubbed the “Monday Night Miracle” as the Blues came back from a 3 goal deficit with 12 minutes left and went on to win in OT to force Game 7 of the Campbell Conference Finals.
Blues announcer Ken Wilson made the famous call,
Here’s Ramage, for Federko too far, Federko steals the puck from Reinheart, over to Hunter who shoots, blocked, Wickenheiser scores! Doug Wickenheiser! The Blues pull it off and it’s unbelievable!
Here’s a video link to that famous game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yodTX7a-Fc
I poured spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone.
by Rather Bengt on Nov 25, 2010 1:01 PM EST up reply actions
History lesson please
so @washcaps posted this:
(click for larger)
And JP posted this:
What’s the story? (About juneau, of course)
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I had no idea that pic was so big, sorry.
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Juneau had problems recovering from a broken jaw in Boston, so (if memory serves) he kept wearing it after getting traded down here until it fully healed. Seeing the Knuble pic was the first thing I thought of when I saw that, hence #NeedsMoreJuneau.
"DON'T SAY THAT! Please! That is the worst, most stupid thing anyone could say! Cause it quite clearly isn't "only a game." I mean if it was do you honestly think I'd care this much?"
by Bald Pollack on Nov 25, 2010 11:50 AM EST up reply actions
And Juneau what — those are good pics.
(Another fun fact. Juneau bears the same name as a Canadian miner and prospector who’s the very person that Juneau, Alaska was named for.)
And wore #90 for the Caps before MarJo
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He wore 90 because he was on RPI’s 1990 NCAA Champion. MarJo wears it because he was born in 1990… gads how time moves along.
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Nov 26, 2010 9:31 AM EST up reply actions
So I was looking at the average PK minutes for some of the offensive defensemen that may contend for the Norris this season and was a bit surprised by some of the numbers. I also included the numbers from last season. The number in parenthesis shows where their SH Time on Ice ranks among the D on each of their own teams. My question is, can guys like Byfuglien and Liles be considered players "who demonstrate throughout the season the greatest all-round ability in the position" if they don’t kill penalties or spend very little time doing so. Also, I was a bit surprised to see guys like Green and Boyle get more PK time than guys like Doughty and Weber. Is it just because the Caps and Sharks don’t have anyone else that can do a better job right now and the Kings and Predators do?
this year———— last year
Dustin Byfuglien –—— 0.10 (7th) –——— 0.04 (7th)
Lubomir Visnovsky –— 0.41 (6th) –——— 0.33 (9th)
John-Michael Liles –— 1:20 (9th) –——— 0.18 (7th)
Kris Letang –————- 2:13 (4th) –——— 1:22 (8th)
Drew Doughty –———- 2:26 (4th) –———- 2:01 (4th)
Shea Weber –———— 2:35 (3rd) –———- 1:15 (5th)
Mike Green -————– 3:00 (2nd) –———- 2:09 (5th)
Duncan Keith –———- 3:06 (2nd) -———– 2:58 (1st)
Zdeno Chara –———— 3:09 (1st) -———– 2:47 (1st)
Dan Boyle –————— 3:11 (1st) –———— 2:34 (4th)
Nicklas Lidstrom –—— 3:14 – (2nd) –——- 2:56 (2nd)
Chris Pronger –———- 3.25 (2nd) -———– 3:43 (1st)
Lobbies: Green, Carlson, Orlov
The Sharks are better off on D than the Caps (at least, were last season), but their situation is still not desirable, it seems to me. The Kings and especially Predators are deep on defense, so I guess that’s why Doughty and Weber are a bit lower. The Predators are also a very disciplined team (I think they only took 2 minors a game last season on average, best in the NHL).
by red army line on Nov 25, 2010 12:25 PM EST up reply actions
The Sharks aren’t much better. Blake retired and Vlasic has sort of stagnated. Murray got hurt and they’ve been calling up young guys from the AHL. You could argue that their young guys are better than Fahey and Sloan (and they probably are) but they are thinner in the top 4 than the Caps are.
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The glamorous life of a ECHL goaltender on a callup:
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Solid pracky at the giant center…now back to the hotel to figure things out
On Thanksgiving.
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Aww, he is American, isn’t he. The majority of hockey players would just call it ‘Thursday’.
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by CapitalCentre on Nov 25, 2010 12:31 PM EST up reply actions
I’m sure Demike is wondering if he’ll still stay in Hershey now that Holtby’s been sent back down. Unless the degree of confidence in Sabourin is so bad.
Probably more concerned with where he’ll be playing than with turkey at the moment.
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Depends on what the Caps think of him as a prospect, and I suspect they think he’s got a future, so back to South Carolina he goes where he will get playing time.
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Nov 26, 2010 9:32 AM EST up reply actions
back on the plane to SC this very morning.
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Speaking of The Great Eight, apparently “it’s possible to compare Alex Ovechkin with another incredibly talented player who had problems with coaches: Jaromir Jagr.” Shots fired! [HotH]
If you haven’t read this, don’t. I want my 3 minutes back. You know it’s a shit-stirring article with no real substance when, 80% of the way through, there’s a paragraph that basically says “I got nothing”…
Granted, Ovechkin is far from reaching Jagr’s level of unruly behaviour. In fact, he’s nowhere near it. We can’t recall an incident where he has publicly criticized his coach’s decision and we don’t think he has ever openly expressed any negative feelings toward Boudreau or anyone else in the Capitals organization. In fact, when discussing the future of potential free agent – and friend – Alex Semin, Ovechkin noted that "it’s not part of my job to say I want this guy to be on the team."
…which is immediately followed by a repetition of the bullshit thesis anyway.
Don’t give this guy any traffic.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
Well, it is a good example of taking quotes out of context. Might help if you ever get into an argument with a non-lawyer.
by red army line on Nov 25, 2010 1:54 PM EST up reply actions
That article was crazy — in my opinion! Talking about how the Pens had hired Czech coach Ivan Hlinka to please Jagr (or that was their intent), only to have Jagr undermine his system.
Ovi is no Jagr.
(I wasted the same 3 minutes as you, GOD, and declared it to be BS.)
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I unfortunately read that yesterday. It reminded me of why I hate gossip—make a couple of inferences, string a few innuendos together, choose a quote or two out of context, and top it of with a disclaimer and voila we have a muck-raking piece inspired by a unwise moment in a hallway. I thought about gathering the volumes of quotes where Ovi says directly how much he believes in BB, but then thought why give that blogger fodder and hits.
Alright, confess-how many goals are you going to make this year?
"I'm not going to tell!"
Well can you at least guarantee fifty?
"No way. I have a different objective. To win."
by capsyoungguns on Nov 25, 2010 2:55 PM EST up reply actions
Thanks G.O.D.
Don’t give this guy any traffic.
Japers is a place that could include “no-hit clip” for clown pieces like this one. I’d use it as the opposite of a “Masisak”, you know?
There's no 'i' in "team". But there's a 'nap' in "champion".
(technical difficulties but link works)
Saw this pic of BB and Ovi conversing while the Canes were practicing over at the Canes’ site.
I found it a nice visual of Ovi listening thoughtfully to his coach, discussing perhaps a change in strategy, such as (hypothetically speaking in hindsight) playing right wing.
Alright, confess-how many goals are you going to make this year?
"I'm not going to tell!"
Well can you at least guarantee fifty?
"No way. I have a different objective. To win."
by capsyoungguns on Nov 25, 2010 3:20 PM EST up reply actions
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JP on Puck Daddy, What he’s thankful for on turkey day
Bruce Boudreau when asked about Brooks Laich's return to the lineup, he said: "He just adds another dimension to our team. If it was puzzle, he just fits that thing. He completes us."
Brooks Laich completing everything from teams to tires and everything in between.
Also the Caps Brooks Laich, Nicklas Backstrom, and Semyon Varlamov get top mention in Puck Daddy’s honorable mention of wednesday’s three stars.
Bruce Boudreau when asked about Brooks Laich's return to the lineup, he said: "He just adds another dimension to our team. If it was puzzle, he just fits that thing. He completes us."
Brooks Laich completing everything from teams to tires and everything in between.
Let me add… I’m thankful for all of you guys who make this endeavor worthwhile.
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by J.P. on Nov 25, 2010 3:53 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
And I believe I speak for all of us when we say we are thankful for this place run by the best with the best Caps fans around.
"Ovechkin is as subtle as a shot of vodka."
by i12swim on Nov 25, 2010 4:21 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
Jaspers enriches my hockey. That is all.
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by redlineblue on Nov 25, 2010 10:02 PM EST up reply actions
With Craig Anderson out with #brittlegroin, Jason Bacashihua gets the callup by the Avalanche. Anyone else wish he was still with Hershey? I do, mostly.
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It’s a better year for Jason B. this year. Last year, he probably barely (I nearly typed bearly) played during the second half of the year since Holtby was Mr. Iron Man in goal. And then there were the rehab starts of Varly, not to mention the times that Neuvy was sent down.
And now Cash is in the NHL!
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I almost poured mountain dew on him, he glared at me D:
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Nov 26, 2010 9:35 AM EST up reply actions
Speaking of Brittle groins, Anderson of the Avalanche is now out with groin issues.
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Ow! Not that Budaj played terrible last night… but the Avs aren’t going anywhere with out Anderson.
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Nov 26, 2010 1:33 PM EST up reply actions
USA v. Canada gold medal game on NHLN if anyone is interested.
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by Rob Parker on Nov 25, 2010 2:26 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I have it saved on my computer, but I turned it on.
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Delly in the sin bin!
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Speaking of Delly, here’s a little update that also features Jake Allen, currently in net for Team Canada in the gold medal game. IIRC, he’s about to get pulled for Martin Jones.
http://www.pjstar.com/sports/x96442490/Eminian-Rivermen-goaltender-turns-heads
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That list of RW is formidable. If we’re talking total body of work, I don’t know how you can avoid Jagr or Lafleur. But sweet baby Raptor Jesus, how do you deal with Selanne, Kurri, Bossy, Bure, Hull, or Neely?
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by Knee high to a duck on Nov 25, 2010 10:42 PM EST reply actions
WWSBRJD?
In these situations, i just ask myself, what would sweet baby raptor jesus do?
He’d prolly go with Bossy
Soon the Championship with be ours, all ours!
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