Saturday Caps Clips: Hats Off to Brouwer
by J.P. on Jan 14, 2012 8:40 AM EST
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- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night's win from us, Caps365 video (Hunter, Caps players,
wahmbulance driverBoucher, Bolts players), Vogs, Capitals Voice (audio), NHL.com, WaPo (gamer, blog), WashTimes (gamer, gamer), CSNW (gamer, blog), 106.7 the Fan, Puck Daddy, Frankovic, Peerless, SB Nation DC, OFB, RMNB, RtR, KOL, DSP and clydeorama (pics).- A quick look at Troy Brouwer 's three goals. [Caps365 (video)]
- Karl Alzner dropped the gloves with Steve Downie, for which his Medal of Honor is no doubt in the mail. [WashTimes, WaPo, DCEx, Capitals Outsider]
- Notes and assorted whatnot from yesterday's morning skate:
- In general. [Caps365 video (Two-Man Advantage, Hunter)]
- Nicklas Backstrom might not be back in the lineup until after the All-Star Game... [WashTimes, CSNW]
- ... just like Mike Green. [WashTimes, WaPo, CSNW]
- It's time for the Caps to make hay while the sun's shining. [Dump 'n Chase, WaPo, WUSA-9]
- Dale Hunter, Bruce Boudreau, et.al. - how are the new guys faring? [WaPo]
- More mid-term thoughts. [Capitals Outsider, StC]
- Scotty Bowman shares his thoughts on Evgeny Kuznetsov. And yes. That Scotty Bowman. [The Province]
- And the story of the year for 2011... [Peerless]
- From the "Where are they now?" file:
- Michael Nylander has found a hockey home with the Kloten Flyers of the Swiss National League A. [@Sz1909_Szemberg]
- Dmitry Kugryshev has been assigned to MHL team Red Army, in the KHL's developmental league. [AllHockey.ru]
- Andrew Glass is suiting up for the Carleton Ravens in Ottawa. [North Bay Nugget]
- Finally, happy birthday to Rink fave Alan May.
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So for those of you playing fantasy: With 3 goals, 4 PIMs, and 7 hits, how many points did Brouwer muster last night in your league?
"You can want to get to April but when you get to April you may not like the answers you get, so you might as well enjoy the ride while it's going on." - Brian McNally on JRR, 8/29/2011
I have 4 teams and nary a Cap on any of 'em
And probably for the first time in years. I didn’t have a chance to get Ovi, I don’t draft centers in the first round so no Backstrom and wouldn’t touch Green or Semin with a ten foot pole. That leaves only Carlson or Wideman as viable fantasy options and I didn’t get those guys either. Brouwer might get a look now if he can keep it up. #nobodycaresaboutyourfantasyteam
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Boucher can go eat one of these
He should thank the officials for goal #2.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
by gfcaps fan on Jan 14, 2012 9:29 AM EST reply actions 7 recs
The best part is that for all his whining… guess who plays the fewest back-to-backs in the League this year.
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by J.P. on Jan 14, 2012 9:31 AM EST up reply actions 7 recs
Pretty surprising to hear Boucher talk like that. So little merit to all that complaining, especially about officiating and the “ridiculous situation” of having to play back-to-back.
I guess the losing season is really wearing on him. Must be tough, after all of last season’s success and plaudits.
by Berube Doobie Doo on Jan 14, 2012 9:31 AM EST up reply actions
I saw your tweet, so it sent me looking for our buddy above. I said as much last night, too. When Bruce would complain about something in the travel that went wrong, everyone jumped all over him, including Caps fans. Does anyone outside of DC have anything to say about Boucher? What an ass. Bloom off the rose and all that.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
Burn.
I think, based on very little but my impressions after watching him speak, that Boucher fancies himself a master psychologist. I think he’s real calculated, and I would guess that this latest rant is calculated to remove the focus from the players or the goalies or something like that.
He’s pretty damned annoying.
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Stamkos wasn’t tossed for……what reason again? Not instigating? Not dropping the gloves?
Refs allow play to continue....
Wasn’t a fight – just matching roughings. No fight, no fight instigated.
… I guess.
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And not even matching penalties since the Bolts ended up getting a power play out of it
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There was an initial boarding call on Brouwer before Stamkos went all Sasha on him (a one-handed Sasha….)
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 14, 2012 12:13 PM EST up reply actions
and that boarding call was a complete and total farce as well
by Beakers Lab on Jan 14, 2012 12:36 PM EST up reply actions
No, it wasn’t. He sent St. Louis into the boards. If it had been interference (which Joe B. and Locker thought it was originally), then it would have been BS.
Failure is always an option.
Technically, that could still be considered boarding. I don’t agree with the call, but it was called according to the letter fo the rule – even though the refs never call it that way.
Failure is always an option.
Looking at the rulebook, it seems as though an instigator can only be called when there are fighting majors. It doesn’t mention instigator under roughing.
Failure is always an option.
sweet no-fight photo of Alzner and Downie…..
"We still have the power to score. And we will do that now."
Has anyobdy translated what Alzner was saying to him? I don’t read lips.
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by CapitalCentre on Jan 14, 2012 9:58 AM EST up reply actions
In the post-game interview Alzner said he was upset that Downie got in a hit after Karl lost his feet and was falling down. He thought that was a cheap shot and told him so over the glass in the box….
http://www.hockeyfights.com/fights/108727
I think it’s a very good precedent Karl is setting. Fight Karl Alzner, and you have to listen to a 5-minute lecture from him in the adjoining penalty box.
Once word gets out, no one will ever fight Alzner again.
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by Gould Old Days on Jan 14, 2012 10:15 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
..
Ye shall not mess with King Karl or thou shall be struck down.
[from Clydeorama]
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by bagace on Jan 14, 2012 10:26 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Facebook noted that today is the birthday of Japers Rink. So, is it your birthday, J.P.? Or when you started the blog before it joined SB Nation? I recall it was one Thanksgiving time frame when the blog joined SB Nation — the year after the Boudreau hire.
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It’s mine, yeah. Blogiversary is June 12 or so. Came to SBN on November 28, 2008, I think.
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by J.P. on Jan 14, 2012 10:02 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I second those wishes.
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by Carl Putnam on Jan 14, 2012 10:07 AM EST up reply actions
OMG. JP and Alan May share a birthday? Awesomesauce. Also possibly end times, but I guess you’ve been sharing a birthday for a while now.
Best wishes to both of you.
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I suspect it means that JP was born on Alan May’s birthday and not the other way around.
Nice guys finish first, but sometimes the season is awfully long.
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Happy Birthday JP!
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 14, 2012 12:14 PM EST up reply actions
happy birthday, evil overlord! it’s been a pleasure to serve as one of your minions.
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Happy birthday!
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by BetterOffWith28 on Jan 14, 2012 12:46 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Hrm I was expecting Bowman to like recap the juniors or something, not a little blurb about him but it was still fascinating to read his take on the game.
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.
No real compelling reason to send him down, I guess, and the Bears are on a roadie right now.
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Gottcha. I thought he was decent in the recent games, but I thought having two rookies out of 6 D-men at the end of the game last night was a nerve-wracking and unnecessary situation.
Bears only play one game this weekend, tonight in BInghamton, after returning from Charlotte Friday morning. Next game is against Binghamton, too, but not until next Friday.
As to last night, when Hamrlik took the late penalty, Kundratek came off the bench and skated the entire break trying to get loose after sitting for so long. You weren’t alone in your concern.
I find it interesting that since Ovie stuck up for Semin against the Sharks, the Caps have had four fights: Two by Hendricks, one by Chimera, and the one by Alzner last night. Do you think the Caps are responding to their captain, or is this just a coincidence?
Maybe more like “since they failed to respond when Backstrom got run.”
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by EmilyB on Jan 14, 2012 11:54 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Browsing through Alzner’s WHL fight card, this one looks fun. Any video out there?
Apr 12, 2005 3pd 18:45 @ CGY BRN Jonathan Webb
Other Penalties: Eric Fehr and Derek LeBlanc and received a roughing; Stephan Lenoski a double roughing and a misconduct; Ryan Stone a cross checking and a misconduct; Ryan Getzlaf and Shaun Landolt each received a roughing; Jeff Schultz a roughing and a misconduct; Andrew Ladd a double roughing and a misconduct.
A lot of NHL’ers in there. You can see both coaches covering their eyes while this is happening!
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 14, 2012 12:16 PM EST up reply actions
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Here’s Rene Bourque suited up for the first time as a dam dirty Hab. The way the Canadiens and Flames worked the trade managed to burn one game of his suspension.
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So that’s the reason it happened during the game? Dirty Habs, indeed.
"You can want to get to April but when you get to April you may not like the answers you get, so you might as well enjoy the ride while it's going on." - Brian McNally on JRR, 8/29/2011
No, I think it was finalized after the Habs game and right as the Flames game was starting so they burned the game Bourque was supposed to play in Calgary. Or something. Very confusing, but as I understand it Cammalleri was yanked because they knew it was coming.
Still completely ridiculous…how do you time it so you have to do something like that? Why even put him in the game? And then to pull him in the middle so that in a one-goal game against your fiercest rival your team is distracted…such a shitshow in Mtl right now.
The definition of being a Caps fan is watching the same team over and over and expecting different results.
Cammy should be glad to get outta that hot mess.
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And onto a quality, competent, well-run team like the Calgary Flames.
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by EmilyB on Jan 14, 2012 12:14 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I LOL’ed.
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 14, 2012 12:17 PM EST up reply actions
I LOL’ed about that one as well. Still, it seems that Calgary is not an undesirable destination for free agents to sign up with. Seems to be a favorite destination for guys who don’t get to sign with Vancouver. Like Brendan Morrison.
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He seems pretty happy about it, yeah. [video warning]
Somewhat related, I love Craig Conroy. One of my all-time faves.
The definition of being a Caps fan is watching the same team over and over and expecting different results.
I feel like I should flag this for showing Bork besmirching that perfect logo…but considering the way this year’s gone he’s hardly the first so I guess I’ll let it slide.
The definition of being a Caps fan is watching the same team over and over and expecting different results.
I know. He is sullying Subway’s storied history.
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by EmilyB on Jan 14, 2012 12:03 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I’d say the logo got besmirched when it sold itself to Subway
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Bork?
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 14, 2012 12:12 PM EST up reply actions
Practice lines from today via Whyno
Alex Ovechkin – Marcus Johansson – Alexander Semin
Mike Knuble – Brooks Laich – Troy Brouwer
Jason Chimera – Jeff Halpern – Joel Ward
Matt Hendricks – Cody Eakin – Jay Beagle – (Mathieu Perreault)
D-pairs:
Karl Alzner – John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov – Dennis Wideman
Roman Hamrlik – Tomas Kundratek
Gotta admit I was a big fan of the 20-21-22 line last night.
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Clyde had a great pic of them
Big n Beefy, them dudes.
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by bagace on Jan 14, 2012 12:07 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
The Flying V!
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 14, 2012 12:18 PM EST up reply actions
Get them out there with Alzner and Carlson, and you have four scores and seven(ty four)
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by Gould Old Days on Jan 14, 2012 10:38 PM EST up reply actions
Pretty much a fan, except for that brutal giveway by 22 that led to a goal. Guess he’s escaped the doghouse for that for now.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
I’ll cut him some slack simply because it was a great play by the midget.
"You can want to get to April but when you get to April you may not like the answers you get, so you might as well enjoy the ride while it's going on." - Brian McNally on JRR, 8/29/2011
Marty’s done that to bunches of players in the league. Knuble isn’t unique there….
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 14, 2012 12:18 PM EST up reply actions
PSA from the tweets
@jopierce 15m
PSA: vouchers for the blanket from 12/20 vs. Preds are redeemed M-F at the Caps offices at KCI. The KCI store doesn’t have them. #Caps
Yup. The cashier said I was about the millionth person to have one of the vouchers. The promotions staff didn’t do a good job with this one.
by jopierce on Jan 14, 2012 12:27 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
I thought it was pretty clear on the voucher. Of course, I simply brought it to the next game I attended, but I considered Kettler.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
Yeah, it was my fault for not looking close enough to see the times, actually. Promo staff absolved. But it is actually kinda annoying you can only go M-F during business hours. The rest of us work, too.
by jopierce on Jan 14, 2012 12:37 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Promo staff NOT absolved. Not a well-run promotion at all.
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I thought it would have been better if the blankets were available at the team store at KCI but I understand since the staff is employed by KCI and not the Caps, you can’t exactly do that. There needs to be a team store in DC that isn’t dependent upon Verizon Center being open or Caps playing.
by jopierce on Jan 14, 2012 12:52 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Actually, it would be better if they had the promotion available on the night it was advertised. Someone screwed up, whether it was the promotions department or the supplier. If it was the supplier, they need a new one who can get it done overnight when things get mucked up.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
Yes.
The issue was the giveaway promotion not being there on game day. Waiting to ship until week of when they knew the promotion all along and it was pretty generic, i.e., not a player, was the issue, whether that is on a Caps employee(s) or the supplier don’t know.
FWIW, not trying to insult anyone who went to the store, but not sure why anyone would think the KCI store would have them. This was a Capitals promotion, the pick-up at KCI is at the Caps offices. As to not having one weekend or evening block where one could go pick them up given the mix-up, I agree that is something that they should have done.
Also, for those who do go to another game, you can pick them up at the game with the ticket and voucher.
shrug I’m not a pro at picking up Caps promotions. It’s the first game I’ve been to that had one and from a logistics standpoint, having the item at the game would have been better but since they didn’t do that, making it available during a time in which most people are able to go to KCI would be a good idea. That means weekends and if you only keep weekday office hours (and I imagine MLK Day is closed as well), it would have been nice to have them available for pick up at the team store or the front desk at KCI.
by jopierce on Jan 14, 2012 1:36 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Ugh.
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by KNUUUUUUUUUUBLE on Jan 14, 2012 2:57 PM EST reply actions
I noticed that as well. Will they soon be ineligible for the “Fail for Nail” sweepstakes?
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