Saturday Caps Clips: SensTown Stinker; Caps @ Habs Game Day
by EmilyB on Mar 26, 2011 8:41 AM EDT
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PrintYour savory Saturday brunch links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night's loss from us, Caps365 video (Boudreau, players), Vogs, NHL.com, WaPo (Carrera: blog, gamer), WashTimes (Whyno: blog, gamer), CSN Washington (Beninati), Frankovic, RMNB, SB Nation DC, Puck Daddy, PHT, KOL, CRtC, Icon Sports Media (pics).
- Previews of tonight's hoedown with the Habs from Vogs, NHL.com, CRtC and RtR, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner Habs Eyes On The Prize for more coverage from the other side of tonight's match-up.
- So. About that officiatin'. [WashTimes (Whyno)]
- Bloody Brads. [RMNB, Caps Outsider]
- The Hershey Bears are getting healthier but had a rough night in Glen Falls. With Braden Holtby in goal, they...wait. What? [SHoE]
- On the occasion of their last regular season northern swing, O Canada considers the Caps, then and now. [Ottawa Citizen]
- It's been a strange, strange, strange, strange, strange season. [Montreal Gazette]
- Oh hai there playoff and tourney time for the juniors and the college kids. Here's some updates for the Caps' prospies:
- Patrick Wey will have to wait for his junior year to contend again for a national title. The Boston College Eagles got hit by a freight train named Jaden Schwartz and the Colorado College Tigers won by an 8-4 final. Wey finished up 0-0-0, minus-2.
- Philipp Grubauer could only wait and watch as his Kingston Frontenacs got shelled 7-3 and then 10-1 by the Oshawa Generals.
- Getting off to an uncomfortable start in the first round of the WHL Western Conference playoffs: Cody Eakin. The Kootenay Ice lost at home to the Moose Jaw Warriors, 4 goals to none. Cody's stats? 0-0-0, minus-2. Yeah.
- The Lewiston MAINEiacs kept it a little closer but still lost to the Moncton Wildcats 4-1. Samuel Carrier went 0-0-0, minus-1 and was on ice for 2 goals against.
- Brett Flemming and the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors got a 4-1 victory over the Belleville Bulls. He went 0-0-0 and a rather uncharacteristic minus-1. We all know the playoffs are different creatures, but that's his first minus game since February 16. And before that? January 8.
- And boom went the dynamite as the Saint John Sea Dogs steamrolled the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles. Stanislav Galiev scored the Dogs' first goal - and their seventh - on the way to a 10-0 final score, going 2-1-3, plus-2, and earning third star of the game.
- Finally, a milestone. Fourteen years ago today, Mike Knuble was called up from the Adirondack Red Wings to join the big club in Detroit for a late-season game against the Avalanche. The scoresheet shows a modest two shots on goal and no points for the rookie. But his first-ever NHL game was one for the history books nevertheless. Happy anniversary, Knubs!
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It’s funny how much more losing sucks when you start to expect to win each game.
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by Sam DC on Mar 26, 2011 8:53 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Especially when getting shot out by perfectly bad teams. (And, once again, we start questioning the team’s intestinal fortitude.)
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having won 11 of the previous 12 before last night…you’d have to think a bad game or bad luck or hot goalie or bad reffing would come along at some point and throw a wrench into things. When you have more than just one of those combining together, you get a loss like last night. Fortunately we play again right away tonight to wash away the memory.
Everything ends badly...otherwise it wouldn't end.
by Davethecapsfan on Mar 26, 2011 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Never questioning “Concussion Symptoms” again. Jeez, my head is just throbbing today.
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Ouch! What happened?
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Had a concussion March 8th. Had a week and a half of feeling better, and the dizziness came back yesterday, and the pain today.
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Bummer. I remember when my son had his nose broken in a soccer game I was worried about a possible concussion and was careful to watch him for a day or so. You’d think supposed non-contact sports wouldn’t be at risk for that. Yeah.
Don’t try to figure Sasha out. Just ride the wave.
I don’t know of any team sports that aren’t in some way a contact sport (or at least carry the potential). But yeah, you expect strains and sprains in soccer/basketball, but no contact injuries.
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I can see it in basketball especially down low with everyone jumping for the ball. Soccer is rough around the shins but I could see a rare concussion while someone is sliding. I remember when I was a little kid I fell into a circle of kids trying to kick the ball and caught a few in my head.
Suspend Colin Campbell!
Broken nose came from two kids trying to head the ball at the same time. Mine was the shorter boy.
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Chris Nowinski’s CSTE group noted awhile back that the concussion rate in soccer is a fairly close second to football (all the heading).
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by Bald Pollack on Mar 26, 2011 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions
Being one of the taller guys on my team, I’m constantly going up to challenge for headers. I used to get a head on just about every kick from the keeper too, but have since toned it down. I’ve actually felt myself getting slightly dumber the last few years (if that’s possible).
But maybe it’s just the booze.
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I’m totally with you on this.
Had a concussion last fall from playing soccer. Went up for a header and the dude elbowed my ear. I dropped like rock. It sucked bad.
Funny part- I actually had a severely bruised ear. An ear!
Had never seen a bruised ear before that.
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You gotta run to a window and say: "Hey, these floors are dirty as hell, and I'm not gonna take it anymore!"
Gee Fro, your injury sounds an awful lot like Mike Green’s. Or at least in the same area. But then Mike had to have stitches applied to the ear as well. (And after that game, he supposedly was going to be okay, according to Boudreau.)
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With Carolina beating Tampa Bay, last night’s loss wasn’t that bad but if the Caps really don’t want to face the Rangers, then beating Montreal tonight is kinda important.
We’re officially at our 3rd worst shutout total ever. The Post pointed out today that we were shut out 11 times in 1998-1999.
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Hard to believe how many times we’ve been shut out. Ugh.
Also, there’s a reason the Sens traded for and signed Anderson long term.
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I thought I heard someone say yesterday that he had become unhappy in Colorado and wanted to be traded. Gee, he was losing there, and was part of the reason for it. Ottawa had better hope he stays happy for the next four years.
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Even if he’s a mediocre goalie (And I don’t think he is – I would say he’s above average), the man has the ability to win games he shouldn’t.
"Don't mind WM...he's an all-around jerk."
Of course, every goalie acquired off the scrap heap has the ability to win games they shouldn’t against the Washington Capitals.
Sure that if Nabby ever returned to the NHL, guess what team he would beat.
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Anderson can beat other teams too. And every team takes games off – I remember going to Winging it in Motown during the last game against the Wings and they had some interesting comments during the second period:
i hope this isn’t one of those
"inexperienced goaltender goes into detroit…" type of games
they’re usually the same as the
"We have to play 3 periods today?" games
We aren’t the only team who has these issues (going off strictly from eye tests, not looking deep into stats) and if it’s common enough that they have a hashtag about it, it’s probably near what we have to deal with. If we’re going to have the same issues as another team, I’d rather the Red Wings than just about any.
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When I went to “Broad Street Hockey” when the Flyers were having a losing streak, I was reading all sorts of comments of the Flyers “not playing 60 minutes”, “not having heart”; etc. And hearing Flyers fans complain about Danny Briere’s annoying tendency of taking minor penalties at inopportune times.
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So we will just win the cup … then it doesn’t matter
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by TheFuryUnleashed on Mar 26, 2011 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Great Clips today Emily…love seeing the links about prospects. I definitely don’t have the patience or energy to follow all of those teams…so thanks.
Now the burning question. Who will be in goal for us: the halt or the lame? (Or, the sick or the rusty from injury) Or has Holtby been called up. despite all the denials?
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It might be a burning question, but I’ll take giving up 2 goals any day of the week in a game, and really, just one in this case. The answer won’t come for a while – and this game couldn’t have made the picture any vaguer.
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Giving up 2 goals isn’t bad work. If they did it consistently. Of course, the catch is, scoring more than 2 on a regular basis. I’m sure it’s coincident but it does seem like the Caps offense has taken the night off a lot when Varly’s in goal.
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I thought last season the O provided more on average when Varly was in net rather than Theo. Varly’s been with them longer, so maybe they’re subconsciously trying to get some more support for the rook.
by hockeyman33 on Mar 26, 2011 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions
Don’t know if it’s the “work harder for the rook” syndrome since he’s barely out of rookiedom himself.
But it seems that, this year, Varly was always out injured during the periods the Caps would play well. Out for most of October and November. And out for the winning streak of March this year as well. (Come to think of it, Varly was not in goal for the Caps long winning streak for last year. He was out due to, you guessed it, being injured.)
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Think he gets the start? Not like we won’t know in a couple of hours.
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I doubt it’s either (Neuvy’s still too sick to go), but as discussed last night, I really wouldn’t want him taking back-to-back nights, especially just off an injury. We’ll see what Bruce thinks.
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I think it’s the back to back thing. I would be leery of using Varly in back to backs immediately coming back from an injury.
Would not be surprised If Neuvy’s too sick to go, especially if he had the same illness as Oisk. (Oisk missed an awful lot of time with that one — at least 3 games IIRC).
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Goalie soap opera.
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by Steck It Out on Mar 26, 2011 10:15 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I just want some stability.
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by Steck It Out on Mar 26, 2011 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions
As unsettled as our goalie situation is, at least we can count on having a good backup most of the time, which is more than we can say about teams like the Rangers, Buffalo, or Carolina if their #1 went down for any length of time.
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Link for Game notes for tonight was posted on twitter by WashCaps. Sutherland is one of the refs again. Makes me want to scream.
Hey emily — ottawa citizen link points to montreal gazette
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Mar 26, 2011 10:55 AM EDT reply actions
Bullet fixed now and worth a read:
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/sports/Attitude+adjustment/4507768/story.html
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that is a really nice writeup.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Mar 26, 2011 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I dunno, is there really anything in there you wouldn’t get in a U.S. article, even a Post article? “The Caps sometimes use the trap. Hey! The Devils famously employ the trap!..” The bit about Boudreau probably thinking he was getting fired is false (or at least not obviously true). The article is well-written, I will grant.
by Rainbow, Kitty, Beer on Mar 26, 2011 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Couple thoughts on the “officiating” last night.
-The call on Hendricks was truely a joke. Not so much that they missed the high stick, but then claiming that the cut was the result of a skate…I’m really surprised Hendy and BB didn’t explode when they heard that one. Not sure why the ref who called the penalty couldn’t be me forceful about enforcing his call. If he was certain enough to make the call in the first place, he should be certain enough to stick with it. I can’t imagine letting three guys talk you out of a call like that unless you have zero confidence in your call in the first place.
BTW, if you look at the replay, Hendy got cut on near the right eye, the side of his face that was closest to the glass and therefore furthest away from anyone’s skates. Oh by the way, he had his glove over his eye before he hit the ice which probably would have shielded him from getting clipped by a skate.
-The irony is that when it was time to make the Bradley call, the refs could have and should have applied the same logic. IMO, the ref who initially blew the whistle did it thinking it was a head shot. When the other refs/linesman said no, he changed the call to a boarding call instead of waiving it off ala the Hendy high stick. As DGB tweeted, its funny how a boarding call can be made when the guy getting boarded had a skate in the face off circle. Charging would have been the more logical, yet still incorrect, call on that one.
-Penalty on Brads aside, that was the perfect example of how the instigator rule should work. Brads should not have to account for a clean check. The Sens guy who went after Brads deserves the extra 2 and 10.
-That’s a missed 4 minute PP in a tie game in the first period and a regular PP with under 10 minutes to go in the third. Hard to say that those didn’t affect the outcome of the game, particularly the missed call on Hendricks.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Mar 26, 2011 11:21 AM EDT reply actions 9 recs
Gary WINS……
"Can you smell what the Arnott is Cooking?"
by TheFuryUnleashed on Mar 26, 2011 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Bingo.
SWhyno Caps didn’t want to risk Varlamov on back to backs. Fehr in tonight. Neuvirth not on ice for skate
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I hope the game is on at the restaurant tonight instead of basketball. I want to be able to peak at the scores.
I hope Holtby vs. the Habs, Rd. 2 goes as well as round 1 went last week!
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It’s Hockey Night in Canada. He did pretty well the first time.
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How sick is Neuvy I wonder? Did he get that cold/flu thing that Oisk had last week? Sounded like Oisk was pretty miserable, given that he even had trouble eating much.
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Two games, eight goals. :/
He was s’posed to play last night but got held out pending a potential callup.
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He has. He did a similar thing last year once. Was called up to Hershey. Played well. And then stunk up the first game he played when sent back down to South Carolina. (He did right himself.)
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Fehr in — I like that. Hopefully, nothing will happen to him during the game. Rather have Fehr in there instead of DJ King. (Didn’t we lose to Detroit the last time we had DJ King instead of Fehr?)
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Only slightly related to the Bohvechkin shirt – a friend of mine started calling me “Matty Boh” yesterday.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Mar 26, 2011 12:31 PM EDT reply actions
That makes no sense, since your name is Steckel.
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But he’s in the works to change it to “Arnott Me Elmo.”
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I think I’m actually going to just leave my SBN name as is. Can’t think of anything good enough to change to considering the rapport I have with this name.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Mar 26, 2011 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Mackan Love?
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Mar 26, 2011 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Jamackan Me Crazy
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Mar 26, 2011 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
How about Steckel Me Elbow
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by TheFuryUnleashed on Mar 26, 2011 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
So, we’re at 96 points with seven games left. Right now, we clinch the SE if we get to 106, which means winning 5 out of 7.
However, according to SportsClubStats, unless we get 4 points or less from the remaining games, we stand a greater than 90% chance of finishing first in the SE.
And – even if we go 7-0, we still are only around 50% likely to take 1st seed.
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Heading to Kettler in a few hours to give blood. I think the Caps missed out on today’s giveaways and they may never get the chance again. It should have been a Matt Bradley bobblehead, not Varly.
Don’t try to figure Sasha out. Just ride the wave.
If only they had used a crystal ball. Brads just hadn’t been bleeding this season but he made sure he shed a season’s worth last night.
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by capsyoungguns on Mar 26, 2011 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Your Game 7 Ref?
Speaking of the stellar refereeing last night…totally subjective I realize (and not objective my yours truly)…who would you NOT want to ref a game 7?: Here are a few that leap out for me (mostly older dudes whose pain inflicted still hurts):
Devorski
McCreary
Sutherland
VanMassenhoven
Walkom
Auger.
End of list.
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by Whiter Mage on Mar 26, 2011 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
McCreary is retiring April 6th I believe. His last game will Florida @ Washington (his first ever game was in Washington as well)
I’ve got to believe that it’s his last regular season game. I would think that the refs are similar to the players in terms of wanting to work in the post season.
I think they also want to have a set retirement date, and he’s not working the post-season.
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Granted, not always reliable but via his wiki…
McCreary will retire at the end of the 2010/2011 season and will officiate his last regular season game in Washington, DC – the place he started his NHL officiating career.
Hmm, interesting. I was just thinking back to last year. Short memory syndrome, so I don’t remember who, but didn’t someone retire at the end of the regular season?
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TSN said he won’t work another game after the regular season ends. He wanted to start and end his career in the same city so he voluntarily pulled himself from the playoff pool.
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by red army line on Mar 26, 2011 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions
On this, the 14th anniversary of Fight Night at the Joe and Knuble’s NHL debut, I demand
1. A fight between Braden Holtby and Carey Price
While I don’t want to see that at all, I give Holtby the edge.
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Of course, which decimated team should get the edge. Montreal’s missing at least 3 defensemen and Pacioretty.
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Think MON is going to be trying to prove something after that 7-0 pasting at the hands of the Bruins the other night
Carey Price is rather large, isn't he?
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Mojo is rather small.
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by Chaz-Capapalooza on Mar 26, 2011 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions
“Generously” listed at 5’11"
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and he’s bending his knees so…
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by Chaz-Capapalooza on Mar 26, 2011 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions
He looks like a Transformer ….
"Can you smell what the Arnott is Cooking?"
by TheFuryUnleashed on Mar 26, 2011 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions
A “pricey” one at that.
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by CapsFan75 on Mar 26, 2011 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Come on Caps, give the Rangers a helping hand tonight. Beat Montreal.
(Okay, I’m a real Caps fan, not a Rangers fan but ….)
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Seriously. It looks like it’s between NYR, MTL, TBL. I know who I definitely do not want to play.
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by Chaz-Capapalooza on Mar 26, 2011 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions
A team about 250 to the north of us whose home arena is only a block or so away from the main location of a famous movie starring Natalie Wood and whose home area has the same initial as a common spice often used for Chinese food.
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Tampa Bay has those two games in hand, but the way they’ve been playing they’re going to be hard-pressed to hold on to that 5th spot. I could easily see them slipping to 6th or even 7th which wouldn’t disappoint me in the slightest.
If they fall all the way to 7th I’d probably be very happy. Roloson has had the touch of god in the playoffs before, and he’s already shut us out twice, but at his age I’m not sure he has the stamina to hold up under the workload they’ve been giving him. He’s not exactly being insulated behind a great D corps.
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Tampa looks like a tired team that just doesn’t believe they can win anymore. I suppose they could turn it around in the playoffs, but if the Caps can’t beat them in a first round series then they really are pretenders.
Agreed. I’d be shocked if TBL thinks they can’t win, but they definitely look worn thin. With MSL and Lecavalier I have to imagine they have the leadership to believe they can win. Those guys have been there before.
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Phil DeSimone getting some love on the broadcast of UNH/Miami. He’s been the top line C on UNH two years in a row. Both years he had a Hobey Baker Finalist on his wing. Pretty impressive, but I’m still skeptical about him in the pro ranks.
1-1 so far, two real quick goals. I missed both because the end of the Hopkins/UVA lax game was on (great ending, Hopkins won by one). It’s on ESPNU, if anyone cares.
As Caps fans we probably care most about Miele (Miami) and DeSimone (UNH). Miami probably wins this, but it should be a quality game.
And finally, I cannot tell you how much it pisses me off when the NCAA does this fake seeding bullshit. Miami is the 1 seed, UNH is the 4 seed. But the game is being played in Manchester, NH! So you tell me who has the home ice advantage? Really pisses me off when they stick 4 seeds at home. Like, incredibly. I understand travel costs but it’s a shame to any sort of seeding system to make a 1 seed travel from Ohio to NH and then play the home team! (They did it to Denver a few years ago. Denver was the “1” seed in the bracket located in Madison, WI. Guess who was the 4 seed… guess who won the game… and guess who was a 4 seed that didn’t even deserve to be in the tournament because they were sub-.500 (or maybe just at .500) in the regular season. Lay-Mo.)
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by Rob Parker on Mar 26, 2011 4:17 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Yeah, it’s been good so far. I wish the Caps would have drafted Miele instead of DeSimone. I’m not sure either will do much in the pros, but Miele is certainly the more dynamic player in the NCAA. Miele has an incredible ability to slow down the play at the NCAA level. I’m not sure he can do that or get away with it in the AHL/NHL levels. I’m sure he’ll get signed and get a chance to prove it, but I doubt it’s with us, unfortunately.
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Rec’d for the rant on the NCAA’s seeding bullshit. What a joke.
Release the Mackan!
by Killer_Carlson on Mar 26, 2011 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Funny or not?
I recall a discussion some time ago (on a FanPost or recap, I cannot recall). Someone was boasting that we should be Ottawa no problem. Myself and some others were saying we can’t think like that. Any team can beat you on any given night.
In any sense anyway, if we had to lose, last night was the best time to lose. I hope we can bounce back.
Go Caps!!!
...duhhh....what's a goal?
by RedskinFan4Life on Mar 26, 2011 5:53 PM EDT reply actions
That may have been me. I think several people said that. I was talking about how many points we could expect to win in the final stretch and people thought I was high. More than almost any team I’ve ever watched, the Caps can win or lose against any team they face.
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no i don’t think so….it was a name i don’t see often
...duhhh....what's a goal?
by RedskinFan4Life on Mar 26, 2011 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions
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