Sunday Caps Clips
by EmilyB on Aug 29, 2010 9:12 AM EDT
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PrintYour savory "last Sunday of August" breakfast links:
- Is Matt Bradley actually a sniper on the down low? Ten of eighteen goals (including seven of eleven just last season) say ... perhaps. [JtG]
- Hands on the table, Alexander Semin. Allan Muir sez the League is onto players' little contract games now. [SI]
- It is Mathieu Perreault, it is awesome, and according to RMNB, it is gen-u-wine. [Facebook]
- Caps G prospect Philipp Grubauer has arrived in Kingston with his Memorial Cup ring, a battle-scarred goalie stick, and fond memories of the games he stole in the Fronts' barn in seasons past. And oh yeah, he also brought his ticket to Capitals' rookie camp. [Whig Standard]
- Best wishes to Minnesota centerman Pierre-Marc Bouchard. He's Francois Bouchard's big brother, and he's hoping to be able to return to the Wild after a year and a half recovering from a terrible concussion. [Strib]
- Finally, happy 50th birthday to Tim Tookey.
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From the Nicky Backstrom highlight video
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Sweet. Liked seeing Fehr’s and Carlson’s names on that list.
"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 Aug 29, 2010 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions
The last time around, the league sensed it was battling a divided opponent and used the leverage it had — a lockout — to break the union and essentially get everything it wanted in the new CBA.
I’ve never been a huge fan of Allan Muir, but he definitely has a good point here. I’ve seen a lot of talk about Fehr and the strong possibility/probability of another work stoppage with him at the helm…but very little related to the above.
And wow. I even pasted the wrong quote…#needsmorecoffee
But when he ultimately is voted into office by the union’s 30 player reps, it’s a good bet that his primary focus won’t be on blowing up the current CBA at any cost. Instead, he’ll be tasked with building cohesion, to make the union into a collective force in something other than name only.
Glad you reposted because that’s the reaction I had out of Muir’s piece, that a work stoppage is less likely when the two sides are equally strong. Hopefully too common sense will prevail. Another lockout would be a disaster. The league has a good momentum with a growing fan base.
"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 Aug 29, 2010 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions
I guess I’m just curious as to why the media seems to be taking such a negative stance/pessimistic view to Fehr being brought in….
Or since everyone remembers the baseball strikes that happened when Fehr was in charge of the Players Association.
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I guess I don’t know enough about the MLB strike…but from what little I know it’s apples and oranges. Sure the situations are similar in that both CBAs will expire with him at the helm but don’t the similarities end there? The NHL is in a much, much different place than MLB was then…I could be wrong but I didn’t think that MLB was on the rebound from the owners locking out the players when the stirke occured. IMO MLB, as a whole, was in a much better spot than the NHL is now…which in theory should make a huge difference moving forward.
Donald Fehr isn’t exactly Mr. Nice Guy, but the baseball strike was in 1994. Since then, with Fehr at the helm, no labor stoppages. Baseball has problems, so does hockey. Nothing’s perfect. But given the instability and constant battles within the union, I think Fehr’s better than the alternative (although the whole drama with Kelly was needless and set the NHLPA back a couple of years)
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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As far as I can tell, Muir is usually pretty good about this kind of stuff (though I could certainly be proven wrong by someone who reads him more). It’s when he actually tries to write about hockey and not the behind the scenes management that his writing slips.
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 29, 2010 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Great article on Brads. He is hardly a sniper, but he does have a nice shot when he uses it. I don’t think goalies expect it very often from him. Except maybe Lundquist.
Never underrate the power of the hissy-cow.
He is hardly a sniper, but he does have a nice shot when he uses it
doesn’t every sniper have a nice shot when they use it? Haha JK, I know what you’re saying, it just wasn’t the best choice of words.
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by Chaz-Capapalooza on Aug 29, 2010 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I’d call a sniper one like Kovalchuk or Gaborik, who can put the puck in the corners of the net with consistancy. Brads is like Knuble – he has a good (but not great) wrister that goalies don’t seem to expect. He just doesn’t get many chances to take that kind of shot.
Never underrate the power of the hissy-cow.
This radio show Parker and Parker on 106.7 the Fan had Lisa Hillary on this afternoon and she alluded to the fact that the reason she was going to Philly was because she had the opportunity to “do more hockey”. I dont know if CSN-DC is scaling back their hockey operation or what the deal is but it doesnt sound like good news for us.
No, I think it was just that she was also forced to talk about other sports here and she wanted her gig to be mainly hockey. She’ll get that at CSN-Philly.
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Southeast Standings
| GP | W | L | OTL | PT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Florida
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51 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 59 |
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Washington
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52 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 58 |
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Winnipeg
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54 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 54 |
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Tampa Bay
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51 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 51 |
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Carolina
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54 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 49 |
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