Wednesday Caps Clips: Round 1, Game 1 Game Day
by J.P. on Apr 13, 2011 6:26 AM EDT
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Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of tonight's Game 1 with the Rangers from Vogs, NHL.com (Lozo), RtR and CRtC, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner Blueshirt Banter for more coverage from the other side of tonight's match-up and throughout the series.
- Notes and assorted whatnot from yesterday's practice:
- In general. [Caps365 (video), CI (Carrera), 106.7 The Fan (Kerstein), bridgetds (pics)]
- To the surprise of no one (with the possible exception of Semyon Varlamov's Russian agent), Michal Neuvirth was named Game 1 starter and is cool as a cucumber. [ESPN (Burnside), WaPo (Wang)]
- Mike Green says he's playing. Bruce Boudreau says he's a "game-time decision." Bruce Boudreau is playing games. [CW (Whyno), DCEx (McNally), CI (Wang)]
- Bit of a surprising news reported by TSN's Darren Dreger that Dennis Wideman wasn't released from the hospital until Monday of this week. [CW (Whyno)]
- From Rangers practice, some bytes from John Tortorella. [Ranger Rants]
- A must-read on "the 'E' word" (and no, it's not "Eminger"). [Dump 'n Chase]
- Classic coming-of-age tale, these Caps. (We hope.) [WashTimes (Daly)]
- Jason Arnott is not just a man, he's the man. [WaPo (Wise)]
- In case you hadn't heard, the Caps play some defense nowadays and their captain's cool with that. [NHL.com (Masisak), WaPo (Svrluga), AP, Globe and Mail (Duhatschek), NYT, The National]
- How to stop Alex Ovechkin. (What, no foreward by Joe Corvo?) [WSJ]
- What didn't kill the Caps has made them stronger. (We hope, Part 2.) [NHL.com (Masisak)]
- The series could come down to how good Henrik Lundqvist is. [WaPo (El-Bashir), WSJ]
- Five Caps who are on the spot. [CSN Washington (O'Halloran), with a focus on two of them in the Calgary Sun and one singled out at PHT; five more names at DCEx]
- Series previews from those who know the Caps best. [Capitals (Vogel), WashTimes (Whyno), WaPo (Carrera)]
- The Rangers are young. [Ranger Rants]
- Alexander Semin... speaks?! [CW (Whyno)]
- A final round of predictions:
- Caps win. [Everybody who writes for NHL.com, Elliotte Friedman, SB Nation, 14 local media folks including yours truly, Puckhead]
- Caps in five. [Peerless, Empty Netters, Baltimore Sports Report]
- Caps in five-and-a-half. [RMNB, The Checking Line]
- Caps in six. [Puck Daddy, SB Nation DC, HotH, Hockey Independent (Scriven), Kurtenblog (hey, I'm allowed to average), StC, Ball Hogs Radio, Leader-Post, USA Today (Allen), OFB]
- Caps in seven. [ESPN (Hradek), AP (Podell)]
- Rangers in seven. [ESPN (La Greca), Puck Prospectus]
- Caps win. [Everybody who writes for NHL.com, Elliotte Friedman, SB Nation, 14 local media folks including yours truly, Puckhead]
- The Mike Wise Show was broadcasting out of Kettler and had the following interviews:
- John Carlson... [106.7 The Fan (audio)]
- ... Matt Hendricks... [106.7 The Fan (audio)]
- ... and Boudreau, who was actually asked about his job security. [D.C. Sports Bog, 106.7 The Fan (audio)]
- Elsewhere, Barry Melrose was on LaVar and Dukes and The Sports Fix.... [D.C. Sports Bog, 106.7 The Fan (audio), ESPN 980 (audio)]
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By my count that’s 47 clips. It’s definitely play-off time here at the Rink. Many thanks for putting up an incredible amount of content over the past few days. I think reading more and more into the match-ups has slightly eased my anxiety towards the upcoming play-off push.
Soon the Championship with be ours, all ours!
Exact opposite for me. Perhaps its because I an a neophyte in my love for hockey in general and caps in particular… but the overload of information just has me worried. I really don’t know how much work is getting done today.. but I’ve already pounded some tums..
(> ^ .(> O .O)>
by Sentient Cheese on Apr 13, 2011 7:47 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I’m just hoping that the Capitals can step it up in the postseason the way the Rink has. It’s like a content tsunami.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 9:24 AM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think we want the bad things to happen. Too many of us are enjoyin’ it here, fuckin’ like it here.
"I don’t think too many guys try to talk to him and get him into the play ... if I can do that and it helps out our line then it’s what I’ll do." -- Jason Arnott on Alexander Semin
by patred48 on Apr 13, 2011 9:49 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Excellent pull there, patred48. Hopefully BB can inspire/scare the guys to want to go all the way in the playoffs like he did in Ottawa that night.
"I remembered when he said that and I kind of looked at him during the warm up and told myself that I got to shut these guys out tonight." - Michal Neuvirth, 02.06.11.
I’m getting ready to head out on my 900 mile round trip pilgramage for games 1 & 2.
This will be 3 out of 4 years I’ve been able to cut loose and Rock The Red.
BTW, I think I’ve clinched the deal that will get the Caps to the ECF…I have a trip to Germany scheduled for the last 2 weeks in May. Sacrifices you make for the team…sigh.
Tin ‘n’ Lint FTW.
....when the truth is if they knew anything about the game, they'd be in it.
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by redlineblue on Apr 13, 2011 8:16 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Looks like there’s a few of us. I’m a transplant from Schenectady.
I am a hockey fan first, and a Caps fan second.
by iwearstripes on Apr 13, 2011 9:14 AM EDT up reply actions
I lived in Latham for a year, and my wife’s family lives in Malta.
Release the Mackan!
by Killer_Carlson on Apr 13, 2011 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I went to many RPI games as a kid, and saw a number of Capital District Islanders games on campus. Played more at Union, but played at RPI a fair number of times.
Is Houston Field House still there? Or have they upgraded? I remember that place being a dump.
I am a hockey fan first, and a Caps fan second.
by iwearstripes on Apr 13, 2011 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions
OT.
"My favorite fan base in D.C. Is United's. Period. The end." - Steinberg
by Bald Pollack on Apr 13, 2011 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe you could consider linking to the off-topic thread if you insist upon posting “OT” or “Off-Topic” in every thread that is even marginally off-topic.
That way you’re making a marginally useful post while you play topic cop.
You better get on top of things… I see a post about a NAS/ANA preview that doesn’t say “Off-Topic” under it yet.
I am a hockey fan first, and a Caps fan second.
by iwearstripes on Apr 13, 2011 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
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How about this: please keep comments not related to hockey or Caps ton the OT thread, one of the reasons why we’ve had an OT thread for a year now. Failure to do so will result in warnings and possible banning for continued infringement,
Happy? Can we be friends now?
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by Bald Pollack on Apr 13, 2011 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I agree there needs to be order within the threads, I respect the effort and time you guys put in.
I would reTORT that stripes’ statement is hockey related
Capital District Islanders games
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Boy you weren’t kidding on the Clips. Where’s that coffee IV?
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Someone needs to start prepping Ovi’s tweets for the Phil Rizzuto poetry treatment. Stat.
名誉と大きな脳物質のステッケルミーエルモ男！
woohoo playoff hockey!
What doesnt kill you makes you stronger.
by BetterOffWith28 on Apr 13, 2011 7:22 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Evgeny Kuznetsov underwent surgery in Germany in one of the clinics near Munich. At the end of this week the player will return to Chelyabinsk. Rehabilitation period is estimated will be three months. Hockey Club “Tractor” Eugene wants a speedy recovery!
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When’s he supposed to be getting married? Do we know?
That'll make your weagle wink!
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Of course we know. June 3.
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From the Glove and Mail:
The Capitals single-handedly account for the year-over-year decline in scoring.
Can a completely awesome statement also be completely sad?
If this is really the case, the rest of the league basically scored the same number of goals in 2010-11 as they did in 2009-10. What changed after the end of the 2008-2009 season that accounts for a drop in goals (since the point seems to be yearly decreasing goals scored since the the lockout).
One of the computer simulations, reported by NHL.com, has bad news for us. Let’s hope it’s just because the Rangers are better on paper than us, but still….
Link here, for those interested, but it’s one of the links to the side of here
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=559404
Rocking the Red for teams on the banks of the Potomac and at the Gateway Arch and Singing the Blues about Hockey.
depending on how heavily they weighted pre trade deadline regular season outcomes between the two teams, can’t say I’m surprised.
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by Sombrero Guy on Apr 13, 2011 7:41 AM EDT up reply actions
We simulated the entire Stanley Cup Playoffs 1,001 times using the current season rosters and statistics.
This probably doesn’t take into account recency. When I did mine using the entire season Caps had ~47% chance at winning series vs NYR. Taking last 35 games as barometer WSH has 57% chance.
I would bet that only using games since the trade deadline would also yield vastly different results.
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does that account for Callahan being out? None of the simulations I’ve seen have taken that into account. That is a major loss for them and not factoring it in seems like a major inaccuracy.
Probably not. It’s so hard to adjudge how a team fares without a certain player, even a goalie.
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by red army line on Apr 13, 2011 9:11 AM EDT up reply actions
I can assure you that if it’s Chad DosNueve instead of Lundqvist in net, Caps win 99.44% of the simulations.
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by George E. Ays on Apr 13, 2011 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions
You’re underestimating DosNueve’s heart and compete level. Plus not being a sneaky Swede.
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by red army line on Apr 13, 2011 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Just ran this sim for WSH/NYR game 1. Here were the results:
NYR defeats Caps on GWG from Callahan (playing 18 min) but the good news is Wideman has a goal assisted by Flash on PP plus another assist.
I kid you not.
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by NGreenberg on Apr 13, 2011 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Anyone that follows me knows I have a weakness for simulations, so I thought I would give this NHL sim a few more tries to convince me:
Goal scored by Dave Steckel assisted by Tomas Fleischmann and Dennis Wideman
Goal scored by John Erskine assisted by Tomas Fleischmann and Marcus Johansson
And then the clincher this thing just flat out cannot be trusted:
Goal scored by D.J. King assisted by Dennis Wideman and Tomas Fleischmann
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Don’t tell Boudreau. He’ll put that guy in the lineup if he hears!
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Apr 13, 2011 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I’d find it more believeable if that King goal were assisted by Dennis Rodman and Tomas Sandstrom.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Seriously. I CAN’T STOP hitting refresh.
Knuble and Ovi hat tricks — Knuble got his in 1st period tho. This makes it somewhat believable: “2 minute penalty on Alexander Semin for broken stick”
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Next one counts. They’re going to cancel the real game, go with whatever happens on your sim.
Press refresh carefully.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Apr 13, 2011 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Next one counts. They’re going to cancel the real game, go with whatever happens on your sim.
2nd period
3:51 Goal scored by Marian Gaborik assisted by Wojtek Wolski
Michal Neuvirth is replaced by Braden Holtby in the net.
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That’s the worst wording ever. Playing the puck with a broken stick? Slashed someone’s stick in half? Or maybe he just broke his stick taking a shot, and the model decided to penalize him.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions
broke his stick taking a shot
That would be the other Alex
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talking smack with a Sabres fan, fire up the ol’ simulation
http://www.whatifsports.com/nhl/boxscore.asp?GameID=1505778&teamfee=-1
2 minute penalty on Brooks Laich for illegal stick
you can’t use a pizza paddle for a hockey stick, Brooks.
Many a night from yonder ivied casement, ere I went to rest,
Did I look on great Orion sloping slowly to the West.
Got some serious reading and listening today. Before noon if you hold to your Monday and Tuesday scheduling. I love all of the Arnott interviews, including yesterday’s lengthy video one on Caps365. Love all of your work. Thanks.
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Signs!
If you’re a college student, and you have artistic skills that extend beyond the ability to write large colorful letters, help out and make a sign or two for Operation Poncho 2.0. Keep it clean, and at least somewhat relevant to the water bottle throwing suspension
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That is an amazing effort you’re running over there!
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A ton, if not most of the credit goes to Becca and G.O.D. for taking it to the next level (bulk shipment)
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by Sombrero Guy on Apr 13, 2011 8:49 AM EDT up reply actions
I wish I could be there tonight to help out! But I will be working (but, everyone, feel free to come rock the red and say hello to me!)
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So do you need reservations at that place? what time do you need to be there by to get a table on a game night for a party of 2-4 people?
you want to go before the game or during the game? (either way, I’ll hook you up! Just ask for me)
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Before, not sure about tonight, a general question, but I will take to email and let you know before arriving.
thanks :)
I can’t check my e-mail while I’m working, but in general, it’s easier to get a table before 7 pm. BUT…..that doesn’t always hold true on hockey nights. We do take a limited number of reservations, though. And like I said, anyone from the Rink who comes in and asks for me (I work at the host stand, bright red hair, I’m hard to miss!), I will do my absolute best to get you a table, or at least a seat at the bar.
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Sorry, I know that re. working and email, I meant I was trying to avoid getting told this was OT and was going to move the convo to email. But since the ‘master’ joined the discussion, thanks for the additional info.
:)
Oh, nice – didn’t know you worked there. Owner’s a family friend. Haven’t been yet, though. /OT
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Marc is awesome! he’s been back and forth.
So, yeah, if we want to do a rink party, we’ve got the connections.
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Killer.
(Marc’s brother Scott and my brother are very good friends out in LA.)
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I was on my way to TX a couple of weeks ago and a woman on the plane told me about Hill Country. We’re both from the Houston area and were laughing because we both had been to Rocklands and asked them to chop the beef first for our brisket sandwiches. In Houston, nothing like a chopped brisket sandwich at Goode Co. (sorry for the OT; I’ll stop now.)
Are you not entertained?
I’m repeating my special request for “DON’T SPRAYZE ME, BRO”
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Apr 13, 2011 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions
There must be a way to work in a Double Rainbow reference, too.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
haha the double entendre might make the holder of that sign ripe for ridicule….
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by Sombrero Guy on Apr 13, 2011 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Related
(Just posted this to the OP2.0 thread, as well, but I wanted to share the beauty here :P)
Look what just arrived?
Sunrise, sunset, swiftly fly the years. One season following another, laden with happiness and tears.
squeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
I’m working on a poster that people can download a print out! suggestions? I’ve got “Don’t Sprayze me, bro!” and I’m looking for a couple more ideas
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“April Showers Bring Spring Glowers.”
Hey, it’s early…
by redpezrocket on Apr 13, 2011 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
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by Cap-O-Vens on Apr 13, 2011 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Beat the RAINgers
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Apr 13, 2011 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions
On a sidenote, I’ve been calling the Rangers the “Rain Jobs” ever since the game at VC this year the Caps lost on the shoot out because of the drunk hammered Rangers fan behind us. His “Let’s go Rangers!” chant progressively evolved into “Let’s go Rain Jobs!”
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Water+Boarding=Torts-ure
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by AMusingFool on Apr 13, 2011 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
OMG, At first, I thought that was a lung or something. LOL.
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Becca, what is up with that random question mark at the end of that non-question! It’s like you don’t know how to use punctuation correctly? Cripes;
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by Becca H on Apr 13, 2011 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I feel like there’s something that’d work with Don’t Throw Water On Me and Tell Me It’s Raining but can’t quite get pay it off . . .
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I made “Tonight’s Forecast: chance of flying water bottles!” with an umbrella sign. now I just need to upload them.
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OK, here’s a sign for you. Why are we always trying to be so divisive? Why not look for some common ground?
Make a sign that says “POTVIN SUCKS.” (If you put the S of sucks under the V of Potvin, and make them a different color, Versus might show the sign)
Then put on the sign photos of Ulf Nilsson and Bengt Gustafsson. Add some Swedish flags for color.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Apr 13, 2011 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Also, I will cry real tears of joy if I see a sign that just says “1940”
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Apr 13, 2011 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Didn’t they in in 1994? Wow…I can’t believe how forgotten that team is. You’d think they’d be on TV all the time.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Got to touch the Cup at a NYC bar that summer. Never forget it. One big reason why I still have a soft spot for the Rags.
名誉と大きな脳物質のステッケルミーエルモ男！
I’m fairly sure the Cup spent that entire summer at Scores.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s just the point. A 1940 sign is almost offensive in how it disparages their 1994 run.
But we figured out two years ago that I’m the only person who feels this way. I think it would be hilarious.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Apr 13, 2011 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I appreciate the subtlety, but it would just come off as “bandwagon caps fans who don’t know anything about hockey”
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by Sombrero Guy on Apr 13, 2011 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=559279
HAH! No one at the NHL.COM staff predicted Vancouver to win the cup
Buffalo beating the Flyers is a sexy pick among the prognosticators. Didn’t I see someone say yesterday that they think Pronger won’t be back until game 5? That could be really good news for the Sabres.
Don’t try to figure Sasha out. Just ride the wave.
Sergei Bobrovsky has not yet played a playoff game of any kind in North America. And he didn’t exactly shine down the stretch. Goaltending it going to kill that team.
If you've read this far...seek help.
I don’t think it’ll be deadly. They just need “good enough” goaltending. If Bob falters, they’ve got two guys capable of not losing games.
True, they may need to overcome a bad goaltending performance, maybe two. But if they get it out of the way early, they’ll be dangerous.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I believe DGB said it best yesterday:
It’s the franchise that’s always trying to win without a superstar goalie vs. the franchise that’s always trying to win with nothing but a superstar goalie.
Totally worth a read, btw.
Less drama, more hockey
by SeattleCapsFan on Apr 13, 2011 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Ryan Miller at 80% is better than anyone the Flyers can put in net. Right now the best option for the Flyers would be sign Bernie Parent and put him in net. So what if he’s 66 years old….
That or sign Pete Peeters.
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Apr 13, 2011 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Jhonas Enroth is better than anything the Flyers can put in the net. Sure, Bob or Boucher or Leighton could get hot (though I think Leighton and probably Boucher have used up all their magic last year), but if I was picking my goalies from the PHI/BUF rosters it’d be Miller, Enroth, then whatever.
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Then whoever they have in the AHL. He’s probably better than anyone on PHI, too.
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David Leggio, Jeff Jakaitis and the Immortal John Muse.
Mark Parrish also plays for the Pirates, as does Tim Conboy. Awesome.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions
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I also vote for the guy with the greatest goalie mask ever.
That thing looks like the helmet on those old deep sea diving suits.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions
That’s actually one of Osgood’s old masks from his days on the Island. They found it lying around there.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Let’s hope this is the Caps’ annus mirabilis.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
# Interesting interview with a Getty Images photog. [Puck Buddys]
# Someone has a mancrush on Brooks Laich. [Homer McFanboy]
OK, I’ll admit I thought these bylines would have been reversed….
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Congrats to Neuvy :)
I’ve tried not to say anything to him for fear that it would get him wound up or whatever.
Didn’t Bruce say something similar about talking to Varly in the last Rags series?
I think Bruce said he didn’t talk to Varly at all during the Rangers series, he left that to the goalie coach. I think he tried to paint the picture that he wasn’t even telling Varly he was starting, that it was Ovie communicating that.
by vtcapsfan99 on Apr 13, 2011 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions
It must be playoff time because people in the DC area who don’t normally follow hockey are suddenly interested in it. Case in point, a guy I work with just asked me, “Who’s this new goalie?”
"I don’t think too many guys try to talk to him and get him into the play ... if I can do that and it helps out our line then it’s what I’ll do." -- Jason Arnott on Alexander Semin
As one who’s an advocate of The Free Beer Movement, it’s hard for me to hate them if one or two come aboard, but don’t ignore the team in October while the Redskins are too busy tanking is all I ask (something I ask of the print and TV folks for that matter).
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by Bald Pollack on Apr 13, 2011 8:48 AM EDT up reply actions
I don’t know…I’m still annoyed by the casual scorewatchers. A score doesn’t tell you everything, but they act as if the score tells you everything you need to know about what happened in the game itself.
by redpezrocket on Apr 13, 2011 8:51 AM EDT up reply actions
To be fair, there are plenty of people within the hockey world that do the same. For example, just look at how many “experts” said the Caps were off to a great start at the beginning of the season. They were winning, sure, but we all know they were lucky to do so the way they were playing…
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by redpezrocket on Apr 13, 2011 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions
But why would people watch the Caps when they can talk Donovan McNabb and Gilbert Arenas.
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But why would people watch the Caps when they can talk Donovan McNabb andGilbert ArenasDonovan McNabb.
Fixed.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 9:06 AM EDT up reply actions
FYI, Arenas no longer plays for the Wizards.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Apr 13, 2011 9:11 AM EDT up reply actions
How about Gheorghe Muresan?
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Matt Fish FTW.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 9:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Chris Webber?
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Apr 13, 2011 9:18 AM EDT up reply actions
He was no Ashraf Amaya.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 9:20 AM EDT up reply actions
jesus…you really are a historian, I had to google that guy.
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That’s my entire quota of “really obscure Bullets”
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 9:51 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m curious as to the definition here of “bandwagon fan.” One who ignores the team until it’s successful? One who ignores the team until playoff time?
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I’m talking about the people that ignore hockey until the playoffs then suddenly are “experts” and huge fans…until the playoffs end then they ignore hockey for another year.
Huh. I thought it was people who only cheered when the team was winning, and had never been a hockey fan before, and then wander away when the team loses.
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the two aren’t mutually exclusive.
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by Sombrero Guy on Apr 13, 2011 9:01 AM EDT up reply actions
You mean lose a game or lose a season? Cause we’ve lost plenty of games, but we’ve been fortunate to have several very good seasons. It’s hard to say whether some fans will stop being fans if the Caps are unfortunate enough to have a less-than-stellar season, but time will tell.
by redpezrocket on Apr 13, 2011 9:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh hell I don’t know. I got called bandwagoner a bit because the first time I was ever interested in any sport period was when I was introduced to the Caps in the 2007-2008 season. It irritated the snot out of me.
I figure I’m still pretty new, relatively speaking, but after driving to see the Caps/Pens game after #Snovechkin, I can tell the name callers to blow it out their ear.
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Personally, I LOVE walking aroun DC, wearing Caps gear and having random people talk Caps, or just say “Go Caps”. I live in NE and it happens all the time.
As for the bandwagon fans? I have yet to run into someone who doesn’t know hockey, who acts like an expert. Maybe I’m just hangin out with the right people.
I much prefer having these two groups of people than not cause if they’re not making themselves known, guess what that means.
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I wore my new Caps shirt to work today, even though it’s a tad casual for a wednesday, but I figure it’s the end of term in Higher Ed. Lots of people walk around like this.
Besides, I gave my Ovechkin jersey to my ex husband.
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wearing Caps stuff is out at the office, so I’m wearing a red shirt.
I have to go find something red to wear in my hair at the restaurant tonight.
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I had one, many years ago. We had these wretched red leotards with rhinestones, and matching scrunchies….shudder.
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Broke out the old Clarkie.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions
I know some people who are exactly like that…they’ve read the Wikipedia entry for their team but they can’t tell you how their team did last night. It’s not impressive to me that you know what happened to your team in 1988 if you can’t talk about what happened yesterday.
by redpezrocket on Apr 13, 2011 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions
This is why I asked. I think if you become a fan, for whatever reason, but then stick with that team long-term, I guess you could possibly be a bandwagoner at the beginning (esp if the team is very successful). But it’s the commitment, in-season and off-, that determines the real fan, however you came to it initially.
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That’s my history too. But I’ve noticed that suffering through the past three years of playoff failures have softened the original “bandwagon” definition. I’ve totally bought into the pessimistic nature of a Caps fan.
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by capsyoungguns on Apr 13, 2011 9:13 AM EDT up reply actions
Shared pain—that’s Caps hockey.
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by ThePeerless on Apr 13, 2011 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
You watching the game at Callahan’s tonight WOI?
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I consider the people that are on board only during winning Fair Weather fans and those that only show up during the playoffs bandwagon.
I actually think it’s a great thing when the playoffs start to see “non-hockey fans,” start tuning in. Can you blame them for wanting to watch this over Panther, Thrasher games all year?
D.C needs a winner…this entire town should get behind them for nothing less then pride…and to be able to say your city won.
Here’s a possible scenario…the Caps on the steps of the White House being greeted and lauded by President Obama, who is extoling their virtues and congratulating them on their stellar year….all the while never going to see the home town Caps. Would you call Obama a bandwagoneer or a fair weatherman…or something else?
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The president of the united states? Besides, he’s from Chicago. Just because he’s the Prez now doesn’t mean he has to give up on the Blackhawks.
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No excuse….he lives in town and as President of the US he should support the team that hails from DC by going to at least 1 period of 1 game in 2 years. Going to an NHL game does not mean he is giving up on the Hawks. (I go to Flyers games because its the closest venue for an NHL game for me – but I do admit I have to power scrub when I get home – it’s philthy).
Has he been to a Wiz game?
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He’s been to Wiz games, he’s been to Georgetown BB games. Hockey’s not his thing and I doubt you’ll see him at a Caps game unless it’s the Finals and he needs the votes.
Even in the finals, he won’t attend if it’s the Red Wings. No sense in offending a potential swing state.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions
But why should he support them? Or rather, why should he support them more than any other team in the country? If a person doesn’t particularly care for a sport—and I don’t think he DOES care that much about hockey—why should his job force him to games?
Plus, it would make security a headache.
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by Hang a Laingtern on Your Problems on Apr 13, 2011 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions
But why should he support them?
2 reasons: Because he’s the POTUS and because he lives in the neighborhood. and it’s not supporting the Caps per se…it’s supporting America , damn it! okay, Canada, Russia, Sweden etc too…
And the security headache thing is crap – he goes to Ben’s Chili Bowl for lunch for chrissake.
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Like NJNJ said, he’s the POTUS. He represents DC as a capital, and should be supportive of DC because its sports culture is an integral part of the city. As for security, security wherever he goes is a headache. It’s part of the job.
by redpezrocket on Apr 13, 2011 10:08 AM EDT up reply actions
He’s the POTUS and I would say he represents the United States. I would argue that no president represents DC as anything but a political football to screw over.
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by Hang a Laingtern on Your Problems on Apr 13, 2011 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions
But DC is the capital. When foreign officials visit the president or Congress, they usually come to DC. This city, as the seat of goverenment is a public face to the rest of the world. I don’t think it’s asking much for the president to acknowledge the Caps a little by going to a game.
by redpezrocket on Apr 13, 2011 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions
it’s what presidents do…face time at events. And there is no closer venue to show 18,000 people your big ugly mug. No brainer in my mind – and he doesn’t have to wear a Caps hat and support the Caps. He needs to show his face and support FREEDOM.
And I’ll end on this: " I put it to you, Greg – isn’t this an indictment of our entire American society? Well, you can do whatever you want to us, but we’re not going to sit here and listen to you badmouth the United States of America. Gentlemen! "
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He should support them because he name-dropped Ovechkin in a diplomatic speech when Putin or Medvedev came to DC last year(?)* to curry favor with the visiting diplomatic Russian brass.
*Can’t remember when and who specifically visited, but the beginning of the speech was, “I continue to benefit from…Russians such as Alexander Ovechkin.”
Think you’re remembering this speech from the summer of 2009 (it was actually while he was in Russia).
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Thanks. I didn’t feel like looking it up. My point is, that if you name-drop OV to curry political favor, go see him play once, otherwise you come off disingenuous.
He comes off as an ASS to Caps fans. And while part of me thinks “DC voted 90% for Obama, why would we matter to him?” Then I remember, oh wait, there are a ton of Caps fans in Virginia, a state in which he’ll need every vote he can get.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I would hope that people don’t decide who to vote for for president because of what teams they root for.
And it really doesn’t matter for DC residents. They have no say in the presidential election.
I don’t think Berube is making the point that people would base their vote off of this one silly thing.
Also, DC has 3 electoral college votes…so Yes They Can vote in the pres election.
Heading towards OT, but no voting representatives. Eleanor Holmes Norton would certainly dispute you.
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She’s actually a delegate, not a representative.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delegate_(United_States_Congress)
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes TheyCandid
and all three of those votes in chocolate city are going blue no matter how big a Hockey Town it becomes.
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he wasn’t taken the the courthouse. he won’t be charged. he (and the 40 others) posted their $50 fines are were set free.
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I don’t call him anything. He’s the president. Obviously, there’s a lot of important things that he has to do…I’m just very disappointed he hasn’t been to a Caps game. He’s thrown the first pitch at a Nats game, been to a Wizards game, and I think he’s even been to a Redskins game. I’m pretty disappointed he’s not paid as much attention to hockey.
by redpezrocket on Apr 13, 2011 9:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Those are pretty even definitions. I don’t think anyone who happened to become a real fan in the last 4 years is a bandwagoner as long as they’ve made a real effort to learn about the game. I mean, it’s not my fault I was born into a Redskins family and I wasn’t introduced to hockey until later in life.
by redpezrocket on Apr 13, 2011 9:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Bandwagoners, for me, are the folks who follow the team when it’s successful and abandon it when it’s not.
I honestly don’t mind them for the most part. It’s great that the Caps are one of the most popular teams in the league. What IS annoying is when bandwagoners don’t make an attempt to learn about the team but instead spout talking points they hear on the broadcasts. When I was first getting into the team in the 2001-2002 season, I kept my mouth shut until I knew enough to form educated opinions about what was going on.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Apr 13, 2011 9:15 AM EDT up reply actions
When I was first getting into the team in the 2001-2002 season, I kept my mouth shut until I knew enough to form educated opinions about what was going on.
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by stemmer on Apr 13, 2011 9:20 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Bring on the bandwagon fans I say. The more fans the less likely the Caps are relegated to CSN+ or god forbid News Channel 8.
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Is Versus doing regional coverage? All I saw listed on Versus was Detroit/Phoenix, and CSN has the Wizards game.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 8:07 AM EDT reply actions
DC area will have Caps on main CSN channel, Wiz on CSN+
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Cool. Does that apply to Bmore as well? Cause all I saw on big Comcast was the Wiz game, and the usual treacle on CSN+
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 8:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Vogs said it was the same for Washington/Bmore.
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Awesome. It was nice of them to bump the Wizards game.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 8:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Mike Wise and Obizzle are 20% of the viewers
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But Nats are 5-5 and winning games playing the game the right way. Too early to get too excited, but….
I can resist anything, except temptation.
I don’t think there’s a phrase in sports that I hate more than “playing the game the right way”. The “right way” to play the game is so that you end up winning.
If the Caps won by playing like Matt Cooke, would you be okay with that?
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by Hang a Laingtern on Your Problems on Apr 13, 2011 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Bueno. Always seems that the Caps get relegated to CSN+, but I guess even Comcast is in playoff mode.
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by twistedlogic on Apr 13, 2011 8:21 AM EDT up reply actions
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One of my favorite questions to ask professional athletes during one-on-ones like this is “what would you have done with your life if you never made it to the NHL?” Well, Laich pretty much narrowed it down to either being a rock star or an international spy. He didn’t think he could do a desk job without going crazy, although he admits he’s not good enough at the guitar to be a musician.
Waiting for the day Al Iafrate calls and tells me he's my father.
Surprised he didn’t tell you he couldn’t even imagine doing anything else because he just loves hockey so much, etc.
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Of course, that’s how the answer started. But I’ve learned to just sit quietly in hopes that the athlete will keep talking and once he gets past the cliches, give you something golden. In this case, it worked.
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Kornheiser asked Boudreau that question yesterday. “I don’t know really…maybe selling insurance?”
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 8:58 AM EDT up reply actions
You’re right he did. I was trying to recall from memory. Thanks for the pick up.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 9:07 AM EDT up reply actions
And then he laughed because he doesn’t own a house here.
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That was great. TK was shocked. “YOU’RE RENTING?! YOU’VE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS!”
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 9:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Then who owns the garage they made over for him?
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by Backeez Got Back on Apr 13, 2011 9:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Good thing he had realistic options as back-ups. Pro athlete, spy or rock star – sound like the answers a 10 year-old would give to the “What do you want to be when you grow up?” question.
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I’ll admit it, I laughed when I read your comment. Now that you mention it, I could completely see having this same exact conversation with a fifth grader.
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This is what Knuble said after he signed his extension.
“The longer I delay myself to getting to the real world, the better”
I’m definitely not surprised that hockey players don’t really think about doing anything else. Obivously, everyone should have a backup plan, but Hendricks’ backup plan was to play in Europe. I don’t think any of these guys think about having careers outside of hockey.
by redpezrocket on Apr 13, 2011 8:57 AM EDT up reply actions
I like the Knuble quote, too, and that’s coming from a guy with a college degree. Who wouldn’t want to delay the real world?
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Yep. He’d be a great coach, or a commentator on NHL Network or something.
by redpezrocket on Apr 13, 2011 9:05 AM EDT up reply actions
although he admits he’s not good enough at the guitar to be a musician.
The world needs drummers, too.
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Has that fad finally died at Verizon Center?
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m still on the Svrluga story. It is incredible.
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Svrluga is incredible. His immense talents are utterly wasted on the Redskins beat.
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He’s pretty good, for a Duke guy.
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by BrianMurphy on Apr 13, 2011 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Mathematically, it’s hard to say that Game 1 is a must win, but psychologically I think, for many of the Caps (and fo rus fans), it is a must win.
If they win tonight, whether by a rout or in a 3OT multi-carom bank shot, it will nearly immediately erase past demons. If they lose, also in any fashion, the demons will arise and the pundits will encourage them to rise.
You all know I’m a glass half full guy, but I really think we need to take game 1.
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Philly – Win
NYR – Loss
Pitt – Win
Mtl – Loss
Judging by this really scientific formula, I’d say the Caps are very likely to win tonight.
by JimCareyFanClub on Apr 13, 2011 8:37 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m not as dire about Game 1 – this team has frequently (in the past and this year) needed something to light a fire under its ass to give it sense of urgency to start playing well, and they’ve responded well to such things. So if they lose, obviously it’s less-than-desirable, but I’d expect a good rebound performance in Game 2. In fact, there’s probably a decent chance that they’re better in Game 2 after a tough loss than after an easy Game 1 win… but I’ll certainly still take the latter.
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I think the pressure on this team is worse this year than last. No question. Unfortunately, anything less than a sweep in games 1 and 2 will be viewed by many as a failure. Certainly not fair, but I think that’s reality.
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if it takes a loss in game 1 to light a fire, we are sooo fucked
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And the only time this team won the 1st two games, it still didn’t work out so great.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Im not a fan of feeding in to that type of history…I just hope they come out and make a statement tonight
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Personally, I would hope this team already has a fire lit under their ass from last year (and the year before, and the year before that…) but you’re right – sometimes it seems like they need that little bit of extra motivation.
Of note, though, is that the Caps were down 4-1 in game two (and had given up a hat trick to Andrei Kostitsyn) before they felt the need to, y’know, actually start playing. I don’t want to be in the same dire situation this year, and against this team.
The Caps are 6-6 in home playoff games in the last three years, and yes, they won their only playoff series after losing both Games 1 and 2 on home ice. But given the Caps’ home ice record in the playoffs, I’d be concerned with anything other than 2-0 in Games 1 and 2. This team needs no excuse to think a long series in the opening round is okay.
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Thought it was 7-9 at home… 6-6 away.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 9:58 AM EDT up reply actions
whatever it is, it’s bad (I should just give up and head back to bed…this is a ba-a-a-a-ad day).
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by ThePeerless on Apr 13, 2011 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions
This team needs no excuse to think a long series in the opening round is okay.
And recent history shows that teams that have to play at least one seven-game series hardly ever win the Cup.
Mathematically, it’s hard to say that Game 1 is a must win
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You sound like my 15-year-old.
That much said – do you think that “mathematically” it’s a must win — or that it’s simply a must win?
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I don’t think there are mathematically “must wins” until Game 5 or 6.
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Game 4 might also be a mathematical must win. But I nitpick.
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I thought the Post told us there was a must-win in Tampa… in January…
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by J.P. on Apr 13, 2011 8:52 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
They’ll let people write anything over there…
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Can anything except an elimination game be said to be “mathematically” a must win?
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Well I think you could look at the probably of winning the series when down 1 and 2 games. While not strictly must win situations like being down 3 games, the probability of actually winning the series when down 2 games for that particular team could be small.
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Pshhh….that excuse never worked for me in college.
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by twistedlogic on Apr 13, 2011 8:43 AM EDT up reply actions
I didn’t for me either. What did work? “My 128K Mac ate my homework.”
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I wrote this two years ago (to the day) on the importance of Game 2. Bottom line quote:
Why Game 2? Because once it’s done, either one team finds itself in a deep 2-0 hole or the road team has gained a split (always the stated goal of squads opening a series with a pair away from home) and one team has avoided that 2-0 hole. Game 1 may get a team off to a quick start in a series and set an early tone, but Game 2 is nearly a must-win for the team that lost Game 1, even if it is the visitor.
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by J.P. on Apr 13, 2011 8:45 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Very sensibly said. What I worry about is that the Caps have now been prepping for tonight for over a week, while the Rags were just worried about getting in. Should the Caps lay an egg tonight, I think the internal and external pressure amps up exponentially (not mathematically, but mentally) and that would worry me, as a fan, a great deal. I wholly expect them to come out tonight in shot-out-of-a-cannon style, and just hope that some of the barrage gets past King Henrik. Bury them early, then lock ’em down.
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(Recommend giving us more page views reading that whole post, actually – some interesting stuff.)
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I read the article earlier and tweeted it out. Fantastic article. Fair and positive.
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Or Mike Wise’s headline suggestion.
"Boudreau to be fired pending Game 1st round seriesloss."
FTFY
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I look at the headlines on the left, and Ovechkin with that stick in his paws, and think….“hmm, I can think of some folks hw should whup upside the head.”
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No, I think he’s talking so that he doesn’t end up rocking in a corner.
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I bet his assistant coaches are tying the water bottles to the bench as we speak.
by redpezrocket on Apr 13, 2011 9:18 AM EDT up reply actions
I laughed at the thought of them being tied down, him throwing one and it springing back and hitting him in the face… sort of like a Wile E. Coyote gag.
It would get in the way of Operation Poncho 2.0, though.
by redpezrocket on Apr 13, 2011 9:22 AM EDT up reply actions
In some cases I agree with this logic, but I don’t think it applies to young hockey players. Sometimes in baseball a manager will put a younger player in at the end of a game when the opposing pitcher has a no-hitter or perfect game going, and usually the young player will be so dialed in that they won’t get caught up in the moment. As for hockey players, they have dreamed of hoisting the cup over their heads, so I would think that playing their first playoff game ever might cause them to be just a little nervous.
by JimCareyFanClub on Apr 13, 2011 9:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Hell I’m an emotional rollercoaster just watching a playoff game live… playing in one? I’d be running on pure adrenaline all game.
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by iwearstripes on Apr 13, 2011 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Do we really have to wish Sergei a happy birthday?
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by Alz in the family on Apr 13, 2011 9:13 AM EDT reply actions
sort of, Fedorov had/has a lot of money issues and KHL was willing to pay him what he needed. He couldn’t get that kind of salary in the NHL ($4ish a year)
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Gonchar, not Feds, with the Bday today.
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signed with Pens and knocked the Caps out of the playoffs two years ago? Sorry, he’s dead to me.
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by Alz in the family on Apr 13, 2011 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions
10 years with the caps through good times and bad. He would have stayed a Capital if it has been in the organizations plan.
Kinda like breaking up with someone and then being pissed when they go out and do better.
I recall he didn’t want to stick around if the Caps were going to rebuild.
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that’s what I recall as well. He was asked if he wanted to stick around, or be traded. He asked to be traded.
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The team was being stripped bare – it’s understandable.
Hey, I’m not the president of the Sergei Gonchar fan club – but he had 10 great years here and was nothing but a class act. For me personally, one of the ten best caps of the past 25 years.
I don’t have too much animoisty for most people that left: Bondra, Zednik, etc. But Sergei is different. But hey, that’s just me….
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by Alz in the family on Apr 13, 2011 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions
*animosity
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by Alz in the family on Apr 13, 2011 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions
Absolutely. He had his best years here in DC, and did a great job. He was part of the fire sale and it made sense to send him out when they did.
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Apr 13, 2011 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions
They got a serviceable return for him in Morrisonn and Jurcina. Extreme emphasis on “serviceable”
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Jurcina was a separate deal, they got a 1 with ShaMo (which turned out to be Schultz).
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by Bald Pollack on Apr 13, 2011 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Did they really? I always thought those two came together.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Nah, Gonchar left in ’04, Juice came in in ’07 for a 4th rounder.
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by Bald Pollack on Apr 13, 2011 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
From the ESPN article on Neuvirth:
Michal Neuvirth had a 27-12-4 record and .914 GAA for the Capitals this season.
Henrik who?
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That would be the Henrik with the 14-16 playoff record and the Sv% of .908 and GAA of 2.66. By the way, both his playoff Sv% and GAA are worse than his career numbers, the GAA by more than a third of a goal. And I know it’s only the AHL, but Neuvirth’s playoff stats are better than his career stats…by a lot.
On that topic
Other than his rookie season where he got bombed, his ES sv% is nearly identical (.9260 reg, .9266 playoff). PK is .8887 reg, .867 playoff
Probably a bit of an indictment that he’s allowed 29 power play goals in 30 playoff games. Not on him, on the team.
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by George E. Ays on Apr 13, 2011 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
So a GA/gm PK vs a nonexistent PP. Interesting…
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by red army line on Apr 13, 2011 10:07 AM EDT up reply actions
Caps PP has been much better recently. If I remember the numbers correctly, SME said it was 22% in the last 25 games, or something like that.
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11 for 48 since Mar 1 (22.9%)
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by George E. Ays on Apr 13, 2011 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions
IIRC, I had it at 11-for-50 in the last 20 games. For 22% even.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Apr 13, 2011 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Nice info that you’ll probably want to drop in today’s Noon Number comments…
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Time to show how far we’ve come. Will be at game tonight, hopefully on here late tonight to celebrate a win.
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This is what I wonder about. Are they, can they and will they choke out the opposition when they need to. Will know by around 8:15 tonight.
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by WordsOnIce on Apr 13, 2011 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions 7 recs
a splash of cold water regarding wideman: In early November, Virginia Tech WR suffered a thigh contusion resulting compartment sydrome. He missed the remainder of the season and is still limited in spring workouts. Granted, every case is different, but it’s still worrisome.
MH26 had the same timetable…Im praying hes back for the SCF
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Like you said, though, every case is different. We’re free compare all we like, but it’s not really a good idea. It just makes us all armchair doctors.
by redpezrocket on Apr 13, 2011 9:28 AM EDT up reply actions
I believe the WashPost column count stands at 9. The Svrluga piece isnt a column and to my knowledge he is not a columnist for them
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by LucyImHome on Apr 13, 2011 9:29 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
And I apologize for picking at your nits. The Clips post is one of the highlights of my morning. Just didnt want the Post to get more credit than it deserves
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by LucyImHome on Apr 13, 2011 9:38 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
According to Steinberg they should get very little credit.
Now, fortunately, I don’t have to make difficult decisions on space and priority and areas of emphasis; I just write snarky second-guessing blog posts after the fact. But looking at these numbers, and considering the story lines of D.C. sports over the past four months, I think I’d tend to agree that maybe the Nationals got a bit too much attention from our columnists, and maybe the Caps could have used a bit more.
He really is a troublemaker and I love it. Eecially when he goes after Wise.
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by capsyoungguns on Apr 13, 2011 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m glad he’s acknowledging something that hopefully reflects the consumer wants more hockey coverage during football (and to a lesser degree, baseball) season, and hopefully whatever this change is remains long-standing and/or permanent in the print media.
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by Bald Pollack on Apr 13, 2011 9:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Me too. I’m thankful that I don’t have to rely on WaPo for my coverage.
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by capsyoungguns on Apr 13, 2011 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions
The thing is, they have arguably the best baseball writer in the country in Thomas Boswell. He’s my favorite writer for anything, but when it comes to baseball, he is unequaled. IMO. I’d bet he ups the Nats #s.
They don’t have a dedicated hockey columnist – unless TEB is that now.
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Boswell could write about lawn bowling and I’d still read it.
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Funny, I feel like he’s better when not writing about baseball these days. Maybe because my brain sorts baseball pieces into pretty stereotyped categories so quickly. Or maybe because every time he writes a baseball column, he’s written it before.
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by jaytown99 on Apr 13, 2011 9:30 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Whyno just posted the full transcript of his interview with Semin. And we’ve probably just learned more about him than we have in the entire time he’s been here.
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There’s also this one
I don’t think it’s in the clips.
by redpezrocket on Apr 13, 2011 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Semin is pretty much the Ricky Williams of hockey
Many a night from yonder ivied casement, ere I went to rest,
Did I look on great Orion sloping slowly to the West.
I don’t think it’s fair to compare Semin to a noted illegal-drug user.
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Id be smoking pot if I had Rickys life to…did you see Run Ricky Run…heavy stuff. And Sasha is nothing like RW
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Run Ricky Run’s attitude toward the media/fame he was thrust into was exactly the same. He did more than just smoke pot.
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Did I look on great Orion sloping slowly to the West.
by sydtron on Apr 13, 2011 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
And it’s a shame that’s all he’s remembered for.
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by Rob Parker on Apr 13, 2011 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
He’s remembered for the dreads, too. And for being awesome at UT.
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And wearing a wedding dress with Mike Ditka
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions
God, I hate that magazine. I weep for the forests cut down to print it.
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by ThePeerless on Apr 13, 2011 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Do they even still make it? I had a sub years ago.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s a shame that such a huge deal is made out of his pot smoking. Should that really disqualify a professional athlete from competitions? It’s a ridiculous moral judgment.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Not really. That pot’s illegal is a ridiculous moral judgment. That breaking laws and violating substance abuse rules negotiated through collective bargaining should have consequences isn’t.
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But the public judgment and NFL instituted punishments through collective bargaining are also different.
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I’m sorry, is there a different reason for pot being illegal vs pot being banned under the NFL CBA? It’s banned under the CBA because it’s illegal. Both prohibitions are unjustified.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions
As a coach/manager of a professional team, you would be ok with your players being able to smoke pot as much as they liked? You can be for its legality, but sports are different, like it or not.
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Would you be OK with your players smoking a pack of cigarettes a day? Drinking a pint of vodka every day? Probably not. There are more reasonable ways of dealing with such things than aggressively urine testing and expelling anyone who tests positive at any time of the year.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions
I think you’re misrepresenting the punishment. Expulsion never happens when a first positive test occurs. And no, I wouldn’t want my players to do what you propose either. Which is my point. Sports treat vices, legal or not, differently than society, as they should.
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We’re speaking in circles here. In sports, why is pot treated differently from other vices? You’ve said you feel alcohol is OK and pot is not. When I hear a good argument as to why that is, then I’ll admit that you are correct.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Never said alcohol ok, pot not. My point is that arguing for the legality of pot in society at large is not the same as arguing for it being allowed by pro sports leagues, and although I am fine with it being legalized I would also completely understand if sports leagues kept it illegal. Like gambling. Pot is treated differently because it’s illegal.
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Pot and other hard drugs are illegal because they inhibit production.
Coffee and cigarettes – the latter being by far the most harmful to health – go hand in hand with an increase in it.
Alcohol helps ugly people get laid and ugly people make the laws so therefore it is legal.
I can resist anything, except temptation.
Pot is treated differently because it’s illegal.
That is correct.
I am fine with it being legalized I would also completely understand if sports leagues kept it illegal
There is a disconnect here. If pot were legal, why would sports leagues want to keep it illegal? What effects does marijuana have that would convince a sports league to ban its use amongst players, if it were legal under the law?
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions
Image. Just like gambling. Not saying they would, necessarily, but would think it likely. Be nice if this actually happened and we could see how it would play out.
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I think we are in agreement here.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions
But gambling can and has changed the outcome of games…could be said if someone was high or drunk on the field of play but gambling goes much deeper in sports than drink/dope.
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However Gambling is also what propels a sport to the next level, i.e, The NFL
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Its actually better for you, it effects less cells in your body then booze.
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Alcohol is poison. Delicious poison.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s actually better not as bad for you when used to excess, it effects less cells in your body than booze.
However moderate intake has shown to lower heart disease risks and the effects of diabetes.
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yea, not the correct wording… but Pot has health benefits too when used moderately. Psychological benefits as well.
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I meant that a player shouldn’t be doing any of it to excess, but moderate use can be fine. Would you be fine if Mike Green or Alex Ovechkin or Cody Eakin drank as much as they wanted to whenever they wanted to?
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You know what you do when you assume.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Any change for the worse in lung capacity would have a pretty immediate impact on a player.
Dingos are involved. Best not to ask.
Ignoring that there are other methods of ingestion, drinking has it’s own direct effects on conditioning. These guys are in such good shape that they can handle occasional recreational use in-season and quite a bit more in the off-season. Of course, in terms of drinking they frequently partake much more than occasionally.
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I know a number of marathon runners who say that they can smoke a joint the night before a big race and see no ill effects. But if they drink two beers the night before, their performance is significantly impacted.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Legalize it. Then Tax it.
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and Russel Brand as it’s Chief Information Officer and Snoop as Secretary of State
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by TheFuryUnleashed on Apr 13, 2011 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions
And OT as OT.
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by Bald Pollack on Apr 13, 2011 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Safety, ha. It’s the safest thing around.
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To the extent that its just pot, sure. I’ve had sampled some varieties that I’m quite sure were less than pure.
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by iwearstripes on Apr 13, 2011 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions
That’s only because it was on a black market. This stuff has been detailed throughout history.
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Its not as if products sold through legal channels are never flawed. I guess the closest example would be grocery store produce, which is safe 99.9999% of the time, but when it isn’t you get freaking ecoli.
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by iwearstripes on Apr 13, 2011 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Pretty sure we’re in OT now.
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by Bald Pollack on Apr 13, 2011 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
OT? In Game 1?
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by red army line on Apr 13, 2011 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Sprayed with Raid…awful
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did you watch the 30for30?
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yeah, and I had thought the 30 for 30 on Len Bias would have been the most depressing 30 for 30 till I saw that one.
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Did I look on great Orion sloping slowly to the West.
“Once Brothers” about Vlade Divac and Drazen Petrovich was great, too. And I don’t like NBA basketball.
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Pretty sure we’re in OT now.
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by Bald Pollack on Apr 13, 2011 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions
I feel quite safe in saying that was the best documentary ever made. Especially if you remember the run up to that ’94 WC. They beat EVERYONE, including Argentina 5-0 in Buenos Aires.
I don’t know how a non-soccer fan would like it, but if you are one and haven’t seen it – you are really missing out.
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yea I mean, I used to think RW was just a typical Tank Johnson like screw up…I really felt bad for him after watching, I really hope Sasha is nothing like RW
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His public persona and introverted attitude toward what the media and fans demand of an athlete are where the similarities start and end. I wasn’t commenting on anything more than that.
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Did I look on great Orion sloping slowly to the West.
I think RW had reasons tho. Sasha is more like Barry Bonds with less anger and a smaller neck.
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no offense, but what does his (RWs) drug use have to do with the fact that they are both extremely private, introverted people? RW probably thinks it’s not fair to be compared to a guy that can’t / won’t speak english….both things that are completely irrelevant to the comparison. End of gripe.
More or less making the point – the comparison is pretty tenuous, generally.
Williams has notably battled a social anxiety disorder, self-medicated with illegal drugs, and trashed his whole career because of it. Semin has done nothing of the sort.
Sure, they’re both shy and talented. Is that it?
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His self medication comes from being molested by his father….I give him props for being as successful as he is.
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No question dude’s got demons and has overcome a lot.
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Aside from the fact that the Caps are playing, the biggest reason I want to see the Rags crash and burn is to punish MSG/Cablevision for this bullshit antitrust violation they have going on. I have no clue why it’s even been allowed to exist for as long as it has, but Fios finally petitioned the FCC and asked for a ruling in 5 months. I don’t know why it should even take that long. This is an open and shut tying case. I know the FCC isn’t looking at it from an antitrust perspective, at least not directly, and they are going to rule on a much more subtle issue, but either the FCC or DOJ Antitrust has to step in and use some common sense to end this bullshit. I hope the FCC will, but I’m not completely confident. Either way I hope it gets resolved by next year. Oh, and that the Dolans go broke and that Cablevision facilities everywhere spontaneously combust.
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by Rob Parker on Apr 13, 2011 9:52 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
That is crazy. Good for FIOS stepping in. Btw, wtill standing behind your sig?
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Its not as if FiOS is doing it out of the goodness of their hearts… business is business.
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by iwearstripes on Apr 13, 2011 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, but they are the only entity that has the power to do it, and quite possibly the only entity that has standing. So it kinda has to be them.
I get that it’s business, but Verizon actually delivers a quality product. Cablevision doesn’t. In my twisted mind I still believe quality products should be rewarded. Cablevision can’t compete on product because they suck so instead they withhold MSGHD channels and then advertise “Fios doesn’t have the Rags/Isles/Devils/Knicks/Nets/Sometimes-Sabres in HD, only Cablevision does. If you’re a true NY sports fan, you need Cablevision.” And I bet it works a lot of the time. It’s still fucked up and illegal. Regardless of Verizon’s intentions, I hope they win. And I hope the FCC adds a verbal bitch slap on top of the decision to warn Cablevision and any other similarly situated cable providers that this shit ain’t right.
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Happens here too…. Wonder why FIOS customers only get Comcast SportsNet+ in SD, despite Verizon having the bandwidth and allocating a HD Channel (501) to it?
It’s different because Comcast doesn’t own the Caps. Cablevision and MSG are owned by the same company, so they leverage their ownership of MSG to increase value of Cablevision because Cablevision sucks.
In DC, The Caps aren’t trying to leverage greater profits for Comcast. There may be an issue with reaching an agreement, or other nefarious things in play, but it’s nowhere near as blatant or reprehensible as what Cablevision/MSG are doing.
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Anne Arundel/Howard Fios has it on 575 or whatever right next to CSN in HD.
Many a night from yonder ivied casement, ere I went to rest,
Did I look on great Orion sloping slowly to the West.
Not in DC. There’s an HD version of it on channel 501, but it’s not actually broadcasting an HD game feed. Just SD video with the left and right side bumpers.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions
no kidding. business is business and politics is politics.
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by Christoph J on Apr 13, 2011 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Certainly not bailing now. This is the Caps.
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Win-win for you. Caps win, you’re happy to eat crow. Caps lose… At least you called it.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions
I concur
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by Christoph J on Apr 13, 2011 10:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Just checkin’
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by Christoph J on Apr 13, 2011 10:02 AM EDT up reply actions
From Katie:
“Mike Green is one of the first #Caps on the ice at KCI along with Tom Poti and Michal Neuvirth.”
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by LucyImHome on Apr 13, 2011 9:58 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
I have a feeling that 3 will be in the lineup tonight.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Apr 13, 2011 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions
Agreed. Game 4 at the earliest
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by LucyImHome on Apr 13, 2011 10:05 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Convinced yourself that he’s been ready for weeks but the cap prevented him from coming off LTIR have you?
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Convinced that he came back too soon and they didn’t want to risk reinjuring him, particularly since the team was doing well without him. Salary cap could have had seomthing to do with it. Also think he lives to torture Scotty Hockey and that BB loves surprises.
Just a feeling based upon no other facts other than it sounds like he’s going to be a full participant in today’s practice. Feel more strongly he’ll play in this series at some point.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Apr 13, 2011 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions
I read something yesterday in that huge mess of clips and media output that Poti said he’s not ready to come back yet.
by vtcapsfan99 on Apr 13, 2011 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
ok from twitter apparently Poti took an awkward fall at practice today, stretched, then left the ice early. It’s not looking good for seeing Poti play anytime soon I think.
by vtcapsfan99 on Apr 13, 2011 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions
The only reason I don’t think he’s as close to returning as tonight would mean is because of his limited participation in the full Caps practices recently (based on reports.)
cripes, wonky language in that post, sorry
Anyway, I’d be surprised if Poti was in the line-up tonight, but the D-corps getting healthier is a good thing.
I’d be shocked. Poti himself said he’s not ready yet. I know there’s a lot of smokescreen out there, but it’s usually not the players spreading it.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions
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by Bald Pollack on Apr 13, 2011 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Posted this in yesterdays Series Preview comments, but thought it was worth throwing out here as well. Poti’s career playoff stats with the caps are quite impressive, aside from his questionable work on the PK:
Poti: 27gp, 2g, 10a, 12p, +16
For comparison, other notable caps defensemen from the past 4 years (the BB playoff era):
Jurcina: 21-2-0-2, +7
Pothier: 13-0-2-2, +1
ShaMo: 26-0-0-2, -1
Schultz: 10-0-1-1, -4
Green: 28-4-15-19, -6
Aside from Fehr and Balanced, is there anyone here living in NYC? Just wondering if anyone got a hold of tickets for the away games (3 +4) at MSG. /OT
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Pepper’s got a Fanshot covering this very thing.
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by Bald Pollack on Apr 13, 2011 10:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Sweet. Thanks Bald Pollack.
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by Christoph J on Apr 13, 2011 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions
Anyone who was at game one last year – was there a sense of complacency in the stands? I’m going to guess tonight’s crowd will be really loud and actually, really nervous. I’m looking forward to what the team will do for pre-game intros.
I definitely thought the attitude sucked during game 1 last year—-complacency to start with, and when things started going south, it really felt like the fans just gave up and got hostile to the Caps. Bad vibes.
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by Hang a Laingtern on Your Problems on Apr 13, 2011 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions
I think panic started to set in once the Habs took a 4-1 lead in game two. The place started rockin’ once JC74 tied it late in the third.
That’s what I remember about Game 1 last year – the fans expected a win, were muted in their cheering, then became hostile as the game progressed. It transfered to the players’ body language.
I think expectations are a bit tempered this year, so I hope the fans will bring their best tonight also.
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If the Caps score the first goal, the roof is coming down from the noise. If the Rangers score the first goal, the roof is going to come down from the air being let out of the arena.
Either way, bring an umbrella.
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Did I look on great Orion sloping slowly to the West.
I went to game 1 last year…I don’t think the attitude was terrible, but I think we were disappointed with the effort. I think we expected more effort, frankly. This season, it’s different…8th seed doesn’t mean anything. Fans didn’t want to see the Rangers in the playoffs. I don’t think fans are going to be taking the Rangers lightly.
by redpezrocket on Apr 13, 2011 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s 10:30 am… must mean there’s content on the front page.
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He picks Caps in 5.
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I hope that’s tongue in cheek. She’s just a Rangers fan.
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She’s definitely a Rags fan. They can have her.
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So is Don La Greca, the host of NHL Live ( who’s also a Ranger play-by-play guy). He picked the Rangers in 7, but I loved this gem. Obviously, he didn’t see the post on Ovechkin’s rank among all-time playoff performers.
I have no doubt that the pairing of Marc Staal and Dan Girardi will keep Alex Ovechkin at bay
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Very disappointed in La Greca. I loved him on NHL Live, which he can’t do any more because of the time change.
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I hatehatehate the new schedule on the NHL Network. Hopefully they’ll find something other than incessant reruns of On the Fly to air in the mornings.
Yeah, NHL Live was my lunchtime entertainment. I hope it at least is still going to be streamed on nhl.com.
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So it appears to me they are keeping Collins around; I’m not surprised based on his performance in the games he played; the fact that if he is sent back down to Hershey, he’d need to be put through re-entry waivers to return again; and I’m assuming Collins may count as one of the four recalls allowed while Hershey is still active.
He may have been classified as an emergency recall originally, but I do not believe they’d still be able to classify him as emergency recall replacing a specific player if he is scratched (plus other D scratched, too, fwiw.)
While it would be gamesmanship for someone to claim on re-entry waivers an UFA-to-be that can’t play for the organization, I’d think it’s something a team would have to think about to hurt the opponent or possible future opponent during the playoffs. Still not sure anyone would claim a player in that situation since ‘what goes around comes around’. but I don’t think the Caps would risk it.
I understand that parent club comes first, but if/when Poti comes back that would give them 8 defensemen. Wouldn’t it make more sense to send Collins back and let him help Hershey in their playoff run?
Yes and no. Your question is in the context of Poti returning, well, how long does he return for before he is out again? Also there’s the issue of the number of recalls.
If he counts as 1 already and they send him down and recall him, he’d count as 2 plus the re-entry waiver issue.
Collins missing will hurt Hershey as he has played well/very steady D this season, but with Nycholat’s unexpected return it is offset a bit, plus they got Kroll and Yeo back with SC’s elimination so they have some depth for now. Of course, I sure hope Oreskovic doesn’t dress regularly, if at all, in the playoffs for Hershey.
Sort of like the Beagle situation, this is a time when the parent organization’s interests trump the player playing and the affiliate’s interests.
Signed him over the summer.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
He’s been in the organization all season. However, he had not played since the AHL all star break until he played in the last game of the regular season. Combination of the injury and AHL vet rules, GM Yingst didn’t include Nycholat on the CDR, but he can play as long as they aren’t over the veterans dressed limit and a dman is unavailable, in this case, Collins on recall. Willsie was unavailable due to an upper body injury and death of his uncle (per Leone’s report) so that’s why there was an open vet slot for that game.
The Day Jason Chimera Almost Killed the PPP Crew. it’s old, but I hadn’t seen it before. If you OD on “experts” and their playoff predictions and need a good laugh, it’s worth the read. Lesson learned: If you’re going to chirp at the goalie, make sure Jason Chimera isn’t next to him.
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I remember that. I was kind of irked that the PPP gang felt that they’d gotten the better of Chimmer, when it seems to me that he had shut them up and skated off while they sat in stunned silence.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions
they talk a big game, but Chimmer is one big, angry man. I’m confident who won that round.
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Amazing. I kind of hope they chirp at Holtby…I just want to know what he’d do. He wouldn’t need any help, that’s for sure.
by redpezrocket on Apr 13, 2011 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions
haha. I think i’ve said this before, but one of those PPP guys reminds me of a young Austin Powers.
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by Sombrero Guy on Apr 13, 2011 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Btw, I love Bridget’s pic that I used in this post – Neuvy with Varly right there behind him, but looking straight ahead, not over his shoulder… symbolism, baby.
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I dunno, to me it just looks like Varly’s checking out Neuvy’s ass.
Less drama, more hockey
by SeattleCapsFan on Apr 13, 2011 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
“Hey Neuvy, when I take your job maybe you could think about being a Red Rocker.”
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by Rob Parker on Apr 13, 2011 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
We’ve already done legalize pot and the Sherman Act — seems like time for 400 comments on the RRs to me!
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Red Rockers are the best/worst thing ever.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Shall we throw in something about Baltimore, Shot Quality, and the overall entertainment at VC just to make clips asplode.
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The symbolism was not missed. But you generally choose your photos with care.
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by CapitalCentre on Apr 13, 2011 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Dmitry has a Semin interview up at Puck Daddy.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 11:14 AM EDT reply actions
Is it time for the Sasha Press Junket or something? He’s all over the place today.
Dingos are involved. Best not to ask.
Is it time for the Sasha Press Junket or something? He’sall over the placetalking to people today.
FIFY :)
by redpezrocket on Apr 13, 2011 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Do you think he agreed to one interview through an interpreter and many listened? Whyno described the interview as being “by an interpreter” in his piece, which I thought was intriguing.
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Chesnokov was the interpreter for Whyno, but he has different content than Whyno. Chesnokov had on his twitter Sunday or Monday that he has spoken on the phone to Semin and asked a stupid question due to being tired. So I think these articles come from separate interviews, Chesnokov’s on Sunday or Monday night (forget which) and Whyno’s from yesterday.
by vtcapsfan99 on Apr 13, 2011 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Tough call when the “interpreter” also happens to be a part-time writer for a hockey blog.
My guess is there were only the three of them in the room.
"You do that you go to the box, you know. Two minutes by yourself and you feel shame, you know. And then you get free."
Probably. And I do like Whyno. He just self-promotes A LOT. And in a way I find annoying. Almost seems to blur the lines between reporting the news and reporting himself as news (not to be mistaken with “making the news” which I am not accusing him of doing and it is a much harsher criticism.)
I don’t like that he tweets about baseball.
And we’ve already had discussions about tweets along the lines of “I’m going to post a story about XXX later.” They irritate me, but it’s apparently blogger/journalist etiquette. A sort of way of saying “I call this content!”
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I wasn’t around for those discussions, but that isn’t what bothers me the most (although, if I’m being nit-picky, I have found it a little off-putting). I hate that he tweets the same stories about 3X per day. I also dislike when he calls for a “poll” about what people think about a topic, and then posts a story on it within about 5-10 minutes (his story was obviously written and he was advertising.) In addition to the “exclusive” that I just mentioned, there are various other self-promoting things he does that are all about maximizing page views over providing meaningful content. Again, I do find him valuable, but if he keeps spamming my twitter and making me hit “next page” to read his final sentence, I’m going to stop following him and reading his pieces.
Honestly, we’ve hit the saturation point on beat writers and new content. There’s so much new content every day now that there’s no way in hell I could read all of it.
I don’t need to read anything that simply reports the news. I get the breaking news on Twitter and in the comments here. I read articles for analysis. And that’s where blogs excel and the local news outlets suck.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions
I think it’s less that we’ve hit saturation, just that said writers are still trying to find their way. You’ve had it turn over pretty much 100% since the end of last year, and while they’re anxious to put out content that caters to the new media, they’re still losing out to CBC on things like WIdeman’s hospital release, for instance.
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by Bald Pollack on Apr 13, 2011 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, definitely a lot of newbies. Maybe we’ll have some grizzled vets in the press box 10 years from now.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions
They cost a bit more on the free agent market, though, and you have to be careful not to pick up ones who have lost a step.
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We can always send them to Hershey if they don’t pan out.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions
We’d need to send them to Grand Rapids. Hershey is already set with lots of good talent.
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by Alz Well That Ends Well on Apr 13, 2011 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions
That was a really interesting interview, combined with the transcript and story by Whyno. Interesting to get a response from him about his penalties. It’s pretty much what you’d expect, he’s not thinking when he takes them.
A lot of fans consider you one of the most frustrating players: one second you can get their heads spinning with a move and an unbelievable goal, and the next you pick up a stupid penalty.
I agree that I pick up a few penalties. These are just pure emotions. It’s not like I pick up these penalties on purpose. This is a game and everything happens so fast. You may do something and only then think about it. There are different moments in life. I try not to repeat my mistakes again. And if you head to the penalty box, you can’t get it back. You have to understand that there are a lot of emotions in hockey. I try to be more careful and mindful.
by vtcapsfan99 on Apr 13, 2011 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Say what you will about Semin, but he’s a hell of a lot more open than Chris Pronger. I listened to his press conference this morning on Home Ice and it might have been the snarkiest, sarcastic give and take I’ve heard in a long time. The worst part was the sycophant Philly reporters who were laughing like giddy 15-year old girls at every smart-ass reply.
Pronger is kind of a heel. You gotta appreciate that.
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Did I look on great Orion sloping slowly to the West.
The league needs villains. Less evil than Cooke, more evil than Avery.
Many a night from yonder ivied casement, ere I went to rest,
Did I look on great Orion sloping slowly to the West.
So…what you’re saying is that Pronger is room temperature porridge?
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Heel as in a wrestling character, a guy who creates a persona for fans to intentionally hate.
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Did I look on great Orion sloping slowly to the West.
I think Ribeiro is pretty villainous.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
He’s pretty good at off-ice gamesmanship.
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by CapitalCentre on Apr 13, 2011 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions
Pronger might be the best at working the media in the NHL. I love it.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Apr 13, 2011 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
He’s not trying to make friends: he’s Chris Fucking Pronger, and he knows his part.
Dingos are involved. Best not to ask.
by alex_k on Apr 13, 2011 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Pretty good read.
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by iwearstripes on Apr 13, 2011 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Was wondering…if Hank has 11 shutouts, but a .923 sv% do the former skew the latter?
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I posted this late last night in the Clips yesterday, but haven’t seen it mentioned here yet today.
Lewiston beat Montreal last night 2-1, to take a 2-1 series lead. Carrier had a goal and was the third star of the game. (Behind Champion and Brodeur)
Montreal outshot Lewiston 29-19. And Brodeur scored the GWG for the MAINEiacs with 5 seconds left in the third.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Apr 13, 2011 11:18 AM EDT reply actions
How’d Carrier look? Is he all offense or ok in his own end too?
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Wasn’t at the game last night (hope to be tonight), but the times I’ve seen him he’s been OK in his own end. He’s the top pair with Finn for ES and plays PP1. I saw him some on the PK but he wasn’t their go to guy for that situation.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Apr 13, 2011 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Isn’t Kootenay up 3-0 on Saskatoon, too?
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I saw that this morning and did a little headshake. Wasn’t Schenn supposed to give Kootenay headaches?
That'll make your weagle wink!
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Kootenay was 0-4 in the season against Saskatoon.
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by RCheli on Apr 13, 2011 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Lundqvist overrated
In 30 career playoff games, Lundqvist is 14-16. Not only that, but in 17 of the 30, he’s allowed 3 or more goals. You can’t allow 3 or more goals that many times and be considered a top playoff goalie.
he has nothing left in the tank when the playoffs come around. Same thing this year.
If nobody has done this when I take my lunch I will go back past the lockout and see how many games/mins the Cup champ goalie played during the reg. season
by Beakers Lab on Apr 13, 2011 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
26 straight starts.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions
The last 6 at least didn’t play more than 62 regular season games that year.
by OvechkinGR8 on Apr 13, 2011 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
quick results.
most reg. season minutes played by SC final goalies since 05-06
3641 Fluery in 09
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by Beakers Lab on Apr 13, 2011 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Disagree. A .926 career Even-Strength save pct is pretty damned good.
He might not have enough in the tank to win 16 games this year – and the Rangers might not have the firepower to pull it off even if he did – but he and they have plenty enough to knock off the Caps in Round 1.
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Love this quote from Arnott (from the Svrluga piece):
"So many people are used to them scoring six, seven, eight goals a game, but giving up five, six, seven goals a game," said Jason Arnott, acquired from New Jersey at the trading deadline in March. "Now, it’s 2-1, 3-2. People are wondering: Why aren’t the Capitals scoring? Well, the Capitals are winning. They’re winning."
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by Alz Well That Ends Well on Apr 13, 2011 11:23 AM EDT reply actions
Ok awesome Rink Reads, I need a little help. I need someone, anyone, to send me the rink logo as a high res file so I can put it on some signs. Thanks!
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Hey, this new coach we have, Boadreau, sounds like a pretty cool guy
Not my original title, BTW, so that’s not my spelling error.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 11:24 AM EDT reply actions
Good article, but I can’t agree that I wouldn’t have anyone over BB. I’d take Babcock in a heartbeat.
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I’m just amazed at how he was able to completely turn the entire philosophy of the team around in mid-season. I know that usually happens when a team fires a guy and brings in a new coach, but in this case, when you realize how much effort that took, and how the whole culture of the team had to change, and the personnel with which he enacted the change, it’s just unfathomable to me. And they still finished first in the conference and won the division.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions
No doubt, and he gets credit for that. But GMGM also made the job a lot easier with the acquisitions. Ultimately I’m not even trying to detract from what BB has done, just saying that even giving him all this credit I still think there’s at least one better coach. I really wish Babcock was our coach. That team is the best coached team in the league seemingly every year.
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With openings in Dallas, Ottawa, Florida and Minny, if the Caps were to fire Boudreau, he’d have a job within 24 hours.
I think he’d be good for a young team like Florida. Ottawa’s at such a weird point — too many vets, underperforming young players — I don’t know who’d really want to coach that.
I think so as well. He’d love the Leafs job. Then we’ll see how RCheli feels about him when he’s coaching his team…
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As much as Boudreau loves coaching here, I think that if Toronto called he’d seriously consider leaving Washington to go there.
BB, at heart, is a player, and he has the same dream as any other player. He’ll go where he thinks he’ll have the best chance of winning a Cup.
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by iwearstripes on Apr 13, 2011 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m more than happy with Ron Wilson. Of course, I may be the only person.
He’s done well with a pretty untalented team, and with a full season of Kadri and some money to spend (thoughtfully) this summer, I expect Wilson to lead them to the playoffs next year.
I honestly don’t know what to think of Boudreau. He did very well in the AHL and then was able to get in on the ground floor of a very talented team. But his team’s lack of playoff success is an albatross that will hang around his neck until he wins it all. And that’s probably not very fair.
Look at his AHL post-season record. Then compare it to the NHL. I wouldn’t write him off just yet. (And, as you know, I’m far from his biggest backer.)
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One second-round exit, five first round exits, a Calder Cup, and a trip to the finals (but losing). Do we have the patience for four more first round exits?
I don’t know, but that’s the question.
He lost 4 times in the first round with Manchester, which was a powerhouse (or expected to be one). So they fired him (with lots of personal reasons involved) and then he landed at HER, and promptly won the Calder Cup. Who knows how much is him, luck, or the personnel on the two teams, but it’s in the back of my mind.
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Any others? Ruff, Torts and hell even PDB would be interesting but probably not better.
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Did I look on great Orion sloping slowly to the West.
I love Torts as well and I think Ruff is an excellent coach. I could live with those. There are lots of great coaches. Trotz, Carlyle. I could name a bunch, but Babcock is the only one I’d get rid of BB for without hesitation. Even Torts I’d have to think about it quite a bit.
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You’ve mellowed. I remember arguing with you about Torts over Boudreau. You for Torts and me for Boudreau.
Tort’s inability to get Gaborik to produce made me a bit disappointed. I know sometimes it’s just the player, but it seems like Gaborik should have done much better.
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Did I look on great Orion sloping slowly to the West.
Gaborik is their Semin
Sometimes the jokes just write themselves.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I love Torts as a coach, but I’m not going to overlook all that BB has done in the regular season. If Torts out-coaches him again this series, then my thinking time will drastically decrease. (And, I do expect Torts to out-coach BB, I’m just not sure if it’s enough for the Rags.)
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Three areas I’m going to watch where coaching really comes into play; PP vs PK (both ways), Ovechkin vs Stall-Girardi (what does Boudreau do to get him away from them) and overall line matchups. If Tortorella wins two out of three, it’s going to be tough for the Caps.
From nhl.com:
“The 29-year-old Lundqvist, who hasn’t played fewer than 70 games since 2006-07, said before the season the signing of Biron in the summer was great for him because it would keep him fresh for the playoffs. Lundqvist said his massive workload never left him feeling fatigued mentally or physically, but he wondered if it would keep him from being sharp enough to take the Rangers on a deep playoff run.”
Lundqvist has always been very open, and not egotistical in the least. He knows WSH is the better team. Yet every analyst thinks he has the power to take this series from WSH.
I don’t know, think the pressure is too great – is there any other team whose fortunes ride more on their goalie than NYR? He wasn’t able to hold a 3-1 lead last time they were faced WSH, despite winning on the road. And 20 of his wins came on the road this year, with only 16 W at home.
Add that rookie pairing on D and I think that spells trouble for NYR. He’s the main reason they made it this far, and they squeaked in. I don’t see anything but a fairly easy series win for WSH.
Lundqvist is a class act, always has been – but yeah, he’s played their last 25 games and they’ve almost all been must-win, playoff-type games. It’s going to be interesting to see what happens. Not sure I see a fairly easy win but I think they can pull this off without the usual 7-game fiasco. Hopefully.
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Guess who’s being reported as a game-time decision?
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Ooh ooh, is it Greenie??
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Wides?
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by TheFuryUnleashed on Apr 13, 2011 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Sid.
0_o
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Oof. Seriously?? I don’t buy it. Still hasn’t taken contact with the team, as far as I know (although admittedly I only pay attention when one of their reporters tweets something at the time of Twitter perusal).
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Was about to type something similar. I assume she’s kidding, right?
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Per Erlendsson:
Bylsma “No update on Sid, nothing has changed in his progression”
…which means nothing, because if Sid IS a game-time decision there’s no way he’s revealing it.
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why else would you see Sid practicing on NHL.com .
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by TheFuryUnleashed on Apr 13, 2011 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Chelios
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Did I look on great Orion sloping slowly to the West.
Mmmmm, brains.
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by Hang a Laingtern on Your Problems on Apr 13, 2011 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Per Trib Review:
Coach Dan Bylsma said that the LINEUP for their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series against the Tampa Bay Lightning tonight at Consol Energy Center will be a “game-time” decision, and reiterated that Crosby has not been cleared for contact portions of practice.
by S h a g g y on Apr 13, 2011 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions
So wait….he hasn’t been cleared for contact in practice, but somehow he’s a “game time decision”?
Bunch of BS, in my opinion.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Crosby is not playing tonight. Period. He hasn’t taken a hit in practice yet because none of his teammates want to Steckel him.
by S h a g g y on Apr 13, 2011 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Nope, careful there – Bylsma said the lineup will be a game-time decision, not Sid playing. The fact that Sid hasn’t been cleared for contact should tell everyone he ain’t playing yet. I’d be shocked if we saw 87 out there in this series.
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I don’t think he’ll be back for the whole PLAYOFFS.
Then again, I expect Pittsburgh to be done in 6 games.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions
OK, the drama's been done, already
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by ThePeerless on Apr 13, 2011 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Ew, is his knee sticking out sideways?
by DrinkingPartner on Apr 13, 2011 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Youngsters on JR marveling at short hoop shorts and white striped socks. Enjoy folks, those were the days.
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It is really humorous listening to Mike Wise defend himself on the Fan… He doesn’t know sh*t about the Caps
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For his moronic questions from yesterday’s interview ..
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by TheFuryUnleashed on Apr 13, 2011 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions
listening to Kushner tear Wise a new one yesterday was glorious.
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That threw me into a giggle fit. Nothing like a good public shaming to put Wise back in his place for his idiotic question.
by redpezrocket on Apr 13, 2011 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Wise asked Bruce whether GMGM had made any guarantees to him about his job if he loses in the first round. Bruce was miffled and Wise was quick to apologize, but he clearly meant to ask him that question.
Kushner berated him about the question after the interview.
by redpezrocket on Apr 13, 2011 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Infinitely better than listening to Lavar talk about ANYTHING. Absolutely unbelievable that someone so moronic could not only have a 4 hour radio show, but also writes columns for the Washington Post.
Lavar thinks the longer the question he asks, the smarter he sounds. I don’t know how Chad puts up with him.
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Chad Dukes is an idiot himself. He starts ranting and I have to change the station. Lavar kinda creeps me out then because Chad will be ranting and yelling about something and Lavar keeps saying Get ‘em in the background, encouraging him. I’ve heard Lavar do that with callers sometimes that are ranting about something.
by vtcapsfan99 on Apr 13, 2011 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions
I liked Lavar at first, but got tired of him. Dukes is a waste of airtime.
In spite of that, the station’s coverage is head and shoulders above 980, even with 980’s addition of Vogel and May.
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What choices we have in evening drive time…LaVar, Chad, Andy, and Steve. Moe, Larry, Curly, and Shemp.
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by ThePeerless on Apr 13, 2011 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Podcasts are a Godsend.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Central NJ drive time choices: Mike Francesca (unlistenable), Michael Kay and Don Le Greca (too much Yankee talk) or philly guys who are utterly ridiculous – still talking about Donovan McNabb!
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God do I not miss Francesa. What a blowhard. Can’t imagine what he’s like Mad Dog-less.
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He absolutely kills any point that he brings up – talks it to death and if you don’t agree, don’t bother listening (or calling in if that’s your cup of tea). I honestly don’t know why WFAN hasn’t done something about this – his rating are down from the Mad Dog era – he needs a partner/foil).
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He’s a former Redskin. That’s all you have to know. Everytime I accidentally flip on that show, I immediately start losing brain cells.
Could you imagine a drinking game where you were required to drink every time one of them said something stupid, finish whatever it was every time Lavar tried to sound smart and having to do a shot every time he said “They was…”?
Would make drinking each time you hear “Who” in the Grinch feel like an AA meeting.
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Ugh.
TGfireandice
Arnott was first player off ice at end of skate and was receiving treatment, but is expected to play tonight.
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I don’t think that’s new. He has been dealing with this for a while, and will be. Treatment doesn’t mean he has been reinjured, only that he is working hard to take the best care of it possible.
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Keep telling yourself that… If we make a deep run, I don’t think Arnott is going to play in every postseason game.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m surprised he didn’t take his option.
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Probably excited/nervous, especially if he thinks he might actually retire this summer.
by DrinkingPartner on Apr 13, 2011 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t understand why everyone thinks Arnott would retire. Knuble is going to be 39 and just signed a new contract. Arnott’s two years younger.
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Arnott has more miles, and some concussion problems.
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He’s also shown a much smoother decline phase. Arnott’s point totals have gone from 72 to 57 to 46 to 31 the past 4 years.
I used to be annoyed when Ovi took options, but I always step back and give him the benefit of a doubt that he’s not sleeping in or playing video games…maybe he’s working out, or is getting treatment from one of the medical staff, or has a dentist appointment (hahaha).
by redpezrocket on Apr 13, 2011 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Morning skates are meaningless. Some guys do it, some guys don’t. It means nothing about his ability to lead.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Apr 13, 2011 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Someone asked yesterday in the clips when Semin has ever taken a penalty while on the PK (thus putting us at the 5v3 disadvantage):
Twice in a week earlier this year I said something to the effect of “F’ing Semin”
Nov 14th against ATL (ATL scored)
Nov 20th against the Flyers
Plus one more Mar 9th against Edmonton
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Interesting data, although I believe someone’s comment was that Semin wasn’t on the PK because he took dumb penalties. Semin hasn’t played on the PK much since he returned from his groin injury. I think avoiding extra wear and tear on him was more the reason for his lack of PK time since then, not the stupid penalties. Sorta like Carlson getting reduced time on the PP at the end of the season in an effort to cut down his minutes a bit.
by vtcapsfan99 on Apr 13, 2011 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions
sure, but iwearstripes is responding specifically to wickedwitch, who said the following:
When did this happen? I can’t remember a single time that this occured.
by Natty Bumppo on Apr 13, 2011 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Indeed.
Semin is an excellent penalty killer when he’s disciplined, but BB has made it pretty clear he’s been frustrated by some of Semin’s penalties (as evidenced by him being glued to the bench in OT recently). I wouldn’t be shocked to find that his penalty taking is part of the reasoning in BB keeping him off the PP.
For what its worth, I don’t particularly want Semin blocking shots on the PK when we’ve got the conference locked up and he’s already nursing nagging injuries.
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by iwearstripes on Apr 13, 2011 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Damnit. PP should read PK there.
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by iwearstripes on Apr 13, 2011 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I see your point about BB possibly punishing Semin by restricting his PK time, but I don’t know if that makes the most sense. Semin generally plays way on the PK and it seems to motivate him to play well the rest of the game. So that might not be the right carrot to take away if you are trying to make him learn something.
I’ve never thought of BB as a guy who knows how to push the right buttons to get what he needs from a player. It certainly could be that he doesn’t want to risk an injury or re-injury, I can’t say.
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by iwearstripes on Apr 13, 2011 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Fedsd called him one of the best coaches he ever played for, so I think he knows how to motivate guys.
I’m not sure how much of that is actually that he’s a good coach vs. not busting guys balls for making mistakes. Guys respond differently to different types of coaches. My least favorite coach had the biggest positive impact on my development as a player.
There are a fair number of players that hate playing for Torts, but acknowledge that he made them better players.
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by iwearstripes on Apr 13, 2011 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Well I think you are right that BB doesn’t necessarily know how to handle Semin, but a lot of coaches might have trouble with him since he’s a unique kind of person. Luckily the Sasha Whisperer came to town just in time.
I’m kind of wondering if Arnott might have a future in coaching. Having played for Lemaire for years, you know he’s a systems expert by now. He commands respect, and seems to know how to motivate players. Plus he has the automatic credibility that comes with winning the Cup…
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by iwearstripes on Apr 13, 2011 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions
ok, people who are smarter about the internet than I am. I made a bunch of signs, converted them into PDFs….now, what is the best way/place to upload them so people can download and print? I made 11×17 and 8.5×11 versions. I don’t want to lose the size or the resolution.
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I can host them. Email to me.
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Awesome…Nice job RB!
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thank you! and thank you to Alz Well for hosting. I hope to see some signs on TV tonight! :)
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If anyone else has signs to contribute, email and I’ll put them up too. And when I get home I’ll snaz up the page a bit, but I’m at work and this computer doesn’t have any of my shiny tools.
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by Alz Well That Ends Well on Apr 13, 2011 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions
and if anyone has requests for Game 2 signs, send an e-mail my way and I’ll see what I can do.
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Borrowed the idea from someone who commented yesterday. Finally found a big enough movie poster file. I sent RB the files I used in case she can do it better :-)
I’m going to add a "lets Go Caps at the bottom, shoudl print as an 11×17
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by Sombrero Guy on Apr 13, 2011 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
emailed the file to Allz well Hopefully it gets hosted…
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by Sombrero Guy on Apr 13, 2011 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Ask and ye shall receive.
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by Alz Well That Ends Well on Apr 13, 2011 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions
quick thought…how about "Victory! (with a chance of flying water bottles)
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by Sombrero Guy on Apr 13, 2011 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions
JP jokingly tweeted “How many LeBron references?” without reading it.
Second paragraph. Right after the opening line.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions
nice. and how many crosby references? 3.
by Natty Bumppo on Apr 13, 2011 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Lebron is a pretty good comparison in the context that Wilbon is writing in.
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I know, but if you’re as big an NBA sycophant as Wilbon is, it just becomes ripe for self parody.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed, and the fact that Lebron is fucking douche bag, while OV has got to be one of the most, if not THE most likable personalities in sports.
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Well, there are plenty of people who consider Ovi to be a “fucking douche bag” as well, just as there are plenty of people who consider LeBron to be on the square. Just depends on what side of the aisle your loyalties lay.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I would say that Lebron is unequivocally much more despised than OV. “Plenty” is relative.
Were you to remove those loyal to either’s team, or their rivals, the neutral observers enjoy Ovechkin’s joie de vivre and can’t stand Lebron’s arrogance.
But I’m a Caps fan and am clearly biased.
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When an entire city wouldn’t piss on you if you were on fire, I would say you are more loathed than OV.
Yeah….I hear Ovi’s real popular in Pittsburgh.
But again, depends on what building you go in. Ovi’s pretty much booed everywhere at this point. There’s a really strong segment of fans who don’t like him for various purposes.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 1:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Ovi’s pretty much booed everywhere at this point.
It’s called “respect”.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions
This.
Ovie is booed because he’s really, really good at ice hockey.
LeBron is hated because he’s a self-absorbed scumbag who had a national TV special to announce he was wiping his ass with the community in which he’d grown up.
"You do that you go to the box, you know. Two minutes by yourself and you feel shame, you know. And then you get free."
To follow your analogy, wouldn’t LeBron being booed also have to do with the fact that he’s um….also really good at basketball? There are plenty of great players who DON’T get booed frequently.
And again, there is a very large segment of folks out there who feel that AO is also a “self-absorbed scumbag”.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
LeBron is definitely booed by some because the popular thing these days is to boo the opposing team’s superstar.
But Ovechkin’s done nothing concrete to earn the hatred of fans. They may not like how he plays the game, but nothing in his resume approaches the “The Decision.”
"You do that you go to the box, you know. Two minutes by yourself and you feel shame, you know. And then you get free."
But Ovechkin’s done nothing concrete to earn the hatred of fans.
Sergei Gonchar, Danny Briere, Tim Gleason and Brian Campbell would all disagree.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Bad timing? Pretty generous. I’d call that one his worst career hit.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Accidental,bad timingdeserved it, accidental, and accidental.
FTFY
by grapejoos on Apr 13, 2011 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Just don’t think the two are comparable. Ovie’s plays (other than Briere, when he was a dumb rookie) were near-misses that are pretty commonplace in the sport of professional ice hockey.
The connection between a best-in-the-game superstar like LeBron and NE Ohio is like nothing we’ve seen in professional sports.
"You do that you go to the box, you know. Two minutes by yourself and you feel shame, you know. And then you get free."
The connection between a best-in-the-game superstar like LeBron and NE Ohio is like nothing we’ve seen in professional sports
That would be accurate if no one from the greater Quebec area had ever played for the Montreal Canadiens. Or Cal Ripken had never played for the O’s. Or Pete Rose had never played for the Reds.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Not only is LeBron better than either of those two players at this point in his career, but the connection to the communities is closer.
Did the entire city of Baltimore follow Cal’s career from the time he was 14? How about Rose? Were Cal and Rose helping prop-up the economies of those cities?
And keep in mind the Reds and O’s were successful franchises with championships and history. Compare that to the Cavaliers.
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Did the entire city of Baltimore follow Cal’s career from the time he was 14?
Cal played in a different era. The world was no where near as connected. Information was much harder to obtain. If Cal was coming up now, damn right Baltimore would be all over him. Think Strasburg or Bryce Harper. Now make DC their hometown.
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The Briere hit wasn’t as a rookie. Pretty sure it was his 2nd season, 07-07
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by Sombrero Guy on Apr 13, 2011 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Do you really think that Lebron is equally as hated, or are you arguing for sport?
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I think he’s equally hated.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Obviously joking with that last remark, but I have a LOT of friends who are from Pittsburgh and I have never heard any of them talk about Ovi the way Lebron is by any casual fan I know.
Boos on the court ≠ the vitriol that Ohio has for him. And it has nothing to do with what he does on the court anyway.
People were burning his jersey – no one burns #8 The decision, referring to himself in the third person, celebrating championships in the pre-season, tweeting about God’s plan and blaming it on others.
Lebron takes this by a mile. They’re not even close. Nothing OV has ever done even comes near comparing to what Lebron has done to show how out of touch with reality he is.
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Lebron takes this by a mile. They’re not even close. Nothing OV has ever done even comes near comparing to what Lebron has done to show how out of touch with reality he is.
This. There was literally an Akron-based grandmothers organization that met to watch the special. So you ended up with pictures in the paper of octogenarians weeping because they didn’t think he’d actually leave the community.
"You do that you go to the box, you know. Two minutes by yourself and you feel shame, you know. And then you get free."
It still wouldn’t be as bad. Even if we hated Ovechkin we wouldn’t hate him as much as NE Ohioans hate LeBron.
Oveckin would have had to grow up in Bethesda and play his junior hockey in McLean for it to be comparable.
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I think that you’re way off base. Ovechkin is beloved by Caps fans and by some NHL fans (mostly those who do not like Crosby), but he’s also a guy who many people see as being a showboat, who is reckless, and who cannot win when it counts.
Regardless of whether or not any of those things are true (and I’d say that C is the least true and B is the closest to the truth), he’s hardly up to the level you believe him to be.
Do you still view Oveckhin as reckless after his last suspension last season? He seems to have changed his style of play slightly since them. Maybe I don’t recall correctly, but I believe he hasn’t injured anyone this season. I think he deserves a chance to change his behavior and be re-evaluated.
About the showboat comment, I can see how Ovie can be taken for being arrogant, but I don’t believe he is. He seems to just be having fun and living life to the fullest. But everyone can decide for themselves whether or not they like his personality. I just think it’s only fair to read up on his positive side along with the critiques such as the whole shoving the paparazzi at the Olympics. He also does a lot of charity work and rescues stray cats and seem very willing to listen and learn from an older, respected player such as Arnott.
About C, I say that is a bunch of crap. It’s a team sport. It’s not fair to place all the blame on Ovie. He deserves some blame for the flameout last season because he wasn’t always playing well, but I think it’s stupid to compare him to Crosby and look down upon Ovie for his teams having less success. It’s even more ridiculous to blame him for the Russian team’s failures when they are coached by an inept Bykov.
I’m not saying I believe any of them — and I don’t. I’m saying that there are many people who do.
(I actually hate it when people — usually lazy reporters — say things like, “Some have said that…” Who said it?)
But Ovechkin isn’t universally reviled. I think there’s a lot of respect for his obvious talent and skills, but let’s not get carried away with how much people adore him.
I think a lot of people who dislike him, from things I’ve read and heard, confuse his spontaneity and exuberance with arrogance. It’s as if they have no awareness that there is a difference. Much of their opinion is filtered through that. They say he needs to be humble, but if they ever bothered to listen to him, they would realize he is always giving credit to his teammates, respects players on other teams, and has deep (and humble) admiration for those who’ve come before.
He has his faults, those I think are his faults are not related to Alex as a hockey player. Some of those faults he will naturally mature out of as we’ve seen over the years. But some people never reexamine and reassess their opinions.
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I wish Ted himself weren’t the one making the bigger LeBron comparison. Of course, he points to the fact the LeBron deserted his city while Ovie stayed, and not the “can’t win postseason” meme.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions
And this is pretty much the same article that he wrote after the melt down in ’10, only this time it preceeds the playoffs as opposed to following them.
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Or maybe the word “archive” word is a link to the … archive of Wilbon articles for ESPN? Hover over the link and you’ll see what the url is: “search michael wilbon”
The first one was a WP article so ESPN wouldn’t have the right to reprint it unless it gave the WP a byline similar to what AP gets.
This is a “brand new” recycled idea.
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You know things have changed in this town when a Dr’s assistant, who I’ve met maybe twice before and never discussed sports or hockey, asked me what my plans were for the playoff game tonight. Then again, maybe the Capitals boxer shorts gave it away…
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
They have those?
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by PrincessPowerful on Apr 13, 2011 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions
You did see the RR’s modeling them in the yearbook
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oh you were serious…
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Awesome, they do. And they have jammies!
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by PrincessPowerful on Apr 13, 2011 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions
What I’d really like, other than a jersey, would be one of those jackets.
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by PrincessPowerful on Apr 13, 2011 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m wishing I had one of the waterproof ones today. It’s pouring out.
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good thing we’re brining ponchos tonight.
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by Sombrero Guy on Apr 13, 2011 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I hear Marc-Edouard Vlasic wears a brined poncho.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions
This is very Princess Powerful
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I really want that one, not even kidding.
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by PrincessPowerful on Apr 13, 2011 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions
me too…oh, you mean bathing suits, I think. Yea my wife would love it.
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Just about 1pm
And we’re well over the 600 post count so far. Yeesh.
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by DrinkingPartner on Apr 13, 2011 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Have never understood being in the GDT during the G. I’m always busy watching, eating, drinking, watching, etc…sometimes I check in between periods to see what the general reaction is, but that’s just I.
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But how can you follow the game and a thread at the same time? Maybe if I had a tablet computer, I guess. But I’m a desktop guy, and my desktop is not near the TV.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh my goodness, this is amazing:
From Adrian Dater on twitter:
Unbelievable SI photo gallery: 30 NHL playoff performers and their lookalikes http://bit.ly/gKMfwX
The ones for Michael Frolik, Jordan Staal, Roberto Luongo, Chris Drury, Henrik Zetterberg, and Jason Arnott are amazing. And they found the third Sedin triplet.
As if two Sedins weren’t creepy enough….
That is quite amusing.
Matt Bradley: He has sensitive skin, no?
They need their craniums to be shaped like that to make room for their sooper twin psychic powars.
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by WordsOnIce on Apr 13, 2011 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Staal and Anderson Cooper is friggin’ hilarious.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Gagne and Jason Segel is pretty spot on too…
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by SeattleCapsFan on Apr 13, 2011 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions
JP was talking Beatles on Twitter yesterday...
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by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions
That is uncanny…look at the right incisor and canine
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Are you saying Paul McCartney really died and came back as Danny Briere?
Yeah…I buy it.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions
That makes me sad, stop it :( Stupid magical spearing midget.
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by Wheeler on Apr 13, 2011 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
I’ve long thought Briere resembled Sir Paul, but I always try to squash the thought. I also had a guy who cut my hair in Houston for years who looked exactly like Paul.
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meh, Eyes and Nose..I see it a little bit….but oh how I would love to see Pronger Dufrain’d
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Also pretty entertaining, I knew someone who was obsessed with Zetterberg solely because he looked like Jared Leto.
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by SeattleCapsFan on Apr 13, 2011 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions
if I didn’t know better, I’d swear he was photoshopped. but it really is that strange shape.
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Could be it’s the genetic anomaly that makes him an astoundingly good stickhandler. Something to do with having less face in the way of his perihperal vision.
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by CapitalCentre on Apr 13, 2011 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s not in there but I’ve always thought Loui Eriksson looks like Christian Bale.
Also, I knew there was a reason I hate Dan Boyle.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Apr 13, 2011 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Post has an article on Torts & Operation Poncho — WaPo (Carerra)
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by Alz Well That Ends Well on Apr 13, 2011 1:20 PM EDT reply actions
Wednesday, as the Rangers went through their morning skate before Game 1, Tortorella was asked what role his suspension played in determining the outcome of that series.
“I’m not going back there,” Tortorella said. “I’m so focused on just today. We’re going to worry about that. I knew somewhere along the way that question was going to come up, so we’ll just put an end to it. I’m not going to – there’s no sense of it.”
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by Sombrero Guy on Apr 13, 2011 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Hello
My initial foray into Japer’s Rink (hope this is the appropriate forum).
A Caps fan since their inception, I follow them now from here at the beach.
Since I can’t be at the VC tonite, I’ll be seeking out the game at some local watering holes. (VS and NBC are my only video options-except when they play the Canes on FoxCarolina-guess that won’t be happening any more this season – “Cam Ward says NO!” ).
So let’s go , Caps: I’m not ready to shave off the playoff beard I started in January (as a hedge against an early exit-hey, I’ve been here before).
P.S. At the risk of damning you with faint praise, let me say that this site is awesome.
Rooting for the Caps from the OBX.
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Thank you
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by Acer Jonesy's Laughker on Apr 13, 2011 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions
You live on OBX? Where about? That must be awesome.
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by Acer Jonesy's Laughker on Apr 13, 2011 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I goto Corolla every year. Love it out there.
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by Chaz-Capapalooza on Apr 13, 2011 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Obligatory Welcome Rec’…Welcome, I will be watching Game 3 in the Carolinas too…I was really hoping to see it live, but like you said. Cam Ward says NO!
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Obligatory “Much,er, Obliged”.
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by Acer Jonesy's Laughker on Apr 13, 2011 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks for joining.
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by Bald Pollack on Apr 13, 2011 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions
How’s the wind? Usually go there every year for a kitesurfing trip for spring break – this year it’s assateague. =’(
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The answer, my friend……. today it’s SSE at 5.
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by Acer Jonesy's Laughker on Apr 13, 2011 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I swear the clock isn’t moving. 7-7:30 is going to be brutal. Really wish this game started promptly.
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by Chaz-Capapalooza on Apr 13, 2011 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Watch out for the Meiji.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions
We just got done with the Heian and Kamakura time periods, thank god.
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by Chaz-Capapalooza on Apr 13, 2011 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Worst class I ever took.
/OT
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I concur.
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by Chaz-Capapalooza on Apr 13, 2011 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions
My professor decided today was a great time to visit the Farm the school owns 30 min from campus at 545. Luckily I get to have a friend drive so I can start drinking now to calm the nerves.
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As this has nothing to really do with hockey, please take future comments to the OT thread.
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by Bald Pollack on Apr 13, 2011 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Playoff Prediction Fanpost
For those of you who want to read my predictions and/or prognosturbate.
Matt Hendricks is a honey badger.
I thought Versus was covering the whole game.
They list Phoenix v Detroit from 7:00-9:30
Caps v Rangers 9:30-10:00
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by Chaz-Capapalooza on Apr 13, 2011 1:44 PM EDT reply actions
Not sure why they would show PHX-DET in central PA
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by Chaz-Capapalooza on Apr 13, 2011 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Same thing happened to me. See above.
Caps will be running on CSN….Wizz have been bumped to CSN+
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Damn…I don’t get CSN here, guess I’ll have to stream it until Versus picks it up.
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by Chaz-Capapalooza on Apr 13, 2011 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions
I got confused last night when I went to set the DVR. CSN has the Wizards game in the channel guide (on Comcast) and CSN+ plus had random junk. I hope they fix the guide by this afternoon or I guess I’ll be making a manual recording. Pretty lame for CSN not to have updated their channel guide for the Caps playoffs.
Is there a larger Red Wings fan base throughout the US than the Rangers/Caps/Penguins? That’s what Versus is banking on, and I don’t think it’s the right choice.
The Red Wings fanbase is pretty gigantic. I’d say its probably bigger than all three of those fanbases combined.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I see Michigan license plates everywhere . A lot of them moved to the DC area.
by redpezrocket on Apr 13, 2011 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Per the census, I believe Detroit lost 25% of it’s population between 2000 and 2010. That’s a long of Wings fans.
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Plus, add in the people who like following a front-runner (Cowboys/Steelers syndrome), and the people around here who “root for [insert team here] except when they’re playing Detroit” and it’s really sizable.
And never count out the popularity of a team with cool looking uniforms.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Really? I know it’s big, and I know that Michigan has lost a lot of people to other parts of the country, but bigger than the combined Rangers and Capitals out-of-town fanbase?
I"m with you. The Rangers are an Original 6 teams from the biggest city in the country. I bet that fan base isn’t too far behind Detroit’s.
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but people move to New York. They stay in New York. Detroit (and other rust belt cities) have been shedding population for 2 generations now. And believe me, the make their kids root for their home team, not the team of the city they’ve moved to.
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I seem to recall that pre-Crosby, Red Wings used to be the go-to team for national broadcasts.
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The population of Detroit probably increases when the Wings play at home. Not like Nebraska or State College, but similar.
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by Alz Well That Ends Well on Apr 13, 2011 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
very marginal. Games at the Joe aren’t like game at the VC.
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On Hockey Central today, Nick Kypreos states Pheonix will be moving to Winnipeg once eliminated from playoffs. Official announcement to came from NHL at that time. Go Jets.
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by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Why? You’d rather we have a financially unstable franchise in Canada? I don’t see the upside.
Like YLM, I won’t buy it until it’s official.
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I think he was just trying to get the story out before those fuckers at TSN.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I can’t wait for it to come out as false and the Canadian dreams will once again be dashed. I’m all for Canada getting another team, just not in Winnipeg or Quebec City.
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better winnipeg than a second team in toronto (or a toronto suburb).
by Natty Bumppo on Apr 13, 2011 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Disagree. That’s exactly where I’d want the second team.
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Agree, but I’m genuinely curious what Leafs fans think of the idea.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Love it if Phoenix went there and was in the playoffs next year.
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by Alz Well That Ends Well on Apr 13, 2011 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m not sure why the Leafs or their fans have a say. The Rags got the Isles and Devils plopped on either side, and NYC isn’t anywhere near the same kind of market. A team in Toronto means another flagship organization, and more importantly one that is financially sound. It won’t have to be moved again in a decade. It won’t have small market issues. And as a Caps fan, I’d love the upward pressure another TOR team would put on the salary cap.
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The Leafs get a say because it would take a big-ass bite out of their revenue. Yes, it would help the league overall, and I’m all for it. But there’s no denying that it would really hurt MLSE’s stock. And you may choose to just say “fuck them”, but owners have rights, too. In this case, they have codified rights. I remember reading during the recent PHX ownership crisis that the Leafs would need to be paid 10’s of millions of dollars to buy out their exclusive “sphere of influence” rights.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Did the Sabres hurt Toronto’s fanbase (since, pre-Sabres a ton of upstate New Yorkers were Leafs fans)? Or Ottawa? Toronto is the New York Yankees of the NHL, and nothing could hurt that.
The Sabres took a lot from the Hamilton area if I’m remembering correctly. Any more west, and you get into Wings territory. Any more east of Toronto you run into Ottawa fans.
The thing with a second team in Toronto is that they’ll never be loved as much the Leafs, and that’ll be really sad for them. You might get fans, but pretty bandwagon types I would guess. I also don’t know where you’d put them without running into huge traffic issues.
I actually think this is the answer. Put them in another city close by, like Hamilton. Anaheim hasn’t suffered that much for being near LA
Besides, when they win a Cup before the Leafs do, people will flock to them.
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by Gould Old Days on Apr 13, 2011 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I know about the rights, I get it. I honestly don’t think MLSE would take much of a hit, but regardless that’s why they are paid an entry fee when another team comes into their home territory. I think some rich guy should get to pay MLSE 300 million dollars and be done with it. Then if MLSE wants more money they can try not sucking for a few years. (And it’s all relative, even these crappy TOR teams are making more money than almost anyone else.)
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Fuckin’ A. I’m sure Balsillie isn’t the only billionaire who wants an NHL team for a toy.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions
They are businessmen. You guarantee them a team in Toronto, that’s guaranteeing them profits, they’ll take it.
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Where does the team come from? Who gets relocated?
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I’d just say whichever situation falls apart first gets relocated. I wouldn’t force it, but ATL, PHX, and NYI are all in very real trouble. TBL and FLA aren’t far removed. If/when one of them finally falls apart and has to move, stick ’em in Toronto. Or, if they all get resolved somehow, wait for another prospective owner to step up and just expand to 32 teams.
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32 teams… Hard to fathom another expansion right now. Although, it’s tempting to imagine an 8-division realignment.
It would be such a crime against sports if NYI gets relocated. Something needs to be done. Has any team with that kind of history ever been relocated, in any sport?
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions
If the league expands, does that make Alexandre Giroux an NHLer?
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by Gould Old Days on Apr 13, 2011 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions
If he couldn’t stick with EDM, he can’t play in the NHL, period, no?
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What went wrong with him there? I haven’t been able to follow the Oilers this year. I heard he was sent to the AHL, but that was all.
I don’t understand why more people aren’t beating the drum of getting NYI to move into the Brooklyn arena. It’s on the Long Island Railroad and is going to be a new facility. I’m not sure how much support they’d get, but if they started winning there would be some for sure. Prokhorov doesn’t want to own a hockey team too? Really?
And just for curiosity’s sake…why in the world would they announce/leak something like that 5 hours before the playoffs start?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Because they want to throw the Coyotes off their game, so they tank and lose, and then they have no money, and then they have to move to Winnipeg.
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Wouldn’t that inspire them to win more ala a Disney movie? Or Major League?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
You’d think. I still have on my phone a text message from dinasaur about half an hour before the first episode of 24/7. She said if it was anything like “reality TV”, it would have a scripted happy ending with the Caps winning the WC. Quite prescient of her.
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Funny you should mention that analogy. I used it a post this morning. However it was the GWI folks not the Peggers I was referring to.
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I was thinking today about why some cities seem to be adept at losing and then regaining NHL teams: Atlanta lost the Flames and got the Thrashers, Colorado lost the Rockies and got the Avalanche, Minnesota lost the North Stars and got the Wild. So I expect Winnipeg to have a team before too long — I just don’t think that means that Phoenix needs to lose the Coyotes for it to happen.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions
One of those locations is not like the others. Well, I don’t know much about hockey in Colorado, but you have to be an idiot to not make hockey work in Minnesota. Fans still wear North Stars gear to the games.
It’s all about winning, I guess. I imagine people assumed Charlotte would be a great pro basketball market too, but it isn’t.
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I always heard that the story of the North Stars leaving was that they couldn’t compete with hockey on a local level, namely the college and high school stuff.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions
As is well explained in a 1993 Sports Illustrated article,10 owner Norman Green was much reviled in Minnesota following his decision to relocate the franchise. Several reasons were cited including poor attendance during a string of losing seasons, the failure to reach stadium deals in Minneapolis or Saint Paul, and a sexual harassment lawsuit against Green that resulted in his wife threatening to leave him unless he moved the team. The article included a quote from North Stars booster club president Julie Hammond: “When [Norm Green] came here, he said, ‘Only an idiot could lose money on hockey in Minnesota.’ Well, I guess he proved that point.”
And he cocked both his pistols and he spit in the dirt; And he walked out into the street
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t buy it. Not till it’s something official.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions
RedBirdie – best email for you in your Japers profile?
Because now I can justify browsing and commenting during the work day with the argument that I am promoting my business.
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I can resist anything, except temptation.
That sounds like a scene that got cut from “Fish Called Wanda”
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by AMusingFool on Apr 13, 2011 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
just emailed you
Because now I can justify browsing and commenting during the work day with the argument that I am promoting my business.
by Sombrero Guy on Apr 13, 2011 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions
So true
Me: Playoffs Biatch!!!
Mike: Christmas in April
Me: This kicks Christmas’ ass
Mike: Hahah I don’t know christmas doesn’t have the risk of crushing your soul
"The longer I delay myself getting to the real world, the better." - Mike Knuble
by Chaz-Capapalooza on Apr 13, 2011 1:51 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
That depends on what your family gatherings are like.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
This, is also very true.
"The longer I delay myself getting to the real world, the better." - Mike Knuble
by Chaz-Capapalooza on Apr 13, 2011 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I couldn’t help but notice while reading the various CI updates that Katie is sticking to her guns about the 2 concussions for MG52.
Green missed 26 of the final 28 games of the regular season with a pair of concussions, one after he was struck in the head by a puck on Feb. 6 and again when he was hit in the head by the Rangers’ Derek Stepan on Feb. 25.
Compare that to the Gene Wang update yesterday, where he was careful to only call the 2nd one a concussion.
Green missed the Capitals’ final 20 games and 26 of 28 following a Feb. 6 game against Pittsburgh in which he was struck in the side of the head by a puck. The two-time finalist for the Norris Trophy played Feb. 12 against Los Angeles before skating just two shifts against the Rangers on Feb. 25.
In that 6-0 loss, Green came in from behind on New York forward Derek Stepan, who was trying to handle the puck along the boards. Stepan raised his left side and connected with Green’s jaw, forcing him from the game with a concussion after 2 minutes 25 seconds of ice time.
It really drives me nuts that she continues to do this.
I wonder why KC keeps asserting there were two concussions. Unless we get confirmation from Green, GMGM, or Bruce that he did have two concussions, he only had the one (that was confirmed). What is reasonable and what is confirmed is very different. It’s reasonable to think that Green suffered a concussion after getting hit by a puck. It’s not confirmed that he did, though.
by redpezrocket on Apr 13, 2011 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Not confirmed by anyone other than Katie, anyway.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
I posted before that she seems to be doing it as a sort-of rebellion against the organization not owning up to it for PR purposes. I have no idea if this is true or not and I am not making a judgment because I don’t have enough information. However, something is leading her to believe there were two.
Sometimes Katie comes across as a little I-don’t-get-enough-respect-because-I’m-a-woman and she stubbornly insists on something (in this case, the concussion, the other instance I’ve noticed is when she gets interrupted asking questions after games). This may or may not be justified also.
I wish she would share why she believes Green had 2 concussions, other than her throwaway comment on twitter because he did. State whether it was due to information from sources or her own decision or from talking to a medical professional. It would be more credible to me then when every other beat reporter has not made the same assertion.
In case anyone was looking for a good pump up video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0-jNyucPHw
"The longer I delay myself getting to the real world, the better." - Mike Knuble
by Chaz-Capapalooza on Apr 13, 2011 2:13 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
Jesus. That’s awesome
"You do that you go to the box, you know. Two minutes by yourself and you feel shame, you know. And then you get free."
I know, I got chills
"The longer I delay myself getting to the real world, the better." - Mike Knuble
by Chaz-Capapalooza on Apr 13, 2011 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions
YAAAAARGH!!!!!
Dammit, I’m all pumped up 4 hours early.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Apr 13, 2011 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions
8-19-22
28-44-18
Beyond that I dunno.
I am a hockey fan first, and a Caps fan second.
by iwearstripes on Apr 13, 2011 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions
We can guess based on yesterday, but confirmation won’t come until about 7pm tonight.
"You do that you go to the box, you know. Two minutes by yourself and you feel shame, you know. And then you get free."
And knowing BB, they could be different by 8:00
I am a hockey fan first, and a Caps fan second.
by iwearstripes on Apr 13, 2011 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Between the clips and comments its a good thing I just showed up here now. I wouldn’t have gotten anything done this morning. Out of control here all week. Kudos to JP and the crew.
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Does this mean Winnipeg?
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If you haven’t had a chance to, I’d highly recommend the Battle Of California’s NAS/ANA series preview.
Dingos are involved. Best not to ask.
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travis at five for howling brought up the california golden seals in a post this morning.
it got me thinking: what the heck is going on with their logo? what’s the deal with the yellow and green in the center of the logo? is that supposed to be one giant seal body, or something else? i see the “C,” i see the hockey stick, and i realize that’s a seal’s head, but is there some other significance i’m missing? almost looks like a baseball cap behind the seal? help.
older versions of the logo are equally confusing:
Pretty sure those are stylized versions of the seal’s body. The two pieces to the left of the stick are the hind flippers.
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by Alz Well That Ends Well on Apr 13, 2011 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions
okay, i’ll buy it. that’s a funky fat seal, though, and adding different colors to different parts of its body is greatly confusing to me.
by Natty Bumppo on Apr 13, 2011 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions
It was NoCal in the 70’s, those look like joints to me.
First Round Exit! (Clap Clap ClapClapClap) First Round Exit!
Meet me at the big yellow joint.
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by Alz Well That Ends Well on Apr 13, 2011 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
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I dig the white skates more than their logo
Charlie O’s orders.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Apr 13, 2011 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions
When I own my team in Las Vegas they will have North Stars colors. Maybe a touch of silver.
First Round Exit! (Clap Clap ClapClapClap) First Round Exit!
I thought the LA/Anaheim one was the best.
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by Alz Well That Ends Well on Apr 13, 2011 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Can’t watch tonights game but I’ll be wearing my WC jersey and with you all in spirit.
Bruce Boudreau when asked about Brooks Laich's return to the lineup, he said: "He just adds another dimension to our team. If it was puzzle, he just fits that thing. He completes us."
Brooks Laich completing everything from teams to tires and everything in between.
Wait, what did you say?
"I don't like hockey. I'm just good at it." - Brett Hull
"They say you're not a coach in the league till you've been fired. I must be getting pretty good." - Terry Simpson
I know :( I have to miss games 1, 3, and 5
Bruce Boudreau when asked about Brooks Laich's return to the lineup, he said: "He just adds another dimension to our team. If it was puzzle, he just fits that thing. He completes us."
Brooks Laich completing everything from teams to tires and everything in between.
From Mirtle, by way of JP’s tweet:
Top Defensive Defensemen (2010-2011)
4 John Carlson
8 Karl Alzner
11 Marc Staal
23 Jeff Schultz
26 Dan Girardi
Kudos to the kids, and more good feelings getting ready for tonight.
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