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Agree. Love me some Milan juice.
"If you want money go to the bank, if you want bread go to the bakery if you want goals go to the net." - #21
Only if he crunches Crosby like he did in the Olympics. :D
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 3:03 PM EST up reply actions
I’m not that excited. Price was fine…but it would be like the Redskins saying they just signed John Kitna.
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 3, 2010 3:01 PM EST up reply actions
What is the love-affair with Jurcina?
The only positive I see out of this is that Sloan isn’t the first replacement D-man.
He’s the best current pairing for Alzner. They’re comfortable and complement each other.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 3:03 PM EST up reply actions
So basically, our only D acquisition thus far is an injured #5 defenseman who we already traded this season. Wow.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 3, 2010 3:02 PM EST reply actions
Jurcina was acquired for a 6th round pick
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 3:03 PM EST up reply actions
The real name of one of the On Frozen Bozos.
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HIS NAME IS JOHN M. KEELEY! HIS NAME IS JOHN M. KEELEY! HIS NAME IS JOHN M. KEELEY!
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 3:04 PM EST up reply actions
The first rule about Japer’s Rink is that we do not…
eh, bored.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 3:05 PM EST up reply actions
Does anyone know what John Keeley is tweeting about? Something about Joe Corvo and Pothier/Osala being gone?
" 60 percent of the time...it works everytime"
While I think Leopold is a good pickup for Pittsburgh, I think Belanger is the best move by any of the playoff contenders
by Moonage Daydream on Mar 3, 2010 3:03 PM EST reply actions
He meant today, I imagine, but I think you’re right.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 3:06 PM EST up reply actions
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHH@*)$Y_ F@H{IOWKQR
If you want to survive out here, you've got to know where your towel is.
by ns on Mar 3, 2010 3:05 PM EST up reply actions
Did he just take some ex-lax?
Russian Machine very rarely breaks. Oh and f**k Brooks Orpik.
by macvechkin on Mar 3, 2010 3:05 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Per JohnWaltonHockey...
jwaltonhockey
Caps are allegedly involved with a post 3:00 p.m. deal, possibly with Carolina again.
I need a snappy signature...
TSN says 12 post deadline trades could be imminent
For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.
Its a powerdump of trades!
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 3:06 PM EST up reply actions
You aren’t misreading that there were 12 deals post deadline LAST year?
I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life.
Well I guess if there were 12 last year, there could be 12 this year too. I’d think it’d be less though, maybe 7 or so
Ovechkin = Green Backs
by red army line on Mar 3, 2010 3:07 PM EST up reply actions
Whitney is a terrific player…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 3:07 PM EST up reply actions
Don’t need ANOTHER forward though…
Ovechkin = Green Backs
by red army line on Mar 3, 2010 3:09 PM EST up reply actions
ok… lemme fax this one in….
doot-doot-doot….dootdoot…doot-doot-doot-doot-doot
“I’m sorry…the number you have dialed…has been disconnected.”
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
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Corvo was arrested in November 2002 in Boston after he grabbed a 34-year-old woman’s buttocks in a restaurant. Restaurant staff told him to leave, but Corvo returned, punched the woman and then kicked her when she fell to the ground, police said. Corvo was given a three-year suspended sentence after he pleaded guilty to assault. Corvo was also suspended for three games by the Kings
Is that better or worse than pushing down girls’ cell phone cameras?
by JimCareyFanClub on Mar 3, 2010 3:07 PM EST up reply actions
Heh…heh…I guess Corvo had too much Cuervo…heh heh
/Chip Chipperson’d
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 3:07 PM EST up reply actions
russostrib:
Belanger said he originally chose Minnesota over Washington (and others) as a free agent three summers ago
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by Knubles and Bits on Mar 3, 2010 3:06 PM EST reply actions
Hope he isn’t bitter about the move.
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by Knubles and Bits on Mar 3, 2010 3:06 PM EST up reply actions
Going to the team at the top of the standings… I don’t think he’s going to be that upset…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 3:08 PM EST up reply actions
Yea that comment could mean that he regrets his decision and is happy now or that he didn’t go to washington for a reason.
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by Knubles and Bits on Mar 3, 2010 3:10 PM EST up reply actions
From twitter dude John Keeley
Pothier gone, Osala too
6 minutes ago via web
Am hearing Corvo too
12 minutes ago via web
Juice is back, and another D as well apparently
15 minutes ago via web
McKenzie:
CBJ and LA were working on a Modin deal at the deadline. Not sure if it made it before the deadline. Stay tuned.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 3:06 PM EST reply actions
I just wanted to use an exclamation point.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 3:08 PM EST up reply actions
Corvo racked up 21 goals and 76 points in 106 games for the Boudreau’s Monarchs. Know what else he did? He got arrested and charged with felony assault with a weapon. The weapon? His foot. The circumstances? He grabbed a woman’s posterior in a restaurant and, at some point after she had fallen to the floor, punched and kicked her. In the face. The punishment? Thirty hours of autograph signing and a three-game suspension (for much more on the incident – as if you need it – click here).
Corvo reeks of desperation.
I wouldn’t be happy about that pick up at all. More of the same.
by The Jade Donkey on Mar 3, 2010 3:16 PM EST up reply actions
Via Bob McK
CBJ and LA were working on a Modin deal at the deadline. Not sure if it made it before the deadline. Stay tuned
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There are going to be a whole lot of new player panels for the game intros they have to shoot..
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Caps Trades
By request, I am adding my thoughts to this discussion.
Scott Walker, RW, Carolina Hurricanes (Age: 36)
5’10, 196, Shoots: Right
2009-10 Cap Hit: $2.5 million, UFA in 2010-11
2009-10 Stats: 33 GP, 3-2-5, -4, 23 PIM, 9:50 TOI/G (0:27 PP, 0:22 SH), 50 Shots
Pros: Experience: Walker is a true veteran with 820 NHL games under his belt. He has scored 149 goals 39 PP, 12 SH) and 394 points in those games with 1,153 PIM. He also has 29 playoff games under his belt with 1-7-8, which includes a trip to the Eastern Conference Final last year. His playoff run included a wonderful punch on defenseman Aaron Ward http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynS7OUUCLx8. His is well respected for his leadership, briefly serving as the captain of the Nashville Predators in 2003. He has three 20+ goal, 50+ point seasons under his belt, but that seems to be behind him. He seems to be an insurance policy on Jason Chimera because of the groin injury and he might have a few goals left in him before he’s done.
Cons: Age, he’s 36. Injuries are another concern, especially with his rough style of play. He missed a large chunk of this season after having shoulder surgery, and he has had concussion issues in the past. His production has dipped considerably, and he’s not playing many minutes per night. His contributions on ice would be limited. He is a $2.5 million role player at this point.
Price: Low. If we get 30 games out of Scott Walker, I think that will be more than an average 7th round pick would play.
Eric Belanger, Minnesota Wild (Age 32)
5’11, 187, Shoots: Left
2009-10 Salary Cap Hit: $1.75 Mil
Stats: 60 GP, 13-22-35, -1, 28 PIM, 15:45 TOI/G (2:22 PP, 1:41 SH), 120 Shots, Won 57.6% of 722 Faceoffs
Pros: He can win faceoffs by the truckload. He can play on the powerplay or the penalty kill. He’s having a career year offensively. He has 3-6-9 on the powerplay, too. He doesn’t take a lot of penalties. He has played 617 NHL Games with 119-174-293 and only 279 PIM. He also has 30 playoff games with 2-4-6. He also has only 19 Giveawayas to 31 takeaways.
Cons: His career year doesn’t mean a lot of scoring, he’s matched his usual production of 35 points with a quarter of the season to go. He won’t exactly set the world on fire, either.
My predicted asking price: Higher than we’d want because he’d probably be attractive to a team in real need of a checking forward who wins faceoffs, not every team has that. He isn’t doing much better than Brendan Morrison except in faceoffs and he’s not much younger or bigger. This looks like a sideways trade.
Actual asking price: A second round pick. It may not sound like much, but McPhee is hitting on a lot of second-rounders these days. It seems like Minnesota got what they wanted.
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by Marshall Pirate on Mar 3, 2010 3:09 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
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Oh christ
Carolinia trades Joe Corvo to Caps for Brian Pother and Oskar Osala.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 3:09 PM EST reply actions
He is… Corvo and Pothier are both good puck handlers, but Corvo has a much harder shot and can play on the power play. Pothier isn’t a power play guy anymore.
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 3:12 PM EST up reply actions
Nope. Not to mention OSKAR OSALA. A GREAT PROSPECT
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Weren’t we all just saying yesterday that Osala can’t skate at this level yet?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 3:11 PM EST up reply actions
He will be a great player in the future. i.e. Prospect
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Yes. “Potential” and “in the future”.
That doesn’t help us now.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 3:14 PM EST up reply actions
Gotcha.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 3:16 PM EST up reply actions
Understood; however, I think he can improve his skating. . .
He is a good prospect. . .idk how i feel about Corvo though
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Plus, if we have a shot at a Cup NOW it doesn’t matter how good Osala will be 5 years from now, if at all.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 3:13 PM EST up reply actions
Osala likely wasn’t going to get his chance, here. We don’t take kindly to FINNS. Lepisto suffered the same prejudice.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 3:11 PM EST up reply actions
FWIW
I think they were saying the same about giving up Esposito for Hossa.
Ovechkin = Green Backs
by red army line on Mar 3, 2010 3:12 PM EST up reply actions
This is where I feel bad for Pothier. Nothing like a seemingly good guy getting shipped away from a contender. I know it is the business side of the game, but it still makes me feel bad for him.
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by renstar on Mar 3, 2010 3:11 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I also thought he was a better option than Juice, ShaMo or Erskine when healthy, so I’m not jumping for joy over sending him off.
He had one good stretch of play and has been below what Juice and ShaMo were the rest of the year in my opinion.
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 3, 2010 3:13 PM EST up reply actions
GAON/60 says he’s had a pretty good year
http://www.behindthenet.ca/2009/new_5_on_5.php?sort=27§ion=goals&mingp=&mintoi=&team=WSH&pos=D
I think they traded Clarkie away just a game or two before the 41-game mark. :(
Now helping to keep an eye on all things Gr8 at Alex Ovetjkin.
Don’t feel too bad for him… he’s still making $2.5M this year to play a game he loves.
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 3:13 PM EST up reply actions
BRING OUT YOUR STATS! BRING OUT YOUR STATS!
by Battenburg Baron on Mar 3, 2010 3:11 PM EST reply actions
Corvo is another bomber from the point on PP. Good move IMHO because now Green and Captain A.O. don’t have to skate the full 2 minutes on the Power Play anymore.
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Corvo
Link?
Q: Your rival, Sidney Crosby: dislike him?
Ovechkin: "I love him."
Q: You send him cards on his birthday?
Ovechkin: "I send him cards every day."
There ya go.
And to think I was pooh-poohed for suggesting that McPhee should’ve grabbed Corvo in the Walker deal earlier. F&B, I know you don’t like it, but I think this is the best deal McPhee could’ve made sans Hamhuis/Volchenkov.
This is a winner for you guys as far as I’m concerned.
Not sure we were really looking for O-Dmen though.. if it were up to me, I’d have gone for someone more defensively responsible or even Vokoun or somebody.
Steve McAllister:
Greg, do Caps put Corvo on left side for PP, and let Green feed him for that big one-timer?
I’d much rather have Ovechkin taking one timers from Green.
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by Knubles and Bits on Mar 3, 2010 3:13 PM EST reply actions
Ovie over anyone else…ask Russia if they wish they had put Ovechkin on the point instead of Kovy now…
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 3, 2010 3:14 PM EST up reply actions
A.O. can go to the half wall now and float. Backstrom down low. Knuble in front of the net.
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Semin needs to be on the ice. Whenever he misses time the PP bogs down.
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 3, 2010 3:15 PM EST up reply actions
Or you start to assemble a second unit….
Either way, I think it is a good deal. As long as Boudreau actually starts to use the second PP unit.
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Not likely. We have the #1 unit in the league for a reason. Nothing much will change.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 3:15 PM EST up reply actions
Day ain’t over yet. Deadline’s passed but we might see more from GMGM yet – I can’t think he lets all those forwards stick around. Although I guess at the very least it probably sends Sloan and Lainger back down to the A where they belong.
Yay!
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Corvo is upgrade over Potsy, but not a huge one. My problem is our defense isn’t anymore defensive than it was before the day started. Over a decade and GMGM still hasn’t acquired a solid defensive defenseman.
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 3:15 PM EST up reply actions
The Caps can't be done with moves...
…they are over the limit on the number of plays they can have on the roster right now. They may have to waive someone to get down to 23.
Let's go Caps!
There is no roster limit as of today.
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by Scott in Shaw on Mar 3, 2010 3:15 PM EST up reply actions
Ah. I thought the limit was lifted at the end of the regular season. My bad.
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 3:16 PM EST up reply actions
I believe those limits are lifted after the deadline….
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by PaintDrinkingPete on Mar 3, 2010 3:15 PM EST up reply actions
Man, I’m sure glad we got some PP help! We’ve now addressed our biggest area of concern.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 3, 2010 3:15 PM EST reply actions
After the brutal injuries to our blueline last playoffs, I really like that the Caps picked up a guy that can fill in the Green role if something happens. Corvo had a good finals run with Ottawa, I’m actually pretty pleased with the haul GMGM has pulled in.
It’s the classic argument…we got minor upgrades in spots…and we’re the #1 team in the league. But do you think we needed bigger/different upgrades to succeed in the playoffs.
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 3, 2010 3:16 PM EST up reply actions
No. This year’s Caps were already better than last year’s, and they barely lost to Pitt with a brutally injured D corps against an (IMO) better Pens team. The Caps didn’t make themselves the hands-down favorite today, but they will be a tougher team to play against in the playoffs than they were this morning. And they’re already #1 in the league in the standings. I’m not convinced GMGM didn’t do enough.
Its a step, its just isn’t the big step that everyone was hoping for. At least Vokoun and Hamhuis didn’t end up on a EC rival.
we're not gonna allow someone like Downie to go after him.
Realistically, the big upgrade pieces weren’t available for any reasonable offers. If one thinks that Leopold or Seidenberg are better than Corvo, then you could rightfully complain there. Still, their 2nd was worse than any other team, so that may have limited them. My hunch is that the Caps were in it for Hamhuis and balked at the price – they probably weren’t ready to give up Flash/Fehr for a UFA and I don’t blame them.
I like these moves.
That was kind of my point with the last sentence. I think that if Hamhuis was going to move it was going to be to the Caps. It would have cost a ton. I’m not the least bit dissatisfied with the day.
Maybe GMGM wasn’t willing to give up Flash or Fehr and that was why the Hamhuis deal didn’t go through. Would DP have turned down Fehr, Osala and a 2nd for Hamhuis?
we're not gonna allow someone like Downie to go after him.
I wouldn’t have turned that deal down were I GMGM. Plenty of forwards. Fehr’s worth less than he was before Walker and Belanger arrived.
Yes, but would Poile have taken that?
There's a fine line between arrogance and ignorance and only I manage to erase that line.
I’m guessing he wasn’t interested, but that was the question.
A scoring winger that is way down the depth chart in Washington but could blossom with more ice time. A winger that might contribute today given your depth, or could pan out in the next two years. And a throw in pick to sweeten the deal for a UFA d man that can be abley replaced by guys on your roster. Seems like a pretty good fit to me.
Damn you and your lack of transparency trade deadline process.
we're not gonna allow someone like Downie to go after him.
Seidenberg maybe, no way Leopold is better than Corvo, IMO.
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Bad Corvo (turnovers) is inbetween Seidenberg and Leopold.
Good Corvo (a tighter game) is above Seidenberg
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Agreed—Leopold isn’t better than Corvo, but I can’t really tell that Corvo’s noticeably better either. Both guys are solid minutes-eaters who can play on a middle pairing and add some occasional offensive upside. Both teams essentially gave up a 2nd rounder, with the Caps adding Osala and Pothier (who Corvo essentially replaces).
You could’ve done much worse (see: Just Jurcina). So could the Pens, if they’d have stuck with Skoula.
The only real question is which Corvo will we get. Even average Corvo is an upgrade over Pothier and we wanted to move him anyways.
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 3, 2010 3:50 PM EST up reply actions
Bingo. I think if Corvo’s playing for a contender, you’ll see decent play out of him. Not that I’m not hoping for the opposite.
He played well when he was a deadline trade a couple years back. He’s played for BB before and he’s well suited to BB’s system. I’m very hopeful.
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.
Agreed, but I think you are selling Corvo short. He’s the only guy in this discussion that’s a top pair D. Losing Caputi hurts PIT much more than losing OO hurts the Caps.
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And we don’t lose Flash or Fehr. The only player we’ve given up is Potsy, for whom I feel terrible, going to Carolina and all.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 3:26 PM EST up reply actions
GMGM
I think he hopes we score SOO many goals, it starts to count for negative goals for the other team. .
I seee.
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That wouldnt work. We could get a shutout and lose 127 to 0 (using the small number of bits that NHL 2k4 uses to keep things like scores and +/).
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 3:17 PM EST up reply actions
No more sweet Pothier hip checks :(
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by Knubles and Bits on Mar 3, 2010 3:16 PM EST reply actions
But more Juice full-body presses!
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
And no more videos of his wife for the charity initiatives. She’s very easy on the eyes, and having spoken to her at games at the CapsCare table, a very nice lady. No doubt, she’ll be active in charity work in Raleigh.
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 3:17 PM EST up reply actions
Starting to think
most around here think any defenseman that puts up points is defensively irresponsible.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
Haven't you heard
Mike Green’s a wingar.
I guess points —> puck moving —> risky —> not what the Caps need
Ovechkin = Green Backs
by red army line on Mar 3, 2010 3:19 PM EST up reply actions
Joe Corvo is a WINGAH!!!!!!!!
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by Knubles and Bits on Mar 3, 2010 3:19 PM EST up reply actions
Are we going to trade for Pothier now?
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by Ovechwin on Mar 3, 2010 3:17 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I for one welcome our new players. Good work GMGM, and now those people I have been making fun of for having Jurcina jerseys will have the last laugh!
I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life.
I should have bought one when they were on sale!
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I’ll bet he changes his number to spite the team.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 3:20 PM EST up reply actions
Hahaha oh that juicy! I’m buying one of his shirts now.
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Probably a jersey shirt.
I feel bad for CBJ fans who have those shirts though.
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Who the hell is going to be scratched at F now that we have Belanger, Corvo/Gordon and are still stuck with Fehr/Flash? It just makes no damn sense.
Makes you wonder if they feel like Chimera’s injury might be more serious. They were saying he was getting through practices though.
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 3, 2010 3:18 PM EST up reply actions
Whoa, Potsy, OO, and a 2nd rounder for Corvo??!?! Per McKenzie
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If we win the Cup it doesn’t matter if it was five 1sts.
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 3, 2010 3:22 PM EST up reply actions
Hey now
Don’t want to be a Tampa, do we?
Ovechkin = Green Backs
by red army line on Mar 3, 2010 3:22 PM EST up reply actions
If you ask me right now I’d take the Cup over anything :) 4 years from now if we think Ovie’s contract is as bad as Vinny’s is now…then I might think back.
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 3, 2010 3:27 PM EST up reply actions
That second rounder doesn’t mean much. We have plenty of depth and good prospects in development.
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I think Corvo’s at least a cut above Alzner
/wocka wocka’d
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 3:18 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
We also gave up a 2nd for Corvo in addition to Osala and Pothier. Wow.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 3, 2010 3:18 PM EST reply actions
Hmm…I’m still in favor of the deal from a Washington standpoint, but this may be a bit steep. I’m not one to place too much value in picks though, unless it’s a first-rounder or a high (top 5) second.
Look, the Caps are trying to win this year. Makes sense to give up what you need to to get the blueline help you need.
Exactly.
And people cannot complain that GMGM didn’t do anything to try to win it all this year.
And the good news is that NONE of these trades today are crippling for the future. Everybody acquired is a UFA and none of the big-time blue chip prospects were shipped out.
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Oh, good. We gave up a 2nd along with OO and Pots.
Terrible deal
Driving under the influence of hockey since godknow's when.
Don’t like the 2d, but Potsy’s also a UFA at the end of the year, and I doubt Car resigns him
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 3:18 PM EST up reply actions
Corvo’s a UFA too.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 3, 2010 3:19 PM EST up reply actions
And the Caps also have Alzner and Carlson in the system that will be moving up here in the next year or two.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 3:20 PM EST up reply actions
Moving Pothier may have been a means to dump some salary. I wouldn’t be upset to see Pothier back here in September
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 3:19 PM EST up reply actions
What do you mean
He’s UFA, Corvo is UFA
Ovechkin = Green Backs
by red army line on Mar 3, 2010 3:20 PM EST up reply actions
We can now start preparing for Deadline day next year now. Where is the list of guys who played for BB in the minors?
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TSNBobmckenzie: Canes also get a second rounder from from Washington for Corvo
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by Knubles and Bits on Mar 3, 2010 3:19 PM EST reply actions
I bet McPhee was working on another deal (Hamuis) and when that fell through at the last minute he had to scramble to save face (Juice) and overpay for Corvo when someone of his ilk could have been had for cheaper just a few hours ago. Now he’s also left holding onto an uneccesary glut of forwards. This is a shitty day.
It wasn’t a shitty day…it just wasn’t as good as it could have been. Time will tell. It still all boils down to Varly staying healthy and finding his form again.
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 3, 2010 3:26 PM EST up reply actions
It may turn out OK, but you know it feels like right now? It feels like the Redskins’ draft where they picked up two WR and a TE in the first three rounds despite having needs in other areas. Yes, Belanger seems like a decent move to fill a hole. But what good does Walker do except create a log jam? And does Belanger’s insertion now mean that Fehr is going to sit every night?
We can rationalize all we want. They were already a good team. They didn’t sacrifice the whole future. But from where I’m sitting it just looks like McPhee bungled the whole situation.
Actually if it feels like that I won’t mind…Fred Davis might challenge Cooley for a spot and Devin Thomas has been showing signs of getting much better. I guess the bad part would be still no O line and you can compare that to our lack of solid D.
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 3, 2010 3:30 PM EST up reply actions
All of those picks might become something and maybe have even developed faster if the coaches had actually analyzed play on the field and replaced guys that were crap…i.e. have thomas return punts instead of El.
But that’s irrelevant because the last thing we needed was 3 pass catchers, particularly ones that weren’t going to play for 3 years (not that they would have known that (but they should have)).
Sloan is now the 8th defenseman… he may be heading back to Hershey
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 3:20 PM EST up reply actions
Still has to go through waivers so he will be a healthy scratch the rest of the season.
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by Knubles and Bits on Mar 3, 2010 3:22 PM EST up reply actions
Yea, kinda icky, but it is a very late round 2nd.
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Did we have another 2nd this year? We already gave one up to get Belanger.
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 3, 2010 3:20 PM EST up reply actions
next years I think
Deeper, more skilled, with better prospects and more cap room than your team... I can see why you're jealous.
by CapitalDominion on Mar 3, 2010 3:21 PM EST up reply actions
2011? If so, that’s even better.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 3:21 PM EST up reply actions
In:
LW – Jason Chimera
RW – Scott Walker
C – Eric Belanger
D – Milan Jurcina
D – Joe Corvo
Out:
Chris Clark
Brian Pothier
Oskar Osala
2nd pick 2010
6th pick 2010
7th pick 2010
Overall very good. All UFA’s, gives GMGM bargaining power in the summer with his RFA’s. I’m ok with it.
So no Carlson or Alzner for the rest of the yr, then??
If you want to survive out here, you've got to know where your towel is.
Why rush them? I’d have them start the year here next year when Juice and Corvo are gone.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 3, 2010 3:22 PM EST up reply actions
Seems like Juice and Alzner only play well with each other, and Carlson shows composure with the puck. With Corvo no reason to bring up Carlson, but I still see a good reason to have Alzner.
Ovechkin = Green Backs
by red army line on Mar 3, 2010 3:24 PM EST up reply actions
Anyone else getting the feeling that GMGM was feeling it from us fans and maybe overdid it with the Corvo deal (as far as I know, Pothier + Osala + a 2nd) ?
Ovechkin = Green Backs
I'm sure that's the case
But I would have thought Corvo ~ a 2nd round pick as it is, or at most a 2nd plus one of Pother/Osala.
Ovechkin = Green Backs
by red army line on Mar 3, 2010 3:25 PM EST up reply actions
I agree that it seems like a lot, but freely admit I don’t know much about Corvo.
Sometimes, you really just want to hit a b**ch.
Clearing the logjam at D and giving away a struggling prospect. Really, all in all? Not as horrible when you look at it that way.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
Rather, removing a single piece of the logjam. We’re back at 8, aren’t we?
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
The one thing
I see in him over Pothier is aggressiveness offensively. He’s more skilled or willing to try things with the puck a little more than Pothier (Mike Green vs Shea Weber, sorta).
But yeah, me neither. We must’ve seen him quite a fair bit in OTT and CAR though, enough to have an idea.
Ovechkin = Green Backs
by red army line on Mar 3, 2010 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
Corvo is much better than Pothier.
There's a fine line between arrogance and ignorance and only I manage to erase that line.
I guess I’m just waiting for him to get back into form we’ve seen for a couple of stretches. Have to get rid of that emotional stuff.
Ovechkin = Green Backs
by red army line on Mar 3, 2010 3:31 PM EST up reply actions
I think Potsy’s a great guy. I also think that Corvo is a much better hockey player.
There's a fine line between arrogance and ignorance and only I manage to erase that line.
I don't see it yet
but we’ll see in the next few months.
Ovechkin = Green Backs
by red army line on Mar 3, 2010 3:34 PM EST up reply actions
Corvo’s peaks are much higher than Potsy’s and his valleys are probably similar.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 3:38 PM EST up reply actions
No. With all due respect, GMGM doesn’t care what you think (or what I think for that matter).
by Battenburg Baron on Mar 3, 2010 3:23 PM EST up reply actions
pretty sure GMGM doesnt care about us. He does what he thinks is best. We aint that important…..
by Pi on Mar 3, 2010 3:23 PM EST up reply actions
I think a lot of people over-value Potsy and Osala…Osala has potential but did regress a little this year.
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 3, 2010 3:23 PM EST up reply actions
And, unless he picks it way the fuck up, will only regress further in Albany. I mean, c’mon, the boy was playing with MP and FB in Hershey, of all places, and was struggling.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 3:25 PM EST up reply actions
I’d still like an explanation for the Jurcina trade.
Russian Machine very rarely breaks. Oh and f**k Brooks Orpik.
Czechoslovakia
wasn’t all that long ago
Ovechkin = Green Backs
by red army line on Mar 3, 2010 3:29 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah but I thought the Slovaks and Czechs typically don’t like each other? Minus Juice and Flash, obviously
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Nope, they get along fine. I had a Slovakian roommate and she hung out w/ the Czechs all the time.
by J.B on Mar 3, 2010 3:50 PM EST up reply actions
Ahh I thought there was a rivalry of sorts between the two countries. Guess I was wrong.
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It was an amicable separation. The two countries were always thrown together by other countries that dominated them. There is a sports rivalry and Slovakia is the poorer country with fewer resources, but things are usually good between them.
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As has been said before, he’s currently the perfect partner for Alz. I’m okay with it.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 3:29 PM EST up reply actions
Looking at the pairings
Green – Schultz
Poti – Juice
Corvo – Shamo
7th: Erskine
Better than what we had.
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Exactly.
For those that hate the Corvo deal, think about it in terms of this: “Erskine is now 7th on the depth chart.”
You have no idea how pissed I was to figure that out. I wanted to believe Jordan Staal would get to match up against Erskine during the playoffs
being an active member of the Anti-ShaneMo club i like the pairings of;
Green-Schultz
Poti-Corvo
Alzner-Juice
bench: erskine, shanemo
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by Davethecapsfan on Mar 3, 2010 3:32 PM EST up reply actions
Why would Erskine be 7th on the depth chart? Jurcina wasn’t ahead of him when he was here a few weeks ago…
it would have me too until the re-emergence of a defensive Poti recently…
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Forwards
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Knuble
Laich – Fleischmann – Semin
Morrison – Belanger – Fehr
Walker – Steckel – Bradley
Laing, Gordon, Chimera (inj?)
Mix and match as needed.
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Knuble
Flash– Belanger– Semin
Laich– B Morrison – Fehr
Walker – Steckel – Bradley
Switch 2C & 3C as needed. Chimera to L4 when ready.
This surplus is kinda stupid. . .Chimmer was doing great on his line
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THEY MADE THE MOST TRADES, THEY’S THE KLEER WINNAR, OBVI!
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 3:31 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t think so…unless he’s just figuring in us being #1 in the league before the day started…
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 3, 2010 3:31 PM EST up reply actions
I think PHX, PIT, and OTT are the only teams that have (perhaps) really improved themselves the past 2 days.
What did they do other than Skoula in the past 2 days? Obviously Kovy was a huge get, but we’ll see what happens.
Kovy was a pretty huge deal. People are down on him right now because he hasn’t gelled with his new team yet and he had a poor performance in the Olympics but that’s a massive move.
No doubt. But if they don’t win the cup and he walks as a FA, you have to wonder. And I don’t think they’re going to win the cup.
Kovy wasn’t a problem last night against San Jose in building up a 3-0 lead. PPG and a big set up of their second goal with offensive aggression. They have 6 weeks to make the chemistry work and we really won’t be able to assess that deal until he shows what he has in the playoffs.
erskine has scored...now i can die in peace
That was my thought. I feel like Pittsburgh addressed more “needs” so their overall trades were better. We got small upgrades across an already really strong team.
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 3, 2010 3:34 PM EST up reply actions
i’m not sure if we did or didn’t give up a 2nd rounder for corvo… the tsn trade tracker is only showing oskla and poth for corvo, no mention of a draft pick?
Yawning, not Crying
because at least we still have Alzner AND Carlson, for that Cup run, someday…
Deeper, more skilled, with better prospects and more cap room than your team... I can see why you're jealous.
I fucking hate the ducks! God damn it!
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Loober from EDM goes to ANA for Ryan Whitney
Driving under the influence of hockey since godknow's when.
EDM must just want Olympians.
For “street cred.”
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 3:32 PM EST up reply actions
They’re looking to sign Vikingstad
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Mar 3, 2010 4:04 PM EST up reply actions
I think the biggest fear going in to today was standing pat while everybody around us improved. The standings say we were the best going in and I don’t think anybody stormed passed us with trades. We didn’t land the big fish, but its hard to be upset with where we stand.
Agreed
Erskine and Sloan aren’t playing full time, and there is more depth at forward than before. Can’t be upset about that.
by JimCareyFanClub on Mar 3, 2010 3:32 PM EST up reply actions
Walker: bad year and shoulder surgery, on an older player. Upgrades PK. Prognosis: Wishful thinking.
Belanger: Faceoff wins, 2nd or third line, might be asked to do more than he is capable of. Also brings in defensive specialty and MOST IMPORTANTLY upgrades the PK.
Corvo: Adds points from blueline, if he can get his sad act this year together. Maybe a fresh start helps that. Maybe not. wishful thinking.
JUICE: im ok with it for the price.
quick thoughts.
by The Jade Donkey on Mar 3, 2010 3:36 PM EST up reply actions
Sad Act?
Corvo would rank 4th on the Caps D in points with only 34 games played.
There's a fine line between arrogance and ignorance and only I manage to erase that line.
yes, with 4 goals and 8 assists, -8.
The guy put up more than that in years prior. Carolina went from ECF to bottom dwellers in less than a year. thats a sad act. He aint the only actor, but he’s part of the cast.
The Caps are wishfully thinking he will turn it around in DC.
by The Jade Donkey on Mar 3, 2010 3:51 PM EST up reply actions
Agreed.
We now have some depth so if 4 of our top six defenders get hurt in the playoffs, we have players who can step in a replace them for a bit.
Furthermore, none of the guys we got today are signed for beyond this year so if any big mistakes were made, they can be easily fixed in the off season.
No blue chip prospects were traded away and neither were 1st rounders so we aren’t crippled going forward.
We may not have gotten everything we need but we made moves to make us better and to try to win this year.
Finally, when you’ve got guys coming from teams like Carolina and Minnesota who aren’t going anywhere this season to Washington, they’re going to be energized at the chance to play for the Cup. Walker himself said he would buy the plane ticket to come play here and waived his NTC to move up in the division. When was the last time you heard depth guys like him saying they were excited to come to Washington?
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Remind me, how long did Pothier go without being a minus in a game?
How much has he had to do with Carolina’s terrible year? He has 12 pts, which is a huge decline for him.
A lot of people went a long time without recording a minus this year. Aside from that stretch of play after BB benched him a game he really seemed to regress to me and I thought ShaMo, Juice, etc were all better than him.
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 3, 2010 3:33 PM EST up reply actions
And B-Mo sucked last year on bad teams.. what’s your point?
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
Isn’t his production already over Federov’s? For less than half the price…
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 3, 2010 3:42 PM EST up reply actions
Honestly, although i am a bit unsure about Corvo. . .we definitely improved.
We made plenty of upgrades across the board, made our defense better (I hope), added forwards who are defensively responsible, (maybe that will influence the rest of the team?), and are sending down some guys to AHL. . .
Hershey is going to be even better lol, that i can be sure of
Bah-Ram-Ewe, Ovechkin will wreck you. Fear the Furious Fleece!
but do we draft for the AHL in the NHL draft?…..
by TheFuryUnleashed on Mar 3, 2010 3:34 PM EST up reply actions
Um, goaltending...
So we upgraded slightly and added depth. Good. And now let us all step back, collect our thoughts, and realize we’re still banking on either Varlamov getting healthy and clutch or Theodore having a lights-out spring. Sigh…
Frustrating though that may be, there was no better option available. If they can’t take us there this postseason, you can be sure the Caps will address that in the offseason.
By upgrading the D and adding defensively responsible forwards, banking on our goalie is the last thing we have done.
by Gin and Tonic on Mar 3, 2010 3:37 PM EST up reply actions
yeah Vokoun would be worth quite a bit to us, I can only imagine what FLA was asking for…
Deeper, more skilled, with better prospects and more cap room than your team... I can see why you're jealous.
by CapitalDominion on Mar 3, 2010 3:37 PM EST up reply actions
The problem for FLA is that the Caps were really the only bidder with the need and the cap flexibility. That will be different in the offseason, and that’s why they held him. GMGM isn’t the type to bid against himself.
by grapejoos on Mar 3, 2010 3:40 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Granted
if the Caps’ forwards could have, you know, actually gotten the puck against Pittsburgh for more than a couple mins a game, it might have been different.
That was harsh. But defense is a team concept.
Ovechkin = Green Backs
by red army line on Mar 3, 2010 3:37 PM EST up reply actions
First line stays the same (OBK)
Then it gets more interesting, but here’s my prediction:
Laich – BMo – Semin
Flash – Belanger – Fehr
Chimera – Steckel – Gordo
Walker for Chimera if the latter is injured.
Healthy scratch: Brads and Walker.
I’m forgetting one forward, I think. Can’t remember who…
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def. dont think ‘the sniper’ gets benched either. I thought BB loved his 4th line
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Improved
I see depth and role players were added….and very little has been lost.
Osala is a great prospect, but IMO, he more than likely wasn’t going to help us this year in they playoffs. Isn’t the main objective every year at the deadline to improve your team for the final push without sacrificing too much? Then I say GMGM gets a solid B…B+ only because he didn’t get the (possibly overpriced) Hamma’.
Just happy the games are starting back up!
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Only Ovechkin could have gotten him, and that would be a steal for Lou
Ovechkin = Green Backs
by red army line on Mar 3, 2010 3:58 PM EST up reply actions
Honestly if Fla wanted Carter from Philly for Vokoun, what would our price have been? I can’t imagine they wouldn’t demand Carlson + extras.
CGY trades F Duston Boyd to NSH for 4th Round pick
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I am confused by it.
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Was @ work the past two years for this deadline stuff. How much longer do trades continue to trickle in?
question – with the post 3 pm deals trickling in anyone think the Caps have one more up their sleeve? I know we’re all saying we have too many F’s now and didnt Stretch say about a half-hour ago that a forward with a # in the teens was on the way out?
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yes, but I wouldnt think a Caps employee would go out on a limb like that if it wasnt for certain
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I don’t think so, but if it helps, Bobby Mac has been listing the teams that are “done” – incl Minny, NYI, Ott, SL, SJ, Tampa….
Pretty sure last trades got announced around 3:45 last year right? It’s got to be basically done now.
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 3, 2010 3:53 PM EST up reply actions
I remember some really late trades announced last year.
by Gin and Tonic on Mar 3, 2010 4:06 PM EST up reply actions
His breakfast he had today is going to get analyzed next.
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 3, 2010 3:52 PM EST up reply actions
I could listen to him talk all day. It’s like poetry.
I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life.
Janice from “Friends” was just calling for you…
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 3, 2010 3:55 PM EST up reply actions
So what about this little sports hernia?
What’s the prognosis on that?
Russian Machine very rarely breaks. Oh and f**k Brooks Orpik.
3 losses in a 7 games series does still count as .. 3 times beaten. :)
by TFG on Mar 3, 2010 3:59 PM EST up reply actions
Philly being one of them. With their goaltending. Jones is such a homer.
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This is the one I couldn’t fathom. Pitt has owned them both last 2 years and they were fortunate we were playoff rookies when they beat us in 7.
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 3, 2010 4:01 PM EST up reply actions
I just lol’d at the comment. You have to dismiss it because of where it’s coming from.
Philly will be lucky to make the playoffs, much less win in them.
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They will make it…and I could see them surprising an Ottawa or Buffalo maybe…but the seedings to make that happen would be basically impossible.
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 3, 2010 4:03 PM EST up reply actions
maybe not impossible but unlikely in my book. I don’t see Philly finishing higher than 7th.
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 3, 2010 4:04 PM EST up reply actions
I definitely don’t want them finishing 8th. Much as I think we could beat them, I’d rather not have to. let someone else take ’em.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 3, 2010 4:06 PM EST up reply actions
Ahh yeah I haven’t looked at the standings lately, but they’re not beating anyone once they get there
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If they play like they have been lately, they might drop Ottawa
Bah-Ram-Ewe, Ovechkin will wreck you. Fear the Furious Fleece!
True, that is their achilles heel.
But their offense has really picked up, and they would take it to them physically every minute of every game
Bah-Ram-Ewe, Ovechkin will wreck you. Fear the Furious Fleece!
Here’s something to be thankful for:
We still have Fehr/Flash
We still have Mackan
We still have Carlznerson
We did, in fact, upgrade our D
We did in fact make our team more defensively responsible
We made TySlo/Q redundant (as brave as Q is and as utility as we’ve needed Sloan to be)
And we did it by giving up two real people, only one roster player.
Not bad.
I am really glad we didnt have to part with anybody except Pothier and Osala.
THe biggest downside with most of our trades was that we were losing Flash or Fehr.
Both of them are still on the team.
Sad to see Pothier go, it would suck to go to Carolina. . .
Bah-Ram-Ewe, Ovechkin will wreck you. Fear the Furious Fleece!
I’m glad we still have Perreault.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
VERY VERY pleased we didn’t send Fehr to Toronto.
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Interesting fact about ex-NHLer Josef Vasicek
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.
For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.
NHL.com is saying the pick for Jurcina is ‘conditional’. Any news on what that entails?
-These go to eleven.
Yep.
So we are not done yet. @JSportsnet: Staois to Calgary for Aaron Johnson and a 5th.
Некоторые кадры водку, пожалуйста?
from @MoneyMetalCakes
George McPhee has acquired more new players in one afternoon than the number of chix I’ve banged…lifetime. Sad and pathetic…
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
He could also probably put together a better radio show.
by Battenburg Baron on Mar 3, 2010 4:06 PM EST up reply actions
why admit that? Ever? even to ones self?
by The Jade Donkey on Mar 3, 2010 4:07 PM EST up reply actions
Per Bob McK
Stephane Yelle and Harrison Reed have been traded to Colorado for C Cedric Lalonde-McNicoll and a sixth-round pick, says Rutherford
by Battenburg Baron on Mar 3, 2010 4:11 PM EST reply actions
Trade roundup thread:
http://www.japersrink.com/2010/3/3/1335355/the-washington-capitals-at-the#comments
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