Saturday Caps Clips: A Night of Milestones

I don’t know that you even vote Doughty in as a finalist this season. People are getting so caught up in the rage that they assume he’s had a Norris-level season, which he hasn’t, if you compare him to Green or Keith.

And yeah, not buying the physicality thing. I’ve seen Keith and Doughty on a regular basis and if anything Keith is more physical (right now).

It’s a race to the “anyone but Green” vote.

Obviously, you can beat anyone, but the 8 seed is pretty important. Did you see Lundqvist last night? Not a good time for him to be getting hot, if you’re the rest of the league.

Isn’t he saying he’d rather have Green (i.e. he’d trade or give up Phaneuf for Green any day)?

I think he means he’d give up Dion to get Green any day of the week.

At this point, I feel both teams are just playing for the privilege of getting swept in the first round by the Caps. I’d almost rather the Rags win at this point than subject myself to that hot mess.

“Tortorella’s got it all wrong … Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player.” -Peter Luuko

by doubleh on Apr 9, 2010 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The comment to that article (as of now):

There’s a reason people say there’s no D in Mike Green, anyone who says otherwise needs to take off their red shaded sunglasses before analyzing his game. With the amount of talent on the ice when he is on it is not hard to have his +/-. His teammate Jeff Schultz is like +37 and I doubt anyone is getting ready to nominate him for a Norris. The guy is an offensive minded player that sits at the point, it’s as simple as that. With the amount of talent the Capitals have on the roster, Green does not have to be as good as guys like Doughty trekking back. He’s still a phenomenal talent but he’s immature and needs to improve in his own end before he deserves a defenseman’s trophy.

There’s a reason in a career that spanned 20 seasons that Paul Coffee only won 3 Norris trophies.

Personally I wouldn’t be surprised if Green isn’t even in the top 3, with guys like Duncan Keith, Chris Pronger, Drew Doughty, Dan Boyle, Niklas Lidstrom all being up there. I’d be very surprised if Keith doesn’t win.

Personally, I think it’s tough to analyze a player if you don’t watch him. Just my two cents.

On a side note, is Dan Boyle really as poor in his own end as commenters like F&B make him out to be? He looked solid in ANA vs SJS last postseason, and I haven’t seen much of him since (don’t recall his TBL days much).

Last season Alex Giroux/Ovechkin took MVPs I believe. I’ll look it up.

Gretzky Ovie and someone else, it was tossed around Twitter last night

And all five of them started on the ice for last night’s game. How many times does that happen?

I couldn’t see Semin participating in that video 2 years ago.

We aren’t surprised that he speaks English, are we? I mean, I don’t blame him for not wanting to speak to the media in his second language, and it seems that he’s a shy person generally, but there’s no way he’s lived here this long on a multinational team without being able to get by in the local language.

I didn’t even watch all the videos. But I agree. Shootout is not hockey. Why not include a clip of Datsyuk juggling during warm ups?

Dis-a-fucking-gree personally.

I would rank Theodore above Elliott, and maybe Fleury judging by this year.

I’d agree, but here is something to chew on. In 1983-1984, Grant Fuhr ranked 17th in GAA among goalies with at least 40 appearances (21 teams at the time; Theodore ranks 26th with 30 teams). Edmonton went 15-4 in the playoffs.

Hell no. Disagree. Last year, I can see it, but with the way he’s been playing this year?

There are goalies on that list capable of stealing a game here or there, but there are only two who I think could steal a series at this point in their career — Miller and Brodeur (Miller for his talent, Brodeur for his ability to intimidate other clubs with his reputation)

As though the rankings weren’t bad enough, this phrase is all you need to know in order to write that article off:

There’s no denying Brodeur’s playoff struggles in the last few years. But I have a feeling this year will be different.

Wow, so you’ve got a “feeling,” huh? That’s some kick-ass evidence in favor of your case.

Miller, Brodeur, Halak, Rask, Lundqvist, Theodore, Fleury, Elliott, Boucher. In that order.

Jose Theodore, WSH… Theodore is awfully fragile. He can look great and abysmal in the same game, and there’s no guarantee he’ll be able to hold onto that #1 spot.

Maybe he’s talking about last year. I’m not sure where I’d rank Theo on this year’s list, but fragile seems like an odd word to describe someone who hasn’t lost in regulation since January. Even on his off night’s he’s managed to hold on long enough so the game goes to OT.

Wow. I don’t know if you’re friends with the guy or not. But his head is up his ass. Has he watched any EC hockey this year? Clearly not. MAF and Brian Elliot are definitely below Theo if you go by their play this year, especially since January. But MAF haz a Cup so he will be good when it countz! Whatever. At worst Theo is 6 and he’s probably at 4 or 5.

And I also disagree with his WC rankings. Has he watched Luongo since the Olympics? Or is this just a rank of the best names?

This year has been absolutely awesome, and by far the best I can remember ever watching (was too young to watch hockey in ‘85). However, the free point era has kind of tarnished this achievement for me. Still, wouldn’t trade this season with any other teams season this year.

I’m probably just being slow, stupid, and tired, but which link is this?

i kind of expected/hoped for a “бля” at the end, though… ;-)

TEB mentioned Sasha’s interview with Slava Malamud last night – I don’t see anything on Slava’s blog yet… Or does he hide his interviews somewhere else?

I think Ovie needs at least one goal to get the trophy, but winning it with a hat trick would be sweet. Like you said, Crosby’s not going to put up bagels in both games. He’ll get at least one.

This is one of the only things I’m watching for these last couple of games. I know it’s selfish and the playoffs are more important, etc. but seeing Crosby fail and Ovie win would just be an extra bonus.

Didn’t think Ovi was going to play Sunday — if Bruce is correct.

Sid’s games are both on the road where he has produced at a much lower rate. He won’t goose-egg, I don’t think, but I don’t see him getting to 52 either.

Is this comparable to the situation the Caps were in when they unloaded Bondra?

This guy seems to forget that Bruins wouldn’t even trade that pick for Kovalchuk. If they wouldn’t use that pick for Ilya, they sure as heck wouldn’t trade it for Iginla.

The idea that they should trade him isn’t crazy. The idea that they could trade him to Boston is ludicrous. If Boston couldn’t afford to keep Phil Kessel under the cap at $5.4m, why on earth would they trade for Iginla’s decline years at a $7m cap hit?

Well he’s never won a Cup so you can’t build a team around him.

Melrose in the middle of the season gave that what, a 15/10? (the one-hander) And gave Giordano a 9/10, I think. Shows what TSN thinks of his opinion.

I believe it is done in multiple pools, then the winners of the pools faceoff for the final vote. Those two plays are likely in other pools.

Seriously… Let’s not overthink what MVP means. It’s just a formal way of saying “best.” It’s why anyone who wins the Art Ross gets immediate consideration.

Dave Hodge always keeps it straightforward, uses common sense and is to the point..

I agree. Obviously we have our bias but his is the most outstanding individual performance this year. His points per game is absolutely ridiculous and any time you do something that hasn’t been done since Mario did it you know you’re having an exceptional season.

Probably some haunches—-Tom Poti? Shaone Morrisonn? Sidney Crosby?

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I’m devastated

Puck bunnies everywhere weep.

It’s an upper body injury that’s not supposed to be serious, and the sucky part is that last night was game 40 for him this season.

lol I would be lying if I said I wasn’t a little worried when BB said Ovie wanted the day off – if only because he doesn’t seem like the type of guy that didn’t want to be on the ice if there was nothing (physically) wrong with him.

I’d throw a freaking party if it did, though. The Caps need to bring in a PK expert this offseason.

There’s still a pretty good chance that the Caps play either Montreal or Boston. All four are still in play.

through some convoluted scenarios, Habs could also drop out of the playoffs (the key here is a loss to the Leafs I believe, and wins by the others). But it looks like the B’s realistically finish either 7th or not at all.

According to SCS, it seems that all four teams have a nearly equal chance of finishing 8th. The Canadiens and the Rangers are at 25%, Boston’s at 20%, and the Flyers are at 30%.

Hahahaha. Jack Edwards is freaking out. “UNBELIEVABLE. UNBELIEVABLE!” Nah, shit just happens Jack.

Need to?

If Montreal beats the Leafs (God forbid), then you play the winner of Flyers-Rangers.

Hehe. Hopefully BOS sits Chara and Rask and whoever else is banged up for their game tomorrow. They’ve clinched so no need to go all out in the last game. Right?

(And Sid probably gets Hedberg and ATL coming off a game last night in which they let up 47 shots.)