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Ahhhh man, and here I thought you were gonna poke me :o oh my.,…..
I have been alright. Hellish work week but almost done, thankfully. How are things on your end?
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 11, 2010 7:04 PM EST up reply actions
Getting killed at work as well. I think they brought me on as a Fed to work me overtime as much as they want. “Hey, how about some emergency weekend work as well?” Sigh…
I have a C on my heart.
That sucks….I have trade shows the next two weekends after this one.
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 11, 2010 7:41 PM EST up reply actions
I’ve got my eye on the Pit/Car and Bos/Phi games. There’s a lot to pick from tonight.
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Is it real or is it memorex?
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 11, 2010 7:19 PM EST up reply actions
Too bad Johnny is in net. The disgusting part is that we should probably be rooting for Pittsburgh considering we really don’t want to face Carolina in the playoffs.
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I’m with you. I want PIT to win this game. I really really don’t want CAR in the playoffs.
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I’m not exactly a big fan of Carolina but I was rooting for them to beat Pitt. I root for ANY team to beat Pitt, regardless of who it is. BTW, I think Carolina will be hard pressed to make the playoffs since they have several teams to catch.
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I’d like to see Pitt get the 2 seed. Let us meet in the ECF. Let them face Buffalo.
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 11, 2010 9:49 PM EST up reply actions
Let’s just save this fact in our collective bank for when the inevitable talk of our D not being good enough to win the Cup comes up if we meet in the playoffs.
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 11, 2010 9:48 PM EST up reply actions
Watching ATL@CBJ
There’s 2:56 left in the 1st, the teams just played 10:28 without a whistle… The first TV timeout was taken at the time above…. If ATL kills the penalty they have now, they may not get in a second TV timeout…
Let's go Caps!
Oh yeah, it’s 1-0 Columbus.
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 11, 2010 7:31 PM EST up reply actions
Second Period Starting in C-bus…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 11, 2010 7:53 PM EST up reply actions
When was the last time...
…Chris Clark checked someone over 10 years older than he is?
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 11, 2010 8:01 PM EST up reply actions
If Knuble is Gramps, does that make Chelios Great-Gramps?
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Nah, just bumped him and got the puck away…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 11, 2010 8:10 PM EST up reply actions
C-bus up 2-0… Moose Hedberg kicks the puck into his own net…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 11, 2010 8:18 PM EST up reply actions
Second ends 2-0 C-bus. Caps are 20 minutes away from a 3rd straight division championship (has never happened before). Plus they will clinch a playoff berth with 1 month left in the season…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 11, 2010 8:31 PM EST up reply actions
Time for a new voodoo doll
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 11, 2010 7:41 PM EST up reply actions
Weird fact: Stamkos goes to the same dentist I do. The dental office isn’t shy to promote the fact Stamkos is a patient there.
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 11, 2010 7:43 PM EST up reply actions
Hockey players have teeth?
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 11, 2010 7:44 PM EST up reply actions
Gary works him hard
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 11, 2010 7:45 PM EST up reply actions
Wow, Moulson got a PPG, too. My fantasy team is doing swell, not that it matters.
I have a C on my heart.
Yeah, 2PA locked up our division while I was in Vegas. Where has KHtaD been on the recaps?
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Knee high in homework papers. Screw midterm projects.
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by Knee high to a duck on Mar 11, 2010 9:08 PM EST up reply actions
Good on Guerin for saying this
“We’re all under the same umbrella, whether the guy’s on my team and I’m sitting right next to him or he’s playing in California. … It doesn’t matter. We’re all playing in the same league. We all want the same safety. We all want to be looked after the same way. I understand he [Cooke] is on my team but, hey, he’s in a tough spot.”
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Yeah I agree. It was a scumbag hit and I think everyone that sees it has the same visceral response that it’s bullshit. I like to think people were the same way about the Richards hit but I don’t think it was the same reaction because Mike Richards is the Ontario Angel and doesn’t have the same goon rep as Cooke.
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I dunno about the Richards Ontario Angel rep. I saw loads of criticism of Richards after the Booth hit in the media both on TV and in the papers here in Ontario. Even Joe Nieuwendyk (Ontario native himself) said that the Richards hit was the one they were focusing on at the GM meetings when discussing hits to the head.
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 11, 2010 7:55 PM EST up reply actions
I was overstating it a little bit. I was thinking of the Pierre McGuire/Don Cherry contingent that has considered Mike Richards a God ever since he won gold in the WJC. So much of the commentary after the hit contained “but Richards is such a classy player and has never done anything like this before” as if that was an excuse.
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Oh Cherry..well meh. Any time Grapes attaches a nationality to a player I kinda tone out, be the country Canada or otherwise.Talking about that I was talking to my Dad tonight —he’s a Leafs fan as are most Toronto-born folks of his generation and he watches HNIC every weekend but isn’t a Grapes fan in the least. I had sent him the video of Backstrom’s amazing shot blocking display last week and he was wowed by it. He even made the comment that he was disappointed that Cherry didn’t show that clip on Coaches Corner even though if a Canadian player like Brendan Morrow had done so, it would have been a given..
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 11, 2010 8:36 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah he would have been all over it if that was Morrow. I don’t mind Grapes as much as some, but you have to take him with a grain of salt and keep it in perspective. He clearly has his biases but he does know the game.
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He does know the game and I will not deny that. If he could just stop marinating his spiel in right-wing jingoistic BS i I would be a lot happier.
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 11, 2010 8:39 PM EST up reply actions
I had to do a double take when scrolling down. Thought that read Zettler. Then I realized that couldn’t be right for 2 reasons.
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Don’t call it a comeback. Hey CP ..good to see ya.
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 11, 2010 8:51 PM EST up reply actions
When I lived in Kamloops BC from 1998-2001, the city council voted to name the street in front of Sportmart Place where the WHL Blazers play"Mark Recchi Way" after their favourite hometown son.
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 11, 2010 8:12 PM EST up reply actions
I still like the 6 degrees of Josef Vasicek I found last week with 2 of the new Caps
Vašíček was traded to the Nashville Predators in the Summer of 2006 for Scott Walker.
In early 2007, he was traded back to Carolina for Éric Bélanger.
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 11, 2010 8:17 PM EST up reply actions
So wait…Walker and Belanger were teammates before? Corvo wasn’t in Carolina at the same time too, was he?
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Nope Corvo came a year later and never played with Belanger
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 11, 2010 8:21 PM EST up reply actions
I aim to please ;)
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 11, 2010 8:23 PM EST up reply actions
Dropping the trivia
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 11, 2010 8:24 PM EST up reply actions
Mr. I should be suspended right now gets the Pens’ third goal and ties the game.
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Do you all really think Carolina is going to sneak into the playoffs? I don’t see them staying hot enough for another 15 games or whatever they have left.
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
I don’t see it happening
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 11, 2010 8:23 PM EST up reply actions
I think they have too many teams to hop over. Even if they stay hot, which is unlikely, they need a lot of other teams to slump it up for them to get in.
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Between that and “Are the Caps ripe for a fall?” I can never have anything but contempt for CAR again. Could they be more arrogant?
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It’s technically possible. I’d not like to test that statement however. They are quite annoying enough already. They have entered into serious rival territory with me. It took awhile, but they are there. Still a step below the Flyers & Pens, but gaining ground every year.
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Guillaime Latendresse scored his 24th (wow!) to get the Wild on the board against Detroit
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And you passed because?
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by Knee high to a duck on Mar 11, 2010 9:13 PM EST up reply actions
I’m looking for PIM + goals. I need to beef up some categories heading into the playoffs.
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PIMS and goals in the same player isn’t an easy find, those guys tend to go pretty high.
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by Knee high to a duck on Mar 11, 2010 9:19 PM EST up reply actions
Anyone else watching CBB? I’m knee deep in conference tournament brackets trying to figure out what to program for tomorrow. So. Many. Games. Thank God I’m off and going to the Caps game.
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Not me…Although all I care about is Maryland. I really don’t care to watch any other CBB game unless it somehow affects my team.
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I used to be much more interested. I think time removed from college has tempered my interest, unfortunately.
I have a C on my heart.
I can see that. CBB was life when I went to Maryland. Of course I went there during the 4 best years, Final Four appearance, NCAA Champs, Sweet Sixteen and then an ACC Tourney Championship. My jr year wasn’t the best, but we had a fancy new building, so that was awesome.
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I’m kinda sad the SEC gets no love around here, to watch UK-BAMA tomorrow is a PPV
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Yeah the SEC has been on the Comcast Network today, but not tomorrow. I so don’t get it. They’re all FullCourt tomorrow.
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yea, today was just play in games really. here it was on MASN2, which is actually the same channel as CSN+ tomorrow is all PAC 10
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Pac 10 isn’t on the plus channel tomorrow because of the Wizards. A-10 is on TCN
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Yeah they don’t start until 9, but the Wizards start at 8 because they’re in Detroit. I’m more pissed that the Pac-10 isn’t joined in progress after the Caps game, but we get Sportsnite and Redskins Nation instead. Gah stupid ’skins
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Whoa I turned my head for a nanosecond and the Bruins have put up 2 more goals. 4-1 over Philly
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Stamkos only one behind AO and Crosby right now…
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can we nancy carigan him tomorrow somewhere?
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
Jeff.
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Until Chaz Michael Michaels.
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Never mind, he’s still 2 behind. NHL.com gave it to Foster.
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Still, somewhat refreshing to have someone chasing NOT named Crosby.
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Luca Caputi has been playing well for TOR so far. LOVE to see that.
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He’s already got a GW under his belt. . .had like 30 of the Caputi clan in attendence too. That must have been awesome, free dinner for the entire family in Toronto that night
Bah-Ram-Ewe, Ovechkin will wreck you. Fear the Furious Fleece!
Yeah I bet. 2 more assists tonight. Good to see PIT part with a power forward who would have been on their NHL squad next year.
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Seriously. . .How long until you think he is better that Ponikarovksy?
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3 years tops. Probably 2 if he keeps playing like this and developing his game at the same pace.
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Pens not building for the future, they are building for now. They want to raise another banner in their new barn on Opening Night.
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I’ll give it three weeks at most. Oops sorry my Poni dislike slipped out there
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 11, 2010 8:42 PM EST up reply actions
I see it out there grazing in the pasture with my Nik Antropov and Lee Stempniak-hates
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 11, 2010 8:44 PM EST up reply actions
Stempniak had a pretty good game for Phoenix yesterday. I’m not complaining since The Bryz is my goalie.
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My love for The Bryz outweighs my dislike for The Stemp.
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 11, 2010 8:48 PM EST up reply actions
So you watch PHX games and when Stemp scores, you begrudgingly golf clap
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I can’t even bring myself to golf clap. I just say “Nice assist Fiddler!”
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 11, 2010 8:52 PM EST up reply actions
So what’s with the hate for Stemp? Where does all this hate come from?
BTW I’m your shrink for the night, free of charge.
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Lays back on the couch. It all started when I was young and Mom left Dad for Lee Stempniak. I had to fight him for my mother’s love and attention….I always felt 2nd best to Stemp.
Seriously though, I find him soft and a one -dimensional player. Flash at his most frustrating at times reminds me of how I feel about Stemp.
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 11, 2010 8:59 PM EST up reply actions
If he can play for Tippet he’s fine in my book. I liked him with the Blues. he looked like crap for the Leafs. Then again who doesn’t.
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Luca Caputi!
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Haha. I just like to see PIT move future good NHL players for rentals. The more they kill their farm the better.
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Well your anger is misdirected at Stemp. He fell victim to your mother’s seductive ways. You can’t blame him…blame your mom!
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What you talkin about Willis?
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 11, 2010 9:12 PM EST up reply actions
I know this is a rough realization, but seriously…you need to realize that your mom isn’t the woman you thought she was. Mommy issues are the new daddy issues.
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Wow that’s so deep. I need some time to reflect Dr Drew ;)
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 11, 2010 9:21 PM EST up reply actions
No problem. I understand this revelation is tough. My suggestion is to have a beer with your dad while watching a Coyotes game and talk to him. He can explain everything.
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But my dad is a Leafs fan..he doesn’t understand good hockey ;)
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 11, 2010 9:29 PM EST up reply actions
Then you can explain things to him. The line of communication is open-ended, man.
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I like having a shrink who calls me man…..feels so groovy
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 11, 2010 9:30 PM EST up reply actions
Just laughed my ass off chasing my cat around the apartment with an ice cube. My cat is a true pussy.
I have a C on my heart.
One of my cats LOVES ice cubes. He comes and sits like a dog at the fridge every time he hears me going into the freezer for ice.
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MIne love them in their water dish, but if you throw them on the floor, they freak.
I have a C on my heart.
I have all dogs. I wouldn’t mind a cat. 3 Beagles are enough though..
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I wish I could have dogs. I was never a cat person but Mrs. F&B is.
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Do any of your beagles sleep on top of their dog houses and are friends with little birds named Woodstock?
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by Rather Bengt on Mar 11, 2010 8:46 PM EST up reply actions
Is it Girl Scout Cookie season? I’m sad we no longer have little Girl Scouts on my street.
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You don’t need them on your street. Just go by any supermarket on the weekend and they’re probably camped out there.
"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’m trying to root for PIT and I just can’t. I want CAR to lose but my soul is just rooting for them against my will. I found myself hoping Cole scored on that breakaway.
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3 point game. Worst possible outcome?
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Pothier getting the GWG helps redeem it.
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That’s the latest in a series of quirky goals in this game…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 11, 2010 9:16 PM EST up reply actions
Ah… Clarkie almost had one…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 11, 2010 9:17 PM EST up reply actions
Less than 10 seconds left!!
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 11, 2010 9:21 PM EST up reply actions
The Washington Capitals
2009-10 Southeast Division Champions!
WOOO
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How anti-climatic. I know Bruce isn’t going to open the champagne, but I’m thinking maybe a beer to celebrate? :-)
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Morning skate at 10:30…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 11, 2010 9:26 PM EST up reply actions
I was thinking about it, but that’s a long drive for me and I work until midnight tonight. haha
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It’s a rare Friday off for me and I’m not going to the game so… #nextbestthing
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And there it is...
The Washington Capitals are the 2009-2010 Southeast Division Champions!
Let's go Caps!
Wait… so the Hurricanes didn’t win the Division? B-b-b-but I thought the Caps were ripe for the pickin’?
Someone hit me with our fave GIF.
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Need… better… search… skills…
I know what you’re asking for, let me dig it out. Where’s Natty when you need him.
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Ha. I just found it. I’m going to go ahead and bookmark it.
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Jesus Christ, this is funny:
Another reason the Caps might not live up to expectations? Most of their top players had career years last season. Will they be able to repeat?
Mike Green had 31 goals in just 68 games while his previous high was 18.
Nicklas Backstrom had 22 goals and 66 assists while scoring 14 and 55 his debut season. But he only had 11 goals and 16 assists the year before that in Sweden.
Alexander Semin also had a career high 79 points in just 62 games.
Alex “The Great” Ovechkin came close to his career high of 112 points, (he had 110), but missed three games.
Is it reasonable to assume that all of these players will continue to achieve career best numbers?
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That line on Nick fucking kills me.
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It definitely does. And he’s making it look sillier by the day. (And making me look great in my Backstrom > Staal arguments.)
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Is that argument really in doubt anymore? I know he had a stud season last year but has he even approached the 100 point mark that Lars might exceed this year?
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 11, 2010 9:51 PM EST up reply actions
Apparently in the summer lots of people thought there was an argument.
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Lots of people said Philly were going to win the East too…go Flyerz!
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 11, 2010 10:00 PM EST up reply actions
I admit that I thought it was an argument far longer than I should have in retrospect.
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On paper, they looked darn scary.
Fortunately they don’t play the actual games on paper.
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Yes, they did.
But they lack goaltending. And people who think ours is bad haven’t considered the goal tending, or lack of, on Broad Street.
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They’ve lost some of that offensive depth they had 2 years ago as well. No more Umberger, Lupul, or Knuble.
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Yeah. I was convinced they overspent, and I’m feeling vindicated.
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They forgot to invest in goaltending… now they got Emery at a bargain and he played ok for some games, but now he’s hurt (really badly…might be career ending…)
They picked up Leighton on waivers from Carolina… but so what, they picked up a goalie who was waived by a team at the bottom of the heap. Come deadline time, when they might be able to find a goalie, they have no cap room…
Guess what, they Flyers go to the playoffs and get outsted in 5 games by Ryan Miller and the Sabres…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 12, 2010 9:47 AM EST up reply actions
Even from the stats they provide, it looks to be like he’s trending up. Why on earth would they think he’d suddenly trend down? Because of his numbers in Sweden when he was, what, 18?
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Ovie’s points per game have gone up the last 2 years as well. He’s missed more time but you can’t play them all
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 11, 2010 9:46 PM EST up reply actions
Even Semin looks like he’ll break his records in goals and points. Imagine if we kept him on a stable line with a real #2 center.
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 11, 2010 9:47 PM EST up reply actions
well…sasha always seems to miss a few games. If he ever played a full season he’d flirt with 90-100 points and 40+ goals.
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Oh I know. And I got into it with them plenty in those comments. It is reasonable to assume that when all those guys haven’t reached their prime yet. How is this so hard to figure out? Oh, right, when your stud player had his career year in his sophomore season you get your perspective skewed.
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Fact.
I like the part where they say Knuble/Laich/Fleischmann vs. Larose/Cullen/Ruutu is a toss-up.
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Imagine Knubs totals if he hadn’t broken his finger or if that line had gotten together earlier in the season.
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 11, 2010 9:45 PM EST up reply actions
Especially when the Caps haven’t ever used the line of Knuble/Laich/Fleischmann. (They’ve used plenty of other combinations and permutations but not that one.)
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And they shouldn’t. That top line should not switch at all unless we’re desperate for a goal late in a playoff game and BB gets the idea to throw out the SOB line. Even thinking of that scenario, I’d still rather keep current top line and throw out semin’s line after.
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 11, 2010 10:07 PM EST up reply actions
Not true! 1.45% of Knuble’s ES occurrences have been skated with Laich and Flash.
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And there you have it..
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 12, 2010 9:48 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah I think J.P. suggested lines for them and they ignored them to set the lines they liked.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
I was wondering about that “glove tap”…I didn’t think that you would have suggested those lines to them.
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It was weird – I suggested other lines, they didn’t take ’em, but thanked me for helping, which implied that I gave them those lines.
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Also, check the standings on nhl.com. Nice little “Y” next to Washington Capitals.
"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 recall how earlier, someone did a simulation of this season on one of the hockey video games and predicted tepid things for the Caps.
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My friend was telling me today about how he just won the World Series on MLB ’10 with the Orioles…
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 11, 2010 10:09 PM EST up reply actions
Not that he didn’t do fairly well all things considered last year, but it still boils down to pitching.
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 11, 2010 10:11 PM EST up reply actions
Milwood will be our savior! /rollseyes
Don’t get me started on Wieters or our pitching. Yes, I’m an O’s fan. Yes, I realize Wieters is good. But the kid is far from the god other O’s fans make him out to be. My families running joke involves us teleporting to his HOF induction. lol
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Well I’m sure they’ll have room at this high school
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 11, 2010 10:13 PM EST up reply actions
I had to FanShot it. Resume shit-talking there, I suppose.
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So from a conversation last night
And continued on twitter:
If you’re a time-traveling GM from today and you’re going back in time to manage the TBL, are you taking Doughty or Stamkos? The original question on twitter turned into: Are you taking Stamkos/Hedman or Doughty/Whoever (although Duchene is probably your best pick if you already have Doughty on your blueline)?
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by Knee high to a duck on Mar 11, 2010 9:24 PM EST reply actions
You can’t go wrong, really. I could see taking Duchene if you have Doughty, but Doughty/Hedman would be ridiculous to build a team around. If you can draft halfway decently in the first round after that you’d be fine, especially with Vinny and St. Louis already in the fold to carry the offense for the short term.
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Doughty/Hedman crossed my mind, kind of Anaheim-East with Pronger/Niedermayer. Except you’ll have both guys as they grow into their primes. Pretty scary stuff if they can get any kind of offensive production at all.
Or you could go Stamkos/Duchene and be set at Center for a decade. How obscenely deep down the middle is that team with Vinnie/Stamkos/Duchene? Tampa actually has a couple of wingers who can score, too.
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by Knee high to a duck on Mar 11, 2010 9:34 PM EST up reply actions
Didn’t realize that was you on Twitter.
I still think I take Stammer/Hedman.
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Yep, that’s me. There’s a lot of great choices to be had there.
Another question — who has the higher ceiling between Doughty and Hedman? Does that influence your decision at all?
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by Knee high to a duck on Mar 11, 2010 9:39 PM EST up reply actions
Hedman has the higher ceiling but I don’t know if that influences me because Doughty is better now and you don’t know if Hedman reaches his ceiling.
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.
Doughty was playing top-4 minutes for Team Canada at age 20, I’m not sure how much higher Hedman’s ceiling is than that.
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by Knee high to a duck on Mar 11, 2010 9:42 PM EST up reply actions
Hedman skates excellently and is much bigger. You give me a guy with Pronger’s size and elite skating? That’s a ridiculous ceiling. Doughty is awesome, but he doesn’t have the physical domination element that Hedman potentially has.
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I’m pretty sure Hedman is already bigger than Pronger, weight-wise.
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by Knee high to a duck on Mar 11, 2010 9:49 PM EST up reply actions
Actually, the higher ceiling is why I took the Stamkos side – for his ceiling. I think the difference between his ceiling and Duchene’s is higher than the delta between Doughty and Hedman, though I’ll admit that I haven’t seen Duchene enough to have a real solid basis for that notion.
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the stat I saw earlier today taken from a point in Feb of last year when he started to turn it on towards the end of last season stated he was 2nd only to Ovie in goals scored since that date. He might have come along faster if not for the Melrose hiring fail.
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 11, 2010 9:43 PM EST up reply actions
Stamkos really is showing a pretty outrageously high ceiling right now. 50 goal guys don’t grow on trees and I don’t think 60 is out of the question for the kid somewhere down the road real soon.
I haven’t seen enough of Duchene to say what his true ceiling is, just that he’s been playing very, very well over the last couple of months.
On the other hand, Doughty just turned twenty and he’s a legitimate Norris Candidate going forward. He was really special at the Olympics and if there’s a guy that I could see challenging @GreenLife52 for offensive stats, it’s Doughty.
Where do you put Hedman’s ceiling? Pronger? Lower? Chelios (great defender, perennial Norris candidate, but not quite in the top echelon to ever play the position)? Lidstrom?
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by Knee high to a duck on Mar 11, 2010 9:47 PM EST up reply actions
Hedman won’t be as mean as Pronger but he’s a better skater. I’m not sure who I’d compare that too.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
I wasn’t paying close enough attention at the time, but didn’t Pronger develop his mean-streak later in his career, as he matured? I don’t think it’s unreasonable to say it could happen, is it?
I didn’t get to see the WJC last year, how did Hedman look against Team Canada? Was he controlling play with his skating or just being physically imposing or what?
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by Knee high to a duck on Mar 11, 2010 10:05 PM EST up reply actions
He got his reputation later, but even in Juniors and early on he displayed more of a desire to hurt people than I’ve seen or heard about Hedman.
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Hedman had a bum shoulder for the WJC so he was a disappointment. His skating was great but with one arm how much can you do?
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hah. Pothier with the GW in OT against PIT. . .hate that the pens got a point. . .but good ending nonetheless
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I’d rather see a little message tomorrow night acknowledging we clinched again with polite applause appropriate to the fact that we have much bigger fish to fry. With Pitt losing in OT is our magic number for the East down to 16 now?
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 11, 2010 9:42 PM EST up reply actions
Is anyone else getting blacked out on the Sens/Flames game? I keep getting the dreaded Channel Not Purchased screen on DTV.
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I’m not on DTV (or in your area), but my channel is displaying the screen they use before the game starts. So, not completely blacked out, but there’s no game.
Ooooh, shiney
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by EmilyB on Mar 11, 2010 9:49 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Love that ‘Y’. That’s just sweet lookin’.
So does this mean that our magic number is 18 or 17?
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by Knee high to a duck on Mar 11, 2010 9:50 PM EST up reply actions
It was 17 before the Pens lost in OT tonight I thought. Is it 16 now?
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 11, 2010 9:51 PM EST up reply actions
yeah…17 points in 15 games sounds doable when we’ve been (someone check my numbers on this) 18-1-3 in our last 22 games?
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 11, 2010 9:55 PM EST up reply actions
Although I know we can’t keep up an 18-1-3 pace. But I’m sure we can probably get the 17 points in 9 games w/o too much problem.. If we win 9 of our last 15 games, that takes care of it. That’s a reasonably realistic pace.
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Not like NJ, Buff, or Pitt will win out either.
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 11, 2010 9:58 PM EST up reply actions
especially since NJ and Pitt play each other twice in the next week
"Hey anyway I can get my name out there 30 years from now is great," Steckel said. "They will be like, ‘Who was that guy?’ Then they’ll look at the stats and say, ‘Well, at least that guy was really good on face-offs.’"
Shadenfreude games coming up. NJ will get my support in both of those games.
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I’m guessing Buffalo plays them some as well.
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 11, 2010 10:01 PM EST up reply actions
There better be some hotties in this thread. It isn’t an OT hockey without them!
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The rabbits occasionally commandeer the OT.
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But it’s not Friday! The hotties don’t come out until Friday.
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My bad! Tomorrow we invade!
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BUTTTTTTTTT
Tomorrow is also a game night, so we could make some exceptions for tonight…
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Yes! I love that this version has Green in it! The last one didn’t, did it?
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It was too far over then.
Poor ShaMo…
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Victor Hedman was mentioned above. Here he is:
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Oh the sarcasm was dripping off my comment, have no doubts
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 11, 2010 10:07 PM EST up reply actions
Creepy lighting.
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by Knee high to a duck on Mar 11, 2010 10:28 PM EST up reply actions
Definitely. The lighting makes him look slightly sickly.
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Only with a manly sheen of sweat.
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by Knee high to a duck on Mar 11, 2010 10:47 PM EST up reply actions
Btw…was there ever a consensus nickname for Belanger yet?
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 11, 2010 10:19 PM EST reply actions
Folks were calling him Belly…but I just call him Belanger. haha
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Heard some stuff about Blade or Razor due to his being so skinny. Edge maybe?
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 11, 2010 10:23 PM EST up reply actions
I had initially suggested “Blade” in honor of Mark Belanger, the old Oriole. Then, someone suggested the French form of Razor which sounds appropro.
Another thing, the name Belanger is an alternate spelling of the French name Boulanger, which means Baker. Recall how Brooks always talked about “When you need bread, go to the bakery”. And now he’s sometimes on the line with a guy who’s name means Baker.
We also have a butcher, as well. Fleischmann is the German word for Butcher.
No candlestick makers, however. (The last name, Kendall, means just that.)
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Facepalm of the day.
Apologies if it’s a late link.
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Failed to convert, but they’ll try again – Boyle takes out Tootoo after Heatley fails to convert the stretch play.
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Another PPG by Nashville, and they’re up 3-2.
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Distinct kicking motion prevents it becoming 4-2.
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But a clean goal moments later. Nabokov’s gotta be frustrated with the lack of support he’s getting.
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maybe they’re trying to get their annual collapse over with in March this year?
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16-6 shots favor Nashville in the first period. 16-5 shots favor Nashville in the second. They certainly seem to be getting an early start on Shark spring hockey.
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I guess they heard us. All tied up, since San Jose is now playing hockey.
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The Sharks have the lead. Totally turned it on in the third.
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Oh, man. Just when Nashville seemed to re-stabilize the game, Joe Pavelski.. highlight reel.
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looks like a Caps-Sens game! Defense? We don’t need no defense!
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Florida
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51 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 59 |
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Washington
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52 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 58 |
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Winnipeg
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54 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 54 |
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Tampa Bay
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51 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 51 |
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Carolina
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54 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 49 |
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