Game Day Open Thread - Caps @ Sabres
by J.P. on Mar 3, 2010 5:30 PM EST
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PrintWashington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres, Mar 3, 2010 7:00 PM EST
Tonight's probable netminders:
Have at it, people.
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so little time
Rock the Red! Rock the White! Rock the Blue! Rock the Pens!
by RedskinFan4Life on Mar 3, 2010 7:47 PM EST up reply actions
Agree. Yet, seriously excited to see the Caps play some hockey.
Sometimes, you really just want to hit a b**ch.
The game is on Versus nationally and CSN locally – the VS broadcast is using the CSN feed so it’s Joe B and Locker worldwide.
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Unless you live outside the area and have DTV. So pissed Versus picked up this game.
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I hear NHL Center Ice is free on all channels this week. At least I could get it on Cox Fairfax Cty last night. Maybe you can get that?
I have Centre Ice package. Game is on Versus except in DC area.
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Sorry, brother. Would be just like Bettman’s NHL to continue to have the DTV-VS fuck-up continuing following the Olympic wave.
Like me. Only I have directv AND gamecenter. Only the gamecenter feed will be blacked out because it’s on Versus, which I don’t get on DTV.
My head might explode.
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I would like to personally thank Bettman for being an absolutely worthless pansy during this whole thing. “It’s complicated” is not the response that inspires any sort of confidence in your fans that are getting bent over and violated by two media companies.
Show me any other sport where the league would put up with what Comcast and DirecTV are doing to the fanbase. You can’t. Bettman is a spineless, useless douchenozzle.
/stepping off my soapbox
Show me any other sport where the league would put up with what Comcast and DirecTV are doing to the fanbase. You can’t.
It’s not about the fact that the league wouldn’t put up with it, it’s that the satellite subscribers wouldn’t put up with it.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Mar 3, 2010 6:40 PM EST up reply actions
to some extent, yes, but any other league would be exerting pressure on both sides to get a deal done not standing by doing nothing
not standing by doing nothing
We don’t know if this is what the NHL is doing.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Mar 3, 2010 6:45 PM EST up reply actions
They aren’t. They have clearly sided with Versus (Comcast). Between Snider being an owner, Versus being their carrier, and the craariage issue involved they have made it clear they see DTV as the problem. Just listen to every statement Bettmann has made on the issue.
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It's been too long
Haven’t got to post this guy in a while:
Let’s Go Caps!
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by EmilyB on Mar 3, 2010 5:41 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I’ve missed you, guy
Every time Nicky scores a goal, an angel gets its wings.
by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 3, 2010 6:20 PM EST up reply actions
You know whats going to be an ongoing topic of humor is Boudreau and his tinkering of lines? He may over think himself into a thick lather.
First line is set and has something to prove.
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Watching o the internet
I know this as been asked 100 times but I cannot seem to remember it when I need to. What are the websites that I can watch game tonight on the internet preferably a free one.
D’oh! Where did the hyeperlinks go? Oh well.
try www.justin.tv
www.atdhe.net
or www.channelsurfing.net
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hey guess what
Its Free Center Ice time, know what that means?
I get to watch the Capitals!
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If you have VS you’d get to watch anyway!
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I don't
I have Dish Network, and 250 channels, but STILL no Versus. VERSUS SUCKS!
I won’t be able to watch the Preds if they proceed to the 2nd round.
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Then no Caps game for you.
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I can still get the CSN feed, right?
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Nope. Not unless you live in DC area.
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Yeah, but with Free Center Ice I should be cool. I watched Coyotes-Blues last night on the FS Phoenix feed.
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Oh well, I thought I saw where both CSN and VS were broadcasting.
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Dude, if you don’t have Center Ice Online yet, you’re making a terrible mistake. Worth. Every. Penny.
There's a fine line between arrogance and ignorance and only I manage to erase that line.
I’m sure, but my internet is too slow to stream things. I have to stick with NHL Network and FS-TN.
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LW – Ovechkin, Laich, Chimera, Fleischmann, Gordon, Laing
C – Backstrom, Morrison, Belanger, Steckel
RW – Knuble, Semin, Fehr, Walker, Bradley
2184 possible line combinations, I think.
by JSchon on Mar 3, 2010 6:08 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
now THAT'S funny
2184 possible line combinations, I think.
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by Dave at District Sports Page on Mar 3, 2010 6:09 PM EST up reply actions
No way Belanger’s there in time?
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No new guys tonight. My guess is:
8-19-22 (what a relief to type that!)
21-9-birthday boy
25-14-16 (what a relief to type THAT!)
And whatever porridge they make with Brads and Stecks and Boyd and Laing
Sloan still feeling fluish or taping his hips together after Nicky dropped him.
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hell
You’re loaded. Throw in 18, 24, and Corvo…hot damn.
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Anyone hearing who gets the net tonight?
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huh?
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Our beat reporter never states “such and such is a fact” on Twitter. He always says “I’m hearing that…”
And I don’t get twitter at work, so I’m asking if anyone here knows who gets the goal tonight.
It’s either Theo or Varly.
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Oh, Theo tonight, Varly tomorrow.
Confusion was on why you were replying to my comment about you being loaded.
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You gonna stick ’round these parts even though there is no chance Hamhuis ends up here any time soon?
Bah-Ram-Ewe, Ovechkin will wreck you. Fear the Furious Fleece!
I will if y’all don’t mind, I enjoy it even if I don’t get to pump him up anymore ;).
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by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 3, 2010 6:32 PM EST up reply actions
18 and 24… Walker and Belanger, or other way around?
i’m not gonna be so happy if Juice changes to 68
Juice will surely go back to 23. 68 was a protest number specific to the Olympics and it must’ve felt really good to beat the Russians while wearing it.
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And Belanger will wear 18, as Chimera already wears his 25.
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So (once everyone is in town and healthy), either Fehr or Chimera is going to be on our fourth line, either Walker or Bradley is a scratch, our top four D-men are Green, Schultz, Poti, and Corvo, and our last d-pairing has Milan Jurcina on it.
We look a lot better than we did yesterday, don’t we?
by sixsevenfiftysix on Mar 3, 2010 6:10 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t think Walker comes in and supplants Fehr on the 3rd line. The real question is Chimera. He’s been great on the 3rd, but he may end up a 4th liner.
Oh yeah, Walker isn’t on the third line, I know.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Mar 3, 2010 6:15 PM EST up reply actions
Chimera is not a 4th liner. A guy that scores like he does would be wasted on the 4th line.
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So Fehr for 4th line? Or am I forgetting a possible scenario?
by sixsevenfiftysix on Mar 3, 2010 6:17 PM EST up reply actions
They play opposite wings. More likely its Walker going down to 4th. Which I like. he can always get an extra shift here or there is needed, plus save him for some PK duty.
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I was assuming your top five wingers (in any combination, doesn’t matter) were obviously: Ovechkin, Knuble, Semin, Laich, and Flash. That means that either Chimera or Fehr can’t be on the third line.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Mar 3, 2010 6:21 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t think Walker plays unless Brads needs a night off.
I should have saved my old signature. Oh well!
Agreed. But I hope BB just gives guys a night off regularly down the stretch. Keep them a little fresher. No need to bang ’em up and burn ’em out with such a huge conference lead.
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Laich can play any forward position.
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2nd or 3rd line depending on what combos you want. A lot of parts on 3nd and 3rd lines are interchangeable. Semin is the only lock for the 2nd line.
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Each brings a different skill set. For the playoffs Laich & Chimera rank a bit higher. The order you listed them in is probably the order I put them in.
Here is a possible sample lineup for you.
Ovi-Baks-Knuble
Laich-BMo-Semin
Chimera-Belanger-Flash
Brads-Steckel-Walker
Green/Schultz
Poti/Corvo
Erskine/ShaMo
Varly/Theo
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I’d have Fehr on this lineup over Brads, even on the 4th.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Mar 3, 2010 6:33 PM EST up reply actions
For the 4th line, you at least want some defensive ability in lieu of offensive ability. I don’t think you put Fehr in there unless he turns a 180 in terms of how he has played defensively.
Fehr has been very reliable defensively, he’s a +14 on the 3rd line getting 12ATOI. That is something.
180 turn is a bit drastic.
He needs a bit of work still defensively, but not 180. It is why BB gets frustrated with him though. Of course, same could be said for Flash, and yet he never seems to get reprimanded.
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I scratched Fehr on due to BB’s lack of love for the guy.
I believe this is what serious depth up front looks like. I’d hate to be the other team’s defenders and goalies. No rest for the weary.
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I think if the team were planning on scratching Fehr in their best-case lineup they probably would’ve moved him.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Mar 3, 2010 6:35 PM EST up reply actions
I actually think they may have tried to.
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I think it’s pretty safe to say that if this team literally wasn’t going to use Fehr any more, we’d have been happy to take a low pick for him (which teams absolutely would’ve offered).
by sixsevenfiftysix on Mar 3, 2010 6:39 PM EST up reply actions
I didn’t mean it that way. I think they would have moved him for Hamhuis if that was all Nashville wanted. I get the impression that Poile wanted more and that he really didn’t want to deal Hamhuis in the 1st place.
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Also, if we’re saying “everyone’s healthy”, Jurcina has to be on there instead of Erskine, right? And in the playoffs, maybe Alzner over ShaMo?
by sixsevenfiftysix on Mar 3, 2010 6:34 PM EST up reply actions
You natural LW’s playing RW
and natural RW’s playing LW
Fehr has been one of most productive Caps per minute played. Why is he scratched, if the goal is to play your best 12?
Because of how BB has treated Fehr. He gets shuttled in and out of the lineup. Not treated like goal scorer.
You are right on wingers. I just typed quickly and only paid attention to centers.
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BB has only healthy scratched Fehr once.
Ovi/Backstrom/Knuble
Laich/B.Mo/Semin
Flash/Belanger/Fehr
Chimera/Steckel/Walker/Bradley
Green/Schultz
Corvo/Poti
Morrisonn/Alzner
This is what I’m thinking, with Juice in there for Morrisonn when able.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Mar 3, 2010 6:43 PM EST up reply actions
I like that except.
Walker/Steckel/Bradley.
But those are some seriously stacked lines.
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Wait, you have Chimmer as a healthy scratch behind Walker and Bradley?
by sixsevenfiftysix on Mar 3, 2010 6:44 PM EST up reply actions
Oh oh, ok. Yeah, I’m thinking about the best case scenario right now.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Mar 3, 2010 6:45 PM EST up reply actions
Ah ok, as for best case scenario, i am torn.
I want Chimmer in the line up, but I think he should be higher than the 4th line.
But then again, if he can add to that line, and help it produce, then the team is in amazing shape for the Play offs
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Yeah. It’s like, we have 10 guys that should absolutely be on a top three line. Good problem to have.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Mar 3, 2010 6:48 PM EST up reply actions
I seem to recall it being more. Even if we say its only one, I think you’d agree that BB yanks him around more than anyone else but the spare parts like Laing & Sloan. Check out his TOI numbers.
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Fehr has played 51 games. He has missed 11 games. 10 due to recovering from off season shoulder surgeries and 1 for being a healthy scratch.
Juice on IR for a few weeks with a hernia. Wonder if Johnny stays up for a while.
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Great line from CoppernBlue
I also wanted to note that Johnson’s agent, Allan Walsh, is the guy who broke that RFA offer sheet fiasco that took place in Chicago this summer. If ever there was a guy who might publicly mock the Oilers with inside information, it’s him. We can only hope.
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So what does GMGM do after wrapping up trade deadline day?
Cigar, bubble bath, scotch…
I have a C on my heart.
Bruce still can’t say Pothier correctly.
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Im really excited about Corvo, we needed another puck mover and he is a definite upgrade over Pothier.
Props to Potsy. I won’t say anything but nice things about him. Much like Clark, the Caps’ game has passed him by.
Best wishes, Brian!
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by EmilyB on Mar 3, 2010 6:30 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Much like Clark, the Caps’ game has passed him by.
I hate it, but it’s true. As a person, sad to see him go. As a player, not really at all.
Every time Nicky scores a goal, an angel gets its wings.
by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 3, 2010 6:33 PM EST up reply actions
got em, thanks, I’m stoked
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by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 3, 2010 6:42 PM EST up reply actions
Oooooh, didn’t want to give me those instead eh? We should try to meet up either before or during.
Every time Nicky scores a goal, an angel gets its wings.
by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 3, 2010 6:54 PM EST up reply actions
I am…for 2 weeks (meaning 3 games!). Still looking for tix to the other game, but yea I’m stoke.
I was looking at the schedule too, I think a Seattle meet up for any of the games the week I get back (Pitt on Tues, then games Thurs and Sun) should be in the works.
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by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 3, 2010 6:54 PM EST up reply actions
ah, so jealous.
I might not be in seattle for that week, spring break :/
What are there 3 or four of us Seattle people on here?
There was one guy who wanted me to email him if/when we meet up, but I lost his email. My bad, whoever you are.
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by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 3, 2010 7:02 PM EST up reply actions
I think we established a few more, but I can’t for the life of me remember who.
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by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 3, 2010 7:03 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, I’m think there’s a fourth too, just don’t remember who it is.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Mar 3, 2010 7:03 PM EST up reply actions
grad student…
Every time Nicky scores a goal, an angel gets its wings.
by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 3, 2010 7:04 PM EST up reply actions
Finally got to put my Brads jersey back on. Couldn’t wear it during the Olympics. Cannot wait for the puck to drop.
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Getting Whacked Out Sports again. Its looking like we’re not getting the game on Versus here.
If you’re local, it’s on CSN, blacked out on VS.
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It was the same with the Sharks game last night. VS broadcasted the CSN feed.
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by Holt Worth on Mar 3, 2010 6:44 PM EST reply actions 11 recs
I love seeing him in a Caps uniform again.
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by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 3, 2010 6:55 PM EST up reply actions
Have at it, Aprihop-having people.
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There’s no way I’m going to be getting any studying done tonight. And I’m perfectly fine with that…
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by what Juneau about that? on Mar 3, 2010 6:49 PM EST reply actions
My english paper can wait…
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yup. i brought flash cards to work with me and didn’t even pull them out of my pocket…i was on my phone texting kellobellow and others all day to get trade details.
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by what Juneau about that? on Mar 3, 2010 6:59 PM EST up reply actions
Considering how excited I am/we are for this game tonight, you’d think the Olympic break was more than 2 weeks long.
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wow the rosters are always busy on trade days 6 scratches fun time!
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"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.’"
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by sixsevenfiftysix on Mar 3, 2010 7:00 PM EST up reply actions
It was nice not having to tune in to CSN for 2 weeks. The moment the triplets come on, I think I’m gonna flip my lid.
try again, works fine for me
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by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 3, 2010 7:09 PM EST up reply actions
So would it create some sort of strange vortex of awesomeness if Carlson scored on Miller
Aim for the head baby Jesus
Olympics are over. He’s a huge threat now.
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by what Juneau about that? on Mar 3, 2010 7:10 PM EST up reply actions
…I don’t? Ryan Miller’s a Sabre. Hes wearing blue and gold, not red white and blue. The Olympics are over. Fuck that guy.
I should have saved my old signature. Oh well!
Lol, they’re booing Ovechkin.
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Look at those jerseys. Why aren’t Pat Lafontaine & Gilbert Perrault on the ice?
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I really like them, they should bring em out more often
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by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 3, 2010 7:14 PM EST up reply actions
Did Theodore get a piece of that one? Didn’t look like it from here…
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