Recap: Caps 5, Penguins 4 (OT)
by David M. Getz on Feb 7, 2010 3:47 PM EST
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[AP Recap - GameCenter - Game Summary - Event Summary]
The Capitals current winning streak - now up to an astounding fourteen games - has been a hell of a good time but, in terms of the season's one and only real goal, it hasn't meant as much as it looks like it does on paper. Don't get me wrong -- like every other Caps fan I want to see the team win every time I was in to the Verizon Center or flip on a game. It's just that while wins over Atlanta, Boston, and the Islanders are nice, they don't exactly fill me with confidence in the Caps taking on the best teams in the NHL and coming out successful this spring. That's why today's game meant more than most of the ones in the streak. It's only February, but a come from behind win against last year Cup champs at least means a little something.
Ten additional thoughts on this afternoon's game:
- With home ice advantage and the Penguins having played yesterday and enduring a hectic travel schedule, priority one in the Caps' game plan should have been avoiding shooting themselves in the foot. They didn't do that - as goals off Tyler Sloan and Tom Poti giveaway, Brian Pothier getting out position to make a hit, and a few untimely penalties attest - and it cost them.
- Speaking of Sloan, while I still have questions about his viability as an NHL defenseman, I can get behind the decision to dress him over John Erskine for his speed. Having him on the ice to start overtime on the other hand...
- I don't think I have ever seen an NHL player pass on a net as wide open at the one Jason Chimera passed on early in the third period on his two-on-one with Eric Fehr, which was a shame because that was the culmination of a heck of play on Fehr's part.
- We could get up in arms about Craig Adams' hit on Alex Ovechkin, and many Caps fans will rightfully do so, but it's also an opportunity to demonstrate the flawed approach to using on-ice discipline as an indicator of supplemental discipline, a tactic so many fans seemed to be enamored with in light of Mike Green's suspension.
- On the topic of dangerous hits (and I know this isn't exactly breaking news), Mike Milbury's an idiot. The idea that it's perfectly acceptable for players to "cross the line", in this case defined as a cheap shot that ended the career of one of the league's best and most exciting players, as long as they're willing to fight afterward is perhaps the most perfect example of idiotic Old Time Hockey machismo I've ever heard.
- Pierre McGuire loves Jeff Schultz so much if we dropped a "Schultz for Norris" on him, he'd probably agree. Or at least give it some consideration.
- Brief message to Shaone Morrisonn: trying to control Sidney Crosby around the net is a great idea. But the way to go about it isn't by knocking Crosby into Jose Theodore and then pinning him to the ice in the crease.
- The Caps did a pretty good job in the physical game, and it showed up on the scoresheet. The team was credited with 32 hits, including six from Brooks Laich, four from Brian Pothier, and three from Jeff Schultz.
- I guess I can appreciate the effort, but if Kris Letang thinks that mixing it up with Alex Ovechkin is going to result in anything other than a very, very long night on Letang's part he is sadly mistaken.
- There's a certain irony in a guy who was assessed a game misconduct for bitching to the officials after the game had ended dropping a quote like "He’s a baby. I don’t know [if it was a high stick] but he does that all game long. I got zero respect for the kid", as Brooks Orpik did (in regards to Alexander Semin).
For now the Caps have a rare two and a half day rest. Of course, they'll probably be more than happy to take their road trip up to Montreal and Ottawa. Got to get away from all this damn snow, after all.
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btw, people to hats thrown ratio – Verizon Center, 40:1 (approximate). My place, 2:3.
Amateurs.
by David M. Getz on Feb 7, 2010 3:49 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
I threw (And broke) a cereal bowl.
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We had to keep giving the dog treats to calm him down after we jumped up and down yelling and screaming.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
My dog sympathizes with your dog. Although we scare him more on missed chances than actual goals.
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Feb 7, 2010 4:18 PM EST up reply actions
He’s his own man.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
by jordanDC on Feb 7, 2010 4:33 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Awww look how excited he is! I love me some Matty P. I hope he stick around so I can justify a jersey.
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
I need to make the decision on mine soon..
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
I say go for it if you like the guy so much.
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
No homo.
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
Just in case Nicky reads this and gets the wrong idea.
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
howbout i threw my hat down the hall and hit my damn mirror….which just happened to fall off the wall and shatter in a thousand pieces on the floor! so worth it!
When my friend Robbie and I played hockey in the driveway on our rollerblades....I was always Peter Bondra
How big is your freaking hat?
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one size fits all rbk caps hat….i think it was the force of the impact….i was stoked!
When my friend Robbie and I played hockey in the driveway on our rollerblades....I was always Peter Bondra
way to use the force, oviwankenobi
Rock the Red! Rock the White! Rock the Blue! Rock the Pens!
by RedskinFan4Life on Feb 7, 2010 4:39 PM EST up reply actions
I punched my boyfriend, which served him right for betting on the Pens
Every time Nicky scores a goal, an angel gets its wings.
by SeattleCapsFan on Feb 7, 2010 4:28 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
(accidentally, out of excitement, of course!)
Every time Nicky scores a goal, an angel gets its wings.
by SeattleCapsFan on Feb 7, 2010 4:40 PM EST up reply actions
He bet on them accidentally, or you punched him accidentally?
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punched him accidentally, he bets against the Caps because he thinks its funny to get me all riled up
Every time Nicky scores a goal, an angel gets its wings.
by SeattleCapsFan on Feb 7, 2010 4:45 PM EST up reply actions
Go punch him again. That’s a dick move.
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nah, he’s not a dick about it, and it keeps him watching games with me. plus I keep getting money out of him, so I won’t complain
Every time Nicky scores a goal, an angel gets its wings.
by SeattleCapsFan on Feb 7, 2010 4:49 PM EST up reply actions
I should bet against the Caps, because I don’t think I’ve won a single bet this year. Real sharp decline from the previous prosperous year.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
i won my parlay
caps win and total goals over 6.5
won me like .25 cents on centsports. then i went and lost it on other retarded bets/am losing the remainder on the bruins/habs game
you can make parlays on the same game? nice.
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only with total points
you cant bet on the spread and money line for the same game. for nhl games, they dont even have a spread.
I threw my cat, accidentally, as she was laying on my lap when i jumped up
"Why don't you smegging well smeg off, you annoying little smeggy smegging smegger!"
You are the man who mistook your cat for a hat.
Rocking the Red since 1975
by CapsFan75 on Feb 7, 2010 6:38 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Got to get away from all this damn snow, after all.
And (possibly) 6-9 inches more snow in DC Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. Wouldn’t blame them for going back home/Vancouver after the STL game.
Nice work from Fehr (in general) this game.
Damn! Looks like my women is on time.
Btw, Ginga’s the big hat trick contest winner, right?
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Pi is all up ons thinking he’s won in the Third thread.
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Correction
Pi is wondering out loud when the folks at Anderson Deloitte Coopers and Japers’ will open the envelope. All I recall is having OV today……
by Pi on Feb 7, 2010 4:21 PM EST up reply actions
Go to the thread and check it out and let me know if you’re closer.
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Ginga has me by 2 minutes. Ginga has 49….and goal was 51. Well done G
by Pi on Feb 7, 2010 4:34 PM EST up reply actions
didn’t erskine get in a big fight in the last game? any possibility he’s still smarting from bruises in that contest
erskine has scored...now i can die in peace
yeah, maybe thorburn’s face bruised erskine’s hand?
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 7, 2010 3:59 PM EST up reply actions
The Caps did a pretty good job in the physical game, and it showed up on the scoresheet. The team was credited with 32 hits, including six from Brooks Laich, four from Brian Pothier, and three from Jeff Schultz.
wow - had to be a lot of them in the 3rd cuz I didn’t get an impression they were hitting much
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That and the VC is pretty generous when it comes to hits…
by David M. Getz on Feb 7, 2010 4:11 PM EST up reply actions
Speaking of Sloan, while I still have questions about his viability as an NHL defenseman, I can get behind the decision to dress him over John Erskine for his speed. Having him on the ice to start overtime on the other hand…
Was he a starter for the game? If so, the starters have to be on the ice for the beginning of each period, correct? (Which is why 26 had to start as a forward once, iirc) The last question is, do some combination of the starters have to be out there for OT?
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by renstar on Feb 7, 2010 4:00 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
good point - so why not start the other player instead of Sloan?
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by RedskinFan4Life on Feb 7, 2010 4:01 PM EST up reply actions
Rumor has it Erskine couldn’t get shoveled out in time. Both the snow and Erskine got fighting majors, but Erskine had to go to the locker room for treatment.
Damn! Looks like my women is on time.
by Bald Pollack on Feb 7, 2010 4:15 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Funny, Erskine’s wife was at the F Street Entrance collecting $$$$$ for Hati relief.
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Damn! Looks like my women is on time.
by Bald Pollack on Feb 7, 2010 11:08 PM EST up reply actions
That doesn’t make any sense because the 1st line started the game (and the 1at pair I think) and mat Bradley started the ot too.
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by zephyr on Feb 7, 2010 4:25 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
But the Penguins didn’t get in until 2am!
/NBC’d
Поклон перед вашим капитаном!
by Knubles and Bits on Feb 7, 2010 4:03 PM EST reply actions
Ovie’s up that late partying every night anyway, so what?
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by jordanDC on Feb 7, 2010 4:04 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
By the way, big ups to Gramps Knubs today. Thank god for his caboose in the crease.
I have a C on my heart.
We should just retire his number and stick a replica of his ass from the rafters
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by Rather Bengt on Feb 7, 2010 4:06 PM EST up reply actions 6 recs
Next WashingtonCaps.com poll: Which player’s number would you like to be retired next?
Peter Bondra-12
Olaf Kolzig-37
Mike Knuble’s Ass-22
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 7, 2010 4:08 PM EST up reply actions
What number is Mike Knuble’s Ass?
Ovechkin = Green Backs
by red army line on Feb 7, 2010 4:19 PM EST up reply actions
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by jordanDC on Feb 7, 2010 4:20 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
An upside down 3!
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
With the scar of Fleury’s cross check it makes a heart.
Ovechkin = Green Backs
by red army line on Feb 7, 2010 5:41 PM EST up reply actions
I still think that was Ovechkin’s goal in OT. Fleury goes to cover it and it bounces right into the net. Knuble wasn’t even close.
I’ve watched it a dozen times. I swear it bounces off Fleury.
by TFG on Feb 7, 2010 4:09 PM EST up reply actions
Hits the post, goes under Fleury, Knubs jams it through.
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i remember venturing over to one of the Pens blogs after the last game and scrolling through the comments. The one phrase that stood out to me was: if Knuble gets one more goal against he becomes labeled a Penguin killer.
Welcome to a new class Knuble – A Penguin Killer.
Promote the game, it's the NHL, not SCHL
In addition to being a moose and an ugly-goal mutt? Between him and Chimera, this team is a menagerie.
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by CapitalCentre on Feb 7, 2010 8:04 PM EST up reply actions
You could tell in the arena that everyone thought it was Ovie’s, and you couldn’t hear in the three stars announcements, you had to wait until they announced the goal afterward. But reading the body language after the goal was scored, I had a feeling it was Knuble’s.
"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."
The overhead shot shows otherwise. It does not move to the net until Knuble’s stick pokes at it
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I’m pretty sure Knubs poked it in, a thing of beauty
Every time Nicky scores a goal, an angel gets its wings.
by SeattleCapsFan on Feb 7, 2010 4:06 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah Grandpa poked it in. I thought it first he was just playing till the whistle but he was the man there. All respect in the world due to him and GMGM for bringing him in. That is exactly the sort of player we needed, someone to deal with the rebounds off of Ovie’s shots.
Yep, bolding is putting a * at the beginning and end.
by David M. Getz on Feb 7, 2010 4:12 PM EST up reply actions
just think if Knuble hadn't hurt his finger ealier in the season
and had that much more time to blend in with Ovie and Backstrom.
A danger to myself and others on the ice
Slept through my alarm, woke up to the game being 3-1 Pens…glad the boys pulled it together, and what a great finish to the game!
Every time Nicky scores a goal, an angel gets its wings.
i got too drunk last night to remember and set an alarm and woke up when it was 4-2. i jumped up and down so much after the GWG, i threw up. soooo worth it.
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 7, 2010 4:12 PM EST up reply actions 9 recs
Beautiful story.
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Feb 7, 2010 4:22 PM EST up reply actions
well done!
Every time Nicky scores a goal, an angel gets its wings.
by SeattleCapsFan on Feb 7, 2010 4:29 PM EST up reply actions
was orpik actually assessed a penalty for saying that?
by Caps Canadian Connection on Feb 7, 2010 4:14 PM EST reply actions
No, he got the penalty for popping off the ref, the quote was post game in the locker room.
by David M. Getz on Feb 7, 2010 4:15 PM EST up reply actions
In the highlights video at around 5:52-5:55 the anouncer says “and Steckel was rocked by Malkin,” but if you watch the lower right of the screen you can see Malkin lining up the hit but Stecks stands him up and Malkin is the one who goes down. Just thought that was pretty funny.
Поклон перед вашим капитаном!
by Knubles and Bits on Feb 7, 2010 4:14 PM EST reply actions
Capitals and Superbowl Sunday
Last seven games played on Superbowl Sunday
2-7-2010 W (5-4 OT vs. Pittsburgh)
2-1-2009 W (7-4 vs. Ottawa)
2-4-2007 W (2-1 SO vs. Islanders)
1-26-2003 W (7-2 vs. Rangers)
1-28-2001 W (4-2 vs. Philadelphia)
1-30-2000 W (2-0 vs. Philadelphia)
1-25-1998 W (4-1 vs. Bruins)
(stopped researching at this point)
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by Hystricine on Feb 7, 2010 4:14 PM EST reply actions 7 recs
No question in my mind, this was the best game of the season so far. I bet NBC’s pretty happy they broadcast it.
"My face is my mask."
Gar . . . let my 9 yr old talk me into building an igloo this morning. Four hours and one missed game of the year . . . well, I guess we have an igloo . . .
i woke up with a picture of a homemade igloo as the background on my phone. guess that happened last night too!
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 7, 2010 4:23 PM EST up reply actions
well, igloos make me think penguins - so you can now destroy it. apologies to your kid, tho’
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by RedskinFan4Life on Feb 7, 2010 4:41 PM EST up reply actions
Or have your kid destroy it w/ you. It could be an important teaching moment in his hockey life. ;)
by bigeugene on Feb 7, 2010 4:44 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
rec!
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by RedskinFan4Life on Feb 7, 2010 4:45 PM EST up reply actions
Was a neighbor-generated thing. I’d put up a pic (because, really, I know you’re all dying to see) but not quite sure how to do that. I’ve got on my hd, but not hosted anywhere on the web and the interface here seems to need to pull images from a url.
I remember building an igloo during the blizard of ’96…oh how I miss being a kid in snowstorms!
Every time Nicky scores a goal, an angel gets its wings.
by SeattleCapsFan on Feb 7, 2010 5:17 PM EST up reply actions
Schultz must learn to use his invisible slash more selectively! They don’t often embarrass the zebras by putting blown calls on the j-tron, but I guess that one was too juicy a target.
I missed the broadcast: something something “Daddy” something Milbury??
That was a LOUD bunch, really all 3rd period long.
I wonder how you spell M V P !
Hopefully it’s C-O-N-N S-M-Y-T-H-E.
Damn! Looks like my women is on time.
by Bald Pollack on Feb 7, 2010 4:18 PM EST up reply actions 7 recs
nicely done
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by SeattleCapsFan on Feb 7, 2010 4:24 PM EST up reply actions
That call was a complete joke. I rewatched the play in slow-motion like 6 times b/c I was thinking they had to be calling something else besides a slash on Schultz. His stick was nowhere near Cooke’s.
worst part
was tha call was made by the official in the NEUTRAL ZONE!!!!
That’s like 100 feet away. My god people, sticks break all the time, learn it LIVE IT!
A danger to myself and others on the ice
I really have a problem with the trailing official calling something when the lead official is right on top of the play
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by renstar on Feb 7, 2010 4:51 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I wish they had like the NFL where they can discuss it and the other official can say “There was no penalty for slashing on the play, faceoff in the Caps defensive zone”
by DonCaps819 on Feb 7, 2010 4:53 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Its the same reason i hate soccer leagues that use a two man system. (Stupid cheap ass county leagues) It is really hard to get in sync and sometimes you have the better angle than the other guy but he’ll call something anyway. You have to go with it because you dont want to undermine him and the game has already been stopped. In football, the game stops at the end of the play so it is easy to overturn a flag. In games like hockey and soccer it is difficult to justify stopping the game and they says “oops, his bad.”
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I like the 2 ref system in the NHL, alot more gets called that should get called, its pros overweigh the cons, however it should be at this point where the ref who saw the play correctly could go over and ask him what he saw, then adjust the call. Not undermining him just getting it right since he saw it from the better angle.
I agree with you but I also think that once you’ve stopped the play you may as well get it right. Nobody wants the games to be stopped because the ref thinks there might have been a PIM but there should be a way to reverse a bad call. It’ll happen maybe once a game and that call on Schultz was shameful and could very well have been the difference in the game.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 7, 2010 5:12 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I agree, i would rather have the correct call. However, the way those systems are set up makes it impossible to do that sometimes.
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And the NHL refuses to admit mistakes so they’d definitely never publicly call out the ref.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 7, 2010 5:37 PM EST up reply actions
I was surprised they gave us good replay of it at the Booth. Often enough you wont see replay of actual infraction, much less of the Nasty Cloaking Device.
And you guys were nervous … At 3-1 I said it wasn’t close to over …
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Ovechkin = Green Backs
by red army line on Feb 7, 2010 4:22 PM EST up reply actions
Did not mean a cheapshot at NYR there
Just wanted to make that clear
Ovechkin = Green Backs
by red army line on Feb 7, 2010 4:23 PM EST up reply actions
No offense taken. We are the team that blew a 5-0 lead to the Habs a few years back. And they don’t have Ovie.
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by Scotty Hockey on Feb 7, 2010 4:24 PM EST up reply actions
Yes, you don’t remember? Mo’s bday in late 2008. Caps 5, Rangers 4 (OT). Ovie had 2 goals and 10 shots. Theo’s big turnaround, and the Caps won 7 in a row starting from that game.
Ovechkin = Green Backs
by red army line on Feb 7, 2010 5:05 PM EST up reply actions
reading fail. habs 5-0 over rangers was the question. the answer is yes, lundqvist was in goal. february, 2008.
I was nervous as hell! My wife was like dont worry you got this! Ive been a Caps fan for far too long for this to rub off easily.
by DonCaps819 on Feb 7, 2010 4:25 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
no, going into the third down 2 I knew it wasn’t over…again with the third period fury unleashing.
Every time Nicky scores a goal, an angel gets its wings.
by SeattleCapsFan on Feb 7, 2010 4:25 PM EST up reply actions
A certain OvieOvieOvie told me he thought if we could kill the 5 on 3, anything could happen.
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Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
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exactly…once we killed the PP I was just waiting for the flood gates to open
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by SeattleCapsFan on Feb 7, 2010 4:29 PM EST up reply actions
The team looked completely different in the third. The Pens didn’t really look worse, it just looked like the Caps came out in the third, said “We’re tired of this shit,” and put the pedal to the floor. It was sweet, but I would have rather seen that mentality from the get-go.
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Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
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by Whiter Mage on Feb 7, 2010 4:31 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I’m actually starting to worry they (like myself) will come to get used to the third period explosions, and not worry quite as much about falling behind or even due to below-par play in the first and second periods.
Every time Nicky scores a goal, an angel gets its wings.
by SeattleCapsFan on Feb 7, 2010 4:34 PM EST up reply actions
Never seen Alex Ovechkin madder than he was at the end of two. He was banging his stick against the boards and jawing pretty hard at any zebra within voice. I thought he was going to take 2.
Yeah, I thought he was going to get called for that too. He looked SO pissed. Luckily, pissed Ovie => scoring Ovie
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by kellobellow on Feb 7, 2010 4:56 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Last home game before Olympics, against the champs, who chumped ‘you’ on their last visit…
They were gonna get Scoring Ovie anyway. Spearing and slashing really piss him off, though, and stupid Pens did their fill of it.
The Admiral makes a fine point.
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by winterion on Feb 7, 2010 5:18 PM EST up reply actions 8 recs
That was flipping amazing.
Caps and Pens was what I was REALLY looking forward to today. And it was even better than I could have hoped for.
On the Orpik thing, Brooks Orpik is a fine one to talk about unrespectful things. He needs to shut up and let it go.
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by Brad_Richards_Rocks on Feb 7, 2010 4:22 PM EST reply actions
Well, what else is there to watch today? I heard something about the “Cool Bowl” or something like that.
Ovechkin = Green Backs
by red army line on Feb 7, 2010 4:23 PM EST up reply actions
A 29 year old calling a 25 year old a “kid” is interesting. Especially one that basically broke into the league in the same season.
by Stephen Pepper on Feb 7, 2010 4:29 PM EST up reply actions
i wasn’t able to watch the game due to a drive from DC back to baltimore. kolbe and stretch were pretty livid about orpik confronting pothier after the first staal goal. what the hell was that? from the NHL.com video above, the pothier hip check looks perfectly clean. did orpik get an instigator for starting the scrum afterward? what was the exact fallout re: penalty minutes? more pissed at orpik for that crap than anything he said after the game.
No, he didn’t get an instigator, which was ridiculous, considering Knuble got one for sticking up for Ovechkin after what was not nearly as clean a hit
Aim for the head baby Jesus
I don’t think Pothier’s hit was clean. It looked like he low-bridged him.
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Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
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It reminded me of a less vicious version of this Scuderi hit (ironically on Jason Chimera) from earlier in the season:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F_enwHQEd0
If memory serves correctly, Scuderi got 3 games for that.
Pothier’s wasn’t that dirty, but to go that low you’re talking about taking out guys knees. I can see why Orpik was upset. Doesn’t change the fact that he his a major Dbag.
by BradleyFightingVehicle on Feb 7, 2010 5:35 PM EST up reply actions
i guess i’ll need more than the one replay on NHL.com. WM, what’s the difference between that hit and a legal hip check in your view?
A legal hipcheck, you don’t drop to your knees, or lower yourself to the guys knee level. If you hit a guy below the thighs, you’re asking to ruin him. I just feel he low bridged. Granted, that’s such a thin line, but it’s not really a clearly defined line either.
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No instigator because no fight.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 7, 2010 5:38 PM EST up reply actions
except letang and ovechkin went straight to the box from the resulting scrum, yes? (or so my box score tells me…flying blind here.)
I think it was all roughs. Nobody got 5 for fighting so nobody could have gotten instigator.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 7, 2010 5:43 PM EST up reply actions
I want to know why Cooke didn’t get anything. Ovi was engaged with someone on the ice, and then Cooke literally jumped on top of Ovi. That whole scrum was nuts, though. They showed the replay once at the VC, and I still didn’t see Nicky in the replay, so I have no idea what he was doing.
He was smack (-talking) in the middle of what was left, after Cooke and Ovechkin went to ground. I saw a little extra exfoliating vigor in 19’s wash at the time, but nothin fancy.
Think maybe Crash called the ref a c_—su-er?
Adams and Knuble got 5 each for fighting.
Knuble got +2 for instigator and +10 misconduct.
Later on, Ovechkin and Letang each got 2 for roughing.
Backstrom and Kennedy each got 10 minute misconduct.
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Considering that I’ve mainly seen Orpik hitting people after they score goals, he’s the one who needs to clean up his act before accusing others.
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by Steck It Out on Feb 7, 2010 10:48 PM EST up reply actions
NBC coverage was HORRIBLE. Half the times, the penalties were not shown or even discussed. Still have no idea what the second penalty on the 5-3 was. Only the interference on Laich v Staal was replayed. HORRIBLE.
by Pi on Feb 7, 2010 4:26 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Poti was called for being a Capital on a Sunday for the 2nd penalty.
by SA-Town on Feb 7, 2010 4:27 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
I spent half of the first period trying to make Kolbe synch up to the TV.
I spent the rest of the game saying “I don’t give a fuck Shero’s son and the bus trip.”
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
In fairness, Laich’s penalty on Staal was legit, and was close to if not in actuality being a slewfoot. They also showed the slashing penalty, as well as Semin’s high stick. I also have no clue what the penalty that lead to a 5 on 3 was, but I could go look it up in a minute if I cared more about it than the win we just got.
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What did Backstrom do to get 10?
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Correct. Just matching 10s for Baxter and TK.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 7, 2010 4:59 PM EST up reply actions
Didn’t even hear that Kennedy got one.
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His was only mentioned about 4 minutes after the fact.
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I didn’t even hear it on TV. I checked the box score.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 7, 2010 5:13 PM EST up reply actions
I didn’t hear about either of them, and then was super confused when Flash was centering the Ovi-Knubs line. I was worried Backs was injured or had another migraine.
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by SeattleCapsFan on Feb 7, 2010 5:14 PM EST up reply actions
He was in that scrum, wasn't he?
I think he threw a punch at someone. I don’t exactly know, I’d have to watch it again.
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by Brad_Richards_Rocks on Feb 7, 2010 4:34 PM EST up reply actions
My guess is he and Kennedy kept going at it after being told to stop several times and/or when linesmen were trying to separate them.
by David M. Getz on Feb 7, 2010 4:34 PM EST up reply actions
I’d have to watch it a zillion times, because i didn’t see shit.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
yea i was confused by the entire sequence… i looked away from the tv for two seconds and i saw backs walking to the locker room. i figured it was a migraine until i saw it was a 10 min. very odd.
Between Wise and warped, I choose warped.
They didn’t even tell us he got a 10 until about 10 minutes later, so your confusion is understandable.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
OMG Backstrom got a 10? Had no idea. Oh, and the Laich int was a good call, not arguing that. Just thinking that the broadcasters need to inform the viewers about why a team is about to go down 2 men. Call it a courtesy……
by Pi on Feb 7, 2010 4:38 PM EST up reply actions
I saw the whole thing and from where was sitting, Staal initiated contact on Laich because Laich was trying to close down the puck carrier and Staal was trying to clear a lane for him. Staal was the one running interference. At the worst it should have been a no-call.
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Staal was skating up ice. You’re allowed to do that after you pass the puck off. True, Staal was skating more slowly than his top speed. But he had position, and Laich took him down. That was an easy call for the refs to make.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Feb 8, 2010 12:02 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
My only problem with that was that Staal slowed down while he was looking at Laich. Staal was also three feet to the right of the guy with the puck. He wasn’t looking to get the puck, he was looking to set a pic (which he did), and that is interference.
It was definitely a nice pick & roll. Which, this year in the NHL, isn’t getting called. Laich’s reaction was poor. This year, I’ve seen them call that play the same way every time. It’s like the only thing they’re consistent about.
If Staal had drifted to his left, then maybe it’s interference. But Stall was skating straight up ice (albeit slowly). He had position on Brooks. I’m not saying it’s the right call — I’m saying it’s the call that the refs have been making all year, and Brooks has to know that and play accordingly.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Feb 8, 2010 12:59 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Staal probably couldn’t have been called for interference, but he should have been called for holding. I’m pretty sure you aren’t allowed to stick your arm/elbow out into the other player to slow them down, regardless of whether you have position and stay in your lane. I’ve seen that called for holding pretty consistently all season long. Not as blatant as Laich’s penalty, but it led to his.
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i feel like half the time the announcers didn’t even know the Caps’ names
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by SeattleCapsFan on Feb 7, 2010 4:31 PM EST up reply actions
haha, the resemblance is uncanny!
there was actually one specific instance where Pitt was moving forward and NBC was calling their whole play perfectly and to the man, then they had a turnover and Caps started a counter attack and the announcers simply said “And that’s a Caps player with the puck” and moved on to something about Crosby v. Ovechkin.
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by SeattleCapsFan on Feb 7, 2010 4:38 PM EST up reply actions
I was annoyed over Peirre McGuire’s continued forays into the game, particulary the whole “Ovie seeks to hit and hurt”
He seeks to hit. Isn’t that an aspect of the game, Pierre? Go back to the ECHL, bum.
by killianskid34 on Feb 7, 2010 5:05 PM EST up reply actions
At least he knows Schultz for Norris.
Ovechkin = Green Backs
by red army line on Feb 7, 2010 5:09 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I disagree. It seemed to me McGuire was going out of his way to emphasize “hurt.”. Yes, Ovie likes to hit. But I do not believe for a moment Ovie’s aim when hitting is to hurt. Feel his hits, yes. Remember his hits, yes. Keep your head on a swivel after one of his hits, to the point it affects your game, yes.
“He wants to hit you, he wants to HURT you.” I say total bullshit, and fuck you Pierre.
by renhoak on Feb 7, 2010 6:46 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Poti took a run at Guerin after Guerin had mauled Steckel with no call.
By itself it was a legit call on Poti who cut Guerin’s knees out, however, had a penalty been called on Guerin like there should have been, Poti wouldn’t have been able to take the run at him.
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So when do you think that opposing teams are going to learn that playing Ovie physically after they take a lead is a bad thing? Just seems to motivate him more …
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Hopefully sometime in late June.
by Stephen Pepper on Feb 7, 2010 4:30 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Hopefully sometime in late June, 2030.
Just to be safe.
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by breed16 on Feb 7, 2010 4:35 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
What can you do, though? Playing him skill wise will motivate him to run you over. Playing him physically gets him back into the game. A hot goalie is really the only way to stop him.
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Playing him physically's never a mistake:
I mean, consider the alternative. But whoever speared him in the second got his dander up good. He was still furious at the end of 2, and risked a minor from the bench as that frame ended.
I think that tussle after the Staal goal behind the net did it …
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by Scotty Hockey on Feb 7, 2010 4:38 PM EST up reply actions
I see teams like NYI and CBJ not play him physically too much, at least not hard. They just take away space and finish checks like normal almost.
Ovechkin = Green Backs
by red army line on Feb 7, 2010 5:11 PM EST up reply actions
the ot winner- people were already up and cheering before the puck crossed the line…love it-were psychic
by Caps Canadian Connection on Feb 7, 2010 4:31 PM EST reply actions
Eerily like Crosby’s first goal in that 6-3 win earlier…no goal until he poked it in waay later.
Ovechkin = Green Backs
by red army line on Feb 7, 2010 5:12 PM EST up reply actions
In my alternate reality I like imagining the early horn as an intentional attempt to screw with Fleury.
You know, I was thinking about how a Penguins fan might spin that, and say it was the VC horn guy’s fault Fleury gave up on the play. However, after watching the replay, although the horn DOES sound before it crosses the line, it doesn’t sound until after Knuble puts it by Fleury—he was still very much trying to stop the puck until it was too late anyway.
Just for the record ;)
by sixsevenfiftysix on Feb 7, 2010 7:58 PM EST up reply actions
My alternate reality is a dark, twisted place. The Verizon Center closely resembles Thunder Dome in it. All of which is awesome.
by 80eight on Feb 7, 2010 8:18 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I draw the line at (unless I misheard, didn’t dvr the game) Knuble being referenced as a Canadian after his scrap. Worst hockey coverage ever. NBC is lucky it was a good game, otherwise I would have turned it off after the first period.
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by snakegriffin on Feb 7, 2010 4:31 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Michael “Mike” Knuble (pronounced Ki-noo-bul; born July 4, 1972) is a Canadian American professional ice hockey right winger and an alternate captain for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL).
He was born in Toronto. It’s an ok mistake to make.
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by Whiter Mage on Feb 7, 2010 4:32 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
He will always be a Ranger that was traded away for Rob DiMaio…
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by Scotty Hockey on Feb 7, 2010 4:41 PM EST up reply actions
And the son of Latvian refugees who met in America.
His dad was temporarily detailed to work in Toronto. But he lived most of his life in America so he identifies as an American.
(Just think if I had been born just 3-4 years later, it probably would have been in Canada.)
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I stand half-corrected, he only grew up in Michigan.
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by snakegriffin on Feb 7, 2010 4:33 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
It’s so nice to know that, unlike earlier this year, we can count on this team to sack up and come back in the third. I love that.
I have a C on my heart.
it is a nice turnaround, isn’t it?
Every time Nicky scores a goal, an angel gets its wings.
by SeattleCapsFan on Feb 7, 2010 4:38 PM EST up reply actions
Now they just need to get back those first periods from early in the year.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 7, 2010 5:02 PM EST up reply actions
We need to combine good first periods with good third periods (and, of course, a decent second period).
The Caps seem to have a better track record if they’re close after the first two and then turn it on in the third than when they start off well in the first period and not so well after that.
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And we didn’t have Schultz for the playoffs against Pitt last year since he got injured against the Rangers in Game 1.
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That was truly adding injury to insult. The insult, of course, was getting his jock dangled to the third row by Dubinsky.
by Bonzai on Feb 7, 2010 4:42 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
tee hee
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by Scotty Hockey on Feb 7, 2010 4:43 PM EST up reply actions
Enough of this. His injury was the reason for the Dubinsky thing.
Game-Over Green? Canada-Over Carlson!
by Scott in Shaw on Feb 7, 2010 6:54 PM EST up reply actions
Did anyone get the memo that Pittsburgh fans dont care….in fact…..they want to lose to us so they can save gas for the playoffs? Sneaky bastards they are….
They think that the Pens can just turn it on at any time — like for the playoffs.
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But historically, teams on a downswing do not win Stanley Cups. And, if the Pens end up in 8th place, that would mean they were on a downswing.
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I don’t think I have ever seen an NHL player pass on a net as wide open at the one Jason Chimera passed on
In his defense, the net cam view showed the puck rolling on his stick. I think he was waiting for it to settle and ran out of time.
Extra reason to respect your elders, per CAPS
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I have a C on my heart.
Love my Grandpa Slippers.
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by boutros23 on Feb 7, 2010 4:47 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
i think its all relative to hockey and to our team, especially when a lot of the caps/bears are still unable to grow mustaches or legally drink.
Between Wise and warped, I choose warped.
I think all current members of the Caps can legally drink. Okay, when Carlson is up, that is not true. But Neuvirth and Varly are barely old enough to drink.
On the mustache front, is it my imagination or has no one ever seen either Nick Backstrom or Alex Semin grow any facial hair?
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Bacskstrom did in the playoff last year – two tufts. He doesn’t really grow a good beard.
No Alex, no ratings. Know Alex, know ratings.
That’s what I mean — barely old enough to drink. Neuvy, our baby faced new kid, turns 22 in late March. While Varly turns 22 in late April.
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I guess since I’m only a month into my 21st year of existence, I feel like 22 isn’t just “barely” haha.
Your 22nd year. If you just celebrated your 21st birthday, you just completed your 21st year.
/pedant
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by CapitalCentre on Feb 7, 2010 10:00 PM EST up reply actions
So glad there’s no school tomorrow (or probably for the week if it does what it might on Tuesday) – I have no voice, and I doubt it’s coming back anytime soon.
What a satisfying win.
"No Brooks Laich, no win. Know Brooks Laich, know win."
How was Brunch?
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Loved how AO tied the game right as McGuire was talking about how AO was hurt and didn’t look right. Ass.
That Malkin assist to Crosby was an amazing pass.
But Schultz’s was better.
Terrible officiating.
Terrible Sloan.
Even though Potsy took himself out of the play to destroy Orpik I don’t mind. If the forwards and his partner had been doing their job it wouldn’t have been a problem. Brads was floating and Shamo was MIA.
A while back I got into a dust up with Hooks Orpik because I claimed that Orpik was dirty with his stick but didn’t have any examples. Well, watch the game today. That guy is always using his stick to carve guys up; both during and after the play. Him and AO get into it in the crease and while AO is pushing and using gloves Orpik has to be the guy to escalate to stick work and slash AO across the leg. He uses his stick on Semin (not in the legal way) all game long, and finally gets caught at the end and then blows up on the ref. He must be one of the dumbest men alive. His lack of self-awareness is hysterical. I’ll have to hold my nose rooting for him for Team USA. What a dick.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 7, 2010 5:10 PM EST reply actions 11 recs
Unless you switch to the “Dark Side” and root for either Team Sweden or Team Russia.
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I am rooting for all 3
After than, Anyone But Canada. The ABCs of the Olympics.
They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
Corey was interviewed during the radio broadcast and said he thinks Sweden will win. He also said he is freelancing for both NHL.com, and Comcast Sportsnet, but more for Comcast, and will start writing for them after the Olympics
Aim for the head baby Jesus
by Doncosmic on Feb 7, 2010 5:34 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Loved how AO tied the game right as McGuire was talking about how AO was hurt and didn’t look right. Ass.
That goal made me giggle for that exact reason. Bite your tongue, McGuire.
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by SeattleCapsFan on Feb 7, 2010 5:12 PM EST up reply actions
I agree with McGuire. He did look hurt, but still has a hell of a shot.
They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
Yeah he looked like he was stung, obviously, but he also scored his second goal after he got that stick to the side. He clearly wasn’t being hampered too much and anyone who has paid attention the last few years knows that a little boo boo isn’t going to slow AO down.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 7, 2010 5:17 PM EST up reply actions
exactly. And then after that goal one of the NBC guys was like “that’s hockey for you, hockey players are tough and can play through the pain” and my immediate response was “no, that’s Ovechkin for you”. Hockey players as a breed might be tough, but AO takes that toughness to the next level.
Every time Nicky scores a goal, an angel gets its wings.
by SeattleCapsFan on Feb 7, 2010 5:19 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
It's one thing to play through pain
It’s Ovechkin to play better with pain
Ovechkin = Green Backs
by red army line on Feb 7, 2010 5:20 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Orpik’s exactly the sort of sneaky, stickwork slimeball I despise. Ugh. I’d think less of Semin if he had Orpik’s “respect”.
Backstrom was ornery and his assist from the dot, well: did he have that in his pocket last season? If only he had an NHL body or could take over a game. That would be something.
Schultz gives good first pass. Also seems more comfortable pushing people over.
I agree on Orpik. He is quite the hypocrite. He keeps complaining that Ovi is a dirty player and look who’s talking. The same guy who kept slashing Semin multiple times during the playoffs.
Hey there, Mr. Orpik. you may respect Semin more than you care to admit, since you think he’s worth slashing in various body parts.
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This couldn’t be the same Brooks Orpik who was crying about Semin, right?
Must have been some other Orpik 44 they had in the playoffs last year (and Semin got the penalty on that play).
by patred48 on Feb 7, 2010 7:17 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Orpik’s an idiot. A useful idiot for the guins, so they seem to think but an idiot nonetheless. Kind of reminds me of one of the Marx brothers movies when Groucho is a lawyer or something prosecuting his brother Chico and says to the jury “Gentlemen, Ciccolini here may look like like an idiot and talk like an idiot, but don’t let that fool you. He really is an idiot!”
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I basically had that thing memorized…
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Feb 8, 2010 9:10 AM EST up reply actions
I think it’s okay to root for team USA and for someone to spear Orpik where the sun don’t shine.
"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."
by gfcaps fan on Feb 7, 2010 8:17 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
make it green people.
Because now I can justify browsing and commenting during the work day with the argument that I am promoting my business.
When he stops hitting people after a goal is scored, I will have no bone to pick with him.
Everyone wants to kill the king. But the prince, he just sails along telling all the ladies, "One day I'm gonna be king."
by Steck It Out on Feb 7, 2010 10:51 PM EST up reply actions
On what grounds? I submit that there are plenty thoughtlessor uninformed fans who’ve been following the team since 1974, possibly as many as there are devoted, knowledgeable fans who just started paying attention in 2008-2010. And vice versa, of course.
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by CapitalCentre on Feb 7, 2010 7:33 PM EST up reply actions
Um… just checked out the Pensburgh thread for Haiti – dinosaurs? Really?
Haha, this is why i love all of you.
"No Brooks Laich, no win. Know Brooks Laich, know win."
Gouldie got us all weird on cheese and dinosaurs. Another reason to love him.
I have a C on my heart.
The Bill Guerin response was great.
Ovechkin = Green Backs
by red army line on Feb 7, 2010 5:17 PM EST up reply actions
Gouldie got us all weird on cheese and dinosaurs.
That’s tempting as a new sigline.
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by CapitalCentre on Feb 7, 2010 7:34 PM EST up reply actions
Watch the postgame, Fehr is great
http://capitals.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=418&id=59659
I have a C on my heart.
Something’s wrong with my system. I can’t watch the NHL Network’s clips. The box where the video should be is just black and nonresponsive. Sad, because everything else I ask Flash Player to do, it does without complaint.
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The Caps need to update their Flash Player and bring it back to its previous performance levels.
by 80eight on Feb 7, 2010 8:20 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Hey everybody! I’m not dead, the power just went out :( I’ve missed my rats and rabbits, I got to listen to the game but it just wasn’t the same.
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
You missed out.
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Shut up! I know I did. I braved the roads to Panera, My dad has the game recorded so I won’t miss it entirely.
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
Spoilers Caps win.
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Bastard!
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
Do we have an OT thread?
I don’t think I’m ever going home, this chair is comfy and I’m sitting by the fire.
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
Don’t you have a game you’re interested in tonight?
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Yea, I’m pretty pissed about that, but there is a glory days right next to this panera so I think I’m good.
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
Oh, you’re at that one.
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Yep. I figured it is close to a lot of stuff if I decide I need to go to WM or Shoppers.
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
WM is always a good choice.
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Do you carry Jones soda in 12-packs?
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I should.
Familiar Rapports: Bald Pollack, F&B, Gould Old Days.
Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
I ran out of dew. crushed
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
Me too. I live walking distance from Bloom, though, drive an SUV, and we’ve cleared out our drive way. Hmm.
Familiar Rapports: Bald Pollack, F&B, Gould Old Days.
Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
Not even the largest SUV’s on the block have been able to get out so far here
Aim for the head baby Jesus
My area’s not that bad. There’s only an inch or two of packed snow on the road now, and aside from an asshole who speeds down it on his 4×4, no one is getting stuck unless they go down the side road.
Familiar Rapports: Bald Pollack, F&B, Gould Old Days.
Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
I live in a culdesac, at the top of a hill, there have been no plows, everyone has dug out their cars, but nobody is going anywhere until a plow comes
Aim for the head baby Jesus
“I mean, to come in here and say listen, ‘Hey Ovi, I’m still your daddy right now?’ " Mike Milbury had mused of Crosby during the first intermission. “Pretty special in the first period.”
Well guys.
Perhaps a “Who’s your daddy” chant is in order.
Capitals Kremlin the second line center of the Caps blogosphere.
by CapitalsKremlin on Feb 7, 2010 5:22 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I actually went to the kitchen to make some food. Hate NBC’s intermission stuff. I cant believe Milbury actually said that. Anybody have a link to video?
Because now I can justify browsing and commenting during the work day with the argument that I am promoting my business.
just a shout out for people that aren’t familiar: i doubt they have this particular exchange, but ovechkinfans.com has been a ridiculously awesome resource ever since AO’s rookie year. still churning out timely, high quality videos. for instance, i wanted to see the OvechKam view of AO picking up a new stick and returning for the slapshot goal on friday night, and they had it up saturday AM.
by Natty Bumppo on Feb 7, 2010 10:35 PM EST up reply actions
Or perhaps not. Looks to be some technical difficulty: the game is on my DVR, but every time I go to play it, I get popped back out to live TV. Odd. I set the DVR to also record the show right after the scheduled end of the game, which I always do in the event the game spills over or goes to OT. That worked and displays just fine, picking up with nearly six minutes left in the 3rd through to OT. Damn it … ruins my game archiving project.
Sorry.
Hey renhoek — three more requests:
- Brooks Orpik going after Potheir after the Pens’ 3rd goal, 11:43 of the 2nd
- Sergei Gonchar’s reaction to the Semin high stick at 18:37 in the 2nd. The big baby
- Jeff Schultz’s phantom slash on Cooke at 15:52 in the 3rd
Thanks!
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Feb 8, 2010 12:23 AM EST up reply actions
Damn, I need to learn to read.
I have it on my DVR. Wish I knew how to send it to you.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Feb 8, 2010 12:24 AM EST up reply actions
Also, you can set your DVR to record the NHL Network replay….
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Feb 8, 2010 12:27 AM EST up reply actions
That I did. Only thing missing from the NHLN replay is the intermission stuff, so no Milbury “who’s your daddy” stuff. However, the rest of what you requested, no problem. Shall I just reply back here with the YouTube links, or FanPost?
Sweet! I don’t really have anything much to say about those events. Just that they were interesting and people seem to be talking about them today. So feel free to just fanpost.
And thank you!
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Feb 8, 2010 10:56 PM EST up reply actions
If anyone gets to these, another great video was Ovechkin shattering the goal camera in his first goal.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Feb 8, 2010 12:52 AM EST up reply actions
I think I know the reason for the 14 game winning streak. It was exposed tonight.
Jeff Shutlz always carries a second, invisible hockey stick with him that he uses to slash his opponents’ sticks in half.
That SON of a bitch! And he would have gotten away with it until the refs finally put on their invisible stick googles tonight and exposed Sarge for the fraud he is!
by Brainumbc on Feb 7, 2010 5:22 PM EST reply actions 5 recs
Has anyone here ever openly supported Schultz in public? I did that today, and everyone looked at me like I was a crack head or something.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
I was pontificating on the wonders of Sarge at the Panthers game on the 29th. And people were agreeing with me!
by BradleyFightingVehicle on Feb 7, 2010 5:37 PM EST up reply actions
…and I did bring a Pens fan with me to the bar so I’m not sure if I was viewed as a true fan anyways.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
The Caps/Panthers game was the first one I went to where I could hear my love for Sarge echoed by more than a handful of others in the section. Of course, there was still some yahoo directly in front of me complaining that someone his size should be dropping guys on their butt on every play. I thought about educating the man on the finer points of how playing the puck is often better than playing the man, but then I saw 5 empty Miller Lites and thought better to not waste my time.
It can be hit or miss. I think the Rink has done a good job on educating the fan base on Schultz’s awesomeness. But there is still a large portion out there that just remembers him getting crossed up in the playoffs last year.
Now when someone offers video of Schultz falling, us Schultz supporters should, in turn, offer the video of that stretch pass to Ovie on the break. That was sick!
by BradleyFightingVehicle on Feb 7, 2010 5:41 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, I wrote about my “statistical smakedown” last week – it was awesome.
"No Brooks Laich, no win. Know Brooks Laich, know win."
as if there isn't enough reason to dislike them:
“Someone held his hand mockingly by his ear a bit too early.”
via dcsportsbog’s twitter
by superjuan on Feb 7, 2010 5:24 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
the kid on the other side of the glass has the best wtf look ever. even he knows whats up
by Redlined on Feb 7, 2010 5:25 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
This kid’s look reminds me of the look the kid gives Zach Galifanakis’ character in “The Hangover” after he kicks the cell phone out of his hand.
by BradleyFightingVehicle on Feb 7, 2010 5:30 PM EST up reply actions
What's that?
5-4? Good!
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by Knee high to a duck on Feb 7, 2010 5:32 PM EST up reply actions
What a douche.
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
by Ovechwin on Feb 7, 2010 5:32 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
And that’s really hard with that cast of douchies.
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
Hey, we don’t call people that around here.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
However will I repent?
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
If you ladies wouldn’t mind, how about taking it to an OT thread instead of crapping on the recap. Or is that too bullying?
Damn! Looks like my women is on time.
by Bald Pollack on Feb 7, 2010 6:24 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
i was joking! i mean really, i know i’m like enemy #1 to you but i really was just trying to make it all lighthearted… no need for a civil war here.
Between Wise and warped, I choose warped.
thanks… i live in nyc so i’ve gotta represent. i get all the crap the rags fans have to dish out. oddly enough i think i’ve received more hate in here than i have from rags fans. what can you do.
Between Wise and warped, I choose warped.
Too bad it didn’t out like this, same spot on the ice everything.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
by bigmac1124 on Feb 7, 2010 5:32 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Good to know Staal is the bigger man, mocking and taunting a 10 year old when he’s sober.
Now drink with me deeply of the bourbon, scotch, and rye until such time as we are fighting drunk.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Feb 7, 2010 7:52 PM EST up reply actions
Not mincing words
I have a C on my heart.
by boutros23 on Feb 7, 2010 5:36 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
JP tweeted it yea.
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
It doesn’t surprise me. I was told by the recruiter at my agency of interest that cracking the gov’t is hard as shit. Yet I have a friend who got a job as a contract specialist because his uncle pulled strings for him. The kid didn’t even know what a contract specialist was…meanwhile, there’s people going to school for that.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
I don’t know what you do for work, but feel free to email me at my profile. List what your occupation is and I maybe could help.
I have a C on my heart.
Federal government is also closed. CMS actually closed – am impressed, that rarely happens.
No Alex, no ratings. Know Alex, know ratings.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services – HQ is outside of Baltimore.
No Alex, no ratings. Know Alex, know ratings.
Quiet Pens fans!!
I sat in section 107 and there were a few caps fans but one came with a sign and was talking major shit. When we started our awesome come back he sat down quiet. A girl from our section ran and TORE off the sign, then came back and wrote on it “I stole this sign from a pens fan, PS Pens SUCK!” That was classic!!!
I also got up when we tied it and was like WHY SO QUIET pointing the pens fan. I LOVED every moment of it. Keep on rocking CAPS!!!
by chanman83 on Feb 7, 2010 5:42 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
107 represent!
Game-Over Green? Canada-Over Carlson!
by Scott in Shaw on Feb 7, 2010 7:28 PM EST up reply actions
Go put some hits on Corey’s recap — let’s get the man some traffic.
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by Knee high to a duck on Feb 7, 2010 5:44 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Kudos to Bylsma, btw for not blaming it on the travel –
“We had a travel day,” Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said. “Most of these guys have done that quite a bit in their career in the American [Hockey] League or growing up. I don’t think it was at all out of the ordinary for any of these guys. It wasn’t what we expected when they put the schedule together, but it happened and it wasn’t out of the ordinary.”
"No Brooks Laich, no win. Know Brooks Laich, know win."
No doubt, Dan Bylsma has really impressed me in his time as coach.
Only YOU can prevent idiots from commenting!
by Knee high to a duck on Feb 7, 2010 5:55 PM EST up reply actions
No apologies necessary! If we were watching beach volleyball, there’s no way I’d hold my peace on something like that. Hold my piece? If no one was looking, sure. But not my peace.
Only YOU can prevent idiots from commenting!
by Knee high to a duck on Feb 7, 2010 6:06 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I like how you didn’t specify “women’s” beach volleyball.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
There’s another kind?
Only YOU can prevent idiots from commenting!
by Knee high to a duck on Feb 7, 2010 6:10 PM EST up reply actions
Oh, and the Pens reporters that interviewed Crosby and MAF ask the most boring questions. It would be hard for Crosby to give a good interview even if he wanted to.
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.
by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 7, 2010 5:45 PM EST reply actions
So Wednesday? We keeping the streak going or what?
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
We have to wait until Wednesday? Ugh. I might have to work before then.
Familiar Rapports: Bald Pollack, F&B, Gould Old Days.
Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
I am a student teacher. I think we might have school Tuesday. If we don’t, I’m not expecting school until the following monday.
Familiar Rapports: Bald Pollack, F&B, Gould Old Days.
Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
Goddammit. Don’t remind me. Novek said it could take up until Tuesday to get power.
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
~
Hah!
Familiar Rapports: Bald Pollack, F&B, Gould Old Days.
Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
That was the general message for our area though. As soon as my dad’s road is clear I’m packing my stuff up and abandoning casa Ovechwin.
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
Does Burger Boys have power?
Familiar Rapports: Bald Pollack, F&B, Gould Old Days.
Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
I don’t know, I didn’t head out that way. I’m debating going over to glory days because doesn’t the game start at 6:25?
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
Yeah. GD is probably a good bet.
Familiar Rapports: Bald Pollack, F&B, Gould Old Days.
Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
But I don’t think they have wifi and it would look hella odd for me to have a laptop in there… For all I know my power may be on, I don’t have a phone.
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
do an ATT relay call to your house
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
There are some very very evil yet usually hilarious uses for relay calls
Aim for the head baby Jesus
I used to use it to wake my friends up at 3AM.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
My friends were much more evil, having to listen to a total stranger read really awful stuff to you is just creepy
Aim for the head baby Jesus
You seem like you had a very interesting childhood.
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
By the way, the photo on this recap shows the best happy Nicky I think I’ve ever seen.
I have a C on my heart.
As long as no one Dave Dravecky’s in celebrations, I’m all for it.
Familiar Rapports: Bald Pollack, F&B, Gould Old Days.
Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
by Whiter Mage on Feb 7, 2010 6:00 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
How’d he get so lucky?
I also enjoyed the picture of Grandpa Slippers embracing Greenie, Nicky and Ovi. He literally looks like a proud papa. It’s sooo cute.
he’s a hockey player who makes over a million bucks a year….
Because now I can justify browsing and commenting during the work day with the argument that I am promoting my business.
You’d have to think they were probably married before he was raking in the big bucks. I also hope she snagged him while he still had teeth.
ha, probably so its like the equivalent of landing an NHLer in the final round of the draft! I kid, Erskine seems like a good dude off the ice.
Because now I can justify browsing and commenting during the work day with the argument that I am promoting my business.
Saw him walking around VC in a suit with his little girl one day. Seems like a nice guy.
Nobody recognized him.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
A suit would be the perfect camouflage for Erskine. I feel I would always picture him with a plaid shirt and a huge side of beef jerky clenched in his jaw.
Overalls and a corncob pipe.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
by jordanDC on Feb 7, 2010 9:16 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
And a button nose and two eyes made out of coal?
No Alex, no ratings. Know Alex, know ratings.
by gotsparkly on Feb 7, 2010 9:19 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
haha. Ersky the snowman.
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by jordanDC on Feb 7, 2010 9:24 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
You know who could make Ersky the snowman? Someone with a John Erskine sweater.
Familiar Rapports: Bald Pollack, F&B, Gould Old Days.
Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
I thought of your jersey as soon as she said it.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
Oh What A Feeling!
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Feb 8, 2010 12:43 AM EST up reply actions
Thanks are due
From me to Knee high to a duck and PaintDrinkingPete.
KHTAD got tix to this game from PDP and I was s’posed to be his seatmate. When the lack of plowage in West by god MoCo kept him from the game, he sent me both tix and my brother got to see this magnificent contest.
Thanks, Knee high!
And to PaintDrinkingPete, thanks for making the ducat available in the first place. This was truly outstanding. And the folks in you section are super cool.
HOWEVER…
I know, snow and staffing issues etc., but food and beverage service at the Phonebooth today was just miserable. Lines were incredibly long and incredibly slow.
Boo.
IS KEPTIN NOW
No school for me on Monday!
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
Tomorrow should be an NHL 10 day. I’d be willing to have people over, and can play online.
Familiar Rapports: Bald Pollack, F&B, Gould Old Days.
Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
Score! Except I suck so I’d just drag you down :)
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
It’s a great game, no doubt. One of the PS3’s premier titles.
Winterion Game Studios
Visit us online at : http://winterion.com
What’s wrong with that? I have both, and I’m learning to translate my C# skills to XNA to program a game for the 360. Each system has its merits.
Winterion Game Studios
Visit us online at : http://winterion.com
Can you set up a team and send me an invite?
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
I’ll do it right after the Super Bowl. If I have company, though, we’ll just OTP instead.
Familiar Rapports: Bald Pollack, F&B, Gould Old Days.
Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
aight, I’ll get on there and add you to my buddy list finally.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
I’ve requested. You just leave me hangin’. I’ll actually probably be up for playing after the game too, if you’re up for it.
Familiar Rapports: Bald Pollack, F&B, Gould Old Days.
Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
Through roughly 29 minutes today
the Caps were scoreless.
They scored 5 goals in the final 33 minutes of the game. Sick.
Also noteworthy: 74 minutes in penalties, including four misconduct calls. Ovechkin threw probably the best punch, knocking Kris Letang to the ice and jumping on top of the Penguins defenseman, a bit of aggression that was deemed worthy of just a roughing penalty.
Just saw this blurb in the article on ESPN.com. I found it worth a fangirl giggle.
Knubes
Had the gordie howe today, no? Sorry if I’m the millionth person to mention it.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Feb 7, 2010 6:18 PM EST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
and does someone want to tell me what Gonchar is looking at on the game winner?...the color of Knuble's eyes??
If you've read this far...seek help.
I’m going to head over to Glory Days. Hopefully won’t die on my way home tonight, See you when my power comes on!
Tom Brady is Sidney Crosby, except Tom Brady has felt the touch of a woman, and has his own house.
Be careful and enjoyr your wings. We’re hoping to pick a night this week for wingfest. We were thinking either Wed or Thurs and watch the Caps.
"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."
Sterling. Only a few miles away for us.
"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."
Oh, rats :( I was planning to cash a couple orders of wings on Wednesday, but this would be the Glory Days in Bowie, MD. Maybe the Maryland folks could do that?
No Alex, no ratings. Know Alex, know ratings.
Well the caps are doing an official viewing party at ESPN Zone in Baltimore on Wednesday. I open, and I was thinking about hanging around for the game. If we get a good group of Rink Rats there, I can get us a prime table and a 35% discount (and probably game cards, for those interested) I was going to do a fanshot later with the details.
bah, so sad I’m missing this! although B-more is way outta my way when I’m home anyway
Every time Nicky scores a goal, an angel gets its wings.
by SeattleCapsFan on Feb 7, 2010 8:57 PM EST up reply actions
That isn’t on their schedule (the Caps viewing party schedule) what are the details of it? And do put that fanshot up
↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → b a (select) start
Yep, that’s the one in Fox Mill – we went there tonight to claim our wings. I let my husband have the wings from my ticket, since he got the tickets, drove me and my friend to VC, picked us up and kept an eye on the kiddo all day. Didn’t plan to go to a sports bar on Super Bowl Sunday, but what the hell!
You had me at "no problem"!
My observations
I haven’t read the comments yet, deliberately, but here’s mine.
- Thank you, refs, for waking up the sleeping giant that was the 7th man in red at the VC. Maybe if the refing was consistent, the comeback never happens.
- What, no love for Knuble on the Gordie Howe? (He scored the OT GWG and assisted on the GTG, plus stepped up on who was it? Adams?
- Anyone else noticed that the ticker never got run during second intermission? Can only imagine what the fans had to say.
- Orpik, you’re a twit.
“The kid’s a baby,” said Orpik, who drew a game misconduct from the penalty box because he kept complaining to the officials.
- So glad the boys will practice Tuesday. They desperately need it to tune up. Would like to see less carelessness with the puck.
- Roads were not that bad. Well worth the trip out.
- Hatties are well and good, but I want my balanced scoring back. :(
No Alex, no ratings. Know Alex, know ratings.
Sasha says, “Don’t call me baby” and unleashes the fury the next time the Caps play the Pens.
Rocking the Red since 1975
What made me laugh was Orpik calling Semin a baby and then getting himself a game misconduct because he won’t stop b*tching about the penalty.
Also, one more random comment:
- Evgeni Malkin, Greg Louganis you ain’t. Knock it off.
No Alex, no ratings. Know Alex, know ratings.
Do you drive an SUV or live closer to a Metro station? Our neighborhood was not plowed at all.
Rocking the Red since 1975
Yeah, I thought about that, too – but I’m pretty sure there’s no chance I’m getting my car out tomorrow anyways.
"No Brooks Laich, no win. Know Brooks Laich, know win."
my street near Kingstowne has not seen a plow since Friday night
"Why don't you smegging well smeg off, you annoying little smeggy smegging smegger!"
Oddly, my block is so clear I can see asphalt. But the cross streets on both sides are unplowed messes. So it’s a good thing I get tomorrow off anyway.
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Feb 7, 2010 8:09 PM EST up reply actions
Do try to free it a little tomorrow, though before it gets locked away in Nature’s icy grip on Tuesday/Wednesday.
Ovechkin.
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by jordanDC on Feb 7, 2010 6:59 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Just got home
Big thanks to Boutros23 for the tickets. I had to get my neighbor to help me out of the alley, but we made it in time to see Knuble stick up for Ovi. In all the games I saw in Philly, never saw him fight. Guess he really likes his linemates here.
Had a couple of rows of Pens fans behind us, but they were well-behaved. Only time they pissed me off was when they were calling “hat trick” whenever Crosby had the puck. I did turn around when Ovi got his and yelled “yeah… Hat trick”, so I guess I was just as bad. And boy, did they run out of the section after that final goal.
Jeez, over 2000 posts for gameday threads+recap. Is that a record?
Bears Beat Baby Pens 5-4
Wow, the Bears came from behind, trailing 2-0 at one point to beat the Baby Pens 5-4, though not in OT
3-0. Matty Perreault (Pocket Ovi?) with the hatty.
Did the Bears have anyone with a Gordie Howe?
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Kid’s got his own name and game, imho, and is not a mini or Pocket anything…
by redlineblue on Feb 7, 2010 7:52 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
From @nateewell
Even if you don’t like the Who, I hear Caps fans should watch halftime. Might be a good ad.
Apologies for the possible OT-ness of it.
Damn! Looks like my women is on time.
Just saw it. The ad was for some contest guessing the real name of Topper Shutt. Ovi asking if it’s “Alex??” So cute (especially after today’s game :-)
I’m sitting in fron ot the TV with the game on, but I’m not really paying attention. The entertainment sounded decent enough. Have I missed any great commercials?
"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."
reading fail
looks like I should rewind the DVR
"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."
I was heckling a Penguins fan friend of mine and he busted out the usual “yea well who won the Stanley Cup” defense. Really? How long can people keep clinging to that. Isn’t that the same excuse the Pen fans were using last loss?
I have an analogy:
Penguin’s “yea well we won the stanley cup” response
IS TO
penguins loss to the caps this season
::AS::
“yea well we came up with the black album” 20+ years ago response by metallica
IS TO
metallica being asked why their last 342352 albums sucked
Did you guys see the douche in 429 who made a replica of the Stanley Cup out of tinfoil and hoisted it over his head every time the Pens scored?
No Alex, no ratings. Know Alex, know ratings.
Some douche had one at the Caps/Pens viewing party as well.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
I don’t care if it’s a replica, that just seems like a bad idea to me.
No Alex, no ratings. Know Alex, know ratings.
That’s a pretty terrible analogy.
It’s like this:
Metallica saying “we came out with the Black Album” in 1992, a year after the Black Album was released, and not having released anything (good or bad) since. As much as we hate the Penguins, they ARE the Stanley Cup champions.
But don’t worry—they won’t be able to use that for long.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Feb 7, 2010 8:02 PM EST up reply actions
And we should have a party the day the Pens get dumped from the playoffs regardless of who does the dumping.
Rocking the Red since 1975
This often reminds me of the “1918” chants that the O’s fans used to throw down at the Red Sox fans at games where they were particularly outnumbered at Camden Yards. Well, those days ended. Our day is coming soon, too. If today’s effort is any indication of the next decade, The Keptin will not be denied.
The amount of whining from Pens fans is pretty epic after this one. Talk of Ovechkin diving (did I miss something or are they really claiming he wasn’t shoved into the boards by Adams? There wasn’t even a penalty call what are you talking about?), the Orpik OT call being a weak one (as opposed to the phantom call they got at the end of regulation)…and pretty much anything under the sun from the weather to the officiating. I’ll give them a point on the travel issues, they got fucked with that. But to say both teams had gripes with the officiating is humorous to me. They got their usual greater amount of PP chances throughout the game, but we’re all used to that by now it is what it is.
Can’t talk enough how big Fehr’s goal was at the end of the 2nd, you had that feeling if we killed off the 5 on 3 to start the 3rd and got a goal semi early we’d be right back in it. What else can you say about Crosby and Ovechkin too? It’s really ridiculous how those two produce nearly every time these teams go head to head. It really is amazing. I’m sure NBC is happy as hell the game went off, I bet their ratings were through the roof and would have been higher without some people losing power.
Still a lot of work to do before playoffs…and honestly I know we have 8 healthy D but we really need to narrow it down to our “top 6” come playoffs and who the #7 is going to be. There were times today when I wanted to throw stuff at the TV watching Sloan and Pothier out there. Poti had a big turnover as well, but on the whole he was far more solid. I can’t imagine we are a better team with Alzner sitting and Sloan in the lineup. I’ve seen Pothier play much better earlier in the season but he hasn’t seemed right since the injury bug hit him again.
by Davethecapsfan on Feb 7, 2010 8:11 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
hey dave, just wanted to say i always look forward to your comments. stay away from thepensblog, man. i remember you doing some valiant work over there proving that caps fans can be thoughtful and courteous, but Japers’ Rink needs some of that special sauce, too!
I haven’t been commenting much in general lately been busy and I didn’t want to just repeat all the same old good stuff of which there have been a lot. I just dislike the point of view that we get more worked up over a regular season game than they do. They seem to jump right into the “it’s just the regular season” shield far quicker than the majority of Caps’ fans start screaming like we’ve won anything yet. As much as they bring up last year isn’t it pretty clear we all remember it just as much? Home ice, series lead, winning record in the regular season against them…been there done that. It doesn’t matter until we win in the playoffs, obviously we know this.
That said, what are we supposed to do, lose the games in the regular season? That’s the captain obvious part of the discussion that needs nothing else to be said on it. We’ve won 14 in a row now, the streak does mean something…as far as the here and now goes. You don’t need to win 14 in a row in the playoffs, you only have to win a total of 16 games before someone beats you 4 out of 7.
There are a good amount of people on pensblog that I respect as hockey fans but they go to the rhetoric awful fast. This is this year, we don’t know who’s going to win it all this year. I’m sure there are fans in San Jose and Chicago who think their teams deserve just as much discussion as either one of ours gets.
by Davethecapsfan on Feb 7, 2010 9:01 PM EST up reply actions
I definitely think that LAK, SJS, and CHI are all in the Western Conference discussion as far as who will contend.
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With the way their goalies can get hot, I’d buy Colorado, Vancouver, and Phoenix as well. The west is kind of wide open.
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I’d buy Vancouver out of that group, I don’t think Colorado or Phoenix has enough to topple Chicago or San Jose. The Kings have a lot of talent, but they’ll have similar questions about their goaltending experience or lack thereof come playoff time.
by Davethecapsfan on Feb 7, 2010 9:06 PM EST up reply actions
I more mean, I’ll buy Phoenix more than the other two, because of the team in front of the goalie, but if Bryz, Anderson, or Luongo get hot…I mean, any of those can carry a team.
Familiar Rapports: Bald Pollack, F&B, Gould Old Days.
Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
Detroit is still the wild card if they get healthy and get in. If they get the #8 seed and San Jose is the #1…all those questions about the Sharks in the playoffs are going to rise again. Howard has really been playing well for the Wings of late too. I still feel like there are only 3 teams that can come out of the East: us, Pitt, and NJ. I just don’t see Buffalo having enough to win 3 series unless Miller is otherworldly.
by Davethecapsfan on Feb 7, 2010 9:09 PM EST up reply actions
The playoffs are just an animal where I can’t get myself to count anyone out, regardless of statistics.
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Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
I agree with you to a point, but only as far as a single series goes. I think a lot of teams could shock someone in a single series but not have the stuff to win 3 to reach the Finals.
by Davethecapsfan on Feb 7, 2010 9:12 PM EST up reply actions
I think BUF coming out of the East is not impossible, but they’ll be roadkill in Chicago if they do. Any of NJD, PIT, or WAS will make more noise in the final than BUF.
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What does Chicago have that the Caps don’t?
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Probably more depth on the backline…more solid across the board.
by Davethecapsfan on Feb 7, 2010 9:13 PM EST up reply actions
See, I don’t agree. I think we’re the better team, and it’s not close. The Hawks don’t score nearly as much, but no one does, and their defense is only marginally better. If Kane goes down, they’d be done, I think. Niemi isn’t any better than Varly(I’ll take a healthy Varly over him), and Huet isn’t much better than Theo.
Also, all Hossa does is get teams to the final to lose.
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Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
See I think it’s a toss up in a series between us and Chicago right now. That would be quite a Finals but long way to go before even start thinking about that.
by Davethecapsfan on Feb 7, 2010 9:19 PM EST up reply actions
Until Varly is healthy and back to what he was before he went down, I worry about us in the playoffs, period. As solid as Jose has been I can’t say I’d trust him and given how quick he got the yank last year we know how BB feels already. We need Varly back.
by Davethecapsfan on Feb 7, 2010 9:21 PM EST up reply actions
Jose probably knows he’s playing for the final big contract he’s going to get. I bet we get good Theo more than not the rest of the way.
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Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
I wouldn’t count Neuvirth out either. That kid is cool as a cucumber. Granted, he’s got stuff to work on, but that’s what we said about Varly this time last year.
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Could Neuvy do it? Sure maybe, but I wouldn’t feel any more comfortable with him in net than Jose. It’s working for now…but I really want Varly back between the pipes come playoffs.
by Davethecapsfan on Feb 7, 2010 9:25 PM EST up reply actions
I’m not sure a rusty Varly is better than a confident well played Theo.
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Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
This is the main reason I want to see him back up and playing very soon after the Olympics.
by Davethecapsfan on Feb 7, 2010 9:27 PM EST up reply actions
Aside from 4 goals given up, how’d he look in Hershey tonight?
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The report I read said he let in 3 easier goals in the first while he was banging the rust off, but after that he settled in to things and only let 1 more by. Hershey’s coach said Varly probably wouldn’t have let those first 3 in if he wasn’t so rusty. Plus the Bears were out shot something like 17-4 in the first
Disagree strongly. Chicago’s backline is exceptional and without question their strongest unit.
The Keith/Seabrook pairing has had an absolute monster year. Hjalmersson is way underrated and Campbell has been playing much better in his own end this season. They give up the fewest G/G per league and it isn’t their goaltending that does it.
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by Knee high to a duck on Feb 7, 2010 9:47 PM EST up reply actions
More backline depth, I think, though I do think the Caps’ D is underrated to some extent. We also haven’t seen BUF since Ovi became captain, and the Caps have become a much stronger team since that happened. I’d want to see whether BUF could hang with the new Caps.
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Every time I want to say we’re underrated, they have a game like they did today. Really poor job of getting the puck out of our zone smoothly and dealing with a strong forecheck. We are a little better than last year certainly, but we still have guys that I’m not sure I trust fully come playoff time.
by Davethecapsfan on Feb 7, 2010 9:18 PM EST up reply actions
I think that in large part comes from lack of system practices, though. When they don’t practice, they get lackadaisical with the puck, and that’s why they failed on the breakouts so badly in the first. Look at ‘em in games 3-8 of the streak, and that’s what happens when they can practice regularly.
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I just feel like we’re more sound defensively with Alzner in there over some of the guys that are platooning that #5 and #6 spot. Maybe they are saving some cap space for a move at the deadline, I don’t know. I just hope he gets some time after the Olympics to really prove he belongs in the top 6.
by Davethecapsfan on Feb 7, 2010 9:23 PM EST up reply actions
Enh? I’ve seen Alzner make some shaky decisions too – he’s human too. Who was on the blueline for 3-8 when the D was just nasty good?
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We were taking a lot fewer penalties during that part of the streak as well it seemed. Some of the forward lines have been suspect in our own end as well, just unable to get a clear and relieve some of the pressure.
by Davethecapsfan on Feb 7, 2010 9:27 PM EST up reply actions
My concern with Vancouver is that they’re really not getting a lot of secondary scoring at all, and they’re running their top line almost continuously. They could use some scoring depth and they need to stay out of the box better than they are if they want to go deep.
Phoenix as they are currently constructed cannot hang with CHI, though they might be able to make SJS’s life difficult. Talk to me again after the trade deadline on PHX. Colorado similar.
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Phoenix, when on, is a good squad. Lang was a good pick up, and I would do bad, bad, awful things to get Doan into a Caps sweater.
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Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
Absolutely. 100% with you. I’ve got all the respect in the world for what they’ve pulled off there, and Dave Tippett is probably the top runner for the Jack Adams right now. I’d like to see them get another piece on D and another scorer to replace Upshall if he’s out for the season.
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Going to be hard to leave Clouston out of that discussion with what he’s done with the Sens. They did get smoked in Toronto last night but their streak was just as impressive as our own. That would be an interesting 1st round matchup if them and the Pens ended up 4 and 5.
by Davethecapsfan on Feb 7, 2010 9:16 PM EST up reply actions
I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to see a first round between OTT and PIT.
Agreed, Clouston’s in the discussion, but there’s also the matter of nobody expected PHX to win anything but the draft lottery this year, and here they’re firmly in the playoff picture. OTT still has good talent in Alfredsson and Spezza, and Brian Elliott has been unbelievable.
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Hell of a game. Totally worth slogging through the slush and ice for, though – even if the lines on the concourses were so long I couldn’t get food or coffee. Ah well.
A shot of the OT goal celebration – caught despite jumping up and shouting at the top of my lungs.
"If you close your eyes in the NHL, you'll take one upside the head." - Alexander Semin
One thing I’m surprised that nobody’s mentioned in this thread that I’ve seen: Ovi broke the goal camera on his breakaway goal. Did anyone else find that amusing?
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I loved that, but I was confused about the footage. Afterward they showed the view looking down on the part that he broke, which looked like a little like a lense, but there was no cool shot of the camera going bzzzzrrrttt (it’s an industry term) as the puck came flying at the screen. What did he break off?
I think it was the protector over the lens that broke.
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by CapitalCentre on Feb 7, 2010 8:47 PM EST up reply actions
It might not have been the TV camera. Sometimes you see those cool artsy AP photos from inside the net.
That’s what I think happened. Those photos come from the camera about two inches off the ground inside the goal, and that’s what Ovi broke. I snickered – can never fault Ovi’s flair for the dramatic.
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I got pissed because they delayed and delayed and delayed while they were “fixing” it. Momentum killer.
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That was actually the first thing I thought of when that happened
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by SeattleCapsFan on Feb 8, 2010 2:37 AM EST up reply actions
Just an appetizer before the free wings.
"If you close your eyes in the NHL, you'll take one upside the head." - Alexander Semin
by mercurialwinger on Feb 7, 2010 9:02 PM EST up reply actions
He used a Bauer for a while at the beginning of the season last year, but he generally uses CCM. They’re a sponsor of his.
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We could get up in arms about Craig Adams’ hit on Alex Ovechkin, and many Caps fans will rightfully do so, but it’s also an opportunity to demonstrate the flawed approach to using on-ice discipline as an indicator of supplemental discipline, a tactic so many fans seemed to be enamored with in light of Mike Green’s suspension.
Yeah, I don’t know what this means.
But Brawndo's got what plants crave. It's got electrolytes.
He’s saying if we complain that he should have been given a penalty, but he wasn’t, he shouldn’t be suspended, nor should have Mike Green, I think?
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Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
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He’s saying that when a penalty isn’t called on a play, it doesn’t mean that there shouldn’t be a suspension.
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Thanks for clearing that up. I was thoroughly confused.
by Battenburg Baron on Feb 7, 2010 10:03 PM EST up reply actions
What I’m saying is that the “Mike Green shouldn’t have been suspended for that elbow, it was a minor!” logic doesn’t really hold water, and the Adams hit is another example of that.
by David M. Getz on Feb 7, 2010 10:14 PM EST up reply actions
There should only be one suspension coming out of this game, and it’s for picking a fight immediately after a goal was scored. That should be an automatic suspension no matter who does it, no matter why. As soon as a goal is scored, the time for physical contact is over.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Feb 8, 2010 12:54 AM EST up reply actions
Right – just to clarify, I’m not asking for a suspension, just pointing out the flaw in logic.
by David M. Getz on Feb 8, 2010 9:01 AM EST up reply actions
On the topic of dangerous hits (and I know this isn’t exactly breaking news), Mike Milbury’s an idiot. The idea that it’s perfectly acceptable for players to “cross the line”, in this case defined as a cheap shot that ended the career of one of the league’s best and most exciting players, as long as they’re willing to fight afterward is perhaps the most perfect example of idiotic Old Time Hockey machismo I’ve ever heard.
In what case? Who’s career?
But Brawndo's got what plants crave. It's got electrolytes.
He was talking about Ulf Samuelsson and Cam Neely.
by David M. Getz on Feb 7, 2010 10:12 PM EST up reply actions
Next time I won’t mute the NBC “coverage”…..not.
Hate NBC. They literally suck out loud. And just when you think NBC can’t suck enough, McGuire actually says Sidney Crosby is “fresh as a daisy”.
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This made me think of the Telus commercial with the goat.
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By the way, what’s the point of giving Orpik a 10 minute penalty after the game is over?
Its just a meaningless paper transaction, right?
Now if they made him actually sit in the box for 10 minutes while everyone else left the arena, that would be a decent enforcement of the penalty.
If it’s the start of him having a record of bad behavior, I’m all for it.
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by jordanDC on Feb 7, 2010 9:33 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Almost XBox time.
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Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
Make sure to pick a cool jersey.
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I usually use the Caps, Bears, or Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams. Opinions?
I’m thinking Bears today (Also it can be changed later)
Familiar Rapports: Bald Pollack, F&B, Gould Old Days.
Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
Any preference on name? Rink Rats is taken, and gnuf is nowhere to be found.
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Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
Done. Accept my invite, d-bag.
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Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
Five, and you’re automatically traded to Philadelphia
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Feb 8, 2010 12:55 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I’d like if 10 minute penalties had to be served at the beginning of the next game. Maybe 10 minute penalties get fines, I don’t know. Wasn’t Frank Robinson once ejected from a game after it ended in Philadelphia?
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Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
That sounds like a grade school type punishment. Something my fourth grade teacher would have done.
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If only a few Penguins would have gotten them at the Montreal game.
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Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
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if only. ive of the school of thought that you should have to sit for 60 regulation minutes if you get a gamer and 10 regulation minutes for a 10-minute misconduct, with carry over. So if you get tossed at 59:00 then you are essentially eating a bench spot for your team for the next game you play
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So is it bad that I watch the end of the Caps game and promptly go outside to shovel snow and scream at the top of my lungs that the Caps won, which makes all my neighbors look at me like I just escaped from an asylum?
Eh, screw it.
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I was shoveling and one my neighbors walked by talking about watching “the game tonight” and I literally said “what game”? I had completely forgotten a bout the super bowl for a moment. Fortunately this guy knew I was a caps fan and kind of laughed and made a comment about the caps winning, so I didn’t look like a complete idiot.
Because now I can justify browsing and commenting during the work day with the argument that I am promoting my business.
A special request
Please please please… for the love of God, DO NOT BOO CROSBY
Booing players is lame, and it should really be restricted to the cream of the crop, like Gretzky and Ovechkin. Next time the Pens play in the phone booth, reserve boo’s for horrendous calls. Let’s not fall into that trap of booing a guy everytime he touches the puck. He doesn’t deserve that much respect.
Sorry, if a player is wearing the sweater of an opposing team I will boo them with great gusto.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Feb 7, 2010 11:29 PM EST up reply actions
Crosby is a good player, he deserves respect. The numbers show he is not as good a player as ovetchkin, and probably not much better then backstrom, but he is still a great player who deserves respect.
I don’t think he should be booed everytime he touches the puck, but I believe that’s because we’re respectable caps fans, not pensblog douchebags or idiots like that.
We’re better then booing crosby everytime he touches the puck
However, if you wanna boo for whatever reason, boo away.
The numbers show he is not as good a player as ovetchkin, and probably not much better then backstrom
No chance. Saying “the numbers show Crosby’s not much better than Backstrom” is like saying “the numbers show Ovechkin’s not much better than Kovalchuk”.
by David M. Getz on Feb 8, 2010 9:15 AM EST up reply actions
Nope, I will boo him every time. He’s a great player, but I also hate him.
I wanna drive the Zamboni.
the thing for me is booing calls attention to the player and often inspires the player. you want guys to be invisible. when you boo crosby i feel we’re helping him to get him pumped for the game and inspired to start as is. now cheering guys for plastering him into the boards is something i can get behind 100%
erskine has scored...now i can die in peace
Count me in.
Booing crosby when he touches the puck says ‘here comes the Pens’ equivalent of Ovechkin’. Saying ‘equivalent of Ovechkin’ is, of course, absurd.
Try yawning. More democratic.
exactly my point. In other words, don’t boo Crosby. That would be an even bigger sign of disrepect.
by _Skullduggery_ on Feb 8, 2010 2:47 AM EST up reply actions
Mike Milbury is a jacka**: http://alexovetjkin.blogspot.com/2010/02/mad-mike-assaults-blogger.html also cool video highlights from the Ovechkin iso cam: http://alexovetjkin.blogspot.com/2010/02/ovechkins-star-cam-during-game-vs-pens.html
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Haha, I saw this go down. The blogger was honestly twice as much of an asshole as Milbury and had it coming IMO. I don’t like Milbury as an analyst by any means but this guy was goading him into a fight the whole time.
by Kolzilla on Feb 8, 2010 12:06 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I saw that too…
Isn’t it stupid of him and the Candian hockey “establishment” to classifyt the Caps as only Russian? We are just a multinational team with good players from everywhere (do they punish Mike Green for being on this team by leaving him off their olympic team?). F***in Ign’ant.
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by CapitalDominion on Feb 8, 2010 12:53 AM EST up reply actions
now, now
Milbury deserved a needle chance to walk back his asinine quote about crosby pwning Ovechkin. If he doesnt like being asked about the stoopid things he says re Caps, saying fewer such is a fine option.
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To each and every Caps fan that defied the weather and had the privilege of inspiring our team to one of the greatest come back victories in their history- I salute you! You’ll have the sports memory of a lifetime, at least until you see Ovie skate around the VC with that big old cup in his hands in a couple of months.
I really envy you. I can remember when there were more guins fans than Caps fans at the old Cap Centre. Enjoy it!
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I finally got to get a look at the highlights. There was no D to be seen on any of the first five goals.
I also noticed Bradley on a couple of the Pens goals, in a very bad way.
Pucks seemed to be going through Fleury.
I can’t say I really blame any of the goals on Theo.
Those are some of my first impression comments.
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The defense was horrible for all of the Pens goals. Poti and Sloan didn’t have a great afternoon either.
The defense and the goalie weren’t good for the Pens either.
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Like I said, no D to be seen. Fehr’s goal was pretty bad D, and the D couldn’t do much about Ovechkin’s 2nd and 3rd goals.
Goocher could have done more to stop Knuble on the GWG.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Feb 8, 2010 7:06 AM EST up reply actions
Orpik was standing right in front of AO on his second goal. Gooch was just admiring Knuble on the GWG. Nobody committed to AO right off the draw on his 3rd goal. If the Caps had let those goals in people would be saying that’s why the Caps D can’t win a Cup.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 8, 2010 3:06 PM EST up reply actions
I feel like over the past couple of season’s, the Caps D corps has been the most scrutinized in the league. They’re under the microscope in a way no one else is.
The Pens won the Cup, imo, in no small part because their role players really stepped it up when it counted (I hope the stars bought Max Talbot many expensive steak dinners). They haven’t done that this season. The Pens, as a team, have heavily relied on Crosby and Staal to carry them this season. I’m curious to see if anything changes.
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I mentioned Gooch, but on Ovechkin’s 2nd (I think) the D blocked the shot and Ovechkin immediately shot it when it landed. I don’t see them as being able to do too much right there. And then there was the faceoff goal.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Feb 8, 2010 7:42 PM EST up reply actions
It’s a tough play for Orpik; you can’t ignore that the puck is being shot basically right at you. But when you are covering AO you need to make taking him away your priority, not blocking a routine wrist shot from Tom Poti. Committing to that shot left AO open.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 8, 2010 8:12 PM EST up reply actions
I guess now is as good a time as any to mention my Japan record is now 9-0-0 and they are outscoring opponents 44-20. (Assuming I added it all up correctly)
Now drink with me deeply of the bourbon, scotch, and rye until such time as we are fighting drunk.
See you jerks never!
Now drink with me deeply of the bourbon, scotch, and rye until such time as we are fighting drunk.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Feb 8, 2010 6:39 AM EST up reply actions
Favorite moments from one of my most favorite games I have ever seen:
-Orpunk getting 0 penalty minutes after Staal’s first goal. Pissed at a clean hit by Pothier and came at him after the goal was scored. Yes folks, that’s right. The guy who started ALL the shit, got nothing. Not the instigator he deserved, not the game misconduct he seems to always deserve. Then he goes and cries about it to the media at the end of the game.
-NBC’s honesty about the officiating during the game. Missed calls all around. Bad calls that were just bad. Really bad (We sure this wasn’t a Sutherland-ref’ed game?). We’re lucky Ovie wasn’t hurt on that play… We’re also lucky Ovie wasn’t hurt bad enough on Cooke’s uncalled crosscheck to the kidneys that he gave Ovie. You don’t poke the bear. Haven’t teams learned that yet?
-Great job by the PKers when they had to be great. If there were 2 Hard Hats to give out, a group-hat should have been given to that squad for killing off that 5 on 3. Extra kudos for killing off that “slash” by Schultz.
-NBC’s commentator saying before the drop of the puck on Ovie’s 3rd goal: You just get the feeling like every time he’s out there, he’s going to win…. BAM TIE GAME
-Looking back at Chimera’s missed opportunity… Looked a lot worse live than what really happened. He’s still got to bury that, but it was a much more difficult shot than it appeared because of where he caught the pass. Caught it right in the middle of his body, pointed right at the goal. No chance for one-time fore or backhand. As they mentioned in the boradcast, if he was “other-handed” it’s in the back of the net.
Instant classic of a game. Glad that the guy who had our tickets made it to the game and was able to enjoy it. Super Bowl was such a downer compared to this game. Bigger question is, do we get our ol’ buddy Post-Big-Game-Let-Down vs. Montreal, or will the team be amped to try to go 3-0 for the rest of February so they can take every game after the Olympics off and still make the playoffs?
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Southeast Standings
| GP | W | L | OTL | PT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Washington
|
82 | 54 | 15 | 13 | 121 |
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Atlanta
|
82 | 35 | 34 | 13 | 83 |
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Carolina
|
82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 80 |
|
Tampa Bay
|
82 | 34 | 36 | 12 | 80 |
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Florida
|
82 | 32 | 37 | 13 | 77 |
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