Friday Caps Clips: Lightning @ Caps Game Day
by J.P. on Nov 26, 2010 6:35 AM EST
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- Previews of this evening's tilt with Tampa from Vogs, NHL.com (Lozo) and RLS, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner Raw Charge for more coverage from the other side of tonight's match up.
- Notes and assorted whatnot from yesterday's practice. [Caps365 video (Knuble, Boudreau, Gordon/Schultz), CI (Carrera)]
- On slumpin' Russians. [Jamie's Hockey Blog]
- "The object of the exercise, coaches are quick to point out, is to play a full 60 minutes of hockey. Sometimes, however, a team can get by with a little less." Guess to which team in the Capitals organization that's referring. Guess again. [LDN]
- Quintin Laing is doing his Quintin Laing thing for Abbotsford (AHL). Good for him (and them). [Abbotsford News]
- Finally, it was two years ago today that we (well, I) launched on the SB Nation network. We've built quite a community since then, so thanks to all of you for reading, and to a great team of writers and contributors for making us what we are today.
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The trend of Russian players failing to meet with expectations is interesting, and indeed seems to raise the question of mental fallout from the whooping they got from Canada at the Olympics. It will be interesting to see whether or not it is a trend that carries on throughout the season. Hopefully not.
Best of luck to the Caps tonight. Sadly, I won’t be able to catch the game but here’s hoping they manage some payback from the last time they faced Tampa.
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They only won by a field goal?
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They only got two field goals, themselves. Hmm, hopefully they have better luck when in the red zone, tonight.
by DrinkingPartner on Nov 26, 2010 8:46 AM EST up reply actions
In the last period. And Sasha was fierce!
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And without bringing out the bongos…
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Nov 26, 2010 9:46 AM EST up reply actions
I got a Courage Cap last year with a Quinton Laing autograph. (It made sense to me, with his broken jaw, spleen injury and H1N1.) The community table told me he was thrilled, since people weren’t asking for his autograph. And on break down day at the end of the season, I had a chance to tell him that I was the one who’d asked for it. He was very, very nice.
Don’t make fun of my obsession over ketchup dispensers ever again! ;) Ted Leonsis
by miseenjeu on Nov 26, 2010 7:26 AM EST reply actions 3 recs
Happy anniversary jp. Finding this blog has made my appreciation of the caps (and hockey in general) grow exponentially! Thank you and your crew for making hockey fun again!
A danger to myself and others on the ice
by can't skate on Nov 26, 2010 8:28 AM EST via mobile reply actions
I think Alex Ovechkin and friends deserve most of the credit for making hockey fun again, but thanks for the very kind words.
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But sharing the joy of Ovi and the Caps with other fans on Japers’ makes the experience so much sweeter.
Finding Japers’ has likewise enhanced my appreciation of hockey in general and of the Caps in particular, not to mention that I’ve learned so damn much in the process. I may even become a stats-head. My family already looks at me queerly when I talk “Corsi.”
Congratulations!
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 26, 2010 9:01 AM EST up reply actions
Now we need to sing that to the tune of “Onward Christian Soldiers”
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Or we can just let a joke lie without having to explain it.
"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 26, 2010 3:52 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
The SB platform made this a much better site, and Japers made SB a much better place to come for hockey analysis. That was a great move.
It’s hard to believe it was just you two years ago. The additions of DMG, Becca, Pepper, Tuvan, Emily and Malin, facilitated by this flexible platform, are are another reason the switch to SB was a great move.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Nov 26, 2010 12:46 PM EST up reply actions
ans since the anniversary of the move nicely coincides with Thanksgiving, I’ll say I’m so thankful to have such a smart, cool, wonderful community to hang out in and be a part of.
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And a big heapin’ helping of thanks to the moderators, who do a helluva lot behind the scenes to keep the community running smoothly.
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Indeed, I’ve seen enough moderators go insane on a few sites. You guys seem to be able to still participate without your moderator status affecting your posting style, etc. I hope the whole ‘being a moderator’ thing doesn’t detract too much (or at all) from your site enjoyment, because I’m sure you guys have directly improved my enjoyment of this site.
If it's too loud, turn it down.
Cheers, thanks
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Nov 27, 2010 1:00 AM EST up reply actions
On Quintin Laing, good to see him employed again, even if not at the level he’d like. His coach on the team is Jim Playfair. Now that’s a perfect fit last name here.
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Jim Playfair had an epic meltdown as Abbotsford coach during a game last year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVGMgFC3GJQ
I poured spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone.
by Rather Bengt on Nov 26, 2010 9:08 AM EST up reply actions
That was an epic meltdown… hockey hasn’t seen anything like that probably since Robbie Ftorek through a players bench onto the ice about 15 years ago…
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Nov 26, 2010 9:38 AM EST up reply actions
Wow, I’d seen the clip of him breaking a stick before, but didn’t know he broke 2 of them. Even better. I love how the players he grabs them away from have no reaction whatsoever.
"And then they’ll look at guys in my situation, that could play three good games in a row and have one bad shift, and they’ll say, ‘Well, that’s why he’s been in the minor leagues his whole career.'" --Matt Hendricks
JP said that “Quintin Laing is doing his Quintin Laing thing”… is there some awful injury mentioned in the article or weird disease he’s caught?
I guess I should go read it…
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Nov 26, 2010 9:37 AM EST up reply actions
On Jamie’s Blog on the slumping Russians — think that Semin is a much better player than Kovalev and I’m talking about Kovalev at his prime.
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FWIW, Kovalev had his best season it looks like in 00-01, at age 26-27. How old is Semin? Oh, right.
by red army line on Nov 26, 2010 9:01 AM EST up reply actions
Scorecard on Kovy:
1 season with 40+ goals; 2 other seasons with 30+ goals. Typical output:: in the 20’s
Scorecard on Semin: 1 season 40 goals; 2 other seasons with 30+ goals; Semin’s had a lot shorter career so far. He appears to have better consistency on a year to year basis. Assume he’ll top 30 or 40 this year, barring injury.
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Through their respective first five seasons, Kovalev had an adjusted .3 goals per game and .4 assists per game. Semin had .49 goals per game and .48 assists per game. He absolutely kills Kovalev.
It should be noted, however, that Kovalev’s first five NHL seasons took him through his 23-year-old campaign, while Semin’s took him through 25 (due to the lockout and the year after it when he stayed home).
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Or would it be a more apt comparison to compare Semin and Kovalev at comparable ages when they were both in the NHL at the same time: ages 22-26? In that case, from 1995 to the 1998-1999 time frame for Kovy and starting with the 2006 season to now for Sasha.
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New 24/7 clip on Katie’s latest post and NHL.com. Has DJ and Goddard talking about fighting. Interesting, but the odds of these guys both getting a sweater on New Year’s Day have got to be pretty small.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
DJ who? The video guy, you mean?
Ooooh right . . .
"This guy is an android. He's not human....Oh my goodness."
I think she meant DJ17, although I would want to mess with DJ80 either….guy’s got a reach advantage!
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Nov 26, 2010 9:42 AM EST up reply actions
Who is this “she” you speak of?
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Nov 26, 2010 9:45 AM EST up reply actions
Katie…. :)
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Nov 26, 2010 1:25 PM EST up reply actions
honestly, I’d be way more interested if HBO asked Brads why he fights. He’s giving up a fair number of inches and pounds on pretty much everyone he’s ever tangles with, he bleeds if the wind blows too hard, his win:loss ratio is 1:100, and yet he keeps doing it. And Caps fans love him for it.
I know HBO is going to be working hard to balance this so it appeals to both the obsessive Caps/Pens fan, hockey fans, and hockey newbies, but that’s the sort of behind-the-scenes stuff I’d love to see.
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Say cheese
Thought they took this picture the last time they were here! (Click for larger)
But playin’ a little pro-style ball hockey in front of the WH is kinda cool:
BTW, they only got in to DC last night around 10.
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Vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPCEF9mbmlc
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Just dug through the archives and found this from the last Tampa game just 16 days ago:
http://www.japersrink.com/2010/11/11/1808684/recap-caps-6-lightning-3#51738786
In 16 days (I haven’t counted how many games) Stamkos has 7 more goals and 12 (!) more points.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/statshome.htm#?navid=nav-sts-league
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Yikes.
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S.S. is red hot, my friends. Hotter than Red Hot Chili Peppers!
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But unlike Flea and Ned Braden, Stamkos will likely leave his clothes on when he plays….
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Nov 26, 2010 1:26 PM EST up reply actions
So how much talk is there about him scoring so much either because it’s a lot of power play scoring or because he has St. Louis? Bet there isn’t. When it was Ovi scoring like that, didn’t we see a lot of that kind of talk?
The guy is good. Somehow, he needs to be shut down. Stay out of the box, guys.
"It's always good to have vikings."
indulge me a minute and allow me to play armchair coach, but the Caps need to knock either Stamkos or St. Louis off their game (not out, just off). Which, I’m sure, is every game plan, but I’m continually amazed at how much space those two are given by opposing teams, particularly on the power play. I know, they’re both very very good, very fast, very smart players. But if you’re going to give them all day and all the space in the universe to do their thing, well….
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Memo to boys, especially if you bear one of the first names I would have given my son, provided I had had a son, which didn’t happen:
1) Stay out of box
2) Score goals. Do you really want that little upstart to get that far ahead of the rest of the league in goals?
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If you try to play Marty close up, he uses his quickness or playmaking ability to go around you, if you give him room, he can create, but the idea is to get him to set up one of his teammates who don’t have Marty’s skills.
The thing is now that Stamkos is there, the two of them combine to make their contributions go way up… they click amazingly well together like Adam Oates did with Brett Hull.
I think the only way to get Marty off his game is to duct tape him into his locker….
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Nov 26, 2010 1:29 PM EST up reply actions
There’s been talk by some Pens fans about how Crosby doesn’t have the supporting cast Stamkos has. It’s not a completely invalid point, either – Stamkos has a pretty decent set of forwards to play with. And we know that Ovi’s always been able to score regardless of his linemates but he’s obviously been made better by being with Backstrom.
Crosby’s having to generate a ton of offense on his own because Malkin continues to be inconsistent and getting a winger in there to play with Sid just hasn’t been a priority for them…either that or he’s not capable of making those around him better so he just does it himself, whichever theory you decide to subscribe to :P
If anyone needs me, I'll be at Kettler.
getting a high-quality winder hasn’t been a priority. They’ve been more than happy to experiment with every cheap winger they can get their hands on (with apologies to Bill Guerin, who is better than “cheap” even if his production was the same when he was with the Islanders)
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Obviously, Sid realized the problem and is doing something about it. But he was never the question, for what you’ve pointed out. The only time he’s really had quality on his wing is whenever Malkin was moved up there. I’m just wearing that chip on my shoulder that comes with being a Caps fan. You know, the one that goes with, “so and so is good, but….”
"It's always good to have vikings."
The Sid v. AO debate has gotten hilarious because the sides are now forced to flip their entire arguments. Early in their careers AO had much less talent around him and was scoring more goals so we said “AO does more with less and he scores goals which are more important!” Now AO is getting more assists than Sid, but Sid has been scoring more goals, and the Pens fans are resorting to the “no supporting cast!” argument and arguing that goals are more important.
I get that Sid has crap wings at ES, but there’s no reason for the PP to stink so bad with the talent they can ice, so I’m just not buying the argument completely.
Lockout talk makes me want to go out and choke an old lady - Elliotte Friedman
by Rob Parker on Nov 26, 2010 4:31 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Includes one game where he took a scoring bagel.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Nov 26, 2010 11:25 AM EST up reply actions
Crosby has 5/14 in his last seven games. Couple of pretty good runs for those guys.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Nov 26, 2010 11:30 AM EST up reply actions
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I liked Red Army Line’s chart for tonight:
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by EmilyB on Nov 26, 2010 11:39 AM EST up reply actions 7 recs
Random question – if Fahey has to play tonight, how soon will we know that he’s driving back down route 15? I figure it can’t be much later than noon. (Please be OK Greenie.)
"It's always good to have vikings."
did Fahey actually go back to Hershey yesterday, or was that just a paper transaction?
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Who knows?
Sounded like he was physically going, because it sounded like Bruce was assuming Green would play. And he said something like, we can recall him if we need him.
"It's always good to have vikings."
So Fahey would truly be a member of the Frequent Driver Club from here to Hershey if he gets called up today!
Next question: has Bruce talked to Green about his condition since he had assumed Green would be playing on Wednesday even when Green said he was sore.
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McNeil
If the snow holds off I’m heading to the Syracuse vs Hershey game tonight.
My questions- Is McNeil back? And, after he gets his legs back, is he a big improvement over Fahey for the next bout of defense injuries?
McNeill is closer to being back but no hard date for his return yet. And can’t speak to the legs ’til we see him suited up, I guess.
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Yep…it’s a shame, I live 50 miles north of Syracuse and you take a risk when you buy tickets in advance. I never knew what lake effect snow was in Falls Church growing up.
Now I do. It can suck bad.
Hope you get to see Holtby tonight!
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And hope the snow holds off so that Upstate can make it to the Bears and cheer them onto victory. It’s been a rough year for the Bears so far.
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Hershey beat SYR a few weeks back 3-0 when we went. Sabourin had the shutout. Very lethargic game by the Crunch, they must have thought they were the baby Caps.
For that game I let my daughter wear my Crunch jersey, and I sported a Caps jersey (Backstrom w/ a Crunch hat, so I’m covered).
50 miles north of Syracuse? That’s got to be great fun in the winter… You could easily have a backyard rink, but then you’d have to shovel it constantly.
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Watertown is a beautiful place… that I’d never want to be. Ever.
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Just looking at the scores. Theo in goal for the Wild, and they’ve spotted him a 3-0 advantage after one.
"It's always good to have vikings."
wait, the Wild are playing offense with Theo in goal?!
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Don’t look now, but the Islanders just broke their losing streak. DiPietro with the shutout. I’d make a lame joke about it being against the Devils, but not so funny at the moment.
"It's always good to have vikings."
good on them, but man, that would have been something to see. And it would nice is the answer to the ever popular trivia question “Who holds the worst losing streak in NHL history?” was not longer the Capitals.
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just for fun, because this seems to be the “quarter mark” of the season. If things ended today….
EAST
Flyers vs. Atlanta
Capitals vs. Rangers
Candieans vs. Bruins
Penguins vs. Lightning
WEST
Red Wings vs. Sharks
Coyotes vs. Avalanche
Canucks vs. Kings
Blue Jackets vs. Blues
some interesting match-ups! Montreal-Boston would probably be worth selling my soul to see.
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and the reigning champs on the outside. they lost the tiebreaker to San Jose.
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Those would be some fun match-ups. I don’t think CBJ is going to hold on though.
Lockout talk makes me want to go out and choke an old lady - Elliotte Friedman
Yeah, that’s going to happen early in the year. Almost everyone is going to be a theoretical contender until after New Year’s.
Lockout talk makes me want to go out and choke an old lady - Elliotte Friedman
Someone on the St Louis Blues’ blog posted about how much closer the race in the West is than it was in either the last two years and that the Wings were awfully close to 9th place.
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If you think this is just the result of the season being in its early stages, think again. On this date last year, the first-place San Jose Sharks and 13th-place St. Louis Blues were separated by 16 points. Two years earlier, the first-place Sharks held a 17-point lead on the Blues, who were coincidentally in the same place in the standings.
by red army line on Nov 26, 2010 9:41 PM EST up reply actions
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