Friday Caps Clips: Back to Winning
by J.P. on Apr 2, 2010 6:45 AM EDT
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PrintYour savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night's win from us, the WaPo (blog, gamer), Vogs, Joe B., DCEx, Ed Frankovic, Puck Daddy, Peerless, OFB, RtR, Puckhead, RMNB, StC, FFODC and Caps In Pictures.
- On Colby Armstrong's hit on Mathieu Perreault. [FanShot (video), Peerless, AJC, PHT]
- At the other end of the spectrum, the best moment of the night. [NBC4]
- Don't forget to tune in for Episode 2 of Japers' Rink Radio tomorrow morning. Expect awesome.
- Covering the less-substantive aspects of yesterday's goings on, Agent Steinz. [D.C. Sports Bog, D.C. Sports Bog]
- "He's going to be a better scorer than Ovechkin in a couple of years." Click through to find out who's talking and about whom he's talking. [FanHouse]
- "Barack the Red" hits Canada. [TSN]
- Bryan Murray on his time in D.C. [OFB]
- Once again, it's Keith Aucoin and Alexandre Giroux battling for an AHL scoring title. [Patriot-News]
- Not surprisingly, Aucoin and Giroux are First Team AHL All-Stars. But how about Andrew Gordon making that Second Team? [AHL]
- Finally, happy 27th birthday to Owen Fussey.
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I can’t think of any qualities that Stamkos is superior to Sanya in so I can’t think how he could be the better goal scorer. Next year teams will have scouted Stamkos and his team better and disable the one or two power play moves the Lighting have?
The same things were said about Ovechkin.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Apr 2, 2010 7:06 AM EDT up reply actions
Stamkos might get there, but you have to wonder how. Tampa isn’t the Caps, with a Nicklas Backstrom or Alexander Semin to take the heat off him. Martin St. Louis has turned into Stamkos’ personal valet, setting him up for a lot of those goals (Marty already has a career high in assists). But he’s 34. And Vincent Lecavalier does not seem to be the player he was a few years ago. The Lightning do not appear to have a lot of promise in the pipeline at forward.
Stamkos has the talent, but he might be a one-man show in his formative years. Is he going to get the help Ovechkin gets to hit those high notes?
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That remains to be seen. In his first 2 years Ovechkin didn’t have much help either. Stamkos has definitely had a better supporting cast on O in his first 2 years than Ovechkin had.
My point is to simply show my skepticism towards the idea that teams will miraculously be able to stop him. It’s not like Stamkos is Cheechoo. He has the skill, speed and shot to make a play himself. He doesn’t need Jumbo Joe for everything (though having St. Louis certainly doesn’t hurt his production).
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Apr 2, 2010 7:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Think the Cooke hit on Vinny is what’s done him in? You’re right; he’s definitely not the same.
by DrinkingPartner on Apr 2, 2010 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Stamkos is like a highly touted young pitcher in baseball who mows through opposing teams for a while before they’ve gotten the book on him or really game-planned for him. Right now he’s catching teams much more by surprise than he will in the not-too-distant future.
Don’t get me wrong, I think he’s one hell of a talent with a great career ahead of him. But taking the season he’s had and making ridiculous assumptions based on it isn’t going to look too smart a few years down the road.
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Since you’ve been around longer than I have – were the same things said about Ovechkin when he first started?
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I think there was that element, to an extent, especially since Ovi is a goal-scorer and the thinking was that he’d be more dependent on his center to generate scoring opportunities. And I do think that, to an extent, there are times when AO does get a little predictible and easier (though never easy) to defend. How many times did he try to carry the puck from the left boards across last night, for example?
Maybe I’m underestimating Stammer, but I don’t think I’m quite ready to say he’s going to be a better goal scorer than a guy who has put up historic goal-scoring numbers in his first five years in the League.
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I was asking, chill. :)
I’m not ready to say either way – I think it’s still in a wait-and-see phase.
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Oh, I’m totally chill (reading through the Recap comments notwithstandings) – that last line was for Clarke, not you.
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I’m about 101% certain that alcohol was a factor.
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No real need to relive it here.
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by J.P. on Apr 2, 2010 8:33 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Maybe its just me, but whenever I see a Stamkos goal, they all look exactly the same. The big cross ice pass to set him up for the shot from one knee. I’ll be more convinced when he can “grow” beyond that once teams start to take it away.
Ovechkin was different because all his goals were about power. He was just something that hit the league that people hadn’t seen for a long time. Stamkos just doesn’t seem to have that same thing of being “overpowering”, although he’s still young enough to where he could get there, but I don’t see him adding that element to his game. Not a knock on Stamkos, but he’s just not that kind of player.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 2, 2010 8:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Maybe its just me, but whenever I see a Stamkos goal, they all look exactly the same. The big cross ice pass to set him up for the shot from one knee. I’ll be more convinced when he can "grow" beyond that once teams start to take it away.
Ovi used to live on those types of shots until teams starting defensing against it, especially on the penalty kill. Stamkos is the same way and I’ll be real curious to see what he can come up with once the opposition starts preventing those plays. From what I’ve seen, Stamkos has a real knack for finding open ice. Ovechkin creates his own open space which makes him far more dangerous. When Stamkos can repeat what he’s done this year for the next three seasons, come and talk to me.
Agreed, but you’ve gotta admit that the fact that Stamkos will likely have more goals in his second season in the League than Ovechkin did in his soph season is a pretty damn impressive accomplishment.
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Right, but Ovechkin was the same age as Stamkos when he had his monster rookie season. His sophomore season was his “worst” season, both offensively and defensively.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Apr 2, 2010 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Agreed, but you’ve gotta admit that the fact that Stamkos will likely have more goals in his second season in the League than Ovechkin did in his soph season is a pretty damn impressive accomplishment.
Not diminishing Stamkos’ season, but Ovi’s second season came after a monster rookie year. Everyone knew about Alex, so he wasn’t sneaking up on anyone and he had virtually no supporting cast. When the opposing team faced the Caps, there #1,2 & 3 assignments were to stop Ovechkin. Stamkos didn’t create that kind of fanfare in his rookie season, so I think he caught a lot of teams by surprise early on. Also Stamkos is playing on a team with St. Louis and Vinny, so opponents can’t try and defense him the way they could Alex. Not taking anything away from Stamkos, but I think he’d be hard pressed to get 46 goals playing for the ‘06-’07 Caps.
Agreed. The 06-07 Caps featured such stalwarts as Kris Beech, Jakub Klepis, and Jiri Novotny.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 2, 2010 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m curious. Whats the main difference between “finding open ice” and “creating space”?
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Finding open ice is more finding an area where you can cleanly recieve a pass and get a scoring chance. Creating space is more active. It involves doing things like bullrushing defenders, which Ovechkin excels at.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Apr 2, 2010 9:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Brett Hull found open ice. Cam Neely created space.
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Brett Hull is the player that I would most readily compare Stamkos’s potential to. That’s pretty damn high praise, all things considered.
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by Knee high to a duck on Apr 2, 2010 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe its just me, but whenever I see a Stamkos goal, they all look exactly the sam
Can throw this in the “who cares, a boring goal and a pretty goal are still worth….. … ONE goal” bag, tie it up to a brick, and throw it in the potomac
Its not just a question of “style” in terms of the goals looking the “sam”, but if the guy is scoring exactly the same way pretty much every single time he scores a goal, that’s going to be pretty easy for the opposition to stop after a while, no?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 2, 2010 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Brett Hull scored a lot of his goals the same way — slap shots from the circles. He did pretty well. (Except when he played with Gretzky.)
I think you guys are selling Stamkos short. He isn’t some flash-in-the-pan player who just came out of nowhere. He was the first overall pick in the draft.
He was the first overall pick in the draft.
So was Patrik Stefan.
Brett Hull scored a lot of his goals the same way — slap shots from the circles. He did pretty well. (Except when he played with Gretzky.)
Stamkos does remind me a lot of Hull, and there’s no knock on him for being that type of player. It just makes it so you have to have a guy like an Adam Oates to keep feeding him and to get the most out of him.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 2, 2010 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions
And so was Lemieux, Ovechkin, Crosby, et al. I’m saying that as a first overall pick, he obviously has talent. He’s obviously chosen to work hard at it and become a good player. Stefan never did.
And Hull played only 3 seasons with Oates.
Hull played only 3 seasons with Oates.
True, but that’s when he put up his most ridiculous stats. Same could be said of Cam Neely, however.
Adam Oates was the shit.
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Sorry, but comparing Stamkos to Stefan is pretty weak. His point was that Stamkos isn’t some bolt from the blue – the kid’s clearly got talent. And it’s not just this year, either. Once he got a chance to actually play last year, he was on fire.
I agree with the Hull comparisons for his power play one-timers, but Stamkos has better wheels than Hull could ever dream of. Hull was a fat little out-of-shape piece of crap (often by his own admission) with a great shot and a phenomenal sense of where to set up.
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I wasn’t comparing Stamkos to Stefan. The point of what I said is that while he was a first overall pick, that’s not a guarantee to sure-fire success as the quote implied.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 2, 2010 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Ok, but first overall in a historically weak draft is a little different. Even at the time there were doubts about Stefan. . . Stamkos, not so much.
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Well…I didn’t mean to single it out as Stefan only. I could have said “Alexandre Daigle” since there were NO doubts about how good that guy was going to be. Stefan was just the first name that popped into my head. The general thesis of “just because you’re drafted first doesn’t mean you’re going to be a great NHLer” remains.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 2, 2010 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions
John Tavares would like to prove your point over the next few years, I think.
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I think he was a better pick for NYI than Hedman would have been.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 2, 2010 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Better pick, no doubt about it. Better player, no. Tavares was seen as the savior, and the NYI fan base needed that. They should’ve taken Duchene, obviously, but water under the bridge.
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Isn’t the jury coming back a little early on those three guys?
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yeah
But we can only go on what we’ve seen.
In fairness to Tavares and Hedman, Duchene has been put in a much better position to succeed. I’ll withhold final judgment…
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Tavares and Hedman were pretty much the consensus number 1 and 2 guys in some combination right? If they had taken Duchene, and Tavares was putting up Duchenian numbers and leading Colorado to the playoffs right now, they would be getting ripped to high heaven.
Its not like Tavares is having a really bad year though compared to Duchene.
Tavares 21/26/47
Duchene 23/30/53
Look at their QAULCOMPS:
Duchene: -.056
Tavares: .021
And QUALTEAMS:
Duchene: -.0007
Tavares: -.025
Tavares plays with much worse teammates against better comp than Duchene. If the Isles were as good as Colorado is, Tavares’ numbers would be just as good, if not better, than Duchene’s.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 2, 2010 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Interesting, rec’d for legwork.
Yeah, Tavares/Hedman were 1-2. I think Duchene will end up the better player, personally, but I didn’t realize they were as close as you noted. For one thing, you rarely hear Tavares in the Calder talk, but then again, you can’t believe everything you hear.
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It genuinely surprised me when I looked it up. For all the talk you hear of Duchene’s addition to Colorado, Tavares has been just as good for NYI. And gets pretty much none of the attention Duchene gets.
I guess that’s what playing on a good team gets you, no?
Just for shits n’ giggles:
Steven Stamkos in his rookie year last year put up 23/23/46. His QUALCOMP was -0.029 and his QUALTEAM was .030
Mason won the Calder last year, but Kane in 07-08 put up 21/51/72 with a .072 QUALCOMP and .0153 QUALTEAM.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 2, 2010 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions
BREAKING:
Pekka Rinne wuz ROBBED of a Calder finalist spot last year.
Surprised Stammer only scored 46 last year.
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Eh…the writers can’t pronounce his name ;)
He’s Wladimir Kryzanowski’s non-union, Finnish equivalent.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 2, 2010 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions
In seriousness, Kris Versteeg over Rinne was a load of shit.
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Don’t recall, but you’re probably right.
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Power play one-timers and the ability to find those little spots in the zone. My vague memory (I was very young during Brett Hull’s dominant years) is that Brett could fly at the beginning of those years, then got fatter and slower at the end.
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by Knee high to a duck on Apr 2, 2010 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions
No
He was always chubby and slow.
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I’ll defer to the witness that was out of early elementary school at the time. If anything then, Stamkos has a higher ceiling than Brett Hull, which is pretty remarkable.
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by Knee high to a duck on Apr 2, 2010 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Good article about Brett Hull in his prime.
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by D'ohboy on Apr 2, 2010 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
going to be pretty easy for the opposition to stop after a while, no?
well if we, the fans, figured out his formula, then you know his coach probably did a while back.. and he’s still scoring.. at a faster pace.
If Ovechkin doesn’t get the Rocket… I hope Stamkos does
Well, duh.
If Ovechkin doesn’t get the Rocket… I hope Stamkos does
The alternative is . . . unpleasant.
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Too early to call IMHO. Stamkos is definitely good. I’m not putting a ceiling on him yet. 2 years from now I think we’ll have a much better gauge on how good the kid can/will be. Certainly, he like anyone else, is helped or hurt by linemates and team. However, you can’t help but be impressed by his scoring touch. He has plenty of time to grow and diversify his game. I’ll be interested to see if they ever trade some of the vets on that roster how he does.
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Agree with the fact that it’s too early. Specifically, the question that has yet to be answered is whether this is a career year for Stamkos, or a typical year. When AO got 60+, from this distance it looks like that was a career year.
Stamkos might be a perrenial 50-goal guy. But he might also be a 40-goal guy with a bit of an outlier this year.
I will say that he’s a real talent.
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If he had been on Canada’s power play I’m not sure those USA-Canada games are the same results.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 2, 2010 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
It would be a shame if that were Ovie’s career year, because he’s been better this season. Pity about the injuries and suspensions.
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by Knee high to a duck on Apr 2, 2010 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions
One thing to note, Stamkos’s shooting pct is 17.7% this year. Not in the ridiculously high category, but probably not sustainable over the long hall. At a 15% clip, he’d have 39 goals this year.
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Thats pretty damn high, because all the players above him in the S% chart (he’s 11th) have about 100 less shots.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 2, 2010 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s damn high, but Stamkos has an incredibly accurate shot, he can really pick the spots where he wants to put the puck.
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by Knee high to a duck on Apr 2, 2010 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Right, I was contesting daddyo’s assessment that it wasn’t sustainable. With as many shots has he’s taken (260) and his accuracy, I think that it is. Honestly, a 55-60 goal season would not surprise me from him in the future, especially if St. Louis stays healthy on his line.
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If it’s banking on St. Louis, he better get it done soon. Marty is 34 or 35 years old and won’t be around at an elite level too much longer.
There are (very) rare players that can sustain 15%+ shooting percentages. Although, looking it up now, even Ilya Kovalchuk’s career mark is 14.8%. He does have seasons where he jumps up to 17 or 18, though.
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by Knee high to a duck on Apr 2, 2010 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Marty probably has one season like this left in him. I think the TBL are a playoff team next year, especially if Vinny decides to show up.
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Trying to stay relevant by talking shit. Stamkos is great, but we’ll see if he gets 50 next year.
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I think Bobby has actually said some intelligent stuff this year. His comments on Ovi were pretty spot on earlier this season.
I’m not saying he doesn’t like getting camera time, but compared to the garbage I’ve seen many spewing from a multitude of hockey folks this season, Clarke’s comments have been quite reasonable.
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Stamkos has the talent, but because of one breakout year where TB’s ENTIRE PP philosophy is getting the puck to him for a one-timer, and watching him cash in for 1/2 of his goal total will NOT enable him to become a better scorer than Ovie.
1/4 of Ovie’s goals are 5v4. Just about 1/2 of Stamkos’ are 5v4. When opposing PKers start to shadow him, he’ll drop back down to the 30 goal realm.
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1/4 of Ovie’s goals are 5v4. Just about 1/2 of Stamkos’ are 5v4.
During his second season ~35% of Ovechkin’s goals came on the PP….Stamkos is at ~45% so far this season. I
When opposing PKers start to shadow him, he’ll drop back down to the 30 goal realm.
So you honestly think Stamkos is only going to be good for ~5 PP goals a year?
Figures some guy would try to kill Perreault a day after I buy his jersey.
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All kidding aside – TSN mentions the hit in their highlights.
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I was furious about that hit…I was really hoping someone would go after him…nice choice on the sweater tho…
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He continued to play and be awesome after the hit, right? I missed most of the game.
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that was about as blatant of a headshot as I’ve seen this year in the league. The slow mo replay made it look like a straight up punch to the face
The Cooke and Richards hits were alot more blatent to me.
by Moonage Daydream on Apr 2, 2010 9:09 AM EDT up reply actions
In what way? Not disagree, just curious.
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Cook and richards were going pretty fast (especially richards)… who knew what they were really aiming for. You could make an argument that they were aiming for the shoulder and missed.
The shot to Perreault was a blatant punch to the face.
You could make an argument that they were aiming for the shoulder and missed.
C’mon man really? Look at the replays in succession.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSILVbnofZM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_F7LEZ78_o
The hit from last night pales in comparison to the other two in both severity and intent. It was sure as hell dirty and a hit to the head but trying to compare it to the other two is nothing short of exaggeration.
last night’s hit pales in comparison because of the force and injury involved weren’t there. That doesn’t mean the headshot was any less blatant. Blatant means obvious… not foreceful
My thoughts exactly. The actual intent to hit the head was much more clear (especially once the elbow/forearm comes up) but the force of the impact (and thus the likelihood of it causing serious injury) was much less.
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I don’t know about that. Armstrong went flying after impact. Take a look at this…
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I think because he didn’t get his body behind it. He threw his right elbow well across his body to the point where I think impact was to the left of his left shoulder. Not too much straight-on force there
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by red army line on Apr 2, 2010 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Sports Authority.com is doing $25 off $100 or more purchases.. Two different sales reps on the phone told me that the jersey customization is sewn, and will ship within 5 days (incredible if true).
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I’m supposed to have my jersey in two weeks time if you can hold off for a review. If they do sewn customization, it would probably be similar in quality to those places (same materials, etc), but Sports Authority is promising to get it to me waaaay faster.
If you can hold off 1-2 weeks, I’ll provide detailed close-up photos and a review.
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That is really fast. If the quality’s anywhere close I’ll have to go for that because it’s a good bet cheaper I think.
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I just ordered a Backy from SA, so I can let you know what I think, too. Just got my Sweden Backstrom from River City Sports (after two months…) and it’s pretty nice.
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I’m going to be real curious to see how the Colin Campbell Wheel of Justice deals with the Armstrong hit.
Here’s Mike Green hit that got him three games. And here’s Armstrong’s hit. Not much of a difference except that Green was a first-time offendor and Armstrong has a history for this type of stuff. If he gets off without a suspension, I’m offically crying foul.
Adams, Koci…Armstrong?
Going to be interesting…
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just not sure how that hit was not an elbowing penalty, especially with the ref watching the whole thing. that hit is not part of the new, blind-side back pressure to the head rule. thats a good old fashioned elbow to the bean. MP’s head was up, although clearly lower than most players heads. just dont understand how the ref doesnt call that in light of all the head hit discussions.
and is it my imagination or is 26 always the guy on the ice when something like this goes down?
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
What really grinds my gears is that even prior to the new headshot rule, THERE WERE RULES ON THE BOOKS THAT APPLIED in each situation except the Booth hits. We didn’t need a rule, we just needed to enforce it. Ditto here. Elbowing. Hit to the head. Roughing (his arm IS extended…) Whatever.
Yes, I’ve been saying that same thing all along. They could try enforcing the rules they already had, instead of badly fast-tracking a new one that they’ll also ignore…
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by CapitalCentre on Apr 2, 2010 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions
How about instead of the NHL getting new rules, they get new refs? The ones they have now are consistently inconsistent.
Ha. As a fairly respected official I can assure you of 2 things:
1) Officials will always miss stuff, or interpret things in real time differently than they would with the benefit of replay. Rarely will
2) Most referees are terrible. If you think the NHL officials are bad, go watch an ECHL game.
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by iwearstripes on Apr 2, 2010 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
Rec’d for perspective.
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by Bald Pollack on Apr 2, 2010 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Good points. I think the problem (and I know I’m not the first to say this) is that it’s all such a black box. We’re told that the league reviews every game and discusses bad calls with the officials afterward—but we don’t know what they’re looking at or what comes out of those discussions. Of course officials are human. What I want is evidence that they’re working to improve and taking appropriate steps when there’s no evidence of improvement.
And that’s not even getting into the issue of supplementary discipline. We might have that conversation again today depending on what Colin Campbell says…
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by CapitalCentre on Apr 2, 2010 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Did anyone hear about a Tanner Glass hit on Jeff Halpern? The radio on my way home said it was vicious.
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The one in the first period of the Vancouver/LA game? Yeah it was pretty brutal. Halpy was okay though (and Glass got jumped by Greene from LA). They gave him two minutes for charging after some deliberation.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 2, 2010 8:59 AM EDT up reply actions
OK, so not exactly suspend-able?
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Around the 15 second mark here.
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That didn’t look good. At all.
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Love how Greene jumpend on Glass instantly. I absolutely love that about hockey.
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by Knubles and Bits on Apr 2, 2010 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
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by Scott in Shaw on Apr 2, 2010 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions
tough hit. halpy was in the corner and leaning for the puck when glass mashed him into the boards. halpy’s head hit the dasher. charging call was a bit dubious since glass was gliding into him. i think the refs felt like they had to call something. doubt its suspendable since halpy put himself in a bad position. questionable whether it was a total hit to the back though.
really glad halpy got up and played. looked bad.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
Difference is Halpern didn’t put himself in that position because he saw the hit coming. He was playing the puck and Glass had every opportunity to make the safe play. Again, though. Guy gets up and skates away, no suspension coming.
dont think it matters whether halpy put himself in that position cause he saw the hit or not. he put himself in a posiiton so a hit that would otherwise be legal/clean turned out to look very bad and likely to cause injury.
glass certainly could have turned away from the hit, but you can say that about a lot of hits. i think if halpy is standing up this is just a loud hit. upon looking at the replay it seems pretty clear it was not from the back but on the side.
agreed that it is probably not suspendable. if koci doesnt get suspended for a clear shot in the back on green then glass doesnt get suspended for this.
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Only slightly tangentially, Ovi gave a nice stick tap heads up to a Thrasher last night just before he stapled him to the boards. Very considerate, I’d say.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Apr 2, 2010 9:18 AM EDT up reply actions
booooooooooooo
You lose cred when you repeatedly cross check Suter at center ice when the run of play is down in the defensive zone.
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Eh, he’s just establishing a forecheck.
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I think not.
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right
I like him much less after last night.
At least several people have been pining for Patrik; I was going to burst their bubble…
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I liked him in his rookie season. I hear he’s not fairing so well this year. Seems like a change of scenery is in order!
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Yeah, he seemed pretty out of place and flustered; two assists aside.
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So the million dollar question is: who has a video of MP taking the VC ice last night… alone?
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haha oh shit, did they pull that trick on him?
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Apparently he led the team on the ice. The rest of the team just didn’t follow.
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Stuff like that makes me regret that I sold my tickets. Oh well.
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Me too, sorta, but I had a lot to do last night, sadly. That is funny, though.
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I’d love to see video of that, does anyone have it?
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by SeattleCapsFan on Apr 2, 2010 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions
On Stamkos and Armstrong
First Stamkos: Yes, that kid is gonna be a great scorer; he has a wicked wrist shot, a superb slapshot, and his accuracy is quite astounding. The difference is this: He’s having a breakout season and playing teams that are still putting the emphasis on defending St Louis and Vinny. When teams start focusing on him, like next year, he’s going to start getting roughed up and he’s going to have to play and shoot while banged up all the time. Thats were the true test comes in. Selanne scored a billion goals (seriously, a billion) his rookie year, but he never did that again, nor did he even come close to that many (million, tops). Ovechkin can not only score loads of goals, he can do while double and triple teamed by the best the opposition has to offer game in game out. Defenders are aware of him because they might not only get burned with a goal against, they might also get leveled physically. In order for Stamkos to be a better scorer than Ovechkin, he has to be able to surmount the obstacles presented by the other teams best players. This year, the lowly Bolts haven’t faced that type of determined adversity; there’s were “gimme” games (justifiably or not). The Bolts may have shown up against the caps, but whether or not they showed up vs other teams to the same extent is debatable. Next year, Stamkos will be on the radar. Then we’ll see. By the way, Tocchet has NOT impressed me as a coach. That team is better than they’re coaching staff.
Armstrong: the arm got up and you’re responsible for your arm. The most concerning bit is that Armstrong says the ref allegedly told him that Perreault tried to duck out of the way. Whether or not he did, (i don’t think so), Armstrongs arm came UP, and if you lead with your shoulder, your arm wouldn’t be extended. Thats the clincher. His arm extended, and those shows intent. Was he trying to decapitate him? No, he was getting revenge for being bloodied by erskine earlier, and he tried to take a big piece and went to far. Suspension worthy? Only because the refs gave 2 minutes and negated it because Morrisson ‘talked’ to armstrong about it. It should have been 5. No game, no extra 2, a 5 minute powerplay and message sent. The problem is the caliber of refs in the NHL, something the league doesn’t seem prepared to fix.
Half the refs seem to be retiring after this year, so maybe that will help. Who knows.. Nasty, deliberate hit, though.
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Not half – just five…
Kerry Fraser
Dan Marouelli
Bill McCreary
Mark Pare
Lyle Seitz
none of whom were on the ice last night. Last night’s Zebras were #14 Dennis LaRue and #45 Justin St. Pierre.
It’d be real good to check the other games where headshots/elbowing took place and wasn’t called on the ice to see if those two were there…
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LaRue is generally considered to be one of the league’s finer officials.
St. Pierre is still pretty green.
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by iwearstripes on Apr 2, 2010 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions
Armstrong himself, if you watch the video, is yelling that Perreault was falling down. If you can read lips, you can see that.
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I think I’m jealous. :-p
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Get Matty to sign something for me.
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Go yourself!
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A wise decision! Who needs money anyway?
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Be a pal! Remember those delicious drinks from the bus?
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Yea, but I don’t think he goes out the doors, I assume he’s staying at the hotel.
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If I see him, I will. We BAA members need to look out for each other.
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Much respect. Maybe you can catch him over by the benches?
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Nooooooooo! So pissed I missed him :( Next time yeah?
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I’m going to try like hell to get him to sign my shit during warmups in Norfolk.
BOTH nights.
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haha. I’m hoping I get a small miracle (great nickname for Matty) and my jersey will arrive in time for the trip. I figure he’d have to sign a Caps Perreault jersey.
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Pretty much required too I reckon. I should have pursued getting my SDR signed, hopefully I’ll see him around and stuff though.
I’m kinda jealous, I wanted to make the trip, but I have caps tickets (tragedy, I know)
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Kindly take your date night talk to the OTOT thread :) Those of us with limited time and/or boss supervision don’t need to read 15 posts between you two. Getting the relevant Caps info here is important for many of us and extraneous personal chats slow down the process. Thanks
by kcfatts on Apr 2, 2010 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
It started out hockey related, then devolved into more hockey related talk, god forbid!
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Prez Cup Update
sharks regulation loss tonight and caps win/ot loss on sat clinches prez cup…for what it’s worth (and i think it is worth $250K to ted).
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
Yaaaay meaningless banners!
FTFY
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by Chris Burton on Apr 2, 2010 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions
I wouldn’t say the first President’s Trophy in team history is meaningless.
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What does it mean in the big picture?
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by Chris Burton on Apr 2, 2010 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions
What does anything mean other than being born and being buried?
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please
Lets stick to hockey. It means that you were the best regular season team, which means diddly squat if your goals contain the words “Stanley Cup Champions”.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 2, 2010 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions
So nothing is worth celebrating or taking pride in other than winning the Stanley Cup? You need to go back and catch up on the last 35 years of this franchise to understand what it means.
No, we’re not throwing a parade.
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by macvechkin on Apr 2, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
It’s not just this franchise, it’s any franchise. Being the best team in the entire League over 82 games is something and shouldn’t be glossed over just because the team has bigger goals.
You’re a bit out of line here, CB.
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Out of line in what way? That I’m wrong, or I crossed some boundary?
I guess I should clarify. I don’t think that a big deal should be made out of being the best regular season team. Just one man’s opinion. So you get a number 1 seed. Yay. As we saw with the Sharks last year and teams before them, it doesn’t always matter. A team that backs into the 1 seed by virtue of an awesome regular season should be given credit, yes, but they may run into trouble playing an 8 seed thats had to play their best hockey for the last month.
We see it in the NCAA tournament, too, with the top seeds. Its a luxury, and one you should be proud of. But its not the end all, be all that some think (not saying you are) and there’s a reason the playoffs are called the second season.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 2, 2010 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions
If only for guaranteeing home-ice advantage throughout the playoffs, it means something.
The Caps are 28-5-5 at home. The next best team is Vancouver at 28-8-2, and Vancouver has a built-in home-ice advantage from the ridiculous travel it takes for most teams to get out there.
The Caps have generally looked like crap the last two years on their West Coast swings. Ensuring that 4/7 games will be played in the friendly confines of the Verizon Center is no small feat.
Moreover, just as every year there can only be one Stanley Cup Champion, there can only be one President’s Trophy winner. That in itself makes it somewhat meaningful, especially for a franchise and fan base that has never won it before.
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Moreover, just as every year there can only be one Stanley Cup Champion, there can only be one President’s Trophy winner. That in itself makes it somewhat meaningful, especially for a franchise and fan base that has never won it before.
DING DING DING! For all the records and historic firsts and general hockey history we’ve been extremely fortunate to watch the past 3 seasons, there’s something REALLY exciting, to me, to see the best record in the NHL within the Caps’ grasp. For the first time ever, I can say “MY TEAM IS THE BEST!!!!!”
Because we should all be able to embrace our fanatical fan side on occasion.
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For what it’s worth, I’m not sure enough Caps fans truly appreciate how amazing our comeback against the Rangers was last year. You could be a Caps fan for a hundred years and you’re far, FAR more likely to see us win a couple Stanley Cups than you are to see us crawl back out of a 3-1 hole again.
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Yeah….3-1 comebacks happen at least once or twice a playoffs. Its the 3-0 comebacks that almost never happen.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 2, 2010 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions
As of fall 2008
According to whowins.com, there have been 25 instances in the NHL quarterfinal round where the team with home-ice advantage has gone down 3 games to 1. Only once has that team won the series (as of fall 2008, so I guess the Caps would be #2). Excluding the Caps’ example, that leaves a 4% chance of victory.
If you assume at the start of every playoffs that each team has a 1/16 chance of winning the Cup (a stretch, I know), that’s a 6.25%.
So for every year the Caps make the playoffs, you’re more likely to see them win the Stanley Cup than do what they did last year.
In total, there have only been 3 (Caps not included) 3-1 comebacks in the history of the Quarterfinals, and 20 in the history of the whole NHL playoffs (again, last year’s Caps not included).
In terms of how common an occurrence they are, they’re about 1/4 as common as handing out the Cup, which has occurred about 82 times since the inception of the “modern” NHL in 1926-27.
It was freaking rare.
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by D'ohboy on Apr 2, 2010 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
The correct answer is “because the Caps are going to dominate the league for the next 10 decades!”
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 2, 2010 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions
ok, funny story, but I was standing in line at a game several months ago and this lady is holding her little son (3 years old? I dunno) and he was happily babbling away with me. So she asks me, “want to here him do the alphabet?” Sure.
“A, B, C-A-P-S!”
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by RedBirdie on Apr 2, 2010 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Nice work. Rock the rec.
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by Scott in Shaw on Apr 2, 2010 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions
For what it’s worth, I’m not sure enough Caps fans truly appreciate how amazing our comeback against the Rangers was last year.
apparently, count me among those, because my first thought after reading the above was, “Yeah, the Miracle of 34th Street game was pretty eff’ing awesome!” D’oh!
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I’ll admit I was thinking of that game when reading that post as well and thought “Wasn’t that a 4-0 deficit” and then read further and realized it was about the playoff series.
(BTW, I’ve rooted for too many teams in my life who’ve gotten off to a 3-1 edge in a series, only to lose.)
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Nah, you’ve not crossed any boundaries. Other than the one from rights-ville to wrong-town. ;-)
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Got no problems being wrong; just wondering what JP meant by outta line a bit.
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Perhaps “out-of-line” wasn’t the right word choice. But if some noob whose loyalties clearly lie elsewhere came onto the blog and added “meaningless” to it, it would seem pretty trollish, no?
Obviously you’re not a noob and we’re all good, but you can see how it could rub people the wrong way (besides the fact that it’s totally innaccurate).
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Fair enough. And ‘meaningless’ was certainly unnecessary hyperbole.
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would they hang a banner for that? kinda hope not unless its next to a stanley cup banner. WWRWD (what would the red wings do?)….
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by dcsportsfan1 on Apr 2, 2010 10:02 AM EDT up reply actions
LOL
Nice one.
I’m pretty sure people hang President’s Trophy banners, though.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 2, 2010 10:07 AM EDT up reply actions
I would. I know it means nothing in the grand scheme of things (cup chase), but it’s still a significant achievement.
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and I think that’s key. Yes, the Cup is the ultimate prize, but there are 30 teams in the NHL, and it is bloody hard to be the very best team over an 82 game season. That’s damn hard work and should be recognized.
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ha! first, my bad cause its really the presidents TROPHY, not cup. and what did the wings do in 01-02 when they were younger yet still swedish…
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by dcsportsfan1 on Apr 2, 2010 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions
so a little reseach shows that not only do the red wings hang presidents trophy banners but “western conference regular season champions” banners too. so do the sharks…
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Apr 2, 2010 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Yes.
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by Scott in Shaw on Apr 2, 2010 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
good work on finding those!
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Thanks, but it took 2 seconds and I didn’t even go past the first page of Google results. I’m sure there are more examples.
I, for one, can’t wait to see the Caps raise a President’s Trophy banner (if it happens). It is a tremendous accomplishment.
My question is this (unanswered by the photos above): if you win both the trophy and The Cup, do you raise two banners?
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by Scott in Shaw on Apr 2, 2010 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I would, because one doesn’t necessarily go with the other automatically, as we all know by now. I think you skip divisional and conference banners if you win the President’s Trophy, though.
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I think the you hang a President’s Trophy banner in place of any regular season accomplishment banner (Division Champ, EC Regular Season Champ), then add any playoff-acquired banners (EC Champ, Cup). Although I must admit that a conference regular season banner seems odd to me (see Wings ’03-04 above).
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by Scott in Shaw on Apr 2, 2010 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Most teams I’ve see hang President’s Trophy banners. I’d only hang one and list all the years that it was won on a single banner, but it’s a pretty impressive achievement and worth celebrating.
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Can we? Probably. Should we? No.
I wouldn’t be against hanging a President’s Trophy banner. To me, the President’s Trophy is the very highest achievement a team can pull off in the regular season. Does it matter in the long run? No, but it’s certainly more worthy of mention than a division championship.
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Oh, my bad.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 2, 2010 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions
Since Ted bought the Mystics a few years ago, I’m surprised they’re still hanging.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 2, 2010 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Don’t get me started. I agree.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 2, 2010 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Snark?
Means the fans help the team win, or some other such strangeness.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 2, 2010 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Agreed.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 2, 2010 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions
Sellouts, schmellouts. Are we the NHL attendance champions?
Russian Machine very rarely breaks. Oh and f**k Brooks Orpik.
Not until
a) VC gets bigger
b) The Caps can sell out 100%+ of their seats
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by red army line on Apr 2, 2010 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think you caught the snark there.
Russian Machine very rarely breaks. Oh and f**k Brooks Orpik.
Nah, I did. I just wanted to point out that some teams have 100%+ attendance, which, by the way, is possible…how?
Considering the margin in terms of percent is pretty thin, your statement about attendance isn’t that far-fetched.
No banner for it though. :(
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by red army line on Apr 2, 2010 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Some teams have standing room only, which doesn’t count towards max capacity.
Russian Machine very rarely breaks. Oh and f**k Brooks Orpik.
Chicago and Detroit being two of those places, off the top of my head. I’m sure there are others.
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A little magic....
Magic number and playoff picture time! (Might as well combine both into a single thread.)
Eastern Conference
WSH (z) – BOS
BUF (x) – MTL
PIT (x) – PHI
NJD (x) – OTT (x)
Still contending: ATL (2 points out, 4 GR) and NYR (4 points out, 6 GR) (it’d take a miracle for NYR to make it)
Western Conference
SJS (x) – COL
CHI (x) – LAK
VAN – DET
PHX (x) – NSH
Still contending: CGY (2 points out, 5 GR)
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Also...
Magic Number for the Caps to clinch the President’s Trophy is down to 3.
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Check my numbers here....
Whoops, should add the magic numbers in here. The team in parentheses is the team that holds that magic number.
EAST
WSH: 3 for President’s Trophy (SJS)
Conference is locked up (WSH); Southeast division is locked up (WSH)
NJD: 11 for Atlantic Division (PIT) – note, PIT leads the division but NJD has a game in hand, so NJD controls right now
BUF: 4 for Northeast Division (they need to win outright) (OTT)
WEST
SJS: 5 for division, 10 for conference (CHI)
CHI: 4 for division (tiebreaker), 5 to win outright) (DET)
VAN: 5 for division (tiebreaker, 6 to win outright) (COL)
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Wonder if Pittsburgh is rehashing one of the 6 beatdowns they took against that Devils squad. Zero chance that team is getting back to the finals this year.
Russian Machine very rarely breaks. Oh and f**k Brooks Orpik.
Has anybody noticed that Ottawa is only 3 points behind Los Diablos de Nueva Jersey in the conference standings?
(Yeah gang, we have to watch out for the 4th place team, especially if it’s not NJ or Pitt which means that someone really got hot.)
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Playoffs! © is for conference winner, (d) is for division winners, (p) is for teams that secured a playoff spot
EAST
©Washington vs. Boston
(p)Buffalo vs. Montreal
(p)Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia
(p)New Jersey vs. (p)Ottawa
WEST
(p)San Jose vs. Colorado
(p)Chicago vs. Los Angeles
Vancouver vs. Detroit
(p)Phoenix vs. Nashville
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How crazy is it that the Caps have locked up the Eastern Conference and no other team has even won their division?!
"Why don't you smegging well smeg off, you annoying little smeggy smegging smegger!"
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The Caps have assigned Mathieu Perreault to Hershey (AHL)
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Sorry I bought the jersey, everyone.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
/sheepy horn
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 2, 2010 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions
Damn you and your spendthriftness, Jordan!
by DrinkingPartner on Apr 2, 2010 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Jordan, you need to hear this.
There's a fine line between arrogance and ignorance and only I manage to erase that line.
That’s the sheepy horn!
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 2, 2010 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought Morrison was a week away from playing.
"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."
There’s a Bears game tonight.. maybe they requested him or something?
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Put up a FanShot on it, for further discussion.
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The Bears are playing in Rochester tonight…the Caps leave for Columbus sometime after practice today.
THN Players Poll in the new issue
36% pick the Caps to win the Cup. (Survey of 91 players)
I have a C on my heart.
Let’s hope they’re right.
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by Knubles and Bits on Apr 2, 2010 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Just put up a fanshot on Elliotte Friedman’s latest including his usual 30 thoughts. It’s all about the HNIC trip to Russia.
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that was a GREAT read, thanks for posting it!
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Owen Fussey – LMAO – where in your memory banks do you locate these guys, how many cobwebs did you have to knock out of the way to pull this one up?
by markbona-capsfan99 on Apr 2, 2010 2:50 PM EDT reply actions
And if I’m not mistaken, Fussey’s toiling away in a British league or something.
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I wonder if there’s a national league that I’d be good enough to play in..
Probably not.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
Perhaps the Asian League, after some grueling fitness training.
by DrinkingPartner on Apr 2, 2010 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, my lazy American gut could be a hindrance if not addressed.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
Keith Tkachuk would like a word…
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Yes, he played for the Capitals this season, that’s the Edinburgh Capitals; season ended about a week ago.
Another player on that birthday list (same age) once wore a Caps jersey and won the Calder Cup with the Bears in ‘06, too, …Joey Tenute; he’s playing in Germany
I’m really sick of going to practice and having people not know who the players are. Someone today claimed there was no 53.
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that person needs to be flogged.
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Anchored to the ice and stoned with pucks seems appropriated.
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Puck to the jaw!
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Two games for Armstrong FYI
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linky?
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I guess they’re really trying to make Armstrong stretch to pay his bills.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 2, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Stolen fromt he hershey 4/3 thread
Not sure where to put his, but an fyi, for Caps fans, a bit more of a debate what to do related to not knowing the Caps schedule and the possibility there will be a game on that Friday night, but to those that live up there and/or want to attend the early Hershey playoff games…
Hershey home playoff games 1 and 2 tickets are on sale as of this morning
Game 1: Wednesday, April 14 at 7:00 p.m.
Game 2: Friday, April 16 at 7:00 p.m.
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That friday night is looking pretty good.
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Give the peoples what they want, Bruce!
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalsinsider/caps-fans-mob-varlamov.html
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Ug, I was so ashamed of those people. Varly sat in his car for like 10 minutes signing. Poor guy.
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When I went to practice in December, he was talking to his Russian buddies and not signing for the fans so I went up to him and said Pozhaluĭsta (Please) and a few other things in Russian. The look of confused surprise was priceless.
Только игра! Почему надо быть гневаться?
"The power of Moscow pride should never be underestimated."
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He was very nice and signed BTW. One of the many reasons I irrationally defend him.
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They were twenty-somthings in tracksuits. I felt like I was back in Moscow.
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I can’t imagine he enjoys having his car surrounded.
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To an extent, I feel sorry for them. But they also knew what they might be getting themselves into when they pursued NHL careers.
correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t there sneaky side exits and a gated garage section that they could use if they really didn’t want to be harassed?
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by CapitalCentre on Apr 2, 2010 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions
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Washington
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