Friday Caps Clips: Rangers @ Caps Game Day
by J.P. on Feb 25, 2011 6:41 AM EST
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- Previews of tonight's rumble with the Rangers from Vogs, NHL.com (Masisak), Peerless, SB Nation DC, RtR and WC2010, and be sure to check out our buddy Scotty Hockey and SB Nation partner Blueshirt Banter for more coverage from the other side of tonight's match-up.
- Notes and assorted whatnot from yesterday's practice. [Vogs, CI (Carrera, Schimmel), DCEx (McNally), RtR, Blonde Girl's Guide, bridgetds (pics), Caps In Pictures (pics)]
- Home sweet home? Let's hope sweet hope. [WaPo (Schimmel)]
- Matt Hendricks was on LaVar and Dukes yesterday. [106.7 The Fan (audio)]
- Speaking of Hendricks, this new-to-me interview is definitely worth a listen. [The Mental Edge (audio)]
- Alex Ovechkin then and now - plenty of "what," but the "why" is as elusive as ever. [Insider2]
- Caps/Hawks is your NBC Game of the Week on March 13... which means gametime is bumped up to 12:30. [NHL.com, PHT]
- What are the Caps' chances of winning the Southeast Division? [RMNB]
- Called to the Capital: Marcus Johansson. [CSN Washington (video)]
- John Carlson is still very much in the Calder race. [HF]
- Twenty years ago today, the Caps and Pens played a wild one. [Empty Netters]
- A look at Dmirti Orlov. [CRtC]
- Finally, happy 25th birthday to Jeff Schultz, happy 40th to Byron Dafoe and happy 60th to Andre Peloffy.
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I didn’t realize how similar the aggregate numbers are for the Caps and Rangers (via the NHL.com preview by some new guy named Masisak):
The Capitals are scoring 2.67 goals per game while allowing 2.43 while their power-play percentage sits at 16.8 percent and the penalty-killing proficiency is at 85.4 percent. Meanwhile, the Rangers are scoring 2.66 goals per game and allowing 2.47. New York’s power play is operating at 16.3 percent and the PK has been successful 83.9 percent of the time. Both teams have 32 wins
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The thin difference between a 74-point team with 32 wins and a 68-point team with 32 wins? Getting past 60 minutes. The Caps have 10 losses where they earned a point (to the Rangers’ four). The Rangers have seven more losses in regulation, not making it to the extra time session.
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Currently, there are seven 32-win teams in the League, with their points spread from the Rangers’ (and Ducks’) 68 to the Caps’ 74. And the Ducks are on the outside looking in at the playoffs as of right now, while the Caps are fairly comfortable in (albeit in different Conferences, so it’s not apples-to-apples). Point being, in today’s NHL, for a lot of teams it’s not just how many you win, but how you lose the games you lose.
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Which will have a perverse effect. As Mirtle points out in a tweet, the new tie-breaker rule eliminating shootout wins becomes important (or as he put it “comes in handy”). You might get those points in those extra time losses, but those extra time wins might come back to bite you if you’ve gone beyond 65 minutes to get them. The Rangers and Montreal are two of those teams tied with 32 wins, but the Rangers have seven of theirs via shootout, Montreal only two. Those kinds of seeding issues will have folks pouring over the NHL.com shootout tables the last week of the season.
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That whole change has never sat well with me. “Shootout wins count… unless they don’t.” Why add the extra layer of confusion and (further) cheapen your gimmick?
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It’s the half-assed NHL at work again.
Faced with the patent absurdity of the fact that some games generate two standings points while other games generate three, the NHL concocted a system whereby…some games generate only one real point.
I will say that the OT and shootout is much more entertaining than watching two divisional/conference foes strangle the last 5 minutes of a tied game, like they used to.
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Guess that whole “make the plaoyffs by winning a Gimmick on the last day of the season” didn’t sit too well.
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by ThePeerless on Feb 25, 2011 10:04 AM EST up reply actions
The NHL is nothing if not misguidedly reactionary.
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if I didn’t have work to do, I might be tempted to go through last season and see what the results would be under this season’s rules.
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You’d think the NHL would have taken that example and run with it instead of further muddying things up by trying the make the shootout even less important.
Either embrace it or get rid of it. They can’t sell it as the most exciting moment in all of sports by trying to make it less and less relevant.
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by zephyr on Feb 25, 2011 10:44 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
This is exactly where I am on it. Well put.
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The frustrating thing is that the solution is so simple:
Regulation win = 3 points
OT/SO win = 2 points
OT/SO loss = 1 point
Every game would then be worth the same number of points. To this, I’d add extending the OT period to 10 minutes.
It’ll never happen though, because all the 3-point games keeps teams in the playoff races and fans’ butts in the seats.
I blame Schultz
by D'ohboy on Feb 25, 2011 10:47 AM EST up reply actions 13 recs
Yeah, sadly, apparently only fans have been able to come up with this obvious solution.
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these are the conversations that make it abundantly clear what a hack gary bettman is.
by Natty Bumppo on Feb 25, 2011 11:06 AM EST up reply actions
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OT here. Check your profile email if you get a chance, Natty Bumppo.
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by Christoph J on Feb 25, 2011 12:04 PM EST up reply actions
glad you pointed it out to me, i only check that email once a week or so.
by Natty Bumppo on Feb 25, 2011 1:09 PM EST up reply actions
Imagine the trade deadline if every game were worth the same amount of points. The NHL wouldn’t have nearly as many teams teetering on the line between ‘play-off bound buyers’ and ‘maybe next time sellers’.
That being said, with equal points in every game, teams would probably have a good idea of whether or not they’re making the play-offs well before the deadline.
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by kingzman264 on Feb 25, 2011 10:53 AM EST up reply actions
I guess one thing worth noting is that with different point incentives teams might be more aggressive and end more games in regulation, or have other things to affect the standings.
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by red army line on Feb 25, 2011 10:56 AM EST up reply actions
Interesting stuff. It looks like the landscape wouldn’t change too drastically, just create more of a distinction between teams in the standings.
Seems as though the 3-point system would have more implications towards play-off seeding than the volume of trades near the deadline
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by kingzman264 on Feb 25, 2011 10:59 AM EST up reply actions
When Wes calls the shootout the most exciting thing in sports in the arena, I want to punch a stabbed hobo.
/OT
Did you see “Hobo With A Shotgun” at Sundance? Hobos have been mentioned a lot lately at the Rink. I think it stems from J.P.‘s "a hobo’s Alex Semin" comment the other day.
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by Alz Well That Ends Well on Feb 25, 2011 10:55 AM EST up reply actions
It most certainly does not.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Feb 25, 2011 10:57 AM EST up reply actions
I blame the sluggish economy that has generated scores of new hobos.
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I blame iCarly.
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I don’t think using regulation wins as a tiebreaker is out of line with what the NHL already does. It’s no different from saying some points count more than others when you use number of wins as a tie breaker. If teams are tied in points, points from wins count more than points from OTLs. If teams are tied in wins, wins in regulation count more than SO wins.
Release the Mackan!
by Killer_Carlson on Feb 25, 2011 8:05 PM EST up reply actions
All games are created equal. But some games are more equal than others.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Feb 26, 2011 12:18 AM EST up reply actions
Side note: I miss the installations of Corey Masisak’s Diary.
Peerless hit the similarities between the teams pretty hard in his preview. I recall the last time the teams played – my thought at the time was that this was essentially a meeting of equals. Shocking, really, when you consider how much better the Caps have been the last couple of seasons.
If the Caps show up to play, I expect another close one.
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Both teams also 3-2 in their last 5.
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Both teams also wear red, white and blue and have Canadians, Americans, Russians and Swedes on their teams. WTF?!?!?!?!?
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And no Slovenians.
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by Rather Bengt on Feb 25, 2011 9:19 AM EST up reply actions
Are we being Punk’d?
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Feb 25, 2011 10:00 AM EST up reply actions
The cities both teams play for consider themselves the capital of the united states too.
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Home sweet home?
I’ve got to think that tonight, tonight they’re on their way.
"This leg...is stanky."
I’d like to see the Caps turn Verizon Center into the Rangers’ Theatre of Pain.
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I haven’t been to a game in a month so I’m going to be cheering Louder Than Hell.
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It shouldn’t be. Not against these Girls, Girls, Girls.
Btw, wish I could change the site to Jäpers’ Rïnk for the day.
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You’ve inspired me to fire up Pandora for some Crue.
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I’ve inspired myself to hook up my workstation so that the entire thing can revolve and spin over the crowd while I blog.
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by J.P. on Feb 25, 2011 8:41 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
So. Awesome.
Just don’t go any further and make a “personal” video.
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Yeah, you don’t need the visual of me hitting the enter key with… nevermind.
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It would indeed be Sticky Sweet.
Ew.
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This whole thing is sounding like a Hooligan’s Holiday.
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For all of the work that Olie’s done with autism, I always forget that Dafoe has an autistic child as well (off to donate).
"This leg...is stanky."
Just did a little searching, good to see he’s not shooting off about vaccines. He mentions it briefly on his German site, but follows up that no conclusive evidence has yet been found connecting the two.
IIRC, the British study that first posited that link between vaccines (specifically, the mercury therein) and autism has been thoroughly discredited and the author has lost his medical license due to academic fraud (dummying up the data, I think).
/end OT
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the hannah poling case had me debunking the link less enthusiastically than in the past, but this article in NEJM offers a pretty good explanation of all the facts in that case and how ultimately describing poling’s condition as autism was faulty.
by Natty Bumppo on Feb 25, 2011 11:29 AM EST up reply actions
debunked, really
"We know the answers have to come from this room," Hendricks said. "They're in here."
Wait, so Olie Kolzig isn’t as insane as Jenny McCarthy? No way.
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by J.P. on Feb 25, 2011 9:05 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
While I agree that what Carlson has achieved this season should put him in the mix for the Calder, it would require a level of insight that the voters almost never display. It always seems to come down to who has the most goals and/or points. Very rarely will a voter for the ROY take into consideration just how much more difficult it is for a first-year player to play defense vs forward. And in Carlson’s case, play huge minutes in the top pairing, against the top lines, on both the PK and PP and still put up good numbers with a great +/-. Bottom line is that a forward is probably going to win Rookie of the Year, but for value, I’ll take Carlson.
by b.orr4 on Feb 25, 2011 8:37 AM EST reply actions 10 recs
Didn’t a dman win ROY last year?
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by dcsportsfan1 on Feb 25, 2011 8:41 AM EST up reply actions
Right, it’s obviously not impossible – guys just have to have eye-popping offensive numbers… or be Barrett Jackman.
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Literally the lowest points-per game of any former Calder winner (excluding G’s, of course), per Wiki.
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Last 10 Calder’s have been as follows:
D- 2
G- 3
C- 2
RW-2
LW – 1
Pretty even. But I get the point, it’s hard for a D man who’s not scoring like a winger to get consideration. The fact that Carlson is put out there against the top lines of the other teams and doing very well at it is not going to win him many votes. Particularly in a year with so many dynamic rookie forwards.
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by dcsportsfan1 on Feb 25, 2011 8:46 AM EST up reply actions
The far bigger issue that Carlson faces is the fact that he’s not even the top-scoring rookie defenseman – he’s fourth and only two points ahead of Jamie McBain.
If the Caps’ PP had been clicking all year and Carlson had managed to rack up some more points on it, he might be in serious contention, but it just wasn’t to be.
I blame Schultz
Is it KHTaD that has been saying that a Calder trophy win, or even a nomination, would hurt us cap-wise?
You had me at no problem.
He did say that, yes. We’re not 100% sure of the accuracy on it, though (thought being that awards trigger bonuses which count against the cap).
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Do those bonuses cost cap space if they’re not in the player’s contract, though? It would seem a little ridiculous to penalize a team for a bonus paid by the NHL.
As for Carlson’s contract, he’s only eligible for $87,500 worth of bonuses this year, which won’t be the end of the world when it comes to cap space this year or next.
My reading of the CBA suggests that the league paid bonuses don’t count, but of course, I’m not a expert, accountant or a lawyer. Would make a great question for GMGM or Fishman next Caps Convention though.
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by red army line on Feb 26, 2011 1:56 AM EST up reply actions
With the presence of GOD tonight, hopefully the Caps and VC can get a miracle going …
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Alex Ovechkin then and now – plenty of “what,” but the “why” is as elusive as ever.
I think we’ve collectively and thoroughly deconstructed the “League has adjusted” theories. At least we have to my satisfaction, anyway.
With the Masisak tweet about him laboring through early practice, the extra weight listed on the roster sheet, the observed inability to create separation from the D, and the cortisone shots, I’m pretty comfortable with the twin diagnosis of 1) not in tip-top shape and 2) nagging injury. Throw in some bad luck on Shooting Pct and you’ve got the makings of a pretty bad year (relatively speaking).
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I’m very much in the “he doesn’t give a shit about the regular season (and perhaps why should he?)” camp, but don’t think the two points you noted are insignificant either. Also, Nicky’s down year. Also, being clean-shaven.
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he gets his beard back for the playoffs, da?
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Da. He needs his beard too.
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by capsyoungguns on Feb 25, 2011 9:20 AM EST up reply actions
I also think he was being extra careful with his physicality at first, especially from a few feet away from the boards. Lately he seems to have a good balance between a hard hit but not a hit that comes close to crossing the line.
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by capsyoungguns on Feb 25, 2011 9:19 AM EST up reply actions
I think this is true as well. It fits nicely with the he’s-saving-it-for-the-playoffs theory. He appears to have changed his game after a brutal year last year. Whether he’s saving it, or consciously trying to be less “reckless,” it has resulted in a different, less effective player.
I thought of it less of a “saving himself” theory and more of a “struggle-to-find-the-right-balance” theory.
I remember Knuble saying after the Campbell injury last season that Ovi didn’t need to make every hit be the hardest, most memorable one ever and that Ovi needed to choose his big hits more carefully and be more judicious on the ice. At the beginning of this season Ovi seemed to me to be a tad cautious with few if any really big hits.
His open ice hit on PK Subban made me therefore very happy—the big hits but not line-crossing hits had perhaps returned..
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by capsyoungguns on Feb 25, 2011 4:11 PM EST up reply actions
If that was the case, why wouldn’t we just have him set the weeks or months or whatever time period the appropriate surgery or recovery method needed to have it heal?
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Bruce Boudreau.
He’s played plenty of guys when they’re dinged up and could use the rest, even in meaningless situations.
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I don’t think even he would be that stupid.
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Yes he would. Look at the last game of the season last year. Instead of scratching and/or just keeping the minutes reasonable, Ovie, Baxter, Semin, and Green played most of the game. Who needs rest going into the playoffs?
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Oh but Semin hitting 40 goals and Green trying for 20 are so much more important than resting. Didn’t Ovie hit 50 goals and Backstrom 100 points on the same play during the second to last game of the season?
by vtcapsfan99 on Feb 25, 2011 11:18 AM EST up reply actions
I think you’re right. And with where the caps were positioned, I was really hoping Ovie would scratch himself for the last couple games to save himself for the playoffs. Ugh
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no way was Ovie going to scratch himself when he had already missed 10 games.
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What extra weight? Alex Ovetjkin keeps posting about this, Ovie weighs the same as he did last year. He spoke to the Russian press recently about it (from Alex Ovetjkin):
Pavel Lysenkov: The hockey expert Sergey Gimaev thinks that Alexander Ovechkin has too much of increased muscle mass and it affects his scoring effectiveness.
Ovie:I don’t agree with Mr. Gimaev. I have the same playing weight as last year. It is around 225-227 pounds (102–103kg) [According to Caps media your official weight at the beginning of the season was 234 pounds! — tj]. Everything is normal, the dynamics of my game have not changed.
by vtcapsfan99 on Feb 25, 2011 11:10 AM EST up reply actions
Maybe he weighs the same but his bf% has increased.
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He was reported to be over 240 at the beginning of last season, with a lot of extra muscle packed on during the offseason. He prepared for the Olympic year with far more passion than he did this season, is my guess.
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I have a salary cap question. If a player is on LTIR at the deadline, can their cap space be used to acquire a player through trade? And if so, can that player come back once the playoffs start?
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Yes on both I think. There’s no cap during the playoffs (players aren’t paid) and I think the Caps were planning to do this with somebody a couple of years ago (Clark or Nyls was supposed to be ready for the second round but the Caps didn’t make it).
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by Steck It Out on Feb 25, 2011 9:43 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
I’d like Hendricks and Bradley to write some Physical Graffiti all over Avery tonight.
I blame Schultz
Yep, make him go In Through the Out Door and into the Houses of the Holy.
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by Steck It Out on Feb 25, 2011 10:30 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Related: My absolute favorite hockey blog name (sorry, JP) has to be Houses of the Hockey.
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Yep. Not only for the Zep reference, but it abbreviates as Hoth, so I think of Empire. Killer combo.
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It’s a very long interview, but the Hendy mp3 link above ^ was pretty interesting. Whereas I thought he just drops gloves and starts slugging, apparently he does a lot of research on every guy he might go against in any given game. And a fair amount of mental prep, as well. I never knew it was all so complicated.
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Methinks that EVERY Capital should have that interview on their mp3 player of choice and listen to it before every game…. I almost want him to wear the “A” just because of it….
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by TheFuryUnleashed on Feb 25, 2011 11:29 AM EST up reply actions
Apropos of nothing other than tonight’s opponent being the Rangers, I think this might be the most underrated goal of AO’s career.
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by J.P. on Feb 25, 2011 9:36 AM EST reply actions 8 recs
along with “In a New York Minute” and the freeze frame of the puck going thru Morris’ legs
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It is awesome when slowed down, but the live action with stadium audio is equally distinguished by the arena’s audible gasps/cheers/cries when Ovechkin weaves through the defense, especially the last deke past Morris.
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I so very much regret that I bailed on that game and let my kids go together. Down 3-1 in the series, I somehow couldn’t bring myself to go watch them lose after they lost games 1 and 2 at home.
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Doc’s call on that reminds me of my upstairs neighbor. “Oh! Oh! Oh!”
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by RedBirdie on Feb 25, 2011 9:45 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Knew what it was and still clicked through. Great stuff.
"This leg...is stanky."
by Bald Pollack on Feb 25, 2011 9:47 AM EST up reply actions
I love that one. It was even sweeter because it came in a playoff series against a team that (next to the Penguins) might be the team I hate the most.
Also, lookit’ Boyd Gordon makin’ havoc right in front of the goalie.
Once again, looks who got himself into the highlight reel of another amazing Ovi goal. BGordon must have the record for the hightest ratio of appearing in Ovi sick goal highlights vs. minutes played with Ovi.
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by dcsportsfan1 on Feb 25, 2011 11:36 AM EST up reply actions
Purely by accident, certainly.
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Gordon centered Jagr on Opening Night 2003.
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Reminds me of Bruce talking about his Slapshot appearance. He knew the camera was focused on the goal so he just kept skating around and around the net to be sure he got on screen. Worked.
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by dcsportsfan1 on Feb 25, 2011 11:41 AM EST up reply actions
Mea culpa!
Per CapsToday, one of our recent Nooners was wrong:
Michal Neuvirth stopped all 39 shots on Monday against the Pittsburgh Penguins to record his 18th win of the season and now trails only Bob Mason (20 in 1986-87) in wins for the single-season franchise record for a rookie goaltender.
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I hope Bob Mason is giving you the Varly death stare right now J.P.
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by Rather Bengt on Feb 25, 2011 9:45 AM EST up reply actions
You mean the same one I’ve been giving him since April 19, 1987?
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We both have, mate, we both have.
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by Rather Bengt on Feb 25, 2011 9:51 AM EST up reply actions
I wish I were old enough to get this joke.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Feb 25, 2011 10:03 AM EST up reply actions
PING!…Lafontaine.
PING!…Lafontaine
…every freakin’ time I hear a puck hit a post… still …Lafontaine.
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by ThePeerless on Feb 25, 2011 10:42 AM EST up reply actions
He must have really been pushing rookie status at that point , judging from this chronology:
Signed in February of 1984 , played two games for the Capitals going 2-0-0, then sent back to Hershey.
In 1984-85 started with the Binghamton of AHL, got called up in November 1984 by Caps, going 8-2-1.
In 1985-86 season, Mason was back in Binghamton, went 20-11-2. Called up to the Caps for one game.
In 1986-87 season, he beat out Pete Peeters played 45 games and went 20-18-5 with a 3.24 GAA.
So he played parts of 3 seasons, starting 14 games before his “rookie” season.
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John Vogl reports the Sabres have placed defenseman Craig Rivet on re-entry waivers in hopes that could entice some teams which are believed interested in him to claim the veteran for half his remaining salary, which is now around $828K. Rivet will find out by noon ET on Saturday if he’s clears or gets claimed.
I wonder if the Flyers or Pens are going take a chance on him (Sorry to add some ABBA to Heavy Metal Friday).
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RB, here’s your reminder that 34 years ago today, Bruce Boudreau skated across the silver screen with a full head of hair, and the disgusting nature of his apartment was displayed for the world to see.
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I will try to get something written up today fellow RB, amidst the craziness with financial year end on Monday for the business and trying to clear as much off my plate before Monday with the Trade Deadline ;).
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by Rather Bengt on Feb 25, 2011 9:55 AM EST up reply actions
Jeepers.
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Quite a good DGB today. I wonder where George gets hung up?
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Poti and Fehr have since left the ice but the rest of the #caps, except for Alex Ovechkin, are on for the morning skate.
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by Chris Burton on Feb 25, 2011 10:02 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Poti is skating? and his groin didn’t explode? miracles!
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He’s sitting in the seats, doing shots of Stoli and yukking it up with Anisimov!
by S h a g g y on Feb 25, 2011 10:10 AM EST up reply actions
It’s Friday morning! He was obviously off celebrating Thirsty Thursdays
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by kingzman264 on Feb 25, 2011 10:42 AM EST up reply actions
i like your original answer more
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by kingzman264 on Feb 25, 2011 10:31 AM EST up reply actions
Why not? I mean, you have to give up talent to get talent, and I’m not sure that Varlamov is any better (or worse) that the other two options the Capitals can go to in goal.
You have potentially 3-4 more years of Varly decently priced, where he hasn’t peaked in terms of potential. Brad Richards could very well have jell-o for brains right now, and won’t be here after this year. It’s not like the Caps can’t win it all without Brad Richards, so they should look elsewhere to acquire talent.
I’m not saying I’m opposed to giving up any of the 3 goalies, but get something back in return that will allow the Caps to solve the 2C problem longer than the last couple months of this season.
by JimCareyFanClub on Feb 25, 2011 10:20 AM EST up reply actions
Why not? I mean, you have to give up talent to get talent, and I’m not sure that Varlamov is any better (or worse) that the other two options the Capitals can go to in goal.
Right now, he’s better. And that fact means both he and Neuvy will be reasonably priced for the forseeable future.
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by red army line on Feb 25, 2011 10:28 AM EST up reply actions
I dont agree that Varly is > than Neuvy…both are brittle but Varly more so, And Neuvy is having a better year.
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And Neuvy is having a better year.
That’s not the case. Varly’s performance outside of special teams (and ignoring GP) has been on par with the best goalies in the league. For Neuvirth, that’s true on the PK, but not at ES.
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by red army line on Feb 25, 2011 10:33 AM EST up reply actions
Not necessarily sold on that. I didnt say Neuvy was significantly better, I just said Varly was not significantly Neuvy. Neuvy has started 10 more games and faced 250 more shots. Plus he shut out the Pens or whats left of them twice.
Neuvys biggest problem is his rebound control. Its gotten better over the past few games. Varly has more upside but as of now I cant see how one is better than the other.
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Varly was not significantly Neuvy
Epic typo?
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by J.P. on Feb 25, 2011 10:46 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Rec’d …awful, I was on the phone getting yelled at while typing that.
forgot the better than ;)
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Leave it. Richards’ concussion + being a rental versus a goalie who is a legitimate #1, even with potential injury issues.
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I think for the most part it comes down to whether or not you want to sacrifice the future for a run right now.
I don’t think adding a great 2C is going to be the magic cure for a cup right now. Maybe we don’t get the cup this year, but I’m not sure adding a descent 2C is going to make the different. maybe we NEED to lose again (preferable at the least in the conference finals) for the entire team to gain a learning experience.
Maybe it’s better that the entire team learns the hardway rather than learning that all they need is a “quick fix”.
…
Or then again, maybe we should just beg Feds to come back this weekend :)
clips has been up for over 3 hours, and the “Happy Jeff Schultz Day!” jpeg hasn’t made an appearance? Slackers.
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Only somewhat hockey-related, but here’s a pretty awesome story that once again proves the sheer greatness of hockey fans.
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A Trade Deadline Hypothesis
I’ve noticed that there was appreciable movement this week and I’m guessing that the movement will slow down a bit over the weekend, but pick up on Monday.
Why is that you say?
It’s all about the schedule. There were several days this week where only a handful of teams were playing, but the NHL schedule is typically rather full on Friday and Saturday, with a lull on Monday. With playoff races having such razor thin margins, I have to imagine that GMs are loath to part with roster players on nights where they may have to play shorthanded.
With the Caps playing the Rags tonight and the Isles tomorrow I imagine that we may have to wait until Sunday or Monday to discover what GMGM has planned.
I blame Schultz
With playoff races having such razor thin margins, I have to imagine that GMs are loath to part with roster players on nights where they may have to play shorthanded.
I had the same thought and was mildly surprised to see the Pens pull the trigger on the GoGo trade just hours before playing the Caps for that reason.
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I think GMGM will let it stew until Monday just so Japers’ Rink gets more hits over the weekend from folks hoping to read that the Caps have made a trade and others panicking “OMG Everyone else but us is doing it!!!!”.
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by Rather Bengt on Feb 25, 2011 10:42 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Nah, it’s to drive OFB into a writhing, frothing teeth-gnashing frenzy.
Oh, wait.
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by EmilyB on Feb 25, 2011 10:45 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I think with the amount of injuries this year, there were plenty of teams that know what they needed. They didn’t want to wait until other teams had set up prices for players and the GMs of these teams found what they needed and pulled the trigger.
There have been a few (relative to ‘injury’ trades) that “groom” a team for the play-offs. The Flyers picking up Versteeg, TBL picking up Brewer, Sharks with Ian White, Bruins with Kaberle.
I feel like the rest, while improving prospects towards the playoffs, have been more out of necessity to fill a position vacated by an injured player.
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by kingzman264 on Feb 25, 2011 10:47 AM EST up reply actions
So this is a CSN game tonight, right? Alan May tweeted he’ll be at the Miller Lite viewing party at Penn Quarter Sports Tavern. Guess he won’t be on the air.
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It gets worse: Game on CSN+, so no pre-game or post-game analysis, plus a crappy picture to boot.
/kisses my game tickets
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by sydtron on Feb 25, 2011 10:43 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Those of us with Comcast in MoCo get CSN+ in beautiful HD.
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Looks pretty decent on Cox in Fairfax, too. Well, as decent as it can be anyway.
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Looka kinda small on a Lenovo laptop in Toronto.
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by Rather Bengt on Feb 25, 2011 10:52 AM EST up reply actions
We’ll be right over.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Feb 25, 2011 11:37 AM EST up reply actions
BTW, high winds tonight so although you have CSN+ in HD, you also have Pepco. Best of luck to ’ye. CSN in SD w/ power > (but only slightly) than CSN+ in HD w/ no power.
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by dcsportsfan1 on Feb 25, 2011 11:39 AM EST up reply actions
Grubauer
As has been mentioned previously, Caps prospect goalie Philipp Grubauer is out right now due to mono. Kingston actually sent him back home to Germany to rest.
Hasn’t he had mono for 2 months, now?
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 25, 2011 10:53 AM EST up reply actions
I once thought I had mono for an entire year. It turned out I was just really bored.
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by J.P. on Feb 25, 2011 10:55 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Ahhh, movie fail on my part.
Still, now I want to watch Real Genius again, so not a total waste. :-D
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Yep. It’s a moral imperative.
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by Bald Pollack on Feb 25, 2011 1:38 PM EST up reply actions
Depends on what the shoulder MRI says.
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by Bald Pollack on Feb 25, 2011 10:57 AM EST up reply actions
Where’s Brandon Anderson when you need him? (Other than posting not-so-good numbers in the W, that is.)
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Not to preempt the noon number, but Ovechkin is on the cusp of some pretty significant milestones. He’s seven goals away from 300, two assists away from 300 and nine points away from 600. All in under six seasons. Not bad for an overweight slacker, who skips practices, parties too much and is a terrible leader.
You’re stealing J.P.’s thunder!
That is some impressive stuff though. . .In the wake of decreased production i guess i forgot about the milestones
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by kingzman264 on Feb 25, 2011 11:02 AM EST up reply actions
I assume he’ll be the fastest to reach 300 goals since the introduction of the trap?
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At least after last season he was behind Gretzky, Lemieux, Bossy, maybe Lindros.
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by red army line on Feb 25, 2011 11:07 AM EST up reply actions
I’d really love to know where Ovie stacks up with goals and points adjusted for the era.
It took Sergei Fedorov 20 seasons (including 1 strike-shortened season and one holdout-shortened season) to pot 483 goals. How quickly does Ovechkin break that record?
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Hockey-Reference-adjusted, seasons 1-5
Ovechkin: 286-265-551
Bossy: 247-218-465
Lemieux: 247-339-586
Gretzky: 279-443-722
Lindros*: 201-260-461
*Lindros had many fewer GP than the others in his first five seasons, only playing 297. Putting him at 75 GP a season (375 GP) gives roughly 254-328-582.
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by red army line on Feb 25, 2011 11:46 AM EST up reply actions
I’ve always hated Lindros, but he was a really amazing player. It’s too bad he didn’t always understand that protecting himself was as important as crushing an opponent.
ovechkin’s ability to anticipate hits even in the tightest areas and somehow leave the other player on his ass continues to impress me, largely because i grew up cheering for lindros.
by Natty Bumppo on Feb 25, 2011 11:51 AM EST up reply actions
Who’s that Gretzky guy and how/why are his numbers so much higher than all the others?
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Feb 25, 2011 11:50 AM EST up reply actions
It’s Bob Mason’s fault.
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by Rather Bengt on Feb 25, 2011 11:53 AM EST up reply actions
9G, 2A!
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by RedBirdie on Feb 25, 2011 11:26 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Payback time. Now if only the Rangers would show respect for the importance of milestones and implode tonight—for Ovi’s sake.
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So apparently Chuck Kobasew is on the block. He hasn’t done a whole lot in Minnesota, but he put up a couple of 20-goal seasons in Boston when he was getting more ice time. He’s got good speed, decent hands, and a right-handed shot.
Any thoughts about adding him as a depth addition for the playoffs? He could be a useful Fehr replacement if Fehr doesn’t get better soon.
Price for him a tad steeper than I would want for replacement rental for Fehr. That said, it is a move that I could see GMGM making based on past moves.
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by Rather Bengt on Feb 25, 2011 11:51 AM EST up reply actions
Over the last three years his coaches have loved to get him against good competition with poor teammates and poor zone starts. He’s been killed. This season, same deal but with much easier competition, and he’s still losing, but not by quite so large a margin. He’s on for 32 shots against/60, 22 shots for/60 (latter 3rd lowest among Wild forwards with 40 GP), so I’m not sure he knows what to do in the offensive zone. Plays RW.
I guess he won’t hurt. At the very least he allows Fehr to play in the top-6.
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by red army line on Feb 25, 2011 11:55 AM EST up reply actions
Waiver update
Today’s waiver list:
Rivet on re-entry
Bernier cleared
Mike Smith cleared
Marco Sturm on waivers
Nick Boynton on waivers
continued
Caps signed Ford
more… Kris Newbury (NYR) on waivers, Mike Commodore (CBJ) on re-entry, Todd Ford (Wash) on waivers, Wade Belak (Nash) on waivers
Even if temporary until they can swing a deal, they had to have another goalie under contract given the circumstances and they have the contract space.
What does the “on waivers” part mean?
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Regarding Ford? To re-assign him to Hershey, he has to clear waivers on the way down like most vets.
Of course. Thanks.
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Are they waiving him down to Charleston, after that stinker last night when he gave up 3 goals in 40 seconds last night in the Bears loss?
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No. He’s officially a Capital as of now. They want to reassign him to Hershey, and he has enough vet status to be subject to waivers.
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Pretty sure once upon a time he was under contract to Toronto, but I don’t feel like researching it, lol.
This is a formality to re-assign him to the AHL/Hershey. I’d guess if they have any concerns about Holtby’s injury that, as I mentioned yesterday, they will be looking to trade for a depth goalie for Hershey, but one who is on an NHL contract for recall purposes.
Why sign him before they need him? Seems a strange use of a precious contract.
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Quick reaction – With the trade deadline Monday… If they signed him on Saturday, he would be on waivers all weekend (until Monday at noon) taking up a roster spot, which could be limiting from a trade perspective. They had an open roster spot right now so this way he’s only taking up a spot until tomorrow at noon. Yes, they could send down a waiver exempt player (e.g., Perreault) if needed temp. for a roster spot. Just one thought.
In terms of availability of they waited to sign him, I believe if they signed him after the trade deadline he could play in the regular season but not the playoffs, but I’d have to confirm.
FWIW, they have a decent number of contract spots at the moment with the junior players contracts not counting.
Yeah, my question isn’t so much about the roster as the 50 SPC limit. I guess they’re not expecting to add a whole bunch prior to Monday.
And watch it be a 3-year, one-way deal. Heh.
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ha, yeah no.
Anyway, one would assume they aren’t bringing in a ton of contracts and at a certain point, it’s possible a contract would go the other direction.
Technically, the Capitals have 50 signed contracts, but that counts the 4 players in juniors who are not overage juniors (Eakin, Grubauer, Anderson, and Flemming). So that means they sit at 46 contracts.
46 includes Nylander and the suspended Gustafsson.
Yeah, 47 was my count to – same math.
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Only one Bear went minus-3 yesterday – F. Bouchard.
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Good things the Caps let him develop to a point where he has value in a trade…
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Feb 25, 2011 12:30 PM EST up reply actions
I get the feeling Bouchard is the kind of guy who would improve markedly with a trade to another organization. In Hershey, he’s stuck behind older/more experienced guys on the depth chart (e.g. Andrew Gordon, Brian Willsie), and he’s stuck even further behind the guys who are already on the Caps (e.g. Semin, Knuble, Fehr). He’s the type of player who needs a top-six role to be effective, and he can’t see one opening on the right wing in Washington anytime soon.
So why work?
Trade him to a team with fewer offensive prospects in the system, and he’ll probably start to look a lot better.
If he was any good he wouldn’t be “stuck” behind all those guys. MP came in at the same time and is in the NHL. Granted, MP is playing a position where the NHL club is thinner, but he had produced enough that he was getting quality time in HER when he was down there. Bouch can’t even do that. Rotted on the vine.
I think I’d be happier if they’d signed Irbe…
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by J.P. on Feb 25, 2011 12:28 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Ha, I almost made that joke last night and figured someone would comment on the retirement stuff…Cassivi is out there, too :)
Anyway, I did bother to research it, looks like Ford signed his ELC with Toronto on June 1, 2004.
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@JapersRink @OnFrozenBlog probably signed and has to clear waivers for the deal to kick in
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That makes sense. As I tweeted in response, let’s cross our fingers and hope that a guy who gave up three goals in 40 seconds in the AHL last night clears NHL waivers today!
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Stretch left too soon.
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by Rather Bengt on Feb 25, 2011 12:36 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Is signing him to a contract a matter of being able to pay him more money in Hershey? I have no idea what his status was, but it wasn’t in the plan for him to be an AHL goalie this year.
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It’s simply having a warm body under contract and not injured. If Neuvy twisted his ankle this morning or something, they’d be screwed. Now, they’ve got Todd Ford… so they’d be screwed.
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No.
Holtby is out week to week (assumption based on reports: with a knee injury)
Sabourin is out (possibly for the season)
Caps only went into the season with 4 goalies under contract except for the junior goalies they signed, Grubauer and Anderson.
Even if under emergency conditions the Caps would have considered recalling Grubauer to back-up for a game (it is possible to recall a junior player under emergency conditions), he’s not available as he’s out with mononucleosis.
Okay, I vote we find out whose got four goalie voodoo dolls that look like our guys and ask them to please stop poking them with pins.
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The person with Voodoo Goalie Dolls has his dressed in Islanders uniforms.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Feb 25, 2011 1:19 PM EST up reply actions
I was wondering (I guess we all were) if there would be a trade for another Sabourin type instead.
Sigh….
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Wonder if GMGM has Matt Yeats on speed dial. Yahtzee!
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Ratislav Stana has a 917 sv% in the KHL. Bring back the Rat…
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by dcsportsfan1 on Feb 25, 2011 1:26 PM EST up reply actions
Hey – was that Drew Carey?
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by Backeez Got Back on Feb 25, 2011 12:28 PM EST up reply actions
Is Nashville trading Dman Sulzer? Do Philly and Nashville make another trade?
Sulzer didn’t play last night from what I recall and not practicing now???
Maybe to EDM for Smid.
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by Rather Bengt on Feb 25, 2011 12:38 PM EST up reply actions
My thoughts on this one probably should not be printed
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by Chris Burton on Feb 25, 2011 1:17 PM EST up reply actions
Print them!
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Feb 25, 2011 1:19 PM EST up reply actions
They can more or less be summed up like so:
WTF…gakglasdjhgsdlfkgjlsdkjgklsdgjldksjgsklhfdfo89uyhe0rph
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by Chris Burton on Feb 25, 2011 1:21 PM EST up reply actions
I mean GMGM couldn’t have made this move for defensive depth? Kinda ticks me off too.
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by Rather Bengt on Feb 25, 2011 1:28 PM EST up reply actions
Hell, up the ante and do it for a 5th!
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Feb 25, 2011 1:29 PM EST up reply actions
NSH only gets the 7th if Sulzer re-signs.
Its not a stretch when I say he’s better than Sloan, Erskine, and Poti. Blech.
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by Chris Burton on Feb 25, 2011 1:30 PM EST up reply actions
Clearing the way for Smid to be shipped there I guess.
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by Rather Bengt on Feb 25, 2011 1:33 PM EST up reply actions
Good thought, but we need a F and D with Belak/Svatos waived, Sullivan, Goc, O’R, and Lombardi all on IR. We’ve got only 17 healthy skaters.
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by Chris Burton on Feb 25, 2011 1:36 PM EST up reply actions
Penner and Smid in a blockbuster deal. ;)
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by Rather Bengt on Feb 25, 2011 1:54 PM EST up reply actions
No, I think I can safely say that Sulzer is better than Poti with very little fear of being wrong.
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by Chris Burton on Feb 25, 2011 5:29 PM EST up reply actions
I’m fairly positive all 30 NHL GMs disagree with you if the best GMDP could muster was a conditional 7th.
That’s why I’m so confused :P
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by Chris Burton on Feb 25, 2011 5:47 PM EST up reply actions
Or maybe your evaluation scale needs to be re-calibrated.
I’m no Poti fan, but he’s at least an established NHL D that can play in the top 4. Sulzer… not so much. And it’s not like he’s a spring chicken with any real upside at this point.
I’ll buy him as better than Sloan without ever watching him play because I doubt Sloan even gets us a conditional 7, but there’s no way he’s better than an established, every day (*when healthy), top 4 capable D.
see, I know I'm biased
but I still disagree. Almost all metrics except the box score bore Sulzer out to be the third best defenseman on the team behind Weber and Suter. I can dig up the links if necessary, but I know I wouldn’t take Tom Poti on the Preds over any defenseman but Blum at this very moment.
"[Weber] shoots like MacInnis, hits like Stevens." - Jeff Marek
by Chris Burton on Feb 25, 2011 5:56 PM EST up reply actions
Heh. Not that simple but safe to say the move today was incredibly confusing. Blum’s been fantastic (looks like he’s 28 instead of 22), but we’re left with 17 players.
"[Weber] shoots like MacInnis, hits like Stevens." - Jeff Marek
by Chris Burton on Feb 25, 2011 6:04 PM EST up reply actions
I hadn't seen this, but I LOLed.
My favorite part is the late addition of the “please.”
by Wheeler on Feb 25, 2011 1:03 PM EST reply actions 6 recs
Should I be ashamed at how long it took me to figure out who Taylor is and why this sign makes any kind of sense?
"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’m afraid I need someone to explain this ref to me. New Fan-itis still flairs up now and then.
There's always more to learn about Hockey.
He wants Ovie to marry Taylor Swift and insist on a trade to NSH.
Well played, sir. Well played.
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Up high, glove side, Alex.
John Carlson - Glory follows him.
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Better start calling you Mata Hari with the way you betray your man Boutros.
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by Rather Bengt on Feb 25, 2011 1:24 PM EST up reply actions
He’s been replaced in the lineup by Marek Malik. For shootout purposes.
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by Rather Bengt on Feb 25, 2011 1:22 PM EST up reply actions
Jeez, Eric blowing him up still smarts?
"This leg...is stanky."
by Bald Pollack on Feb 25, 2011 1:25 PM EST up reply actions
Wayne Gretzky holds dozens of NHL records, but he never was a candidate for the mark currently held by Alan May.
The former enforcer is the only player in NHL history to be involved in four of the 427 trade-deadline deals since 1980. May twice was dealt at the deadline in back-to-back years — in 1988 (Boston to Edmonton) and ’89 (Edmonton to Los Angeles), and again in 1994 (Washington to Dallas) and ’95 (Dallas to Calgary).
Four other players have been dealt three times at the deadline, the most notable being Hall of Famer Mike Gartner, who was swapped at the deadline three times in a five-year span — he went from Washington to Minnesota in 1989, from Minnesota to the New York Rangers a year later, and from the Rangers to Toronto in 1994.
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That should all be blockquoted, fyi.
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by red army line on Feb 25, 2011 1:29 PM EST up reply actions
Before he’s retired, I expect Derek Morris to break that record. Or Patrick O’Sullivan.
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by Rather Bengt on Feb 25, 2011 1:31 PM EST up reply actions
should anyone be interested, you can ask Alan May all about his deadline day trades when he does Q&A at Penn Quarter tonight.
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I’m thinking about going there after pregame at Bar Louie.
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I’m doing both as well. hope to be at Bar Louie no later than 5:15 (metro, pleasee work!)
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At the risk of hijacking Gouldie’s shindig tonight but in the interests of findability, I’ll be at Bar Louie in my Ovie all-star at the end of the bar by the hostess stand. It gets a little crazy in there with all the identical red Caps sweaters.
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Holy what? More content?
Easy… it’s very soft content. But it’s something.
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this is all just a clever ploy to keep clips form exploding into 600 “WHY HASN’T GMGM MADE A TRAAAAAAAAAADE YET?!?!” comments, isn’t it?
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