Monday Caps Clips: Stars @ Caps Game Day
by J.P. on Mar 8, 2010 6:33 AM EST
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Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of tonight's game against the Stars from Vogs, Peerless and NHL.com, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner Defending Big D for coverage from the other side of tonight's match up.
- This is the first and only meeting on the season between these two teams, who last met October 25, 2008 in Dallas.
- Joe Corvo is happy to be in Washington (though it sounds like he'd be fine in San Jose or Pittsburgh, too). [WaPo]
- Jose Theodore is the man... for the moment. [DCEx]
- The Hershey Bears are a little bit good. [Patriot-News, Peerless]
- Don't forget to check back for Capital Ups and Downs later this morning.
- Finally, happy 34th birthday to Chris Clark (wish you were here... sorta), happy 42 to Rob Zettler, happy 39th to Rob Pearson, happy 47th to Mike Lalor and happy 49th to Larry Murphy.
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With a combination of 3 Caps wins/Atlanta losses, the Caps clinch the division.
I have to go. But if I find one single dog hair when I get back, I'll rub... sand... in your dead little eyes. I also need you to buy sand. I don't know if they grade it, but... coarse.
with which, you get egg roll
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by ThePeerless on Mar 8, 2010 7:00 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
There is no joy in winning this division, or any division actually. Not this fast or by this margin. Division titles are weak sauce. I need more, we need more the Caps need more. Nothing to hang your hat on any longer.
The Caps will be the champs of the division for Decades.
Oh, and what do you call it when the Caps beat up on a SE foe? An Atrocity Exhibition.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Mar 8, 2010 2:57 PM EST up reply actions
But before worrying about next season, he said he’s determined to maximize the opportunity before him.
“This is a chance,” he said, “that you only get once or twice in a whole career.”
Damn right. It’s also a chance to watch that we as fans may only get once or twice in our lifetimes. This team is really, really good.
Go get it, Joe.
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by Knee high to a duck on Mar 8, 2010 7:10 AM EST reply actions
Carpe the damn diem with both hands and wring that poor bastard dry.
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Wheel of Justice time!!!
How many games does Matt Cooke get for this?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 8, 2010 7:12 AM EST reply actions
What’d he do that was against the current rules of hockey? Is “make him read the comments to that YouTube clip” punishment enough?
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I think he should have to read the PD comments myself
BTW lets talk classy once Ovechking stops going for knees or other teams get rid of garbage players like Carcillo. Cooke has like 12 goals and 25 points, kills penatlies and plays a solid forecheck game on the 3rd line… He isn’t just some scrapper who is there to injure people. Sadly he has a bad habit of crossing the line sometimes – although this hit as I have seen it so far really looks like a legal hit via the rule books and he almost looks like he glides into Savard vice coming full bore to level him. If Savard gets right back up this report and the others like it probably never make it to the web….
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 8, 2010 7:34 AM EST up reply actions
The commenter hasn't learned the first rule of defenses:
Pick one defense. Go with it…
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Mar 8, 2010 8:36 AM EST up reply actions
sad but true. then again, green didnt make contact with his elbow when he got suspended. i suppose we need to get the CTV guys to yell and scream to make sure cooke gets his due.
the league and NHLPA (whoever that is) need to address this ASAP. tired of seeing guys lying unconscious on the ice from hits to the head that could have easily been solid shoulder to shoulder hits. would like to see the commish make an executive decisions to outlaw such hits for the remainder of the season/playoffs at least. i wont hold my breath.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
I think this is also Cooke’s second incident this season, and at least the third of his career.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 8, 2010 8:27 AM EST up reply actions
PensBurgh has him at four (including one on Scotty Walker Red).
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Green hit with the shoulder, but approached without tucking in his elbow so it looked bad enough to have TSN heads calling for suspension
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I keep watching that video over and over.
Trying to figure out if he was aiming for the head is like trying to picture yourself in an Escher drawing. We need a different angle on that hit.
I think he was aiming for Savard’s shoulder but his head was just so far down there was nothing Cooke could do.
But it’s hard to make that case when you have a bad reputation I guess
Oh, I think he was aiming for the head. Or, more precisely, he didn’t pull up or change directions when he saw that’s all he would hit (which is the same thing).
What’s more interesting to me is figuring out what he hit that head with. I’m getting all shoulder/upper arm. Which appears to make it a legal hit.
And if that is a legal hit, it’s time to change the rules.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Mar 8, 2010 8:38 AM EST up reply actions
sorry, disagree on the nothing he could do part. savard didnt make any sudden moves he just took a normal slap shot. i’m not going to suggest cooke consciously aimed for his head, but he did nothing to ensure that he wouldnt make contact with his head. he could have made sure it was a solid shoulder to shoulder hit but he didnt. he kept gliding in.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
i’m not going to suggest cooke consciously aimed for his head
I will. This is typical for that guy. I’m glad he’s gone. I’m glad Matt Bradley was extended instead of him. Scott Walker is much more the Caps’ style of agitator.
Can’t wait to see Stefan Della Rovere.
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by Gould Old Days on Mar 8, 2010 8:56 AM EST up reply actions
Looks a lot like the Richards hit to me. It will likely be used as a text book example at the GM meetings when they start talking about hits to the head. It may not be a penalty this year, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see it be a major and a misconduct next year.
we're not gonna allow someone like Downie to go after him.
What’d he do that was against the current rules of hockey?
He hit a guy who no longer had the puck and he attempted to injure him. Others may argue differently, but that’s the way I saw it and his past history makes me believe he knew exactly what he was doing. I’d say I’d eat a porcupine if he didn’t get suspended, but it is the Pens and Colin Campbell, so I won’t take that bet.
by b.orr4 on Mar 8, 2010 8:38 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
per the rules, savard did still have the puck so it was not interference. attempt to injure is rarely called unless it involves a swinging stick where intent is clear. i agree he knew what he was doing but unfortunately its not against the rules.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
The goalie was making a save when Cooke hit Savard, so there’s no way he had the puck. As for the intent to injure, Mike Richards was given an intent to injure for his hit on David Booth which is virtually a carbon copy of Cooke’s hit on Savard:
The game was marred by an injury to David Booth, the Florida left wing who scored the Panthers’ lone goal. He left the ice on a stretcher near the end of the second period following a hard blow to the face from Flyers captain Mike Richards.
Richards was given a major penalty for interference and a game misconduct for intent to injure.
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Are we going to start calling every hit that soon after someone shoots or dishes the puck interference? This wasn’t Janssen-on-Bradley — the puck had just been on Savard’s stick.
Finishing your check is legal. It can’t be that what made Cooke’s hit against the rules was the amount of time that elapsed after the shot, because almost no time had passed. It’s got to be something else. Or you end up with my “the rulebook is broken” theory of the play.
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by Gould Old Days on Mar 8, 2010 9:00 AM EST up reply actions
Related to your last sentence, an good quote from the recap from yesterday’s game:
“At some point, there’s got to be a clear indication from the League (what’s legal and what’s not) because we’ve seen this so many times now…you don’t like to see anyone, your own teammate or an opposing player, lay on the ice like that.”
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that was from sidney crosby. sid, trending dangerously close to a controversial statement. and i agree with him.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
He earned a lot of respect for me yesterday when I saw that he said that – it takes guts to say something like that when your teammate is involved. I respected Laich for saying something similar after Green’s suspension, I respect Crosby for saying it now. It’s what leaders do.
Of note, btw, while Knuble and Laich both took Green to task publicly for his hit, the captain didn’t say word one.
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part of learning what being a captain is all about. of course, we dont know what ov said to green in private, if anything. i suspect in situations like that, ov might still prefer to have an A make public comments so his comments dont get misunderstood. just my guess.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
Of note, btw, while Knuble and Laich both took Green to task publicly for his hit, the captain didn’t say word one.
I’m not quite sure what your point is there. Was Ovi asked for a comment and declined? Did he defend Green’s hit? Maybe after Laich and Knuble made their comments, Ovi didn’t feel the need to pile on Green, who is not known as a dirty player. Would Crosby have made the same comments if Malkin had hit Savard instead of Cooke?
The situations are different, so comparing Crosby’s comments to Ovi’s lack of a comment seems a little unfair.
My point was that Becca praised Crosby and Laich for their leadership in calling a bad hit a bad hit even though it was delivered by a teammate, and I was noting a bit of disappointment that Ovi didn’t do the same, though I understand that there may be reasons why he didn’t. But I think it’s completely fair to raise the point.
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I get your point. I just don’t agree that because Crosby says something, Ovechkin has to be brought into the conversation.
Well, I think he brings it up less as a “Crosby vs Ovechkin” issue (because if I know JP, he hates that comparison) and more as a comment on leadership. For better or for worse they’re now both linked as captains and leaders of their team, so mentioning one naturally brings up the other – at least in this context.
I’ll be honest, at the time I thought nothing of it. Maybe it’s because it was relatively early in Ovie’s tenure as captain, maybe it’s because I assumed no one asked him about it. And I was only being half-sarcastic when bringing up Ovie’s past w/ League discipline and his general disagreement with how they’re doled out.
I didn’t bring up Ovi because Sid was brought up, I brought up Ovi because Laich and Knuble were brought up in discussion about an incident that occured while Ovi was captain of this team.
And it’s a pretty rich comment for you to take me to task on this point, when you introduced “but it is the Pens” into the discussion.
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“But it’s the Pens” was a joke. Sorry, it didn’t come across. I was trying to make a serious reply to your comment. I don’t see the need to get huffy about it.
I’m far from huffy. In fact, I’m huff-free. Huffless. Devoid of huff.
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Not to pile on, but I’m not 100% sure Crosby said it was a “bad” hit. He said the rules need to be clarified, not a whole lot more than that.
"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."
Which is what Laich and Knuble said, more or less.
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It sounded to me like he was basically saying that was a non-penalized hit that should have been penalized.
Btw, still in awe that no penalty was called on the play. Unreal. I was watching when it happened and could barely breathe until they had Savard off the ice – I’m not a fan of his but that hardly matters in situations like that.
any word on how he’s doing?
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by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 8, 2010 10:36 AM EST up reply actions
He wasn’t well enough to travel with the team last night. He and the Broons’ medical staff stayed in a PGH hotel.
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While I agree that the rules should be clarified, I find it difficult to have preset rules for such a fast game where situations are constantly unique and changing. I think regardless of preset rules, there will still be some subjective judgment used by the NHL.
by Danny Burrito on Mar 8, 2010 12:16 PM EST up reply actions
Agreed, he said the right thing. If you saw the game tape, you could see Patrice Bergeron talking to Crosby while they were tending to Savard and Bergeron (who’s had his own concussion problems) was clearly upset. And Crosby, to his credit, seemed to be agreeing. Of course, Crosby knows that if the league doesn’t enact some rules to prohibit these kind of hits, it could be him on the ice when the Pens next meet the Bruins.
Oh, and I meant to add that having a vaguely defined catchall “intent to injure” rule in the books is fine (and may very well be appropriate to this situation), but if a situation keeps coming up over and over again, they really ought to define the boundaries of what’s legal and what isn’t with a rule.
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by Gould Old Days on Mar 8, 2010 9:04 AM EST up reply actions
finishing your check is fine, but you must have already started it first to have something to finish. he started the check after the puck left savard, contact was not initiated until after the puck had already been shot. maybe not late, per se, but it was also not “finishing” the hit
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cooke was tracking savard since he crossed the blue line. sure contact wasnt initiated until the puck left his stick. happens all the time and is not a penalty unless its late (see jannsen on brads) but he was finishing his check in the truest sense of the words…
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Mar 8, 2010 10:08 AM EST up reply actions
Good news — just heard that the hit will be discussed on PTI today. Are we surprised?
"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 should have a rulebook quiz for those two jokers before they go on the air. Testing them on a history of recent hockey borderline hits and the rulebook and how it applies would be important. Ask Tony to describe the visor rule and see what you get.
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Remember, Tony and Mike aren’t the ones choosing the topics. The producer is making these decisions.
"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."
you can track someone all you want, but that isnt the start of the check, that is just tracking a player to set up a check. there is nothing that says you have to follow through with a hit that you set up. finishing the check is following through once you’ve crossed the point of no return. he had plenty of time to stop before he hit that point, up to and including actually hitting savard in the shoulder.
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the puck had not yet reached the goalie when the hit was made. it was not late. its also hard to call an intent to injure penalty when no minor/major penalty was called. i didnt know richards misconduct was for intent to injure. i agree it’s appropriate but just not applied alot.
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pretty clear and blatant targeting of the head. I guess its not against the rules since it was his lower shoulder Cooke hit him with, but that was kinda fucked up.
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What’s so bothersome to me is that it appears that Cooke pretty easily could have made shoulder-to-shoulder contact, he just chose not to.
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yeah I know its a quick game and all, but if Cooke had any desire to, he could have hit shoulder and not head. Like others have said, it wasn’t late,and it wasn’t an elbow, but that’s the kind of hit I’d like to see the league take a look at in the off season.
Its one thing if you’re going for a clean hit and an opposing player leans forward or does something to put their head in your path and you as the hitter can’t do anything about it.
Its another thing to come from the blind side and skate in a path directly at someone’s head.
I don’t expect any suspension, but I HOPE this gets looked at in the offseason. And this is coming from someone who loves the hitting/fighting side of the game and grew up idolizing Dale Hunter, Dino Ciccarelli and Mark Messier.
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Its one thing if you’re going for a clean hit and an opposing player leans forward or does something to put their head in your path and you as the hitter can’t do anything about it.
See Semin on Boyle (which, in my more juvenile moments, would sound more than a little disgusting).
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you mean the hit in the olympics? seems like that was a clean hit all the way around. didnt see boyle make a move one way or the other that made the hit worse than it was already going to be. and by “worse” i mean “excellent but where was that all game long”.
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by dcsportsfan1 on Mar 8, 2010 10:04 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah, the Olympic hit – I thought it was perfectly clean as well, but Boyle was definitely crouching forward and it made the contact a little closer to contact with the head (which the yahoos on NBC were yapping about).
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That hit was totally clean and Boyle’s a tool for what he did after. Totally premeditated, gutless and dirty to kick Semin’s feet out from under him like he did – I used to sort of like Boyle, but that turned me against him for good.
Yes, yes and yes. My point was simply that any contact Semin made with Boyle’s head was the latter’s fault for the position in which he’d put himself at that moment, which was maybe not the best example of what SG was saying, but an example nonetheless.
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btw, saying boyle caught semin from behind would have been more juvenile…
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by dcsportsfan1 on Mar 8, 2010 10:10 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Like others have said, it wasn’t late,and it wasn’t an elbow, but that’s the kind of hit I’d like to see the league take a look at in the off season.
To the latter, hopefully the timeliness of the hit (the day before the GM Meetings) hopefully gets some concrete discussion around it.
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by Bald Pollack on Mar 8, 2010 10:04 AM EST up reply actions
I do wish CC17 was still in the lineup… maybe not wearing the C any more but still here in DC.
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Just kidding. I’d rather he be here the Quintin Laing, but what’re you gonna do.
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i fully understand why they traded him, and with the way chimera is doing and freeing up the cap room to get the other 4 guys its working.. just the short end of the stick for CC17.
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I don’t spend a lot of time looking at stat pages, since so many of you here are so much better than me at math, but I had to go look up the Caps’ plus/minus numbers to argue a point last night. I know the argument is made here that plus/minus is a flawed method of measurement, but a look at the Caps’ +/- page at NHL.com for this season is instructive.
- 35 skaters listed
- Of those 35, 25 are at least plus-1.
- Only 2 skaters are exactly even – the two new D-men, Corvo and Prodigal Juice.
- The remaining 8 skaters who are in the minus category are either currently playing in Hershey, watching from the press box, or playing in Columbus.
- The one who is playing in Columbus
hashad the worst plus/minus of all the Capitals at minus-4.
- Another way to look at that – the VERY WORST player to skate with the Caps this year is a minus-4, and every single Caps skater on the ice for every game is at least even.
- The defenseman with the lowest positive +/- who is not a valuable rookie prospect or a mysteriously favored swingman is currently lacing ’em up in Carolina.
*Two forwards are minus-1 against their division. They both sat out the game against Tampa.
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DYK that Washington is the only team in the NHL with more players at 30 points or more than Nashville? The Caps have ten players at that mark, the Preds 9.
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One star forward away from leaving that division in the dust, I tells ya.
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by Chris Burton on Mar 8, 2010 12:43 PM EST up reply actions
Wink Martindale, Kesha Sebert, and a conditional 4th round pick.
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Plus maybe a season pass to Dollywood thrown in.
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If we did that, we might have to add a seventh-rounder to sweeten the deal for NSH.
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Scotty Walker stays where he is, thankyewverymuch.
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by ThePeerless on Mar 8, 2010 9:50 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
because he was a hard working captain and a likable guy and it seems unfortunate that he was here through the rebuild but unable to really enjoy any of the success??
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by Sombrero Guy on Mar 8, 2010 10:11 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
That could describe, minus the captain part, a ton of ex-Caps. However, CC on this team, would make it worse not better.
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by DrinkingPartner on Mar 8, 2010 10:24 AM EST up reply actions
I like everything about Clark except the fact that he isn’t that good and we have 5 RW’s better than him.
He couldn’t supplant Bradley on the 4th line.
The Caps’ game has passed him by. :: sadness ::
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Taking a look at playoff chances:
East:
Caps: IN
Pens: 100%
Devils: 100
Sens: 97.9
Sabres: 99.9
Flyers 97.3
Bruins: 62.5
Canadiens: 58.6
Rangers: 27.1
Thrashers: 31.1
Lightning: 17
West
Hawks: 100 %
Sharks: 100
Canucks: 99.9
Coyotes: 99.9
Kings: 99.7
Avs: 98.1
Preds: 70.2
Wings: 65.7
Flames: 36.5
Blues: 12.8
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I wagered a carbomb with Feh and Balanced last night that Carolina is going to sneak into the playoffs somehow
they won again last night
But their chances are at 1.8 percent.
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That’s some interesting stuff. Heh I guess Vegas does by this stuff. Maybe I should throw down 100 bucks on Carolina making it. Wonder how much money I would make. at a 1.8% chance
They need to go around 13-3-1 to start entering the discussion.
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A not unheard-of run, but I’d wager they don’t make it.
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Saw this morning Jussi Jokinen leads them in points and goals. LOL.
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Yea but Staal is picking up the pace. I almost regret dropping him from my fantasy team now.
The fact that they pulled off that win against NJ in game 7.. and somehow made it to the conference finals.. make me believe they’re one of these teams that have so much magic up their asses, they can pull it out when they really need it
The Caps did something outrageous in the last part of the season to make it on the last day. And they still needed help.
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by Knee high to a duck on Mar 8, 2010 8:47 AM EST up reply actions
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They still needed help AND they went on their tear from a much higher position in the standings.
I just don’t see it happening this year, not with the cluster of teams around 8th place. They’d need every single one of them to completely fall apart – mathematically they can still make it, but realistically they’ve been out of the race since November.
Here’s your answer after 65 games, the Caps were in 11th place, three points out of the playoffs.
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Question
I remember having a Hershey season ticket holder sitting next to me earlier in the season and we talked about the Bears quite a bit during the game. The one thing that I distinctly remember from that conversation was the D-Coach and French had changed up the PK system earlier this season and it was working out quite well…
Anyone watching both teams that can compare the systems? Or is it more a case of not being different and the talent level is?
I work with 7 penguins fans and this is really getting old....
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Watching the Penguins-Bruins game yesterday on (free) NHL Center Ice on DirecTV. About 14 minutes into the first period, Sidney Crosby won a faceoff, and Jack Edwards described it:
“Crosby wins another faceoff, which comes as no surprise. He’s the best centerman in the NHL in terms of winning percentage on the dot.”
Uh, yeah, best behind 10 other centers. I guess Jack was trying to build up Crosby’s prowess so that if a Bruins player did win a faceoff, he could get overly excited.
Jack Edwards doesn’t need an excuse to get overexcited about the Bruins.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 8, 2010 9:53 AM EST up reply actions
I am getting old…
Mike Lalor is 47??? I remember watching him win the Stanley Cup his rookie year with Montreal (1986). I am also the proud owner of a game used Mike Lalor stick…. back when the Caps sold the game used sticks not necessarily as souvenirs, but as used equipment for recreational players. The Lalor stick was perfectly good when I got it. Never used it much, and it is still intact.
I also own a Dale Hunter game used (that was a souvenir) and a (wait for it…) Keith Jones (yes, that Keith Jones) game used stick (with autograph!)
Let's go Caps!
So who’ve you got in today’s round of “Guess the Scratches”?
Put me down for Brads and BMo.
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bmo, stecks and Q
sloan and erskine
btw, both Q and sloan are 10 or 11 games shy of qualifying to have their name on something special if the team is lucky enough. you think BB takes that into consideration down the stretch? particularly for Q who missed a bunch of games with the busted face and all….
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by dcsportsfan1 on Mar 8, 2010 10:13 AM EST up reply actions
No way in hell – barring injuries – Sloan or Q play ten more games this season.
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yeah. hopefully they can qualify the jiri slegr way. they get to suit up cause we’re up 3-0 on (western conference team) having beat them by 4 goals in each game. nah, never mind. not with this team’s playoff history…
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by dcsportsfan1 on Mar 8, 2010 10:21 AM EST up reply actions
The RULES of the cup
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by Sombrero Guy on Mar 8, 2010 10:18 AM EST up reply actions
Chris Clark was traded after 38 games.
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Wow, per Tarik:
Based on the skate, Fleischmann, Walker and Laing are out up front. Sloan and Morrisonn are scratches on ‘D’.
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Beat me too it, doesn’t change the fact that I am stunned with the Flash scratch. My guess for lines would be:
8-19-22
28-18-21
16-9-25
10-39-15
52-55
77-3
74-4
by BradleyFightingVehicle on Mar 8, 2010 10:44 AM EST up reply actions
Stunned. Indeed.
That Flash would get a seat in the press box before Fehr is, well, unbelievable (not based on merit, of course, but based on the decision-maker’s demonstrated preferences).
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No scratches should be shocking from this point to the end of the year, at least not of the guys on the 3rd/4th lines.
I know we all think Flash is Bruce’s pet but there are a ton of bodies, a limited number of jerseys per game and a limited number of games left to see what we have here. Bruce knows this – and he’s certainly not going to scratch the guy with two goals in his last two games. And I’m pretty sure Flash has been scratched before…maybe it’s just me.
I think it’s great, to be honest. Let all the guys know – well, all the guys not named Alex or whose names rhyme with “Smackstrom” – that their roster spot is in no way assured. As I mentioned last week, along with being practical, this’ll keep the competition hot and keep the intensity up down the stretch.
I think he’s also going to try and keep most of the guys fresh and give just about everyone a game or two off. If they are pretty much assured the playoffs, there’s no sense in wearing guys down before they start.
But I’d also agree that he’s probably trying to send a message to everyone else as well, to keep the intensity up.
Might Bruce use a healthy scratch to get Semin’s attention if need be? I think the only players immune from the threat of a healthy scratch are Ovi, Backstrom and probably Mike Green.
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by Sombrero Guy on Mar 8, 2010 11:09 AM EST up reply actions
I don’t think Semin will get HS’d ever, but I could see him benched for a period during a particularly shitty stretch.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 8, 2010 11:11 AM EST up reply actions
They’ll take PP time from him like they have in the past or something similar.
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PK time. Semin seems to LOVE playing on the PK.
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I doubt it as well, but if we get another 3 HHT penalty night from Semin any time soon, its conceivable, at least to me, to be used as a message sender.
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by Sombrero Guy on Mar 8, 2010 11:23 AM EST up reply actions
Exactly, and I don’t think Flash has been playing all that badly lately. He’s had a couple of nice assists. I suppose this puts just about anybody who is not on the top line on notice (as if the deadline acquisitions didn’t already do that)
by BradleyFightingVehicle on Mar 8, 2010 10:47 AM EST up reply actions
Flash hasn’t been playing all that badly, but Fehr’s been playing out of his mind. If the choice is between the two of them, after Fehr’s last few games he really didn’t give BB an option of benching him. Which I guess is the point of putting roster pressure on your players.
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by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 8, 2010 10:54 AM EST up reply actions
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by Bald Pollack on Mar 8, 2010 10:44 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
kinda off-the-wall maybe, but what do you think the chances are that BB is still testing out different line combos? Or that some of the scratches have a bad performance history against the Stars?
well, since most of these guys havent played the stars in a year and a half, i think thats an unlikely reason. but i think BB is the ultimate tinkerer but its hard to imagine that flash and walker wont be in the mix during the playoffs.
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by dcsportsfan1 on Mar 8, 2010 11:04 AM EST up reply actions
Btw, I get that Mo made an unbelievably awful play on Saturday night, but if John Carlson is one of your playoff top-six, I want him to have every minute possible with his partner between now and then.
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Tarik tweets that its Flash, Walker, and Laing up front. ShaMo and Sloan on the D.
Shocked the BB would scratch Flash.
by BradleyFightingVehicle on Mar 8, 2010 10:43 AM EST up reply actions
I’m looking forward to listening to the game tonight (working overnight so I can’t watch:( ). My aunt is a Stars STH and loves to smack talk. She has been trying to sell me on Tourco to the Caps since January. Not because she thinks he would do well here, but because she thinks he would fail here.She is the type to extend her football rivalries to hockey. It would be nice if the Caps could light up the Stars just to shut her up. ha ha
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EAST
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Pittsburgh vs. Montreal
Buffalo vs. Philadelphia
New jersey vs. Ottawa
WEST
San Jose vs. Detroit
Chicago vs. Nashville
Vancouver vs. Colorado
Phoenix vs. Los Angeles
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If Savard is out for a significant amount of time that match up will change, because the B’s will be done. If they somehow scratch their way in though, I’d love this match up.
by BradleyFightingVehicle on Mar 8, 2010 10:12 AM EST up reply actions
Before this is over, the Devils are going to be a 6-seed and play Buffalo in what will be the most boring series in the history of earth… Miller won’t allow a goal, and Buffalo won’t be able to shoot straight.
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The ironic thing is that a few years ago you would have said the opposite – Brodeur won’t allow a goal, and NJ won’t be able to shoot straight.
Meeeemories…
More than a few years ago, the same teams met in an absolutely epic playoff series when it was Brodeur vs. Hasek. Unreal hockey, that.
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I remember that series – hell of a matchup. Although I may be the only person in the world who thinks Hasek is overrated, so…
no, Mr. Bird agrees with you. I used to love watching him try not to hurl things through the TV when Hasek was with the Wings. I think he may have cried when it was announced that Hasek was coming back.
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That was past his prime Hasek. The Saves that man came up with while playing with the Sabres were insane.
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by Sombrero Guy on Mar 8, 2010 10:41 AM EST up reply actions
Nagano baby! Due to US players infantile antics, people in this country tend to forget what a great tourney that was. In the medal round, Hasek beat Canada and and then shut out Russia to win gold.
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one of the best stretches of goaltending i can ever remember.
by Natty Bumppo on Mar 8, 2010 11:02 AM EST up reply actions
I’m not with Becca or Mr. Bird. If anything I think Dom was underrated. He never gets mentioned in the same breath as Roy just because of Roy’s Cups. If Dom played on the same teams I have no doubt he’s have won the Cup as well. Look at what he played behind all those years in Buffalo.
As for his time with the Wings, at that point his best years were behind him. His reflexes just weren’t the same.
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I’d agree that he was the best player on those Buffalo teams but my issue with him – and it’s my issue with someone who I see as being less talented like Tim Thomas – is that he’s a flopper.
75% of the saves he made always seemed like pure luck to me. And it’s not an aesthetic thing for me, I honestly believe to this day he didn’t know where the puck was half the time.
Hasek’ style was intentional. Hasek developed a hybrid style that worked for him given his size and extreme flexibility. Trust me if all he was doing was flopping he’d have saved a hell of a lot less pucks. He used what the situation called for. You have to be extremely intelligent to play that way.
Don’t believe me, just read what a HHOF goalie said.
“Damn, he’s good,” says Hall of Fame goal-tender Gerry Cheevers. "He reminds me of Wayne Gretzky and his instincts for the game—and how he always seems to know where the puck is and where it is going to be. It’s like he controls what is going to happen. I couldn’t do that when I played.
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Isn’t “75% of the saves he made always seemed like pure luck” the kind of unfounded, unquantifiable statement that is frowned upon around here? I don’t see how a guy who has a career save percentage of .922 gets there if half the time he didn’t know where the puck was.
Less talented than Tim Thomas? Could you elaborate on that? All evidence indicates otherwise.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 8, 2010 12:16 PM EST up reply actions
I believe the post said “and it’s my issue with someone who I see as being less talented like Tim Thomas”. He’s trying to say that Thomas is a flopper like the Dominator but not as talented and as special in the reflex department.
erskine has scored...now i can die in peace
One more correction. He is actually a she.
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Whoops, I read “less talented THAN Tim Thomas.” My bad.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 8, 2010 12:22 PM EST up reply actions
My post came across as more combative than I intended. I’m just curious as to what you’re basing your conclusions on.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 8, 2010 12:21 PM EST up reply actions
No, because I made sure to say “seemed like pure luck” – there’s no way to quantify it, just giving my general sense from watching him over the years. It was an opinion. Had I said “75% of the saves he made were pure luck” or “75% of the saves he made were pointless”…then we have an issue.
regardless of your take on Hasek, you gotta admit, watching him take out Gaborik and flip him over was pretty freaking awesome. Never fails to make me laugh.
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Well in addition to the fact that the only Cups Hasek won he was carried to, Hasek also didn’t have the longevity of Roy either. His prime was as good as any goalie ever, but he never dominated over the same length of time the way Roy or Brodeur did.
Also, while Hasek’s floppy style was intentional and more than just luck, it also made saves look a lot more difficult than they had to be. He was incredibly flashy and all over highlight reels because he could make routine saves look flashy, as opposed to guys like Roy and Brodeur who could make difficult saves look routine.
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by Killer_Carlson on Mar 8, 2010 12:52 PM EST up reply actions
I certainly wouldn’t disagree that his style was flashier. My point was if you compare the Habs/Avs teams to the ones Hasek played on I think the teams Roy played on are superior. Not saying anything bad about Roy, I just think Hasek doesn’t get enough credit.
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There was a monster game, won, IIRC, by Dave Hannan of all people.
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given that NJ is trying to hand the Atlantic to Pittsburgh, and neither Ottawa or Buffalo appears to actually want to win the NE, NJ-BUF is a distinct possibility. more than once I’ve done morning play-off match-ups and they pop up as a pairing. Would be a bloody awful series to watch.
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I’ve stated before, that IMO the Caps should go with Varly & Neuvy next season. It appears there are stats to back me up on the issue. BTN shows that throwing money at free agent goalies isn’t the smartest move.
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Kind of a straw man – there’s a middle ground there, namely getting a veteran backup.
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I get what you mean. I could have been more detailed in my argument which may have hepled explain how I felt the BTN helped with my point.
I have two issues with the veteran backup argument.
The first is that unless I can get a guy like Conklin cheap, who fairly durable and puts up decent numbers, going with a vet backup is not a better option from a production standpoint. I don’t want a guy like Biron, Boucher, Auld, etc.
The second is that unless I can get marked production improvement from a FA goalie why would I waste valuable cap space I can use at another position.
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johnny should be available next season. perhaps all along he was a double agent working for the caps. we will call him home next year…
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by dcsportsfan1 on Mar 8, 2010 10:28 AM EST up reply actions
But you can actually get a LOWER cap hit from an FA goalie than for Neuvirth.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Mar 8, 2010 3:05 PM EST up reply actions
Most likely a crappy one unless you win the Nitty lottery.
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Or a Craig Anderson at a manageable at a $1.812 cap hit.
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If we’re going that high, don’t forget Dan Ellis at $2 mil (he’ll be a UFA this year, but I expect wherever he signs will have a similar contract).
I guarantee Ovechwin will support that idea.
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Sure can.
More on subject, Washington probably wouldn’t name him the starter, so I doubt he would want to sign there as a first choice.
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Tell him he could win a damn cup.
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He could win one here, dammit.
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Exactly. But yea, I heard he wants a starting gig.
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I don’t know… He’s tweeted good things about Washington.
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Eh, people mainly do it ’cause they have no idea what it stands for.
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The one with the bears?
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Well, Brent Johnson for instance has a lower cap number this year than Neuvirth does. I mean, sure, depending on what standards you’re judging him with you might call him “crappy”, but that’s the kind of guy that I think the Caps need as a backup to Varly.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Mar 8, 2010 3:13 PM EST up reply actions
Agree. No way the Caps go with two guys with less than 100 games on NHL experience between them (even if Varlamov plays 25 playoff games and takes the Caps to a Cup)
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Yep. Especially since next year will be “the year” (if this isn’t).
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I don’t see the need. By having the 2 young guys in goal for most of the season you can get a good gauge on who you want to keep going forward. It’s not like either hasn’t showed an ability to play at the NHL level yet. In addition, you save cap space. As JSchon noted, if at some point you feel you need a vet guy then you can always sign/trade for one.
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It’s certainly one way of doing it.
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You think that the Caps will not start the season next year with Varly and Neuvy in the nets? With Holtby getting 97% of the starts in Hershey?
I think a lot depends on how the rest of this season and playoffs play out.
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How do you feel about a guy like Niittymaki? His stats this year are comparable to Jose’s:
36 GP, 17-11-0 (1 shutout), .915 SV%, 2.64 GAA.
He’s a UFA this year, current contract with Tampa is $600k, so he should come fairly cheap.
by Hello Dahlen on Mar 8, 2010 10:41 AM EST up reply actions
He’d be a good option. However, with the nubers he put of this year he’s going to be looking for a significant raise.
I believe its time to proceed with the 2 young guys and see what they do given a bigger workload.
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so this is the day of reckoning for john carlson, is it not? his 11th game? did i miss word that he was packing his bags?
I think so, yes. They said he was getting a long look up here, so I figure he stays. I’m happy with that.
i’ll be disappointed if we lose a year of his RFA and he sits throughout the playoffs. if he’s given an honest shot to earn a starter’s role on the playoff roster, then i think he’ll come through and it could be worth it.
by Natty Bumppo on Mar 8, 2010 11:05 AM EST up reply actions
Carlson won’t sit through the playoffs if he stays; he’s still a better top 6 option than ShaMo, Erskine, and Sloan.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 8, 2010 11:12 AM EST up reply actions
we didn’t expect to see sloan and co. in last year’s playoffs, either (with alzner in the press box). looking forward to watching it all play out.
by Natty Bumppo on Mar 8, 2010 11:15 AM EST up reply actions
Alzner is the Fehr of the D corps, is all. Carlson doesn’t appear to be in that same doghouse.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 8, 2010 11:16 AM EST up reply actions
Or he’s as-good-or-better than Alzner, and just happens to be a righty.
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So is Juice, though. Perhaps that’s the stick in the spokes we’re waiting for, come playoff time.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 8, 2010 11:19 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah, I gotta think Juice displaces Carlson if Juice recovers fully and Carlson keeps playing how he has been, if only for the fact that Juice has been in the shit before and played well last playoffs.
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I would. He knows the system, by the time the playoffs roll around he’ll have been practicing for a while, you’d think.
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eh… 4-6 weeks out w/ that hernia. Assuming he got it repaired immediately… he might be skating around the fan appreciation games.
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I feel like some article sited 2-4. I got all excited, but it’s probably wrong.
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Juice was on Saturday Night Caps on Saturday (which I’m going to start listening to now every week because it was good), and said he had just seen a doctor the day before, and the doctor told him 4-6 weeks.
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mine was the same time frame… worst 4 weeks of my life.. watching my league start up and everyone getting to play but me..
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
I think we can all breathe a sigh of relief and assume from here on out that Carlson is being repped for a playoff run.
Bruce talked a big game earlier about how “it was good for Alzner so it’ll be good for Carlson” (in treating them the same), but then he and we saw that it wasn’t really good for Alzner after all.
Does everyone think Carlson is definitely a better “natural talent” than Alzner? Or equal?
*Milan Jurcina is having double sports hernia surgery on Thursday. I know the team keeps saying he’ll be out four to six weeks. But that sounds pretty optimistic to me.
DOUBLE?! holy sore groin batman.
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CBJ was wanting a second round pick for him but had to settle for a conditional 6th round pick b/c of the hernia.
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Trading Poti and replacing him with Corvo for next season. I know I’m harsh, Poti has been playing better lately, but Corvo fits this team.
Nowhere near impossible, but would make it tough to get another impact guy.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Mar 8, 2010 3:06 PM EST up reply actions
Some of those numbers look high…You really think Fehr will go for $2M?
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by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 8, 2010 10:51 AM EST up reply actions
Nope. Nor Flash, nor Schultz.
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by Bald Pollack on Mar 8, 2010 10:52 AM EST up reply actions
We just found the money to keep both D!
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In Capgeeking it the other day, Corvo and Belanger could definitely be re-signed, and you could even overpay for a 3G to boot even with extending Flash. But when the team holds RFA and QO rights over Fehr and Schultz (along with a good arb case), they won’t pay over $1.25m per on either unless they have to.
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by Bald Pollack on Mar 8, 2010 10:56 AM EST up reply actions
http://www.capgeek.com/cap_calculator.php
21 roster players. 2 players to sign with $1.9M.
Doable if you want to be right on the number.
AUTO-GENERATED CAPGEEK.COM LINES
FORWARDS
Alexander Ovechkin ($9.538m) / * Nicklas Backstrom ($6.500m) / Alexander Semin ($6.000m)
Mike Knuble ($2.800m) / * Tomas Fleischmann ($2.250m) / Brooks Laich ($2.067m)
Jason Chimera ($1.875m) / * Eric Belanger ($1.750m) / * Eric Fehr ($1.500m)
Dave Steckel ($1.100m) / Matt Bradley ($1.000m)
DEFENSEMEN
Mike Green ($5.250m) / Tom Poti ($3.500m)
- Joe Corvo ($3.000m) / Karl Alzner ($1.675m)
- Jeff Schultz ($1.500m) / John Erskine ($1.250m)
John Carlson ($0.846m) / Tyler Sloan ($0.700m)
GOALTENDERS
Michal Neuvirth ($0.822m) / Simeon Varlamov ($0.822m)
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ROSTER: 21; PAYROLL: $55.744m; CAP ROOM: $1.906m BONUSES: $0.850m
Why double (or even triple) the salaries of players for whom you have right of first refusal and qualifying offer options over, when you want to keep here for a couple more years? You’re only pricing yourself out of their UFA contract that way.
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by Bald Pollack on Mar 8, 2010 11:14 AM EST up reply actions
Think about that statement, you’re comparing them to 2 of our unquestionable top guys.
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by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 8, 2010 11:18 AM EST up reply actions
Erskine was a pending UFA though, not an RFA
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by Sombrero Guy on Mar 8, 2010 11:24 AM EST up reply actions
Steckel, I get. Elite face-off men don’t grow on trees, and he’s been above 55% in each of his three full seasons in the NHL. but Erskine, making that much money? Do not understand.
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I think you’ll find that on the former, we’re all still wondering on that one, while on the latter, it makes sense.
But bear in mind, Erskine’s on his 3rd pro team and probably has had more pro deals in his career, and Steckel’s was toiling in the minors for a few years before being a decent 4C.
With Flash/Fehr/Sarge, the team holds the cards. The only out the players have (that I know of) to set their own value is arbitration. The team’s given a multi-year reup to Flash before, while his cost is low, and will try to again. It’s a lot easier to do that (or QO Flash and Fehr) because they’ve played so little in the league, comparitively speaking.
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by Bald Pollack on Mar 8, 2010 11:28 AM EST up reply actions
Think there’d be much demand for Poti at his number?
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$3.5 for one year…someone took gomez off the rags hands so there is a lid for every pot (or poti as the case may be). sad to say but $3.5M is pretty cheap for an experienced dman. not too many young dmen are UFA’s next year, so if a team strikes out maybe they look to him…
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Mar 8, 2010 10:43 AM EST up reply actions
Pass or Fail?
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a phrase to be used by Caps fans when the team scores 5 or more goals.
Because now I can justify browsing and commenting during the work day with the argument that I am promoting my business.
Anyone want to meet up before the game?
I’m going tonight! Woohoo spring break.
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WHAT!?!
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by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 8, 2010 11:38 AM EST up reply actions
I won’t be there, therefore, booo! Have fun though!
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i’m gonna be getting a late start heading to the game tonight but if all goes according to plan (which is extremely rare) i should be in DC at 630. Might be to late to meet up for Pregame.. but during I am down.
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
Woohoo spring break.
Really liked your work as the secretary of the Bluth company.
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by Bald Pollack on Mar 8, 2010 11:37 AM EST up reply actions
well when you put it that way…
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by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 8, 2010 11:39 AM EST up reply actions
Last time I checked I was not on the “Girls With Low Self Esteem” video
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by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 8, 2010 11:40 AM EST up reply actions
Don’t worry…my eyes are up here…
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by Bald Pollack on Mar 8, 2010 12:11 PM EST up reply actions
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This made me smile on a rainy Monday morning.
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Just five minutes away from the return of “Capital Ups and Downs,” in which you all tell me how dumb I am. Can’t wait!
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just think how many fewer clicks the site would collect if we all agreed with every choice!
by Natty Bumppo on Mar 8, 2010 10:56 AM EST up reply actions
I prefer ego strokin’ to page views.
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Hi Dale. I suggest going here to discuss the song.
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Icetheics is running their annual logo poll. They do it in bracket format. And what team are the Caps up against in the first round? Oh, none other than the hated waddle birds! VOTE OR DIE!
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Did my part, but I gotta say I would be happier to vote if it was the waddle bird vs the weagle…I don’t know how I feel about having the weagle as the primary on the jerseys, but it’s so much cooler in and of itself than “capitals” with a hockey stick.
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by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 8, 2010 1:44 PM EST up reply actions
I’m just checking and Ticketmaster has some tickets for tonight’s game, if anyone was wondering. I wish I could justify it, but I’m going to Toronto on the 20th and should probably save.
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this is all my fault!
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
I may go anyway! My poor savings account!
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Save your money. It’s the Stars. I’ve seen them twice in person myself this year. Beside Eriksson they aren’t that entertaining.
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I probably will, but it would still be nice to do something exciting during spring break.
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Um, yeah—the Stars aren’t a team that you want to pay to watch. They’s kinda dull, except when Turco tries to make a save.
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by Chris Burton on Mar 8, 2010 12:23 PM EST up reply actions
Did Marty Turco kill a baby or something? The amount of grief the guy gets around here is remarkable. He plays on a team with a crappy blueline and forward lines composed of pups and senior citizens. You’d think he had a .877 save percentage and a 3.59 GAA.
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He’s not as bad as all that, he’s just a fun guy to make fun of. When he makes a mistake its truly awful, and he plays on a team nobody cares much for.
I think they made the right move by not trading him, though: Alex Auld and Kari Lehtonen were not getting them to the playoffs.
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by Chris Burton on Mar 8, 2010 12:30 PM EST up reply actions
Alex Auld and Kari Lehtonen were not getting them to the playoffs.
Neither is Turco 13 of their final games are against teams that are as of right now in the playoffs, including the next 11 in a row.
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He gives them a better chance than KL or AA did.
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by Chris Burton on Mar 8, 2010 12:39 PM EST up reply actions
No doubt. My only point was it doesn’t matter who the goalie is. Given their team composition and their schedule it would take a minor miracle for them to make the playoffs. Turco is a good goalie, but he’s not Annie Sullivan
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Yeah, I definitely don’t think they make it. James Neal and Eriksson are awesome but not the type of players to carry the team by themselves.
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by Chris Burton on Mar 8, 2010 12:42 PM EST up reply actions
If we could have stolen Eriksson away from them at the deadline I would have been over the moon. The guy looked great alongside Backstrom…of course, many often do, but still. He’s fun to watch.
So underrated. You never, ever hear about him, and he’s not flashy, similar to Ryan Suter, or even Nick Backstrom.
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Ryan Suter – another underrated guy I love! I tend to gravitate towards those types. Underrated, underappreciated or just plain untalented (which explains my ongoing love for Ben Clymer).
The pre-Olympic description of Loui Eriksson: “The best 30-goal scorer you’ve never heard of.”
Nicky helped up his profile a bit. :)
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I’d heard of him ;) But yes, I know what you mean. Nicky (and Alfie) helped him become a sligh
I’ve always kind of liked the Stars, which is probably one of the only reasons I’d heard of Erikkson. They’ve ended up with a bunch of my favorite guys over the years so I always kind of keep an eye on them. I love Marty Turco and Mike Modano, and I find Steve Ott to be hilarious, too, so that helps.
And Ribeiro gets the best nickname. Gotta love a player named “Ribs.”
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gee, kill my excitement for what is possibly one of only two games I’ll get to watch in person this year…don’t you have a Predators blog to run or something?
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by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 8, 2010 1:40 PM EST up reply actions
Don’t worry-my OTF duties are fully taken care of ;). I handle game previews and special pieces.
I don’t know about you, but I’d rather see my team kick all hell out of someone than it be real close. So you’re probably good there.
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yea, I’m with you there. I’m just teasing
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by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 8, 2010 2:26 PM EST up reply actions
would still be nice to do something exciting during spring break.
nope.. not gonna touch this.. nope. will not do it.
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
such restraint!
I had similar thoughts…
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by Chris Burton on Mar 8, 2010 12:28 PM EST up reply actions
blame jordan.
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
You’re the same person who never wears pants, amirite?
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by Chris Burton on Mar 8, 2010 12:36 PM EST up reply actions
not so much
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by Chris Burton on Mar 8, 2010 12:38 PM EST up reply actions
No, it’s pretty irrelevant.
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agree to disagree
OT-whats the black avatar alliance??
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by Chris Burton on Mar 8, 2010 12:42 PM EST up reply actions
Look at my Av, and look at Jordandc’s av.
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Yep, saving my money tonight, no Turco for me.
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fine seattle and I will be “would still be nice to do something exciting during spring break.” w/o you.
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 8, 2010 1:56 PM EST up reply actions
“What happens in the Phone Booth, stays in the Phone Booth”?
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by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 8, 2010 1:56 PM EST up reply actions
i like the way you work..
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
You’ll find out for sure tonight?
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"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
haha, don’t get your hopes up there, buddy
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by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 8, 2010 2:25 PM EST up reply actions
Highslot: try capitalization, I’ve heard it impresses…
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Oh yeah baby! Press that shift button!
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Works wonders with your romantic life! Or something. And yes, JP, this is off topic.
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WWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAA
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
Um, not, not like that. More like this. See? The first letter of every sentence is capitalized, and things like Ovechwin, which is a proper noun. ;)
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It’s just too hard. So much effort.
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I know, right? I think I just pulled a pinky muscle.
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I use my pinkies for more important things!
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
Apparently one cant be unique any more…..
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
look here Seattle.. .I’m from Spokane.. we don’t mess around w/ no rainy, nirvana listening coastal babes.
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
well you’re talking to the girl who until about a week ago thought “Spokane” was pronounced like a certain Chicago Blackhawk who likes to sucker punch cabbies, so I’ll take Seattle anyday
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by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 8, 2010 2:52 PM EST up reply actions
Was all snark…. I love all Washingtonian’s whether original or transplanted!
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
no I got that, no worries!
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by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 8, 2010 3:00 PM EST up reply actions
Good… Where we meeting up for a brew??
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
my friend and I will be heading to Rocket Bar beforehand to throw back some PBRs
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by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 8, 2010 3:05 PM EST up reply actions
I should be down in DC at 630. Too late?
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
possibly….I want to make sure to get there in time for the start, but that will also depend on how fast we finish our beers.
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by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 8, 2010 3:17 PM EST up reply actions
Not much real estate to work with in a Phone Booth…
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From The Rink has some interesting speculation regarding 2011 All Star Game, and a little on 2011 Winter Classic. Washington submitted a bid for 2011, as did Pittsburgh (brand new shiny arena for Bettman to show off his prized player) and Raleigh (Bettman promised them an ASG, apparently). Washington and Pittsburgh both submitted bids for 2011 WC. Curious to see if a team that gets into WC will be allowed to host ASG the same year.
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The Pens’ new barn is going to be outrageously awesome, and it will instantly make every other NHL rink look as out-of-date as RFK.
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That’s the problem though. RFK might be obsolete by any metric and have terrible amenities, it still is one of the best stadiums for a fan to attend in the NFL.
If it wouldn’t make DC look like such a pack of backwood rednecks playing in such a dilapidated stadium nothing in my life would top watching the Caps play a Winter Classic at RFK.
I agree with you there. RFK is beat up and beat down, but the echoes there are full of win. And I still love the graceful roofline with the pennants flying in the breeze as seen from inside.
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It’s MLS, by the way. DC United.
What about FedEx for size, or Nats park for location?
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by red army line on Mar 8, 2010 1:39 PM EST up reply actions
I’m not a fan of Fedex because of it’s location, so I’d probably prefer Nats park. RFK would be really awesome, but again, it’s probably not in good enough shape. I think it’d be worth considering, but I think there’s probably some better options than that as well.
It’s a shame that Baltimore doesn’t have an NHL team, because Camden Yards would be an awesome place to have a WC.
caps only get the all star game if ted gets ownership of VC. ted will not let bettman give it to dc otherwise. thats why it hasnt been here since VC has opened.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Mar 8, 2010 12:36 PM EST up reply actions
Ted has already gone on record as saying he wants the Caps to play in a WC, but is not interested in hosting either a draft or ASG until the team has a Stanley Cup.
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and yet the Caps submitted a bid for the ASG. go figure.
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They would have a Stanley cup by then!
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Could not would d;oh.
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by DrinkingPartner on Mar 8, 2010 2:51 PM EST up reply actions
Image of the game, courtesy of the bears twitter
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2. HER – K. Aucoin
3. HER – G. Amadio
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by Wheeler on Mar 8, 2010 1:43 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
My two favorite teams
I won’t be too let down if the Stars lose this one. I’d rather Ovi score on them than Crosby anyhow.
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by Brad_Richards_Rocks on Mar 8, 2010 1:02 PM EST reply actions
I want Brad Richards to get a penalty shot goal – and I want AO to watch it very, very carefully. I want him to watch what a shooter with a quick release does when he charges the net and fires one off at the circles. I want that thing to ring off the post and in, and I want that image burned into our captain’s brain, because I’m convinced he could be a 40% faceoff guy if he did the exact same thing.
Also, I’d like an 8-1 final with dueling hat tricks by Green and AO.
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Mike Ribeiro’s no slouch at the shootout, either.
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He really isn’t – Ribeiro’s got a lot of knocks on him but I’ve loved watching him since his Montreal days. Kind of a jackass but fun to watch.
Also, Ovie’s problem with the shootout has never been that he doesn’t know how to score. Look at him on breakaways – that thing’s going in more often than not. I’ve always thought his problem with shootouts, penalty shots, etc is that he thinks too much. Instead of just going in with a head of steam and trying the first thing that comes to mind, he’s overthinking it. He plays best when he plays on instinct.
I’d almost prefer that the other team threw a defenseman out there to chase him as he’s taking the shootout…but that might be against the rules ;)
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Shootout = too static. Ovie’s a dynamic kind of guy.
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or a squirt of Gatorade courtesy of E. Malkin
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by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 8, 2010 1:43 PM EST up reply actions
Does he still have to be friends with Geno now that the ’Lympics are done?
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He dives more than anyone I’ve ever seen.
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Yeah Ribs dives.
But I love him. :)
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by Brad_Richards_Rocks on Mar 9, 2010 10:21 AM EST up reply actions
Is anyone else getting sick of watching the Caps play the Bolts and the Canes? 5 of our 11 remaining games this month are either against the Bolts or the Canes, and I’m kinda getting sick of seeing them over and over and over again.
I am a hockey fan first, and a Caps fan second.
Wait till April when 4 of our last six games are against Atlanta and Boston.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Mar 8, 2010 1:47 PM EST up reply actions
We didn’t even play one division game (Atlanta) until the third week of the season, and we didn’t see the ’Canes at all until the last day of November.
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That’s kinda my point. If they want to create divisional rivalries, that’s fine, and I realize the Olympics messed up the schedule this year, but playing the Lightning 3 times in 16 days, and the Canes 3 times in 15 days, is a little much.
The only bright spot is that most of the teams we play for the rest of the season are playing for a playoff spot when we play them. Should be gritty hockey for the next month and change…
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Nope. I’ll take the lower qualcomp at this stage in the game.
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true story…it does get old though
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by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 8, 2010 1:53 PM EST up reply actions
From today's Caps Insider
Hmmm…
If you read my story today, then you know that Joe Corvo is wearing a special Kevlar sock to protect himself from future puncture wounds. Well, here’s a little more on that topic. He tried out a new, prototype sock last game at the suggestion of Alex Ovechkin, who has been wearing them since almost suffering a skate cut in San Jose. Brendan Morrison is also wearing one of the prototype socks, which I’m told is being produced by Shimano (yes, the bike parts/fishing reel company)
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More new content, if you’re into such things.
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More JR Luv:
From Defending Big D’s gameday preview:
First off, if you’re not reading Japer’s Rink on a daily basis, you’re missing one of the best hockey blogs in not just the entire SBN family of hockey blogs, but in all of hockey and all of sports.
"It hit me on the pants. I had protection. It felt good. Why? I wanted to win."
last week, we spent a fair amount of time discussing who was and wasn’t well coached at the olympics. Most of us were in agreement that the US and Switzerland were the best coached teams. GMGM said US and Canada. And now he’s thrown Slovakia in there as well (via Steinz).
Slovakia was well-coached. I know they were, because Peter Bondra was the manager and he had his coach over here and was working with Bruce, and they were preparing. They were well-prepared, and they had a good tournament.
Ok, I can agree that Slovakia looked well coached in the few games I saw. But I didn’t know Bondra brought Slovakia’s coach over to consult with Bruce. Interesting that the same tactic didn’t work for Sweden.
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For Bears fans (and of general interest to Caps fans), John Walton writes that Aucoin signed a 2-yr contract extension, so he’ll be staying in the organization.
It’s of more than a passing interest to Caps fans, as he will count against the team’s 50-contract limit. For further discussion, head here.
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Ken campbell seems to think that Ovie’s hit on Jagr was “a head shot, plain and simple.” I really hate that bastard.
http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/32021-Campbells-Cuts-Head-shots-need-definition-before-denunciation.html
You had me at no problem.
was the possibility of it as a headshot even discussed immediately after the hit? I feel like the general sense among everyone was “awesome, clean hit”…but maybe I just live in a Caps/Ovi-loving bubble?
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by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 8, 2010 3:18 PM EST up reply actions
If Jagr didn’t complain about the hit (other than lamenting he was dumb enough to put himself in the position to take it), then I don’t want to hear any media people bitching.
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Ken Campbell writing useless rubbish. Shocked I am.
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I agree. I also have to give Jagr credit for his postgame reaction, his obvious embarrassment was pretty hilarious.
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by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 8, 2010 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
Didn’t he say something like “I wish I had a concussion so I could forget this sooner?”
I’m pretty sure if Jagr had thought the hit was dirty, he would have said so.
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yup, something to that effect…glad to see the guy had a sense of humor about it.
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by SeattleCapsFan on Mar 8, 2010 3:34 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t remember any such discussion, and furthermore, having just re-watched the hit, it’s shoulder-to-CHEST, not shoulder-to-head.
Sheesh, Ken Campbell is a blind idiot.
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Granted, it’s like shoulder to upper chest, to close, but no.
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by red army line on Mar 8, 2010 3:23 PM EST up reply actions
Campbell might be goober, but on this one, he’s right. Under the definition of the IIHF as to what constitutes a “head shot,” Ovechkin’s check on Jagr was just that. A legal check in the NHL (which that check would have been) is not the same under IIHF rules, were any contact with the head is deemed a “head shot.”
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If there was any contact with the head, it was only Ovie’s arm grazing Jagr’s shield after the shoulder hit. Impossible to call that a “head shot” with a straight face.
You had me at no problem.
If it was two obscure players in another tournament, I suspect one of them would have received a suspension. Not in the Olympics with two of the most famous players on the planet.
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The point, though, is that the Ovechkin-on-Jagr hit is safely within the boundaries of the rules as played in the NHL. Not even close. They get up, and play on, and both players (I think) recognize that — even Jagr seemed to think (finally) that it wasn’t an out of bounds hit. IIHF has a much tougher threshold is all.
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I know Jagr’s visor cracked, but if it had been deemed a heat shot, shouldn’t he have been suspended for the next game under IIHF rules? I assumed the crack from the impact of the fall. He went down pretty hard.
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I assume Jagr’s head took a bounce off the ice. It makes me wonder how anything else could have done so.
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Southeast Standings
| GP | W | L | OTL | PT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Washington
|
82 | 54 | 15 | 13 | 121 |
|
Atlanta
|
82 | 35 | 34 | 13 | 83 |
|
Carolina
|
82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 80 |
|
Tampa Bay
|
82 | 34 | 36 | 12 | 80 |
|
Florida
|
82 | 32 | 37 | 13 | 77 |
(updated 4.12.2010 at 9:21 AM EDT)
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