Friday Caps Clips: Ovechkin vs. Crosby is Alive and Well
by J.P. on May 14, 2010 6:39 AM EDT
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- Be sure to tune in for another edition of Japers' Rink Radio tomorrow morning at 10:00 (or download the show thereafter).
- Gruesome details of Tom Poti's eye injury. [WaPo]
- Speaking of which, the Chris Clark Captain Cadaver Trophy goes to... click to find out. [RtR]
- Ovi scored, Varly saved, Russia won at worlds. [CI]
- Alexander Semin is smokin'. No, f'real. [RMNB]
- It seems the Alex vs. Sid debate has new legs now that they each were unceremoniously excused from the playoffs by Les Habitants. [Bog/WaPo, National Post, Hockey or Die, Jamie's Hockey Blog, TSN, Hockey Independent, CSN Washington]
- Some good Caps stuff in Boswell's chat yesterday, including this money quote: "Bruce Boudreau's wonderful chat here yesterday, always so honest, seems to show that the Caps have curled up for the summer with the Hot Goalie, We're Better, We Didn't Really Choke, Don't Need To Change Much line of easiest possible excuses. There's truth in all of those points. But you don't get better by focusing on them." [WaPo]
- Parts Two and Three of Ivan Carter's chat with Bruce Boudreau. [CSN Washington, CSN Washington]
- Adam Proteau lists "dream playoff match-ups" for each team. Hard to argue with his Caps picks, though I'd go with "anyone" in the Finals - a dream indeed. [The Hockey News]
- Number six on the "Top Ten Games of 2009-10" countdown. [Live in Red]
- Cheer up, D.C. - you're only the seventh-worst sports town around. [Bog]
- Caps Senior Director of Media Relations Nate Ewell's favorite Hershey Bear gets some love. [Hockey Chronicles]
- Get to know the newest member of the organization, Dustin Stevenson (sadly sans facial hair). [Caps365 (video)]
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Speaking of Sid, its the end of an era
I never travel far....without a little Big Star...
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
by YvonLabresMoustache on May 14, 2010 6:49 AM EDT reply actions
Seems as if he bought a mansion in the Pittsburgh suburbs
Not quite “Fallingwater”… more like “Fallingdown”
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by ThePeerless on May 14, 2010 7:56 AM EDT up reply actions 10 recs
That looks like Megaton from Fallout 3.
I never travel far....without a little Big Star...
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by YvonLabresMoustache on May 14, 2010 7:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Thats what I thought too
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by Kevin Sellathamby on May 14, 2010 8:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Not after I was through with it ;)
"If you want money go to the bank, if you want bread go to the bakery if you want goals go to the net." - #21
by snakegriffin on May 14, 2010 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I find this development a tad personally ironic. In one of Steinberg’s recent post-playoff analogies, he seemed to be somehow defending Crosby’s still living with Lemieux. I didn’t get a response, but as a mother, I e-mailed him to explain why he could not compare Ovi’s parents staying with him to that, and why it was time for him to move out. (And I guess I’m indirectly engaging in Crosby parent-bashing again, which I seem to do regularly.)
Sig temporarily on hiatus.
I sorta understood where Steinberg was coming from, but at the same time, Ovie was a 19 year old kid moving halfway across the world and to an unfamiliar culture. I’d want my parents to come with me, too! And families living together is much more common in parts of Europe and Russia. Crosby living in Lemieux basement for 4 years just seemed a little odd.
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I suggested that if Crosby thought he needed “parental supervision”, then his parents could stay with him like Ovi’s do. One year, two even, okay. But five? That’s maybe just lazy, but it’s odd.
Sig temporarily on hiatus.
Didn’t Ovi live with McPhee his first season here? Then he bought a house, his brother moved in, and his parents began coming over for extended visits and much cooking of favorite Russian comfort foods and backyard barbeques Russian style with the team.
Maybe Sid never got around to buying a house until now because it was a lot easier for his parents to pop down from Canada than for Ovi’s to pop over from Russia. Both players do need and have a familial support system.
But it is time for the guy to get his own digs.
by capsyoungguns on May 14, 2010 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions
I think its two things...
1) Being really “frugal” – i.e. cheap/miserly
and 2) I’m pretty sure Mario probably has one of the nicest basements in SW PA…..
by markbona-capsfan99 on May 14, 2010 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions
In deference to RMNB, I think the panic/shite-losing might be less about him smoking and just further indication of a general cavalier attitude towards his craft, but you know, mountains and mole hills.
They're coming.
...
He’s the white Carey Price
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by YvonLabresMoustache on May 14, 2010 7:47 AM EDT up reply actions
No Goalie can ever do that. Pro
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by Kevin Sellathamby on May 14, 2010 8:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Carey Price isn’t white?
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Carey absolutely looks like he’d fit in at a Temple frat party this fall
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I’m completely anti-smoking on any level, but you’d think an elite athlete would have a little more respect for the effects of tobacco and nicotine on the body.
Sig temporarily on hiatus.
by gfcaps fan on May 14, 2010 8:08 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’m also totally anti-smoking. My sons who play hockey cannot understand how anyone can smoke and play that sport. I’m hoping this was in the vein of a “celebratory cigar.” Certainly smoking on a regular basis would affect endurance. Let’s hope not the case!
Al Iafrate reportedly used to smoke in between periods. No clue how anyone could play the sport and willingly decrease their lungs’ capacity to take in oxygen (or whatever smoking does to you).
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Al Iafrate reportedly used to smoke in between periods
/insert Gary Leeman joke
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by YvonLabresMoustache on May 14, 2010 8:35 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
low blow…
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on May 14, 2010 8:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Rec’d. Now where are the opportunities for some Brendan Shanahan-Craig Janney jokes.
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory
by Rather Bengt on May 14, 2010 9:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Shanahan was involved with Janney’s wife?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on May 14, 2010 9:57 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah and is now married to her
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory
by Rather Bengt on May 14, 2010 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions
guy lafleur was a noted in game smoker too. unbelievable that they would be able to smoke and play…
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on May 14, 2010 8:34 AM EDT up reply actions
I don’t know why but now I have an image of a bunch of french canadiens all playing on the same team and smoking while playing….
The Canadiens circa the 70's
But grace can still be found within the gale. With fear and reverence, raise your ragged sail.
by Steckel Me Elmo on May 14, 2010 8:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Kipprusoff and Phaneuf smoking backstage at a strip club
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory
by Rather Bengt on May 14, 2010 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh Dion…
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by Chris Burton on May 14, 2010 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions
If Suter or Weber ever pulled those stunts Trotz would probably pair them with…Kevin Klein O_O
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by Chris Burton on May 14, 2010 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions
and Kipper is chain-smoking, yet
"You want to start being part of the Rink? Fine, but more’s expected of you than John/Jane Cap Fan. Carry the cause of informed discussion to the unwashed masses and don’t crap in the yards of other SBN sites if you decide to go over there. They’re passionate about their teams too, no need to troll elsewhere and/or be a sore winner." --BP
Smoking fallout
from Lifesports.ru:
Russia head coach Vyacheslav Bykov gave hockey players racing after the evening get-togethers in the restaurant . Especially got those who allowed himself to smoke a cigarette. The next morning, Bykov was very angry, and most players spent the whole day at the hotel.
Bykov not happy. I would not want that man angry at me. He looks like he belongs in a James Bond movie.
He certainly doesn’t belong behind the bench of a hockey team with significant aspirations.
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by J.P. on May 14, 2010 9:07 AM EDT up reply actions 7 recs
Ignoring how depleted some other squads may be, and whether he’s actually doing a good job or just lucky, if Russia wins the tournament, you don’t hear anything more coming out of Russia for a while, and right now, they’re winning.
Sig temporarily on hiatus.
But Russia isn’t really blowing those teams out of the water, despite the 4-1 win over the Kazakhs. I have not been too impressed with the team as a whole, much like with the Olympic effort. Our guys have scored, but it seems they could have done a bit more. Kovy has just 1 point (a goal) and is even. The play on the larger ice is different.
I’m completely anti-smoking on any level, but you’d think an elite athlete would have a little more respect for the effects of tobacco and nicotine on the body.
If you’re not smoking 5, 10, 20 a day or whatever I think you guys are over-stating the effect on your lungs, especially if you mostly only smoke in the off season, or don’t smoke before games.
I’m an ex-smoker who never smoked more than like a pack or two a month, I always bike to work, and after I quit I never noticed a big change in lung capacity.
I’m not defending smoking by any stretch, just giving my $.02
Risk for cancer, though, is an entirely different, ugly story.
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by smutsboy1 on May 14, 2010 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
First, glad to hear you are an ex. That all may be, but it’s just a nasty habit altogether. Breath stinks, clothes stink. I was married to someone once (long time ago) who smoked casually (never in our house), and that was bad enough. One of my sons has asthma and we used to have to leave restaurants where there was smoking. I am thankful most are smoke-free these days.
My dad died essentially of lung cancer—smoked since he was a teenager up to the day he went into the hospital for surgery for the cancer. Despite remission of the cancer, his lungs never recovered from the effects of the “cure”—radiation and chemo—and eventually gave out. He didn’t start smoking again, primarily because he could no longer inhale.
I hate smoking. But I have never smoked myself and am not a terribly addiction person (except reading Caps stuff online when I should be working). So I can’t really understand why it is so hard for some to quit, such as my dad. I think it’s best not to start but I try not to judge.
by capsyoungguns on May 14, 2010 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions
My mom’s father, my Dad’s stepfather, my Dad’s father and stepmother all died of causes related to smoking.
I never travel far....without a little Big Star...
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
by YvonLabresMoustache on May 14, 2010 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Indeed-how's this
Bad Sasha. Bad bad Sasha. Stop smoking now. You are an athlete for freaking out loud. You need your lungs. And you are setting a bad example for your teammates especially young Varly.
by capsyoungguns on May 14, 2010 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I’m sure at least that part is cultural. I’d bet most former USSR-region athletes smoke from time to time. I mean, here in (country of) Georgia, every single person pretty much smokes. Even women. They’re not addicted, but a cigarette or two every day. Russia probably isn’t that much different. I’d be surprised if they hadn’t tried.
Now, doing it regularly is a different story. Doesn’t seem like any of our lovable and/or enigmatic Russians make it a habit. That’s fine by me.
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by red army line on May 14, 2010 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Looked at the RMNB article, and a couple of thoughts:
One, RMNB says the photos were snapped in Russia prior to the WC. From the signage in the background, I would say that pic was taken in Germany. It’s particularly apparent if you click through to the LifeSports article.
Two, Semin’s give-a-crap level has always been, um, open to some debate. Smoking would further inform that debate, no?
Three, smoking has a bunch of downsieds. It’s also fun and extremely enjoyable. I’ll have a ciggy every now and then myself.
Finally, at the end of the day, who cares?
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Smoking would further inform that debate, no?
No.
by CaptainAwesome on May 14, 2010 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions
First, the “give-a-crap” is purely based on what people think they know about someone’s effort, which we can’t know; it is suspect for any of us to say we can determine that one way or the other. It’s mind boggling how much negative projection there is on Semin because of him being unfathomable. If there’s a void, which there is, it is filled with crap.
Second, no, it does not inform the debate on his hockey play. You could say the same thing about drinking. I do hate smoking and hope it’s not a habit, but I would not extrapolate a couple of cigarettes in Germany to his attitude toward his profession.
And yes, the smoking happened in Cologne after the Kazakh game.
First, the "give-a-crap" is purely based on what people think they know about someone’s effort, which we can’t know; it is suspect for any of us to say we can determine that one way or the other.
That’s why he said it is open to debate, not that it is a sure thing one way or the other. Semin’s inconsistency is not open to debate, and like or not that kind of inconsistency in a supremely talented player is often associated with a less than optimal drive or work ethic. That may not be the case with Semin, but just as you may not think it’s fair to call him lazy, it is similarly unreasonably to completely ignore any possibility that his determination and commitment is lacking.
While one cigarette really isn’t a big deal, it also isn’t completely irrelevant when a professional athlete who has problems with consistency is engaging in something that is known to be bad for your body. Would you similarly write it off as nothing if Green were the one smoking?
Of all our iniquities ignorance may be the worst
by Killer_Carlson on May 14, 2010 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions
The issue is you and others almost always assume the worst about Semin and project negative motivation (or the lack thereof) on him. It’s pretty simple. He’s the dog you like to kick. Not sure who will take his place whenever he leaves. Certainly he’s open to some criticism, but it goes over the top around here and some people take every single opportunity to say something negative about him. I would think there would be something in the middle.
I did not write the smoking off as nothing. I don’t like it all and am disappointed that it’s something he may do more often than I would have ever thought. But, if you are going to call it symptomatic of something so much larger, such as his professional consistency, I think that’s a stretch. Seems there would be quite a few other athletes who may have smoked to look at, as well (several pictures just in these clips). Heck, I’ve read Ovi likes to chew tobacco. That’s pretty gross, addictive, and bad for health. Mouth, neck and throat cancer ain’t pretty. I had chemo with a man who went through that and was missing half of his jaw and neck muscles on one side. What does it say about someone who would take this chance with their health?
I can’t speak for others, but I generally try to avoid the work ethic argument with Semin (and is assuming the worse any different from always giving him a free pass?). The bottom line is that he is inconsistent, and I don’t really give a rat’s ass why he is inconsistent. He could be the hardest worker in the world, but if you still can’t count on him to bring his game night in and night out, especially in the playoffs, then his value to the team drops significantly.
Of all our iniquities ignorance may be the worst
by Killer_Carlson on May 14, 2010 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Next year's Scarlet Caps glamour shot:
Smoking never looked this good inconsistent.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on May 14, 2010 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions 8 recs
JP was right
That Poti article WAS gruesome!
“Going through what I’ve gone through the past two weeks, putting my family through it, my wife through it, I’ve decided it’s really not worth not wearing a visor to protect something that’s so important. I’m definitely going to wear one.”
…smart fella
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Maybe he needs to talk to Brooksie.
by Seminrocks on May 14, 2010 8:18 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Boggles my mind that anyone wouldn’t wear a shield. As Poti mentioned, less than an inch, his career is done and he has to learn to drive with one eye.
Given that two guys in the first round of this playoff series have had Poti’s experience I can’t believe that the players aren’t more willing to put them on their helmets. Its not like they haven’t learned how to play with shields, they all wore full shields growing up.
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I still think the most gruesome part was the writer calling Poti the team’s “best defensive defenseman:”. Gave me shivers.
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by Rather Bengt on May 14, 2010 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions
This time, though, the puck didn’t sail past Poti or deflect off his shin pad, or deflect into his own goal…"
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on May 14, 2010 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions
Your Coincidence o’ the Week…
Jaroslav Halak wears jersey #41 for the Canadiens.
41 also happens to be the number of those arrested in Montreal during the street celebrations of the Canadiens’ Game 7 win over Pittsburgh.
Believe it, or don’t!
If you've read this far...seek help.
Believe it, or don’t!
I have the option? Sweet!!! Then I shall believe!
Actually Crosby looked more like a Waldorf Yo Boy than anyone in the playoffs with that 22 year old wannabe-beard that made him look like a rat. All he heeded was an oversized nautical shirt, shorts down to his shins, and socks up to his knees…
The complete Waldorf look.
and btw
Do ALL Russians dress like 15 year old guys that just discovered H&M?
by Brainumbc on May 14, 2010 8:21 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I like how they have matching luggage AND outfits.
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Ron and Fez 11 to 3
by YvonLabresMoustache on May 14, 2010 8:23 AM EDT up reply actions
There’s another picture with much of the team waiting at an elevator; they all have on jeans, white shirts and blue blazers. It seemed to be the team traveling uniform.
Where’s the “In Soviet Russia H&M buys you” joke?
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by Rather Bengt on May 14, 2010 9:48 AM EDT up reply actions
In Soviet Russia, smuggled capitalist blue jeans wear you!
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by RedBirdie on May 14, 2010 9:51 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
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Ovie and Semin looked like the only ones with matching luggage. The rest had standard black luggage or red bags from the olympics.
by vtcapsfan99 on May 14, 2010 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions
This is a classy look. I often rock the blue blazer and jeans.
4th Floor, is next, swimvare, undervare, Eric Fehr...
This is like, what, the 4th or 5th pic of Ovi still wearing his Caps hat? The boy’s taking that captaincy seriously.
"It hit me on the pants. I had protection. It felt good. Why? I wanted to win."
Especially given how much it clashes.
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Clashes?
Red doesn’t clash with blue; the shirt’s white, and that doesn’t clash with anything.
Maybe with the suitcase…..
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gotta love that he rocks the red in germany after being eliminated. His devotion tot he Caps is almost fan-like.
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another pic of Ovi wearing his caps hat
He’s making it very easy to stalk him in poor quality pics on Russian websites
Ovie, Feds (in black hat), and the wife of some Russian singer Andrei Grigoryev-Appolonova
wow, the are treading close to cycling like the sedin twinkies….
ov has to carry his own gloves? what kind of low rent outfit is this russian national team…
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on May 14, 2010 8:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Alex learned from Varly and Semin’s experience – Varly’s gear was “lost” for a while, and Sasha had half his sticks pilfered. AO is carrying his own gear to make sure it arrives safely.
For some reason though, I get the feeling those brand-spanking-new matching carryon bags are absolutely empty.
Full of stacks of singles and video cameras. The Mike Green travel plan.
John Carlson - Glory follows him.
by boutros23 on May 14, 2010 8:42 AM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
rec’ed. Greenie would be proud.
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i think semin’s luggage is full of the goals he should have scored during the playoffs.
i think flash is in ov’s bag…once again he has to carry him…
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by dcsportsfan1 on May 14, 2010 8:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Yea he looks like someone that’s had a few hits early on, but who leaves everyone wondering.. where is the REAL Bon Jovi?
by Brainumbc on May 14, 2010 8:55 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
That is just rec’tacular.
Of all our iniquities ignorance may be the worst
by Killer_Carlson on May 14, 2010 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Besides picking a coach again, the Devils have another major decision on their hands, which left wing to shower millions upon. They can’t afford both Zach Parise and Ilya Kovalchuk after next season, not without shortchanging other more-needed positions, and they need to choose now. [Link]
Is that really a choice? How could even consider picking Kovalchuk?
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Parise’s restricted, so I’d worry about someone signing him to an offer sheet. He’d be my first priority. Pandolfo’s (2.5) and Langenbrunner’s (2.8) deals come off the books next year. Rolston’s contract is an albatross (still has two years left at 5), as is Marty’s (two years left at 5.2).
I think its much more important for them to sign Martin than it is for them to sign Kovalchuk at this point.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on May 14, 2010 8:44 AM EDT up reply actions
And they’ll be paying 3.4 each of the next three years for a guy who’s only had more than 20 goals once, and has never, ever topped 60 points (Dainus Zubrus).
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by YvonLabresMoustache on May 14, 2010 8:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Obviously you’re right; but can you imagine the Zach Parise derby???
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by Chris Burton on May 14, 2010 9:00 AM EDT up reply actions
Idiotic premise to that question. As you note, it’s Parise by a mile in this one.
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RE: "How could even consider picking Kovalchuk?"
By some sort of magical quirk, Glen Sather’s mind suddenly inhabit’s Lamorellio’s body? That’s about the only way I see it happening at least….
by markbona-capsfan99 on May 14, 2010 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions
Dustin Stevenson’s interview was so-o-o-o-o-o cute. But the way they cut the video, it looks like Stretch held up the questions on cue cards…
Also, clearly his momma ordered him into the barber shop: “You can’t go to your new job looking like that! And stop slouching!”
And I like that he looks up to Travis Moen, who was so effective against the Caps.
Great Eulogy
I love the way JP takes apart the universally held idea that “Sidney Crosby makes everyone around him better.” My 10 year old asked last night who it was that Crosby made better. Kunitz? Guerin? Gonch? Kennedy? Geno? Who? Given the Ok regular season the Pens had, i think it would tough to make a case for any Penguin this year playing above their normal level because of Crosby.
I’ll agree that Crosby made himself a better scorer this year, but all that seemed to do was mask the inability of others to score and when he got shut down against Montreal….goodnight Pens.
by Direction 87 on May 14, 2010 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions
The “he makes everyone better” meme is one of my favorite completely unsubstantiated “facts” about Crosby. I’d love to see just one example of a player blowing away expectations by playing with Crosby. Guerin and Fedotenko were just as productive with the Islanders. Satan was so bad he got demoted to the Islanders. Kunitz hasn’t matched the offensive potential he showed in Anaheim. Dupuis had a slight uptick, but still has never matched his career high in points. So who exactly is Crosby making so much better?
I guess that’s still better than making Chris Clark a 30 goal scorer and getting Zubrus two consecutive career years to set him up with a fat contract.
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by Killer_Carlson on May 14, 2010 1:40 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
Guerin and Fedotenko were just as productive with the Islanders.
this sent me into fits of laughter. With the Islanders, for the love of god!
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Satan was so bad he got demoted to the Islanders.
Whoops, fail on my part. Satan wasn’t that bad. He only got sent to the AHL.
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by Killer_Carlson on May 14, 2010 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Classy and Clever
What a must-read. To be literate and snarky and funny and accurate all at the same time is awe-inspiring. No other eulogy has or will come close to your pearls of reflection!
Just a delightfully fun way to start my day. I’m a little less grumpy.
by capsyoungguns on May 14, 2010 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions
we also have our own separate discussion thread to praise the eulogy, rather than have to wade through the filthy unwashed masses that dominated the PD comment section.
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Anyone buying what Bodreau is selling about the impact of the "Fog Flight?"
From the BB Washington Post Chat:
“Washington, DC: Coach, Mike Green recently suggested that the team’s protracted commute home after game 4 played a role in the team coming out flat at the start of game 5. Do you agree? And in general, what impact do extraordinary travel delays have on a club in a series with little time off between games?
Bruce Boudreau: I think the fog flight had a profound effect on us. The players missed an entire night of sleep and got out of their routine. We missed practice the following day and it showed in the first 10 minutes of Game 5, when Montreal scored both their goals."
Seems like another bullet point of the laminated pocket card of “All the excuses why we lost” Profound Effect? Really?
I just hope the CAPS are holding themselves to a higher standard internally, and that stuff like this is just the public face.
Hell no. I have much more to say on the subject (and promise I will at some point), but suffice it to say, that quote didn’t impress me one bit.
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Ive heard some people say the chat was candid…if living in a denial bubble is candid, then yes, yes it was.
by Direction 87 on May 14, 2010 9:09 AM EDT up reply actions
Before the playoffs started I thought to myself….“no way we lose this series…unless a flight is delayed because of fog.”
Im buying it.
by SA-Town on May 14, 2010 9:13 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Alright, I’ll expound a bit, since the bee is now in my bonnet. I’ll let the coach more or less dismiss any validity that excuse may have had in his own words:
The Penguins’ travel troubles appeared to give the Capitals’ a greater-than-usual home-ice advantage, but Washington coach Bruce Boudreau begged to differ.
“I think it’s totally opposite. All they had to do was sit on a bus. …
“Other than a few of their players, they’ve played in the American [Hockey] League before. A bus ride has never hurt anybody.”
That, of course, relates to the Pens’ travel issues getting to the Snovechkin game. They arrived at their hotel less than 12 hours before their game that day. Bruce’s Caps? Home ~36 hours before theirs.
All the Caps had to do was sit in airplane seats that are more comfortable than just about any bed I’ve ever slept in. A plane ride has never hurt anybody (well, except Flash last summer). Crap excuse, IMO.
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by J.P. on May 14, 2010 9:15 AM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Let’s just get it over with and do the BB Rink Wrap on Monday.
They're coming.
by Bald Pollack on May 14, 2010 9:24 AM EDT up reply actions
Nyet! We must let the stew cook for a while longer…
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Fair enough.
/off to make stew
They're coming.
by Bald Pollack on May 14, 2010 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions
maybe the difference between the situations is that the pens didn’t have their sleep schedule disrupted as much? Some people can’t sleep on planes, so it’s quite possible some of the caps didn’t get any sleep until they got home at 6-7 am. Changing your sleep schedule that dramatically does have an affect. Although I do think it’s not the best excuse for why they lost the series.
by vtcapsfan99 on May 14, 2010 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions
But not because they started slow.
Of all our iniquities ignorance may be the worst
by Killer_Carlson on May 14, 2010 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions
well, this team played many back-to-back games where they traveled at night and didn’t get any practice. seems like this is not that far out of routine. and i’m guessing plenty of guys slept on the flight home anyway. and lets face it, how many top guys would have practiced that day had they been on a normal schedule? i know mike green would not have been out there.
i think BB is trying to cover a bit for his players. a better answer would have been, “no. difficult travel is part of the life of an NHL team. i rode busses all night in the minors and still had to play the next day. it’s not an optimal situation but one that should not have affected us one bit.”
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on May 14, 2010 9:13 AM EDT up reply actions
I think a lot of it just throwing spaghetti at the wall to see how much sticks. It’s a little of everything. Not so much that the sitting on the plane threw them off, but they were coming home from a shocking loss, they were tense, and I thought there was some report that they got on each others nerves a little while stuck. And I can see where it might have screwed up the off day, as opposed to coming in late and playing the same day. I’m not excusing it, just trying to look at it from all angles. And mostly I agree with
I just hope the CAPS are holding themselves to a higher standard internally, and that stuff like this is just the public face.
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The flight shouldn’t have cost the Caps the series. But IIRC, they sat on the tarmac for several hours. I don’t know if that would have the same implications on a charter as a commercial flight. But on commercial flights, the ventilation improves and the temperature control is a lot better in the air. I can doze and get a decent night’s rest on an overnight flight, but I’m not able to relax when I’m waiting for a flight to taxi and take off.
He neglected that the fog was actually inside the plane.. a fog of smoke from Semin puffing down marlboros :P
by Brainumbc on May 14, 2010 9:18 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Are you going to change you screen name to Seminsmokes?
by Direction 87 on May 14, 2010 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Ironically, Semin’s favorite band is Brownsville Station
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by YvonLabresMoustache on May 14, 2010 9:58 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
This is why an off-season sucks so much. Instead of watching hockey, we’re reduced to parsing a coach’s dumb comments about travel to get our hockey fix.
I don’t think it’s trivial that the coach is creating a culture in which excuses trump accountability.
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by J.P. on May 14, 2010 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Completely agree. I will be fully invested in the “fire Bruce” bandwagon if this team doesn’t make at least the Conference Finals next year.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on May 14, 2010 10:10 AM EDT up reply actions
I thought the most interesting parts of the chat were 1. the question about Fehr deserving more ice time. I think the implication in such a question is why is Flash getting so much more? But BB ignored that and responded w/ something like “Who should get less? Semin/Knuble?” Really Bruce?
Second, when asked directly about Flash/Green ice time in the chat, BB only responded by only addressing Green’s ice time. Not a mention of Flash.
The whole BB/Flash thing continues to confound the hell out of me.
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I think its more indicative, at least to me, of how inflexible he can be in regards to what he thinks is the way to win. He didn’t adjust to MTL’s game plan, and insisted on putting out the same guys every time without recognition as to who was performing and who wasn’t.
One of the most dangerous, and worst things you can be as a leader or a coach is inflexible.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on May 14, 2010 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
And if you’re Pittsburgh, I think you could accuse Bylsma of doing the exact same thing. What makes it worse is that Bylsma and the Penguins had just watched the Canadiens trap the Capitals out of the playoffs and yet they appeared to make few adjustments to their game. Both the Caps and Pens were so supremely overconfident that they just refused to believe the Canadiens could beat them. And based on Crosby’s remarks, I still don’t think Pittsburgh believes Montreal beat them.
is he still running his mouth?
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paraphrasing, he said something sarcastically along the lines of " I don’t know too many teams that have a game plan of being outshot 2-1 and outplayed most of the time. But I guess it works for them."
what an obnoxious little brat. (although I’ve long thought that of him) I suppose he never learned how to lose graciously, what with it always being someone else’s fault.
I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess that he doesn’t pull an Ovie:
"It was my fault when we didn’t score goals. I had the chance to score goals, I didn’t score goals. Sometimes you just have to take this moment in your hand.
among other examples, of course.
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Yes, I kept thinking during game 7 of the Pens/Habs….“You had 7 games of tape to prepare for them!”
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Boz ripped into the pens for that yesterday in his epic rant.
the whole series, I’m thinking “Ok, you guys play like a less-good version of the Caps, with a worse goalie. and rather than say ‘hmmmmmmmmm, you know, the Caps, who play better than we do, couldn’t beat the Habs, let’s figure out where the weaknesses are,’ no, you went out and played, well, like wanna-be Caps. What on gods green earth made you think you could win the series playing that way?!”
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What on gods green earth made you think you could win the series playing that way?!"
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is that like getting free wings?
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Well, if the refs don’t make that BS boarding call on Crosby 10 seconds into game 7, the Pens would have won.
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Snark?
"Now wait a minute. This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man."
by The Ghost of Bebop on May 14, 2010 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Heh, figured as much. BTW, Screaming for Vengeance is an awesome album.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on May 14, 2010 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions
That’s a bit harsh. For starters what a coach or any public figure says to the press is usually far different than what he says in private. I strongly doubt than when Boudreau walked into the lockerroom after Game seven, he said “It’s not our fault we lost boys. It was the damn pilot’s fault.” I’m also fairly sure that not one player in their post-season meeting was told that if the flight had got in at midnight they’d be advancing to the second round. There are legit questions that can be raised about Boudreau such as the playing time for Flash or starting Theo, but using a comment about a delayed flight as a sign of a culture of excuses just seems like a reach.
There are legit questions that can be raised about Boudreau such as the playing time for Flash or starting Theo, but using a comment about a delayed flight as a sign of a culture of excuses just seems like a reach.
Taken on its own, I’d agree.
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It’s part of a larger pattern though. Sure he rips on the goalies after bad performances but even Fedorov said he thought Bruce was really lenient on the players. I think there’s a real question as to whether or not Bruce is holding the players accountable.
Partly, I do believe it threw them off for one game (body clock out of sync or whatever) since it didn’t seem like they anticipated problems, unlike the Pens after the storm who were at least mentally prepared for travel hassels. However, it isn’t why the team lost the series.
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Is today Tomas Fleischmann day?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on May 14, 2010 9:24 AM EDT reply actions
/compiling TOI stats from this year’s playoffs….
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by YvonLabresMoustache on May 14, 2010 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions
No, Kick a Ginger Day was last month I believe.
by CaptainAwesome on May 14, 2010 9:51 AM EDT up reply actions
I sort of see it as an ongoing event.
"Now wait a minute. This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man."
by The Ghost of Bebop on May 14, 2010 9:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Poor guy… Sunday’s his birthday, too.
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Well in that case I won’t wear my steel toed boots.
by CaptainAwesome on May 14, 2010 9:57 AM EDT up reply actions
that’s some impressive flexibility. I know players are always looking to increase theirs, goalies in particular, but is there a move towards these gumby goalies all the sudden?
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Makes a lot of sense. You have to be that kind of flexible to be a butterfly goaltender.
I think I read somewhere that a some goaltenders were having elective surgery in order to round out the bone in their hip socket. I know JS Giguere had that done, but I’m not sure it was elective.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on May 14, 2010 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Its a blurb about the rigors of the butterfly style
PATRICK ROY’S career wins record is about to be erased, but his lasting legacy, the widespread use of butterfly goaltending, remains strong. Nearly all goalies use the limb-splaying style at least on occasion, and the result has been both a steep drop in goals against and a rash of hip injuries. In the estimation of Marc Philippon, an orthopedic surgeon who has operated on dozens of athletes—and who did the arthroscopic procedure on Alex Rodriguez’s torn labrum on Monday—10% to 20% of adults have a structural problem with their femurs, the bones that run from knee to hip. If the femur head, which fits into the cup on the side of the pelvis to make the hip joint, is not cue-ball round, then repetitive motion that jams the misshapen ball into the socket can scrape away the natural padding and tear the labrum, a band of cartilage that rings the hip joint and secures the head of the femur.
Dropping into the butterfly is just such a motion. An NHL goalie who drives down for a save can slam the head of his femur into the socket with the same force that an Olympic weightlifter does when performing a clean and jerk, according to research by McGill University and hockey equipment maker Nike Bauer. Multiply that by 500 repetitions a day and you start to pity the cartilage.
Roy himself had hip troubles late in his career with Colorado, and, says former Avalanche trainer Pat Karns, “we had to work on Patrick daily [to keep his hips healthy].” Roy avoided surgery for the condition, but some A-listers from the generation that grew up idolizing, and imitating, St. Patrick have not been so lucky: the Ducks’ Jean-Sébastien Giguère, the Islanders’ Rick DiPietro, the Flyers’ Antero Niittymaki, the Maple Leafs’ Vesa Toskala and the Sabres’ Patrick Lalime are just some of the active goalies who needed surgery to shave the heads of their femurs into perfect spheres. “My hips were always sore [before surgery],” says Giguère. “I was fighting against them every time on the ice.”
The hip condition, femoroacetabular impingement, also tends to manifest itself as back pain or groin pulls. If the condition goes unrecognized (an MRI after a dye injection into the joint is the best way to spot a torn labrum), a goalie could be at risk for early arthritis. Some precaution—avoiding deep squats with heavy weights, for example—can minimize the stress on the joint but won’t necessarily prevent injury, says Philippon. The butterfly is so effective in closing off the lower portion of the net that goalies will use it regardless of the risk. Six years after Roy’s retirement his influence is still felt, often painfully.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on May 14, 2010 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions
slamming the femur head into the socket 500 times a day sounds like a good way to flirt with necrosis as well. ouch.
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That’s where the bone “dies” from lack of blood flow right? Happened to Bo Jackson?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on May 14, 2010 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions
yep. terribly painful and not a damn thing you can do about it.
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Except be thankful we can do more these days than just amputate it.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on May 14, 2010 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m actually about that flexible. I get strange looks when I stretch like that at the gym.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on May 14, 2010 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions
I taught flexibility/stretch classes in college to the college teams, and some of those guys were unbelievably tight, the polar opposite of Varly. I couldn’t believe they didn’t suffer from more injuries.
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“if only the nets were 6 feet wide and two feet high”
“hey, this ice taint that cold…”
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on May 14, 2010 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions
The Neuvirth 3000 also folds and compacts easily for storage, and is the perfect goaltender to bring along on your next trip our outing!
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by Wheeler on May 14, 2010 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Is that a camera? HI MOM! LOOK WHAT I CAN DO!
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by red army line on May 14, 2010 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
“Ok, boys and girls, and now we’re gonna streeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetch and reach for out toes!”
yes, too many years of pre-school tumble tot classes……
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Just looking at that
hurts me…..
by markbona-capsfan99 on May 14, 2010 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions
Brings back memories of college when I used to date a goalie. I’d make him do things like this to entertain and impress me. His flexibility was amazing.
“Hey! I see Canadiens!”
Hey let's go, today is going to be our night
by redlineblue on May 14, 2010 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Brilliant.
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by red army line on May 14, 2010 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions
“Varly, anything you can do, I can do better.”
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ehhhhhhh, I still think Varly’s more flexible (naturally so, and to an extent you rarely see). Although Neuvy has clearly worked very hard on it, as I don’t recall him being quite some limber last season.
(but good caption!)
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Fail.
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by fat_daddyo on May 14, 2010 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Ha. You failed at telling someone they failed. Doesn’t get more failful than that.
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by J.P. on May 14, 2010 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
I think the universe just collapsed on itself.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on May 14, 2010 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s like dividing by zero.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on May 14, 2010 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
...
We all hoped he could have been saved by zero.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on May 14, 2010 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions
Damn. 11-1 Canada over Norway, and its not over.
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Final score 12-1 CAN (Canada had 5 goals in 3 minutes)
Game Recap doesn’t mention Brooksie:
And he isn’t in the Game Summary:
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From the lineup it looks like Brooksie is #21 again.
http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230F26_54B_1_0.pdf
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he looks much better in Caps red.
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But it’s nothing like him in bubbles, right?
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that goes without saying
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Bears update, via Tim Leone
Based on Friday’s practice, it looks like defenseman Greg Amadio could return to the Hershey Bears’ lineup for Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals Saturday against the Manchester Monarchs.
“We’ll make that determination after the morning skate tomorrow,” Bears head coach Mark French said. “It’s a possibility, for sure.”
Amadio suffered a shoulder injury in Game 1 against Albany. If Amadio is in the lineup, it looks like Zach Miskovic would be out and Sean Collins would return to playing his natural right side.
Mathieu Perreault (lower body) and John Carlson (family death) practiced. Perreault didn’t participate in a 3-on-3 down low drill.
Caps prospect Stefan Della Rovere, whose OHL season with Barrie ended, joined the Bears. There’s a good chance he’ll be on Hershey’s roster in 2010-11.
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Gonchar and Malkin to join team Russia and additions to other teams’ rosters:
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More great decisions from Coach Bykov. Malkin and Gonchar looked absolutely drained in their last three games. Maybe they’ll be effective in this tournament. Maybe they won’t commit bad turnovers or forget to even begin their checks.
Maybe.
I am still alive.
That is all.
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by Gould Old Days on May 14, 2010 11:42 PM EDT reply actions
YAY! Back in the US yet?
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Might be another couple of weeks.
At least I’m not missing any interesting or historic hockey. Playoffs have pretty much been boring so far without any surprises, right?
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by Gould Old Days on May 15, 2010 4:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Hey, at least the top seeds are playing in ONE conference.
They're coming.
by Bald Pollack on May 15, 2010 6:48 AM EDT up reply actions
When did you get there?
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by Steckel Me Elmo on May 15, 2010 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions
I flew out Wednesday night of last week. Landed early Friday morning Taiwan time, and went straight into a deposition. Been going nonstop since, though tomorrow looks like it might be a day off (!)
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