Thursday Caps Clips

Dare to Care Bear?

All you need is the Chemistry Cat that doesn’t cARe.

I’ve been waiting all summer for it from Arnott and/or Hannan – figured that his former long-time teammates would be more reluctant to talk, and Arnie certainly isn’t shy.

Must’ve missed it – you know I link to everything Vogs writes.

After his performance last night, he may just do that.

Sorry – the article is a bunch of additional drivel, although a bit more candid drivel than we get from Mike Wise. For those that haven’t read the Reid article:

• A lot of people disagreed with me that Strasburg is the region’s number one star. ALOT of people. Like a real lot.
• Fair enough, but I don’t really get hockey.
• I’m not backing off my pick of Strasburg, because baseball is king in every city everywhere.
• Besides, Ovechkin hasn’t won a thing.
• Oh yeah, and John Wall could be big too.

My new wish for the Post: Fire all columnists except Tom Boswell and pay him to write seven days a week. Even his hockey columns are quite insightful and good.

Why should we be surprised at a narrow-minded DC sports columnist? This is the city that made Tony Kornheiser a star…

I found it unusual when I read it. I always thought pro athletes had a “code,” rarely broken, to not call each other out in print (maybe why Arnott has been quiet). One wonders if Bradley ever had the guts to say this to Semin face to face. Hope so.

Tiki Barber ripped Eli Manning after he retired. Actually there is plenty of evidence in the NFL of players ripping other players. Look what happened to Jay Cutler when he injured his knee in the playoffs last year, he was slaughtered by players left and right for attempting to play on it for a while then sitting out once he had trouble playing. They didn’t perceive it as a serious enough injury to sit during the playoffs. I saw NFL network go back in the past week or so and ask one of those players, Maurice Jones Drew, if he regretted what he said about Cutler on twitter and would apologize or not say it if he could go back and he said he wouldn’t change a thing.

How is that different from every other time someone has asked Semin for a comment? Just joking. Kinda.

Did he actually say, “he had nothing to say,” or did he just actually say nothing, and walked away? Either is possible here.

He just doesn’t care.

Eightley?

she’s going to get really into Tenleytown now.

Flash, Killer Dave, Varly, Sloan.

Ya know, the guys who went out there and gave it their all every night. No one could beat Sloan’s NCC/60 !

I’d categorize Bradley’s comments less about “bottom 6 playing more” and more about “the top 6 playing the same no matter what” without accountability and/or reprisals.

I think one of the players he was saying as more deserving was Chimera, who played really well vs. the Rangers but remained on the third line. Chimera did have two GWGs in the first round (one on a great assist from Marion Gabroik), but whether moving him to the second line and someone down to the third line would have made enough difference to reverse the outcome of the second round is not likely.

Oh boy. And you have to love Ovie’s shirt in that picture.

He looks fat in that picture

I’m not personally scared that they will re-ignite that chemistry. Both are older and slower. If they want to roll out a slow, one-way line, then go for it. It also basically guarantees (even more than already was guaranteed) that Couturier isn’t on the team this year, and if Nyls plays well it puts a cramp on Schenn in the lineup.

Link Fail.

http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2011/8/18/2370213/your-mom-is-a-goon

Those are all your opinions, but I disagree strongly with 1 and 2.

1. Nothing that Brads said indicated he thought he should have gotten more ice time or that he feels he was more talented than he was given credit for. In fact, his words [on the top 6 getting too much ice]:

“Yeah, and I’m not talking about myself at all here.

“There were a lot of guys who played well that didn’t probably play as much as they needed to.

I don’t have the stat on hand, but I remember that during one of the playoff games [I think it was the NYR 2OT], Brads played like 9 – 11 minutes of a 85+ minute hockey game. Wouldn’t you be a little perturbed by that, too? It’s not like he’s a defensive sieve. I believe (again, no numbers in front of me) that that is around or below his normal TOI for a regulation game. Surprising stuff.

He was a huge fan favorite during his time here and I don’t think he felt slighted at all. I agree with what someone said above — that if he has any real animosity towards the skill players, it’s because he feels that his best chance at a cup was with Washington the last couple seasons, and it was squandered not because of a lack of team talent, but team effort.

2. None of us were in the room over the last 5 years, so we cannot say definitively if Brads ever approached BB or Ovi and discussed these things with them in private. If, in fact, he did that and nothing changed, why would you blame him for saying it out loud now? He at least did 5 years as the loyal soldier, not espousing these views in public while he remained a member of the team. I’m prepared to give him a lot more credit for that than if this were another team where “anonymous clubhouse leaders” routinely rip on current teammates.

They say that if the woman touches her hair, you’re doing well. Her nose? Not so much. Given her holding on to her hair in all four, I guess he was doing well.

I can’t get past the size of his watch.