And would that make him this?

Any scoring from Chimmer will be a bonus. Just keep skating and checking your ass off, big fella.

If we have a John Druce this year, I’m hoping/thinking it’ll be Fehr, and not just because of his awesome Habs numbers.

Chimera = Sandpaper. You can never have enough sandpaper.

Did you read the comments?

As a Jackets fan who had three of these guys – Williams (one assist, no goals), Chimera (one assist, no goals), and Malhotra (0 assists, 1 own-goal deflection by trying to catch a slapshot) – all on our team for last year’s sweep, this is really quite unintentionally hillarious. ;)

If there’s anyone who I think got stronger over the last half dozen games, it was Chimera. I thought he was clearly revving up. As I mentioned in the previous post, defensemen like Gill are going to have to contend with Chimeras size and skill. Gill is the kind of weakness you exploit. When Chimera puts his foot on the pedal, Gill is going to end up beat, or taking a penalty. That line is going to bd in the slot and crashing the net a lot. Montreals defense offer the Caps bottom 6 fwds the opportunity to contribute offensively. While Markov Is getting tired with 8-19-22, Belanger, Fehr and Chimera will be buzzing past Gill.
That’s what I expect to see. Speed, size, and tenacity. Throw in Bradley, Walker and the playoff version of Steckel and you’ve got yourself a game.

My only concern with Chimera is that he seems to get way too invested in extracting revenge when somebody screws around with him. We saw him go after Ovechkin for an entire game, and then all the penalties against the Bruins for example. Pretty minor issue, and I don’t see it being a problem vs. Montreal, but it might be something to look out for.

The stars will have to shine bright, but if the opposition defense manages to stop one or two of the Caps best players, they still have the offensive depth to wear down the Habs over what I hope will only be 4 or 5 games. That said, a complete team effort is needed, a commitment to play a full 60 minutes—or more if a game goes to OT. The Caps defense has to contribute to the scoring, especially on the PP, and Theo has to be the Theo of his 30 regular season wins. If all these stars align properly, it’s on to round 2 which, if all top 4 seeds advance, will be vs the Penguins again, hopefully with a much different outcome this year.

If anything, the Chimera – B-Mo – Fehr line might be the most important line in the playoffs. That’s a mix of scoring and a good checking line right there, and has the ability to give teams fits. I’m expecting big things out of Chimera.