Saturday Caps Clips
by EmilyB on Jul 10, 2010 9:16 AM EDT
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Your savory Saturday brunch links:
- Boyd Gordon, Jeff Schultz, Eric Fehr. Quietly and methodically, GMGM has been putting the band back together. We're just waiting to hear the plans for rhythm guitar. [Caps News Network]
- And now we'll know who to thank when the band strikes the first chord (scroll down and to the right.) [Points West]
- The rest of the Southeast Division teams have been busy remaking themselves. Here's some analysis and assessment of the offseason changes for the Capitals' competitors. [RtR]
- The Caps' crease will have a new look next October - Semyon Varlamov declares he's Number 1. [NHL]
- But be careful, Varly, because decisions made in haste... [Peerless]
- ... can be repented at leisure. [NBC Washington]
- 'How Does Alexander Semin Score?' Kevin Bryant goes to the video vault and finds some answers. [Jumping the Glass]
- The South Carolina Stingrays (coaches and players) are ready for Caps Development Camp. [Stingrays Hockey]
- And so is the Washington Post. [Express Night Out]
- Apparently Michael Nylander will need to continue his search for a hockey home. [Expressen (Swedish link)]
- The new John Carlson bobblehead will inspire many an animated .gif, and hopefully will inspire many a pint of donated blood. [Capitals]
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Maybe didn’t feel comfortable with taking away Brad Johnson’s old number immediately. Johnson may have been the backup but he had worn that number for a while.
Yes, 1 was Varly’s old pre-NHL number and now he’s going back to it. But I got attached to Varly as #40, which was the number of one of my favorite baseball players, a fellow Slav.
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jul 10, 2010 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I liked 40 as well, it was unique. Number 1 is just “the goalie number.”
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by Jake Shapiro on Jul 10, 2010 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
And that tatoo on the NBC website is horrible! He shoulda done some research and realized that a switch to number 1 was pretty likely as Varly was 1 before he reached the NHL and 1 was taken when he has made it up. Unless he wanted to say “i got this when he was a rookie and now he’s a big shot” or something
I refuse to buy jerseys of rookies, though Varlamov I would have thought was sticking with his number for now.
I know I’m definitely not getting a Carlson until Erskine is gone… hrm, maybe I’ll have to wait an extra season too. Alzner would be a safer bet.
Do you really care that much if you have the players’ current number on your jersey? If you said you didn’t buy rookie jerseys in case they didn’t pan out, I guess I’m less conservative, but OK. But to not buy b/c of the potential for a # change? I’ll still be wearing 40 this year, and if the GAH moves to 4 after this season, I’ll still be wearing the 74 winter classic I plan on grabbing when they come out.
There are too many bad tattoos out there that makes me believe that no research is EVER done (encyclopedia, the dictionary, etc) before getting one.
I think a safer investment is to just buy stuff without any player numbers or names on them. There are a bunch of Cristobal Huet jerseys out there wasting away in a closet.
Yeah. When the Caps got their new uni’s I got a blank one to be safe. I’ve now got that and on Ovi one, but I’m looking to get another. Not sure who yet.
by hockeyman33 on Jul 10, 2010 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s why I wait for 10+ year contracts to get a jersey. Not because of the number so much,. but because the player may choose to play for the Flyers as soon as he’s a FA.
Waiting 'til next year.
The RTR writeup about the Southeast Division is really good.
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by Gould Old Days on Jul 10, 2010 10:35 AM EDT reply actions
Also the Jumping The Glass piece. That analysis is really striking. Moreso than the Ovechkin analysis that was done earlier, in my opinion.
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by Gould Old Days on Jul 10, 2010 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Agreed, again.
In the playoffs, Montreal’s defenders did a great job of either blocking Semin’s shots or steping aside and allowing Halak to see the shot the whole way. And from my personal perspective, there was less zip on Semin’s otherworldly shot (an injury, perhaps?)
I guess an injury is never a bad bet with Semin, but I think it’s that MON was able to get a stick on Semin’s stick before the shot was released because he takes so long to get off “The Semin.”
It’s interesting that so many of his goals came from the tops of the circles and breakaways. Both are the kind of goals that are much harder to score in the playoffs. IT seems like the rest was mostly PP stuff, and we already know how valuable Semin is to our PP and that’s a huge part of success in the playoffs.
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There’s also the fact that very rarely was there a Cap in front of the net on Semin’s shots. Laich kept trying to be a finesse player instead of creating traffic – one of the few times I’ve been disappointed in him.
That’s mostly irrelevant though. That’s not how Semin scored in the regular season so it shouldn’t be expected. The OTT hat trick was the best example of the Semin and the goalie had a good look at all of those shots as they zipped over his shoulder.
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Not irrelevant at all. On most of the Caps goals against Montreal, there was traffic in front – Knuble or Fehr, mainly. Semin rarely had anyone in front – which gave Halak good looks at his shots. The Ottawa goalies this season were nowhere near as good as Halak, so what Semin did in that game has nothing to do with how he did in the playoffs.
I think you’re missing my point. Semin gets his production, in the regular season, by blowing shots past goalies. If he’s not scoring with traffic in front in the regular season, why would you expect it to be different in the post-season? Yes, getting traffic in front is the tried and tested way to score in the playoffs, but unless you expect Semin to change his game that’s just not going to happen.
Getting traffic in front and dumping pucks on net is a mindset, and Semin does not have that mindset. He wants every goal to be gorgeous, and that’s why a lot of fans love him. But getting traffic in front and playing for rebounds, by definition, eschews the gorgeous goal. And that’s a potential reason why some fan, without naming names, might feel slightly hesitant about committing high dollars to Semin, or relying on him for the team’s success.
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Semin’s inability to blow shots past goalies at the very end of the season and playoffs lends some support to the “he may have been hurt” theory. That wrist tendinitis is going to be a chronic problem.
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He didn’t look hurt to me. I’m sure he was banged up a little like everyone else, but it didn’t look serious. Against PIT he looked hurt. He couldn’t do anything with the puck or get anything on his shots. You’d have to ask him, but it looked like he was more capable against MON.
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he could barely grip his stick against PIT he was so injured.
Against Montreal, he could have just been having a “trending Sasha” couple of weeks. But given the way he torques his wrist to get shots off, I wouldn’t be surprised if his wrist was bothering him making that particular movement; there usual zip on his shot seemed to be missing. I’ll have to go watch some footage from worlds and see if the same thing appeared to be happening. But, again, could have just been Semin being Semin. So frustrating.
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I thought MON was getting their stick on his stick while he was trying to shoot, or just swamping him before he could get to the tops of the circles. He wasn’t getting those huge wrist shots off from dangerous areas for the most part.
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I’ll defer to your judgment on Montreal getting their sticks in the way. I can’t bring myself to re-watch the series yet.
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He WAS scoring with traffic in front though. Not the majority of his goals, not even very many, but he was. He would shoot whether or not traffic was there, in both the regular season and playoffs. In the regular season, Laich was getting to the front of the net fairly often and creating opportunities. In the playoffs, he didn’t do that. Semin’s shooting was off during the playoffs, but Laich did nothing to help him – either on the 2nd line or PP.
Disagree. Semin is just not a guy that scores with traffic in front. Semin may have coincidentally scored with guys in front, but that’s not his game. He’s shooting to pick corners basically every shot he gets, and that’s not going to create many garbage goals at any time of year.
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What you are saying is pretty much what I’ve been saying. His preferred method isn’t using a screen, but it happened – during the regular season. It didn’t happen in the playoffs though.
It happened by accident in the regular season. You seem to think he can just flip a switch or something.
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Not at all – and I never even implied that. I’m not saying anything about Semin’s game – I’m talking about Laich’s game.
Agreed his shooting style doesn’t create opportunities for garbage goals, so getting his body in front blocking Halak’s vision would have been a selfless move by Laich. But then, it may have meant the team wins.
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Like you said, getting traffic in front of the net is how goals are scored in the playoffs, and if Laich had been there to screen (or at least to force the Montreal defense to look at him instead of just concentrating on the shooter) maybe some of Semin’s shots would have gone through?
"HISTORY DOESN’T MATTER!!! .... Who cares if it’s never been done? We aren’t those teams who failed before. We are in control of our own destiny, and we will make it happen our own way.." - A Gordon, June 2010
Perhaps that’s true. But scoring with traffic is not Semin’s M.O. And the drop in scoring can’t be explained by “he was getting more traffic in the regular season than in the playoffs”, because that’s simply not the case. As F&B has said, Semin scores on shots that beat the goalie despite the goalie being able to see those shots. Would screening have helped? Almost certainly. But that’s not the reason he just completely stopped scoring.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Jul 10, 2010 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions
It was a big part of why he didn’t score. The other, and bigger, part was a very hot goalie who made about a dozen highlight reel saves on him. If Laich had been in front, a few of those would have gone in – simply due to Halak not having a perfect view of them.
Or maybe they hit Laich depending on angles. You can’t just say “if Laich had been there and Semin did the same exact thing Semin would have scored.”
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True. I guess the frustration is in the fact that for the last 3 games, they didn’t try anything different. Man, it’s going to be a long summer.
"HISTORY DOESN’T MATTER!!! .... Who cares if it’s never been done? We aren’t those teams who failed before. We are in control of our own destiny, and we will make it happen our own way.." - A Gordon, June 2010
Maybe some would have, but not all. The simple fact is, a goalie will have a lot of trouble making a flashy glove save on a puck he can’t see. Which is what Halak did to a number of Semin shots, which he could see.
Maybe Semin was hurt and couldn’t get his shots off as well as usual. Doesn’t change the fact that Laich wasn’t doing his job and getting to the front while he was on the 2nd line. He was doing a great job of that during the regular season, and then stopped doing it during the playoffs.
I don’t even remember Semin getting robbed by many flashy glove saves. He wasn’t getting those shots for most of the series.
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There was a number of saves like that, where he was between the tops of the circles, or somewhere else in the slot.
I saw something different.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/capitals/shot-chart/ is the site I’ve found. It was mainly Games 4-7 that happened – shots from 25-35 feet, up the middle. A fair amount from with 20, as well.
Is RTR certain that Carolina is bringing Osala up next season? I kinda figured he stay down in the A, except for injury call-ups. If not, that Corvo trade is looking worse and worse.
"HISTORY DOESN’T MATTER!!! .... Who cares if it’s never been done? We aren’t those teams who failed before. We are in control of our own destiny, and we will make it happen our own way.." - A Gordon, June 2010
They can bring OO up but that doesn’t really matter. Just because we kept TSlo up all year doesn’t make him a quality player. OO is slow and that’s that. I don’t see it changing at this point of his career.
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by Rob Parker on Jul 10, 2010 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah it is, I just think it’s optimistic for ATL. Having them at 8th at worst seems generous. Good look at the basic relevant stuff. I’ll always worry about CAR when we face them head to head because they play us so well, but I’m not worried about them taking the division.
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What is Neuvirth’s preferred number? He wore 30 in Hershey, but was that by choice?
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The team has in the past assigned goalies #s, in multiples of ten (Varly 40, Neuvy 30, Holtby 70, Dunn 80, for ex., though Grubauer’s apparently 31). Not sure if Neuvy will change from 30 – as you note, he’s worn it in Hershey, but he actually wore 40 in Plymouth:
31 in Windsor:
30 in Oshawa:
and 34 in South Carolina:
My guess is he sticks with #30 in DC.
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by J.P. on Jul 10, 2010 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
that Carolina jersey….my eyes!
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you’re just jealous I managed to snag one of the awesome Pink in the Rink posters this year! It’s a fairly awesome conversation piece. And hideously pink, of course.
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it clashes terribly with all the red stuff in my house.
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The Avon Walk For The Cure is walking right outside my window right now (they all just crossed the Golden Gate Bridge and are on their way to downtown (as it were) Sausalito) so we’re in Pink Overload territory right here today.
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by Gould Old Days on Jul 10, 2010 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks! And of course #80 for Stretch!
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by Big Boutros on Jul 10, 2010 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
BTW, Matty Perreault is playing in his tournament today:
Here are the NHLers who signed on:
Jason POMINVILLE – Sabres de Buffalo
Mathieu PERREAULT – Capitals de Washington
Mathieu CARLE – Canadiens de Montréal
Joel PERREAULT – Canucks de Vancouver
Pierre-Alexandre PARENTEAU – Rangers de New York
Francois BOUCHARD – Capitals de Washington
David DESHARNAIS – Canadiens de Montréal
Josh TORDJMAN – Coyotes de Phoenix
Derick BRASSARD – Blue Jackets de Columbus
Jason DEMERS – Sharks de San Josée
Jonathan BERNIER – Kings de Los Angeles
And here’s his team:
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#16 Derick Brassard- Blue Jackets de Colombus(NHL)
#85 Mathieu Perreault- Capitals de Washington(NHL)
#7 Alexandre Labonté- St.Thomas (CIS)
#22 Francois Bouchard- Bears de Hershey(AHL)
#60 Jason Demers -Sharks de San Jose (NHL)
#72 Mathieu Carle – Canadiens de Montreal (NHL)
I hope to have some updates and pix for y’all tomorrow, but I never really know when that info will hit the web.
I like how you can only see the 8 on his sleeve – not wholly unintentional, I’d wager.
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Let me know if you need someone to do the translation for you.
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Okay, that’s fine. I need to have it tonight so I can have this back to you by tomorrow night, or I won’t have it till next week as I’ll be on a ship with no email or Twitter.
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so you decided not to bring the blackberry with you on vacation?
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I’m going to bring it for emergencies but I won’t have it with me most of the time – it’ll be turned off in my room unless I’m in port.
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Probably a good idea, wireless service on those cruise ships is rather expensive.
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I was going to send this:
Bonjour,
Puis-je acheter plusieurs exemplaires de l’affiche du tournoi? S’il vous plaît réponse et de me dire si cela est possible.
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Martin: “What does that mean?”
Nick: "Is your daughter 18?
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by Gould Old Days on Jul 10, 2010 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I gave it a try in French. (with the help of special symbols in Microsoft Word.) This is the French
M. Lupin: Veuilliez-vous m’indiquer si il est possible d’acheter les affiches de tournoi? Il y a de tas de supporters des Capitals de Washington qui l’en veulent. (Nous aimons beaucoup le portrait de Matthieu Perrault. Les ailes sont merveillueses.) Si il est possible d’acheter de "street wear " avec le dessin, comme les t-shirts ou les chapeux, ça nous intéresserait aussi. Ou bien, nous nous intéressons en les autres souvenirs, si il en y a.
Je vous remercie de votre attention.
Roughly translated, it says
Is it possible to buy posters from the tournament? There are a lot of Washington Capitals fans who would like one. (We like the picture of Matthieu Perrault. The wings are great.) If it’s possible to buy street wear with the design, like t-shirts or hats, that would interest us also. Or, we’d be interested in other souvenirs, if available.
Thank you for your attention.
If I hear anything, I’ll post “aussitot” (right away)
remind me again, how did our very own Matty P get selected as the honorary president of the tournament? (pretty cool!)
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It’s his hometown, he’s the two-time Calder Cup champion (I wouldn’t be surprised if the Calder Cup is in attendance there, actually, and he’s buddies with Alexander the Great.
thanks :) yeah, those three things will do it!
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by J.P. on Jul 10, 2010 12:35 PM EDT reply actions 10 recs
I dunno .. that works better with Flash to my mind … or Semin.
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Well done.
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by Chris Burton on Jul 10, 2010 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions
New and improved...
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by J.P. on Jul 10, 2010 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
Someone needs to check Lou’s head…
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I don’t even know how to reply to that. Ridiculous.
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Holy crap. I hope they can’t sign Parise.
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by Chris Burton on Jul 10, 2010 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions
How can they even get that K insured? Isn’t that what happened with DiPietro a while back? They tried an even longer deal but couldn’t get insurance so they “settled” on 15 years?
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Thats a really good question; I have no idea. You know he isn’t going to play that many more years; I’d be surprised if he played 10 more.
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by Chris Burton on Jul 10, 2010 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions
That was the very first thing that popped into my head – “Who’s going to insure that and for how much?” and yeah, that’s exactly what happened with DiPietro if my memory isn’t failing me.
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by Knee high to a duck on Jul 10, 2010 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I am I right to think that the cap hit on a 17 year $100M contract is $5.88M per year? I’m fuzzy with the rules. Obviously, its a huge question mark to whether Kovy will be playing for 17 more years.
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It’s not a huge question mark, he definitely will not be in the NHL in 17 years. Your math may be right but I think the total cost is 100+. I think it said 100 in the first ten years and then probably chump change for 7 to take that down so it’s probably closer to 120, I’d think.
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This is a loophole contract that Pronger and Hossa signed correct?
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yeah, the contracts are all front loaded. With Hossa (Zetterberg and Datsyuk as well), if they retire prior to the end of the contract, the cap hit is removed from the team. Philly, however, gave Pronger a similar contract as a 35+ player, meaning even if he retires, Philly still has a sizable cap hit for each of those contract years.
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These contracts need to be looked at by the NHL and new rules need to be put in place to ban these obvious contracts that are meant to circumvent the rules.
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It will happen in the next CBA.
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I just hope it won’t take a strike/lockout to get it.
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the NHL can’t afford another work stoppage. And say what you will about Donald Fehr and the disaster that was 1994 in baseball, he got the baseball union through subsequent negotiations without work stoppages, or even public threats of work stoppages. (of course, the baseball union and hockey union are two very different beasts)
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owners and GMs are always going to try and find ways to get around the rules without actually breaking them. They’ll just find new ways once the loophole is closed.
You have to have a little bit of respect for Holland figuring out how to sign his core guys to long term contracts with lower cap hits, and laugh that Holmgren managed to screw it up so badly!
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Backstrom $6.7M cap hit
Kovalchuk $6.5M(estimated) cap hit
Its kinda disgusting when factoring length of contracts.
I’m glad GMGM and UT play by the rules. Makes me sick that not all teams play within the spirit of game and rules.
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Correct, but there is still a length limit. Hossa is only 12 and Pronger is shorter. I know you can go up to 15 but I don’t remember anyone going longer than that. I hope the NHL lets it happen because it could turn into a mess for NJD.
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the way I’m reading it, the contract is worth more than $100, but about $100 of it will be paid in the first ten years. figure the cap hit to be in the mid-6s, imo.
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In regards to Kovalchuk, no other site that I can find is posting anything about that, and one that I looked at is saying it’s a false report. I’d have to think that’s the case.
I’m shocked, SHOCKED, that you would question the validity of a NY Post report.
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So I was looking at some numbers, and a horrible conclusion hit me. Flash is going to get ~3.9 in his arbitration award. There’s not much anyone can do about it, and GMGM had to have seen it coming, and it sucks. This means we either have Flash for 3.9ish or we walk and lose him for nothing. Again, that’s terrible asset management and I just wish GMGM would have seen it coming sooner and traded Flash while he could. Terrible.
Now, how am I so confident?
82 GP: 23-35-58 That’s Zherdev’s platform year and he got awarded 3.9 million dollars.
69 GP: 23-28-51 That’s Flash’s platform year this season.
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Dang… that just might be right. I would like to see numbers of some other players first, but you might be on to something. I’d bet there are other similar players who got less – but that’s more of a hunch than anything else.
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Any award issued by a Salary Arbitrator as to which a Club exercised its walk-away rights pursuant to Section 12.10
Section 12.9(g)(3)(H)
I think that means Flash can’t use the Zherdev award because the Rags walked from it. Thank. God. I still think he gets 3 million or more.
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That is what it would seem to say. Area of $3M wouldn’t surprise me, and he might be worth it, if he can continue to improve – especially at faceoffs. His numbers have gotten better each season, even though his games have dropped.
we’re going to have to line up some really good therapists (or large quantities of beer) to deal with the emotional damage this arbitration award is going to cause around here.
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I think we could definitely do better. There are #2 centers for around what Flash is asking. Just have to find a team who needs scoring – because Flash can bring 25-30 goals, or maybe more if he is used as a #1 winger.
There are definitely teams that could use his scoring, just not us. I don’t buy him as a C and he brings nothing to the table outside his finesse game. He’s been non-existent in the playoffs. I agree he potentially has upside, I’d just rather someone else take the gamble and pay to find out. I’d rather have a 2nd round pick or another NHL D.
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100% agreed. He is a 25 goal scoring winger – and we have 4 of them, not to mention 2 better scoring wingers. He can be good as a center, but his lack of consistency hurts him there. If he’s not on the team, I don’t see it hurting anything. His scoring can easily be replaced by either Fehr or Laich, or a true #2 center.
No sale
I’m not close to convinced Flash is going to put up 25 year in and year out; he just got to 20 last year for the first time, on a fat 19% shooting clip. I doubt he marks that shooting percentage again.
Sure, he had the clot and that slowed him down in October (and yes he was en fuego around the holiday season) but his production over his last 46 (reg and playoff) games when he was healthy:
Jan: 3 goals
Feb: 1 goal
March: 3 goals
April: 2 goals
Postseason: 0 goals
doesn’t say to me that he’s much more than a streaky, one trick pony who softens up when the chips are down. If you’re a perimeter player like Flash and bring a 100 foot game, you better have a laser like 28 and at least bust your ass back on defense, or you don’t belong on the top 6. Not our top 6 anyway.
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Something a bit off-topic, but as a newcomer, I need to ask. What does “rec’d” mean?
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Recommended. It means you think other people should read that comment. Click actions and you’ll see the button. 5 recs turns a comment green.
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by Big Boutros on Jul 11, 2010 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
… but only in the regular season.
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Southeast Standings
| GP | W | L | OTL | PT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Florida
|
53 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 61 |
|
Washington
|
54 | 28 | 21 | 5 | 61 |
|
Winnipeg
|
56 | 26 | 24 | 6 | 58 |
|
Tampa Bay
|
53 | 23 | 24 | 6 | 52 |
|
Carolina
|
55 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 50 |
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