Friday Caps Clips: Russia Falls in Shootout
by J.P. on Feb 19, 2010 6:41 AM EST
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Your savory breakfast links:
- Today in Olympic hockey: Belarus vs. Sweden (3:00p Eastern, MSNBC), Czech Republic vs. Latvia (7:30p Eastern, CNBC), Finland vs. Germany (11:55p Eastern, MSNBC)
- In late night action last night, Russia lost to Slovakia in a shootout (given that loss and Canada's scare against Switzerland, is it anybody's tourney, or at least anybody with a hot goalie's tourney? And did last night's results ruin any chance of a Russia-Canada gold medal game?). [NHL.com]
- Alex Ovechkin miscellany. [D.C. Sports Bog]
- If you question what value Semyon Varlamov is getting out of his Olympic experience when he's unlikely to see any game time, here's your answer. [@dchesnokov]
- Speaking of young Caps goalies, Michal Neuvirth "has returned to D.C. and is unsure if/when he'll be healthy to play during the OLY break." [@cmasisak22]
- Hey, Tomas Fleischmann is in Vancouver, too. Who knew? [Heavy Medal]
- The Boss checks in with the owners' perspective on Olympic pucks. [Ted's Take]
- Ranting about a rant about Ovechkin's media availability following Russia's first game. [FFODC]
- Seriously, is it possible for national media figures to compliment AO without working some dig in there? [Sportsnet]
- Tom Poti reflects upon his Olympic experience... [Worcester Telegram & Gazette]
- ... and Mike Knuble talks about his. [Grand Rapids Press]
- The Caps have been better than expected thus far. [TSN]
- Perhaps the Caps should look at acquiring Minnesota's Marek Zidlicky at the deadline. [Puck Prospectus]
- Grading GMGM's three most recent acquisitions. [RtR]
- The Caps don't need to go goalie shopping before the deadline. [Hockey or Die!]
- Everything you wanted to know about season-ticket price hikes but were too lazy to ask. [D.C. Sports Bog]
- Get to know the woman who birthed the greatest hockey player on the planet. [RMNB]
- The Bears are shaking up their lines a bit (because winning 24 of 26 simply isn't good enough), but here's one remarkable stat: Hershey has won 23 consecutive games with Chris Bourque in the lineup. [Patriot-News]
- Speaking of the Bears, here's as detailed a Keith Aucoin update as you could possibly want (and then some). [Corey Masisak]
- Finally, per the HHoF, on this date back in 1982, "Washington beat Montreal 3-1 to end the Canadiens' 34 game unbeaten streak against the Caps. Washington had been 0-32-2 against Montreal since entering the NHL in October 1974." Oy.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 19, 2010 7:06 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
Reply fail!
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by snakegriffin on Feb 19, 2010 7:13 AM EST up reply actions
Do you think he wears 32 as a tribute to Dale Hunter and is saluting the banner hanging overhead?
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Feb 19, 2010 11:03 AM EST up reply actions
Nah, he’s a big Travis Moen fan.
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At Least 2 current and former NHL players wear 32 because of Hunter...
Brendan Witt does, and Mike Eastwood did.
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Feb 19, 2010 3:00 PM EST up reply actions
I am stunned that Bykov went to Ovi three times in the shootout. I don’t even like him to be out there ONCE for the Caps in the SO.
I have a C on my heart.
Or Viktor Kozlov. He was money in shootouts.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 19, 2010 7:38 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Completely. I didn’t watch the game, but when i saw the score this morning I said to myself, “please tell me that they didn’t go to Ovi multiple times, not when they have Datsyuk, Semin, and Kozlov.” Sure enough… SIGH.
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At least he scored one of them. =\ I don’t know how you’re the coach of that team and don’t play Datsyuk from the 4th round on. He has more moves than a bowl of jello in an earthquake.
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Datsyuk’s shootout GVT is 2.0.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 19, 2010 8:21 AM EST up reply actions
For comparison, Sid leads the league at 2.8
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 19, 2010 8:22 AM EST up reply actions
Datsyuk should be the only selection
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by Chris Burton on Feb 19, 2010 8:23 AM EST up reply actions
Sid's good
But Pavel has the better moves.
Russia needed Vernon Fiddler.
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by Chris Burton on Feb 19, 2010 8:26 AM EST up reply actions
They don’t ask how. They ask how many.
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What’s also interesting is that Nabokov (2d, 2.7) and Bryzgalov (4th, 2.3) are both top 5 among all players in shootout GVT.
Bykov is a knucklehead.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 19, 2010 8:29 AM EST up reply actions
I thought the same thing watching the game early on.
The Russian staff did not adequately scout their own NHL talent. Even prior to the shootout (which I’d fallen asleep long before) they had Ovechkin on the PK, they were juggling personnel all over the place on the PP – not playing to the strength of the players on the ice. And fundamental setups/set plays were the exception in favor of pure creativity. Maybe that changed in the 3rd when I was asleep, but the final score would tend to indicate not.
The power play is not going to get any better if they don’t solidify a #1 unit – whoever it is is secondary – and stick with it.
I hear Fiddler’s good at roofing them
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 19, 2010 8:40 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
incredible
Same damn move every time, but it always fools the goalie. One time last year he, Erat, and Legwand all used the same move consecutively and all scored.
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by Chris Burton on Feb 19, 2010 8:42 AM EST up reply actions
I miss the Erat, Arkhipov, and Orszagh “Vowel Line”
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 19, 2010 8:44 AM EST up reply actions
The GVT-S is highest among Russian skaters. So yeah, he should’ve been in there. Often.
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Man, that song was terrible.
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Was it? No speakers on my work CPU, otherwise I’d have provided a warning.
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Not in international play. The first three guys must be different, then you can go to whoever you want, multiple times if you’d like.
I have a C on my heart.
(Hence Sid shooting first and fourth for CAN.)
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Pretty odd rule, that. It’s as if they needed to find a way to make shootouts even more distant from the team game that is hockey.
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by J.P. on Feb 19, 2010 8:07 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Yeah, the international shootout rules are ridiculously dumb.
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by Killer_Carlson on Feb 19, 2010 1:42 PM EST up reply actions
Who can ever forget the historic battle of Team Toews against Team Mueller in the WJC. That’s the stuff legends are made of.
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And if the NHL did things that way, Olie Kolzig would never have been posterized by Marek Malik.
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And Matt Bradley’s 12th rounder vs the Oilers.
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by boutros23 on Feb 19, 2010 8:12 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
That is a freaking stupid rule. And here I thought the internationals had their heads on straight with the 3-2-1-0 points system, then they go and endumben things with that piece of dipshititude,
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by renstar on Feb 19, 2010 9:32 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Rec’d for a couple of really good words.
“Endumben” and “dipshititude”… great words for a Friday morning! :-)
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That was a perfectly cromulent response.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 19, 2010 9:33 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
positively craptabulous
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by ThePeerless on Feb 19, 2010 11:36 AM EST up reply actions
An ignoble spirit endumbens the biggest tournament.
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by Killer_Carlson on Feb 19, 2010 1:45 PM EST up reply actions
Lousy rule, but I guess in theory it can end the shootout sooner if you can keep going back to the guy who scores more often than not.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
Per Slava’s blog post (<— over in “What We’re Reading”), Coach VB gave it to AO “because he worked the hardest”.
Fine if you’re awarding charity PP time late in a 6-2 game, not so good if you want to win a shootout with a really really good goalie.
I wonder if there was the Crosby did it/hero factor as well.
I think Babcock will be able to adjust his game plan more readily than Coach Bykov will.
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It’s been said elsewhere in here already, but it’s obvious the Russian coach is coaching with a little bit of politics and is getting outcoached as a result. Given Ovechkin’s shootout record, it’s questionable whether he should have even been in the first three, superstar or not.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
First three? Absolutely. There is no shooter, regardless of the situation, that goalies are afraid of more.
Repeat shooter? Probably not. I’d perhaps throw him out a second time if Dats/Semin get stoned more than once, but probably not three in a row, or two in a row, however many it was.
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 19, 2010 11:44 AM EST up reply actions
Kovalchuk should have just ripped a slapper, too.
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I’m a little surprised at how bad they’re allowing the ice to get during these games. It was probably damn near unskateable by the end, there.
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 19, 2010 11:48 AM EST up reply actions
With three games a day, at sea level, with rainy/damp weather earlier in the week I’m amazed the ice doesn’t have craters to rival DC streets
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Right, and I’m frankly surprised they don’t have that bitch sealed tight at 20 degrees: these fans can afford coats.
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 19, 2010 12:10 PM EST up reply actions
Which makes me wonder why so many guys tried to deke. It’s like they didn’t even watch the CAN/SUI SO. The ice was too crappy to get off a solid deke so everyone should have been thinking shot. AO out-smarted himself.
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Yeah and he got burned with it.
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Ok, maybe I was a little overboard. On the other hand, if the coach was letting him continue to shoot because he asked, Ovechkin needs to shoulder some blame as well, because I’m pretty sure he knows his shootout record.
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Have you ever met a player that said they didn’t want to play?
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by Knee high to a duck on Feb 19, 2010 3:30 PM EST up reply actions
Wrong. He didn’t want to try, he only wanted to play. He’d gladly take all the ice time you gave him, he just didn’t want to put in any effort or play any system he didn’t approve.
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Knee high is probably referring to the time Jagr told Renney that he didn’t want to take a shot in the shootour.
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by Killer_Carlson on Feb 19, 2010 3:36 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t even remember that. I just remember him not being allowed to take the SO because he got caught with an illegal curve… again. What caused this particular tantrum?
Seriously. Is there a bigger douche in professional sports this side of Alexei Yashin?
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I believe it was his last year with the Rags. He was terrible at shootouts and he turned down shooting. I believe it was also in a game in the 2nd half and the points were important, but I’m not positive about that.
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by Killer_Carlson on Feb 19, 2010 4:00 PM EST up reply actions
He showed up for them in the playoffs that year, as I recall.
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Yeah, but they still got eliminated right quick.
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He didn’t exactly have much help.
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Nope. But if you’re looking for a single kind word about that man from me, you’re wasting your time. He’s everything I despise about professional athletes.
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A little or a lot of politics, yes. Ah well. ‘Least they’ve got those nifty track suits.
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Once Ovechkin hit the net once, that should have been it for the shootout. He’s got Semin, Malkin, Datsyuk, Kozlov, Fedorov, Kovalchuk, etc.
Too bad Nikolishin is retired, he’s someone who would have been dynamite in the shootout with his quick hands.
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Feb 19, 2010 11:05 AM EST up reply actions
How do you have Datsyuk on your team and not use him as often as possible? Baffling.
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Speaking of Datsyuk, he looked like himself: astounding.
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 19, 2010 11:15 AM EST up reply actions
Here’s the problem… using Ovechkin to the exclusion of others isn’t only evidence of not having done one’s homework (that Ovechkin is iffy in the skills competition), but in NOT seeing other players in that situation in this venue, what knowledge does Bykov take forward in the event there is another shootout down the road? Or is he going to go to Ovechkin three more times?
He played 60 minutes as if he was evaluating his roster (it’s the only reason I can see for so much time for the third and fourth lines), then with all that skill on his bench that he could evaluate, he took the easy (and ultimately dumb) way out in the Gimmick.
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by ThePeerless on Feb 19, 2010 11:39 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I can only assume the coach kept sending Ovie out because he potted the first one, but you would think Bykov would be more aware of Ovie’s extreme lack of SO success.
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Bykov should know: Ovie is best in regulation play when he’s one-on-one with the D man and the goalie has to play 2 shots… First, where will the D man bounce after Ovie lays out some physics on him and then secondly, where will Ovie shoot the puck? He’s the best at using the D as a screen, obviously. I love how he actually steers closer to the D to jam the defender and to create the screen. Ovie doesn’t have the advantage of a D man to use against the goalie in the gimmick.
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AO likes to react and do things on the fly. SOs are a little too much thinking for him.
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it’s surprising to me how bad Ovie is on a shoot out considering how good he seems to be on the break away. Maybe his breakaway numbers are about the same just that an missed shoot-out attempt is so much more important than a missed break away attempt.
Breakaway and shootout are two completely different animals.
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by Christoph J on Feb 19, 2010 12:48 PM EST up reply actions
Understood, conceptually they seem the same, however, it’s one on one with the goalie, usually. You’d think it would be easier on the break away because of backchecking support.
Well, the goalie is mentally set up for a shootout. When a breakaway happens usually it’s the goalie looks up and there’s nobody between him and the shooter and he goes OHSHI and comes out to challenge.
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That’s a pretty important distinction there.
Also, I’ve noticed that Ovechkin’s pattern in the shootout is to go to the same move again and again. It’s part of why he’s been stripped of the puck so often this season when he tries to do the fancy pass-around/through move: everyone’s seen it, everyone knows what’s coming, they’ve watched the tape a million times, and they know how to defend it.
One of his shots, he apparently left the puck behind, too… that is not the way to score in the shootout…
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by IRockTheRed on Feb 19, 2010 12:57 PM EST up reply actions
The Sundance Kid would like a word.
Remember when he’s ‘trying out’ for a job in Mexico, and the guy wants him to shoot a can in the middle of the street? He misses, just standing there, and then he says “can I move?”. On the run, he makes that can dance.
The gimmick is denatured hockey and I’m not at all surprised that Ovechkin struggles with it.
by redlineblue on Feb 19, 2010 1:13 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Btw, those white Russian unis are money.
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Agreed. One thousand percent more money than the red ones. And the red hockey pants go well with. And also the vertical stripes on the socks, rock.
But, damn.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 19, 2010 8:42 AM EST up reply actions
Gotta differentiate from the norm, maaaaaaan.
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I think they were just too cheap to spring for two different sets of helmets.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 19, 2010 8:53 AM EST up reply actions
Agreed except for the socks. I hate vertical-striped hockey socks.
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by CapitalCentre on Feb 19, 2010 11:07 AM EST up reply actions
They look nice with the Russian unis. Racing stripes.
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Was I the only one that had trouble figuring out which team was Canada and which one Switzerland, at least at first?
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Definitely. Plus, since I was watching bits and pieces as I ran around at work, I kept forgetting, haha.
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by kellobellow on Feb 19, 2010 12:16 PM EST up reply actions
y'all may be getting tired of this
But in an effort to keep you informed:
1) Reports from TSN hockey guru Darren Dreger out there that the Bruins have something cooking with a defenseman that should be announced after the Olympics are completed.
Two different NHL sources have confirmed that the B’s are indeed zeroing in on a defenseman, and one source further indicated that 27-year-old Nashville Predators defenseman Dan Hamhuis could be Boston GM Peter Chiarelli’s main target.
Aaron Ward hadn’t heard anything about a potential trade when CSNNE.com contacted the Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Wednesday night, but that "there’s a list of places" he may be headed before the March 3 NHL trade deadline.
Hamhuis is headed for unrestricted free agency and would be looking at a pretty healthy payday after finishing with 23 assists in each of the last seasons. The solid defenseman has averaged 22 minutes per game over the course of his six seasons in the NHL, and would immediately help Boston’s D-man crew. The blueliner currently holds a $2 million cap hit for this season, and a pro-rated portion of that deal wouldn’t be a difficult fit under Boston’s crowded cap situation.
The sticking point right now appears to be Nashville’s asking price for a rental defenseman. It may be that Chiarelli is looking into other possibilities like Ryan Whitney and Dennis Grebeshkov as younger alternatives that could be part of the team’s plan next year and beyond.
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So anyone want to take bets on what the Preds are asking for Hamhuis?
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I think Poile would ask for Mike Ryder and Aaron Ward. Might have to send them a pick.
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by Chris Burton on Feb 19, 2010 8:43 AM EST up reply actions
So is it a given that any deal with the Caps (if GM threw his hat into the ring) would have to include Fleischmann or Fehr?
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looks like it
I mean, you’re not trading Semin for Hamhuis and I know Poile wants a forward.
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by Chris Burton on Feb 19, 2010 8:45 AM EST up reply actions
He’s absolutely looking for immediate offense though, right? So prospects/picks probably won’t make a big difference…I would guess. Anyone ok with giving up one of those guys to rent Hamhuis? I’d be ok if they took Fehr but not Flash.
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I’d prefer they take Flash. Fehr still has a lot of upside, has been improving over the last season and a half, plays a role that we are in short supply of, and doesn’t play the kind of game that is susceptible of disappearing acts during the playoffs. Plus, Flash has higher trade value so we’d have to throw in less on top if we trade Flash than if we trade Fehr.
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If we got Hammer, Santorelli, and Arnott or Sullivan.
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Arnott, Santorelli, and Hamhuis for those guys, too, but Arny is captain with a NTC…
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by Chris Burton on Feb 19, 2010 11:17 PM EST up reply actions
Aaron Ward is on the Hurricanes though.
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by Sombrero Guy on Feb 19, 2010 8:46 AM EST up reply actions
oops
Didn’t he used to play for Boston?
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by Chris Burton on Feb 19, 2010 8:48 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah last year. And got sucker punched by Scott Walker haha
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by Sombrero Guy on Feb 19, 2010 8:53 AM EST up reply actions
Why would Boston want defense? How does that help them offensively?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 19, 2010 8:43 AM EST up reply actions
is a good question
This rumor is completely new to me. Not sure how to take it.
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by Chris Burton on Feb 19, 2010 8:44 AM EST up reply actions
Chiarelli is a dope, but I don’t think even HE is that dumb.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 19, 2010 8:45 AM EST up reply actions
So that they can win without having to pay for more offense? The two options are either score more or allow less. I guess they chose the latter.
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But, Boston has Chara! Gamesetmatch, right? Plus they need offense more right now.
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by Chris Burton on Feb 19, 2010 8:45 AM EST up reply actions
So, logically from this – a mention that Grebs might be available, the fact that he’s a Russian, and the CW that the Caps need a defenseman – we can predict a “Grebeshkov to Caps (e4),” right?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 19, 2010 8:59 AM EST up reply actions
I’d be happy. ‘Cos google translates Grebeshkov to “Scallops” and Varly’s first name to “Seeds”, and that is teh funny.
Seeds and Scallops FTW.
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Seeds and Scallops and Sheep...
Oh my!
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Feb 19, 2010 11:08 AM EST up reply actions
If the Predators part with Hamhuis I’m guessing they might want a scoring forward in return, which the Bruins don’t have to part with unless you can’t the overpaid Michael Ryder, whose $4 million per season salary would likely be too expensive for the cost-conscious Predators. The Ducks might not yet be sellers at the deadline and I suspect the Oilers would prefer to retain Grebeshkov, preferring to shop a veteran like Steve Staios instead or the more expensive Sheldon Souray or Lubomir Visnovsky, whose salaries are likely too rich for the Bruins. Ward was rumored to be among those in the Bruins sights and he’d likely welcome a return to Boston where he was a good fit and a fan favorite but became a cap casualty last summer in a cost-cutting trade by the Bruins.
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I'd have to agree
The Bruins look like the Pens—nothing to return, really. Ryder would fit OK but his salary is way huge for his production.
Thanks, though, hadn’t seen that yet.
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by Chris Burton on Feb 19, 2010 9:09 AM EST up reply actions
Well, the mere fact that we haven’t heard anything about the Caps being involved yet means that the deal either hasn’t been discussed or is done and will be announced the day the freeze is lifted.
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maybe
In the past, you rarely hear anything in advance on the Nashville side of deals. Poile keeps things close.
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by Chris Burton on Feb 19, 2010 9:22 AM EST up reply actions
So does McPhee, hence the comment. When Clark got traded, we got about an hour or warning before the deal was announced finalized, which means that not a word was breathed to anyone until the paperwork was shipped to the league.
Which makes a deal that catches everyone by surprise even more likely.
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by gotsparkly on Feb 19, 2010 9:28 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Hell…Clarkie HIMSELF had no idea it was coming.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 19, 2010 9:30 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah. There’s a saying “never play poker with George McPhee” and this is why.
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by gotsparkly on Feb 19, 2010 9:36 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
interesting
I’m guessing Poile wants it done before the team returns to play on the 2nd.
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by Chris Burton on Feb 19, 2010 9:33 AM EST up reply actions
And GMGM said he had been talking to CBJ about Chimera since the late summer but we never caught wind that Chimera was on the radar.
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To be fair, NBC’s screwing up everything lately, so this is hardly precedent.
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by Bald Pollack on Feb 19, 2010 8:55 AM EST up reply actions
Oh come on...
It’s not like they’ve ruined everything lately. I mean they haven’t had any issues with their Primeti—- whoops, maybe their late night—-
Oh.
They haven’t screwed up with SNL—-no wait, they fired some cast members mid season…
If I were Brian Williams, I’d get my resume up to date…
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Feb 19, 2010 11:10 AM EST up reply actions
Jimmy Kimmel will be doing the NBC Evening News before the end of the year.
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by ThePeerless on Feb 19, 2010 11:43 AM EST up reply actions
I think after yesterday’s games.. it’s safe to say that all my tournament predictions mean nothing. I expected USA and Canada to be the powerhouses to mop the floor with everyone else and USA to struggle…. Then..
Russia loses to Slovakia WITHOUT anyone with a first name of “Marian” even scoring a goal? Canada struggles against….. Switzerland???? And of all the games… USA blows out Norway.
It’s a bizarro world we live in today my friends.
I’m done trying to act like I know who’s going to win in the tourneys. Time for me to sit back and just enjoy
Of course… of all the “underdogs” I guess Slovakia was the least surprising to put up a fight…. but you’d just figure that if they were to pull an upset, Hossa or Gaborik would have been the key players in that upset
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by Chris Burton on Feb 19, 2010 8:44 AM EST up reply actions
.
Maybe he was thinking of Marian Ross?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 19, 2010 8:47 AM EST up reply actions
Marion?
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by Sombrero Guy on Feb 19, 2010 8:48 AM EST up reply actions
ugh
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Madame Librarian
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by EmilyB on Feb 19, 2010 8:52 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 19, 2010 8:54 AM EST up reply actions
“Its an Everlast!”
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 19, 2010 8:56 AM EST up reply actions
And seriously...
Of all the people in the world named Marion.. you guys couldn’t come up with this one?
We’d like to forget this guy…
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Feb 19, 2010 11:11 AM EST up reply actions
I hear he’s more into other winter sports, like skiing. Guess he likes the white powder (snow, that is) or something.
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He’d work well with a playmaker, since he’s susceptible to being set up.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 19, 2010 9:03 AM EST up reply actions 5 recs
You knew this was coming...
Time for my Friday morning photoshop:
by Brainumbc on Feb 19, 2010 9:22 AM EST up reply actions 10 recs
rec'd
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by Chris Burton on Feb 19, 2010 9:24 AM EST up reply actions
This wasn't necessary....
Rec’d though.
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Feb 19, 2010 3:03 PM EST up reply actions
Curling? I hear Marion Barry likes playing with rocks…
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by Sombrero Guy on Feb 19, 2010 9:04 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Oh no you di’int, gurlfriend!
He’s totally gonna sue your butt now :)
Remember the hissy fit he threw when someone in the DC gov’t a few years back sent an email to someone calling him a ‘crackhead’ and that email was exposed.
Oh course… he used to be on the Metro board.. and look at Metro now. Hmm.. maybe he took a few spare parts to the chop shop.
Sorry…I’m still getting used to the new system.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 19, 2010 9:00 AM EST up reply actions
So Zidlicky is an interesting proposition.
MZ’s Qual/Comp of .047 would place second on the Caps, behind only Tom Poti
MZ’s Qual/Teammate of -0.117 would place ahead of only John Carlson so he’s not getting much help…
MZ’s Goals For/60 of 2.54 would be dead last on the Caps (not surprising considering Minnesota has scored 76 fewer goals than the caps
MZ’s Goals Against/60 of 2.42 would be 6th on the caps, below only Mike Green, ShaMo and Alzner.
MZ’s +/-/ON 60 of .12 would be higher than only Sloan and Alzner
MZ’s +/- OFF 60 is -0.4 which would be the lowest number on the caps
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If he’s got a GA/60 worse than Green and Mo, and a +/-/ON 60 that’s only ahead of Tyler Sloan and King Karl, that’s a problem.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 19, 2010 8:49 AM EST up reply actions
He does play for the Wild.
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by jordanDC on Feb 19, 2010 8:50 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
guys
Zidlicky sucks. Poile sent him away for Ryan Jones.
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by Chris Burton on Feb 19, 2010 8:51 AM EST up reply actions
He’s a good PP guy right?
We don’t need one of those.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 19, 2010 8:53 AM EST up reply actions
Team Russia does though.
/had to go there, sorry
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absolutely
He’s Mike Green with less defensive skills.
Crosby and Malkin would make him look silly.
He got traded because Nashville already had good point men and he was making a habit of getting posterized.
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by Chris Burton on Feb 19, 2010 8:57 AM EST up reply actions
He’s not Mike Green with less defensive skills. Not even close.
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eh
He’s really, really good on the power play. I have to give him that much credit.
I guess I keep thinking of Green as a PP specialist when he’s really not.
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by Chris Burton on Feb 19, 2010 9:04 AM EST up reply actions
I’d be worried if he ended up in Pittsburgh, but they already have a ton of talent on the PP that can’t make anything work.
Bet he’d look good on Boston or Philly’s PP.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 19, 2010 9:07 AM EST up reply actions
He’s not even that. I saw him play live last month and he was absolute crap. He’s a mess in his own end.
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by Carl Putnam on Feb 19, 2010 12:27 PM EST up reply actions
this
Nashville knows good defensemen. Poile washed his hands of that quick.
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by Chris Burton on Feb 19, 2010 12:29 PM EST up reply actions
his GA/60 is BELOW, so slightly better than Green or Mo.
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by Sombrero Guy on Feb 19, 2010 8:54 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah….read that wrong. Went to BTN and looked it up.
I wish there was a way on there to compare individual players to each other.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 19, 2010 8:55 AM EST up reply actions
Minny’s going to re-sign him, apparently.
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If Russia/Canada win their groups and Sweden or Finland goes 3-0 in reg, then Russia/Canada would be 2-3 seeds. Hope that clears it up.
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Right. There are actually many combinations of results (even discounting ones that aren’t realistic) that allow for a Russia-Canada final. It’s still very much possible, if not likely.
Now, with their performances yesterday, the real question should be if they’re going to be able to get that far.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Feb 19, 2010 11:47 AM EST up reply actions
The Growing Up With the Caps site has the audio of Ron Weber’s call that night when the Caps finally beat the Canadiens.
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Finally, per the HHoF, on this date back in 1982, “Washington beat Montreal 3-1 to end the Canadiens’ 34 game unbeaten streak against the Caps. Washington had been 0-32-2 against Montreal since entering the NHL in October 1974.”
According to the Caps Media Guide, the game was played on February 19, 1980 (not 1982; the Caps didn’t play a game on 2/19/82).
Up until then, the Canadiens (again, according to the Caps Media Guide) were 31-2-0 against the Caps and outscored them by 197-56 in the 33 games. Montreal scored 10 or more goals five times and shutout the Caps ten times in that run.
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by ThePeerless on Feb 19, 2010 12:00 PM EST up reply actions
You beat me to it
I read the clips late today and was just about to correct that, since I was at the game. Bengt Gustaffson deked between Gaston Gingras’ legs and scored the clincher late in the 3rd. One of my top 5 Caps games of all time.
Just shoot me.
Is it Varley Time?
Need reports/opinions, please! The latest 2-1 score would tend to belie it, but are the Russian goalies playing up to par? Might Varley get a shot? After soaking up all that Tretiak-ity, he might be good to go, eh?
I thought Bryz was superb last night, better than Nabokov, in my opinion. I wonder if they will go back to Nabby on Sunday or keep Bryz in net from now on.
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by CapsFan2020 on Feb 19, 2010 11:11 AM EST up reply actions
Agreed...
It’s not Bryz’s fault that the Russians only scored once during the game. He did the job. Although right now, the top goalie in the tourney has been Jonas Hiller from Switzerland/Anaheim..
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Feb 19, 2010 11:13 AM EST up reply actions
Listening to Pierre Maguire this morning on XM, he said that if Canada doesn’t win the gold, the prime reason will be their powerplay which has been substandard so far. Hmm… Somewhere in the Carribean, a certain Mike Green has to have a little smile on his face, particularly if he watched Dan Boyle shank a slap shot wide of the net in the last two minutes of regulation that he knows he could have buried.
by b.orr4 on Feb 19, 2010 9:26 AM EST reply actions 6 recs
yeah
Boyle’s looked bad. They should leave (forgive me) Heatley and Weber on the power play all the time.
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by Chris Burton on Feb 19, 2010 9:29 AM EST up reply actions
They had 4 Sharks out there on the PP last night at the same time.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 19, 2010 9:33 AM EST up reply actions
well
that PP, except for Boyle hasn’t been that bad. They’ve only had one tactic, though, and that will hurt them. T/M/H cycle it around for a while till Weber gets open, repeat process. It works fine if you screen the goalie, but teams figure it out after a while.
The Crosby PP though has been awful.
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by Chris Burton on Feb 19, 2010 9:34 AM EST up reply actions
You know what they say about a chain only being as strong as its weakest link. Boyle was definitely the weak link out there last night.
When Hiller was flopping around like a fish last night after being caught out of position, and Boyle got the puck back at the point and completely missed the net, I did the Captain Picard facepalm.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 19, 2010 9:49 AM EST up reply actions
Me: “Mike Green could have hit that wide open net.”
Boyle then proceeded to get the puck again and blast it 20 feet over the crossbar.
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Green buries the shot Boyle just threw wide. Lock.
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So, apparently, I wasn’t the only one thinking this exact thought.
by mechanicsville on Feb 19, 2010 11:53 AM EST up reply actions
No, and JP’s wasn’t the only tweet. Many tasty Canadian tears on Twitter last night.
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It’s not as if it’s been any better in Pittsburgh.
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by ThePeerless on Feb 19, 2010 12:02 PM EST up reply actions
It’s hard to put into words how satisfying this is to fans of Mike Green. It could well turn around, though.
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Things that make you go heh heh heh.
Wait, wasn’t their power play the problem in 2006 in Torino?
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you know
US, Russia, and Canada all have bad power plays. Really odd.
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by Chris Burton on Feb 19, 2010 9:30 AM EST up reply actions
Some of that could be to the lack of familiarity. They’ll probably get better as the tournament goes on. Still, you would think teams with the firepower of Russia and Canada would be dominating on the PP.
Still, you would think teams with the firepower of Russia and Canada would be dominating on the PP.
Right. Russia should’ve had like five PPG against Latvia on talent alone.
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by Chris Burton on Feb 19, 2010 9:35 AM EST up reply actions
c'mon
Pitt only has 3 decent pieces. Russia has like a dozen.
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by Chris Burton on Feb 19, 2010 9:39 AM EST up reply actions
But for Pittsburgh to have a PP in the bottom five in the League is pretty bad. Same idea.
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Maybe its just a “too many chiefs” thing? Something where there’s just too many options?
Russia needs a guy like Mike Knuble. Maybe he can become an honorary one (Mike Knublov.)
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 19, 2010 9:51 AM EST up reply actions
And as much as I love AO’s willingness to battle anywhere on the ice, it’s an absolute waste of his skill set to set him up on top of the crease. I’m shocked that the coaching has been so sub-standard.
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How was the Russian coach chosen?
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I have no idea but he’s been the coach for a few years. Probably similar to how USA and Canada do it, through whatever governing body they have.
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I agree that chemistry probably has a lot to do with it. I do like Datsyuk centering Ovi and Semin – his job seems to be to keep those two out of trouble.
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And he only played 14 minutes and change last night. @dchesnokov’s twitter feed from last night is informative. Coach Bykov made some odd decisions last night.
But in all honesty, the team did not look very cohesive last night, and their puck clearing was atrocious.
And “Client Jaroslav Halak” was magnificent.
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Also, Russia needs a net crasher/crease camper. AO should buy Knuble a few rounds or maybe build him a house when they get back to DC.
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Maybe Semin will buy it
and tear it down…
by redlineblue on Feb 19, 2010 12:25 PM EST up reply actions
Semin already has close to $4 million in real estate in Arlngton, his house is worth alot more than Ovie’s
Aim for the head baby Jesus
I know
I was recalling that Semin used his checkbook to pre-empt the existence of a ‘house next door’ to his.
Personally, I think it is a little too soon to start the tournament Post-Mortem.
Who else here remembers what Sweeden did to Canada in Salt Lake City during the Round Robin?
Don’t go throwing dirt anybody’s grave yet.
Well maybe Norway’s….
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So true… let’s see I have a choice of running my Power Play with Dan Boyle or Mike Green… and Steve Yzerman said “Let’s go with Boyle!”
Glad he’s not the Caps GM.
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Feb 19, 2010 11:15 AM EST up reply actions
I was quite pleased to see #16 mentioned by TSN as one of the Caps’ key complimentary players. Sure hope GMGM agrees with this assessment.
Or trades him to another GM that agrees with the assessment!
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He’s a guy whom I’d like to see wearing a Caps sweater for a long time. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that Caps can fill any perceived holes in the lineup with assets other than #16.
by mechanicsville on Feb 19, 2010 10:08 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah, I’ve come around on him since I started reading his twitter posts.
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by Bald Pollack on Feb 19, 2010 10:13 AM EST up reply actions
No, but I find it endearing that Fehr does.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 19, 2010 10:21 AM EST up reply actions
The Man From Winkler Pulls a Stinkler
The man from Manitoba must have eaten at Qdoba!
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by Sombrero Guy on Feb 19, 2010 10:17 AM EST up reply actions
From the NHL.com recap of the Russia/Slovakia game:
SVK, Marian Hossa on Bryzgalov – Save
RUS, Datsyuk on Halak – Save
RUS, Ovechkin on Bryzgalov – Save
SVK, Stumpel on Halak – Save
It’s a good thing Ovi didn’t score on Bryzgalov. That would have been awkward.
But would’ve been cancelled out by Stumpel scoring on Halak.
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Maybe Ovechkin should have shot on Stumpel.
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by ThePeerless on Feb 19, 2010 12:03 PM EST up reply actions
This as obviously mentioned in the GDT, but the ice seemed, well, atrocious in the 3rd period on out. Both Ovie AND Malkin losing the pucks on SO attempts? C’mon.
I was thinking the ice was bad for Boyle when he whiffed on that open net, when my gangsta voice said, Greenie would’ve roofed that f’er!
Ovie would have scored on his other attempts if he’d have just continued to do what he did on the first one.. look for a hole and shoot for it. Instead, he came into the later attempts with a move in mind and got stoned every time because of it.
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by bigonetimer on Feb 19, 2010 10:54 AM EST up reply actions
sorry, too easy and not enough coffee….I agree with the pick-spot-and-shoot philosophy but I still want him to go backhand on the SO attempts a little more often.
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by bigonetimer on Feb 19, 2010 10:57 AM EST up reply actions
After Two Games Into Round Robin Play ...
Russia goalie Ilya Bryzgalov of the Phoenix Coyotes said the upset validated his belief that the gold medal is hardly exclusive to the hockey tournament favorites.
“Why is everybody always talking about Russia and Canada in the final? Guys, you’re too rushed,” he said to the media. “There are too many good teams out there. Be careful with your predictions.”
Well put Bryz. And I think that really, really makes me excited for the state of Olympic ice hockey play and in particular this tournament. So much unknown. So many factors.
Aware that there’s plenty of hockey to played in Round Robin, I’m still going to throw this out there. Which team is best capable (in terms of personnel and the execution they’ve demonstrated so far in their play) of adapting to multiple styles of play and tactics.
Some quick and uncohesive thoughts/observations on last night’s Russian/Slovakian tilt:
-Russia, we know, is an offensive dynamo waiting to explode backstopped by a pair of stellar goalies. Aside from Volchenkov, their D is hardly anything that would qualify as defensive minded. With that said, their MO seems to be an attacking offense that hopes to force the tempo of them game on their opponents and put them on their heels constantly.
-Slovakia on the other hand, while possessing world class offensive talent in their own right, just cannot consistently pass and stickhandle their way with the same kind of flair that Russia does. They’re more the counter attack kind of team and when they go on the offensive it’s the straight, crisp, short and high percentage passes that advance the puck into Russia’s defensive zone. Patience and opportunism is their MO.
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To further that, the Swiss played the Canadians tough, chippy, and relentlessly forechecked – I thought that despite the shot disparity, Canada was playing into the Swiss’ hands.
I wasn’t the only one waiting for Semin to flip a blind backhand for a Hossa breakaway, was I?
by S h a g g y on Feb 19, 2010 11:02 AM EST up reply actions
I wonder if Sloan was on Stevie Y’s list as well?
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Feb 19, 2010 11:17 AM EST up reply actions
Of course he was: he’s the swiss army knife of the NHL!
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 19, 2010 11:17 AM EST up reply actions
Doubt it. I doubt any D man in the Eastern Conference was in serious consideration.
No Alex, no ratings. Know Alex, know ratings.
Lucky for Boyle then to have been traded to the Sharks.
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Feb 19, 2010 3:06 PM EST up reply actions
I had dreams a miracle occurred and GMGM somehow acquired him in a steal of a trade, with Volchenkov taking a pay cut to play on a legit Stanley Cup contender.
"Where can you go from there? Where? ... Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?"
by Christoph J on Feb 19, 2010 12:41 PM EST up reply actions
Um, no. AV’s stock is on the rise, and caps aren’t the only cup contenders. He’s prolly more valuable to a club that is trying to structure with a game or seven against the Capitals in mind.
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I’m guessing he’s untouchable. Very impressive kid.
On the Forecheck-where Patric Hornqvist is never underappreciated.
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by Chris Burton on Feb 19, 2010 12:47 PM EST up reply actions
And I would have guessed that Kovalchuk was untouchable. But if the guy is UFA and refuses to sign, you have to get something for him. I doubt it’s at that point yet, but it wouldn’t blow my mind.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
Hence … my statement:
I had dreams a miracle occurred
As in literally, while I was asleep last night …
"Where can you go from there? Where? ... Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?"
by Christoph J on Feb 19, 2010 12:50 PM EST up reply actions
Three o’clock Backstrom, primetime Flash, and thankfully I won’t be staying up for Finland-Deutschland.
Yay!
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Reports say the Swedes are putting Gustavsson in goal for this game. King Henry gets the ball cap.
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I am, but not to watch hockey. I have to go get my car out of hock.
No Alex, no ratings. Know Alex, know ratings.
Yay! It’s early?
I need a snappy signature...
by IRockTheRed on Feb 19, 2010 12:49 PM EST up reply actions
Oi.
Better Glen Burnie than someplace in Virginia… :-p
I need a snappy signature...
by IRockTheRed on Feb 19, 2010 12:58 PM EST up reply actions
Like Burke?
Driver and head Muckety-Muck of The Pavel Kubina Bandwagon
XBox Live: Oinkvechkin
LORD PALMERSTON!!
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 19, 2010 1:00 PM EST up reply actions
I like Winchester. I’m a Valley guy.
Driver and head Muckety-Muck of The Pavel Kubina Bandwagon
XBox Live: Oinkvechkin
LORD PALMERSTON!!
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 19, 2010 1:04 PM EST up reply actions
Winchester is so much better than Burke it’s not even funny.
And Winchester sucks.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
Burns > Winchester.
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by Bald Pollack on Feb 19, 2010 1:53 PM EST up reply actions
And now for a word from Calle Johansson.
Aftonbladet doesn’t play nicely with googletrans to translate the webpage from the URL, but you can copy and paste the text. It’s worth your time.
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by EmilyB on Feb 19, 2010 12:02 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Calle
One of the nicest players I’ve ever met. I ran into him at the team store a few years ago.. he still looked like he could play. We chatted about the 1998 finals and how the Caps really didn’t have a chance in that series (Detroit was loaded with Hall of Famers, the Caps had none…)
Wonder what he thinks of Magnus Johansson wearing #6. It’s freaky to me to see someone name Johansson wearing #6 and it not be Calle.
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Feb 19, 2010 3:09 PM EST up reply actions
Time will tell if the Caps had any HoF players on that team. I see at least 3 good candidates on that squad.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
I’m taking the under.
I’d take the under on 1.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Feb 19, 2010 5:23 PM EST up reply actions
For my money there’s zero reason Dale Hunter isn’t in. 1000/3000 is nothing to sneeze at and the fact that nobody else has done that speaks to that. Nobody is even close to matching that. He’ll be in that lonely club for the foreseeable future.
/SDR for 1k3k!
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
Oh, I ain’t talkin’ about what’s right. I’m talking about what’ll happen.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Feb 19, 2010 6:57 PM EST up reply actions
oates will make it eventually, i’m convinced. highest point total of anyone not enshrined. bonzai, hunter, kolzig sadly on the outside looking in for most media members.
by Natty Bumppo on Feb 19, 2010 7:31 PM EST up reply actions
Rec for the CalleJo.
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Feb 19, 2010 12:34 PM EST up reply actions
And also for your tireless scouring of the world media, of course.
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Feb 19, 2010 12:54 PM EST up reply actions
Has it been mentioned that the reason for the flaming sheep on Ovie's skates is that
“Ovechka” is “sheep” in russian and Ovie was often teased because of this when he was little?
Watched the game with a russian last night and he enlightened me of this.
Also, let me be probably the 50th person in this thread to awe @ Ovechkin’s six or seven bone crushing hits last night.
Unfortunately for Russia, looks so far that the wrong Semin came to Vancouver. But, as we know, he can get hot and morph into the most talented player on the ice at any time. There isn’t a more mercurial player in sports right now for my money.
he had some nice moves last night, a couple times. And the bad ice conditions are not good for Semin’s game that depends on puck control.
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semin was miserable. he couldn’t control the puck, and when he did he was trying to pass from one side of the ice to the other with predictable results. he was sabotaging the AO-datsyuk line last night.
by Natty Bumppo on Feb 19, 2010 2:24 PM EST up reply actions
You’re right. Boudreau should bench him!
by mechanicsville on Feb 19, 2010 2:48 PM EST up reply actions
mandatory semin praise to please the semin lobby: i thought he was a lot better in the latvia game.
by Natty Bumppo on Feb 19, 2010 2:57 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, pretty hard to argue that point.
by mechanicsville on Feb 19, 2010 5:34 PM EST up reply actions
agreed.
I thought I would be frustrated by seeing him play better for Russia, or happy to see him play the same for them as he often does for us (uneven).
I find I’m more frustrated to see him play uneven because you know there’s nothing being lost in translation over there – not that many were looking for that straw to hang onto in DC perhaps
Well, the sheep isn’t flaming ;) but it is gap-toothed, and yes, you can find the discussion in the fanshot posted by kellobellow.
As for the hits, I want to see Ovie send Chara flying like he did Gill.
(Yes, I know about the avatar hounding - just pretend mine is invisible.)
For someone who can point out Fanshots and Fanposts, that profile pic is real empty…
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by Bald Pollack on Feb 19, 2010 2:22 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I’m a westerner. I like open space. :P
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A novel deflection which does nothing for your individual voice and style, my friend.
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by Bald Pollack on Feb 19, 2010 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
what the heck is up with this?
Alex Ovechkin annoys announcers
Woke up this morning to find the Russia-Slovakia game being replayed on one of the many Canadian Olympic channels so I tried to catch a little as I got ready for another day.
During the game, Alex Ovechkin apparently broke a stick and went to the bench to replace it. He didn’t like the sticks that were brought out so he went behind the bench to look for a new stick himself. The Canadian announcers were not pleased.
“I can’t believe they are letting him get away with this,” said one.
“The rules don’t apply to him,” said another.
Ouch. Canada, is of course, Sidney Crosby country, and the nation’s hockey fanatics have set up this Olympic tournament as Ovechkin vs. Crosby. There is respect for Ovechkin but not a lot of affection. A meeting between the two teams will be very interesting.
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seems like much ado about nothing
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by Sombrero Guy on Feb 19, 2010 5:02 PM EST up reply actions
It was a 1-0 game until the 3rd, then it was a 1-1 game. More scoring = less dead air for announcers to fill.
Now helping to keep an eye on all things Gr8 at Alex Ovetjkin.
Is there a rule that says a player can’t go behind the bench?
Whine, whine, whine. Would youlike some cheese with that?
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
He also was clearly having skate issues so I’m not even positive he was back there because of anything related to his sticks. He had different pairs of skates on.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
From what I saw he grabbed a different stick from the wall. But he certainly was having a variety of equipment problems.
(Yes, I know about the avatar hounding - just pretend mine is invisible.)
Last night I understood it to mean the Russian coaching staff letting him on the PP.
He had one fire skate on, one regular (old) skate on, had decided to go back to… I’d thought get the other matching old skate, but maybe he needed a new stick and knew if he said he needed one someone else would have jumped on the ice for the PP.
They followed up again more clearly expressing a reference to the coaching staff letting Ovi play when he wants to play. Rather, I took it as a follow up reference, but it may be I was hearing it wrong as I did finally fall asleep in the 2nd intermission…
gold medal match
I understand it’s borderline ridiculous to speculate at this point, but in light of the link posted above, I don’t understand why it can’t be Russia/Canada in the final.
Canada’s goal differential will almost certainly carry them into the 1st spot with a win against the USA, or the 4th spot with a loss. Those are, essentially, the same. If Russia wins their last game against the Czech, they will be in first in their own group, and in the 2D/3D spot (again, doesn’t matter), preserving the opportunity. If and only if they come in second in their group with a loss… only then will mitigating factors such as Sweden or Finland come into play. Unless I’m looking at things incorrectly.
If Sweeden wins in regulation on Sunday, they’ll have more points than Canada. As of now Sweeden has 6 points for 2 regulation wins, and Canada got 3 for the regulation win and 2 for the shootout win.
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by Sombrero Guy on Feb 19, 2010 5:19 PM EST up reply actions
Very true, thanks for clearing up my misconception. I guess the idea, then, is that the USA must win in overtime to preserve Canada getting the 4D spot or something like that. Ridiculous.
And the thought of Russia possibly losing to both the Czechs and the Slovaks just made my brain melt a little.
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hey all, checking in from vacation with some hockey-related content!
Charlotte is lovely if utterly boring. But it’s also semi-warm, the sun is shining, and THERE IS NO SNOW! But other than that, it’s kinda dull. So to spice things up, the ECHL Charlotte Checkers hosted their first ever Midnight Hockey Madness Thursday.
BAAAAAAAAAD game for Charlotte: they gave up seven goals to Toledo, and were trying to execute a trap, but not very well. One Toledo player accounted for 5 of those goals, and Maxime Tanguay, little brother of Alex, had a good night racking up several assists. I’m sure there are diehard hockey fans in Charlotte, but, sadly, they didn’t appear to be at the game. Mostly it was drunks that knew little about hockey who wanted to see fights. And some asshole Rangers fan who picked the wrong girl to make snide remarks about the “Crapitals” to. Oh, and two fights in the stands. Oh, yes, bad minor league hockey at its finest! Ran into a couple of other people in Caps shirts, and a girl in a Hershey jersey.
Charlotte has a Mike Berube (born in 1988) on their roster, does anyone know if that’s Craig Berube’s kid? I can’t find anything. But that’s an unusual last name, the age seems right, and he was born in Canada. Anyway, he didn’t stand out as good or bad, but no one from Charlotte stood out, except the goalie and their designated goon.
So, tomorrow its off to Charleston for some “Think Pink” night fun with the Stingrays vs. Toledo. Pink ice, I’ll be sure to get pictures.
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
Pink ice to match your avatar! Groovy.
As for your Checkers xperience, I s’pose it takes all kinds. :: shrug ::
’Least they paid to get in the door.
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Mike Berube
I can’t find any detailed bio information on him, and all I can find about Craig is that he was born in 1965 (so he’d have been 23 when Mike was born, if Mike is his son).
Both were born in Alberta… it’s possible, but I can’t confirm it from the resources I’ve found.
I need a snappy signature...
by IRockTheRed on Feb 20, 2010 10:24 AM EST up reply actions
Could be a relative. Maybe Alberta is full of Berubes, like Lansing, MI is full of Millers.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
On a WHL message board a poster said he had met Mike’s dad and that man wasn’t Craig.
From the Flyers Fun Facts page: ‘Craig Berube has a son named Nashota." Of course if he had a son with a boring name, then it wouldn’t be a fun fact.
(Yes, I know about the avatar hounding - just pretend mine is invisible.)
Actually, it’s “Nashota” in writing, but it’s pronounced “Bob”
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Feb 20, 2010 9:07 PM EST up reply actions
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