Monday Caps Clips
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- The countdown clock is ticking its way to Wednesday, July 28 and the big Showdown in T.O. - the Tomas Fleischmann arbitration.
- Not gonna bury the lede: the Japers' Rink mock arbitration drops today at 11:30 Eastern.
- That arbitration date. It looms. [RMNB]
- Things were going pretty well back in 2003 for Joshua Robertson when he was drafted by the Capitals. Things are going not-so-well now. [Enterprise News]
- Marcus Johansson: "The actual size of the rink isn't the problem, the problem is more the type of hockey. As a center I'm used to being the third man high, almost like a third defender. Over here it's more about chase, pressure and go-go-go." [FanPost]
- On 50-goal scorers and a sense of urgency. [Peerless]
- ZOMGMOUSE DROPPINGS IN TEH VC!!!!1! [FanShot, PHT]
- A look at the left wings in the system. [Live In Red]
- The cutest picture of a sleepy bear you'll ever see. [HockeyismyBF]
- Not-so-sleepy Bears. [OFB]
- DevCamp prospect updates: All-Camp forward Eric Alexander gets some love from his school [Ferris State Bulldog Athletics Blog], and Latvian defenseman Kristaps Sotnieks has arrived at Dynamo Riga training camp. [Latvian Hockey News]
- The South Carolina Stingrays have posted Part One of their DevCamp highlights. [Rays YouTube]
- Caps killing it - Eric Fehr reports he's a beach volleyball champeen [@EricFehr16], and Mathieu Perreault and Francois Bouchard prevailed in their Tournoi as well. [à bout de souffle]
- The rule stands - for any list in which Alex Ovechkin does not appear as Number One, it is entirely appropriate for him to appear as Number Eight. With a cameo by Eric Belanger. [The Hockey Writers]
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Thanks to Em for doing today’s Clips – going on 17 hours sans power back at the ranch…
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From @RusHockeyFans:
SKA’s GM: Frolov will most likely be playing for the New York Rangers #NYR
And I thought Tom Soehn was a shitty coach.
I can’t tell if you’re serious or snarking. Probably comes from hanging around here too much.
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Well, it’s a “fitting” fit – skilled enigma heading to the Apple to be overpaid.
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That’s the type of player the Rangers tend to pick up. Overpaid, skilled enigmas.
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It’s a good fit if they want to win more regular season games. They need goals.
Whether it’s a good fit for a team with cup aspirations remains to be seen.
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by Gould Old Days on Jul 26, 2010 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions
This is why I thought the Penguins would make a play for Frolov, as they desperately need skilled wingers.
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by ns on Jul 26, 2010 9:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Not enough cap space.
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by Chris Burton on Jul 26, 2010 9:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Besides, why spend money on a winger? Sid turns League-minimum guys into superstars, I thought.
#stillwaitingforhisrobbrown
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by J.P. on Jul 26, 2010 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
About the closest thing is Andy Hilbert’s 18 points in 19 games.
And also, Crosby is penciled in to be playing with $5.1 million worth of wingers in Kunitz and Dupuis.
"Game's the same. Just got more fierce."
by Hooks Orpik on Jul 26, 2010 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions
Kunitz and Dupuis are just not top line wingers, sorry.
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by Chris Burton on Jul 26, 2010 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Never said they were, but they’re not getting paid league minimum either.
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by Hooks Orpik on Jul 26, 2010 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Sure, and I haven’t studied the subject a whole lot but seems a little overpaid, to me.
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by Chris Burton on Jul 26, 2010 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Anaheim gave Kunitz $3.7 million after he played on the first line and had a good run during their Cup year. If he stays healthy (which has been a problem) there’s no reason he wouldn’t be a 55-60 point guy and that production, plus his great forechecking would justify that salary.
Dupuis makes $1.4 and is good defensively, works hard, and can get 15-18 goals a season. That’s not too overpaid, even if it leaves something to be desired for in the skill column.
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by Hooks Orpik on Jul 26, 2010 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Ah, okay. Thought Dupuis made more than that. Seems like fair deals, then.
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by Chris Burton on Jul 26, 2010 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, Kunitz’s deal is on ANA and seeing as PIT moved Whitney to get him they still came out on top. Small note, Kunitz was mostly on the second line with Getzlaf and Perry on that Cup run.
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Who centered that top line? I just drew a blank.
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by Chris Burton on Jul 26, 2010 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions
Smartest C in the league, Andy McDonald!
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by Rob Parker on Jul 26, 2010 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Cornell grad, presumably.
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by Chris Burton on Jul 26, 2010 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions
Nope. ANA would have had to scrape him off the bottom of the Gorge if that was the case.
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Hmm. I must be misremembering something.
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by Chris Burton on Jul 26, 2010 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions
I think you could make a pretty good case for Kunitz as a top line winger in terms of his effectiveness at digging pucks out of corners, screening and forechecking. Someone’s gotta do the dirty work and Kunitz has enough offensive skill to play on scoring lines, while making his teammates better with his boardplay and chippy stuff in the corners. I’d take Kunitz in a Caps uniform, for sure.
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by Knee high to a duck on Jul 26, 2010 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions
that would hopefully solve the problem of him cross checking Caps goalies in the throat
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by RedBirdie on Jul 26, 2010 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
This is why I thought the Penguins would make a play for Frolov, as they desperately need skilled wingers.
Malkin will switch to the wing, most likely, and join Kunitz, Dupuis and either Talbot/Kennedy/Tangradi/Johnson as top six wingers. Definitely not world class skill, but for the north-south, forechecking game the Pens play that will do.
At least until the trading deadline when they can take on more salary and then go back to the stacked center alignment.
"Game's the same. Just got more fierce."
by Hooks Orpik on Jul 26, 2010 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions
How long do you think Shero can rely on the trade deadline strategy? You guys had justifiable faith in his ability to continue to do that until last year. Poni gave you a taste of reality on the deadline market. Aside from the risk of the acquired player not working out, how much longer can Shero continue to move prospects and picks at the deadline? Something’s got to give eventually, right? One decent prospect per draft is no way to rebuild the farm.
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Roberts, Hossa, Guerin, Ponikarovsky are the major forward deadline pickups. 3 out of 4 aint bad, but yeah you’re right that if that strategy can burn you if it fails.
I think the Pens have a little more in the system than you might think; if Keven Veilleux can stay healthy he might be a player. Jeffrey and Johnson may not be world beaters but I think they could be reliable NHL’ers this season. Tangradi might not be Top 6 ready right this second, but he should be soon. Nick Petersen put up sick numbers as a junior* and now is a pro. Further down the pipe there’s Bennett, Kuhlenhackl and Hanowski who all have pretty solid levels of skill
*admittedly, in the Q and as an older player on a very solid team, so there is a huge grain of salt.
And the strength of the team is defensive prospects with Sneep entering the ranks, Strait and Bortuzzo coming into their own and Despres looking like the makings of a stud.
I think the current strategy is working fine, even if it has the inherent risks of failing if you trade for the wrong guy.
"Game's the same. Just got more fierce."
by Hooks Orpik on Jul 26, 2010 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions
I think the Pens have a little more in the system than you might think;
I think OFB agrees with you.
With Giroux moving on and East Division foe Wilkes-Barre/Scranton already overflowing with big-ticket players courtesy of parent Pittsburgh, the Bears appeared to be in trouble.
WB/S is a different story. Prospect wise they aren’t stacked by any means, but as far as having good AHL level players, they should be a lot better than last season.
They’ve added Ryan Craig, Brett Sterling, kept Chris Conner and they’ll likely have two of Jeffrey, Johnson, Tangradi and Letestu. That’s some serious AHL level firepower.
Defensively WB/S will have most of: Potter, Hutchinson, Engelland, Wagner, Bortuzzo, Sneep, Strait and Grant. That is a beast AHL backend.
That’s what OFB meant by their comments, and they’re right too.
"Game's the same. Just got more fierce."
by Hooks Orpik on Jul 26, 2010 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Thanks for the clarification. Sounds like they’re following the Hershey philosophy of signing veteran AHLers. Makes sense considering how close geographically the two teams are located.
No prob. I think everyone in that division got tired of seeing Hershey beat up on everybody so decided to start an “arms race” if you will.
"Game's the same. Just got more fierce."
by Hooks Orpik on Jul 26, 2010 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions
And the strength of the team is defensive prospects
Why are they committing 16+ Million per year on defense for four players over each of the next four years? It’s more than 18 Million per year for five players for the next two years, with Goligoski.
Doesn’t sound to me like a team with any faith in their D prospects.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Jul 26, 2010 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions
The problem they don’t have anyone in the Alzner/Carlson class that can play big roles right now. I fully expect Despres to be a Top 4 NHL defenseman within four years and it’s fair to say that Bortuzzo and Strait have decent shots of graduating to the NHL.
What will give? Well, who knows, but I think it’d be easier to trade a guy like Letang/Goligoski that will still be young in a few years, perhaps even to get a forward.
That’s a long time away and it’s too unwise for me to sit and plan it out. But make no mistake, the Pens bolstered their defense with FA’s because they don’t have young guys who can come in and playing championship contending defense right now, and that was an area of concern.
"Game's the same. Just got more fierce."
by Hooks Orpik on Jul 26, 2010 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Exactly. It’s not like PIT was having trouble lighting the lamp last season – they were giving up a ton of goals going the other way, largely because of a weak blueline.
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by Knee high to a duck on Jul 26, 2010 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions
They couldn’t afford to wait on their younger prospects. I don’t see anything wrong with what Shero did this offseason. I thought the terms and money were appropriate for the FA agent market and addressed needs the Pens have for the present and immediate future.
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For the present, yeah. They upgraded an area of weakness. I don’t think the picture will be as pretty in 3 years.
For the sake of reference, I thought the same thing about Poti’s signing, and I’d be more pleased if he were not still with the club now.
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
I think that both Martin and Michalek are higher quality players than Tom Poti. I thought, and still think, that Shero did an excellent job in signing those guys, given his situation. Damn his eyes.
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by Knee high to a duck on Jul 26, 2010 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Martin is higher quality than Poti. I think you might have a bit more of a case with Z. However, those guys fit that team’s need extremely well. Poti signing wasn’t any last piece or two signing like those two signings could be.
The Pothier signing bugged me much more than the Poti one did.
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Tangradi, Bennet, Sneep and Despres are the guy I’d be confident about. You have other guys that may pan out but there is going to be some attrition there. I’m just saying that if you move your 2nd and a guy like Caputi every year, you basically need all your studs to hit and you have to hit on your first round pick because there isn’t much else to rebuild with.
Lockout talk makes me want to go out and choke an old lady - Elliotte Friedman
Yeah, that’s true.
But considering the players locked up in key positions for years to come, there’s not much room on the roster to need 2-3 prospects graduating to the NHL and play key roles.
Sure you need depth and to always draft/develop that extra NHL’er to put the team over the top, but that’s not always the case. As you know, it doesn’t bother me at this point in time.
If the bottom drops out in a few years, then it was a dumb direction to go, but the window isn’t open forever and I have no issue with being aggressive to attempt to win now. (Not to imply the Caps aren’t trying, just have a different philosophy. To each GM his own.).
"Game's the same. Just got more fierce."
by Hooks Orpik on Jul 26, 2010 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions
So will Fehr be posting from Bruce’s tournament, too? That would be fun.
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Is there a list of who’s going to Bruce’s tourny?
I know the leagues most infamous ex-tweeter will be there.
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by Hooks Orpik on Jul 26, 2010 7:59 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I’ve not been able to find any list. :(
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From Mr. Biz Nasty (trust me you’ll know it’s him)
At bruce boudreau’s golf tourney at eagles nest golf course. Beautiful day. Latta capitals guys, mike green, laich, fehr, keep it in the family caps
Does Boudreau let Bissonnette go so he’ll stop making Matt Bradley bleed his own blood? BB has never coached PB, so it’s kind of odd he shows up. Maybe they have the same agent or live in the same town or something?
"Game's the same. Just got more fierce."
by Hooks Orpik on Jul 26, 2010 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions
I love that Mr. Biz Nasty is continuing “the good fight against grammar and punctuation, striking brave blows against cohesive thought at every turn.” Twitter just isn’t the same without him.
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Sadly, that’s how a lot of people in this age range communicate when they’re typing and talking on phones.
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by Hooks Orpik on Jul 26, 2010 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions
drifting dangerously OT, but it drives me nuts when my mother texts me with "u"s and "r"s and "2"s. so irritating.
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Hey! Every once in a while I will do that if the text is long (but not the"2", because that requires more keystrokes), but only because my hand is tired and I still need that new phone. But I hate it when I’m doing it, too.
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i’m wondering if BB will let F16 play all 18 holes or will he restrict his round like he does his ice time?
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Jul 26, 2010 8:46 AM EDT up reply actions 7 recs
Argh! You beat me to it!
A danger to myself and others on the ice
by can't skate on Jul 26, 2010 9:32 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
He’ll shoot six-under through 14, then get benched.
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by ThePeerless on Jul 26, 2010 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions
He’s just taking the stress on his shoulders into account!
by DrinkingPartner on Jul 26, 2010 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Re: the Robertson arrest, why people sometimes choose the urge to write headlines and ignore the facts is beyond me.
And I thought Tom Soehn was a shitty coach.
Yeah I know, I guess it’s the degree of difficulty in the leap that gets me.
And I thought Tom Soehn was a shitty coach.
by Bald Pollack on Jul 26, 2010 8:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, that’s an impressive shot even knowing what par is at that course.
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That Deadspin piece was the Minus of the Weekend on PD today and for a minute I thought Lambert was actually calling Nate a big-time jerk…missed the snark train completely. Nice to see that Nate is respected enough outside the organization that even people who mock the Caps take time to defend him.
It’s not even about Nate (though he is cool), it’s bush league to say the Caps aren’t “standing by” a player who hasn’t had ties to their organization in years, and aside from draft day and maybe a development camp never even did.
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by Hooks Orpik on Jul 26, 2010 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions
I also saw on Twitter that Nate didn’t even know why he was called about Robertson and his ties to the organization; Nate gave the information and that was it, until someone gave him a heads up about the deadspin piece.
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Ambush reporting. Too common, unfortunately.
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It’s not even reporting. It’s linking to another article written by a beat reporter to justify a snarky headline and less than 50 snarky and ill-thought-out words. Deadspin should never, ever be confused with journalism. At least halfway reliable journalism.
Also, the main point of that was to drive people to the page. I suggest that when people bring something similar in the future, forgo linking to it and simply describe what the page says. Same rule as feeding the troll.
Nate implied on his twitter that he was ambushed for a comment — they didn’t give him any context on why they were asking about the guy.
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Don’t make Nate Ewell angry.
You won’t like him when he’s angry.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Jul 26, 2010 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
With growth of the internet, journalistic standards have gone way down. So many good reporters are losing their jobs with the print media while so many yahoos, with no skills, are getting published.
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So many good reporters are losing their jobs with the print media while so many yahoos, with no skills, are getting published.
I won’t deny that anyone who can create a Wordpress login can post anything on the intertubes, but there’s quite a good degree of writing found by online writers, and that print media has lost their way either because they’re reporting to a 24 hour news cycle or that they haven’t (or couldn’t) been able to adjust to writing online.
And I thought Tom Soehn was a shitty coach.
by Bald Pollack on Jul 26, 2010 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions
There are plenty of good on-line writers, I’m certainly not denying that. There’s also plenty of dreck. as well.
That being said, and, as you also pointed out, the print media has definitely lost their way. The newspaper publication cycle just does not “make” it in today’s world.
BTW, love your term “intertubes”.
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If you want to see the difference between writing on deadline and writing online, this should be required reading from Dan Steinberg
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by ThePeerless on Jul 26, 2010 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Can we relly poo poo the mouse droppings at verizon?
Sorry, couldn’t resist
by 8vechkin on Jul 26, 2010 9:11 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
I’m still waiting to see what will happen with the food vendors come October. With Ted Leonsis taking over and now this, I have to wonder if Aramark is running scared.
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
I’d bet any changes will take a while. Unless the health violations are in a cancellation clause, they can’t arbitrarily terminate the contract. (Calling all lawyers!)
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Very true and good point. I bet there’s a severely damaged relationship, though. If it’s anything at all like government contracting, retention and renewal decisions are based on professional relationships and perceptions of trust as well as past performance. Since Ted is a new owner, Aramark probably hasn’t built that relationship with his holdings yet – that takes time and is very likely in process, especially given how long Pollin owned the arena. Without that relationship in place, a blow against performance as severe as this one will hurt Aramark’s chances of renewing that contract.
It’s very true that change may not happen immediately, but Aramark still has a problem, a serious one. An article like this one is severely embarrassing to a firm like that, because they will be held responsible. They’re likely doing serious damage control right now.
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Agreed. Ted didn’t control the arena last year, but you know he can’t be happy about the negative publicity.
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No doubt, but it gives him a great talking point to rail on and a baseline against which to measure real progress.
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This is one area where the Lightning are far ahead of the Caps. Every time I go to the St. Pete Forum, I’m amazed by the number of great food choices they have in their concourse. What VC offers is just embarrassing.
They did have a place where you could get stir fry before the game.
The St. Pete Forum seems like it would be a great place for young people to watch games. Before the games, they have rock band entertainment outdoors. (Of course we were there during the cold spell in January.)
My only beef with St. Pete’s Forum is that they sell Pepsi instead of Coke. Ah well, can’t have everything.
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The Joe is ancient and has less room, yet still offers better food choices than VC. I didn’t eat any food at all the 3 games I went to last year at VC.
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by Carl Putnam on Jul 26, 2010 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions
I actually liked the Panthers’ stadium better than St. Pete Times for food, and the Rock was also excellent.
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I agree with your assessment of the food at Panther’s stadium. (Too bad, we weren’t able to hook up when we went down to Florida. But I hadn’t figured our your contact info at the time.)
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I have an item on my bucket list: “see the Caps play in every NHL arena”. So I make hockey trips now and then, and the Caps have hands down the worst food of any I’ve been to. Their food is just awful.
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Describe ‘awful’. Because a lot of arena food in general is awful.
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by Chris Burton on Jul 26, 2010 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Let me put it to you this way – I could wipe the ketchup off their burger, throw it on the ice, and nobody is likely to notice the difference.
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Ick. That’s terrible. I’m pretty fond of the hamburgers offered here.
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by Chris Burton on Jul 26, 2010 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions
The area makes up for it – the food choices around the Verizon Center are excellent, but the food inside is the pits. I do my best to get down to the area early enough to be able to eat before the game. Doesn’t always work, but I do my best,.
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I boggles my mind that anyone would buy food inside Verizon Center, given the choices around the arena. I can understand that folks have to hustle to get downtown for the opening faceoff, but you’d still have to be awfully hungry to eat in VC on a regular basis. But I see people do it.
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What VC offers is just embarrassing.
Agreed. It’d be nice to have more variety than just frozen tasteless hamburgers and chicken tenders.
That being said, I did notice last year some new offerings like spicy chipotle mayonaise to add a little flavor to the burgers at a couple of the stands.
The Italian place right by the team store at the main entrance was pretty good.
Because now I can justify browsing and commenting during the work day with the argument that I am promoting my business.
by Sombrero Guy on Jul 26, 2010 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
I thought hte Italian place was hideously greasy.
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my “chicken parm” sandwich was pretty tasty.
Because now I can justify browsing and commenting during the work day with the argument that I am promoting my business.
by Sombrero Guy on Jul 26, 2010 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Was it? I got a pasta dish and it was swimming in grease. I might give it another try.
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Some people like greasy food.
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by Whiter Mage on Jul 26, 2010 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Soylent Chicken Parm is made out of Ferraro!
ITS FERRAROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Jul 26, 2010 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
The Thrashers have (or had, circa 7 years ago) a lot of good food options as well. The VC is probably the worst arena food/selection I’ve had, although the old NJ arena was pretty awful and I’ve only had bad food at MSG (though I acknowledge they may have better food somewhere else in the arena – just been to the standard counters).
It’s one degree of separation!
"I’m very happy to hear the news," Ovechkin said when he heard about Backstrom's longterm contract--"because he’s one of the top centers in the world, one of my best friends and we want to play together for a long time. He’s a guy who wants to stay in one place and be comfortable and win, just like me. We talk all the time about playing together, and we talked after the playoffs about how we can win in Washington."
by capsyoungguns on Jul 26, 2010 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Scary—you remembered! But I have also met many, many, many lawyers in my years here.
"I’m very happy to hear the news," Ovechkin said when he heard about Backstrom's longterm contract--"because he’s one of the top centers in the world, one of my best friends and we want to play together for a long time. He’s a guy who wants to stay in one place and be comfortable and win, just like me. We talk all the time about playing together, and we talked after the playoffs about how we can win in Washington."
by capsyoungguns on Jul 26, 2010 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions
Monumental Food Services, Inc.!!
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Jul 26, 2010 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions
When an OFB story on the off-season transactions of the Bears is the meat of the clips, you really know it’s summer in Capsland. (That said, it was a pretty good article) Looking forward to Flash’s mock-arb.
From the Live in Red article, is Francois Bouchard a left wing? For some reason I thought he played RW
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It says he plays RW on Hockey’s Future.
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by Steck It Out on Jul 26, 2010 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions
I was surprised that Laich wasn’t on that list since he’s been at LW pretty consistently (guess he began as a C). Nor Semin though I realize that he’s been playing RW for awhile now.
"I’m very happy to hear the news," Ovechkin said when he heard about Backstrom's longterm contract--"because he’s one of the top centers in the world, one of my best friends and we want to play together for a long time. He’s a guy who wants to stay in one place and be comfortable and win, just like me. We talk all the time about playing together, and we talked after the playoffs about how we can win in Washington."
by capsyoungguns on Jul 26, 2010 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions
I know season ticket holders will be able to buy some winter classic tix, but have the general public seats been released for purchase yet?
Because now I can justify browsing and commenting during the work day with the argument that I am promoting my business.
STHs still haven’t heard anything about ticket availability, although there is a press conference this week in Pittsburgh which may address that issue as well as general public sales. In the past, general public tickets have been sold via a lottery.
yeah a friend told me the Caps offered him a chance to buy 2 tix if he signed up for a 10 game plan, so I’m hoping us STH’s can get 2 tickets per account, or something along those lines. I was going to put in for the lottery as well to give my non STH friends and extra chance at scoring some seats
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by Sombrero Guy on Jul 26, 2010 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Hmm. I’m just assuming it’s one ticket for each season ticket you have. Between Pens and Caps season ticket holders, that’s probably 30,000 tickets if everyone buys their allotment. That’s less than half the stadium, but when you figure sponsors, etc. and priority extra availability to Pens STH’s, I’d figure the rest go into the public lottery. I’d love the priority for extras for the rest of the family, but I’m not counting on it. I’m really counting on at least one of my seat neighbors to not be going and let me have theirs.
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STH will be guaranteed the number of tickets for the WC that they hold for the Caps. The numbers I heard were 25k for each team and 10k for the NHL (sponsors, bribes, etc). If the Caps do not use up their allocation after STHs make their purchases (and they wont cause many STHs will decline to purchase) there will be a general sale with STH getting priority access (like how it is done for playoff tickets).
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I’m just assuming it’s one ticket for each season ticket you have.
That better be the case, or Ted’s going to be putting my e-mail on his list of profanity-laced diatribes.
Has to be one per ticket. I can only imagine the family infighting if only one ticket per STH is allowed. Worse PR damage than the fallout from health code violations.
"I’m very happy to hear the news," Ovechkin said when he heard about Backstrom's longterm contract--"because he’s one of the top centers in the world, one of my best friends and we want to play together for a long time. He’s a guy who wants to stay in one place and be comfortable and win, just like me. We talk all the time about playing together, and we talked after the playoffs about how we can win in Washington."
by capsyoungguns on Jul 26, 2010 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, plus who goes by themselves?
I would think that since Heinz Field has a much bigger capacity than Wrigley or Fenway, the previous rules may be relaxed.
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by Hooks Orpik on Jul 26, 2010 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Indeed. For our family it will be all of us or none of us.
"I’m very happy to hear the news," Ovechkin said when he heard about Backstrom's longterm contract--"because he’s one of the top centers in the world, one of my best friends and we want to play together for a long time. He’s a guy who wants to stay in one place and be comfortable and win, just like me. We talk all the time about playing together, and we talked after the playoffs about how we can win in Washington."
by capsyoungguns on Jul 26, 2010 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions
I am not sure about that Hooks. The Fenway Winter Classic was oversubscribed by some 300,000 requests. The Pittsburgh Winter Classic tickets will be in incredibly hot demand – and the Steelers had to re-shuffle a couple games to accommodate the Classic. I thought I heard Ken Laird report on ESPN that Steelers season tix holders may have an allotment because Heinz Field is the venue, as would Pitt football fans.
I dont know where that leaves us tax paying suckers who gave the Stillers $185 Million to build the goddamn stadium. ;)
by S h a g g y on Jul 26, 2010 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Maybe you’re right then.
I’m sure demand is going to be through the roof and surely there won’t be any trouble selling the thing out. I guess we’ll see when more details become available.
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by Hooks Orpik on Jul 26, 2010 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Wrigley also had way more requests than tickets available. not sure by how many.
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Bogus 10 game plan. It’s a 5 Cap games + 5 Wiz game package. But they did say WC ticket info would be “on or around August 1, 2010”
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So, maybe I didn’t follow development camp closely enough, because I was under the impression that Eakin is a pivot. Are the Caps shifting him to left wing?
You had me at no problem.
He’s played both and will happily play either. He did play a bit more wing at D Camp, but expects to go back to C for Swift Current. It’s unclear at which position he’ll play once his pro career resumes, but if I have to bet, I’d guess wing, given his wheels and shoot.
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And I thought Tom Soehn was a shitty coach.
by Bald Pollack on Jul 26, 2010 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Dam them thunderstohrms.
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by Steck It Out on Jul 26, 2010 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
The day has arrived! I can’t wait for 11:30ET.
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I’m looking forward to it too, and I don’t have a dog in the fight.
To some extent, though, these young goal scoring wingers getting signed are setting the market for Hornqvist. Not Flash as much as others, but still somewhat.
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by Chris Burton on Jul 26, 2010 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Well Mason Raymond got $2.5 and $2.6m per for two years, according to Kypreos, so whomever drew the straw for the player is looking pretty good.
And I thought Tom Soehn was a shitty coach.
by Bald Pollack on Jul 26, 2010 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, that’s a nice deal for him. Similar 09-10 numbers, but Flash has done a lot more career-to-platform.
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I can’t wait either! This is going to be awesome.
by funkyceili79 on Jul 26, 2010 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Anybody have a decent 2010-2011 Caps Schedule, suitable for printing? I don’t like the format they have on the Caps site.
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Do you have either iCal or Outlook available to you? I’ve got the 2010-2011 schedule downloaded as an iCal calendar to my home machine and then synced to my iPhone.
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I do, but I like to print out a basic list for the wall of my cube. I use it to allocate games to other people and to keep track of games where I may have a schedule conflict. Old-fashioned pencil and highlighter notes. :)
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You probably just need to cut and paste info into the spreadsheet. It is what we used to do with college football tickets when we had a big group.
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by Carl Putnam on Jul 26, 2010 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions
No worries. Does the PDF downloadable work for you?
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You can print it from the NHL website, that tends to look pretty decent. Just be sure to actually use the ‘Print’ button in the upper-right corner – don’t just print the browser page or it looks like crap (and you get all the ads and everything).
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can’t wait to see the video.
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I almost just squealed. Hi there.
Too bad they couldn’t dump Anderson for Fehr. Or fly Stecks in just for the night (just a brief break from hanging w/ the troops, that’d be easy to arrange…right?).
Slightly related, a friend of mine works at a TO-area restaurant and waited on Mike Green last night – she’s not really supposed to get autographs but she got one anyway because he’s her favorite Cap (she’s a Leafs fan) and couldn’t resist. She said he was super nice :)
for all the shit he gets, he seems like the sweetest little airhead ever.
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He really does. It’s all a facade, this gangsta-wannabe thing…I have no doubt that he’s a sweetheart. Just reading about him with his mom when she was having health problems absolutely broke my heart, he’s obviously very close with and respectful of his parents – that alone goes a long way in my book.
I know. In general, we expect a lot out of professional athletes, but they get paid a lot of money and people want something in return for that. I could open a whole can of worms about athletes not being worth anything near what they are paid, but owners pay to field what fans want to see. Maybe if everyone cared about the person as much as his talents, more players would be better people. (Generality noted, as it’s pretty clear that hockey players as a whole seem to be good guys. I’m probably looking here more at football and basketball.)
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<3 all our players. So much.
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Same!! We have a truly great bunch of guys :) I generally don’t have to work all that hard to get my non-Caps friends to like them, I just have to show them a few articles, a few video clips, the Caps Cribs videos (obviously) and they’re hooked – it’s hilarious.
my friends who works for NBC sports was devastated when he was left off Canada’s Olympic team. I had been sending him all sorts of Mike Green stuff for months and he was all ready to do a Greenie spot (because as far as he was concerned, Green was going to be the only remotely interesting interview with a Canadian hockey player. and oh how he hates Sid! “Processed cheese is more interesting than Crosby.”)
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sorry, friend, not friends
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NHLPA has filed a grievance on Kovy deal.
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As I said last week, I really hope this makes it to a hearing. The arguments will be fascinating.
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They sure will. I hope Kovalchuk goes back to free agency and gets a legitimate deal.
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by Chris Burton on Jul 26, 2010 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m more interested to see how long it takes them to hire the arbitrator. Devils could be in limbo for weeks. Which I would be extremely happy to see.
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I take no joy from any of this. Somehow it will all end up being Ovie’s fault. >:(
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As far as I know, there is no provision in the CBA for how fast the arbiter has to be hired?
Once hired, the arbiter has 48 hours to decide? Seems very fast.
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
Article 11 is a bit vague in the hiring part. There is mention of being able to hire one within 24 hours, but it seems like minimum the way it is written.
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According to PD, the league and the PA both submit 3 names, and then they settle on one.
I can see this thing being a prelude to the CBA negotiations, with both sides digging in. Especially if Fehr is on the PA team.
I can’t see how the arbiter allows the contract to stand, which probably means he lets it pass as-is.
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
I can’t see how the arbiter allows the contract to stand, which probably means he lets it pass as-is.
I can. I realize from a common sense perspective we all know its circumvention. Proving it in arbitration is a whole other matter.
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Which further underscores how big a mess the current NHLPA is, or how disengaged the players are, or both. How the players who’ll pay into the escrow account this season and next think this is a good idea is totally beyond me.
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by Knee high to a duck on Jul 26, 2010 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions
But his cap hit = cash salary this year and next, so he’s not the problem this year. Maybe they just figure it will even out by the third year. More likely is that they’re clueless. Maybe I could get the NHLPA to hire me as a consultant to explain it to them? :-)
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Never know
Unless you ask! I’d love to see it happen; the players have enough to worry about with third party financial predators. Anything they can get as far as sound advice on their best interests is something they need.
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by Knee high to a duck on Jul 26, 2010 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions
On Peerless article
Hm-m-m I see a lot of effort, putting together thas article, but find it hard to believe that the conclusion is based on those stats, cause and effect link is missing. Interesting stats, though…
We weren’t trying to establish a cause-and-effect relationship, only to point out that for high-producing players (in this case, the population of 50-goal scorers), if they don’t win a Stanley Cup early (that is, before age 27), it becomes a lot less likely that they ever will win one, especially with the team they broke in with.
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In that context, I have serious doubts that Ilya Kovalchuk will ever win one with the Devils. If he’s going to win one, it will be more a case of Martin Brodeur going out with a bang in one of the last two years of his current contract. And based on Brodeur’s performance in the playoffs the last few years, that isn’t a good bet to make.
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