Thursday Caps Clips: Sorry, Penguin

Are they suggesting that Sid is cleared to play but is refusing to get back into the lineup? If a guy with a head injury doesn’t feel right then he should not play, regardless of what the doctors say. This is not like a bad knee or shoulder where you might want the guy to suck it up and play for the good of the team. Really not sure what these guys are getting at.

Here’s a link to an article that disagrees with that assessment. A link from a Pro Hockey Talk article where Orpik doesn’t think Crosby is anywhere close to coming back.

http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/12/orpik-doesnt-think-crosby-is-anywhere-close-to-coming-back/

hahaha, Mark Madden is an idiot. The man recently blasted a user on twitter, telling her basically “you’re a woman, your opinion doesn’t matter, bet back on the pole”. Keep in mind his background is in professional wrestling, much like the tpb staff.

“Orprick”, j’assume?

Any thoughts on whether he really didn’t know, or has a reason to have intentionally mangled it? (i.e., something left over from junior.) I just watched that this morning and had a chuckle.

He sometimes letters pronounces backward.

…the correct pronunciation is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHGwVzAgYoA

February 6, 2011, if I’m not mistaken. They had the same number in the meeting after that, then two with a Pens edge, then last night.

I dunno, but they should have had at least two more. Malkin blatantly tripped up Brooks Laich on a drive to the net, and then chopped Alzner’s stick in half. Both within a few minutes of each other in the first.

For that matter, does anyone remember a game where nobody on the Caps got a minor penalty?

I have to say, I really didn’t not feel like the refs had that game under control in the first. I was expecting fireworks in the second, and a whole lot of “hmmmm, how many guys will be left to play the third?” They really clamped down on the extracurricular activities in the 2nd and 3rd. not that they called penalties, but the game had the potential to explode.

caption contest?

That 40-50 minute block was pretty fun to watch. They came out firing in the third.

much closer than I expected

Nate Ewell would tell you it’s all because of that college education. Even from Michigan. ;)

Did he go between the legs?

I wanted to smack Ben Raby when he reported on it. I generally get in the car very late in the postgame. So he goes to the out of town scoreboard and then to the Bears. He goes straight with Mitchell winning in the twelfth. It felt like it took forever for him to get to the actual score of the game, along with who was in goal.

I was more surprised they didn’t rip Semin. They usually do that at least twice per show.

It was weird. Milbury praising Ovi. Even praised his patented up the left wing and shoot through the defender’s legs move that nearly got past Fleury.

Yup. I was all ready to get my Milbury hate on and then he went and was totally reasonable towards Ovie.

there are some games I refuse to sell.

Sold mine on Stubhub for $220 per, about a week ago.

Once teams realize that the trend may in fact be reversing and going back to the future, and that they’ve got to up their toughness factor, every guy whose ever played organized hockey and has had a year whereby he’s piled up more than 100 minutes in penalties will have a job in the NHL. And no matter how many rules the league might have, you get that much toughness on the ice at the same time you are going to have some issues because these guys need to justify their spots on the roster and the only way to do that is to start making big hits or throwing down the gloves.

Right now the Bruins are going through teams so easily because most of their opponents are ill prepared for their skill and physical nature. And some are even just flat out terrified, that whitewash of Florida a couple of weeks back the best example. If they win a second Cup, next year you can be sure more teams will be prepared.

$20 says you could find an article written in 2007 that said the same thing about the Ducks.

I wish I was as optimistic as you.

Keep in mind…six points every five games is almost a 100-point pace (98.4). But I’m thinking this should be an eight-pointer.

It would certainly seem to set up well, especially when I slightly modify what you wrote to add home and away:

Caps next 5 games: vs. TBL, vs. Car, vs. NYI, @ Habs, @Car
FLA next 5 games: vs. Pit, vs. Bos, @Col, @Chi, @WPeg

NYI/MTL back to back for Caps.
CHI/WIN back to back for Cats

Oddly enough, they cannot catch Florida and Toronto with that game, but can catch NJ and OTT.

What do you mean by this? Not questioning, but seeking to understand.

Not sure Boston rises to the SUPER FANTASTICALLY IMPORTANT level (maybe just lower case of the same). They aren’t one of the teams in the pack we are running with right now. Not that it wouldn’t be nice to win it….

let me get out my tiny violin for him.

Maybe someone should point out to Ruff that Kaleta is one of the dirtiest players in the NHL… he might have missed that.

Sniff…

Just a coach trying to get some reverse mojo with the refs. I get that. But stop with the “he can’t hit anyone anymore” bs. He can’t hit anyone anymore outside rules. He naturally gets a shorter leash w/ refs due to his own past history. Boo hoo. Alex Semin says….well, nothing, but if he would say something he’d probably say “welcome to my world” in Russian.

Ruff need to look no further than Matt Cooke for his answers. Matt Cooke has been able to change his rep this year (so far) and seems to be getting a fair shake from the refs. He can and does hit people without penalty because he’s doing it within the rules…again, so far.

Semin can lend him his frequent-rider card from the Waaahmbulance.

Wasn’t it the bogus boarding penalty on Kaleta that initiated Ovie’s suspension last year?

Must be pretty bad if he’s in therapy…

I’d rather them be overly cautious now and let him be 100% then rush him back and have him miss a year.

I read that as him hanging on the couch because there is no practice, just an optional skate. Not necessarily on the couch due to head problems. Hope I’m right.

MAKE HIM STOP LOOKING AT ME.

Most effective way to stop someone stealing from a common payment jar. A visible pair of eyes looking at people. Real, photo, painted… doesn’t matter.

’struth.

It’s not just you.

Interesting analysis by Becca. Perhaps it may be related to Ovi’s apparent new ‘style.’ That is, it has been a great pleasure over the past couple of games to see Ovi pick it up, even if his scoring isn’t going through the roof. The most important thing is that he has his legs back and is making things happen. What this seems to mean, though, is that he is carrying the puck a lot more as opposed to going into the 0-zone and then waiting for Nicky to get him the puck as in the past. If this is true then perhaps he doesn’t need a classic center who possesses and distributes the puck. Instead he is doing a lot of it himself so everyone else on his line should just follow his lead and get open. In other words, MarJo is doing just great but maybe when he is with Ovi he should play like a wing, not a center. This is a nice ‘problem’ to have and is certainly not an ‘issue.’

And yet they were the only line that was remotely threatening.

It’s a tough problem. As flawed as MJ90 is right now, he’s the only option for a top 6 C. So he automatically is going to be with one Alex. Semin seemingly needs a legit C to do anything, so if you split him off that line it’s a waste. AO hasn’t been able to carry a line on his own lately, so putting him with Laich or Halpern as the C doesn’t sound promising.

Just get Nick healthy and slap Rene Bourque in the face with a sock full of poop.

Check nbcsports.com/nhl, click on one of the video links, then look up and down the left side. May be there, may not be.

Robbed!!

Wideman’s bank account next season will love that.

The Vokeswagon?

In floor hockey or a spelling bee?

A FanShot is absolutely kosher. Probably not so much a FanPost.

Also… pack yer mittens…

All you guys do is dis. I have to pump my street cred rep every time I go over to AC!

I know Anaheim is having problems, but that even their bloggers are getting cut off mid posting….

Spooooooky…

Orange County Register – January 12, 2012

Contributor to Anheim Calling Web Site Found Dead at Computer

An unknown contributer to the Anaheim Calling web site, an Anaheim Ducks fan page, was found slumped over his keyboard today after his mother knocked on the basement door with no response. Police are not saying what the cause of death was, but are deeming it suspicious. Sgt. Steve Simmons of the Orange County Sherriffs departments said, "guys who spend alot of time at computers in their mom’s basements don’t usually just drop dead like this. "

There are no leads in the case, but sources confirm the man, who appeared to be between the ages of 16-44, was posting a question on a rival team’s fan site when he apparantly flopped in mid-post. Police are searching for the Managing Editor of the rival site who some claim has the ability to reach through his computer and use some sort of voodoo magic to punish people who post inappropriate comments on his site.

yikes. I think Vokes is terrible playing the puck. I scream. I have heart attacks. I tear out my hair. I sacrifice small children to the hockey gods in hopes that Tomas Vokoun will not leave the crease.

Goalies playing the puck only relieve pressure if they do it well. Last night was a mess for both goalies out of the crease.

Damn, reply fail. Guess I need the two afternoon cups of coffee.

made it look like I made up the second part in an onionesque manner. I did not.

So… which dman is getting moved/sent down/put on IR? If Green was to be put on IR retroactive to his injury, when would he be eligible to play?

What’s going on… ?

I’m still crossing my fingers that it’s simply extra precautions, making sure concussion symptoms don’t appear after a week like they sometimes do.

Might be time to finally give up on him on my fantasy team.