Thursday Caps Clips: Three Chances to Close
by J.P. on Apr 22, 2010 6:37 AM EDT
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- Recaps of and other assorted musings on last night's win from us, CSN Washington (Masisak, O'Halloran, Beninati), WaPo (blog, gamer, Bog, Bog, column, shot chart), Vogs, Puck Daddy, NHL.com (Rosen, Rosen, Roarke), Scott Burnside, SI.com (Muir, Farber), DCEx, Ed Frankovic, Peerless, RMNB, RtR, FFODC, FanHouse, MD Pro Sports, Puckhead, Hockey Mom and StC, and from the Montreal side of things, Montreal Gazette (and again) and Habs Inside/Out.
- Arturs Irbe on Semyon Varlamov: "The sky is the limit for a guy like that." (And that was before last night's performance.) [CI]
- Ooh... snarky! [Globe and Mail]
- Something about Alex Ovechkin and Alexander Semin walking the streets in Montreal. I dunno, didn't read it. [Puck Daddy]
- Highlights of Brooks Laich and Matt Bradley on OTR. [D.C. Sports Bog]
- Remember when Boyd Gordon was a first-line center? [D.C. Landing Strip]
- Thorough Nicklas Backstrom vs. Peter Forsberg comparison. [A Capital Offense]
- The team reacts to the latest wrinkle in the steroids story. [CSN Washington, Puck Daddy]
- Best montage ever? Quite possibly. [FanShot]
- Finally, happy 45th birthday to the late Peter Zezel, happy 49th birthday to Bob Mason and happy 66th birthday to Bob Paradise.
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I was just wondering because I’m sure this has been discussed before, but why don’t they put a chip in the puck to know if it crosses the lines the pads or something?
There’s more problems with that than you would anticipate. Because the puck has to cross the line completely and it is not a perfect sphere, there are situations in which the chip, if it were singular, would be across the “line” but not the entire puck. To implement it properly, you’re talking about installing multiple chips in every puck… that’s cool, but it’s a big and sorta unnecessary step that I’m sure would cost a bundle. Video review is pretty adequate, although not infallible for sure.
Not only that, but it would likely fail all the time, because the goals would have to be outfitted with something able to measure whether it crossed or not, too.
by DrinkingPartner on Apr 22, 2010 7:13 AM EDT up reply actions
And one of the problems with the glow pucks was that the chip inside them made the puck weigh/feel noticeably different to the players, so there’s a chance that this chip would too (although technology has advanced since then).
If you put more than one in and they’re not exactly balanced, it will. Microchips aren’t that heavy, but more than one would feel different, I bet.
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
And camera technology is truly excellent. Even if the chips worked really well, I’m not convinced you’d do better than you do with good cameras.
Now, why don’t they install really great cameras in every arena — that’s a different question.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Apr 22, 2010 8:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Better idea: we train bees to live in the goals and then swarm pucks, but only when they’ve completely crossed the line. You want conclusive? Are the bees swarming? No? No goal. And so on.
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by J.P. on Apr 22, 2010 8:12 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
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But then the goaltenders would be COVERED IN BEEES!!!
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 8:14 AM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
“Did I leave the gas on?”
LOVE it.
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by Given To Fly on Apr 22, 2010 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions
or just figure out a way to get a camera under the ice in the goal. I saw something similar where some NBA/college games had a camera in the floor down under the hoop, probably more for a funky angle than scoring purposes.
Ha. There are cameras that you can put in a button hole. Attach one to the inside of the crossbar. If they can put one in the back of the goal (has anyone besides Ovi ever taken one of those out?) they can put one on the inside of the crossbar.
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Right, but the one over the goal already covers that purpose for the most part. The need for a camera under the ice is to be able to see the puck that is being shielded by the goalie or other player from the overhead shot.
by HateOffSeason on Apr 22, 2010 9:15 AM EDT up reply actions
exactly. For example in the Pens/Sens game Sunday, there was a Sens goal disallowed b/c the player kicked the puck, swung and missed with his stick, the puck bounced around under MAF for a bit, the Sen took a swipe with his stick (may or may not have hit the puck) and then it comes out from under MAF into the goal. It was originally called a goal, then disallowed cause of the kick (and a lack of clear evidence he ever touched it with his stick again).
So in this case a view from underneath the ice should have shown for sure if the puck was touched or not while under MAF.
Didn’t Mr Burns have dogs that did something like this?
Better idea: we train bees to live in the goals and then swarm pucks, but only when they’ve completely crossed the line. You want conclusive? Are the bees swarming? No? No goal. And so on.
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That was Homer.
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As explained in a “deleted scene” from the 138th Episode Spectacular instead of just walking away with Bart like he did, Mr. Burns released the Robotic Richard Simmons.
/end OT
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Remember the Fox Trax Puck
$400 a pop, if I remember correctly. “Despite the puck having passed rigorous tests by the NHL to qualify as an official puck, matching the non-enhanced puck in every material way, some players claimed the enhanced puck had more rebound, and were frustrated that the pricey pucks were not available for practice.”
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Is it time to sit Flash and bring in Walker?
by Moonage Daydream on Apr 22, 2010 6:52 AM EDT reply actions
It is definitely time to sit Flash. He brings nothing to the table when he’s not putting up points.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Apr 22, 2010 6:57 AM EDT up reply actions
When he made the dumbass back pass instead of skating with the puck out of our unimpeded, I almost lost it. Then give MTL a PP too?
4th Floor, is next, swimvare, undervare, Eric Fehr...
Yeah that was terrible. I have no idea what he was thinking; that’s the kind of thing every NHL player knows not to do.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Apr 22, 2010 7:19 AM EDT up reply actions
What killed me was the fact that he then was right back on the ice for his regular shift after getting out of the box, and went on to start the next period.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
Unfortunately, if he was in the starting line up, as the visiting team he has to be on at the start of the next period. If I understand the rules correctly, the home team can then make a line change before the puck is dropped.
It is a bit confusing because rule 86.8 indicates that it must be the starting line-up, which I presume is the one defined in rule 7.1. But rule 7.1 seems to imply that the starting line-up can be altered after the game has started.
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↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → b a (select) start
Before the start of the second and third periods (and overtime periods in the playoffs), the teams will proceed directly to their respective players’ benches. Only the starting line-up will be allowed on the ice. The visiting team will immediately place its starting line-up at the face-off circle, then the home team will follow, with the Referee allowing the home team to make a line change if so desired prior to the face-off.
I’m pretty sure this generically refers to “the players that the coach has designated start the period” rather than “the starting lineup from the beginning of the game.”
Sometimes, you really just want to hit a b**ch.
it isn’t really clear, but i read somewhere that it was the case that the starters for the game had to be the starters for the period, excepting for injury. I think it had to do with someone putting the wrong morrison/n on the starting line up card. I don’t really recall where I read that, so I could totally be making that up.
The only place the “starting line-up” is ever defined is in rule 7.1 so it is never really defined on a per-period basis.
↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → b a (select) start
He needs to sit a game just to get his head on straight because right now he will be the reason we will lose a game.
by CAPFan4Life on Apr 22, 2010 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions
As long as Bruce is running the ship, I see that as unlikely.
I am in an abusive relationship. I think. I keep telling myself it will get better and just when things are seemingly better, my heart happens to get cruelly ripped out once more ... in the playoffs. I am a Caps fan. Need I say more?
Win one. Do it thirteen times.
by Christoph J on Apr 22, 2010 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions
In the second round right?
I am in an abusive relationship. I think. I keep telling myself it will get better and just when things are seemingly better, my heart happens to get cruelly ripped out once more ... in the playoffs. I am a Caps fan. Need I say more?
Win one. Do it thirteen times.
by Christoph J on Apr 22, 2010 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions
no, Flash was scratched against the Flyers. PLayed in all 14 last year.
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by Sombrero Guy on Apr 22, 2010 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Why would you even ask that?
Flash hasn’t scored, has contributed next to nothing, and is a give-away machine.
Obviously, it’s time to bench Fehr.
by Whisp on Apr 22, 2010 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions 7 recs
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by Evel Knuble on Apr 22, 2010 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions
Speaking of that montage I posted in that Fanshot, that guy could have the greatest Youtube Channel ever.
He’s got the Hunter Goal intro’d by Jeff Rimer (sans soy sauce hair)
I’ve watched the Langway Goal at least 4 or 5 times already this morning
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 7:05 AM EDT reply actions 5 recs
Rec’d for the awesome linkage
by Kerry Fraser's Hairspray on Apr 22, 2010 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Thanks for the links YLM. I remember watching that Langway goal when it happened and man the excitement then (and now)makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
I also have to link this sweet goal he has up scored by one of my favourite Caps of the past, Kelly Miller.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmey70AEah4&feature=related
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by Rather Bengt on Apr 22, 2010 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
My dad was at the Langway Game. Always said it was the loudest crowd he’d ever heard.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Didn’t Lou Franceschetti get one of those amazing goals once?
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Apr 22, 2010 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Going through my memory bank, I can’t recall a Lou goal. But with guys like Druce, Bellows and Krygier scoring key goals for us in our playoff past it wouldn’t surprise me.
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by Rather Bengt on Apr 22, 2010 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I can’t remember either if his 2 playoff goals for the Caps. Probably says more about my memory than about the goals.
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by Carl Putnam on Apr 22, 2010 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Yep. I meant to add (and have since added), “the late” to my birthday wishes.
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To be fair, you’ve said it was going to happen sooner or later (wishing a birthday to a late alumnus, not Z’s passing).
They're coming.
by Bald Pollack on Apr 22, 2010 7:35 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m nothing if not prescient.
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How awesome was that shift by Backstrom/Semin/Ovechkin right after Gionta’s goal to put MTL up 2-1? It ended with Ovechkin drawing a penalty, and it was an amazing display of skill and dominance by those three. It was almost as if they just collectively said “eff this” and destroyed the Habs on that shift. I think that was the major turning point of the game.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 7:22 AM EDT reply actions
agreed! the SOBs definitely made the most of their opportunities last night. thankfully knuble is playing so well, i doubt BB scraps his original lines except in late-game situations.
by Natty Bumppo on Apr 22, 2010 7:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Not sure if everyone has seen this or not
but apparently the biggest news of the day north of the border is OV spraying a kid before the game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Pv9VD_5Ew
I'm the first to admit when I'm wrong.... except when someone else beats me to it.
by Backhanded Complement on Apr 22, 2010 7:24 AM EDT reply actions
Yawn.
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by J.P. on Apr 22, 2010 7:25 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
He was trying to get to the bench. Kid was in his way. Ovi ALWAYS comes flying out when he’s on the ice.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 7:30 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Agreed
But they’re using this as exhibit A why to love Crosby and hate Ovechkin. Should reply with any one of numerous videos of Crosby cross-checking 3-4 times after a whistle.
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by Backhanded Complement on Apr 22, 2010 7:31 AM EDT up reply actions
B-b-but… think of the children!
Here’s a reasonable take.
What incredible grasping at a non-story.
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by J.P. on Apr 22, 2010 7:40 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Nate started to get into it on twitter w/ emptynetters, but he had a valid point about the kid being in front of the Caps’ bench. Caps’ tunnel is at the side of the bench away from the visitors. Montreal’s is in between the two.
And your link is a great take on it. e-bay for the win!
"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."
And Canadians wonder why many NHL’ers don’t want to play in Canada…
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by D'ohboy on Apr 22, 2010 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
gotta think DC becomes a more and more attractive place every day. A devoted but not rabid fanbase that loves its hockey players but doesn’t go all crazy stalker on players. Plus, you know, the winning.
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doesn’t go all crazy stalker on players
Unless its Spring Break.
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by Carl Putnam on Apr 22, 2010 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Yea, but that’s reasonably okay, it’s normal to have people standing out there. I don’t think Ovi gets bothered a lot at home like he might in Canada.
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Ovie is actually able to eat out, in peace, in DC. Which is apparently not the case in Canada.
Heck, up until last week when Nicky caused a small riot just by showing up, many of the hockey players would show up to baseball and sit in the stands like the rest of us (ok, they generally had better seats than I do), and no one would bother them.
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The Maple Leafs eat and go out in Toronto all of the time without getting swarmed. The media coverage can be inane but Canadians are good about letting celebrities live their lives.
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that’s good to know. Perhaps things just kick into serious insanity overdrive with the American-based stars visit Canadian cities in the opposing conference.
or maybe Toronto is a little like DC, attitude-wise? You’re not really important, and thus worth stalking, unless your motorcade has at least 6 cars AND a police escort.
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heh
Yeah.
Mike Gartner’s kid used to play against my high school and some people would ask him for an autograph but most would just let him watch his kid play.
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Too bad for the leafs that more fans didn’t interrupt Wellwood. Maybe they were afraid to get in the way.
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I like that he’s being safe w/ the sunscreen as well!
"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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They didn’t want to reach for a handshake and pull back a nub.
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I believe that Tatiana Ovechkina cited DC’s appeal in this regard when her client signed a lifetime-services contract. Something about the kid being able to both be a star and have a life…
Hey let's go, today is going to be our night
by redlineblue on Apr 22, 2010 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions
but doesn’t go all crazy stalker on players.
This notion can’t be underestimated if DC wants to be a destination for good hockey players and possibly those who will accept a discount.
Here in the STL, baseball players and, from time to time, hockey and football players want to come to St. Louis because of how the fans here treat them. Many (Tkaczuk being the latest example) end up settling here. Kurt Warner still lives here. He buys his groceries down the road from me.
Fans here don’t accost pro athletes. The let them live their lives and enjoy the community.
I remember one time I was at a Panera during the football season and Torry Holt, the WR for the Rams, walked in to get some bagels. No one said a word to him. He got his bagels and headed for the door. Just then, a kid about 14-years old said to his parents rather loudly “Hey!! That’s Torry Holt!!” The place erupted in laughter. Torry nodded, waved and went about his way.
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Yea, the Blues don’t exactly have an overbearing amount of attention here. It is good though, I like being able to read about star athletes, but it’s also nice to know that reporters treat them like human beings.
Proud member of the Popsicle Division of the Cupcake Conference.
Right after I moved here, a friend who lives in Manhattan visited.
I swung by his hotel to pick him up for breakfast. On the way to the restaurant, I told him that the athletes were evident in the community and no one bugged them. Much different, of course, from the NYC zoo.
Then, we walk in to the place and not 10 feet from us is Chris Pronger calmly eating breakfast with a friend, undisturbed.
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Any chance lots of people just don’t recognize the hockey players? A lot of the Caps were my neighbors back when they practiced at Piney Orchard, and we’d run into them all the time and usual were the only ones who knew who they were.
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Yes – very possible. It depends on the community. All the youth hockey families obviously know the Blues. MacInnis, Mellanby, Chase, Tkaczuk have kids or coach themselves in my kid’s hockey association
But — folks here treat the Rams and Cards the same way. They definitely recognize the Cardinals. I would bet that Pujols can take his family out to McDonalds and would generally (not entirely) be left alone. He is Albert, after all.
I can tell you a similar story as the one above about Orlando Pace at Dave & Busters. Sitting there with his wife and kids without a single disturbance.
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I wouldn’t disturb Pronger, either. Elbows of fury for breakfast is no my idea of a good way to start the day!
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I posted a comment on the ProHockeyTalk page about this. They were the first to call my attention to it last night via Twitter. They also created part of the storm with a very inflammatory headline.
I do applaud PHT for realizing they were creating news and not reporting it and then changing the headline.
For a good laugh though, read the comments on the You Tube page and wonder to yourself what types of lives these people have.
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“Hero Alex Ovechkin gives little kid a souvenier to remember his moment on the Bell Centre ice by forever”
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Apr 22, 2010 8:13 AM EDT up reply actions
The kid should save the ice chips and get them bronzed.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Apr 22, 2010 8:18 AM EDT up reply actions
you know that kid is the coolest kid in school today.
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As are the ones on ThePensblog.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions
At the start of every period, OV always skates out full speed from the tunnel, does a series of abdominal twists, turns and goes full speed to the end of the bench he sits at for that period and sprays ice.
The only difference is the tunnels on that side at Bell Centre. Kid was not hurt and probably doesnt even remember it.
That was my point. Kid was IN THE WAY OF THE DOOR TO THE BENCH. And in the next frame he moves out of the way. He’s lucky he didn’t get hurt.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
That’s what she said?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions
I post on Pensblog sometimes to keep in touch with a few people over there…by and large the party line most of the “rest” of the people over there were pushing on this non incident was hilarious. Just get used to it. Some people honestly believe the entire league hates Ovie as much as they do as well. Invariably those people only are from Pitt, Buff, or now Chicago. Sometimes a Philly fan but most of those that I know personally love Ovechkin and hate Crosby. Objectivity is not in abundance.
by Davethecapsfan on Apr 22, 2010 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought the hardhat should’ve gone to Knuble. He was awesome last night. He had a couple of shifts where he looked like a spring chicken. Dunce Cap to Flash.
4th Floor, is next, swimvare, undervare, Eric Fehr...
I thought Gordo or Knubs should get the hard hat but since Varly had it I guess he had to give it to his fellow russian, and its sad that we have come to expect those 2 goals from Ovie
"Ovechkin is as subtle as a shot of vodka."
now we get to see how far the team has come since last season. down 2-0 and 3-1 to the rangers, up 2-0 and 3-2 to the penguins….can these caps minimize the drama and just move on to the next round, please? or at least come out with an A+ effort on friday?
These Caps have never been up 3-1. I thought their effort was good last night, minus a couple of bad plays, but the energy was there. Montreal is a desperate team and they are playing as such. We are dictating the style of play. We again managed to weather the storm in the 2nd and pulled away in the 3rd. I give our guys an overall B+ for last night.
4th Floor, is next, swimvare, undervare, Eric Fehr...
I thought their effort was good last night, minus a couple of bad plays
On the contrary, I thought the team sucked ass for much of the first two periods. I thought they relied overmuch on Varly to bail them out, particularly during the second. They had shift after shift where they ran around like squirrels on crystal meth. Without Varly’s sweet glove and Gordo and Knuble, I don’t think we win that game.
Put simply, this team isn’t good enough to play half the game like they did last night against an opponent capable of capitalizing on those errors.
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by D'ohboy on Apr 22, 2010 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I thought the 1st period was a draw and compared to game 3, a markedly better beginning to the game. The 2nd period was bad, but you have to expect the Canadiens at some point to turn it on, they did. We (Varlamov) didn’t crack.
4th Floor, is next, swimvare, undervare, Eric Fehr...
I’d say we sucked for the latter half of the first and the entirety of the second.
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Second was fugly. Caps needed to dump it in and pulverize to slow Montreal down but they kept turning it over either in the neutral or high in the offensive zone.
They got way lucky to get out of that period tied.
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We seem to always have one period where we pull the Keystone Kops routine. I’m very worried what that period will look like against a team like the Pens.
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Yessir, I agree.
On a more hopeful note, when the Caps do break out against the Pens, they ought to be able to get through neutral with speed and possession, which will suit the Caps much more.
Or so I hope.
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The question is though, is this because we relax for a period or because we are playing a team that employs the neutral ice trap which we have trouble with from time to time?
I personally think its both… but that being said I think we would match up better with team that doesn’t play that style of hockey.
minor point
Caps were down 3-2 to the Pens last year, not up 3-2.
Totally disagree. Varlamov has not found his glove… he’s found (however briefly) Patrick Roy’s.
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by J.P. on Apr 22, 2010 7:51 AM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
Lets all hope Roy doesn’t mind Varlamov borrowing it for about 10 more years.
4th Floor, is next, swimvare, undervare, Eric Fehr...
I’ll settle for Varly just being able to get it through customs for Game 5.
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by J.P. on Apr 22, 2010 8:13 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Shhhhhh. We do not talk of such things because he might realize this and turn it in for old softie mitt.
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by ns on Apr 22, 2010 9:07 AM EDT up reply actions
just as long as it’s not Roy’s glove for the infamous “Statue of Liberty” non-save.
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by RedBirdie on Apr 22, 2010 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Roy explained why he used to do the “Statue of Liberty” when he had the puck in his catching glove. It was actually a very simple concept. If he holds the puck above the cross bar, then the other team can’t knock the puck out of the glove without playing the puck with a high stick, meaning there’s no way they can put the puck into the net.
The only way it goes in is if Roy drops it…which he did on a few occasions…
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Apr 22, 2010 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions
No foolin’! I thought I was watching one of those commercials. “What if Varlamov played like a rookie”?
You had me at no problem.
Good call on the Roy comparison.
Minimally related: the footage from the Roy “History Will Be Made” advert startled me. I had forgotten how primitive the goalie gear was in the fairly near past.
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Kinda funny, you talk about Roy’s glove hand. I always preferred when he dropped his glove….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1qho6uA_0A
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by Rather Bengt on Apr 22, 2010 9:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Love goalie fights. There are a bunch of great clips on YouTube. Unfortunately I don’t think Varly or Theo are the slugging type.
I will probably re-post this if we ever face the Bruins this post season, but hell why not re-live these memories of a fun fight between friends:
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by Rather Bengt on Apr 22, 2010 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions
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by Rather Bengt on Apr 22, 2010 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions
While goalie fights are always entertaining, I am A-OK with neither of our guys dropping gloves. I don’t see either of them being very successful in a fight.
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by SeattleCapsFan on Apr 22, 2010 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions
At the Caps Convention, I think the goalies were asked which goalies in the NHL they’d want to fight. Theo said that he was a lover, not a fighter, and Varly said he’d want to fight someone smaller.
Price a flanché, cette fois devant le tsar lui-même, Alex Ovechkin.
Hard to believe that there are guys playing now who played against guys who wore gear like that.
Then again, Arturs Irbe didn’t retire all that long ago…
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Apr 22, 2010 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Michelin Man :)
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by Rather Bengt on Apr 22, 2010 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions
For those who watched the TSN feed last night
If I have hear Pierre Mcguire say “care”, “care level”, “caring”, “I care level”, or any other variation that follows, even ONE more time, I’m gonna pour sand in my ears and then slowly saw them off. Jebus that was awful.
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Joe B. and Locker FTW, complain as you will.
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At first they could get annoying sometimes, especially when they drift waaay off-topic from the play on the ice, but the more I see other commentator crews, especially with the olympics, the more and more I like Joe B and Locker
last night’s “locker was snubbed from the all caps/canadiens team” discussion must have lasted three shifts.
by Natty Bumppo on Apr 22, 2010 7:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh boy did it EVER.
I was like…enough already!!! We get it!!
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 8:04 AM EDT up reply actions
I know, right? That was completely annoying, if kinda funny at first.
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It’s too bad, TSN doesn’t embed clips because Joe B and Locker were on OTR last night and pretty funny.
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by Rather Bengt on Apr 22, 2010 9:16 AM EDT up reply actions
last night’s "locker was snubbed from the all caps/canadiens team" discussion must have lasted three shifts.
It did last forever, but I’ll take the occasional overly lengthy tangent as part of the whole package.
I’m biased, but I think they’re some of the best local announcers out there. Locker is just so fair. He calls out Caps players when necessary, compliments opposing players, points out when we got lucky with a penalty or non-penalty.
The handful of other local teams I listen to (mostly NYR) don’t come close to Locker’s level of fairness.
"By far the worst performers on the team are in the front office." – Sally Jenkins
Fair or no, I always smirk when Locker says “Whoa, did you see that, Joe? That shoulda been a penalty in my book, Caps should go to the PP! The refs missed it!”
or: “That’s a ticky-tack call in my book, you gotta let ’em play, Joe.”
You had me at no problem.
He’s also said “the caps got away with one” or “i don’t think that deserved a call but the caps are going to the power play”. Laughlin is far from a blind Homer.
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by Sombrero Guy on Apr 22, 2010 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions
Joe B and Locker were talking about homerism on yesterday’s episode of OTR. Joe B says when he covers the Caps for CSN the “balance is 60-40” and when he covers a Caps game for Versus nationwide he makes it 50-50.
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by Rather Bengt on Apr 22, 2010 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions
That just means he gets excited when BOTH teams score instead of just one.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Aww, I love the random off-topics, especially when you get the feeling they’re good friends off the job too. They usually only happen when the game’s slow anyway and it’s easy to follow on your own.
i reluctantly agree. it’s sometimes nice hearing the national view, which i was able to get last year living in the midwest. but mostly it’s comforting to have the comcast team i’ve grown to know and love. i still check out the entire NHL.com highlight package, in large part to hear what the versus announcers are saying.
by Natty Bumppo on Apr 22, 2010 7:57 AM EDT up reply actions
If Montreal can come back in this series we will look to Carey Price shooting a puck at our celebration and slashing Backstrom after his goal from the bench as the turning point…
What a joke…No way I play him Friday if I were the coach…thats a disgrace…
If I were backie I’d have gave him a nice punch to the head… but that’s why he’s so damn cool.. never rattled by dumbness
"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 he was more confused by the whole thing than anything….more of a “Really?” type glance.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 8:09 AM EDT up reply actions
If Price is in goal on Friday, I can see him having a Hextall moment minutes before the Caps win the series, going off on Chimmer or Bradley or someone.
He did look kind of Hextall esque in the 3rd period last night.
Unfortunately for him, that was Hextall in the 97 Stanley Cup Finals.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 9:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Ya well, that series was not Hextall’s fault. I seem to remember the Flyers scoring 5 goals in 4 games or something.
Didn’t help that ol’ Hexy was giving up 8 a game on the other end ;)
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 9:20 AM EDT up reply actions
No dudes, scores were 4-2, 4-2, 6-1 and 2-1. Though if I remember, it wasn’t that close. Hexy broke into hockey with the Hershey Bears, by the way. Wonder if he’ll ever get the call to GM in the NHL . . .
He’s LA’s VP and Assistant GM, and GM of Manchester. Doing a really good job out there too.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 9:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Probably pissed off that Grant Friggin’ Snow leapfrogged him
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by Gould Old Days on Apr 22, 2010 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions
garth?
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by Sombrero Guy on Apr 22, 2010 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions
Grant Snow, illegitimate goaltending lovechild of Grant Fuhr and Garth Snow.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions
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Crap…I ruined my own joke
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions
Chimera will be prepared to handle himself after getting Tim Thomas’d.
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by M-M-M-My Chimera on Apr 22, 2010 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions
He had a perfect little crooked smile on his face and nonchalantly glanced over his shoulder after it happened. I was pissed there was no reaction until they showed the closeup if Nicky doing this. Perfection.
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by ns on Apr 22, 2010 9:09 AM EDT up reply actions
IMO, that is what is absolutely killing the Habs in this series. The Caps, when they are down, keep their cool, bear down, and come right back, because they know they can. They are resilient as hell and never say die. The Habs, on the other hand, are prone to frustration when they get down, or even when the momentum isn’t going their way (see Game 2), and have a bad tendency to give into that frustration, and the result is dumb penalties. Even if the Caps don’t score on the ensuing PP, it’s still 2 minutes when the Habs have a hard time getting the puck and are on the defensive.
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The Habs, on the other hand, are prone to frustration when they get down, or even when the momentum isn’t going their way (see Game 2)
They were that way right out of the gate last night – Pleks’ interference on the first shift of the game and Big Tits’ high-stick in the first ten minutes were pretty dumb (as was Lapierre’s shot at Corvo’s head that went uncalled).
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(Which is to say I agree with your point – Montreal’s mental fortitude and discipline has been abysmal.)
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Yes, it has, and if they can’t figure that one out real fast, they’re going to be booking tee times RSN.
I think the stuff right out of the starting gate was a carryover from Game 3, but agreed. If the Caps’ PP was getting anywhere, they’d be dead meat already.
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That Lapierre really has shown himself to be quite the tool throughout this series. Last night he got right up in Fehr’s mug after he went a-crashing into the net.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 8:16 AM EDT up reply actions
wasn’t Lapierre the one that knocked Fehr down anyways? Why should he be up in Fehr’s face over what he caused
Regardless, you have to admit that Carey Price hurdling Eric Fehr was a pretty awesome sight to see.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Apr 22, 2010 8:19 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, that thought definitely crossed my mind.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Apr 22, 2010 8:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Totally thought Fehr was gonna pick up the Rick Nash 7-10 Split there.
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by J.P. on Apr 22, 2010 8:21 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
It seems like anytime there’s been “activities” throughout this series, 40 for MTL has been right in the middle of it.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 8:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Lapierre is a well-known shit disturber. Dude’s always right in the middle of things, and not in a good way – of course, ask him to back it up with a fight and he’s usually nowhere to be found. Little tool.
Scott Nichol could attest to that
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by Rather Bengt on Apr 22, 2010 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
So, out of curiosity, with the NHL trying to clamp down in blind side head shots, is there any chance the league looks at the hit on Corvo? Pretty much the definition of what they are trying to eliminate.
I would guess that since no injury occurred, they won’t bother to even look at it.
by HateOffSeason on Apr 22, 2010 9:18 AM EDT up reply actions
I think you got it with that last part. Also, it seems pretty hard to get suspended in the playoffs.
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Honestly, I don’t even need a suspension there, and I think it would be pretty crappy to suspend a player in the playoffs for a rule that has been on the books for all of about ten minutes.
A fine however…
by HateOffSeason on Apr 22, 2010 9:25 AM EDT up reply actions
A fine is very likely… a suspension, not so much.
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Apr 22, 2010 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions
If Montreal can come back in this series we will look to Carey Price shooting a puck at our celebration and slashing Backstrom after his goal from the bench as the turning point…
Don’t be surprised if Price is fined for shooting the puck at the Caps. The league just fined Shane O’Brien from the Canucks for shooting a puck at Jeff Halpern during warmups.
Shane O’Brien has been fined $2,500 for flipping a puck at Jeff Halpern before Game 3. He said it was friendly fire. Halpern had tossed a puck his way before Game 1 during the warmup.
The pair were teammates in Tampa Bay and O’Brien swears they were just joking around. League disciplinarian Colin Campbell didn’t find it fun or funny. He also fined head coach Alain Vigneault $1,000.
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That’s the max amount, per the CBA.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Apr 22, 2010 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s pretty shitty if it was just two ex-teammates fucking around. Stupid league.
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Ah, sorry for the other sports league reference. But take my word for it, the NFL is super anal. They’re the league that started the ban on excessive celebrations.
You had me at no problem.
What did Alfie get for shooting the puck at Niedermayer in the Stanley Cup Finals a few years ago?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
wasn’t that during play?
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by Sombrero Guy on Apr 22, 2010 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions
That was after the period ended.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions
The NFL is way too anal about stuff, but I know lots of people that like it because of that. “They should be celebrating so much for a touchdown” Meh, I see no harm. Let the boys have fun.
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The NCAA just passed a rule that they will take away TDs from anyone who “taunts” prior to scoring said TD.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Yea, fuck that. Emotion is allowed, players are human. And honestly is more fun to see. Avery is a tool, but an amusing one so it’s ok. Physical confrontations are bad, but I have no problem with verbal ones. Grow a shell and get over it. Or better yet, use it to get better. Fired up Ovie says hi.
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Geez, I forgot Halpern wasn’t still in Tampa.
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yeah, I had no clue he was with LA these days.
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personally I think he should be suspended for that crap. They should put a hard cap on the number of Unsportsmanlike Conduct penalties you can receive and still be allowed to play…1 is too many in most cases, 2 is unbelievable.
Suspend Colin Campbell!
FWIW, Mike Cammalleri wasn’t too happy about Price’s actions or the Habs acting out in general:
“When we act out in these ways — and we’ve all done it, we’ve all been part of it — it’s the mentality as a group and it’s about us being accountable to one another,” Montreal forward Mike Cammalleri said. “It’s not one guy, it’s not two guys, it’s our maturity level as a group, maybe. It’s not OK to be doing that. To beat these guys, we have to focus 100 percent of our energies, and anything that distracts us from that will be working against us.”
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He keeps making me like him more and more.
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Mike Cammalleri has a good head on his shoulders, that’s for sure.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Apr 22, 2010 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions
I think they moved him out of LA because he was a problem in the room or something, so maybe he’s grown up. Or am I remembering that all wrong?
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Can’t speak to your specific question about Cammalleri in LA, but he has been part of the meltdown, too, so he’s not got a huge amount of room to criticize here. I specifically remember him A) following the official for 50 feet to bitch about an offsides call that was clearly a good call and B) instigating and/or participating in scrums that led to Habs penalties.
So…
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I thought they moved him because of money issues. He didn’t like the way the front office was negotiating and handling his contract extensions so he just wanted to move. I don’t remember ever hearing he was a locker room issue.
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Ok, totally possible I remembered it wrong.
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Yeah, as far as I know he was never a problem in Calgary and hasn’t been one in Montreal, either.
In terms of his on-ice stuff, he’s kind of a pest to play against – it’s part of his game. And pretty much every Hab has been bitching the refs at some point or another in this series. He’s also not saying “everyone else is a problem but I’m not” – he did say “we”. So…there’s that.
He’s pretty level-headed, not afraid to speak his mind but self-aware; I’ve always liked Cammy (yes, even when he wasn’t a Hab, don’t start).
I’m a Kings fan, so I like him. I was hoping the Caps would sign him when he was available.
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I liked the idea of getting him but I knew he’d be too expensive and I wasn’t sure he could really be a C.
To expound, LAK kept wanting to offer him one year extensions and he wanted a longer term deal to get some more security.
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I also think the strategy to throw the kitchen sink at the Caps in the first 40 minutes has not left anything for the oh-so important 3rd period…
Every 3rd period in game 2,3,4 has come up short for Montreal…they did good things early, but it takes 60 minutes to win.
They also cant finish…anyone remember old Caps teams outplaying the Pens only to be burned by a Jagr, Mario gem of a goal? Nice to be on the other side for a change.
They haven’t been patient enough to commit to ’their game" since Game 1. Martin is a shitty coach.
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by J.P. on Apr 22, 2010 8:16 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Lack of leadership. I don’t think there’s really anyone on that team to really “take charge” of it and kick their asses.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 8:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Who’s their captain? [Note: question asked rhetorically, knowing full well the answer.]
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I knew they were in trouble on that front when I saw Gill chewing out one of their own guys on HNIC in one of the last games they played in the regular season. If its at that point, the Room is a mess.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 8:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh, wow. It sounds like there are Issues™ in that dressing room if that’s the case.
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Friedman axed Gill about it before their last game with Toronto on the ice, and Gill hit him with a pretty curt “well…that’s something between us”.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 8:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Among Elliotte Friedman’s 30 Thoughts last week (before the series started):
I get the impression there are about five players on the Montreal roster the other Canadiens don’t trust on the ice.
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I know he had to put the “I get the impression” there to cover his ass journalistically, but I read that simply as:
There are five players on the Montreal roster the other Canadiens don’t trust on the ice
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 8:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Happens when you hodge-podge a team like Gainey did in the off-season.
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Educated Guesses
1. Lapierre
2. Big Tits
3. Little Tits
4. Bergeron
5. O’Byrne
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After watching this series, I’m definitely with you on Bergeron – he’s awful, just putrid, with the puck in his own zone.
Don’t know enough about O’Byrne to comment.
The other three are distinct possibilities. The Tits Bros. make Sasha Semin look like a dogged grinder, and Lapierre is just a headcase.
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O’Byrne is pretty inconsistent and error-prone. My brother a longtime Habs fan hates him like Scotty Hockey hates Poti.
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by Rather Bengt on Apr 22, 2010 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions
His BtN numbers (along with Bergeron) are not pretty.
Well, we knew that the bottom of the Montreal defense was going to be a problem for them in this series, so no surprises, really.
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I don’t think Bergeron is on that list.
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Really? How so?
Or do I need to recalibrate my snark detection gear?
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I just think everyone knows what he is at this point. Nobody expects him to be a shut down D guy; they expect him to play with the puck. In terms of that, he’s been good. He’s the only D not named Markov that has a chance at making our first forechecker miss (and has done so a couple of times). He’s the only non-Markov threat in the offensive zone as well. And his TOI speaks to that; only Markov has gotten more minutes at ES than Bergeron (I haven’t actually added them up, but it’s my rough take after looking at the TOI following every game). Maybe the players don’t trust him and Martin does, I don’t know. I just don’t look at Bergeron as a guy where you say “if he’s on the ice we’re going to get killed.”
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Gotcha. I was basing it on several egregious turnovers in the defensive zone by Bergeron. Imo, he’s a liability with the puck back there.
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I guess. But he’s not alone and he brings a skill that the rest of the team doesn’t. Did everyone see Gomez bitch out on a PK clear when AO was bearing down on him last night? Right after that AO smashed Gionta. He was in a midget stomping mood. The point is, that’s why you finish checks; because it eventually leads to turnovers. That’s always been the book on MAB and he’s living up to it. I just don’t think that makes him untrustworthy.
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Missed the Gomez thing – but I don’t doubt you’re accurate there.
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It was the 3rd Period PP when the Caps should have put the nail in the coffin. But didn’t.
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On the PP for Price shooting Schultz?
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I look at it this way:
I’ve got a choice of two guys to pass the puck to in my own end – Markov or Bergeron?
I’m gonna pick Markov every time. If I did that with every Habs defender, I’d pick all of them before Bergeron, except for maybe O’Byrne. Gill and Gorges might not make spectacular breakout passes, but you know that they’ll at least bang it off the glass and out to center ice.
I think Bergeron is a bad defensive-zone turnover waiting to happen.
Anyhow, if it’s not Bergeron, who would you put on to replace him?
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I was pretty clear that Markov is superior. That’s not even a question.
You can pick Gill or Gorges, but that’s also a false hypothetical. You’ll never have Gorges and Gill and MAB to pick from. You have MAB and one other D. Maybe if it’s Gorges or Gill you would rather pass to that guy, but you overlook the fact that if you are under pressure and need to make a pass you probably are Gorges or Gill. I disagree with your conclusion that you’d rather have Gill with the puck on his stick, maybe I could buy Gorges.
Your original point was who can’t be trusted on the ice. I just don’t think MAB is that bad. MAB might be a bad D zone turnover waiting to happen, but we have a couple of those guys on our own team and I don’t think any of them are quite the level of “untrustworthy.”
And exactly, you can’t replace MAB, not that it makes him trustworthy in a universal sense.
I hate listening to people's dreams. It is like flipping through a stack of photographs. If I'm not in any of them and nobody is having sex, I just don't care.
It’s a thought exercise, not a precise replication of reality. Imagine that you’re a center – Gionta, let’s say. And you get the puck in the corner (suspend disbelief here). Your outlet options are MAB or any other Habs defenseman. I could see myself being willing to pass it to anyone before MAB, other than O’Byrne, and he’s also on the list.
I disagree with your conclusion that you’d rather have Gill with the puck on his stick, maybe I could buy Gorges.
I don’t trust Gill to make a good outlet pass. I do, however, trust him to eat the puck or dump it to center ice if he’s got nothing. MAB has a tendency (like Green) to force plays that aren’t there and make bad turnovers.
And exactly, you can’t replace MAB
Replace him on the list, not on the team.
So if the other 4 are correct, which Hab would you select to replace MAB on the list of 5 guys that the Habs don’t trust on the ice?
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I trust Pyatt and Darche less. And with the shoulder Metropolit is probably ahead of MAB though healthy he’s pretty reliable.
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Pyatt and Darche I can buy. They play so little though…
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Perhaps because they are untrustworthy?
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Yeah, but you actually need to be on the ice for your fellow players not to trust you. You might not trust the enforcer when he’s out there, but you don’t really care, because he’s never out there.
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Basically, I inferred that Friedman’s comment was referring to guys that got a regular shift. Maybe that was incorrect.
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we have a couple of those guys on our own team and I don’t think any of them are quite the level of "untrustworthy."
I swear that I’ve literally seen Caps forwards avoid passing the puck to Erskine on several occasions when he was the easiest outlet for a pass. Moreover, how many times have you watched the Caps’ forwards cycle endlessly without passing to their points, even if they’re wide open.
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Well I wasn’t even talking about Erskine. I was talking about the guys that are (allegedly) paid to make plays in the offensive zone. I think Corvo is a pretty good comparison. You like the fact that he can just skate the puck out of trouble sometimes. So do I. MAB brings that same skill and has done it to us this series. But they are both prone to bad turnovers; and both have done it this series. I don’t think either can be called “untrustworthy.” I think at this point we are talking about a difference of definitions. I read “untrustworthy” as “oh shit that motherfucker is on the ice; this puck is going in our net or we’re taking a PIM.” I don’t think that really applies with MAB.
I hate listening to people's dreams. It is like flipping through a stack of photographs. If I'm not in any of them and nobody is having sex, I just don't care.
MAB brings that same skill and has done it to us this series.
The difference is that Corvo can skate, whereas MAB is actually quite slow, despite his size. MAB probably has the better shot, though.
Overall, I take your point. I was just taking a stab at it. I could just as easily have thrown Darche or Pyatt.
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MAB is a much better skater than you’re giving him credit for. You literally cannot survive as a 5’7" player in the NHL if you can’t skate. Without even having seen him play I’d know that he has to be well above average as a skater.
I hate listening to people's dreams. It is like flipping through a stack of photographs. If I'm not in any of them and nobody is having sex, I just don't care.
Even the MTL fans were bitching about him being slow afoot. . .
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After watching the last two games I’m not sure the MON fans’ opinion of anything is conclusive to me.
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Makes more sense why Leafs fans deride Habs fans so much.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought it was because Leafs fans were jealous of all those banners the Habs have…
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Something. Could be an inferiority complex?
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions
More like they are sick of hearing Habs fans say “we have more Cups so we are smarter fans.”
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For sure.
Leafs fan: “What was Gainey thinking, signing all those diminutive forwards?”
Habs fan: “24 Cups, bitch.”
etc.
Gets old, I’m sure.
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Would it be less annoying if the Habs fan just said “Playoff berth, bitch?”
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Anytime you use team success as a marker of fanbase superiority you are being a gigantic douche bag with no hope for recovery. Best just to take ’em out back and shoot them.
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by Rob Parker on Apr 22, 2010 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I rec this because this is Hawks fans.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Any time you try to argue for fanbase superiority, you are being a gigantic douche.
Some teams may have more or less knowledgeable fans. Some teams may have more polite or more rude fans. None of this makes one fanbase better than another.
You had me at no problem.
Yeah, good point. I guess my main problem, and the reason I single out team success, is because fans literally have nothing to do with it. I guess you could argue home ice advantage if your home crowd is raucous but I don’t really buy it. When fans boo an offside en mass because they think it’s a PIM that at least indicts the fans that took part. Whether your team wins or loses has nothing to do with you as a fan. It’s a cheap trump card that doesn’t have anything to do with the merits.
I hate listening to people's dreams. It is like flipping through a stack of photographs. If I'm not in any of them and nobody is having sex, I just don't care.
But I’m saying if the question is “what was he thinking signing little guys?” Isn’t the answer “Well, he was thinking straight because they made the playoffs.”
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Maybe, but were they better than last year? Could they have made better moves in the off-season? Sure, they made the playoffs, but wasn’t trading away one of your best prospects in return for Scott Gomez’s contract a pretty bad move?
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I don’t know enough about the constitution of their team to hypothetically argue either side.
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I don’t remember how all the deals went down or who was available either. You definitely have a point that they made the playoffs so they didn’t totally fail. I still think taking Gomez’s contract and giving up one of your best prospects is a terrible decision.
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Their room’s been a mess all year (players have to be separated in practice, etc.)
They're coming.
by Bald Pollack on Apr 22, 2010 8:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Are you serious? No wonder they have discipline issues – and they’re not going to go far in the playoffs if that is the case.
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I don’t think there’s anything worse for a sports fan than when your favorite team is not an easy team to root for.
It's all happening
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 8:28 AM EDT up reply actions
This was what popped into mind.
They're coming.
by Bald Pollack on Apr 22, 2010 8:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Who’s their captain?
Stubing? Binghamton? Pierce? Hunnicutt? McIntyre? Oveur?
If you've read this far...seek help.
I don’t know, but their alternate is Tenille
It's all happening
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 9:28 AM EDT up reply actions
and God is their co-pilot
For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.
by Rather Bengt on Apr 22, 2010 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions
And Satan is their motor!
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Apr 22, 2010 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Agreed!
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Martin is a shitty coach.
I’m not the biggest Alan May fan, but he nailed it on WPL yesterday when he said that Martin only knows how to coach one way and that he never makes adjustments during the game.
I’m not the biggest Alan May fan, but he nailed it on WPL yesterday when he said that Martin only knows how to coach one way and that he never makes adjustments during the game.
After Game 1, that could be the most ironic statement ever.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Whoa, didn’t a bunch of us say that about Boudreau after Game 1?
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Apr 22, 2010 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I think a lot of us were questioning if he was going to tweak. It looked like the Caps did change a little, esp, in the 3rd period of the second game when the whole team started dumping more.
The Habs have changed more though. They barely look like a trap team anymore…I’m not sure why they abandoned that as it was their only chance. I’m sure they’ll be back to it tomorrow.
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I don’t know that they’ve abandoned it, we just aren’t making 100 foot diagonal passes through the neutral zone anymore. We have been carrying the puck and making short passes but most of the players have been willing to chip the puck in deep when they get stood up at this point.
I hate listening to people's dreams. It is like flipping through a stack of photographs. If I'm not in any of them and nobody is having sex, I just don't care.
I agree that a lot of it is the Caps playing better. Although, the other side of it is they simply aren’t trapping as well as they were in the first game. They have been much more open to trading chances for portions of the game.
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I just cant wait to be a part of that crowd Friday night….
A few thoughts…
Cheer loudly during O Canada…start to finish…go insane for the Banner…start to finish….what a statement that would make…
IF we get a lead late, and seem to be advancing… an Ole’Ole’Ole’Ole cheer in the 3rd would be pretty cool.
Alex Semin did what he always tries to do last night...
He took the puck in all by himself, got swarmed by four Canadiens, and then made a high-risk pass across the ice over to Ovechkin while standing just over the blue line.
The result was a goal (for the Caps this time, not against them). And I thought of:
There’ll be no living with her after this
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Apr 22, 2010 8:20 AM EDT reply actions 4 recs
He took the puck in all by himself, got swarmed by four Canadiens, and then made a high-risk pass across the ice over to Ovechkin while standing just over the blue line.
Didn’t it look like it was poked and rolled over to AO? Don’t get me wrong, I love the end result, it just looked more like good circumstance. Maybe I’ll watch the replays a few more times.
They're coming.
by Bald Pollack on Apr 22, 2010 8:25 AM EDT up reply actions
That’s how I saw it. My old man saw it as a pass. That’s why I said “reasonable minds…” in the recap last night.
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pass or not, hal gill is still looking for his jock strap…
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Apr 22, 2010 9:11 AM EDT up reply actions
Hal Gill unable to defend the Ovechkin rush...
If you've read this far...seek help.
by ThePeerless on Apr 22, 2010 9:28 AM EDT up reply actions 11 recs
Now that’s not nice. Posting a photo of Wade Redden here when his team didn’t make the playoffs…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Apr 22, 2010 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions
You’re not the boss of me.
They're coming.
by Bald Pollack on Apr 22, 2010 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Bruce told Semin that he should not try to stick-handle the puck through the neutral zone every single time against the Habs’ trap, to which Semin replied, “I am disinclined to acquiesce to your request…. it means no.”
"He was the patron saint of quality footwear."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Apr 22, 2010 8:30 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
He then added “Give me linemates.”
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I don’t remember that line. Do the two comic relief guys say that when they’re alone in a rowboat and one of them is wearing a dress?
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Apr 22, 2010 9:11 AM EDT up reply actions
Gooooooooooood Moooooooorrrrrning DC!
What a night, huh?! Satisfied to know that despite not firing on all cylinders, the boys can still pull off a win. I will save my complaining for later. Just content enjoying the morning espresso for the moment.
I am in an abusive relationship. I think. I keep telling myself it will get better and just when things are seemingly better, my heart happens to get cruelly ripped out once more ... in the playoffs. I am a Caps fan. Need I say more?
Win one. Do it fourteen times.
Fail. Before the sig police jumps me, flaw corrected.
I am in an abusive relationship. I think. I keep telling myself it will get better and just when things are seemingly better, my heart happens to get cruelly ripped out once more ... in the playoffs. I am a Caps fan. Need I say more?
Win one. Do it thirteen times.
Considering your final comment of the night last night, I can understand why you are so chipper this morning.
"He was the patron saint of quality footwear."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Apr 22, 2010 8:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Obvio
well, yes … there was some OT… ah, no comment.
I am in an abusive relationship. I think. I keep telling myself it will get better and just when things are seemingly better, my heart happens to get cruelly ripped out once more ... in the playoffs. I am a Caps fan. Need I say more?
Win one. Do it thirteen times.
Overshare!
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Yeah, yeah. 5 mins in the SinBin for roughing.
I am in an abusive relationship. I think. I keep telling myself it will get better and just when things are seemingly better, my heart happens to get cruelly ripped out once more ... in the playoffs. I am a Caps fan. Need I say more?
Win one. Do it thirteen times.
by Christoph J on Apr 22, 2010 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Congratulations Bears!
They beat the Sound Tigers, tigers made of sound, easily (allowing only 7 SOG) and will face Oskar Osala and the River Rats in the Eastern Division finals!
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Now I wanna run through a brick wall.
B E A R S! BEARS BEARS BEARS!!
It's all happening
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 9:01 AM EDT up reply actions
This was the best one.
Stopped by Neuvy, obviously.
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by jordanDC on Apr 22, 2010 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions 11 recs
Holy fuck.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I haven’t seen him play; but that particular save is the best I’ve seen in a while. I’d say thats better than Rinne’s swan dive save on Hossa Sunday, too.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions
No. I can only watch the Caps when they’re on NHL Network, and even then I don’t always catch it.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions
You’ve missed all of our epic which-goalie-of-the-future-is-better discussions? (FTR, I have big hopes of a Neuvi/Varly tandem. They’re both talented, have distinct styles, and it’s a thrill to have such promising prospects ready for the net.)
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by CapitalCentre on Apr 22, 2010 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Guess so. I can imagine; though, with Varlamov/Neuvirth/Holtby. Nashville will have the same problem in two years when Rinne’s contract expires with Pekka/Pickard/Lindback.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Stop counting me out
I hate listening to people's dreams. It is like flipping through a stack of photographs. If I'm not in any of them and nobody is having sex, I just don't care.
Whats with the crush on Dekanich again?
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Check my profile
I hate listening to people's dreams. It is like flipping through a stack of photographs. If I'm not in any of them and nobody is having sex, I just don't care.
Future’s so bright…
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by CapitalCentre on Apr 22, 2010 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions
…yet the here and now concerns us more!
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Our scouting effing rules.
That is all.
You had me at no problem.
by Ninjak on Apr 22, 2010 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
It sure looks great when you only focus on the players that are actually good.
I hate listening to people's dreams. It is like flipping through a stack of photographs. If I'm not in any of them and nobody is having sex, I just don't care.
More to the point, below is a repeating gif of Anton Gustafsson's highlight reel
I hate listening to people's dreams. It is like flipping through a stack of photographs. If I'm not in any of them and nobody is having sex, I just don't care.
but the workout vid was removed from youtube..
by Natty Bumppo on Apr 22, 2010 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Eric Fehr is telling all the haters to suck on balls, though.
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Eric Fehr is far too polite to say “suck on balls”
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The Balanced incarnation of Fehr isn’t.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Does he even get enough TOI to finish the sentence?
Looks like I picked the wrong season to stop sniffing glue.
by alex_k on Apr 22, 2010 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Shouldn’t the Debbie Downers be faulting GMGM for picking Fehr over Getzlaf?
You had me at no problem.
They’ll say something about how we couldn’t have afforded him so it doesn’t matter, etc.
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And how Fehr is actually an NHL player and how getting Getzlaf would have precluded us from getting Alzner and probably Backstrom.
I hate listening to people's dreams. It is like flipping through a stack of photographs. If I'm not in any of them and nobody is having sex, I just don't care.
And that Backstrom is now better than Getzlaf is and less-douchey to boot.
Only YOU can prevent idiots from commenting!
by Knee high to a duck on Apr 22, 2010 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions
There’s no way to have known that, though. If you go back to draft day would you want GMGM to take Getzlaf?
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, there’s no way to know it. I don’t know if I’d want Getzlaf, given all that was there. I could go pick a ton of players that I’d take over Fehr from that draft, but it doesn’t work that way. If it did we wouldn’t have Mike Green or Jeff Schultz, just to name two.
I hate listening to people's dreams. It is like flipping through a stack of photographs. If I'm not in any of them and nobody is having sex, I just don't care.
Stuff happens for a reason…most drafts even once you get to that point in the 1st round you’re not dealing with 100% sure things at all. We’re talking about 2 different types of players/needs as well. Will Fehr ever put up Getzlaf numbers? Probably not. But will what he is turning himself into and what we ended up getting as a result of taking Fehr where/when we did end up a better whole than whatever else might have happened? I like the chances as it stands currently.
by Davethecapsfan on Apr 22, 2010 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions
or Weber or Perry or Richards or Eriksson.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Fine, but Perry and Eriksson are better than Fehr.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions
But but but OPTIMISM!!!!1
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes.
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by jordanDC on Apr 22, 2010 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
most adorable goalie ever.
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Julie Gaffney?
It's all happening
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions
i've watched it...
20 straight times (and counting). awwwesome.
by Natty Bumppo on Apr 22, 2010 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s not showing up right now me :(
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Original video link? It hates me.
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It’s on the Bears twitter, you can legwork that.
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I have to go to work like right now. Come on!
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by SeattleCapsFan on Apr 22, 2010 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I just hope the AHL keeps moving to the finals as fast as it is. I’m hoping the calder cup is finished by the time were in the stanley cup finals or confrence finals. The quicker hershey wins their cup the faster we get to call up any player we want to DC.
by CAPFan4Life on Apr 22, 2010 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions
once again
i dont want to hear anyone complain about caps fans booing everytime a cap falls down. so many times the bell centre was lousy with boos after obvious non penalties. note to habs fans, you are allowed to push a guy down from behind if the man has the puck as knuble did to one of your guys. “counter hits” ala plekanec on green are penalties…ironic call since green is the king of the counter hits.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Apr 22, 2010 9:07 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
So true. The Mrs. (whose only really been watching this past season) kept yelling at the Habs fans to shut up and afterwards was commenting on how bad/stupid those fans are for complaining about the not-a-penalty calls.
i’ll give them credit for being incredibly supportive of their team. and maybe some of the booing is to try and influence the refs to make the next call, but really, some of the groans were for obvious non calls.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Apr 22, 2010 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions
I think every arena does this. Especially after the other team has gotten a PP or two in a row, the crowd wants a call on every contact.
You had me at no problem.
Well everyone does to some extent, but to her and me, it seemed like a whole lot worse than what we’ve seen at the Phonebooth this season
You are totally right, I’ve never heard a crowd make such a fuss. Kudos to them for being loud, but if the fanbase of the greatest NHL franchise does this stuff, it makes me feel a little better about any moaning in DC.
agreed. which is why it doesnt make sense to point out that caps fans are the only ones who are guilty of this type of behavior.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Apr 22, 2010 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
"counter hits" ala plekanec on green are penalties
If you’re playing the puck and someone tries to hit you, counter-hits most definitely are not illegal.
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agree, but this was not the case in the plekanec situation. plekanec played the puck into the corner and then hit green way away from the puck.
green has been called for similar hits. when both players go to the corner and he hit the forward before either played the puck. he does it alot, sometimes legally, sometimes not.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Apr 22, 2010 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ve yet to see that called, but if you say so…
The issue is usually distance and direction to the puck. If you’re skating toward the puck and you’re five feet from it, that’s not a “counter-hit,” that’s just interference.
If Green has the puck in his feet, or near him, and someone tries to hit him, but he hits them first, that’s perfectly legal.
It sounds to me as though the play you’re describing isn’t a “counter-hit,” but rather good old-fashioned interference.
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right, the penalty is interference but i have heard it called a counter-hit (maybe its just locker who calls it that). basically hitting a guy before he hits you kind of thing.
last nights was the most blatant i’ve seen cause it was barely inside the blue line and well away from where the puck was. most of the time those things happen near the corners and are not called cause it’s usually two guys in a fight for the puck.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Apr 22, 2010 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions
I half-agree and half-disagree.
The crowd in Montreal is trying to influence the referees.
The crowd in DC often doesn’t seem to know what’s going on. Witness the “too many men on the ice” penalty in game 1. I was standing up cheering for the upcoming power-play, while people in my section were looking at me like I had a penis growing out of my forehead.
I’ve seen people yell at the linesmen for “calling penalties” when they raise their arms for off-sides. Somehow, I don’t think that’s going on in Montreal.
On the other hand, maybe I’m just an unrepentant hockey snob.
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In our defense, a comb-over would make it less attention-getting.
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by Alz Well That Ends Well on Apr 22, 2010 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions
DC fans are definitely not too knowledgeable at the games. The people sitting around me are never aware of why a whistle has blown when there’s a hand pass, nor why there isn’t a 2-minute minor when the official makes the high-stick motion after the puck was played with a high stick.
You had me at no problem.
Witness the "too many men on the ice" penalty in game 1.
In this vein and from the “What we’re reading” widget (and especially useful for those of us like myself that never played hockey) Justin Bourne addresses how too-many-men penalties happen, especially in the playoffs. As usual, an excellent read.
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by Knee high to a duck on Apr 22, 2010 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions
according to hockey reference.com
some status for the playoffs:
1. Craig Anderson-COL 174
2. Ilya Bryzgalov-PHX 144
3. Ryan Miller-BUF 137
4. Jonathan Quick-LAK 134
5. Tuukka Rask-BOS 131
6. Jimmy Howard-DET 128
7. Brian Boucher-PHI 106
8. Martin Brodeur-NJD 105
9. Evgeni Nabokov-SJS 103
10. Roberto Luongo-VAN 101
Damn.. poor anderson. With all those shots he’s still got a .948 sv%.
Damn.. poor anderson. With all those shots he’s still got a .948 sv%.He’s not a free agent at the end of the season is he? :) (wink wink)
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Save %:
Pekka Rinne | NSH .953
C. Anderson | COL .948
T. Rask | BOS .939
R. Miller | BUF .927
A. Niemi | CHI .927
GAA
Pekka Rinne | NSH 1.35
T. Rask | BOS 1.80
B. Boucher | PHI 1.98
A. Niemi | CHI 2.01
C. Anderson | COL 2.11
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 9:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah he’s kinda good.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 9:28 AM EDT up reply actions
He’s been playing crazy. That glove save he made point blank near the end of the game a few nights ago was just aaaawesome.
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But but but Antti Niemi is just as good!
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions
I can agree with that. The team defense for Nashville has been outstanding. Two ES goals in three games against the 3rd best offensive team.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions
3rd best offensive team
Hasn’t looked like it lately :)
I don’t really know why, but I was kind of hoping to see WSH vs CHI in the finals. I guess it can still happen… maybe in the back of my mind I’m thinking that kind of matchup would mean the NHL is starting to shift back into offense-first
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Kidding, of course. But you have no idea how big a series win would be for the organization.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions
We haven’t beaten the Canadiens yet, but so far Semin, Green and Flash have combined for roughly 235 minutes of ice time and 4 assists. Their normal season production had them contributing 13 points in the same amount of ice time. Lets not even talk about the 1 for PP.
We may not need them v. a “they really don’t have anything” Canadiens team, but moving forward…
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I tend to think that those three guys in particular would love to play in a more free-wheelin’ type of game than the Habs allow to be played. I’d look for them to be better next round (which is, of course, not to excuse their play in this one).
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I agree that they’d love a more free wheeling game, but it’s not like MON is the worst match up for them. They are also all guys that would prefer to play a less physical team, and MON gives them that. Sure, you can’t just puck up the puck at your own goal line and go end to end, but you can’t do that against any playoff team (except the Caps!!!!!1) so in the big picture MON is a pretty good match up for those 3. Not good enough.
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Airport issues
The Caps’ plane was diverted to BWI for landing for some reason this morning, messing up everyone’s transportation home. Wonder if that contributed to practice being canceled today.
If they were coming to Dulles, the fog was a little crazy this morning.
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by Bald Pollack on Apr 22, 2010 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions
I heard zero visibility at Dulles this morning. Around 8 am, visibility was a tenth of a mile.
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by ThePeerless on Apr 22, 2010 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Hopefully more of the 3rd period and less on the 2nd on Friday. However, the 2nd should quiet down the ridiculous ‘Caps have goaltending issues’ crap in the media. Gordo is quickly becoming the unsung Caps hero this playoffs.
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There were a lot of flaws in the game, but I take some comfort in the Caps’ abillity to outlast a frustrated opponent.
Also, likewise. Have a great time tomorrow.
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by CapitalCentre on Apr 22, 2010 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Likewise! Great to meet you last night. Thanks for putting up with us! haha
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Sorry I didn’t make it. When do you return to PHX?
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Monday morning. Are you going to the game on Friday?
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I am. You’ll be there?
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Yes, I will be. Wanna meetup at intermission?
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More like before the game. What you got to do?
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I have dinner plans at 5 at Zaytinya with the friend I’m going to the game with. I can meet before that or probably after that before the game.
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Ok we’ll work it out over the next day. I have to decide what I’m doing about my evening class tomorrow (skip it).
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by Bald Pollack on Apr 22, 2010 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Anyone catch the Kings/'Nucks game?
That series is shaping up to be pretty good, although I’m not sure I can take much more of the media fellating Doughty. I can’t even count how many times I heard “future hall of famer” or “greatest defenseman in the game today” during the broadcast. Also, as much as Luongo kept them in that game, he let the Kings back in it. Not sure they’re a favorite in the West in my eyes if he keeps that kind of play up.
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That LA power play is outrageous, or the Vancouver PK is gawd-awful. Or both. Either way, it’s been immensely entertaining. Way better than any of the non-Caps series in the East, for sure.
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Yes, although the Bos/Buf OT yesterday was insane.
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The first OT only had 4 whistles. Just great end-to-end action and great goaltending from Miller and Rask
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by Rather Bengt on Apr 22, 2010 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Vigneault claims it’s just LA “getting the bounces” but I think it’s a combination of being legit and the ’Nucks PK doing a pretty horrible job.
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by snakegriffin on Apr 22, 2010 9:54 AM EDT up reply actions
It’’s unfortunate Luongo has looked so shaky because I certainly wouldn’t be adverse to a Caps-Canucks final because of the excitement potential
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by Rather Bengt on Apr 22, 2010 9:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Glad to see Halpern on a good team and contributing
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by Evel Knuble on Apr 22, 2010 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions
I hope that Clark ends up being as successful post-Caps as Halpern is.
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by sydtron on Apr 22, 2010 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
+ like, a lot
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by Evel Knuble on Apr 22, 2010 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions
VAN is definitely not the favorite right now. Luongo isn’t great and they are heavily riding 4 D and I think only 2-3 lines. That’s not sustainable.
But Doughty deserves the accolades. The guy is a ridiculous stud and he’s going to run away and hide with the Norris in the near future.
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Oh I’m not saying that I don’t agree that Doughty is spectacular, he’s clearly legit. I’m just saying the media/PBP/color guys are currently overdoing it a little bit; seemingly every time he’s on the ice or in a replay. Meanwhile the “Mike Green is supremely talented but doesn’t play a lick of defense” is still being declared loudly. Haters gonna hate, I guess.
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by snakegriffin on Apr 22, 2010 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions
On the Price meltdown
After Chimera’s goal, he immediately put his glove over his face and glanced at Price. Immediately at the time I was wondering if he was spitting out his mouthpiece or making the “in your face” gesture to Price. When Price fired the puck at the celebratory huddle, I figured it was the latter, and that the two had been yapping at each other earlier in the game.
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I saw Chimera do that too and wondered what was up. Glad someone else picked it up
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by Rather Bengt on Apr 22, 2010 9:49 AM EDT up reply actions
I adore Chimmy. I wasn’t sold for most of the season, but he’s doing wonderful. His hands of stone where useful last night!
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My missing of Juice :(
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Found the youtube – looks like a taunt to my eyes…
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he was pulling out his mouthpiece. does it all the time. he wasnt even facing price at the time, he was skating around the back of the net.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Apr 22, 2010 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Can someone remind me where I can find a player’s stats/game from previous playoff seasons?
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Appreciate that. Wondering how long Semin was MIA before he got into the swing of things [relatively] during last year’s playoffs and the 2007 playoffs … i.e. scoring goals.
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by Christoph J on Apr 22, 2010 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions
Pretty sure he was great in the first round but then wilted after a wrist injury, right?
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Right. He now has zero goals in his last 11 playoff games.
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That’s my recollection. My memory of the series against the Flyers two playoffs ago is more foggy.
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Win one. Do it thirteen times.
by Christoph J on Apr 22, 2010 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions
This passing play stands out in my mind: http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?hlp=8473563&event=PHI296
You had me at no problem.
?? I’m not following you, sorry. Conference Call/3d model rendering/CA paper pushing/Japers’ Rink … I’m sort of all over the place right now.
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Win one. Do it thirteen times.
by Christoph J on Apr 22, 2010 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Pretty passing play by Semin & Backstrom vs the Flyers in 07-08. Looks better than anything Semin has contributed this postseason.
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Link took me to Knuble’s empty netter sequence from last night’s game … I guess that’s why I’m confused.
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by Christoph J on Apr 22, 2010 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Dammit… Clear link fail… Cursed NHL video center… Can’t find it on youtube.
You had me at no problem.
No worries. I vaguely recall that play. I’m sure I can come across it somewhere.
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Win one. Do it thirteen times.
by Christoph J on Apr 22, 2010 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Yesterday evening's pre-game musings revisited
Wonder what I’ll be cursing least about:
-Flash’s continuing disappearing act
-Tom Poti
-Good Sasha and Bad Sasha
-The Trap
-Green laying another [relative] egg
-The Caps’ PP
-The Care Bears
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He’s stepped up his game.
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3 straight.
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Hot streak!!
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He was the winner for me last night. Cursed once … and I jumped the gun on that play too early anticipating he’d fuck up as is the norm. The other one, Gordon redeemed his weak clearing attempt and turned a diamond into a rough.
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by Christoph J on Apr 22, 2010 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions
If anyone wants to listen to the Brooks and Brads interview from Apr 20th instead of reading the Bogs boring recap of it’s RIGHT HERE
(It’s pretty great)
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Anyone care to discuss the questionable decision to pull Price down two goals with 2:30 to go? After all, someone was saying just the other day that that strategy never works.
Instead, had they given Moore another minute to complete his end to end rush, they could have pulled the G actually down by one. Which then might have been useful.
Doesn’t 2:30 seem too early? Thoughts?
by bilspacecadet on Apr 22, 2010 10:03 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
IIRC the Caps had just been called for icing, so the faceoff would’ve been in the Caps’ zone which is what you want. Down by two, teams usually pull the goalie around the 2 min mark anyway.
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Yeah, but we have owned the dot in this series
I thought it was a dumb move by Martin, but he was running out of options at that point…
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by Evel Knuble on Apr 22, 2010 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions
I can’t remember if the Caps had just changed or not, but maybe Martin figured that even they lost the faceoff they could pressure the Caps into a turnover. When you’re staring at going down 3-1, you’ve got to take a few risks. At this point the size of the loss isn’t really important.
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Agreed
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by Evel Knuble on Apr 22, 2010 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Why does it matter what you lose by? You have 2 goals to make up you better start trying.
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See I think the Moore goal came partly as a result of the Caps scoring the EN and starting to relax/celebrate too soon. Then Moore comes in full of fire and puts in a shot that barely get’s over Varly’s shoulder (saw it deflect off his shoulder on the replay).
Varly maybe could have played that shot a little better. Rest of the team, too.
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I give Varly a pass on that one. It’s SUCH a low percentage shot, but perfectly placed, that one’s tough to stop. It’s the kind of backhander I expect from Zetterberg or Malkin, not Moore.
Mostly, I was pissed that it took the GWG away from Ovie. But then, it did give him and Baxter extra points. Someone’s gotta chase down Crosby on that leaderboard.
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I dunno, if you’re a team that has been scoring a lot of PP goals, and little to none at 5v5, you have to take that shot that late at the game.
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by Sombrero Guy on Apr 22, 2010 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Meh. The Moore goal was clearly a Caps team that had mentally relaxed with a 3-goal lead.
If the score is still 4 – 2 and Price is in net, I highly doubt Moore has all the space he got for his Bobby Orr impersonation.
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Eh. Moore doesn’t make that rush if the Caps don’t give up with a 3 goal lead. Do you trust them to score 2 goals in the final minute? Sometimes you have to do it.
Andy Murray pulled the goalie with ~5 minutes left in a playoff game against DET down 3 goals. LAK tied and then won the game. Ridiculous gamble but it paid off.
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Anyone shocked that Sloan handled himself respectably? I know Bruce had him out against MTL’s 3rd and 4th lines mostly, but still, no facepalm moments I noticed.
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I was more shocked that he made two very good breakup plays in the neutral zone.
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I fully expected one of those attempts that he stepped up for to lead to a 2-on-1 the other way. Was happily surprised it didn’t.
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can’t wait for morrisonn jurcina to come back.
by Natty Bumppo on Apr 22, 2010 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions
I kinda think they’re the equivalent, neither one of them makes you jump for joy.
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Is he even close to returning to any type of game action? I don’t mind Juice.
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I think he’s skating now, but not necessarily doing full practices.
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Yeah, he’ll probably be healthy towards the end of the 2nd round, and pretty rusty I’d imagine.
You had me at no problem.
Wouldn’t you be pretty surprised if he even plays a game? It seems like he’d have to be 100% and a lot of dmen would have to be injured for him to get into the lineup.
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Amen brutha.
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by Christoph J on Apr 22, 2010 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions
I like Juice, but he hasn’t played since February. Won’t exactly be up to speed even once he gets cleared.
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by Sombrero Guy on Apr 22, 2010 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Not in the least. He’s a legit 7 defender and perfectly serviceable.
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I’m realistic.
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Then what’s with this T Sloan fan club?!!? haha jk
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uh huh.. man meat that’s what.
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Actually he’s a decent player who doesn’t deserve half the shit he gets.
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by Ovechwin on Apr 22, 2010 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I know he is. I am just busting your chops.. once again. I am a fan of TySlo, killer.
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even if everyone agrees TySlo is serviceable…it would be nice to never start a serviceable seventh defender during the playoffs. nor give a serviceable seventh defender anything more than a one-year, basement-level contract.
by Natty Bumppo on Apr 22, 2010 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
it would be nice to never have start a serviceable seventh defender during the playoffs.
Shit happens. Adjust accordingly.
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right, but to complain that a 7th defenseman is getting playing time (in our case probably an 8th/9th defenseman depending on your preferences of juice/erskine/sloan) seems reasonable.
by Natty Bumppo on Apr 22, 2010 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions
But there is no other option for a situation like that, no point in complaining.
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Erskine over Sloan? Really?
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I’m with you in this case. I take Sloan over MON but there are teams that I’d take Erskine instead.
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Yeah, it definitely depends on who we’re playing – which makes it useful to have different types of players to choose from (even though you obviously hope nobody gets hurt and you don’t have to use them)
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is it really beyond debate? they’re about even in my book. different skill sets for different situations. getting back to my point: if we both accept that sloan is a marginal NHL player…someone more suited to be a 7th defender sitting in the stands than a starter…then maybe he does deserve “half the shit he gets.” i don’t think acknowledging that he isn’t very good excuses him from getting crap when he screws the pooch (or giving GMGM crap for signing sloan to an additional two years at terms above the minimum).
anyhow. you can have your lobby, it’s cool. we’re all cheering for the same team. but i’ll carry on tearing at my hair whenever sloan stands around on the ice without identifying his man.
as co-founder of the sloan fan club i’ll address this to you: next time you see someone giving sloan “more shit than he deserves,” why not address that person directly so we can all better understand this illegitimate anti-sloan sentiment?
by Natty Bumppo on Apr 22, 2010 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yea, but in this game against Montreal it makes much more sense to play Sloan.
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I wonder if that’s a bad habit he picked up playing in the E and A? He’s a little like Giroux, AAAA-level. In the AHL, his skating is better than a lot of guys so he can chase and still get back into position to not get burned to often. But his skating isn’t good enough to get away with that in the NHL.
just a thought; I could be completely off the mark.
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Moen abused him once, and he was bad on the Habs’ 3rd goal, so I’m not really full of Sloanlove today.
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And I think a wise man pointed out that he was protected pretty heavily by BB.
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I pointed that out too. The wise man must’ve ripped me off.
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He’s a quick skater forward and back, but his transition on the Moen play left something to be desired.
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Which goes back to his mental processing and not his physical skill set. I think he just read it too slowly.
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I dunno. Some guys are fast as shit in a straight line, but just don’t have the hip mobility to transition well.
(I’m slow as shit in a straight line, but I also lack the hip mobility to transition well.)
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True, but TSlo is always described as an excellent skater and I’m pretty sure his dad is a power skating instructor. I have to believe that includes an ability to pivot. I’m sticking with the “mental weakness” theory.
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He got pwned once by Pyatt and again on the Moore goal that I saw.
He is what he is.
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Or perhaps Moen.
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is that the Caps better close out this series on Friday, because if they don’t, I’m going to miss game 6 since I’ll be in Mexico.
Also, I really hope that one of Boston-Buffalo or Philly-New Jersey or Pittsburgh-Ottawa (preferably the last one) goes to seven games so that the second round starts shortly before I get back a week later.
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by Evel Knuble on Apr 22, 2010 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions
IIRC the NHL possible playoff dates are already set, only the NBA does the “next playoff series start as soon as possible”.
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i dont think the nba reseeds after the first round like the nhl, so it’s possible for them to start the next series out.
for the nhl, you dont know who you are playing. the caps could play the flyers, b’s or pens in the next round. if the flyers win tonight then we know we would play them if we finish off the canadians. i doubt the series would start before next weekend.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Apr 22, 2010 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions
The NBA does not reseed. The 1-8 winner plays the 4-5 winner, so that if both series are done, they can start it up even if the other series are still going on in their conferences.
That seems to be how it works in bouncy-ball, as the NCAA tourney doesn’t reseed, nor does the NIT, etc.
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Apr 22, 2010 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I actually had someone try to argue with me today that we’d play the winner of the PIT-OTT series no matter what b/c of the “bracket” – I was like “sorry, no bracket in hockey, genius – they reseed.” He honestly didn’t believe me. It was funny.
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It was a substitute, which made it even funnier. I was like “who the fuck are you?”
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who, who
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Longer term, does anyone have a link to when each round is scheduled to begin? I’ve got a vacation planned end of May and the first week of June, and I’m trying prepare my brain for what series will be on and make contingencies.
This round is taking 2 full weeks from the start of the first series 4/14 to the potential last game 7, 4/28. That would suggest round two starts 5/1, but I haven’t been able to find such a schedule.
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Pitt will win in 5. Ottawa has rolled over and assumed the position.
NJD could climb back into it, and maybe Buffalo, if they can find someone to score.
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With Carter and Gagne out, the Philly-NJ series probably has the best chance of being extended. Before yesterday, I wasn’t too thrilled about a possible Caps-Flyers second round matchup, but with those two guys gone I’m liking it a lot more.
oh, i like a caps/flyers matchup, particularly w/ out gagne and carter. also means no more coaches named jaques down the line. would like to see b’s over sabres to avoid miller too.
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by dcsportsfan1 on Apr 22, 2010 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Here’s hoping both Philly and Boston can close out their opponents. I for one don’t want to see either Buffalo or Jersey down the road.
A series with the Flyers while they’re short handed would be nice, but hopefully the Caps will remember not to count on it being easy. This is the playoffs, only winning matters.
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Apr 22, 2010 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Buffalo has looked flat this playoffs. They have showed sparks of nice play (and Rask is terrific), but I’m really surprised at their meh-ness.
BtN called it – have to give them props, because I definitely did not see this one coming.
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Related: their next series is going to be awful good.
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by Bald Pollack on Apr 22, 2010 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Series of predictions, or do you know they’re doing something different?
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Sorry, not BtN related, just thinking Boston will have another chance not to bitch out, assuming the series leaders win out.
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by Bald Pollack on Apr 22, 2010 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions
You think they’ve got a shot vs PIT? I just don’t think Boston has the horses for that series. They’ll limit the Pens’ chances, but Crosby will get his goals, and Boston doesn’t have the playmakers to capitalize on their own chances.
You had me at no problem.
Agree. Pitt will overwhelm Boston’s D.
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I think they could stretch the series out a bit, and if Savard can get into shape and pull a Willis Reed in say G5 or 6 (if it got that far) it could light a fire under the B’s.
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by Bald Pollack on Apr 22, 2010 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions
But nah, as it stood now, the Pens would take it.
They're coming.
by Bald Pollack on Apr 22, 2010 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions
BtN also completely eff’ing blew predicting the Caps-Habs series. They do good work over there most of the time, but the Caps-Habs series preview shocked a shocking lack of knowledge about the Capitals.
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I think the final prediction was with tongue firmly planted in cheek. That’s the way I read it, anyway. The substance of the article was generally “the Caps are better in every phase of the game”. IIRC, of course.
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That was my take on it. The guy writing it was a Habs fan and the conclusion was definitely wry humor.
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by Knee high to a duck on Apr 22, 2010 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Err… I ran into that guy over at Habs Eyes on the Prize. Let’s just say he was DEFINITELY not joking.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Apr 22, 2010 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s completely out of line with the rest of his analysis, being largely that the Caps were better (and hugely so in some cases) by pretty much every measure except on the PK.
I’ll take your word for it, but if he was serious, that’s some amazing cognitive dissonance.
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by Knee high to a duck on Apr 22, 2010 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions
that’s some amazing cognitive dissonance.
Yeah. No arguments there.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Apr 22, 2010 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Fair enough. This guy also called Boston in 6, for mostly the same reasons the BtN guys had.
He had Washington in 5.
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I wouldn’t mind seeing New Jersey bang Philly for another couple of games.
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I wouldn’t mind seeing New Jersey bang Philly for another couple of games.
Isolate that.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions
couple more busted feet would be ok. richards, briere and pronger perhaps. gonna be tough for the flyers to beat the dev’s if this thing has to go 6 or 7. then again, after brodeurs performance in last years first round game 7, might not be so tough…
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by dcsportsfan1 on Apr 22, 2010 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Washington post Game 4 Gallery
no. 12: “Washington’s John Carlson subdues Montreal’s Tomas Plekanec by the boards.”
it’s not quite as awesome as that game 3 gallery was, sadly.
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Number 12 is pretty… uhhhh… awesome? Is that the right word?
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Awkwardly awesome!
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I really like number 26 too!
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- is gold. Price is working his ass off to see with Knuble tying up Gill right in front of him.
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Oh dear no. 17
Definitely was not the third-period goal that iced the game, was more like the game-changer at the end of the second period…
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by Jake Shapiro on Apr 22, 2010 10:34 AM EDT reply actions 6 recs
Semyon Varlamov is how old?
He has 10-6 record, 2.43 GAA and a .918 SVPCT in the playoffs.
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by Chaz-Capapalooza on Apr 22, 2010 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Corvo is probably so glad he was rescued from Carolina.
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I think Corvo’s another one who has played surprisingly well this series. He’s doing some really good things (along with a few boneheaded plays but that seems to go w/ the territory of being a Caps’ defenseman).
I think that’s partially carryover from the last few games of the regular season. BB’s apparently told him to be a little more instinctive/play his game.
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by Bald Pollack on Apr 22, 2010 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions
The more he plays the more he will get comfortable in this system.
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perhaps not the right time to ask, but would you want a do-over on that trade?
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions
So the pick+Pothier+prospect was worth a guy who’s not all that much better than Pothier (certainly an improvement, though)? I thought at the time you overpaid considering the price other defensemen were acquired for; but I have only seen Corvo once as a Cap.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 2:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I would have maybe preferred Seidenberg for a 2, but we needed to move a D anyway to make room. So giving up Potsy only opens a roster spot, the 2 was standard fare for the day, and the prospect wasn’t a huge loss. I’ll take that trade every time.
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i really do think corvo will keep getting better in the system, too, and i am legitimately worried about mike green’s playoff nerves. corvo as green insurance as well as a secondary puck mover still strikes me as the perfect compliment for a long playoff run.
by Natty Bumppo on Apr 22, 2010 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Low second-rounder. Not a great loss.
Busted prospect who wasn’t making it with the Caps. Whatevs.
Pothier. Super-nice guy who likely would have been a scratch in the playoffs? Whatevs.
Corvo is a big improvement over Pothier.
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If you didn’t have Corvo who’s playing over Pothier in the playoffs?
Kinda what I was thinking, just wanted to get a feel for it since Grebeshkov and Seidenberg were acquired cheaper (maybe others?)
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Grebeshkov in particular was a rip off. EDM is a joke.
Potsy would probably be playing too many minutes as would Shamo/Erskine. Hard to tell how many of those minutes Carlson would take.
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I kinda feel bad Grebeshkov didn’t get a fair chance to see what he could do. Unfortunately, Hamhuis is better than him and will be the priority as far as ‘cursory attempts to re-sign’ goes.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions
IMO, a lot of his increasing comfort with the Caps’ system started when he was teamed with SMo consistently — they compliment each others’ styles, plus Morissonn is a less skittish player than Corvo. He always played his best for CAR when paired with Gleason, whose profile is similar to Mo’s.
Looks like I picked the wrong season to stop sniffing glue.
Not sure if its been said (attempting to catch up) but Knuble deserves credit for realizing how little time was left in the period before jumping up on that 2-1 shortie. I’ll bet theres not way he takes that risk if there is 30 more seconds left in the game, because of fear of having a 4-2 going back the other way. As it was, even if they didn’t score, it was unlikely the Habs could have controlled the puck and turned it into an offensive chance the other way. Biggest goal of the season so far in my eyes.
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by Sombrero Guy on Apr 22, 2010 10:51 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Love watching Flash Gordon and K-Nub on the PK together.
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by Rather Bengt on Apr 22, 2010 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions
I hollered like a banshee when he scored and all I have to show for it is a slew of cat scratches from the furball after he catapulted off my leg in surprise/fear. Anyways, such a sweet play by Knuble and Gordo. Hope his back holds up.
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However, I saw the postgame show. They had said the PK looked ‘aggressive’, which I don’t ever recall the Caps PK being before. Did everyone else notice this or feel the same way?
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they’ve been very aggressive the past two game. Don’t knwo what it is about that Gordon and Knuble combo, but they seem pretty determined to score every single time.
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Today will be the nomination announcements for the 2010 Calder Trophy. If the early playoff results are any indication, perhaps the best player to debut in the 2009/10 season will not be nominated this year. So far in the playoffs, John Carlson of the Washington Capitals has made a claim to being the best rookie in the NHL. Carlson has appeared in all four Washington Capitals games and scored four points from defence. He has a +7 +/- rating in the playoffs so far. This is quite an impressive showing for a rookie.
Carlson will be eligible for the Calder Trophy next season because he only played 22 games this season (and the Calder cut-off is 25). In those 22 games, he logged an ever increasing amount of playing time with six points and a +11 +/-. Carlson is a 20 year old World Junior Championship hero who was a Caps first round pick in 2008. He has the pedigree of a future NHL star and is playing like one so far in the playoffs. He is a very logical front-runner for next year’s Calder Trophy.
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I think that kid’s resting heart rate is down near Backstrom’s, and all the pressure media can muster wouldn’t open his eyes to halfway.
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by redlineblue on Apr 22, 2010 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
He responds just like Lebron. Every time he’s pressured, he elevates his game. I just hope Boudreau doesn’t over-burden him with responsibility. At some point we’ll be reminded that he is pretty young. I hope it won’t be till sometime next year. I wanted to be a little more exact on that so I went on over to Carlson’s wiki page. I guess he plays with a bit of weight behind him?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions
He drinks 14 bottles of wine before every game.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions
And Leon’s getting larger.
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by Rather Bengt on Apr 22, 2010 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Must have got him and wellwood mixed up.
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by Ovechwin on Apr 22, 2010 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
No D won the Calder until 1963 (Kent Douglas, TOR), 30 years after the trophy’s inception. Since then 8 more D have taken that tin, with Jackman (‘03) the most recent ROTY/D. Laperriere’s ’64 win was the only time successive D have won the Calder.
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by redlineblue on Apr 22, 2010 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions
it certainly doesn’t hurt Captain America that he’s already getting hype for it.
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A Doughty win mightn’t help much, though. And Kane might have used the American quota…
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by redlineblue on Apr 22, 2010 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions
When he scored the tying goal in game 2 I jumped out of my chair and screamed, “Fucking American Hero” and kicked my door open. No one had any idea what I was talking about lol, I didn’t care…
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by Chaz-Capapalooza on Apr 22, 2010 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Considering Sloan only played 3 games in March & 2-3/4 games in April plus going into a faster paced playoff game cold …. I was impressed with his play overall. Washington’s 3rd goal (which pulled them ahead in the 3rd) was a result of Sloan pinning Gionta to the boards freeing the puck for Semin, who passed it to Ovi for a goal. He had several great plays during the game to free the puck — one mid-ice to Ovi for a scoring chance. On the Moore goal, Flash got beat … and another Montreal player played interference when Sloan went to take him into the boards …. then he beat Corvo as well. The forwards were nowhere to be seen. Varly had an amazing game, but unfortunately didn’t stop an easy back-hand shot that time. The game could easily have been lost if Varly hadn’t been at the top of his game. Go Caps! Let’s finish them off on Friday!
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Duchene, Howard, and Meyers are the Calder finalists. No surprises there.
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Go Duchene!
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Tavares got jobbed.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions
No he didn’t. Pretty sure he fell off.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Apr 22, 2010 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Ha! He’s a nice, young player, but he didn’t have a terrific first season. 54 points isn’t bad, but after a good first half, he disappeared in the second half.
He’ll still be a good NHL player, though.
Tavares put up 24/30/54
Duchene put up 24/31/55 with a better QUALTEAM and a worse QUALCOMP than JT had.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Duchene is better defensively, though, and Tavares fell off significantly in the second half whereas Duchene got better.
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I hope if we ever face the Avs in the Stanley Cup that Ovie can pass the Duchene on the left hand side.
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by Rather Bengt on Apr 22, 2010 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Is he not an ambiturner?
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by Ovechwin on Apr 22, 2010 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Duchene also plays for a team that made the playoffs. Tavares’ team was out of it by February.
It's all happening
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions
He didn’t fall off, he was passed. Tavares had a good year… but Duchene and Meyers were better. Howard can’t be compared, being a goalie, but any of the 4 would be solid Calder choices.
If Tavares had played one more year in junior, he and Carlson would be the Calder favorites for 2011.
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Apr 22, 2010 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions
There was no room in the finalist inn.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Meyers seems to be the favorite. Can’t really go wrong with any of the three, though.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Apr 22, 2010 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions
happy to see Jimmy get a nom. Well deserved. Was a little worried he wouldn’t.
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If Varly never got injured, I wonder if he would be up there.
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by Rather Bengt on Apr 22, 2010 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Probably sigh
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if Varly continued to play at that hgih level, it wouldn’t even be a contest.
then again, we wouldn’t have watched Theo (THEO!) go 20-0-3. silver linings and all.
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to the headline writer for tracey hamilton’s column on ov and varly on the front page of the online sports page:
Pair Beats Full House
korny, but i kinda like it…
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
Makes it sound like two assailants beat the hell out of Jodie Sweetin, Candace Cameron, John Stamos and the rest of the gang.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I wish. But leave Lori Loughlin alone. She was kinda cute.
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by Rather Bengt on Apr 22, 2010 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions
It was the Olson Twins!!!
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Apr 22, 2010 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions
GIBBLER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 22, 2010 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
A couple of nuggest
Per Corey (I think), the Caps are outshooting the Habs 69 – 29 in the third period so far.
Per Peerless, the Caps are outscoring the Habs 8 – 4 in the third.
Size and strength advantage makes its presence felt!
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Flyers Lines for Tonight
Per BSH:
Dan Carcillo – Mike Richards – David Laliberte
Scott Hartnell – Danny Briere – Ville Leino
James van Riemsdyk – Claude Giroux – Arron Asham
Darroll Powe – Blair Betts – Ian Laperriere
Carcillo and an AHL guy on the first line…wow
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He’s a pathetic excuse for a 1L. Good lord. What has the world come to?!
"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"
he’s scored a couple big goals though
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by Sombrero Guy on Apr 22, 2010 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions
True. But 9 times out of 10, He’s not going to help a top line at all. Going into the Penalty box may help them so I could be wrong.
"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"
He’s not a bad grinder, when he remembers to take his meds. But a first line guy…we’ll see how the minutes play out, of course. They could end up double shifting Giroux and Briere all game long on the top line with Richards, or something like that.
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agreed. I wouldn’t trust him, and haven’t watched much of their series, but maybe he’s actually playing good grinding hockey, and with Carter and Gagne out, they’re stacking the first line with crash bangers, hoping for dirty goals and letting the skill guys on line 2 take care of the pretty offensive stuff
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by Sombrero Guy on Apr 22, 2010 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions
wow…this series is going 7
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by Chaz-Capapalooza on Apr 22, 2010 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I actually feel bad for the Flyers. I mean, Carcillo and Laliberte being centered by Richards? Is this the Booth karma coming back to bite him in the ass?
I hope it’s not karma, that means it will come back to get Ovi for that hit on Campbell.
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by Chaz-Capapalooza on Apr 22, 2010 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Boooooooooooooooooooo!
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This isn’t just about Richards. This is much bigger. They didn’t have the Booth thing hanging over their head last year when Richards and Carter had one good shoulder between them. This is just the cost of doing business for that organization for the last … forever.
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Thornton, who has two assists and was a minus-3 before Game 4, was asked if it’s hard to stay patient when the results haven’t been coming. “Not at all,” he said. “I’m going to play the same way if I scored six points the last game or I didn’t score any. I’m going to play the same way and eventually it’ll come to us.” Thornton added that he and his teammates remain extremely confident because “there’s nothing not to be confident about. We’re playing real good hockey, and we know we’ve still got better in this room.”
woof, might as well call Thornton Mr. Playoffs after that
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What time is it for the Devils?
According to the latest Puck Daddy article on Lou Lamarello’s outburst the other night.
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by Rather Bengt on Apr 22, 2010 1:39 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I really overbought on New Jersey this year. I thought they were better than every East team but Washington.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions
The night of the Kovalchuk trade I maintained that I wasn’t scared of them. Still am not.
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Right; I didn’t think the trade itself was that great but I love Parise and Zajac, among other Devils.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions
But in general they don’t.
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Philly’s just a horrible matchup for NJD. And NJD have gotten zero bounces. Any other of the bottom 4 teams and NJD would advance pretty easily, I think
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Eh, perhaps. But I wouldn’t be afraid to go against them. Well I wouldn’t be extra afraid.
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On Gouldie's point that the even-numbered games are most important
Turns out he’s right. From Hockey or Die, the (historical) odds of winning a series based on winning any of the particular games in a series:
* Game One: 71.7%
* Game Two: 75.0%
* Game Three: 60.0%
* Game Four (All): 71.7%
* Game Four (Non-Elimination): 67.3%
* Game Five (All): 72.5%
* Game Five (Non-Elimination): 56.3%
* Game Six (All): 71.9%
* Game Six (Non-Elimination): 30.8%
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Wow. Never would have thought game two.
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Me neither, but it makes some intuitive sense. You win and you’re either putting a 2-0 Nugent (stranglehold, baby) on the series or evening it up and making it a best of 5.
I always thought Game 3 was important to win, but oh how wrong I was.
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2-0 is far from a stranglehold.
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Work with me, I wanted to use the Nugent reference.
But the odds of winning, historically speaking anyway, with a 2 – 0 lead are over 86%. That’s pretty close to a stranglehold.
From the same Hockey or Die article:
* Lead 1-0: 71.7%
* Lead 2-0: 86.5%
* Lead 3-0: 100%
* Lead 2-1: 65.0%
* Lead 3-1: 92.3%
* Lead 3-2: 87.9%
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Yeah sorry to step on your reference. I’m just bitter about last year still.
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You and me both, brother, you and me both.
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2-0 is far from a stranglehold.
That’s pretty close to a stranglehold.
JP tweeted a few days ago about the word “brink” never being heard for 9 months of the year.
Not picking on you F&B or you FD, but I kind of feel the same way about stranglehold. I rarely hear it outside of sports playoff series.
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i used to say the same thing about “tremendous.” one of those words i hear constantly in the sports world (“tremendous bat speed,” “tremendous jump off the line of scrimmage,” “tremendous hockey sense”) but rarely in my everyday life.
by Natty Bumppo on Apr 22, 2010 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Put the song on your ipod and you’ll hear it all the time.
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I wrote a song called The Brink. Good word.
Words and patterns do spread throughout the community though. No one used to really do that, “BLAH BLAH BLHA BLAH, NO?” “BLAH BLAH BLHA BLAH, YES?” all the time until a few regulars started doing so.
It’s pretty amazing, no?
I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life.
I’m totally tired of seeing this:
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XXX XXXX XX snarky remark XXX XXX.
Signed,
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by jordanDC on Apr 22, 2010 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Wait, I thought two teams had come back from 3-0 deficits: http://www.whowins.com/features/comeback.html
You had me at no problem.
How can a game six ever be non-elimination? Isn’t it always 3-2 by definition?
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I thought about that. The numbers don’t make sense.
In game four the winning team wins the series 71% of the time. Some of those presumably are teams that sweep. But if “non-elimination” wins are what you suggest, then that would mean teams stave off a sweep 67% of the time. Can that be right?
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Heh. Good point.
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Doan Update
From the Yotes PR staff -
The Coyotes just took the ice for practice at Jobing.com Arena. Captain Shane Doan, who missed Game 4 because of injury, is on the ice.
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Awesome. Hopefully they smoke Detroit tonight.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Small problem. They don’t play tonight. Game 5 is tomorrow night.
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Oops. I figured that since they didn’t play last night they would tonight.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Great news,
Doan you forget about him…no….no…no….
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by Rather Bengt on Apr 22, 2010 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Aftonbladet interview
Montreal probably deserved the win?
Yeah, they played really well but Varlamov was very good and we had the bounces going our way admits Nicklas Bäckström. But sometimes you need to be lucky, like when we got the 2-2 goal in the end of the second that was a huge psychological advantage for us.
About his three point night
I was decent, our unit did what it was suppose to do.
If you win the next game you are ready for the next round?
We definitely want to do it, Bäckis assures.
We don’t want to return to Montreal anymore now. It’s time to settle this back home at the Verizon Center infront of a packed house.
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by Malin A on Apr 22, 2010 2:21 PM EDT reply actions 8 recs
As always you come through with another nugget of gold.
Is that sig new? I hadn’t noticed it before. It’s a winner.
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I had it for a while. It’s from this conversation.
What can I say I’m a JP fangirl. I will follow him into the darkest and filthiest of alleys, even the comment section at Puck Daddy.
IW, these things from the Swedish papers are great!
I rec you in general, and this post in particular.
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And now he’s gone. Heard him talk about how Albany is going to be real tough because all their NHL players have come back down.
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Yeah it was a good chat. I listened on my way to school.
He says he wanted to work on his timing jumping into the play, and that French has given him the green light and let him do that. He said he had a list of “little things” that he wanted to work on and that he’s worked on them “a ton” in HER this year. He said he is following the Caps but has only watched one game and it’s great to see how well the organization is doing top to bottom. Complimented the drafting, trading, and FA signing. Looks forward to getting a chance to be a full time NHL player.
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Anyone else think the Eastern Conference semis are going to be a huge let down?
With NJ and BUF tanking, the conference is kind of gutted, no?
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by iced on Apr 22, 2010 3:57 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Seems that way. Pittsburgh will win though, so that will make a lot of donks happy.
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WSH-PHI would still be huge drama, or at least has that potential (even for fans of other teams). That should be all over NBC etc.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Apr 22, 2010 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions
That should be all over NBC etc.
Yay! Every game starting at the crack of dawn noon!
Now helping to keep an eye on all things Gr8 at Alex Ovetjkin.
Well, maybe one game, or two games if it’s a long series (yes, I know you’re snarking). And if I can drag myself out of bed before 9 AM to watch one of those games I think you guys will be fine :P
by sixsevenfiftysix on Apr 22, 2010 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Fuck. Looks like Brian Campbell’s in.
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You better take the body on him. No way he’s 100%.
I’m also calling BS on “broken collarbone.” Fucking horse shit.
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Because they had to have known it wasn’t broken and the fact that he was going to miss so much time and was so badly hurt was a huge reason AO got the suspension he did. If they said he had a boo boo to his shoulder and would be back in the first round it wouldn’t have been as big a deal. But they played it like it was some possible season-ending injury and thus got the suspension they wanted. It’s not like plenty of people didn’t predict this exact behavior when the NHL started punishing based on injury. It just sucks that there is no recourse for the Caps at this point.
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absolutely no way he’s back in, what, 5 weeks from a broken collarbone. no freaking way. so, yeah, not a broken collarbone. The risk of dislodging the fracture or re-fracturing it on a hit are just way too high to have any half-way competent doctor clear him (imo, and no, I’m not a doc of any sort)
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I agree on both counts. He’s back two weeks early, and if Weber or Tootoo hit him anywhere near as hard as they’ve been hitting he’s gonna need a helluva lot of ice.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions
And a collar bone isn’t something you can play through if it’s broken. This isn’t him toughing it out like if he broke a hand or a rib or a foot or separated a shoulder. You are fucked if you try to play through a broken collar bone. It was dishonest and it cost AO big time.
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How many weeks has it been since he broke it? Maybe it wasn’t a clean break and it was able to heal quicker as a result. Who knows. Probably a bunch of lying pricks.
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Probably a bunch of lying pricks.
This is my guess.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions
March 14 he was injured so it’s been about 5 weeks. That’s an extremely quick recovery from a broken collarbone, especially considering he’s already been skating and practicing for a week.
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Who reported a collar bone break? Could this be an issue of the media making shit up?
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I don’t remember the original source, but its all over news when you Google ‘Brian Campbell’. The term used is clavicle, of course, but same difference.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I believe it was CHI.
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most definitely from Chicago. From their very own team doctor:
Brian Campbell suffered a clavicle fracture and a rib fracture on Sunday. He will likely avoid surgery and we anticipate a full recovery. He should be ready to play in approximately seven to eight weeks.
you can read th4e rest of the release here.
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I wonder if it was just a hairline.
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I guess that’s what it had to be because it wasn’t a clean break. I still think it’s dishonest.
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dishonest. There’s a world of difference between a hairline, and a fracture that has someone out for “seven to eight weeks.”
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It’s still 5 weeks of injury time. I doubt it would have been just a 1-gamer(or no suspension) if Chicago had said “he’ll be out 4-6 weeks”.
You had me at no problem.
Certainly makes me wonder if the only injuries were to his shoulder and ribs. I’m not a medical person, but isn’t the chance of reinjuring a not fully healed collarbone pretty high? If he got checked hard into the boards or something it could be catastrophic.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah if you rush a collarbone you can re-injure it very easily. Sometimes they don’t even heal right on the first break. It’s a very delicate bone and I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone return to hockey 4 weeks after breaking it.
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Could be just dicking around on Quenneville’s part. Trotz won’t change anything regardless. Nashville’s forecheck has been fucking suffocating guys like Sopel and Seabrook.
We’re probably getting Hornqvist back who basically hasn’t played all series so we’d almost have a bigger advantage as far as returnees.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I had a gymnast fracture her collarbone and she didn’t get released for 10 weeks. The docs were terrified that any fall had the potential to dislodge it, or re-fracture. And she was 12, and we all know how much faster kids heal than adults. And this was about as clean a fracture as one could have on a collarbone, according to her parents. not an injury to screw around with.
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THN guy put Mike Green fifth in his Norris Trophy voting. WTF?
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions
there’s a reason we don’t that THN seriously
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Oh, I know. The entire joint has gone to hell in a handbasket. I stopped respecting them when Nashville was called the ‘Witness Protection Program’ of the NHL.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, because clearly Phoenix is where the Witness Protection Program is actually located ;)
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You had me at no problem.
by Ninjak on Apr 22, 2010 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Don't you mean...
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by J.P. on Apr 22, 2010 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
Scott Burnside had a second article today, BTW. FWIW.
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BSH says Kovalchuk guaranteed a win tonight. Anyone else hear that? Anyone buying it? And does it make sense for Kovalchuk to be the guy to guarantee that?
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yep, check it out here
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I’m not even buying Kovalchuk as the best player on that team, much less it’s emotional leader. Most capable of taking over a game? Maybe, but Parise’s pretty damn good at that, too.
I could buy the Flyers dropping the next one with Carter and Gagne done for the series and the Devils getting their guys away from Pronger and Timmonen (at least a little better) with the home ice tonight, but they Devils haven’t looked very good. That said, they’re not really getting the bounces and that could turn around quick-like.
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by Knee high to a duck on Apr 22, 2010 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Kovy should just aim for Flyers’ feet, rather than the net, and let Parise pot a couple.
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I’m not scared of either team. I just want to see a longer series.
And Parise is the best player on that team by almost any metric you care to look at.
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And Parise is the best player on that team by almost any metric you care to look at.
Absolutely beyond question. That Jordan Staal is a Selke candidate and Zach Parise (or Jonathan Toews) is not boggles my mind. Add in elite offensive capabilities (Parise is comparable in effectiveness as a goal scorer as Kovy is and a better distributor to boot) and it’s not even close.
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by Knee high to a duck on Apr 22, 2010 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I would probably look at Zajac before Parise for Selke but whatever. That award is one of the least rigorously determined awards there is. I think Staal wins it this year but he shouldn’t. He’ll earn it one year but I don’t think this is the year. If you aren’t THE GUY your coach puts on the ice when you’re trying to protect a late lead, then how are you the Selke? Staal can’t be trusted to take a faceoff so Crosby has to be out there. Not Selke worthy, IMO.
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by Rob Parker on Apr 22, 2010 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Shit. Beat me.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Zajac might be better, but Parise isn’t far behind. Parise isn’t far behind in GAON/60, plays tougher minutes and more of them, with weaker teammates. The real differentiation is play on the PK (Zajac gets a lot, Parise gets not much, about 35s per game). They’re both elite defensive players, in my opinion.
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by Knee high to a duck on Apr 22, 2010 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I think the PK should probably be more important than it seems to be in the voting. Zajac definitely deserves credit for that. But with Parise scoring more and playing “tougher minutes” I think it’s fair to consider him.
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I think the PK should probably be more important than it seems to be in the voting
You just counterpointed your anti-Staal for Selke argument.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions
No, I realize that he’s a beast on the PK and that’s why I think he deserves the nomination and will win a Selke someday. But in the final minute of a one goal game, one of the three Selke candidates won’t be sent out by his coach to take the draw. That’s a big deal to me. I don’t think Staal is so much better at PKing that his inability to win a key draw should be overlooked.
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I’m following now. He really should get Sid to help him with his faceoffs.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Toews is better on the dot, better on the PK in terms of GAON60 (by a mile, 6+ for Staal versus 2.66 for Toews, granted that Staal plays twice as many PK minutes), better on offense and a guy you would definitely throw out there in the last minute of a close game.
They put up similar 5v5 numbers in terms of +/- on/off ice against similar competition and with similar teammate quality.
I’d definitely have Toews over Staal, disagree or are you putting Staal over Datsyuk or Kesler?
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by Knee high to a duck on Apr 22, 2010 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Hell, Zajac should be a Selke nominee before Parise.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions
John Carlson 8th best prospect per Puck Prospectus. (Forgive me if J.P. already caught this one.)
Caps with 5 of the top 100.
PHI should have had 2 of the top 15 but have zero in the top 100 instead.
I dispute a lot on this list, but it’s nice to see the Caps so well represented. I assume Varlamov is off because he’s played too many NHL games. Eakin probably deserves a look but it’s a competitive list for sure. Carlson should be higher, Filatov and Hodgson should be lower. I just don’t see how Carlson falls that far below Pietrangelo. They have similar size and styles and notwithstanding the WJC top-D award Carlson was just as good if not better in the WJC. Also, Carlson is the same age and further ahead on the curve than Pietrangelo is. Seems like the top of that list is very Canadian heavy after Filatov. Hodgson isn’t getting knocked enough for his injury holdups and Schenn is a nice player but he doesn’t have that same offensive upside as the other top prospects on that list. I also think De Haan was dreadful in the WJC (Canada basically benched him except on the PP) and is no way deserving of being that high.
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Good writeup on Wilson, but I’d contest that he DOES have NHL level puck skills. Otherwise spot on. He’s come so close to breaking out this series.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions
And it’s weird they say Couture has better puck skills. I think Wilson is the better offensive prospect but Couture will end up being good. Couture is ripped on by a lot of SJS fans but, again, with his CHL past he gets the benefit of the doubt.
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Wilson can already finesse the puck better than 3/4 of our roster. He’s got the total package, similar to Doughty on defense. Whether he puts it together is yet to be seen, but he’s a better prospect than Radulov was IMO.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions
The hell? Just noticed Taylor Beck at 19. This is interesting.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah that’s a bit of a shock. Wasn’t he drafted as a 19 year old? I’d be worried that he might have beaten up on some less mature players.
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He’s 18, drafted last draft. He’s in the CHL though and was the highest scoring RW in the land. Not bad?
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Obviously, I mean OHL.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Not really a country fan, but I guess it beats The Stray Caps.
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I just don’t like it because Chicago fans already think we in-breed. Oh well, fuck ’em.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 22, 2010 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s fine. A gangster rap song probably wouldn’t speak to the target audience.
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Chris, go here and scroll thru to pic #6.
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I love the little kid with the bowl cut about 10 seconds in. I guess people in Nashville are stuck in the 90s? That’s all I have to say about the video because I couldn’t stand to watch it for more than 10 seconds.
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