Saturday Caps Clips
by EmilyB on Aug 14, 2010 8:27 AM EDT
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- Japers' Rink Radio hits the interwaves at 10am Eastern today. Pepper and Russell have two special guests - Smokin' Al Koken and columnist/author Damien Cox. [Japers' Rink Radio]
- Did we say author? Why yes, we did. Damien's new book about Alex Ovechkin hits Canadian bookstores and/or your doorstep starting September 20. [Amazon]
- The Caps are number one! At least according to Allan Muir and his Power Rankings, with a nod to "possibly the most important offseason in club history." Ya think? [SI]
- They're also number two. And number nine. Ovie and Nicklas Backstrom take their places in THN's Top Ten list. [Pro Hockey Talk]
- The hockey chatterati have Capitals on their mind this week, and Adam Proteau's interns rifle through his mailbag and give their opinions on the Caps' crease. [The Hockey News]
- The Caps' crease will be well-tended well into the future, with a cupboard brimming with promising goalies. [Masisak]
- Peerless, a Mr. Marshall Pirate would like a word with you. [A Capital Offense]
- What do we want? Wi-Fi! When do we want it? At puck drop, of course. [Ted's Take]
- We walk with a presence that says ‘I will Unleash the Fury tonight’. [Jumping the Glass]
- I voted the straight Caps ticket. How 'bout you? [CapsNewsNetwork]
- Vote Weagle! The polls close Sunday night. [Icethetics]
- Finally, we bid a fond farewell to The Grinder, which was the hockey blog of The Sporting News. We presume it will return in some form, but its passing should not go unnoticed. 'Til we meet again. [Sporting News]
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Can’t wait for the radio show this morning – look for a special (to us) announcement related to Cox and his book. I’ve already said too much…
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This was the first time I was able to listen to the show. It’s really good and Pepper sets the right tone.
I found it interesting that Cox described Ovie as enigmatic and difficult to read. Do people really view him that way? He is sometimes unforthcoming, but I think he is mostly open and easy to read.
(Yes, I know about the avatar hounding - just pretend mine is invisible.)
Btw, all Boumedienne, all the time: here and here.
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No reason to think it won’t just because it’s Saturday, if that’s what you’re asking.
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Pretty often, Muir is a hack, but it’s interesting that he seems to think the Caps did the right thing so far. Also, JP, your link is good, but it’s SI, not ESPN. Not that it matters.
"It's always good to have vikings."
Proud member of the Oxford dictionary police.
Well, it IS your blog.
It’s the weekend, I should know it was Emily, even without looking. Sorry, both of you.
"It's always good to have vikings."
Proud member of the Oxford dictionary police.
Even hacks can be right some of the time…
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Aug 14, 2010 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Wow Datsyuk four? I love the Guy but four? Just goes to show how subjective lists are just that, subjective
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by can't skate on Aug 14, 2010 9:17 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
After 2008-2009 four is fair. It depends how much you’re willing to discount last season.
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by red army line on Aug 14, 2010 9:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Well don’t you have to consider the most recent season more heavily when your list is “current” best players? That being said Pavel is my favorite non-Cap.
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by can't skate on Aug 14, 2010 11:24 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
The Wings had all sorts of things going on, and Datsyuk was one of the best for a few years before that, running. I dunno. On my list he’d be around 10.
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матовая Клими, Михал нуивирт ваш папа теперь
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by red army line on Aug 14, 2010 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Considering the kinds of injury situations Detroit was dealing with, I think Datsyuk should be given a bit of a pass. He is still probably the best two-way forward around, and is a wizard with the puck. Even after last season, I have no problem with him being #4.
Never underrate the power of the hissy-cow.
Sorry about size: look how tranquil BB is when he is freed from Semin agitation
BB knows regular season Nats > preseason Skins
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
He’s just thinking about Flash as 2C.
The guy is Peter Schumpmaker. Lord knows what a schump is, but you can bet your bippy his ancestors made them. What he's doing is far worse than crafting fine schumps.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Aug 14, 2010 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
That smirk on his face tells us all we need to know, Flash will supplant Backstrom as 1C and they’ll be trading Chimera instead…
That smirk on his face tells us all we need to know, Flash will supplant Backstrom as 1C and they’ll be tradingChimeraFehr instead…
by DonCaps819 on Aug 14, 2010 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ha!
Bummed that this wasn’t one of of my 35-40 games at the park this year. Supposedly there were some vigorous “Let’s Go Caps!” chants amongst the Verizonesque 19K throng.
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
by souldrummer on Aug 14, 2010 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions
it wasn’t too loud, but there were some hearty cheers from some sections. The entire park did give a really loud roar when they put him up on the video board, though.
Watching the O’s try to use strategy is like watching Mike Green trying to figure out the difference between "your" and "you’re"--Terpgrrl
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I’m just glad he picked that night to go. He certainly could have been at the McNabb Bowl out in Landover instead.
As always, tip of the cap to Nationalsenquirer.com for the snazzy MASN screencaps.
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
by souldrummer on Aug 14, 2010 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Flash is the most logical guy for us to trade. Trading Fehr would not be a wise move at all, given that the RW’s ahead of him in the depth chart become UFA next year.
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Yeah without a doubt….JP’s post from yesterday not withstanding. Wasn’t trying to imply anything…was just yet another crazy dream that I’ve had recently.
I had another one in which Jack Nicholson and Congressman Rangel were having a debate….I swear I have not been eating any hallucinogens.
Congressman Rangel for 2C?
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory
by Rather Bengt on Aug 14, 2010 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Mt. Pensmore is up
Anyone else surprised with Barasshole over Craig Patrick? Or even Badger Bob?
by bilspacecadet on Aug 14, 2010 12:01 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
As much as I’d like to complain about it…it’s a great write-up. He pretty much nailed the four people I’d put up there…though I probably would have tried to find some way to make some kind of mutant combination of Barasso and Stevens.
mutant combination of Barasso and Stevens
Barrasshole?
If you've read this far...seek help.
by ThePeerless on Aug 14, 2010 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t have a problem with Barrasso- the case could be made. I would have had Rick Kehoe in there since he’s third in franchise history in points (behind only 66 and 68) and spent parts of 16 straight seasons behind the bench.
But when you think Penguins you don’t really think Rick Kehoe so any of Tommy B, Francis or Stevens would have been acceptable to me.
Got love for Badger Bob but he was only around for 1 year and is really Wisconsin’s. They don’t call him Penguin Bob.
CP built a lot of the team and it’s hard to judge his pre lockout financial trades but the picks/prospects that he brought back were not very good, especially considering the Caps did the same thing at the same time and netted guys likes Green, Schultz, Laich, Flash, and Varly(?) out of their deals. The Pens have nothing to show left out of that era.
"Game's the same. Just got more fierce."
by Hooks Orpik on Aug 14, 2010 5:39 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
We have installed free, unrestricted wireless Internet access at Verizon Center
Wi-Fi will be available in the Players Club, Dewar’s Club and the Acela Club
Not exactly what I would call unrestricted.
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Y’know, I read that and had the same thought. But I read it a little differently a second time. Here’s the whole post:
We have installed free, unrestricted wireless Internet access at Verizon Center, and it’s currently available for Mystics games and will be available for the upcoming Capitals and Wizards seasons. Our new FanAccess Wi-Fi network allows fans with wireless devises the ability to connect to the web from their seats.
I wish I could say right now that we guarantee 100% coverage, but there are frequency limitations. We constantly will be monitoring the number of users and adding access points as needed. Unfortunately logistics prohibit concourse access, but Wi-Fi will be available in the Players Club, Dewar’s Club and the Acela Club. And I can assure you we will be fine-tuning, and will do everything possible to accommodate as many fans as possible.
I read “Our new FanAccess Wi-Fi network allows fans with wireless devises the ability to connect to the web from their seats. … Unfortunately logistics prohibit concourse access, but Wi-Fi will be available in the Players Club, Dewar’s Club and the Acela Club. And I can assure you we will be fine-tuning” as "Fans will have access in their seats AND in these Club areas, but unfortunately not on the concourses.
Maybe that’s a generous interpretation, but I can’t see why he’d be bragging on providing WiFi to three very small areas of the arena.
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by J.P. on Aug 14, 2010 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
He isn’t bragging at all. He’s specifically stating where fans won’t get internet access. If there was a way for Mr. AOL to get the concourse, “online” reliably, Ted would have found it. But what he wrote means that the only place people won’t have WiFi is when they are walking around the stadium between periods, and the logistical reason is simple: WiFi doesn’t carry thru 4 feet of concrete. He’d had to put repeaters every 10 ft on every deck. And even then 1/2 the fans would be dropping signal as their phones tried to triangulate over and over.
Anyway, what I want to know is why I had to listen to Damien Cox do every classic voice indicator of disingenuous speech and never get called on it by a streamed “Capitals” show. “Interesting” and “Independent” are raped by this Cox guy the way George Lucas raped Indie by making the Kingdom of Crystal Skull movie.
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Okay, so I vaguely remember writing this last night., but not the part where I was such an A$$clown. I did mean to defend Ted, and say that I didn’t like that nobody challenged Cox’s assertions and obvious insincerity, but I didn’t realize I was being such a tool about it.
Sorry.
*goes back to review the cardinal rules of internet posting….ah it’s, “DON’T post when high!” stupid memory.
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Muir on the Flyers' Defense
Andrei Meszaros and Sean O’Donnell make for a dangerous third pair
Dangerous, perhaps. But to whom?
'Cause the end of what it was is what it is right now...
by D'ohboy on Aug 14, 2010 2:43 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
The Flyers themselves.
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory
by Rather Bengt on Aug 14, 2010 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Not as dangerous as Keith Ballard would be
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Aug 14, 2010 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Well the Flyers do tend to not care about their goalies.
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by Bman21212 on Aug 14, 2010 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
THN on in-game music
I’ve gotta say that I actually LOVE this list. With Mastodon, Refused, Public Enemy and Big Business, the dude pretty much nails it, although I’d include some more Helmet, personally. And more of The Sword and Torche.
'Cause the end of what it was is what it is right now...
No Lady GaGa? No Justin Bieber? I’m callin Shenanigans
It's The Wait for Red October. Except rather than Sean Connery, Alex Baldwin, and Sam Neill, it's George McPhee, Bruce Boudreau, and Alex Ovechkin.
Not Tom Clancy, but Gary Bettman. Not the Soviet Kremlin, but. . .well. . . .yeah, the Soviet Kremlin
wow, helmet. memories flooding back. my name in german class was “helmut” in honor of that band.
by Natty Bumppo on Aug 16, 2010 2:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Canucks fan here…we doing this deal or what?
And, some Cdn insight for my Caps friend on Mr Cox. Not so much love in his home country as you guys give him.
Let’s just say there are a few unflattering usages of his first AND last names…that outside of a bunch of moonies in T.O ( which is our biggest city!!), most of the sports fans in the Great White North laugh at him, not with him. ( It is sad. He was talented once. But those days have long since gone. )
Out here in Beautiful B.C. we have a special disdain for the man. He has nothing but biased shots at not only the Canucks, but the city, the people, everything. Its funny, he thinks he is being cutting edge and sophisticated, but he really just plays on East/West regionalism and biases.
I give him props for knowing his market in T.O, but ..well, here is a perfect example. In our common madness of the Olympic hockey tourney this winter, you all know that there was a change of goalies.
Instead of writing something even resembling a sports story, he wrote a pure hate filled diatribe about Luongo that was just sad, to even T.O hockey fans. Then took to Twitter and insulted one and all that had the temerity to challenge him.
Why? Well, he WAS the guy that wrote Brodeur’s book….
I guess he doesn’t want to write Luongo’s.
Was thinking about the rules changes conversation, and especially this post about puck-over-glass by iwearstripes. I think just having a faceoff in the defensive end with no line change isn’t enough punishment for an intentional puck over glass. So how about this twist: the player who launched the puck must line up for the faceoff on the far side of the red line. So the team on offense gets a four second power play and the player who committed the infraction is punished with a mini-Herbie. And if any portion of his body or equipment crosses the red line before the faceoff, then it’s a 2 minute minor for delay of game.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
Clever but I don’t really like it. Called it the purist in me, but that just doesn’t feel right. I’d rather they stick with knowingly over-punishing (status quo) or knowingly under-punishing (treat it as icing).
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What if the defending team won the faceoff then? If I understand it correctly, they would have one guy at the red line and the other team stuck out of position in the offensive zone → breakaway.
Good point. Teams would definitely figure out how to game that rule and eventually (or immediately) you’d have to drop a D back to prevent that and basically negate your man advantage.
Lockout talk makes me want to go out and choke an old lady - Elliotte Friedman
Is that legal now? Or do all your players have to be on your side of the dot?
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Aug 14, 2010 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
…bring back the two line pass rule?
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матовая Клими, Михал нуивирт ваш папа теперь
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by red army line on Aug 15, 2010 2:27 AM EDT up reply actions
I guess I should explain. Removing the two line pass was one of the best rule changes they made post-lockout and one of the biggest reasons the speed of the game increased. Removing that change just to compensate for teams trying to manipulate another crazy rule change just doesn’t make sense to me.
Lockout talk makes me want to go out and choke an old lady - Elliotte Friedman
I agree.
Cидни Kросби: Александр Oвечкин, он твой папа теперь
матовая Клими, Михал нуивирт ваш папа теперь
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by red army line on Aug 15, 2010 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions
did you guys see this
When rumors get started by idiots, idiots listen
Thursday there was a big fuss about a trade rumor. Kevin Bieksa(notes) to Washington for Jason Chimera(notes) and a pick! That was the rumored trade that Eric Belanger(notes) needed to get a roster spot cleared so he could join the Caps for another rodeo, yessir.
Except it turned out to not be true. Obviously. That much was evidenced by the rumor coming from Twitter but no one was really sure where it came from. And the fact that the pick quickly turned into of the first-round variety purple monkey dishwasher.
However, as our dear Sean Leahy discovered, it was started by just-some-moron. But boy did the Internet pick up that loose puck, go coast-to-coast and then put it into the protective netting.
from puck daddy
Kaberle to Pheonix (for Upshall and others) was started the same way. Believe it when someone holds a presser.
Hasta siempre Jaime.
by Bald Pollack on Aug 14, 2010 10:16 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
This made me laugh.
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