Tuesday Caps Clips: Game Over Laich That; Caps @ Penguins Game Day
by J.P. on Apr 6, 2010 6:46 AM EDT
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- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night's win from the us, the WaPo (blog, gamer), Vogs, Puck Daddy, DCEx, Joe B., Ed Frankovic, Peerless, OFB, FFODC, Two Line Pass, Caps Snaps (pics), Caps In Pictures (pics), RtR, A Capital Offense, Puckhead, Stanley Cup of Chowder (B's) and RMNB.
- Previews of tonight's game against the Pens from Vogs and NHL.com, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner PensBurgh for coverage from the other side of tonight's match up.
- To refresh your memory, this is the fourth and final (regular season) meeting between these two rivals, with the Caps going for the sweep after 6-3, 5-4 and 4-3 victories.
- The Caps' forwards have to buy-in to playing a bit more defense if this team is going to go anywhere. [Corey Masisak]
- If the Caps want to make a deep playoff run, they may want to avoid a physical first-round opponent. [Justin Bourne]
- Alex Ovechkin's goal-scoring slump has jumped from local to (inter)national story... [The Spin]
- ... and Ken Campbell blames the Olympics (more or less). [The Hockey News]
- Fresh power rankings are out, with the Caps holding on to the top spot at The Hockey News, TSN, Sporting News, ESPN and CBC and are up one to first at CBSSports.
- Some Presidents' Trophy perspective. [CI, OFB, A Capital Offense]
- Envisioning a sweet send-off for Mellon Arena. [CapsBlog]
- Ted Leonsis on NHL Home Ice yesterday morning. [XM204]
- On Braden Holtby. [Stack the Pads, RMNB]
- The Caps signed free agent defenseman Dustin Stevenson. [Capitals]
- Finally, happy 31st birthday to Matthew Yeats (Yahtzee!), happy 39th to Trevor Halverson, happy 51st to Bob Crawford, and a very happy 40th birthday to Olie Kolzig.
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One Shy – Laich’s goal was Washington’s 299th of the season, not including the ridiculous "standings" goals the league awards to teams for shootout victories. With its next goal, Washington will reach the 300 level for the ninth time in franchise history and the first time since 1992-93.
From Vogel’s Bruins game recap. I guess that sort of mitigates that historic offense-type stuff, right?
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Knuble scoring his tying goal. What a great signing.
And a lovefest after the game:
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Anyone else notice that after the GWG the entire team came off the bench and went to Theo…except one guy. Flash skated down to congratulate the PP guys after the goal. Even in post-game celebrations Flash doesn’t know how to find his defensive zone.
A pretty girl is like a violent crime.
by Rob Parker on Apr 6, 2010 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions 8 recs
Not to photo dump but here's the front page of NHL.com.
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by cobracg on Apr 6, 2010 7:11 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
*Boudreau rested Mike Green tonight. And he might rest other stars tomorrow. When asked point blank whether he planned on sitting other key players in Pittsburgh, he would only say that he hasn’t ruled it out.
From Tarik’s blog recap.
Buy or sell? I’m selling, unless guys like Flash, Fehr, Corvo, and Chimera count as “stars.” Ovechkin is in a scoring race, Backstrom is close to 100 points, Green just got a night off, and..well, Semin maybe could get a night off, considering he’ll no doubt meet Brooks Orpik at some point on the ice.
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I hope that Green isn’t sat again. I really hope to see him get the 20 goal season. meaningless in the long run if it means being ready for the playoffs. Just would be nice to see him hit that benchmark this season.
I like Laich, but I <3 Green
by RockinRed4Life on Apr 6, 2010 7:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Sell.
Backstrom isn’t going to sit, although he could probably use it, because he hasn’t missed a game in three years (left a few for a migraine, but that doesn’t count). Ovechkin has already gotten an involuntary “rest”. Might not hurt to give Semin a night off, though.
"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."
I think if you give anybody the night off, it’s Semin, but does that put too much pressure on Ovi?
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Maybe he needs that pressure to push him just a little bit more?
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
Hard to say whether it does that or makes him grip his stick too tight.
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I don’t think so. He excels in pressure situations.
"the other day on sportscenter they said something along the lines of "the capitals score so much tiger woods is jealous" haha had me laughing hard while i was eating my cereal"
Possibly. I was wondering if there were any ill effects from the penalty drawn being cross-checked into the boards. He seemed ok. However, he’s only 2 goals shy of 40 for the first time and it’s not inconceivable he could get them in 3 games left since he’s been fairly consistent lately in scoring goals (last night aside).
Could see Knuble getting a night off. Ditto Schultz, Fehr, Flash, Poti, Corvo, or Chimera…
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I waiver on Knuble. Sure, it couldn’t hurt, but he’s still fresher than most of the guys because of the time he was out with the broken finger, so he’s had that period off as well as the Olympic break.
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Knuble on waivers (e4)
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by J.P. on Apr 6, 2010 8:54 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Haven’t all of those guys been given a night off since the Olympics?
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Backstrom has never missed a game in his NHL career, and he isn’t going to snap that streak with a healthy scratch.
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Anyone got any non-release info/skinny on Stevenson?
"I’d like to take the credit but dig mama, there’s no "I" in "revolut" …in "team."
I’ll look for more, but this from HFBoards, FWIW:
Thought I would stop in and pay a visit and give you guys a scouting report on Stevenson. I do colour for the SJHL and my team just finished a series in the playoffs against Stevenson’s Ice Wolves. The Ice Wolves won and are playing in the championship series now.
I work at a radio station and we actually got word that a Caps scout was their to watch Stevenson (my radio station got him free seats to the games).
The kid is a beast. He stands 6’5 but skates uber smooth. He has a long, smooth and effortless stride. He does an excellent job of slowing the game down. He can dominate games offensively and defensively. He has a wicked shot and makes a good strong first pass. He plays with a mean streak and throws his massive frame around alot. He was the league MVP for a reason and according to most that follow the league he was the runaway winner of the award.
The SJHL has produced some very solid talent throughout the years including Willie Mitchell and Ruslan Fedotenko. Jaden Swarchz, a projected first round pick this June, also played in the league. It is hard though to project how Stevenson will translate to the higher levels.
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by J.P. on Apr 6, 2010 7:38 AM EDT up reply actions 9 recs
Interesting. Rec’d for the pull, of course.
"I’d like to take the credit but dig mama, there’s no "I" in "revolut" …in "team."
When in doubt, HFBoards (was figuring I’d find everything there is to find in a post by sk8, but this’ll do… for now).
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Look for more on Stevenson sometime today…here
The post by Renegade was great! And there wouldn’t have been much from me other than some links, but I wasn’t online anyway, but thanks for the nice words.
Here’s the link to his SJHL stats 09-10 and 08-09 led the team in points and his 07-08 stats
Stevenson named SJHL player of the year and won SJHL dman player of the week several times this season.
He had committed to attend St Lawrence, but was playing in the SJHL as a 20yo. FWIW, this reminds me of the Hauswirth USHL to pro signing.
It’s also worth noting that the Caps have drafted players that have played in the SJHL before including AGordon, Joudrey and Pokulok (all played for the Notre Dame Hounds before playing NCAA hockey.) And Caps scout Ross Mahoney is from Saskatchewan so this kid was playing in his ‘backyard’.
by sk84fun_dc on Apr 6, 2010 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
oh and here’s the link to the La Ronge IceWolves website
Thanks for the linkdump!
That’s another team logo that would be greatly improved by losing the hockey stick.
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by DrinkingPartner on Apr 6, 2010 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
Some love for Nicklas Backstrom
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by red army line on Apr 6, 2010 7:26 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Nice – I popped it into the post.
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Great article. He really is so under-appreciated. He has so many moments of sheer brilliance on the ice, and his ice-vision is amazing.
I like Laich, but I <3 Green
by RockinRed4Life on Apr 6, 2010 7:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Time for the Ovie/Sid debate to become a Nicky/Sid debate? Would make more sense considering they play the same position and similar “playmaker” style of hockey.
I’m game. One thing I’ve admired about Crosby’s play is how strong he is when he has the puck. I’ve noticed this season how well Backs holds onto the puck no matter how much he’s being pressured. I love how Backs curls his body inward around the puck and uses his shoulder and arm to ward off would be puck thiefs.
by capsyoungguns on Apr 6, 2010 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
After a bit of a shipping snafu, I finally have my Scott Walker jersey. I think my Carey is going back on the shelf for a while…
by Kerry Fraser's Hairspray on Apr 6, 2010 7:50 AM EDT reply actions 3 recs
(Oh, and if you don’t get the reference: <a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Walker_%28singer%29” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Walker_%28singer%29> I’d be happy to talk about how awesome the non-Cap Scott Walker is in OT)
by Kerry Fraser's Hairspray on Apr 6, 2010 7:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Hardcore. Why else do you have?
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Carey, Bondra, Laughlin, Ovechkin, Green, Backstrom (Sweden), Johnson, Walker…I think that covers it.
by Kerry Fraser's Hairspray on Apr 6, 2010 9:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Locker? Man, I need one of those!
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Nice one. Where did you get it from?
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River City Sports. Great work on the jersey itself, but they initially shipped it to the wrong address and it took an extra week or so to get it sorted out.
by Kerry Fraser's Hairspray on Apr 6, 2010 9:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Books Laich
Hey, at least VS didn’t use a Chris Clark mugshot. (Skimmed, didn’t see it posted yet.)
I believe in JC.
haha yeah, was in the GDT with a gem of a line by SeattleCapsFan: “when you want books, you go to a library!” :)
I didn’t think it was that hard to spell his name, but between that and spelling it “Brook” during the plane segment they showed in between periods, I guess it can be.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 6, 2010 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
we have a very scholarly team
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by SeattleCapsFan on Apr 6, 2010 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
If you want Books go to the library, if you want Brooks go to the net?
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Apr 6, 2010 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Great, now the gaggle of girls is going to be sitting and waiting around the net.
by DrinkingPartner on Apr 6, 2010 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
*insert HP reference here*
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I completely missed this, I was wondering where librarian came from!
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On Backstrom’s goal. Ovi came down the left wing, engaged the Boston D-man (Wideman i think?) 1 on 1 and Charra came all the way over from the opposite side to try and run Ovi, who made a sweet pass to the wide open Backstrom just before absorbing Charra’s hit.
Just another example of how Ovi is a game changer. Even a Norris winning D-man gets off his game trying to contain him.
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Absolutely, and emphasis on “absorbing Chara’s hit.” That was major contact, and in stark contrast to the play of some of AO’s teammates on the night.
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Ironically enough, I saw Flash in the vicinity of the corners a couple of times
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Does that include chickening out on negating a third period icing because Chara was in the vicinity?
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if it was Matty P he’d have just ducked and gone right through Chara’s legs totally avoiding the hit
Or just absorbed it like a man.
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Either would’ve been preferable to what Flash did (or didn’t do).
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I don’t blame him. Chara is NOT a small dude. He’s what, 6’9" tall? There are not a lot of NHLers who can absorb a hit from that!
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How about Flash not touching the puck, then losing the faceoff, leading to scramble time in the D zone and a penalty for the Caps. If he mans up and touches that puck we don’t have to make that kill.
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And he knew it was coming – my favorite quote from Tarik’s gamer:
“I saw Chara right way and I say, ‘Oh Jesus,’ " Ovechkin said. “He hit me pretty hard.”
the “Oh Jesus” part had me struggling not to laugh reading the paper on Metro this morning.
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The worst thing to happen to the Washington Capitals Stanley Cup hopes is drawing the Flyers in round one, which as it stands right now, they would.
If it’s Boston or Montreal (Montreal especially), they’ll breeze through that first round. Philly, unfortunately for the Caps, plays a bit of a physical game, and is suffering from the frustration of earning the awful moniker "best team that never gets it done" in the East (maybe the league – San Jose has had a couple playoff collapses, but the Flyers have been legit contenders for a decade and never got it done). It’d suck (for them) to have their dangly skill team to face a group of hungry, aggressive dudes.
This is why I’ve been beating the drum for MTL as my preferred first-round opponent. Best chance of coming out healthy and ready to play the next three rounds of the playoffs. Let the Flyers (or Bruins) pound on the two and three seeds. I’ll take my chances with MTL’s PP and total lack of forecheck or physicality.
As for the whole dangly-skill-team thing, the Caps are a lot grittier than they were last season, so I have some hope for that. They are going to need total buy-in along the boards from everyone, though, so I hope some of the less physical members of our team pick that up and run with it when the games start counting.
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by Knee high to a duck on Apr 6, 2010 8:27 AM EDT reply actions
I’d still rather have Philadelphia.
Be physical all they want to, but i’d rather face Brian Boucher than Jaroslav Halak or Tuukka Rask.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 6, 2010 8:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Might be a chance worth taking; but your penalty kill would take a beating.
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They take a beating against everyone. What would be diff’rent?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 6, 2010 8:34 AM EDT up reply actions
More of a beating? I haven’t seen much, but I was very, very impressed with MTL’s PP in what I did see.
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MTL’s PP is second in the league overall, and PHI is third. Seeing as MTL’s PP is 28% on the road, and we’ll be playing more games at home, I’d rather have Philadelphia (they’re converting at 21.4 on the road)
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 6, 2010 8:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Against MTL it might be a longer series. I think the series with Philly would be rougher but shorter
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by red army line on Apr 6, 2010 8:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Philadelphia is physical, but they are playing like a team that just wants summer to be here soon so they can see what changes are made to the organ-eye-zation. The Caps would sweep them, or it would go to 5 games at the most.
I got that exact feeling from Boston last night, don’t really care about making the playoffs, just want to get this season over with.
As for Philly being too physical for us and costing us in later rounds, count me as one of those who thought that would happen to the Penguin Scum last year.
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Watch it with the ‘Penguin Scum’ remarks, please – especially since you’re talking to a Pens fan who is always respectful around here.
by Becca H on Apr 6, 2010 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions 10 recs
Yeah, but if we can’t get by any of those three teams, it wasn’t going to happen anyway (obviously). I’d much rather come out of the first round healthy than worry about a goalie getting hot.
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by Knee high to a duck on Apr 6, 2010 8:40 AM EDT up reply actions
See, I don’t think depth is really that much of a problem.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 6, 2010 8:42 AM EDT up reply actions
I think depth is a problem if any of the Young Guns get nicked up. I think you want every healthy body you can possibly have going forward, especially as you get towards the end of the two month grind.
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by Knee high to a duck on Apr 6, 2010 8:47 AM EDT up reply actions
How many teams can really survive one of their top 4 players going down?
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Not going down, but playing hurt.
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by Knee high to a duck on Apr 6, 2010 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Hobson’s Choice as far as I’m concerned. Nothing is going to be ideal in the postseason, so probably the Caps’ best bet is to ride into the playoffs on the steamroller (or a Sherman tank) and let the bottom of the East sort out however it’s going to.
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MTL may not be as rough, but they do have skill, a loud arena, good goaltending, and a knack for playing the Caps close. I want no part of them in the first round. Would rather bang it out against Boston.
I think Philly, with their goaltending (or lack thereof), is the series that would likely be the shortest.
That was pretty hard to read even for me. My favorite Dio song is Whiny Diver, btw.
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Ronnie James Dio?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 6, 2010 8:55 AM EDT up reply actions
That site would be nice if it was, y’know…actually funny.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 6, 2010 8:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Hahah I guess they just need to start adding photoshops and they can be your answer to the Pensblog.
The whiny diver stuff doesn’t really bother me, but the idea that Pittsburgh is a gray, rotting town always irks me a bit. It’s just such an outdated stereotype.
And, may I add, the last thing I want to see is the Caps eliminate the Pens in the last Igloo game. But I guess it would be Karma coming back around, seeing how the Caps have been treated in that building in the playoffs.
Its not having photoshops or anything that makes it funny, but actual good writing.
And frankly, i’m not sure I WANT an “answer to The Pensblog”. The commentors at that place will make your eyes bleed.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 6, 2010 8:52 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
The Washington answer to the Pensblog is, “No, thank you.”
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by jordanDC on Apr 6, 2010 8:55 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
the idea that Pittsburgh is a gray, rotting town always irks me a bit. It’s just such an outdated stereotype.
It’s silly, and I hear you – I feel the same when people resort to cliched attacks on D.C.
But I think we can both agree that Baltimore is a syphillis-infested hell hole.
(Jokes, people!)
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by J.P. on Apr 6, 2010 8:54 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Please. I believe the correct phrase is “pee-pee soaked heck hole”
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 6, 2010 8:54 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Great Simpsons reference.
I have never been to Baltimore. But I have seen the Wire, so that’s enough for me….
Philadelphia smells like hot garbage. I wish I was making that up.
I went to the inner harbor area for a weekend last summer with friends. It was pretty nice.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Apr 6, 2010 9:06 AM EDT up reply actions
sigh as great as the Wire is, and as well as that portrays the general political shortcomings in Baltimore as well as the crime ridden areas, there are TONS of neighborhoods that are great places to live, have tons of money and just a generally awesome place to hang out.
That being said, if you go 10 blocks in the wrong direction from most of the nice (i.e. close to the water) neighborhoods it gets a little rough.
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Rec’d for stealing my thought.
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by Killer_Carlson on Apr 6, 2010 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions
And if Philly was turned into a leper colony, it would be considered “urban redevelopment”
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by ThePeerless on Apr 6, 2010 9:48 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Peerless is killing it again.
Unrelated – I’d say Laich deserved the hard hat. Anyone who takes a Semin slapper to the wedding tackle in the course of scoring the OT winner does. Come to think of it, he might use the hard hat to replace his now-damaged cup. If the hat’s big enough, of course.
Further unrelated – thought Backstrom had a very nice night, the dot aside.
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by fat_daddyo on Apr 6, 2010 8:40 AM EDT reply actions 3 recs
Apparently it missed by a couple of inches (thankfully).
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The puck knew better and veered all on its own.
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Great, now I have to get another favorite giant truck..
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I thought that said “Kix tickets are just 8 bucks”. Like there was some sort of hair band reunion thing going on.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 6, 2010 8:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Someone needs to photoshop “Stay on Topic” on this shot of Gold Five so I can post it every time we veer. I’d accept “Stay on Topic” and “Stay on Topic, jordandc”
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Too geeky?
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by Bald Pollack on Apr 6, 2010 8:59 AM EDT up reply actions 9 recs
Gads that appeals to my inner geek…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Apr 6, 2010 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions
maybe find a pic of Brads in Professor mode an apply the STAY ON TOPIC?
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by ns on Apr 6, 2010 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ask and ye shall receive...
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by terpgrrl on Apr 6, 2010 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions 14 recs
It’s horribly bad. I don’t have photoshop…only seashore for my mac. I’m also half asleep.
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no, it’s awesome! love it!
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It’s hard to believe that not all that long ago Sid with a beer —> arrested (under drinking age). Not that anybody in Pittsburgh would rat him out…and I found in Pensburgh’s preview that Jordan Staal is still the youngest Penguin.
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by red army line on Apr 6, 2010 8:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Sid got arrested for underage drinking?
Are you sure your not confusing that with the infamous Staal-family bachelor party?
Yeah, check your info on that one, red army.
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No, no. I guess I phrased that wrong. I mean, the Art Ross and Hart Trophy winner couldn’t legally get a drink in Pittsburgh.
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by red army line on Apr 6, 2010 9:05 AM EDT up reply actions
I think the commentor just means that if Crosby had drank a little while ago, he would have been arrested. It’s a comment on how young Sid is, and how he seems older because he’s been around forever, or something.
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Thanks, jordanDC. That’s what I meant.
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by red army line on Apr 6, 2010 9:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Right on. And yeah – crazy how young he still is (and they still are).
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Isn’t it time for the media to lose the whole “Sid the Kid” handle? He is almost 23-years old. It worked when he was 18, but he’s a man now.
No, it’s still cool.
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He still hasn’t moved into his own place yet…
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Apr 6, 2010 9:44 AM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Do you know what baby sitters cost these days? Not to mention how much the local kids want to mow the lawn when they find out whose lawn it is. Of course he’s still living here!
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by ThePeerless on Apr 6, 2010 9:51 AM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
TURN IT GREEN!
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SOME RESCUE THOSE POOR LITTLE KITTENS!
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by RedBirdie on Apr 6, 2010 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions 11 recs
Tonight, since Theo probably won’t be in net, we should do a Saves For Kittens fundraiser.
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by Knubles and Bits on Apr 6, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
some of us are doing Varly saves, too :) (because we want to be poor, apparently) but, yeah, someone needs to save those poor kittens on top of the Sidmobile.
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I like that once I put down 5 on shoot out goals they seem to have done better!
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I realized with if Jose plays every playoff game and we go all the way to the finals sweeping every game I’ll end up pledging around $900.
I might revise my $5 a save in elimination games to $2, but I guess I’ll figure that out when we get there I guess =]
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no prob! Like I said in the new SfK thread, I will have a new one for playoffs, since so many people are revising their pledges, new spreadsheet to. I’ll gladly accept revisions.
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So who do you like? Me, I’m going to go with Washington and Chicago – but with only a little bit of conviction!
Aside: do we do all links open in a new window? That’s what I’ve been doing.
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I try to do that every time I link. I can’t claim that I remember 100% of the time, but it’s something I try to do.
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by Knee high to a duck on Apr 6, 2010 9:12 AM EDT up reply actions
I just open everything in a new tab anyway.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 6, 2010 9:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Addressing the article itself…..hmm. Some tired old memes about the Caps in there. I’m getting inured to that. Not bad, though. Got to shoot down some smartaleck trotting out the nonsense about feasting on a weak division.
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Can’t say I don’t smile at the thought of facing Marian Hossa in the SCF. Guy is cursed.
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LOL. This is true.
Then again. Third time is a charm.
Now that I think about it… I could see Hossa going MVP for the playoffs
Hossa as MVP of the playoffs is a hysterical joke. Have you actually followed him?
And not only did he end up losing the last two Cups, he came in 4th in the Olympics as well! He is guaranteed to finish the first spot out of a reward.
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New window is best. When a link opens in the same window and I haven’t z’d through all the comments, when I return to the Rink page the unread comments are no longer highlighted.
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by oldemystix on Apr 6, 2010 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
Common decency says do it.
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Common sense says assume it will open in your current frame and middle-click or ctrl+click accordingly!
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I think in that case, you can, using Firefox, do something like
Press back
Close tab
History—>recently closed tabs—> (page)
And I think they’re highlighted again. Something like that. But unfortunately, all of them will be highlighted. I guess though if you have to read through all of the comments again, might as well be on Japers’ Rink.
Has anyone dropped SBN Support a line about this?
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by red army line on Apr 6, 2010 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Can he be consistent? No one knows, but it just has to be him in net – and not Cristobal Huet (who looked like he was playing dodgeball in the last month).
Awesome. Huet trying to milk more money out of GMGM after his initial numbers were agreed to turned out to be great for the Caps.
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by Killer_Carlson on Apr 6, 2010 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Goalie
Do we have word if it’s going to be Theo or Varly tonight? I remember reading yesterday that it was still undecided.
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I haven’t heard (and there was a hint at Holtby in there, too)
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That would be hysterical if Holtby got the start. Hell…why not?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 6, 2010 9:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Didn’t I see someone in the post-game thread ask why you’d waste a non-emergency call up on that? Love the mind games, though, as long as he lets Theo and Varly in on the joke.
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Hell…why not?
Because the Caps are limited to four non-emergency call-ups from the trade deadline until the Bears are eliminated from the playoffs, for one.
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True there, but you know, it sure looked like Theo had a very slight upper body injury incurred during the OT goal celebration. He’s day to day. ;-)
Actually, it’d be a nice reward for Holtby to get a shot at an NHL game. He’s done everything the Caps, Bears and Stingrays have asked and done them all very well. He’s earned a shot. Here’s hoping he gets one before the season ends.
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Apr 6, 2010 9:48 AM EDT up reply actions
ooh… ooh… my arm… I think it’s broken
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by ThePeerless on Apr 6, 2010 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Apr 6, 2010 10:08 AM EDT up reply actions
I heard that. Why would you do that to Holtby? Talk about a pressure situation? Varly is one thing – Bruce didn’t have a lot of options on that one given the goalie situation at the time. But he’s got lots of options now, so is throwing Holtby into the fire in his debut a good idea?
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I agree. If you want to get Holtby an NHL start for the Hades of it before the season ends, Friday night at home against Atlanta would be the best time to do it because Atlanta could very well be done by then.
Tonight in Pittsburgh is just stupid and yet another signal to the players that the game doesn’t matter.
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Well, when the owner refers to the games as “exhibitions”, I don’t see how they can be more overt that they really don’t matter.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 6, 2010 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I don’t disagree with you on that but Ted isn’t also running around talking about how we have to “be ready” for the playoffs “playing our best hockey” the way Boudreau is.
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In fairness to Ted, his whole quote was, “I mean, right now if you think about it – I hope this doesn’t come off the [wrong] way – we have five exhibition games before the playoffs start, right?”
Probably should’ve gone with “these games might not mean anything in the standings, but they do mean something to our team…” etc., but he was a little reluctant to put it as bluntly as it came out.
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It’s not that. It’s the last game in Mellon Arena, against a team that the Pens love to hate. And that team is sticking a rookie in goal in his debut – that poor goalie. What does that do to his confidence? As you said, if you want to get Holtby a start, I’d choose Atlanta on Friday. I just think that doing that to Holtby isn’t necessary.
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… did I miss something about Holtby getting called up?
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There was a rumor on Twitter last night. Bruce was making noises (per Corey) about the team discussing calling Holtby up to start in Pittsburgh.
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Aah, ok. I was quite confused, thanks :)
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JP so I gotta ask since this is my first season fartin around here..
Do you guys do any bracket challenges once all the playoff spots are set in stone?
“Bracket challenges” don’t really work for hockey because, strictly speaking, it’s not actually a bracket. The reason why it works so well for March Madness is that all the matchups are predetermined save for who actually will win the game. That’s not true for the NHL due to reseeding.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Apr 6, 2010 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Ok so I guess this is on topic since it’s related to the Penguins, but I was poking around nhl.com and came across the 2003 draft order.
in 2003.. Pittsburg had first pick and took Marc-Andre Fleury.
2nd pick after him was Eric Staal by Carolina.
(followed by Horton, Zherdev, Vanek…. Phaneuf, carter, parise, getzlaf, mike richards were also in that round)
So… if you’re Pittsburg.. and you could do it over again? Would you still take Fleury? His career sv% is .907 and playoff % is 9.16
Sure. He’s won a Cup, gotten to two SCF’s, and has a lot of years in front of him. Plus he’s been a good fit in Pittsburgh (i.e., not a head case/prima donna).
by cuqui on Apr 6, 2010 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, I can buy off on that. He’s a legit NHL starter at the most important position in the game, and he’s relatively cheap for a starting G. Ideally you’d like to get a dominant player at th #1 overall spot, and MAF is only occasionally dominant, but it has worked out well enough for them.
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He’s not even close to his peak either. I say he gets much better as far as his consistency goes over the next 5 years.
I’ll disagree on the head case part though. He’s shown a lot of mental frailness, especially earlier in his career.
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Who was the second goalie selected in that draft?
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Looks like Corey Crawford in Round 2 (Jimmy Howard was a late second rounder).
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You beat me to it..
That was the year we got Fehr 1st round (18 overall)
Fehr was drafted higher than Getzlaf, Kessler, .. just UNDER Parise.
All the love in the world for Fehr.. but hey NJ.. want a do-over?
Wow, good on the Canadian teams for their late round picks (Halak and Elliot picked in the 9th round)
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I’d pick fehr again, even though he has had all these injuries and better players were drafted behind him, when we needed him to step up and get to that next level, this was definatly the year to do it. He hasn’t cost the team any money to retain over the last 7 years. Most likely he still won’t cost the team much to retain.
He also had the game winning goal to win the calder cup in hershey.
Salary cap aside, I’d take Getzlaf over Fehr. Every single time.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Apr 6, 2010 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yep. Easy. Bald spot and all.
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Hey, now…
There are several picks in that draft you’d rather have than Fehr, and Getzlaf is definitely one of them. If there’s a shortcoming in GM’s work over the last decade, the draft is it.
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Parise is the one I want from that whole first round.
by DrinkingPartner on Apr 6, 2010 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Given you misspelled Staal, I’m going to assume snark.
by DrinkingPartner on Apr 6, 2010 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Gotta be…(?)
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I am assuming snark.
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Eric Staal isn’t even close to the best player in that draft.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Apr 6, 2010 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Please be joking. I can just copy and paste most of the first round and a couple of players out of the 2nd who are better.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 6, 2010 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions
It has to be a joke. I almost feel like it’s specifically targeted at me.
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by DrinkingPartner on Apr 6, 2010 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
It doesn’t have to be you; anyone with a level head can assess how many players are > Staal from 2003.
I want that poster to clarify his/her self.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 6, 2010 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions
sry, yea it was a joke… I was trying to point out that there were alot of good players in that draft but there was no one specific player that stands out as the best player.
OK. I’d say Parise and Getzlaf could be considered the best, though. I’d add Weber and Suter, but I’m quite biased.
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Even with the cap, just trade Getzlaf for Fehr and prospects/picks.
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by red army line on Apr 6, 2010 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions
You’re crazy. Getzlaf is an elite-level center. I can count on one hand the centers I’d rather have.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 6, 2010 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, you’d have to be on crack not to take Getzlaf over Fehr if you knew where they’d end up.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Apr 6, 2010 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
But...
one of the guys you are counting is Nick Backstrom and if we had Getzlaf we may have won too many games to get Backstrom that year. I’ll take Backstrom/Fehr over Getzlaf/whoever else we would have gotten that year.
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Thats true. But not even necessarily for the Capitals. Crosby, Backstrom, Sedin, and Getzlaf in a vacuum.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 6, 2010 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions
See, i don’t think it would have affected our chances of getting backstrom considering getzalf didn’t play a full season till the 2006-2007 season. The question is though would we have chosen backstrom if we thought highly of getzlaf and would we have picked kessel instead? Now Alzner is a different story… No way do we finish that badly that season with getzlaf and OV both playing together.
Getzlaf would have been a regular on the Caps sooner than ANA.
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Actually, 2006-2007 I think is more like it. 70GP, I believe
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by red army line on Apr 6, 2010 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Would he have helped significantly? I feel confident in saying then no Alzner, but Backstrom still might have fallen to Washington.
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by red army line on Apr 6, 2010 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions
hah
Getzlaf is a giant douche.
I don’t know why I always feel the same way.
There’s just something about his face…
Sadly, he’s an insanely skilled giant douche.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 6, 2010 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions
C’mon. This is an absolutely worthless comment.
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by J.P. on Apr 6, 2010 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
No doubt…At the end of the day he was still the goalie that won them a Stanley cup. Even if you can say they had a statistically better goalie there is no guarantee that, that goalie plays lights out like flower did in the playoffs to win them a cup.
Also, take away his first two NHL seasons, and his numbers look much, much better. He came in straight from juniors, played on an atrocious couple of teams, and hadn’t yet learned how to play the puck (he’s still not good, but those first few years — shudder).
I mean, Jimmy Howard has proven that he’s a very good goalie this year, but he’s played all of 69 NHL games. You can’t really compare him and Fleury.
There was a time early on when it felt like the Pens might break Fleury – bringing a young kid into a bad team like that is a recipe for disaster for a goalie, and it almost certainly delayed his development. He was a mental case for a few years there.
I still don’t consider him an “elite” goalie, Cup or no Cup, but he’s a good fit for that team both on and off the ice.
Elite? Nah. He’ll never win a Vezina and I don’t think he’ll ever even be in the conversation of being the best, but you have to say this for him: in the past two playoffs, he’s only been pulled once (that beating they took in Game 5 last year). That tells me that in the playoffs, he’s not giving up the easy goals.
Even when Ovechkin was torching him last year, it’s not like you sat there and said, “Man, he should’ve had that one.” You were saying, “What an amazing shot!”
Honestly, how many goalies are “elite”? He’s a solid starter, and for most teams (contenders), that’s all you need.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Apr 6, 2010 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Yup.
Hell, if either Theo gets hot and help the Caps win the Cup, nobody (in their right mind) is going to call him elite.
But his hair, that’s an entirely separate story.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Apr 6, 2010 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
No argument there.
Do you think they’ll have a blow-drier on hand so he can look pretty before the team photo with the Cup?
They wouldn’t have it any other way.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Apr 6, 2010 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions
And solid starters in net are not that easy to come by, either. Getting one that’s young is a major coup.
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I call BS on Fleury being lights out in the playoffs. He made some big saves (like any goalie has to in the playoffs), but he was largely carried to the Cup by his team rather than the other way around.
If Fleury was lights out in the playoffs the Caps would have lost to the Pens in 5 games, tops. His mediocrity and Varlamov’s play are the next biggest reasons behind Ovechkin why that series even got to 7 games.
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by Killer_Carlson on Apr 6, 2010 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Fleury was average to above average against the Caps, and that was his weakest round.
He was awesome against Philly and made 48 of 50 stops in Game’s 6 and 7 against Detroit.
When Fleury is “on” he’s one of the best. But the Caps always seem to have his number.
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Like I said, he had his moments. It’s almost impossible to win the Cup if your goalie doesn’t have games where they step up their play occasionally. But on the whole it wasn’t a special playoff performance and I think he was down on the list of reasons why the Pens won the Cup.
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by Killer_Carlson on Apr 6, 2010 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Down to about reason #2 or 3, I would be inclined to agree.
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I’d say even lower. Crosby and Malkin bringing their A games (count that as 1 if you want since they usually weren’t hot at the same time), guys like Scuderi and Gill playing way above their heads on D, and Bylsma getting the team to play such a tight defensive system with an aggressive forecheck that knocked teams like Detroit and Washington off their games would be the top 3 reasons for me. Timely scoring from role players like Talbot and Fleury come next.
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by Killer_Carlson on Apr 6, 2010 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Timely scoring from role players like Talbot and Fleury come next.
I must have missed Fleury’s timely scoring :)
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Yeah, he’s thinking about the butt goal in 2008.
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by Rob Parker on Apr 6, 2010 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
It depends. If they don’t have the foresight of being able to get both Crosby and Malkin, I think they should pull the trigger on Getzlaf or Parise. Or, if they draft because a player is good and not for fit, then I think it’s the same. But if they have that foresight and draft to a position of need (for fit), they go with Fleury.
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by red army line on Apr 6, 2010 9:48 AM EDT up reply actions
Where should Shea Weber have gone? He was 43rd.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 6, 2010 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Per Tarik: Word is Karl Alzner is in Pittsburgh. Coach Boudreau said last night there were some “ouchies”.
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Besides the near-miss on Laich’s produce section?
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by gotsparkly on Apr 6, 2010 9:49 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
If you want vegetables…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Apr 6, 2010 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
What a surprise. I think perhaps Corvo and/or Sloan maybe had an upper body (above the shoulder, between the ears) injury?
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Apr 6, 2010 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Maybe getting him on the ice for a few regular season game in anticipation of the return of Juice?
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Boudreau said this (cough, cough); wonder how knicked up someone really is. Hell, we already had a healthy scratch last night.
"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."
Or perhaps it was a “healthy scratch.”
by DrinkingPartner on Apr 6, 2010 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions
It was a little “iffy”. Green was on the post-game show on the radio, and he did say that he could use the rest and that he and Bruce “agreed” to the scratch. I wondered aloud if he was covering for an injury.
"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 Ken Campbell blames the Olympics (more or less). [The Hockey News]
Is a league-wide decrease from 5.50 goals per game to 5.17 goals per game, a difference of only .33, over the span of a month really a cause for concern? From a historical perspective, the NHL has seen a decline in goals per game in recent years, yet the league still manages to gain popularity. I find it hard to believe that a decline in goal scoring over a short period of time from the handful of stars that Campbell mentions is enough to negate all the positive publicity gained from one of the best Olympic tournaments in recent memory.
Campbell cites Ovechkin, Crosby, and Marleau as examples of decreased scoring over the months of March and April. Goals scored by these players in March/April over the past three seasons are as follows: Ovechkin scored 17, 11, and 4 goals respectively, Crosby scored 4, 8, and 5, while Marleau scored 8, 4, and 5. Ovechkin is the only one who suffered a significant decline. Not much there to build a trend out of.
And then there this dubious logic:
Certainly part of the reasoning would be that teams have tightened up defensively for the stretch run and in anticipation of the playoffs. It also hasn’t helped Ovechkin’s cause that he has missed 10 games this season. But you also can’t ignore the possibility that some of the league’s star players are beginning to wear down because of the extra two weeks of hockey.
Which is exactly what is making the NHL so reticent about continuing its Olympic involvement…
He concedes a perfectly logical explanation for the decline in goal scoring, yet asserts that the “possibility” of star players wearing down is “exactly” what is causing the NHL to question their Olympic involvement. He is basing that assertion on something he did not even prove; as if goal scoring is the sole indicator of a player’s vitality. Campbell should have expounded on the financial aspect of the Olympic games and not tried to shoehorn goal scoring into the argument.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Apr 6, 2010 9:54 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
That’s a six percent drop in production. If it was a financial index, folks would be concerned.
If you've read this far...seek help.
But the three players he mentions increased well over 6% drops in goal scoring rates (if my mental math estimates are anywhere within the ballpark rink), meaning that others are scoring more. No doubt there are other big-name Olympians who are playing well.
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by red army line on Apr 6, 2010 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Right, he cherrypicks Ovechkin (role reversal!) as one example. Maybe Ovechkin does have an Olympics hangover. Maybe he is banged up. Maybe he is mentally fatigued. Maybe he is just naturally slumping. Regardless of the reason for his slump, it is by no means evidence that the entire NHL should not participate in the Olympics.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Apr 6, 2010 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Personally, I think the suspension has really messed with his mind. His game has always been about aggression and brute strength and the threat of another bad hit/suspension seems to have him playing with more caution. Maybe it’s just my overly critical eyes, but it seems when he’s in a 50/50 postion of hitting a guy the wrong way, he’s backing off now and I think it’s taken away some of his edge. Last night, he seemed to be closer to the pre-suspension Ovechkin so a breakout could be on the way.
I agree with that completely. Honestly, I think that the suspensions have deflated him and removed some enjoyment out of the game for him.
"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"
Last night, he seemed to be closer to the pre-suspension Ovechkin so a breakout could be on the way.
That hit on Chara immediately springs to mind.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Apr 6, 2010 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions
He wasn’t forcing anything, and like Becca wrote in the recap, it was up-and-down hockey.
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by red army line on Apr 6, 2010 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I definitely think it’s mostly the suspension, not the Olympics. He came out hard in that Chicago game and then….! Since then to my eyes he’s been overly careful with his hits. Last night I thought he looked more like his old self. The top line was regaining their chemistry, and Ovi seemed to vary his shots more. And he had some good hits. I don’t want him careening around the ice—though he’s very dangerous when he’s unpredictable—but Ovi plays best when he’s physical. The postgame interviews by both BB and Ovi seemed to suggest that it was the suspension as well. I love how our superstar is so coachable. I liked how frank he was about talking with BB about breaking out of the slump, what was he not doing in his game. And I liked how BB told him to just play his game, that he wasn’t a dirty player and that he should just go out there and hit as usual.
by capsyoungguns on Apr 6, 2010 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m with those who say the suspension is the greater cause. Ovie was coming out of his Olympic slump when the suspension threw him for another loop. After the first time he was suspended I felt it took him a couple weeks to get comfortable and be himself again.
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It’s the inclusion of Akim Aliu of all people that really makes this one for me.
Yep, that Akim Aliu inclusion is a real head-scratcher. Toews and Keith and a 1st—fair for Ovechkin?
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No.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 6, 2010 10:07 AM EDT up reply actions
Considering Ovechkin has a No Movement Clause for antoher few years… not gonna happen.
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Apr 6, 2010 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions
it’s a limited NMC and it doesn’t kick in for a few more seasons.
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Mabye but i would never ever ever ever ever ever ever(infinity) trade OV. OV brings so much more that his amazing play on the ice. OV is why everyone talks about washington and is why players want to come here(knuble) and play with him.
I wouldn’t dismiss it that quickly, but Ovechkin is one player who can bring as much as those two I think and for less money.
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by red army line on Apr 6, 2010 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions
In NHL 10 world, I just waited till Keith became a FA and signed him. Tee hee.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 6, 2010 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Also from that article.. does the writer honestly believe the hit on Perreault wasn’t suspendable? Gimme a break.
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Lambert is consistently terrible.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Apr 6, 2010 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions
He’s kinda funny, though. But mostly terrible.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 6, 2010 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m definitely not a tin foil hat guy, but he’s a douche to the Caps three different times in this article alone. Pretty sure he was despicable to us in a previous iteration of this column as well.
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One of the “Ovechkin is dirty” columns.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 6, 2010 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
He’s consistently negative towards Nashville. I reamed him out once on Twitter.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 6, 2010 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s not a tin foil hat theory to say a blogger hates the Caps. It’s a tin foil hat theory to say the league hates the Caps.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Apr 6, 2010 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Just put it in there before people accused me of being an us-against-the-world guy.
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Those people, in my opinion, are combating that “Caps fans are sensitive” meme a little too hardcore. Bloggers have bias, and almost all of them make it well known, explicitly (“I hate Team X”) or not (repeated shots at Team X). Considering Lambert’s consistent anti-Caps comments, I think it’s perfectly reasonable to say he’s got something against them.
That said, that’s not the reason I think he’s terrible. His “insight” and comments on the game are generally misinformed and just terribly argued, if at all.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Apr 6, 2010 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions
You mean you don’t like to watch 5 fights on the same webpage? Fights are awesome!
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LOL. He put a Weber hit into the NSH section on WWL after we had gone like 4-0 in the week. Lame.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 6, 2010 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Considering Lambert’s consistent anti-Caps comments, I think it’s perfectly reasonable to say he’s got something against them.
I don’t want to be an apologist for the guy, but I can quickly find a ton of positive comments he’s written about the Caps. I really don’t think he’s got something against them. today’s post on his blog? Why Nicky rocks.
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To be completely honest, my only familiarity of him is on Puck Daddy. And I seem to recall many instances of Caps bashing, though it’s entirely possible that I’m attributing other comments to someone else.
Even if he loved the Caps like the rest of us, he’s still terrible.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Apr 6, 2010 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions
If you go by his weekley “What We Learned”, you could get that feeling, I suppose, but it’s meant to be snarky. I don’t really mind him, and have laughed many times.
"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."
As I’ve said, I just don’t think he’s funny. At all. Personal preferences and what not. It’s not exactly something one can be right or wrong about.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Apr 6, 2010 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Agreed on that. There’s plenty that I’ve found offense that others don’t mind.
"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."
*offensive.
"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."
A lot of bloggers have written a lot of posts about the Caps this year. Ryan Lambert wrote the one that is my personal favorite:
“…this ruinous, Jupiterian thunderbolt of a shot…”
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yes, I quite enjoyed that post
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USA was a phenomenal post, but this one is my favorite Caps post.
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true true true. It’s impossible to top anything that, with gems like this:
And the source of those tears, oh buddy it’s big Johnny Carlson. Not only does he score in regulation, he straight-up clowns a Canadian defenseman and goaltender in overtime to snap the hosers’ run of five straight gold medals. Carlson seriously has to be among the greatest Americans of all time. Martin Luther King, Jr., Abraham Lincoln, Lewis and Clark. Men who dared. And what Carlson dared to do was fake pass the whole time and fool some rock farmer from Moosetooth, PEI’s pencil-neck geek of a son into not even thinking he was gonna shoot. But he shot. Like John Glenn into orbit. Maybe you don’t get that reference. Has a Canadian even been to space? Has one even been on an airplane? Hard to say. Can’t understand a word they’re saying with all the "yuhknows" and "fer shers" and "Tim Hortons." Can’t make head or tail of it.
and
Here in the good old US-of-A we take our bacon flat and stretching from one end of this continent to the other like Manifest Destiny and the promise of the American Dream.
and
The point of all this is Canada got awful big for its elk-skin britches and America went up there and slapped it around like they did to England (twice!), the Confederate States, Korea, Mexico, Spain, Germany, Japan and Vietnam. Okay, maybe not that last one.
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by RedBirdie on Apr 6, 2010 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
I started skimming through a while back for posts like that one. Hard to top, though. It’s like a cross between an American Don Cherry and DGB.
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by red army line on Apr 6, 2010 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions
That one was truly epic. Easily his best.
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The flat bacon comment completely did me in. ROFLMAO.
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I didn’t know bacon could be a patriotic statement until I read that. And now every time I see bacon, I think of manifest destiny and John Carlson.
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by RedBirdie on Apr 6, 2010 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I like wondering if Canada has even been to space and the ‘elk skin britches’.
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he’s a giant douche to EVERYONE. He’s kinda bi-polar about teams. He’s been singing the praises of the Caps all season (and last season, too).
but I loved his takes on the US-Canada games (including juniors) this season. side-splitting laughter.
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You just have to relaize he tends to be overly passionate on topics. He brings the funny which I like. If you don’t take him too seriously you will enjoy some, but not all of his work/tweets.
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He’s as unfunny as that Steve Dangle guy.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 6, 2010 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions
But hey look, he has a hat! It’s a different guy!
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He tries to be funny and bring the snark. But when you don’t find him funny (as is the case with me), he’s just terrible.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Apr 6, 2010 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions
I find that even people who generally bring the funny step over the line now and then. DGB is a really, really good example.
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DGB is so much funnier than Lambert its, uh, not even funny.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 6, 2010 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Its no contest in that one.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 6, 2010 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions
I find him to be hit-or-miss. Sometimes he tries to hard to be edgy/funny, but sometimes he strikes a really good balance, IMO.
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He seems like the guy who makes a joke and then looks around the room to see if anybody is laughing. Trying too hard guy.
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My feelings exactly. The whole deal smacks of “trying too hard”
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 6, 2010 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Wysh is typically a better bet for a chuckle; which is why its stranger that Lambert has a column partially intended to bring the laughs.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 6, 2010 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions
I don’t even really read PD any more. I pretty much just scan the headlines.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 6, 2010 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions
Wysh is funny sometimes; Lambert is annoying more than he is funny. And the comments are just don’t-go-there.
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by gotsparkly on Apr 6, 2010 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Let the record show that Puck Daddy and Puck Daddy commenters are two separate and completely unequal entities. In fact, I have it first hand that the Padre is not at all fond of his commenters… but you didn’t hear that from me.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Apr 6, 2010 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
He does have his moments that make me chuckle, but they’re few and far between. You hit the problem that I have, it’s that he just tries too hard to be snarky/funny/whatever; it often just comes off as him being a jerk. That doesn’t actually bother me, but I go to hockey blogs for insight into various teams, or comedy (DGB, Bloge Salming) and he provides neither of those in any consistent fashion as far as I’m concerned.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Apr 6, 2010 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions
DGB is great because its so well-written. The first time I read a column of his, I immediately wanted to go back and read every single post he’d made.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 6, 2010 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions
DGB is my favorite non-Caps blog. Easily.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Apr 6, 2010 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions
So you’re saying that YOU’RE Lambert, eh?
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Toews and Keith and a 1st—fair for Ovechkin?
Define “fair?”
Salary cap fair?…Chicago would save money (Toews and Keith are an $11.5 million cap hit to Ovechkin’s $9.5)
Production fair?…Per-82 games (career) Ovechkin is 55-54-109, +13. Toews/Keith combined are 39-70-109, +31.
Looks pretty equal, until you realize that Toews and Keith are combining for what Ovechkin does alone (and Ovechkin is cheaper). You could add a player (not at the high end) and get more.
At this point in his career, Ovechkin is one of maybe half a dozen untradable players in the league, not for his compensation, but for his production. You can’t duplicate it with any collection of players you might trade for unless you: a) busted the Caps’ salary cap (the collection being more expensive than Ovechkin), or b) gutted your own team in what it would take to bring him aboard.
He isn’t at (and isn’t close to) the “Gretzky” stage of his career, and the Caps aren’t in the financial situation Peter Pocklington was when Gretzky was moved.
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by ThePeerless on Apr 6, 2010 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Someone needs to do a Bill Simmons NBA Trade Value column for the NHL.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 6, 2010 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions
maybe half a dozen untradable players
This is an interesting point. I’d say that there are more than that. It all depends on how much that particular player means to their team. I would not count players like Nik Khabibulin, because he’s untradeable for totally different reasons than AO or Sid.
So, who are the league’s ‘untouchables’? Is there one per team? Less? More?
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by Chris Burton on Apr 6, 2010 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions
That depends. There are players who are untouchable as far as skill, and players who are untouchable because they make so much.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 6, 2010 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
would not count players like Nik Khabibulin
Don’t use guys like Drury or Bulin Wall.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 6, 2010 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Umm..Getzlaf, Crosby, Malkin, Ovechkin, Green, Keith?
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by red army line on Apr 6, 2010 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Philly’s going to be forced into trading one of their untradeables this offseason…going to be interesting to see who they pull the trigger on.
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Is Neuvirth for Carter in some form still available?
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by red army line on Apr 6, 2010 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Doubt it? Just for the fact that I can’t see Philly helping out anyone in the East. I imagine they will make every effort to trade with a Western team. Their problem is that young, cheap and good goalies are water in a desert environment; no one gets rid of it, even if they don’t particularly need it right now.
So they’re going to have trade one of their expensive but good young(ish) skaters for picks/prospects and sign a FA goalie. Or so I predict, anyway.
It’s a horrible result for them.
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If they trade Jeff Carter then Paul Holmgren is an even bigger meathead than I thought.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 6, 2010 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions
If they’re willing to give up Carter, it’s not gonna be for Neuvirth. Assuming that story is true, it’s basically a “go away” offer/counter from the Caps. The Flyers could get Vokoun for Carter and dump salary elsewhere – I doubt Neuvy’s contract alone is enough to make them do anything that stupid.
I can’t remember the specifics exactly, but aren’t they going to have to get rid of either a top pair D or a second line forward?
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Or third line forward, I think (like Kris Versteeg or Patrick Sharp)
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by red army line on Apr 6, 2010 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions
It’ll be Versteeg, I think, and Seabrook. Sharp is on the top line and is a big locker room presence.
They have Kim Johnsson’s contract expiring now, too.
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I think they put a lot of guys on the table and take the best offers. They’ll try to move Buff and Bolland as well. Campbell if anyone will take him. I think Keith, Toews, and Kane are the only guys off limits.
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Dustin Byghsligin (I believe that’s how you spell it) is a beast out there, and as he gets a little older and gets some more NHL experience, he will be a 35-40 goal scorer.
His issue is conditioning and effort. When he wants to he dominates but he has games where he doesn’t really seem to care.
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That’s true, but that might be something that comes with age.
Also, he was a defenseman up until 3 seasons ago, so he’s still working on being a forward.
Hawks have put him back on D recently, last time I checked.
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by red army line on Apr 6, 2010 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Which I don’t get.
For the past 3 years, he’s been a forward and that’s where he’s going to be for the rest of his career. Why mess with that?
He’s 6’4", 247! That is a true power forward.
And I don’t think he’s mobile enough to be a valuable NHL D. Keep him in front of the net and let him bang home loose pucks.
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He plays the point on one of their PPs. Or he did in December (our last game against CHI)
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Because Seabrook, Hjalmarsson and Campbell were all hurt.
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Whoa there. 35-40 goals?
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Wow. Don’t think his ceiling is anywhere close to that, but okay.
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I think a little lower, 30-35. Holmstrom-type scoring.
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by red army line on Apr 6, 2010 1:40 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s what it was – after you sift it all out, the ’Hawks probably move Versteeg and Seabrook. Philly, on the other hand, has more options for where to fish or cut bait.
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No way. He’s a Hawk for life, and I couldn’t be happier.
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Henrik Sedin, Zach Parise, Stamkos, Weber and Suter I can speak on accurately, and more that I could list. Rick Nash, David Backes, etc.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 6, 2010 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Definitely less. I’d say there are only 2 untradeables. Any one else can be traded and bring back near fair value without killing a salary cap or gutting a roster.
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Disagree. Ryan Suter, to name an example, is worth more to the Predators than most returns he would fetch, making him untradeable in the sense that Poile would never do it.
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Would never do it isn’t the same thing. There are plenty of guys that the GM wouldn’t trade. But NSH could get fair value for Suter without it being a ridiculous trade. Kopitar for Suter is just an example, I don’t think it would happen but you look at that and say both teams got a great player, neither was ripped off, nobody’s cap goes to hell, nobody ruins their future. LAK wouldn’t trade Kopitar, but he’s not untradeable. Same with NSH and Suter.
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Eh, maybe. In your example, I don’t even know if I’d trade Suter for Kopitar. I probably would. Maybe.
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Considering your organization you should take it in a second. You have help on the blueline, and Weber is already there. You don’t have anyone (sorry Colin Wilson) that is in Kopitar’s class up front.
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Probably agree upon reflection. I think Suter and Weber are the best out of all the D in our system, but Kopitar is just outside of that elite C class we were talking about earlier and we have Jon Blum to slot in there. The jump in overall depth with Kopitar would offset the loss of Suter.
Wilson’s not there, obviously; but he has been freaking awesome since March 1. Probably our best deadline “acquisition”.
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Yeah Wilson has been hot.
And I don’t know if you’re following but Windsor is lighting it up in the OHL right now and Ellis is looking good.
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Always following the elite prospects. Ellis has got the skills, for sure, I’m just concerned with his size. Can’t pair him with Franson (right now), though. That would be a nightmare.
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I wouldn’t be worried about the size. The guy can absolutely fly and when he fills out it’ll be sufficient. He won’t be throwing huge hits but he’ll be adequate I think.
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5’9, 180 is pretty small for a defenseman.
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Yeah, I thought he was a little taller than that. I’m still not all that concerned but he’s your guy. He may end up being a PP specialist type guy if he can’t handle the physical play, but I still think this is a skating man’s game and there are few that can skate like Ellis.
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I think he’ll stick because our PP is consistently awful. Weber/Ellis and Suter/Franson power plays would be pretty awesome.
I would imagine that we see Blum paired with Franson and Ellis with Klein down the road to compensate for any deficiencies in his own zone.
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I wouldn’t dismiss this so quickly. (Not like it’s going to happen.)
Toews plays a different game than Ovechkin — he’s a very good two-way player, is a center, and is 3 years younger. He is nowhere near the player, but if you’d add Keith — a two-way defenseman that the Capitals haven’t had since… jeez, their defensive heyday of the early 90s — it would be interesting.
Keith and Green patrolling the same blueline would be so amazing they’d win the Olympic gold in regulation several Cups.
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Seabrook is better than that overrated “defeceman” Mike Green. Besides, how good can Green really be? He plays in the Cupcake Conference. I bet Seabrook could put up those numbers if he played all those pathetic teams!
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Yeah, I guess that would make it easier. :-) I’ll toss you a link later on. I haven’t been updating my LJ blog of late, since I can’t do it from work, so I’ve switched over to Blogspot.
Here is the most recent set, from last night’s game. I will have Bears pix from Saturday up shortly. :-)
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Busy morning! But here are your current playoff match-ups
East
Washington vs. Philadelphia
New Jersey vs. Boston
Buffalo vs. Montreal
Pittsburgh vs. Ottawa
WEST
San Jose vs. Colorado
Chicago vs. Los Angeles
Vancouver vs. Detroit
Phoenix vs. Nashville
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 6, 2010 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, you’d prefer Boston, right?
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For us? Yes. And I don’t want Montreal within 100 miles of Pittsburgh until at least the second round (if they get that far).
Depends on which “us” you are referring to.
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Har har ;) The Caps ‘r Us…Montreal is ’them’. I’m not THAT far gone into my dual-hockeyzenship.
…of course if the Caps and Habs should happen to meet in the playoffs, Montreal becomes ‘those evil mutant French Canadian bastards who let Saku Koivu leave’ (although we can call them the damn Habs for short).
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we can call them the damn Habs for short
Excellent.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 6, 2010 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions
I really really do not want to play Philadelphia
They’re going to accept their inevitable series loss by beating on us and cheap shotting us as much as humanly possible.
Pronger? no thanks.
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I would love to play Philly; frankly, no one in the East scares me except the Pens, and that is mainly Pavlovian conditioning, I think.
Philly is the most screwed up organization in the Conference. All that talent, squandered.
The challenge that Philly presents is that they have a bunch of skill in the lineup, and could presumably exploit the Caps defensive breakdowns. The way they played the Wings on Sunday, if they repeat that in the playoffs, they’re not going to be an easy out.
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Quite honestly and in my humble opinion, if they play the Caps like they did Detroit, the Caps will sweep. Washington has more skill and more scoring depth than Detroit: they’ll get that GTG and GWG. Now, if you take just the first couple of periods by Philly, then yeah, that’s scary.
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by red army line on Apr 6, 2010 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I missed the third, so, yeah, take my comments with that in mind.
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So the Canucks would be eliminated?
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Burrows deserves to play in Edmonton.
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Edmonton = Magnitogorsk?
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Apologies if this is belated, but way to go, D’oh?
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Capitals have recalled Karl Alzner and Jay Beagle from Hershey, both expected to see action in Pittsburgh.
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I have trained my new puppy to be ready for this final reg. season game vs. the Pens:
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I have a penguin all set for our dog, but just have been too lazy to film him destroying it yet. well done :)
I had thought to just wait and instead of the penguin, just do the first round opponent and then 2nd and so on.
LOL thanks… good idea you have for the playoffs.
We may have gone too far with the training, he attacks that penguin every time he sees it now. And growls too, it’s a crack up.
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We just got our dog Puck Knuble a penguin so he can be a penguin killer too!
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That’s awesome… We Caps fans must feed a lot of penguins to our dogs, by the sounds of it!
Maybe only the great penguin in the sky will ever know how many… Hahahaha
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adorable little puppy, made more adorable by attacking a penguin.
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Caps should practice their PK since the Pens will likely have the advantage in that department yet again
#NeedsMoreBradley
Here’s the thing — when the Pens played the Caps in the playoffs last year, the Pens were forechecking like mad, putting the pressure on all the time, and the Caps were getting a ton of holding/hooking/interference calls. The Caps were outshot every game! Other than the top line and Fedorov, that team was invisible and couldn’t keep up.
This is a new year and the Caps have a much better team, but Varlamov carried this team through the first 6 games of the series — and the penalties reflected the Caps’ play.
You’re right about last playoffs, but the Pens have had more PPs in 14 straight games against the Caps. That’s ridiculous, especially given the Caps won the regular season series this year and last year; it hasn’t been 14 straight games of Pens territorial domination.
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I thought it was 14 games of equal or more for the Pens? In other words, 14 games without the Caps having the PP advantage. Whatever, that’s ridiculous.
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Olie the Goalie is 40? Wow…didn’t realize that. Happy Birthday, Godzilla!
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Hells ya…back when I barely knew what hockey was, I knew Olie the Goalie.
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by SeattleCapsFan on Apr 6, 2010 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Happy Birthday Olie! Thanks for those Cups you helped win for the Admirals.
by PensAreYourDaddy on Apr 6, 2010 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Really??
I just got an email about,
“New Product Alert – Washington Capitals 2010 Presidents Trophy Gear Just Released”
Wow.. just a little over the top in my opinion.
"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"
.
Hey…it could be this one
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 6, 2010 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
I just put up a new fanshot on Friedman’s latest. Just like his Russia one last week, this one has stuff for Caps fans.
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Mike Green out tonight, per TEB.
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What? Think there’s something wrong there that no one’s telling us?
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by SeattleCapsFan on Apr 6, 2010 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Cheeseburgeritis?
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by Knubles and Bits on Apr 6, 2010 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Damn. He’s hurt.
Shit!
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Sounds like the recent Arnottgate for Nashville. :(
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by Chris Burton on Apr 6, 2010 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s hurt, he’s not hurt, we’re not sure if its a concussion, we think its a concussion, he has a concussion history, lets not rush him back, lets get him back for Phoenix, oh wait its not a concussion, actually it is, his head hurts, oh wait he’s better.
Arnottgate.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 6, 2010 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, there were those. But they weren’t sure if it was a concussion, see.
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by Chris Burton on Apr 6, 2010 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions
On the plus side, he’s got a little time to recover.
Still, it’s not great.
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Brooks Laich and the Caps getting some serious love on XM/NHLN right now. They really like Laich. Anyone else see the interview on VS last night? They loved how defensive he was about being seen as taking their foot off the gas late in the season.
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There was an interview on CSN Sportsnite last Wednesday where a reporter tried to ask him the same question, and he got really indignant about it. The reporter tried to clarify that he meant “subconsciously” but Brooks would have none of it.
"We are such fans of your music and all of your records. I'm not speaking of yours personally, but the whole genre of the rock and roll."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Apr 6, 2010 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions
I liked that Brooks started to get mad at the reporter and stuck up for his team. I also like that the reporter stood up for himself and said ’don’t get mad, there is a real question here about taking your foot off the pedal lately., which is undeniable (Columbus). Good stuff all around.
Yup, it was a solid exchange. Brooks can’t really deny that they look like they took the foot off the gas but I love that he’s so defensive about it.
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Maybe it’s just a way of looking at it, like we see it as
vs PIT: 100%
vs lesser teams: 80%
But he says
vs lesser teams: 100%
vs PIT: 110% ?
I guess that’s a more positive way of looking at it.
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by red army line on Apr 6, 2010 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Steinz had Q&A today. How Caps and Nats fans are different:
Nats/Caps: Who is the most defensive fan base in town, Nats or Caps?
Dan Steinberg:Oh my goodness, the Caps, and it isn’t even close. I mean, they’re not in the same universe. I’m right there with them, but Caps fans literally scan the national clips just trying to find slights. Nats fans more cover their eyes, I think.
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Wow. NHL.com has really ramped down the EPIC SID v OVIE nonsense on their front page today. It’s almost just … another game.
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Maybe they finally have gotten the message. Unlikely. More likely that they know fans realize there are actually hockey games being played tonight that actually mean something playoff wise.
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This game has implications for Pitt’s playoff seeding, anyway.
Doubt the Caps win it, for that reason (as I saw you noted on Pensburgh).
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I know what you are saying but seedings aren’t as sexy a topic or draw as actual playoff spots.
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Yeah. I think the only people that really get worked up over seedings are, well, us guys, the fans.
If I had a nickel for every time someone has posted something like, “the Caps will def. be motivated tonight, they can move their magic number to [X]”….
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Must be less fun to ramp it up when the prodigal son keeps losing.
I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life.
But he’s got a Cup!!!1
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by Knubles and Bits on Apr 6, 2010 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions
And they lost – in the shootout – to Mike Knuble. Insert dagger, twist.
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Glorious, glorious moment. Ovie may be public enemy #1 in Pittsburgh, but I think Knuble is a close second.
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Knuble’s just an annoyance. He gets his goals but it’s not like he has a history of beating Pittsburgh in the playoffs.
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No one does. At least not during the Sid era, right? They lost once to Detroit and once to, who was it, Ottawa?
So, Hooks – any thoughts on favorable/unfavorable matchups for the Pens in Rd 1? Or as the defending champs are you content to play anyone? Assuming you get the 2 seed, of course.
And do you even care about the 2 seed?
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-I don’t know what to think of Ottawa, but I don’t think they’d put a huge scare into a contender.
-Philly has Brian Boucher, enough said.
-Boston can’t score
Montreal I think COULD pose the toughest problems, if Halak’s in the zone he’s the best non-contender goalie in the East (IMO), they have a great defensemen in Markov and a good forecheck.
I care about the #2 seed, but I don’t think it’s the end of the world. I think the Pens are going to have to play NJ and Wash anyways if they win the East, so what’s the difference.
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Agree with you about Montreal. They’re going to finish 6th, though, and I think Buffalo is well put together to beat them.
When Ottawa is hot, they’re a pretty good team, but I don’t like their chances in a seven game series – not physical enough.
I don’t know how long it’s been since the top 4 seeds all advanced in the East, but I can definitely see it happening this year…
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Answering my own question, it hasn’t been that long since the top 4 seeds advanced: 2006, in fact.
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I dunno, if I had a nickle for every time VS talked about Ovechkin and Crosby “renewing their epic rivalry” last night….
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by SeattleCapsFan on Apr 6, 2010 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Looks like we broke Chara's nose
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Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara with a broken nose and is day-to-day w/ hope that he can play Thursday.
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Whoopsie!
Suspend everyone in that scrum!
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by Bald Pollack on Apr 6, 2010 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
who high sticked Chara? Or whether a Caps player did at all?
Because during the replay’s they should outside shots of the scrum, and laich was battling with chara in the corners, then semin was hovering between Rask and Chara. Then the camera angle cut to an inside look from outside the glass, then you saw a stick come from the direction that semin was in during the previous shot, then the big man goes down.
Thats what I recall from last night, at least.
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It’s a delicate reference to the fact that Chara’s schnoz is, um, a little beaky to begin with.
It was definitely Semin, and he definitely clobbered him with the stick. We’ve seen him get a high stick on that exact same play several times this year. He goes for the stick lift, the opponent moves the stick, and it clips him in the face. Should have been called, but wasn’t.
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Backis got the NHL 3rd star o’ the night.
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From Ed Francovic's recap
The Caps are 29-2-3 when the opponent fails to score a PPG.
Could the key to the Caps’ post-season success be any more clear?
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by Rob Parker on Apr 6, 2010 2:17 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Definitely this.
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Just so we don't feel so down on ourselves...
Pens have trouble with the trap as well.
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Anyone worried about how Steckel has performed on the dot of late? He’s had some uncharacteristically bad games of late. Is it luck? Taking the foot off the gas? Nagging injury?
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I don’t know what his problem has been, but he has been horrible on the dot. I’ve noticed it over at least the last 3 games, possibly longer.
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by Knubles and Bits on Apr 6, 2010 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Something I noticed up in Hershey...
Perreault is playing with his thumb taped up… I was looking for a photo – I have one or two that show it – but I don’t have them here at work. That could be a contributing factor in why he’s not up here, although it isn’t bad enough to keep him off the ice in Hershey.
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Could just be support, too. Doesn’t have to be an injury.
by DrinkingPartner on Apr 6, 2010 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s true, which is why I wanted to post the photo.
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Report from Hershey by Leone in his practice update today is that Perreault is not playing for Hershey tonight due to a lower body injury and the one game trip. And his play on Sunday didn’t make it look like he was having any difficulty with his stickwork and passing.
Why are you looking for a reason that Perreault is not up right now?
I’m not. We were discussing injuries.
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Sorry, didn’t realize that was the intent. FWIW, as I noted, it is being reported by Leone that Perreault has a minor lower body injury that would not keep him out of a playoff game.
…let’s hope it doesn’t keep him out of a weekend game, either.
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IMO, it doesn’t matter if he plays this weekend as long as he’s ready next Wed. when the playoff games start and from the report today, it sounds like he will be.
It matters to me! I’m paying to see his little ass!
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Awkward.
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Nope, not awkward for me since it’s not like I haven’t paid for a game before and a player I had hoped to see didn’t play. Such is the life of buying tickets and/or planning a roadtrip in advance.
As a fan of the player and the team, I still prefer they do what’s best to make sure he’s as close to 100% as possible when the playoffs start next Wed. night.
And safe travels to Norfolk this weekend.
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Certainly, there is no magic statistic to help. Since the lockout, a team hasn’t had to score the most or allow the fewest goals to hoist the Stanley Cup, nor has it needed to field the top power play or penalty kill. Just look at last season: The Penguins finished the regular season 17th in goals against, 20th in power play efficiency, 18th in shots, 18th in shots against and tied for 19th in faceoff percentage — and none of that stopped them from winning it all. That should tell this year’s Capitals something. Specifically, don’t rest on the laurels of your numerically dominant season. No stat foretells a title.
If anything, the team in DC should be a bit concerned. Coaches and execs focus on the composition of a team’s roster when they sit down to forecast Cup chances, and what they look for doesn’t coincide with the Caps’ many strengths. As the experts see it, the road to the Cup runs straight through the center of the ice. “If you want to win it all, you’d better be strong down the middle,” says Hurricanes president and GM Jim Rutherford, architect of the ’06 Cup holders. “That means good goaltending, strong centers and a couple of defensemen who can move the puck.”
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Everyone knows that a team with Eric Staal and Rod Brind’Amour means you’re strong down the middle.
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They had Matt Cullen too, right? And back in the day of Staal’s 100 point season, when Brind’Amour was still good offensively?
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by red army line on Apr 6, 2010 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
who starts in goal today
nhl.com is saying it’s varly
FLASH! He shoots, he scores - 22.9% of the time, anyway
So is Tarik...
Semyon Varlamov appears set to start in goal tonight at Mellon Arena as the Caps look to extend their winning streak to four games – and sweep the Pens for the first time in franchise history.
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by SeattleCapsFan on Apr 6, 2010 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions
– and sweep the Pens for the first time in franchise history.
Ironically though, if Pittsburgh wins they can kind of claim to split the season series, because from this perspective we took 4 out of the 8 possible points. Crazy how the loser points throws things around.
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hey hey hey, they’re not loser points, they’re half wins!
(sorry, feeling slightly punchy)
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by RedBirdie on Apr 6, 2010 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
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