Wednesday Caps Clips: Caps @ Thrashers Game Day
by J.P. on Jan 26, 2011 6:03 AM EST
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Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of tonight's throwdown with the Thrash from Vogs, NHL.com (Hunter), SB Nation DC, and WC2010, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner Bird Watchers Anonymous for more coverage from the other side of tonight's match-up.
- Notes and assorted whatnot from yesterday's practice. [Caps365 video (Boudreau), CI]
- If the Caps don't win the Southeast Division, perhaps they can point to their play within the Southeast Division (and, of course, the Division's improvement) as to why. [WaPo (Wang)]
- The Alex Ovechkin of old: coming soon to an ice rink near you... we hope... and pray. [CSN Washington (Zuckerman), CI]
- Braden Holtby is one smooth puck-handlin' netminder, and that helps his D. [Caps365 (video)]
- Yesterday's radio hits:
- Brooks Laich on The Sports Junkies... [106.7 The Fan (audio)]
- ... Mike Green on Elliot in the Morning... [YouTube (audio)]
- ... and LaVar and Dukes... [106.7 The Fan (audio)]
- ... and Bruce Boudreau on The Mike Wise Show. [106.7 The Fan (audio)]
- A look at some options to fill the second-line center slot. [CSN Washington (Popels)]
- Sticking with the second line, Mike Knuble and Laich haven't helped that line generate much offense at all. [Homer McFanboy]
- Are the Caps likely to be more playoff-ready this time around? [Examiner (Hoffman)]
- I think it's safe to say that Vegas has more faith in the Caps than a lot of fans right now. [Puck Daddy]
- Don't panic. [KOL]
- The Caps will honor Dino Ciccarelli next week, which is truly awesome (to say nothing of the fact that they'll be donning their Winter Classic threads). [Capitals]
- Semyon Varlamov on injuries, starting next season abroad, and more. [KOL]
- If AO was guilty of a couple of, um, embellishments the other night, it's probably only in preparation for heading down to Eric Staal's home rink this weekend - "when in Rome" and all that. [FanHouse (Ciskie)]
- Speaking of which, Green and Ovi could be on different teams in Raleigh. [NHL.com (Kimelman)]
- Joé Juneau had some fantastically awful hockey cards. [HotH]
- For those of you interested in Quintin Laing fluff, this one's for you. [BC Local News]
- Got a favorite pre- or post-game destination? Vote for it. (Oh, and Matchbox, ftw.) [Capitals Outsider]
- The Caps continue to do good by the community. [Hockey Mom]
- Finally, here's a nice read on the growth of youth hockey in Northern Virginia, a.k.a. "The Ovechkin Factor." [Fairfax Times]
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Maybe because it’s early, but that particular “Mascot mocks opposing team’s athlete” pic is kinda funny to me.
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I love it. Pretty sure I used it before (and will again).
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I liked Slapshot coming down with the inflatable boxing gloves on Monday night during the 2nd or 3rd.
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I noticed too that Slapshot was wearing a classic red sweater on Monday (he may have before and I didn’t notice), similar to the WC jerseys, but red instead of white. Wondering if that was a precursor to a new 3rd sweater for next season…
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by PaintDrinkingPete on Jan 26, 2011 10:13 AM EST up reply actions
And speaking of mascots, for Dino Night:
Entertainment throughout the evening will focus on Ciccarelli’s era with the Capitals (1989-92) and will include tribute videos and an appearance by the Capitals’ former mascot, Winger.
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Winger is out on parole?
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Jan 26, 2011 8:27 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I guess Caps fans from 1989-92 who remember Winger can’t get enuff.
"Alex Ovechkin! Do you know how much that Russian would pay you to be picked first? And think of the afterparties! C’mon James you have to use some forethought here!" - TSN sportsanchor Darren Dutchyshen to James Duthie on who he would pick first were he all-star game captain.
by Rather Bengt on Jan 26, 2011 9:04 AM EST up reply actions
Assuming that Ovi does indeed return to his old form, I think we’re going to hear about the injuries he’s probably been playing through for most of the season. There’s no doubt that step that he appeared to have lost is back and there seems to be a lot more zip on his shot. We know about the wrist but I’m guessing he’s also been playing through a knee issue.
You think we’ll hear about them before clear out day (hopefully in June)? Unless he misses time, we’re not hearing anything before then.
"It's always good to have vikings."
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
I know teams don’t like to disclose injuries until after the season, but there’s a psychological factor to consider. Teams don’t fear the Caps and Ovechkin like they did last year, so they’re willing to take more liberties. If Ovi returns to his past form, I could see Bruce sending a warning shot across the Eastern Conference saying " Yeah, Alex was taking a lot of heat for his performance, but he was playing hurt for most of the season. He’s back now and ready for the stretch run."
A nice little reminder the Ovi won’t get the nearly week-long break that our other wounded warriors will enjoy over the All-Star break. Take it easy in the ASG, Alex. No one cares if you score there or not.
You had me at no problem.
I’ve watched pieces of a couple of recent All-Star games they’ve been showing on NHLN this week (dinner-time surfing). No skater’s getting hurt there unless he tries to hot-dog something.
"It's always good to have vikings."
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
The Vegas odds on the Caps are way surprising.
I was wondering which playoff teams I think the Caps would beat in a 7-game series. I can’t come up with one that I feel really confident about, given their current level of play and inability to score.
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I’m not sure how to think of the Vegas odds. On the one hand, they’ve got a lot of smart guys trying to figure out who’s good and who’s not. On the other, the odds are just a reflection of the “common wisdom” of the bettors, and a device to make sure the money ends up spread out evenly between the various options. It could be that a lot of people are betting based on last season’s point totals, and not this year’s production level.
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And to think, last year we were asking which playoff teams the Caps wouldn’t beat in a 7-game series.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Jan 26, 2011 9:11 AM EST up reply actions
Surely you could beat Atlanta…right?
"The second violinist in a symphony is a special musician, but her name rarely appears in print." - Brian Burke on Ryan Suter.
by Chris Burton on Jan 26, 2011 9:21 AM EST up reply actions
Not so sure about that. ATL has handled the Caps pretty thoroughly this year.
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Sort of on point, and sort of not: is it just me, or is the Eastern Conference a lot better than last year, and even close to the West? Atlanta’s 8th, has 55 points, Chicago’s 8th with 56. Seems to not be the huge gulf in ability like last year.
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by Chris Burton on Jan 26, 2011 9:27 AM EST up reply actions
I’ve thought that pretty much, except that four of the five worst teams are in the East. So the label probably won’t go away quite yet.
"It's always good to have vikings."
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
Well, yeah, the worst teams in the West are better than the worst in the East, but the playoff teams are actually tilted slightly in the East’s favor, points-wise.
"The second violinist in a symphony is a special musician, but her name rarely appears in print." - Brian Burke on Ryan Suter.
by Chris Burton on Jan 26, 2011 9:33 AM EST up reply actions
9-to-14, though, the West is much better. Any of the teams currently looking up (except Edmonton) could conceivably make the playoffs. We might see Atlanta or Montreal fall out in favor of CAR/BUF/FLA, but I think what you see now is pretty much what you’re going to get in the East.
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JLikens at Objective NHL ran a couple of posts looking at that (P1 P2). His conclusion? East may have pulled ahead…slightly. I don’t think that’s quite the case (Edmonton is by far the worst team in the league, and that brings the West’s numbers down) but it certainly is closer than in previous years. PHI, PIT, WSH, BOS, TBL, MTL, NYR, and maybe FLA all could probably hold their own in the West and competing for the playoffs (with I guess the first six making it…wow).
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by red army line on Jan 26, 2011 10:44 AM EST up reply actions
Still waiting for the underlying numbers to get FLA out of 11th…
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by SmallZ827 on Jan 26, 2011 10:46 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
If DC could outperform last year by about 20 points, FLA can underperform by that amount too, I think. Only weird stuff I’m seeing right now is a terrible PP (they should really decline all those penalties they draw) and an inordinate amount of Fenwick events turned into shots (at least, I infer because their Fenwick% is pretty solid but their shots% is under 50%, and Sunny Mehta showed that in total shots directed at net will miss pretty much at random, at least at the team level).
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by red army line on Jan 26, 2011 10:52 AM EST up reply actions
If the playoffs were seeded by what a team’s record should have been, rather than what it is, I’d be on the FLA bandwagon, too.
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I’m pretty much resigned that they won’t make it—they’ll be sellers. But I do doubt that they’ll be 18 points behind a team they actually lead slightly in goal differential (or 6 points behind one they lead by 15 in GD) if we change circumstances. I mean, that’s what luck is.
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by red army line on Jan 26, 2011 10:57 AM EST up reply actions
Oh, no doubt, I just took a little issue with “…maybe FLA all could probably hold their own in the West and competing for the playoffs” if they can’t even do so in the East. Why they are or are not doing so is a different question and may very well just be bad luck.
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by red army line on Jan 26, 2011 11:06 AM EST up reply actions
Surely you jest.
(from the person who saw them lose to Atlanta with my own eyes)
"Alex Ovechkin! Do you know how much that Russian would pay you to be picked first? And think of the afterparties! C’mon James you have to use some forethought here!" - TSN sportsanchor Darren Dutchyshen to James Duthie on who he would pick first were he all-star game captain.
by Rather Bengt on Jan 26, 2011 9:23 AM EST up reply actions
It read like it had a touch of snark to me.
"It's always good to have vikings."
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
I bruise easily.
"Alex Ovechkin! Do you know how much that Russian would pay you to be picked first? And think of the afterparties! C’mon James you have to use some forethought here!" - TSN sportsanchor Darren Dutchyshen to James Duthie on who he would pick first were he all-star game captain.
by Rather Bengt on Jan 26, 2011 9:30 AM EST up reply actions
Don’t we all.
"It's always good to have vikings."
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
Maybe we all have sensitive skin, no?
"Alex Ovechkin! Do you know how much that Russian would pay you to be picked first? And think of the afterparties! C’mon James you have to use some forethought here!" - TSN sportsanchor Darren Dutchyshen to James Duthie on who he would pick first were he all-star game captain.
by Rather Bengt on Jan 26, 2011 4:34 PM EST up reply actions
Gotta say I agree with the diving call on Ovi the other night (although the correct call should be “embellishment” or “unsportsmanlike conduct”). He’s too strong to go ass over teakettle on a minor hold like that. If he had just fell on his ass without the high leg kick, maybe he doesn’t get called for it.
Perhaps the earlier swan dive that wasn’t whistled led to this call being made.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
I dunno, falling backwards on skates just doesn’t seem like something you do intentionally
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My thought was that Ovechkin’s just trying to one-up Sid in the rivalry. Sid has a Cup; Ovechkin wants a Cup. Sid has a concussion; Ovechkin wants a concussion.
by Wheeler on Jan 26, 2011 9:36 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
You have obviously never seen me skate. He was being held and was trying to show it. If you were being held like that and trying to move forward, falling backwards would be the expected result. Ovi seems to be too strong a skater to have that happen to him given what appeared to be a fairly weak grab.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Jan 26, 2011 9:52 AM EST up reply actions
I just didn’t see anything done by the opposing player that could have remotely caused his legs to fly out from under him like that. Either Ovi catastrophically wiped out on his own, or he was engaging in over-the-top embellishment.
You had me at no problem.
well considering the no-call when he got tripped heading into the o-zone in the 2nd, maybe he felt he needed to embellish it a little just to get the call.
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I’m actually drafting a fanpost about some of the issues raised in that youth hockey article. It’s not about youth hockey per se, but more about the exposure of the sport to young ’uns in the area. And about how I never knew anyone growing up who followed hockey and no one in my 40 person extended family followed it either.
The building of Kettler and the deal Ted has with Arlington has gone a long way towards increasing youth hockey in the area. I never played hockey as a kid, and it wasn’t because I didn’t like the sport, it was because my parents didn’t want to drive to Reston at 430 am. I’m pretty sure Kettler is the only ice rink in side the beltway on the VA side.
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The only public rinks I know of inside the Beltway are Herbert Wells (in College Park), Fort Dupont, and Kettler. Real estate is just too expensive to build them.
Struggled?
Not sure “struggled” is the right word. Just because someone wasn’t aware of it or unwilling to go to early AM practices doesn’t mean youth hockey struggled. My son started playing in Howard County in 1987 (the club started in 79), and CBHL games were held all over suburban MD, Baltimore, VA and as far away as Hampton Roads. A couple local clubs won national championships. Lots of teams and players, just not as many as now (naturally).
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that was mostly in MD, in the majority of NOVA there wasn’t much youth hockey.
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Define majority of NOVA…remember that until somewhat recently NOVA didn’t extend past Springfield down 95 and Herndon on 66. Growing up we used to play at Fairfax and Mount Vernon and by the time my brother was old enough there were rinks in Reston and Prince William. Granted it’s not nearly the level of Maryland but those that wanted to play in NOVA could definitely play. I’m hesitant to agree with OldPhil (sorry) but he’s right in this case. Lack of exposure does not equal struggled…
I still consider NOVA to be mainly Arlington, Alexandria and Fairfax, and until recently it was damn hard for kids to play hockey growing up there.
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I guess it comes down to definition of recently. Over the last 15 years or so rinks, and youth teams, have popped up all over the local NoVA area. Still not quite on the level as throughout Maryland (as Caps-o-Vens proved to me)…but the argument can be made that it’s on par now with the parts of Maryland that are part of the greater DC metro area.
Back in the ealry 90s there was only one youth hockey club in Northern Virginia, aptly named “Northern Virginia”. I had to drive 40 minutes from Centreville to Mount Vernon just for practice. In the 80s I believe Fairfax was the only rink in NoVa to offer a travel team, but they dropped it in the late 80s. (Jeremy Roenick skated for the Fairfax Flyers for a year before moving on because the level was too poor.)
Things have changed now. I believe every rink (except ironically Fairfax and Mt. Vernon) has multi-tier youth offerings starting with a d-league, a house league and competitive travel teams. Youth hockey has come a long way in this area in 20 years.
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by vtcapsfan99 on Jan 26, 2011 11:22 AM EST up reply actions
opps make that vt43, not vt90, don’t know how I did that.
by vtcapsfan99 on Jan 26, 2011 11:27 AM EST up reply actions
not if he wanted to cheer for a winning football team, especially in bowl season:)
by vtcapsfan99 on Jan 26, 2011 11:53 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Mt. Vernon is home to an initiation program, developmental atom and mites cross ice, as well as a full house (11 teams) and full travel (13 teams) programs, B to AA, and including 3 girls teams.
Did not know that. Good to know as I have a future mite who’ll need a place to skate, and MV is just as close to me as Kettler.
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It is expensive. One time I looked into some other clubs that cost even more, but it was marginal when compared to the lower cost of baseball, soccer, or basketball. Sometimes I cringe if I think too long about the opportunity costs in time and money. All I can say is that, for us, it has certainly helped keep our teen-aged boys very busy with little down time for trouble. Plus, we get all of that high quality drive time conversation!
I second Seminrocks. The Nova Ice Dogs has been a fabulous experience for our son.
Alright, confess-how many goals are you going to make this year?
"I'm not going to tell!"
Well can you at least guarantee fifty?
"No way. I have a different objective. To win."
by capsyoungguns on Jan 26, 2011 5:42 PM EST up reply actions
You’re mistaken about Mt. Vernon. It has a multi-tiered program (see seminrocks’ post). Moreover, every year that we’ve been involved the number of teams keeps doubling because of the number of kids interested in playing keeps growing.
Alright, confess-how many goals are you going to make this year?
"I'm not going to tell!"
Well can you at least guarantee fifty?
"No way. I have a different objective. To win."
by capsyoungguns on Jan 26, 2011 1:19 PM EST up reply actions
The southern part of Northern Virginia is hell for the rest of the world to get to.
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Mt. Vernon really is not far south at all. It’s barely outside the Beltway, an easy on/off 495. What’s actually hard for us to get to from southern Fairfax county is Kettler. No matter how you go, it still takes a good 45 min. to get there. We can travel to both Ft. Dupont and Tucker Rd. in much less time, and thankfully they both are our other home ice rinks. Before the snow attacked, we could get to Prince William in 30 min., too. The club at one time considered buying ice at Kettler, but not only does it cost more, but it can be much more time-consuming for some of us to get there, particularly going through Arlington at rush hour. This year we have a number of kids who came from a Kettler program because their offerings do not include a tier 2 travel program.
But anything that far south is hard to get to from arlington mclean etc, for the same reason it is hard for you to get to Kettler. My argument was that before Kettler, the people around here had no options that didn’t involve awful traffic.
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That’s true from either direction, you are right. It’s mostly an issue when practices are too close to rush hour. Otherwise, we are so used to traveling near and yonder for games that I don’t even consider going to Laurel that far any more. Now, the 2-hour trips to Hagerstown, Charlottesville, Delaware, and 3+ to Hampton Rds. are a different story.
I agree, games are one thing, but 45 miinutes drive time for a practice is just wrong. and it is why alot of people in arlington and fairfax never considered playing hockey an option growing up
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Well, and I can tell you we resisted like crazy. We had neighbors on either side of us whose kids played and we thought they were nuts with the schedule and the cost. When we first signed our guys up, hoping they would not like it, we told them it cost 10x as much as playing baseball! So, we’re the fools now, but crazy fools who love to watch the boys play, and of course the Caps.
You make this area sound like the other side of the world. A number of Capitals, including Knuble and Bradley, live in our neck of the woods (both are in the Old Town/Alexandria City area). Mount Vernon is literally just outside the beltway and Old Town/ Alexandria City. If I use route one to Glebe in nonrush hour I can get to Kettler in 20 to 30 minutes.
But of course if I lived in the McLean/Arlington area Kettler would be my first choice. Having choices and the fact that the various programs are growing so rapidly just speaks to the growth of hockey in the DC area.
Alright, confess-how many goals are you going to make this year?
"I'm not going to tell!"
Well can you at least guarantee fifty?
"No way. I have a different objective. To win."
by capsyoungguns on Jan 26, 2011 5:19 PM EST up reply actions
So true. When my older 2 were squirts/pee wees, there were some years when there were too many kids for one house team, but not enough for 2. This year there are 4 squirt house teams, which is a big jump for the club. They’d been trying to get girls’ teams going for a number of years, and suddenly we have 3. As with so many youth sports, it takes so many incredible, dedicated volunteers to make this all work.
I know what you mean. It was a huge jump for the house Squirts and I know that there were still kids who had to wait. And the coaches and assistants are amazing. They put a lot of emphasis on loving the game and being a good teammate along with enhancing their skills.
Alright, confess-how many goals are you going to make this year?
"I'm not going to tell!"
Well can you at least guarantee fifty?
"No way. I have a different objective. To win."
by capsyoungguns on Jan 26, 2011 5:24 PM EST up reply actions
Cool. Get that post up. No one has commented on a FanPost in over two days.
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by Scott in Shaw on Jan 26, 2011 2:49 PM EST up reply actions
From the Fairfax Times article on Youth Hockey in Nova:
Each day after 6 p.m. youth hockey controls both rinks for four hours, and during most of the weekend, the ice also is tied up by the league.
6 PM???. When did youth hockey get evening ice hours? 10 years ago, practice times were before school (usually 5:30-6:30 am). The early morning stuff was killer. And don’t they have PlayItAgainSports stores down here? They were a godsend for me up in South Jersey. My kid never got a full year out of his boots before he’d outgrow them.
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They have them, but they are hard to find. Youth hockey has good practice times because Kettler was built as a collaboration between the Capitals and Arlington County, and youth hockey was part of the deal. That deal is one of the things that will make me always give Ted the benefit of the doubt.
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Few practice times out here before school, but no hesitation for 10:15pm face offs on the weekends.
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My 3 boys have been playing for 10 years. Only the first year did we have some 5 am practices on the weekends. All others have been in the evenings, sometimes as early as 5 pm, but mostly starting between 6 and 8 pm. The travel teams practice twice weeknights, then play 2 games or practice on the weekends, generally, in our club. The house teams just have weekend ice. The high school team has ice usually Mon. and Fri. nights, though sometimes the games are late.
Our club usually has a used equipment sale every year. That was how we bought our first sets of gear for the 2 older ones. Typical, about 2 years ago the county decided we couldn’t hold it at the rec center anymore (something about “profits,” as if anyone EVER profits on used hockey gear) and we had to move it, or just stepped off the curb to exchange money.
I’m guessing those 6am starts may be the result of the same thing I saw my last few years of coaching gymnastics: with almost every parent working, there’s no longer mom available to shuttle the kids directly from school to the rink/gym. Practices that used to start at 3:30 or 4 have been pushed back because there’s no one to drive the kids until later.
Someone tell me if I’m off the mark with this one as well: In Virgina, it seems that people leave for work much earlier than in DC or MD, traffice jams at 6:30 am and all that. So, again, no one to drive the kids because everyone is on the road before dawn to get to the office by 7:30 so they can leave at 4 pm.
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From the FanHouse article:
“Ovechkin plays the game the right way,” the masses say.
Of course, that doesn’t brandish Ovechkin a saint.
Who exactly are these anonymous “masses,” and where have they been the last couple seasons? I seem to remember the words “reckless” and “dirty” being thrown around. There was also talk about him being “cut in half” as an act of retaliation. I also recall some harsh criticism over the way he celebrates his goals. If the prevailing popular opinion was that Ovechkin plays the game the right way, I must not have been aware of it. If anything, I think Ovechkin’s diving penalty serves only to reinforce the perception of those who already think poorly of him. This is not exactly a grand revelation; he’s done it before.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Jan 26, 2011 9:18 AM EST reply actions
I literally cringed.
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If that word is ever used in reference to me, it had better have “sword” later in the sentence.
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The man, apparently driven insane by another Capitals loss, began to brandish a sword when confronted by police…"
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by Doncosmic on Jan 26, 2011 9:59 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, I’m not sure what he was going for with that sentence. “brand Ovechkin a saint” maybe? I think “make Ovechkin a saint” would work just fine, in this case.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Jan 26, 2011 10:12 AM EST up reply actions
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Pretty awesome they are wearing their WC sweaters….My kid is doing Mites on Ice that night, It would be awesome if they put them in the WC jersey for that!
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#STL Blues prospect Vladimir Tarasenko suffered a season ending shoulder injury
"Alex Ovechkin! Do you know how much that Russian would pay you to be picked first? And think of the afterparties! C’mon James you have to use some forethought here!" - TSN sportsanchor Darren Dutchyshen to James Duthie on who he would pick first were he all-star game captain.
Now even their prospects are getting hurt. What a season for the Blues.
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by Carl Putnam on Jan 26, 2011 10:20 AM EST up reply actions
update:
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Blues prospect Tarasenko had more tests done on his shoulder. He won’t require a surgery.
by vtcapsfan99 on Jan 26, 2011 11:55 AM EST up reply actions
Another update: he got a separated shoulder and is expected to miss a month. As a Tarasenko fan this sucks but I guess this means that Kuznetsov almost can’t miss winning the scoring title for rookies in KHL.
He seems to have had a Ovechkin kind of game yesterday – He had 9 shots on goal.
1 goal and 1 assist 2 PIM +/-0 1 ppg, took 6 draws and won 1. Time on ice 23.16. And he had most ice time among fw.
Orlov’s team lost the game 2-10 and he still manged to end up with only a -1. He had 1 assist. 2 SOG, TOI 20.35, one other d-men had more time on ice.
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Ales Hemsky (out with a concussion) and Dustin Penner could be made available by the Oilers, but they are looking for what a lot of teams are, centers and defensemen.
Although concussion issues always make me leery, I am a big Hemsky fan. Would love him on the Caps were he healthy.
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You’ve probably watched more Oilers games than I have, but everything I’ve read suggests that he’s a less skilled playmaking version of Semin.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Jan 26, 2011 10:27 AM EST up reply actions
Semin has amazing skills, I would never say he hasn’t. You get less “Good Ales/Bad Ales” than you do with Sasha though which is preferable and can have more confidence in tying him up to a longer contract than the 1 year deals we do with Semin.
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by Rather Bengt on Jan 26, 2011 10:31 AM EST up reply actions
Hemsky is cheaper than Semin and possibly just as dynamic in the offensive zone. At the very least, he’s more dominant territorially relative to his team (consistently with Ovechkin-esque Corsi Rels). He’s another one of those enigmas that’s superskilled, along with Wolski, Semin, Kovalev, and a couple of others (I don’t think there’s much of a way to tell who’s most skilled).
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by red army line on Jan 26, 2011 10:48 AM EST up reply actions
Per the NHL webpage, Jeff Skinner just got moved from the rookie lineup to the All-Star game. I know he’s a forward, but any chance Carlson gets to take his place in the Rookie lineup?
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Why isn’t Carlson in the rookie game anyways?
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by twistedlogic on Jan 26, 2011 10:32 AM EST up reply actions
Really, now that they added Yandle to the lineup, the NHL should just go “haha! kidding!” to Oliver Ekman-Larsson and give his spot to Carlson.
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by Carl Putnam on Jan 26, 2011 10:38 AM EST up reply actions
They had to fit in guys from all the teams, so they shoehorned a couple of guys into the rookie thing that aren’t as good as RAHJC. No big deal. Plus, I’d rather guys not get selected and rest up anyway.
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by Carl Putnam on Jan 26, 2011 10:34 AM EST up reply actions
Oh yea….forgot about needing to spread out the picks.
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by twistedlogic on Jan 26, 2011 10:35 AM EST up reply actions
The League also giving a nod to the team that’s hosting the event, plus the Carolina faithful adore him. They call him Sk8rboi.
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Yea…I’ll stop.
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by twistedlogic on Jan 26, 2011 10:51 AM EST up reply actions
Am I the only one who didnt know...
Semin’s injury is to his hip?
Until I read it on TSN, I thought it was a mystery lower body injury, likely his ankle or a thigh bruise.
As Boutros astutely pointed out earlier when Semin was single he had problems with his wrist and now that he has a girlfriend, he has hip problems. Go figure.
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by Rather Bengt on Jan 26, 2011 10:54 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
I saw that, too, but I also thought Chesnokov said groin.
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by Carl Putnam on Jan 26, 2011 11:10 AM EST up reply actions
So did Varly in the linked interview above. Well the link was bad, here’s the right one.
What’s up with your friend, Alexander Semin?
A minor groin injury. I know that he feels better and has started to skate again.
by vtcapsfan99 on Jan 26, 2011 11:13 AM EST up reply actions
It sounds to me that Semin’s had multiple health problems since November. Would not be surprised to hear that there’s both a hip problem and a groin problem going on. He missed 3 games in mid Deb for a “lower body injury”. And the current trouble. And then he already had a “nagging” injury that was going on back in late Nov. No coincidence that his production went downhill as a result.
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Quite possibly the entire team. That contract would kill us.
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Even if the price tag were reasonable I wouldn’t want him.
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by DrinkingPartner on Jan 26, 2011 1:01 PM EST up reply actions
Please god no.
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Spezza to Caps, calling it now.
You misspelled “Mike Fisher”.
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by Becca H on Jan 26, 2011 11:18 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Won’t mind if I get to sit next to Carrie Underwood at the games.
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by twistedlogic on Jan 26, 2011 11:20 AM EST up reply actions
Jesus, Take the Weagle.
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by Rather Bengt on Jan 26, 2011 11:32 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Still haven’t caught on……
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by twistedlogic on Jan 26, 2011 11:50 AM EST up reply actions
“Jesus, Take the Wheel” is a Carrie Underwood song, I believe.
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Can’t wait till the first paparazzi tries to camp out in front of the Verizon Center, only to pushed off the sidewalk by one of our scalpers. Classic.
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You forgot the lottery guys.
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by Backeez Got Back on Jan 26, 2011 12:20 PM EST up reply actions
I will commit arson if GMGM trades for Spezza.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 26, 2011 3:24 PM EST up reply actions
Hobos everywhere breathe a sigh of relief.
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by Rob Parker on Jan 26, 2011 3:26 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
The idea of that makes me so angry I look past hobos.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 26, 2011 3:31 PM EST up reply actions
Why not combine your efforts and set a hobo on fire,
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by Rather Bengt on Jan 26, 2011 4:24 PM EST up reply actions
D-Buf in, Ladd out tonight. Enstrom on the shelf.
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if he gets nominated (never mind wins, that would be an affort to all that is holy) it will once and for all confirm that the people who pick these don’t know shit about hockey.
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You know, a lot of people had the same criticism about Mike Green for the last two years.
Just sayin’. I think Buff is going to be a finalist with Letang and Lidstrom.
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by red army line on Jan 26, 2011 11:56 AM EST up reply actions
Except the Byfuglien criticism is actually fair.
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Right. We say “Green is a winga!!” in jest. Byfuglien actually WAS a winger.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Jan 26, 2011 11:58 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Buff is the player everyone acused Mike Green of being. He’s one demensional and lacking in defense. The Big Buff love this season makes absolutely no sense to me.
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by RedBirdie on Jan 26, 2011 11:59 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Again, exactly what others would be saying. Just because we say it doesn’t make it truer than others’ dissenting opinions.
I agree, but I think criticizing him like that sounds a tad hypocritical.
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by red army line on Jan 26, 2011 10:12 PM EST up reply actions
To be honest, I am not really concerned with how many goals a respective Norris Trophy candidate is putting up as long as he provides excellent defense.
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by Rather Bengt on Jan 26, 2011 11:34 AM EST up reply actions
Please tell that to a certain fanbase located in a desert.
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by Carl Putnam on Jan 26, 2011 11:35 AM EST up reply actions
Byfuglien isn’t bad, but Enstrom is clearly the best d-man on the Thrash.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Jan 26, 2011 11:37 AM EST up reply actions
Totally agree here. Enstrom is very underrated.
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by Rather Bengt on Jan 26, 2011 11:41 AM EST up reply actions
Agreed. I was very disappointed Enstrom got hurt. I felt like this was the year he was finally going to get his just due.
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by Carl Putnam on Jan 26, 2011 11:43 AM EST up reply actions
Enstrom reminds me a bit of Lidstrom. Nice offensive instincts, great shot, excellent positional defense. I’d love to have Enstrom on the Caps.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Jan 26, 2011 11:52 AM EST up reply actions
Plus, Evander Kane, Jim Slater and Chris Mason are also out. If the Caps don’t win tonight, I give up.
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by Carl Putnam on Jan 26, 2011 12:06 PM EST up reply actions
They cut their hair!!
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Jan 26, 2011 12:15 PM EST up reply actions
their album covers looked like varly’s winter classic mask!
by Natty Bumppo on Jan 26, 2011 10:29 PM EST up reply actions
According to the tweet from the Thrasher beat reporter, Ladd is playing tonight.
ajcthrashers #Thrashers coach Craig Ramsay said he expects Andrew Ladd to play vs. Caps
there’s still 7 hours before puck drop. 7 hours where he runs the risk of David Steckel “accidentally” running into him at the arena, on the street corner, in Starbucks…..
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by RedBirdie on Jan 26, 2011 11:40 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Knowing the Caps luck he’d be more Witt than Fehr/Crosby.
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by Carl Putnam on Jan 26, 2011 11:44 AM EST up reply actions
MTLCanadiens Twitter:
The NHL has confirmed P.K. Subban’s invitation to the All-Star Weekend. Official details to follow today. http://goha.bs/eKzXmW
Really, NHL??
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there’s a whole hell of a lot of D men I would take before Subban. Ridiculous selection.
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I can think of two on this team (not including Green) that I’d take before Subban.
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by twistedlogic on Jan 26, 2011 12:21 PM EST up reply actions
yep. I might even be able to come up with 2 on every team that I’d take before Subban.
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He’s a punk, but he kills his easy minutes. I don’t have an issue with this, except that it was before Carlson.
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by red army line on Jan 26, 2011 10:13 PM EST up reply actions
I find it kind of funny the dislike Subban engenders in these parts. There are definitely guys I dislike in the league alot more than P.K.
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by Rather Bengt on Jan 26, 2011 12:26 PM EST up reply actions
I wouldn’t consider thinking that someone is not an All Star as equivilant to hating.
BTW, I read that he’s only invited to the skills competition. Of course, that makes it 5 rookie defenders invited over Carlson. Maybe the NHL is trying to keep him as cheap as possible for us.
by wickedwitch on Jan 26, 2011 12:28 PM EST up reply actions
Six over Carlson, per the Hurricanes’ Twitter:
Canes d-man Jamie McBain will take the rookie spot vacated by Jeff Skinner at #NHLAllStar Weekend: http://carhur.com/bn4
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you’d think with 4 all stars, they’d be elite or something!
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Rumour has it singer Neil Young will be named to All Star Weekend festivities next for being “Like a Hurricane”.
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by Rather Bengt on Jan 26, 2011 12:38 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
they’re gonna rock the national anthem like a hurricane!
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Carlson could have been contacted and opted out due to already having made plans.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 26, 2011 3:27 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Liking/disliking him has nothing to do with it. There are simply a good number of more deserving players out there.
I agree totally, and I wasn’t basing it solely on his all star festivities selection ( sorry for the confusion). But he does engender a lot of dislike.
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by Rather Bengt on Jan 26, 2011 12:30 PM EST up reply actions
It’s not just here though. Fans all over the east hate him, basically everyone that has had to put up with him this season. I don’t like the hype he gets, and I knew he’d get hype like this this year (just imagine if he was actually playing well!), but that doesn’t make it less frustrating. Carlson legitimately deserves a lot of praise for his play this season, and he’s being blatantly overlooked for a guy that’s been healthy scratched and is more known for being called out by Mike Richards than doing anything good on the ice.
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by Rob Parker on Jan 26, 2011 12:47 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
I agree Carlson and Alzner deserve a lot more recognition for their play than they have so far for sure. And yeah I hate hearing McGuire especially, verbally fellate Subban every time he’s on the air. I think P.K. has talent and is making alot more rookie errors than JC has this year. That said he engenders a lot more hatred than a lot of guys. I think he will end up getting popped in the face soon enough from another player for some of his antics and maybe learn from it. Whether he learns from his rookie mistakes, I suppose time will tell. I think he has the talent to though.
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by Rather Bengt on Jan 26, 2011 12:53 PM EST up reply actions
Talent is absolutely not the question with him. I’m sure he’ll be a solid D for Montreal. I’m not sure he’ll ever get into elite status. I think Carlson will be, and it doesn’t look like it’s going to take all that long.
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Re: Elite status. Agree with your assessment that Carlson will reach it before Subban does. I think once the brouhaha dies down on Subban and he learns from his mistakes he could have a long productive career without ever attaining elite status or justifying his initial media hype. Which I am sure the Habs would be thrilled with since all the old dogs on their blueline aren’t getting any younger. Wisnewski’s been a godsend for them so far though.
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by Rather Bengt on Jan 26, 2011 1:11 PM EST up reply actions
Wisnewski is a pretty good player, he just keeps getting hurt and suspended.
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Is Carlson getting passed over or did he already turn down an invite? Would we ever know?
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Maybe it was an eVite and he hasn’t checked his email, since he’s in Atlanta.
by DrinkingPartner on Jan 26, 2011 1:05 PM EST up reply actions
Actually I think before the players are selected the first time around, players will tell their teams that they’re not interested in going and that gets passed on to the League.
Since it’s only a few days away they’re looking for guys who don’t already have plans and would be willing to go – I think when it’s closer they just start taking guys from the rookie group to play in the game (like they did with Skinner).
But it’s not out of the realm of possibility that J-Car was asked and just turned them down. I hope that’s the case.
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Nope, it is. As obnoxious as they were about the injuries last time out, the NHL doesn’t want guys there who don’t want to be there – it’s bad publicity and bad for the game.
For example, Zetterberg had no interest in going this year and told them so…not completely unrelated (read: entirely related) to the injury brouhaha with the Wings’ players 2 years ago. So he wasn’t chosen. People saw it as a “snub” but Zetterberg didn’t want to be picked.
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Luongo must have done the same. I can’t imagine the NHL would use him in their ASG ads, then not pick him to the team.
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by apk3000 on Jan 26, 2011 1:42 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Didn’t Nicky turn down a youngster invite 2 years ago?"
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I believe he did, his second year in the NHL. If I remember right, he was invited two years ina row and turned it down the second time, stating that he wanted to give someone else a chance to play.
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I was glad he did that. I don’t know whether he felt this way but I thought it was an insult to ask him to participate in that thing and not the actual ASG, where he rightfully should have been. I bet he would have gone had he been picked for the ASG.
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heck, he probably should have gotten a call as a replacement this season, despite the production drop. Green’s is pretty clearly a “make up” selection from years past, why not take Nicky as well?
Shame there wasn’t an ASG last year, because no way could he have been left off.
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being called out by mike richards made me like P.K. more.
by Natty Bumppo on Jan 26, 2011 10:32 PM EST up reply actions
From Adrian Dater
Paul Stastny named to NHL ASG as replacement
Good on him.
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yay for deserving players being named to the team!
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I love Conroy. I know he’s old and has lost a step but I was kind of hoping we’d grab him, if for no other reason than to upgrade 3/4C a bit and get some veteran leadership in the room. Great character guy.
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I agree in your like of Conroy. He is a great character guy. I don’t think he’d be a fit here this year but I always liked him in his prime with the Flames and Kings.
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by Rather Bengt on Jan 26, 2011 1:26 PM EST up reply actions
He is a decent droid, but alas, not the droid we are looking for.
by Charlie Foxtrot on Jan 26, 2011 1:50 PM EST up reply actions
So anyone think the Caps pursue Weber in the offseason if he decides he wants out of Nashville?
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I highly doubt Weber leaves and I even more highly doubt the Caps can afford to bring him here even if he does leave NSH.
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I read his take on it, but it’s probably true that Nashville will not seriously contend for a Cup even if they may be an annual playoff team in the West.
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That still leaves teh part about affording him.
If Martin and Michalek got around $5M this last year, Weber will get more than that. Can’t see how the Caps work him in at a number like that.
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I can – one or more of Green, Carlson, and Semin don’t wear the Weagle.
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by Knee high to a duck on Jan 26, 2011 3:50 PM EST up reply actions
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by red army line on Jan 26, 2011 10:17 PM EST up reply actions
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