Wednesday Caps Clips: Caps @ Sabres Game Day
by J.P. on Mar 3, 2010 6:34 AM EST
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- Previews of tonight's game against the Sabres from Vogs, Peerless, RtR, CSN Washington and NHL.com, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner Die By The Blade for coverage from the other side of tonight's match up.
- To refresh your memory, this is the fourth and final regular season meeting between the Caps and Sabres, with the Caps sandwiching a 3-0 loss between 2-0 and 5-2 wins.
- Today, of course, is trade deadline day (and 3:00 Eastern is the witching hour). Here are some general thoughts on what might be in store for the Caps.[Japers' Rink, Dump n' Chase, WaPo, Ed Frankovic, CSN Washington, RMNB, DisGraceland]
- More specifically, the Caps "may be looking at Steve Staios." No thanks. [Edmonton Journal]
- Brooks Laich on the deadline: "Sometimes the best move is trading an aging franchise cornerstone for a former sixth-round pick with two-thirds of an AHL season under his belt." No, he didn't actually say that. But it'd be a lot cooler if he did. [NHL.com]
- Eric Fehr is now video-blogging (or "vlogging," as the cool kids call it), which looks eerily similar to Eric Fehr being interviewed with the questions being edited out. [CSNwashington]
- Fehr's also a wee bit antsy about today's deadline. [CI]
- Now that Nyjer Morgan has weighed in on the matter, can we stop the "Alex vs. Sid" debate once and for all? No? Well, it was worth a try. [Big League Stew, D.C. Sports Bog]
- Unsurprisingly, a couple of spot-on points regarding Alex Ovechkin's Olympics from Elliotte Friedman. [CBCSports]
- AO is on pace for 122 points (which would be the League's third-highest post-lockout total and more than you-know-who or you-know-who's-pal have ever had in a season; Ovi does currently have the highest single-season points per game since 2000-01). [Capitals Outsider]
- It's not often (read: ever) that I get to link to KSK, so it's with great pleasure that I do today. [KSK]
- Dare we go with another couple of Wilbon links? We dare. [D.C. Landing Strip, Hockey Independent]
- If there was a 2010 All-Star Game and the fans voted (and didn't rig the damn thing like they did last year), three Caps would be on the Eastern Conference roster. Maybe. [NHL.com]
- The Bears are good. Perhaps historically good. [Patriot-News]
- As mentioned previously, they still love Bruce Boudreau up in Chocolatetown. [Corey Masisak]
- If the Warren Commission reconvened to study the AO camera incident (Cameragate?), this would be the result. [Alex Ovetjkin]
- The Caps sit atop SI's post-Olympic power rankings. [SI]
- Cody Eakin potted his 44th and 45th goals of the year (good for third in the WHL) last night in his 65th game of the season. [NHL.com]
- Thanks again to Mick Kern for having me on The War Room yesterday. Here's the link, in case you missed it (and care to listen). [XM Home Ice (.mp3)]
- On this date in 2004, the Caps traded Sergei Gonchar to Boston for Shaone Morrisonn and the B's first and second round picks in that summer's draft (which the Caps used on Jeff Schultz and Mikhail Yunkov, respectively).
- Per the HHoF, on this date back in 1996, "Caps' goalie Jim Carey recorded his second shutout in two days with a 3-0 win over the visiting Flyers. It was the 10th shutout of Carey's career, and the 6th of the season, breaking the team record of five shutouts set by Don Beaupre in 1990-91."
- Finally, happy 26th birthday to Alexander Semin and happy 47th to Kelly Miller.
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I’m just here to say I never went to bed, and I appreciate the work that goes into this site.
by TFG on Mar 3, 2010 6:47 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Happy birthday to the Siberian snowflake!
Hopefully he’ll get a shiny new defenseman!
Or maybe a center…
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by Ovechwin on Mar 3, 2010 6:48 AM EST reply actions 3 recs
Happy birthday Sasha, here’s hoping you get a nice healthy wrist.
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When I talked to Alexander Semin yesterday he was crushed we wouldn’t be spending our birthday together. Or he looked at me w/ disinterest.
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Happy birthday to you (cha-cha-cha)
Happy birthday to you (cha-cha-cha)
Happy birthday dear Sasha (or Alex or Sanya, if you prefer)
Happy birthday to you (cha-cha-cha)
How about a game winning goal against Buffalo for a birthday present? Sounds like a winner to me.
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Prefer the former. (Of course that would mean that Ryan Miller would be having a really off day. He rarely gives up 3 goals in a game much less to the same person.)
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Did Miller play last night against Pitt or did they give him the day off?
we're not gonna allow someone like Downie to go after him.
In all the “Should Miller play Crosby” stuff on ESPN yesterday I never heard any of the people mention that BUF has the Caps at home the next night. Of course you save Miller for the better offensive team and let him get a huge standing ovation at home. Not a tough call.
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No, not at all.
And my, you’re ’round early.
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See above. Chickens home to roost.
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Unless you close the coop door. then they just stand around and cluck despondently until someone lets them in.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Mar 3, 2010 9:05 AM EST up reply actions
What are you doing here so early?
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Forget even the best offensive team part of it; he gets a day off to recover, along with the home crowd.
That story about the the cheers in Pittsburgh is incredible. Go USA!
"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 hearing F&B is up early.
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Biggest news of the day. You’ll read about it later as well.
we're not gonna allow someone like Downie to go after him.
Well… it is big news. Here’s bigger news: Japers’ Rink pick up game March 27, 9:30 PM. Caps play at 7 or 7:30 that night so we can do a viewing party for most of the game if people are down. Someday I’ll FanPost it.
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We’re not going to get Alex Semin bobbleheads :(
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I’m donating blood earlier that day, so I may be around.
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Donating blood sounds like the perfect activity before drinking.
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I can’t drink anyways really.
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Wow, if you haven’t already take a look at that potential roster for if they had a 2010 All-Star Game, something tells me the East might want to change up that forward line, I don’t know how well the wingers would work with that center.
Nice raves about Carlznerson in that Pennlive column, including a near-comparison to Zubov from passing/puck control perspectives.
Oh, and another win for them yesterday also.
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Not a Poni fan at all but Ray Shero definitely knows how to work the deadline to fill his team’s needs.
For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.
This is one of those “under the radar” sorts of deals that I think will mean something. I look at Ponikarovsky as one of those kinds of players who wasn’t much responsible for the bad performance by the Leafs as a victim of it. I think he’s going to do well in Pittsburgh, but what I’d be looking for right away is if he is put on Malkin’s line and the effect he has on Malkin, who while having had a good year so far, isn’t close to the year he had last year.
If you've read this far...seek help.
It’s definitely a good deal for PIT, I just can’t shake this feeling that Poni is just another Viktor Kozov.
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I set an alarm every day. I just didn’t ignore it today. (And set it waaaaaaaaaaaaay earlier.)
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You planning on playing this summer? Apparently we’ll have six whole teams.
we're not gonna allow someone like Downie to go after him.
6!
Yeah, as of now I’m in for the summer. Did you guys play last night?
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No we did not. It seems you didn’t either.
we're not gonna allow someone like Downie to go after him.
Just wondering J.P....
…Will there be a new thread again to discuss trade happenings like yesterday?. Just so we don’t firebomb the GDT.
For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.
Depending on how the day goes, I could see us needing a new one every hour or so. I don’t know about for others, but ehen the thread gets to six or seven hundred posts, it starts to get slow. It may also depend on how many graphics are posted.
"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."
Yeah, I was going to pop one up at 9:00 or so, with more as needed.
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Nope. Couldn’t swing it this year.
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Unsurprisingly, a couple of spot-on points regarding Alex Ovechkin's Olympics from Elliotte Friedman
It really is shocking to see the difference in quality in hockey writing between guys like Friedman and Bob McKenzie (yeah, I know, some folks think him a little too old school, but he is a relentless twitterrerererrrr, too) and writers in the States. Not unexpected, just shocking. It’s just a pleasure to read guys who have an appreciation for the sport, like reading Boswell, Gammons, and Kurkjian on baseball in the US.
If you've read this far...seek help.
Any interest in Skoula? Read in a couple places that the Leafs will try to dump him today.
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NONE. Guy is washed up. He’s not a top 4 on our team so why? He was expendable on PIT because he’s just not that good.
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I’m not sure he’s a top 6 on our team.
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Yeah, I didn’t mean to imply he might be top 6. I just focused on top 4 because that’s all that really makes sense for us.
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TFP this morning
McPhee has also been linked to Nashville defenseman Dan Hamhuis, who is in the final year of his contract and negotiations with the Predators have not gone swimmingly, prompting speculation that he’ll be moved.
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I don’t see the Caps being in on Hamhuis at this point.
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I don’t either, just throwing it out there.
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The information we get today is just wack.
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What information is that? Does everyone think that GMGM won’t be willing to part with Fehr/Flash + a bit to get Hamhuis or is Poile not interested in what the Caps are selling?
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I’d suspect it’s the former, but neither would shock me. GMDP should be interested in Flash, considering their roster make up, but who knows.
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Its early in the day yet…lets give it a while.
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I suspect some folks don’t know their BDP.
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Apparently everybody doesn't listen to the BDP crew.
You must learn.
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I’ve thrown PE references out before as well. My musical tastes run the gamut. In the span of an hour I could be listening to Grandmaster Flash, Dar Williams, Brad Paisley, 7 Seconds, Sonny Rollins and Iced Earth.
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Sad to hear about Guru from Gang Starr over the weekend
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Because DP and GM are slow on the draw. And two guys slow on the draw probably means no deal.
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I think people just realize that price is going to be driven up if Philthy is after him too. I doubt GMGM is going to get into a major bidding war for him.
I do wish we could get him though.
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by The Miz on Mar 3, 2010 9:03 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
But at the same time PHI can’t afford him. Maybe GMDP is hoping they make it work and GMGM is standing firm on his offer. I could see Flash for Hamhuis last second if/when all the other suitors fall out of contention. Who knows.
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Philly doesn’t really need Hammer. That whole rumor baffled me. They need scoring as bad as we do, and their top four is almost as solid.
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If PHI needs scoring they are toast. Richards, Carter, Gagne, Briere, Giroux, JVR, Hartnell… they’ve got guys who can score.
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aside from a goalie, which might already be solved my Leighton (sp?), it seems like they already have all the pieces they need. baffled how much they have struggled this yr…
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by ns on Mar 3, 2010 9:08 AM EST up reply actions
Leighton is not the answer.
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Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Let them believe it.
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They know he’s not the answer but they can’t do much about it. No cap space. If they could upgrade I’m sure they would.
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OR ROBERT ESCHE!!!
OR MR. BEAN!!!
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Exactly. They may have the deepest forward lines in the league, but they’re not producing. It’s baffled me all season.
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by Knee high to a duck on Mar 3, 2010 9:08 AM EST up reply actions
Philthy
Come on, dude.
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by Knee high to a duck on Mar 3, 2010 9:07 AM EST up reply actions 5 recs
I don’t see the Caps being in on Hamhuis at this point.
Desperation can do amazing things at the end of a negotiation. Poile’s not normally that kind of guy, but he has to know he ain’t going to win a Cup this year, so what’s the point of dragging a valuable UFA into the playoffs when you could get value for him? That price may drop at about 2:00 this afternoon.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Mar 3, 2010 9:10 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah…I don’t think Hamhuis is as valuable to Nashville after the Grebeshkov addition as he would be to Washington. And as much as I’d like to, we’re not cup contenders.
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Like you said though, you could win the first round series and that would be big. But I don’t think Hamhuis makes that more likely than picking up scoring.
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Exactly. At this point power play help is more important than keeping Dan.
While we’re not Cup contenders, I feel pretty confident we have the ability to win a series. Got the goalie, the defense, and the streaky scoring.
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It’s Eklund, that it is what I say.
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by Carl Putnam on Mar 3, 2010 8:22 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
If the Caps were to upgrade, I wouldn’t mind Clowe.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Mar 3, 2010 8:23 AM EST up reply actions
Not a good idea to name drop Eklund in here. I was lambasted, browbeaten and it took months, weeks even, to recover.
I know. Just thought it was interesting we weren’t linked to any Dmen.
On the flipside, it means Philly won’t get Hamhuis.
by Gin and Tonic on Mar 3, 2010 8:47 AM EST up reply actions
I’d believe it just as much as if he’d said those two were combined into one player…“Clowedano”
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 9:15 AM EST up reply actions
Little OT, but dude…you’ve got to listen to the O and A replay today…Jimmy started CRYING in studio while they were talking about Roger Ebert.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 9:18 AM EST up reply actions
Eklund has a rep for honest, correct information just like Richard Nixon…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 9:40 AM EST up reply actions
Kaberle is now very much in play.
George and Burkie have history.
Hmm…
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We mentioned this before, but why would Washington want him?
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Because he’s a really good defenseman and would immediately be their second-best puck-moving blueliner.
But they don’t need that. He’s a liability in his own end and can’t PK for crap. That’s already the Caps’ problem on the back end.
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Leafs say Kaberle has not supplied a list of teams…and Kaberle has not indicated a willingness to waive no-trade.
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Yep, add Friedman, though not as skeptical.
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“Kaberle agent, Rick Curran: no list submitted, BUT if Toronto comes to him with offer — will at least consider it.”
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I’d be cool with Kaberle, maybe it would finally get Gabby to stop putting Green out there for all 2 minutes of the PP.
That said, I’d REALLY prefer Hamhuis.
by BradleyFightingVehicle on Mar 3, 2010 8:29 AM EST up reply actions
Kaberle would be a big disappointment for me.
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Then you’re in luck – everyone’s poo-pooing the chances of him moving.
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Kaberle would improve our blueline bigtime, just not in the same way Hamhuis would. He also is movable if you’re interested in his $4.25M for next season. $4.25 for him is a bargain compared to blueliners of his ilk.
But he’s terrible in his own end. That’s the last thing we need. Worse offensively and defensively than Mike Green. Not a good fit.
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Not sure it’s the last thing we need, but it certainly wouldn’t be addressing a specific area of weakness. It’d be putting a lot of eggs in a puck possession/offense-first basket, that’s for sure.
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To me adding Kaberle to the defense is a lesser extreme of what adding Kovalchuk to our forwards would have been. A lot of a good thing… offense, and probably not enough of the thing we need most…defense.
I wouldn’t be opposed to Kaberle because it would just give us another offensive weapon to play with, but I don’t think it’s going to happen, and I think there are better options out there.
by BradleyFightingVehicle on Mar 3, 2010 8:45 AM EST up reply actions
I’d be opposed to it for the cap ramifications for next year.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Mar 3, 2010 8:48 AM EST up reply actions
I like Vogs succint point
" In the half-dozen games since (the win streak ended), however, Washington has surrendered a staggering total of 26 goals with 17 of them coming at even strength.
Stanley Cup dreams are not made from such numbers, so expect anything the Caps do at the deadline to bolster the team’s goaltending and/or its defense."
I agree, but he would fit into Bruce’s system I think. His defensive inadequacies could be a bit of a TOR thing? I’d rather him on the ice than Poti.
I’d actually prefer Poti for this team. (You hear that Jordan!)
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Or…. I just really hate Kaberle.
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Nah, you aren’t one to hold a grudge against players.
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by Killer_Carlson on Mar 3, 2010 12:41 PM EST up reply actions
Dreger tweets:
Status quo for Dan Hamhuis. Possible he gets dealt, but Nashville may keep him for the playoffs and trade his rights in the summer.
Any chance we’d jump in that bidding should it come to pass?
by BradleyFightingVehicle on Mar 3, 2010 8:32 AM EST reply actions
Doubtful. GMGM is going to need to sign Nick and Schultz first. He’s not going to get too aggressive trying to sign outside people right away.
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I (understandably) read that as “needs to sign Nick Schultz first,” and became very confused.
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As much as I like our “double-nickel,” this guy’s pretty good, too.
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I think at this point here’s what will happen for Nashville:
-we keep Hamhuis UNLESS someone really blows the doors down
-Poile trades some combo platter of prospects/picks for a forward
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I almost want Teemu Laakso just because of the great hockey name.
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hmm
Hearing Nashville interested in Raffi Torres. Ooof.
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That’s the scoring help they need!
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Mar 3, 2010 8:39 AM EST up reply actions
Seen the Caps linked to him as well.
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He’d be a big help if we face OTT. He is a Milan Michalek eraser.
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Wait, Milan Michalek needs erasing?
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If J-Bo only fetched basically spare parts for his rights I don’t see how Hamhuis gets NSH too much of value.
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True, but that doesn’t change the market value. Jacques Martin messed it all up for FLA, I think Sexton has done a solid job.
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I wonder if they’d trade us McCabe..
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Yeah, after a big rookie year Nick Backstrom’s own-goal-potential has substantially dropped. We may be in the market…
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He’s a “big, crease-clearing defenseman” that will shut up Schultz-haters, and he also moves the puck well and can run a PP. I like the idea.
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I could live with it but I’d prefer Seidenberg from FLA.
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Ballard is signed for pretty large money for a long-term.
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by Knee high to a duck on Mar 3, 2010 8:55 AM EST up reply actions
And Varly is fragile enough without taking blows to the head from teammates.
by BradleyFightingVehicle on Mar 3, 2010 8:56 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah, I like his game and I’m a big fan of his, but he’s getting paid “core player” money and we don’t have room in our core for him.
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 don’t have much to add to the trade discussions, but after seeing the buckets of pucks being swapped yesterday, I’m less inclined to cheer for the Caps trading actual roster players. Quality roster players, at that. Though I s’pose deadline day deals are different.
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Denny Potvin on NHL Home Ice just said Laich, Alzner and Theo for Vokoun is a deal that must happen for both teams. Laughable.
Could see Alzner and Theo, no way in hell Laich is moved.
by BradleyFightingVehicle on Mar 3, 2010 8:43 AM EST up reply actions
I’d be more upset if Laich went than Alzner. No way Laich gets moved. No f’in way.
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by ns on Mar 3, 2010 8:46 AM EST up reply actions
If they scratched out “Laich” and inserted “Fleischmann” into that deal for Vokoun, i’d be all for it.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 9:16 AM EST up reply actions
I hear he also herniated AnGus’s disk
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by Gould Old Days on Mar 3, 2010 9:14 AM EST up reply actions
This is what he's wearing:
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Mar 3, 2010 9:15 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
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by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 9:28 AM EST up reply actions
Vokoun
Denny Potvin just on Home Ice and he suggested that if the Caps are willing to part with Laich, they could get Vokoun. Not a big fan of Potvin, but his assertion is that Florida really needs a leader and Laich is highly thought of within the Florida organization. Never see it happening, but keep in mind that Potvin has a long history with the Florida management.
If Laich moves, what happens to Club Scarlet or whatever that was called.
by Gin and Tonic on Mar 3, 2010 8:50 AM EST up reply actions
Nothing’s happening with it now, with or without Laich.
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by PaintDrinkingPete on Mar 3, 2010 9:45 AM EST up reply actions
noooooooooooooooooo
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by ns on Mar 3, 2010 8:51 AM EST up reply actions
I do, however have two Farm Report updates for you all:
1. Along with Cody’s 44th and 45th goals of the season, the Swift Current Broncos also eliminated the Regina Pats and wunderkind and Oiler prospect Jordan Eberle from playoff contention.
2. Remember Patrice Cormier? One-time Devils prospect (now Thrashers property vis Kovalchuk trade) who elbowed a kid in the head leaving him convulsing on the ice? Well, his victim, Mikael Tam, is Kugryshev’s teammate and he has returned to the team. And the Remparts need him bad. They’ve been a little slumpy-slumpy of late.
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by EmilyB on Mar 3, 2010 8:49 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Can we get some opinions on Cody’s potential at this point? Is he putting up numbers in Fehr-like fashion only to “disappoint” later, or is this something we should really be pumped about?
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I’d say his numbers are more honest than Fehr’s because Fehr was a giant playing against boys. Eakin isn’t dominating with his size and physical maturity so it speaks more strongly of his game.
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I mean obviously the entry level deal shows us that the brass thinks a lot of him, but what are we looking at? 2nd line, 3rd line down the road?
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I’d say 2nd line. He may end up 3rd line like Marchant but it looks like he has better hands and scoring ability than Marchant so I’m hoping 2nd.
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I liked his touch when I saw him at camp this summer, so that’s probably fair. Sure would be nice if he developed into an option at the position sooner rather than later.
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I’d say 2 years out is the earliest we’ll see him here. He’ll finish Juniors and probably need at least one year in the AHL.
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.
Meh. The problem is that he’s an over-ager with speed. Those guys tend to dominate in the ’Dub, then peter out.
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He’s not an over-ager, he’s 19. I’ll take a guy that dominates because he can skate so well over a guy that dominates because of an early growth spurt.
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Sorry. Coffee hasn’t hit my veins yet. I was thinking Joel Broda. . .
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Yeah. But he doesn’t do it with speed either. The Alex Giroux of the WHL.
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From his 2008 Draft Profile
NHL Central Scouting’s Peter Sullivan
“Needs to work on his consistency and play with intensity on every shift – has the tools to be a pro but must use them. He skates well and has good speed. He is certainly big enough to play the role of a power-forward centerman.”
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…and now that you’ve seen him skate?
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.
(Or have you seen him skate at all? I saw him only the one time at training camp but he has a short choppy stride. He needs to work on that a lot to make the NHL.)
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.
Short and choppy works for some guys though… (Sundin, Zednik, Recchi)
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We’ll see. I’m not a power skating instructor but watching him on the same sheet of ice with so many NHL players, and both Carlznerson, his stride just made me cringe.
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.
Yeah. All I can find on that is some stuff from the HF Boards, which likewise makes me cringe.
He does sound a bit like Giroux though, but he plays center…
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Must say that I haven’t. But the reports on him have all been pretty consistent – guy with good speed and good hands who doesn’t work hard every shift. Probably AHL scorer, marginal NHL-er.
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The fact that GMGM let him go to his over-age year speaks volumes to me.
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There's a fine line between arrogance and ignorance and only I manage to erase that line.
Also, I don’t know how much junior you’ve watched, but guys very rarely dominate because of early growth spurts. Usually, they just get made to look awkward and foolish by 5ft 9in 19 and 20 year olds that can actually skate. The few big guys who can really skate/play almost always end up as first round picks. (I’m thinking J-Bo, Braydon Coburn, etc.)
There's a fine line between arrogance and ignorance and only I manage to erase that line.
I don’t watch enough CHL, that’s for sure. I was mostly talking about Fehr. I feel confident that he dominated with the growth spurt, not a silky smooth skating stride.
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.
Olympic hang over?
Apparently not. Some Olympic guys had awesome games last night. Looks like they are riding the adrenaline. (Statement does not apply to goalies that played at 10:30 last night.)
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Zubrus was showing them why he should have been on the team!
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And so was Frolov (but for real).
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Frolov is better than half the donks that were picked for that team.
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So is Zubrus. But isn’t he Lithuanian, or something? Or has he played for Russia before so can, again?
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 8:54 AM EST up reply actions
He played for Russia in NHL 08, FWIW. :P
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I’m almost positive Zubrus has played for Lithuania internationally so he can’t play for Russia.
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by Killer_Carlson on Mar 3, 2010 1:38 PM EST up reply actions
You won’t get an argument from me. The more I think about that team the more I wonder why they were a favorite. Their top 5 F were great but their bottom 7 (with all due respect to Fedorov) were probably the worst bottom 7 of any of the NHL-dominant teams.
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Sounds like something I had been saying all tournament!
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Mar 3, 2010 8:58 AM EST up reply actions
C’mon the KHL is exactly on par with the NHL. Not at all made up of washed up NHLers and guys who never could make it there.
by Gin and Tonic on Mar 3, 2010 9:00 AM EST up reply actions
Same story basically with your D.
But who needs depth when you ride your top 6 forwards and top 4 defensemen (especially Volchenkov) all game. Get your best players on the ice all the time, and you can make up for a lack of depth — especially in a short tournament. It’s what any sensible coach would do with that roster.
Oh, wait….
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by Gould Old Days on Mar 3, 2010 9:18 AM EST up reply actions
The goalies who played at 10:30 last night lost their last Olympic starts, so there wasn’t any adrenaline there anyway (even if one of them has a medal anyway).
"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."
They didn’t play at 10:30. I think only Sharks/Devils was late.
"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."
Right. And Nabokov and Brodeur took turns looking like crap. Patrick Marleau with a bad back check on the GWG (bad because of who he chased, not effort).
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Alright, our first open thread of the day is up and runnin’.
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Saw this over at Lowetide, thought of Tyler Sloan’s ability to play both F and D:
And yes, I’ll admit that this is a bit of a cheapshot at TSlo, but only for the humor, not the subtance.
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by J.P. on Mar 3, 2010 9:07 AM EST reply actions 10 recs
No, the dude’s making $700k/year for the next couple years. I’m pretty sure that “poor” is the last thing he is.
There's a fine line between arrogance and ignorance and only I manage to erase that line.
Yeah. He got picked up of a golf course and had a 2 year NHL extension a couple years later. He’s eminently replaceable but has two more years of guaranteed money. I’d love to be in his poor shoes.
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Not really pertinent to today, but interesting
The Russian dominoes are starting to fall.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/03/AR2010030301151.html
"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."
Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said Tuesday in televised comments that he would “calmly leave” his post if Medvedev’s warnings were directed at him. Mutko – who has so far resisted calls to resign from a wide array of Russian politicians – on Monday blamed several factors for the Vancouver flop.
He said the team was unlucky, that no one in Russia takes new winter sports such as freestyle skiing seriously and doping bans had deprived Russia of several leading medal contenders.
Alrighty then.
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