Saturday Caps Clips: Blown Away
by J.P. on Jan 21, 2012 7:57 AM EST
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- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night's loss from us, Caps365 video (Hunter, Caps players), Vogs, Capitals Voice (audio), NHL.com, WaPo (gamer, blog), WashTimes (gamer and more), CSNW (gamer, blog), SB Nation DC, Peerless, RMNB, KOL, DSP, RtR and Hockey Hourly.
- While Nicklas Backstrom is irreplaceable, Marcus Johansson is doing his best to step up in his fellow countryman's absence. [WaPo]
- Troy Brouwer is coming into his own as a power forward. [NHL.com]
- Hey... a success story in Capsland! Mike Green's surgery. Huzzah. [WashTimes]
- Despite the struggles and angst, the Caps are (or at least were) in a promising position. [SB Nation DC]
- Looking ahead to Sunday (which may have been what the Caps were doing last night). [NHL.com]
- So... Alex Ovechkin or Evgeni Malkin. Who've you got? [BS]
- Southeast? More like Southleast. Amirite? [CSNW]
- Which is better at Verizon Center - the Caps or the WiFi? [Ted's Take]
- Down a level, the Bears had their win- and point- streaks snapped last night in Bingo. [Patriot-News]
- Good stuff on the one and only Sergei Fedorov; go for the quotes, stay for the pics. [RMNB]
- Finally, happy 62nd birthday, original Cap Ron Anderson.
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Whew! The black cloud/silver lining metaphor sums up my feelings today. I was offered tix to last night’s dog on Wednesday. It would have been my first Caps game live since 2004 and my first chance to see Ovi, et. al. in person. It would also have required 3 hours by auto each way. Sorta like a 6-hour round trip to view Ishtar or attend a George Jones concert.
/Now mulling over an offer to the Feb. 20 tilt-seats are 2nd row on the goal line.
/TVo deserved a better fate last night.
by Acer Jonesy's Laughker on Jan 21, 2012 9:12 AM EST reply actions
Have you been to the arena? Seen the Caps play in away arena? Go for the experience and the tailgating, as well as the hockey! Also, Capsroadcrew and other Caps fans will be there for that game so like usual, plenty of Caps fans should be in attendance.
I have been to the arena. I attended a Canes/Thrashers game a coupla years ago and also some playoff games during the Stanley Cup season. The SC games were in the spring (did you know this thing sometimes goes into June?), so some tailgating did occur. The whole experience was enjoyable, but was frankly somewhat dispassionate for me since I had no rooting interest in either team. Dynamite seats somewhat mitigated the fact that the Washingtons were not involved. I’m sure it would be fun to commiserate with some fellow Caps fans- my comments about last night referred to the team’s performance and the subsequent long way home should I have attended. I appreciate your thoughts.
by Acer Jonesy's Laughker on Jan 21, 2012 3:33 PM EST up reply actions
Yes, I recognized the context of your comments and yes, it would have been unpleasant to watch last night’s game and have a drive to and from (been there, done that, not fun.)
Glad you’ve been there and shockingly, I’ve seen NHL hockey live and in person in June, it does happen; maybe someday again it will be the Caps playing!
Anyway, wanted you to know there would be other Caps fans around and likely tailgating if you make the trek.
Can’t expect much from a team when 4 of their starting 6 defenseman have less than 200 games experience in the NHL, and 2 of them have less then 30. 2 centers have less then 100 games as well. No wonder they can’t get the puck out of their own end and often look lost and are inconsistent. That is how a young team plays.
That is what I was thinking as well. Sometimes you can see the gears turning in their heads as to what to do with the puck in each situation. A hesitation each time. They are obviously trying to do what they have been told. But that does not explain the veterans’ confusion. I don’t understand why they cannot carry the puck into the zone and shoot. Particularly Semin last night. Why did he hold on to the puck to get a perfect pass, only to lose the opportunity for a shot, a pass, and often the puck itself? Isn’t a hard shot on net worth more than a pass or dump that results in loss of possession?
As you probably know, if a hockey player has to think much about what he must do in a particular situation odds are things will not turn out well. That is not meant as an insult to hockey players as I is one ;) I could guess that Dale has asked them to chip and dump much more often and that is not a style they are comfortable playing. But they should be able to adjust. Semin? I have no idea what is in that dudes head, I am thinking it is puppies and rainbows most of the time.
Interesting point. I don’t think of this team as young anymore because it’s stars aren’t young anymore. However, this team still has a ton of youth right now.
How many teams have as many or more players with less than 164 games? (roughly 2 years experience). How are they playing and what does their records look like?
How did the Caps get to the point where the development pipeline is almost empty, the stars are in the middle of their careers and the team is still inexperienced in too many positions?
by HateOffSeason on Jan 21, 2012 10:41 AM EST up reply actions
I compared their d core from last night to Boston’s d core from Thursday night. The caps average games played by defenseman was around 300, Boston’s around 500. Probably doesn’t mean much as I did not take it any further, but my guess would be an average of 300 games would be toward the bottom of the league. But, as I said, I did not go back and check all teams.
take Hamrlik’s 1500 games out and then see what your average is.
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by cainoo7x on Jan 21, 2012 8:45 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Don’t they have two experienced defensemen in the press box?
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Yes, and one of them was a +50 on a Presidents’ Trophy team only two short years ago and, in fact, led the league in that department and had the BEST figure in that department in a VERY long time.
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Isn’t that what their D corps looked like when they were tearing up the league?
Please, call me F&B.
by Rob Parker on Jan 21, 2012 5:11 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Probably. It appears to me they are being asked to do more under DH’s system. When they get the puck now they do not have someone that has blown the zone and is already at center ice waiting for a stretch pass. Honestly, I have no idea what is going on. Lots of standing around and lots of turning the puck over trying to rim it or push it around the boards. I just noticed the lack of experience last night. It was the first time I really considered it as part of the problem. Guess I really wasn’t paying attention.
Having more players in the zone as options for an outlet pass is generally easier on the D than forcing them to make stretch passes.
Release the Mackan!
by Killer_Carlson on Jan 21, 2012 7:56 PM EST up reply actions
True. But the wings are playing much lower in the defensive zone. Opposing teams defense does not appear to worry much about a quick break out and they hold their points. No backing off. When everyone on the ice is below the tops of the face off circles that sort of cuts down on one’s passing lanes ;). Add in players that seem to stand still and you may have a problem. An easier first pass to a wing on the boards that is being pinched by the defense and does not have an option for a chip to a moving wing or center is not going to lead to a good break out. Maybe a chip out of the zone that leads to more puck possession for the opposing team.
That is just what I am seeing, I am certainly not an expert. My non expert opinion is the Caps problem (other then a lack of experience) is an inability to quickly and cleanly get out of their own zone.
Personally I think the problems aren’t really systems related. Most teams keep their wingers low and break out from there. The Caps – both the D and the wings – just don’t seem to be able to make quick decisions and accurate passes under pressure, and thus they can’t get a clean break out with possession.
Really this isn’t anything new for this team. They’ve struggled to get out of their own zone for years (it was the biggest reason for their playoff loss to PIT in 2009). The difference is that in the past they’ve had Mike “one-man breakout” Green out there so that at least for around half the game they’d have a competent breakout.
Release the Mackan!
by Killer_Carlson on Jan 21, 2012 9:41 PM EST up reply actions
See that guy to your right Johnny? That’s an NHL player and he’s going to take the puck away from you.
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The KHL All Star Game is being broadcast live now:
Click on the YouTube, or watch right on the YouTube page
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Kuznetsove is on Team Feds.
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And they just went into first intermission.
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TSN2 is apparently delay broadcasting it this afternoon. I wonder (a) if they’ll have English commentary and (b) if it would be accessible online (I doubt it).
"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."
Very cool, thanks.
"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."
Kuzya did not win any of the skills competition titles this year, but you can watch all of them at http://www.khlallstar.com/en/ as well.
I found all this too late to watch live, but I am impressed with the KHL’s English setup.
Thank you KHL!
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I find it funny that the scoreboard is in English, what little there is. No Russian words for team and all-star?
Also, I think I just missed a goal.
"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."
The in-arena swag is in English too. And Zhenya’s Canadian teammate Michael Garnett is one of Team Feds’ goalies.
Per RMNB, they also just announced that next year’s ASG will be in … Chelyabinsk. Jeez.
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I had a dream that the Caps made a blockbuster deal. It was a three-way trade. Semin was involved.
This is how much I read Japers: In the dream, I hadn’t checked here for the entire day, so the top post was already talking about the ramifications of the deal. I was frantically scrolling down so I could read the actual details, who went where, etc.
Then I woke up.
by DonnieKnutts on Jan 21, 2012 11:45 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
Rink Rats don’t sleep; they catch some Z’s.
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by redlineblue on Jan 21, 2012 12:25 PM EST up reply actions 9 recs
Why would you wanna trade Semin.When Boudreau was here he didn’t hold anybody accountable for there actions so it was a free for all on the ice and the locker room,remember when Hunter benched Semin for 2 games and then he came back and played like a mad man.Hunter will turn him around if not trade him.You wanna point your finger at Semin,well let me telly you that there is 19 other guys on the team that need to step it up. This team has maybe 21/2 lines that come to skate.We have players that just aren’t ready for theNHL like Perreault,Beagle, and Eakin,sure they show signs of being good but no consistency.Ward is a huge disappointment ,Knuble’s time has passes,Halpren is good on the faceoffs but not much else,Hamrik is slow and Ovie is a lost cause!
by Caps Fan since 84 on Jan 21, 2012 12:44 PM EST up reply actions
You tell Donnie’s subconscious!
Hey, atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Jan 21, 2012 1:50 PM EST up reply actions 8 recs
Ha, ha, ha.
Knuble: "I am what I am. I play well with good players."
On his milestone: "It's going to be like unwrapping a birthday present. Then the day after you're kind of like [sighs]....Now you just have to keep going."
by capsyoungguns on Jan 21, 2012 2:44 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Proximo Leonsis
They just stand there, sucking up cap space, acting in odd ways and not scoring.
You sold me, Russian hockey players.
TV programming notes if you are spending part of the day inside:
If anyone gets Fox Sports North (if you get a sports channel package you may), today is Hockey Day in Minnesota…hockey all day, www.jabby13.com fundraising, and more!
Also, at 2pm (eastern) on NBCSN, there will be a replay of the 1 hour Notre Dame Hockey documentary.
For Comcast Arlington, FSN is on 721
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I can’t help wondering if it’s time to send MP down to Hershey. One of the Caps needs right now is a 4th line that can be depended upon, and I still haven’t seen the consistency from MP that would suggest that he will ever be a viable NHLer. When Backstrom gets back, the 4th line should be Hendricks-Halpern-?, and I don’t think MP is suited to fill that last spot. I think it’s time to give another one of the Bears a chance.
Failure is always an option.
The only problem with sending MP back down to Hershey is the fact that the Caps need to put him on waivers.
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Beagle and Perreault are both subject to waivers to be assigned to the minors this season, unlike last season. Perreault is not subject to re-entry waivers as he’s on a two-way contract so if he was put on waivers and cleared and was assigned, he could be recalled.
Of course, for those who view things the way timmyv38 does, it shouldn’t be a concern either because you view it as he won’t be claimed or you don’t care if he is claimed. As usual, it’s hard to know how things would go, just in the last week Repik cleared and Yip didn’t.
Generally, the team hates to lose an asset for no return.
"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."
True, but it would be worth it to lose him if the team is improved by it. He was a late round draft pick, so the team isn’t losing much value there, and he hasn’t shown the kind of skill a player his size needs to succeed in the NHL. I’d be surprised if he was claimed. Plus, the team has lost a number of assets for no return recently – mostly AHL-level players like MP.
Failure is always an option.
Allowing a player to leave via free agency is not equivalent to losing (via waiver claim) a player whose rights you still own.
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It’s the same result though. If there was any way to get value for MP in a trade, I’d take that in a heartbeat. I just don’t see it being worth keeping him on the Caps anymore – he’s had plenty of chances and hasn’t done anything with them. He’s doing the same thing this season that he’s done in the past – 5 of his 8 points were in his first 5 games, with 3 points in the last 23. It’s time to give someone else a shot.
Failure is always an option.
he hasn’t shown the kind of skill a player his size needs to succeed in the NHL.
? MP has plenty of skill. I don’t think it’s time to give up just yet. Let him reach UFA, then let him go.
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by red army line on Jan 22, 2012 10:04 AM EST up reply actions
You missed half my statement. “The skill a player his size needs”. The guys anywhere near his size who have been able to make it in the NHL are much more skilled – guys like MSL or Briere. If MP was bigger or more physical, it would be less of an issue – but a player that small needs more skill to compete.
Failure is always an option.
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Holmgren told reporters that Danny Briere suffered a concussion during the game. Out indefinitely.
Maybe Mike Green can offer Danny some concussion recovery advice.
/toosoon
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by EmilyB on Jan 21, 2012 4:22 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Also, let’s add to the issue of, “why was he still playing”? Looking at TOI chart, he finished out the game. Unless, of course, the hit that caused the concussion was on his last shift.
"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 have a completely unresearched and quite possibly wrong theory that part of the damage inflicted by concussions is related to swelling and that’s why it takes a bit for the symptoms to manifest, and why a player might be cleared to keep playing after a bad hit.
I really wish they wouldn’t put freshly-concussed players into planes.
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It’s as good as anything else, probably. The one thing I think we all understand at this point is that not all concussions manifest themselves immediately. So if you see a player take a headshot, you probably should sit him, regardless of what he says. Hey, isn’t that what the “quiet room” is supposed to be for? Did we forget all about that already?
"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."
Granted, it’s a Philly beat reporter, but….
davegisaac Dave Isaac
By our count, Briere was hit twice then punched in the face by Elias in the closing seconds. Anyone else see anything different?
"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."
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Danny Briere…got shoulder to head hit coming down the boards and feeding a saucer pass cross ice late 3rd pd…Briere didn’t see it coming
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Emily, my neurologist told me that putting a player with a concussion on a flight is not going to cause long term damage, but it could make the concussion symptoms worse for a day or two. So it seems it’s not the worst thing in the world to fly them home after the game.
So follow-up on the Ponikarovsky trade, he traveled with the Canes on the team plane since Carolina flew for a game against the Isles and Poni needed to get to NJ. Very likely Ponikarovsky plays today for NJD.
Not the first time I’ve heard of this, but still has to be very, very weird.
He’s playing today and will wear #12 for the Devils.
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Vogs
#caps lines at practice in PIT today: 8-90-20, 28-21-22, 25-15-42, 26-85-83/50.
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can sort sort of tolerate these lines.
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So, Pittsburgh and Washington are the only NHL teams not playing today; crazy day of NHL hockey today:
1:00 PM ET NYR BOS
1:00 PM ET PHI NJD
4:00 PM ET SJS VAN
4:00 PM ET OTT ANA
7:00 PM ET MTL TOR
7:00 PM ET CAR NYI
7:00 PM ET CBJ DET
7:00 PM ET FLA WPG
8:00 PM ET BUF STL
8:00 PM ET CHI NSH
8:00 PM ET TBL PHX
9:00 PM ET DAL MIN
10:00 PM ET CGY EDM
10:30 PM ET COL LAK
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Flyers All-Star center Claude Giroux hasn’t scored a goal since the Winter Classic — a span of eight games.
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That’s what happens when you anger Lady Luck by repeatedly taking advantage of her and shooting ~20%.
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by red army line on Jan 22, 2012 10:06 AM EST up reply actions
With a 5-4 record. An average of 32 SA/G and 22 SF/G (rounded). Pretty awesome.
Once you take the fisting element out, it's not romantic anymore.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 21, 2012 3:12 PM EST up reply actions
Aw, Mike. Maybe you should wait for the anesthesia to clear your system first?
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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Getting rid of all my meaningless possessions. maybe a twitter sale?
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Percocet’s a hell of a drug.
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by J.P. on Jan 21, 2012 4:18 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
Guy just needs to get back to playing hockey.
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the girlfriend must be writing his tweets
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Guy is funny though. Love the juxtaposition of possessions and twitters with meaningless. Greenie is waxing philosophical and stuff.
Knuble: "I am what I am. I play well with good players."
On his milestone: "It's going to be like unwrapping a birthday present. Then the day after you're kind of like [sighs]....Now you just have to keep going."
by capsyoungguns on Jan 21, 2012 8:00 PM EST up reply actions
Just caught the end of Boston/Rangers game. In OT, Ference nailed McDonough, got a major and ejected. Rangers win with 3.6 seconds left. I couldn’t really decide who I wanted to win the game, other than the meteor, but that hit made it go Rangers.
"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."
Not sure how I feel about that hit. I think it was more McDonagh’s awkward contact with the boards than anything else. I would have given the minor for boarding and nothing else.
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by red army line on Jan 22, 2012 10:07 AM EST up reply actions
I disagree, Ference was behind McDonagh the whole time and gave him a healthy hit into the boards. I’m fine with the major. It was much more deserved than Lidstrom’s major for hitting from behind.
Release the Mackan!
by Killer_Carlson on Jan 22, 2012 1:38 PM EST up reply actions
Yes, The Team does suck if #19 and #52 are out.
Seeing a lot of crying about the state of the team, but with Backstrom and Green out, yeah, the team is terrible and wouldn’t stand a chance in the playoffs. What team would be good with just 1 #3 center and 3 #4 centers.
The team is flawed in their construction relying on wings to drive the play and not having enough centers. Doesn’t mean that Hunter is not an NHL coach as some have said.
The offense has been about what you would expect if an AHL team came up and played in the NHL
The Defense has been at least NHL level, the offense has been terrible, and I dont think Backstrom or Green could really fix it. The Good news, we will have tons of cap space to work with this offseason, and should be good next year if GMGM pushes the right buttons
MOAR SEVERINO!
by jeff550 on Jan 21, 2012 4:19 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
More than this year but I still say we don’t exactly have tons of cap space. I presume that Sasha and Knuble are gone which gives us between 7-8 million to work with.
The question is …. will they make Green a qualifying offer and, of course, it all depends on his health.
And will they keep Wideman or not. Do they figure they’re better off giving Wideman the raise he would desire or can they replace his productivity some other way?
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We will have about 12million if we QO Green, and keep Carlson
we could open up about 3 if we trade Schultz, as we should if we dont plan on playing him. You can also put Poti on LTIR, which brings up up to about 15 million to play with, take away Schultz your aproaching 20 million to play with. What I am really hoping happens is the Neuvirth and Holtby can restablish themselfs, so we can save a ton of cap space with goalies. I think that you have to keep Wiedman, because can we really thing that Green can stay healthy for a full season.
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I presume your $12million was assuming that the Caps did not keep Wideman. Since adding the salaries of Semin, Knuble, Wideman would come close to that figure.
My earlier calculation has assumed a lower salary for Knuble than $2 M since I had assumed he took a pay cut — guess not as much as I thought. Still, the only definite “goners” at UFA time by my reckoning would be Semin & Knuble for 8.7 million.
Figure Schultz (and his 3 Million) will be gone since why keep him around if they’re not going to play him. Poti will be on LTIR only if the Caps would exceed the cap but, knowing them, they likely will, unless they think it’s a rebuilding year.
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That is what we have if we dont keep any UFA's, and dont make any trades
I think that we should only Keep Wiedman of the UFA’s, and that we should try to bring in a few fowards that can score goals(y’all know I like Doan and Parise) Im hoping that GMGM can also figure out how to get some other lower end pieces too, but that would be bonus
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Now we know your methodology. I was going probabilistic to some degree with my calculation.
As great of a player as Parise is and as much as I admire him and consider him the kid that every parent dreams of having, would the Caps acquisition of him be the best strategy? I’m sure they would have to cough up over $7 Million a year for his services and we would be back to our age old problem of having too much salary tied up with wingers. Doan is likely to stay with Phoenix, as long as the Coyotes stay there, assuming my information is correct.
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I think that a Parise deal has to be for the right price/term
but I really see him as the only one who can replace Semin, as we already have a problem with our offense. I know that Doan is really more wishful thinking by me than realistic. I havent looked at possible trade candiates at all, and dont know the FA class enough to say who else might work. Just throwing out that we have the fexiblity to really give this team a different look
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I agree that Parise would probably be the only guy among UFA’s who could replace Semin.
Would he come to the Caps or be more likely to return to the Devils?
Unless management concludes that Semin is no longer a 30 goal a year scorer and figure they could find someone cheaper who scores around 20 goals a year; i.e. another Brouwer type.
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The way im dong it for now is that any UFA will be willing to come to the caps
I will have to look at the bad teams to see who we could trade for
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Some possible trade targets.
Dont know if the teams want to trade these guys, but there contracts make them possible trade targets.
Ryan Jones
Ryan Getzlaf
Corey Perry
Matt Moulson(?)
Brian Gionta(?)
Derek Roy
Jason Pominville(?)
Nik Antropov
Antti Miettinen
Jussi Jokinen
Radim Vrbata(?)
Brenden Morrow
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Scratch those Ducks from your list. They got a nice win today and are on the move. They play Col tomorrow. Go BB!!!
by Ahberg on Jan 21, 2012 7:30 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
So now the Ducks are 9 points behind Calgary, Phoenix, and Dallas. Does anyone think they’ll catch up to them at some point? Or not?
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Ovi has a new crib in McLean, and this is one of his new sinks. LOL.
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Do you have a link to it? And does he have his old place in Arlington for sale?
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Link tomorrow. No idea about his old place. But he and Maria were going to design showrooms recently, so I think he’s got to furnish the new place before he vacates the old space. And maybe, just maybe he keeps his old house for Mama and Papa Ovechkina.
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Not like he needs the sale proceeds to pay for the new one or anything.
"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."
On the performance of the Southeast this year, might this actually be the year where the “winner” of the Southeast ends up with a worse record than the 8th seed? It’s fairly close to that situation right now, with Toronto in 9th place having only 1 less point than the Caps.
I keep telling myself that the Caps are a better team than what they’ve shown this year but……
I’d say, time to make a few tweaks to the divisional realignment as it currently stands. Granted, it’s normally not recommended to realign only due to having too many bad teams in a division but it will probably be temporary anyhow until the next collective bargaining agreement is signed. But I would be making the same recommendations on realignment anyway, regardless of how the teams are currently doing in the standings but having one division that’s worse than the others is not really good for hockey.
My proposal: Move the Flyers to the Southeast. So, the new alignment would be: Phillie, Washington, Florida, Tampa, and Carolina.
Move Columbus out of the Central and put then in the Atlantic Division instead. And hopefully they can develop a rivalry with Pittsburgh.
For the Pacific: move Vancouver to the Pacific to replace Dallas. The other teams: SJ, LA, Anaheim, and Phoenix would remain there
Northeast (which would be a misnomer now) would contain Minnesota, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, and Colorado.
Central would contain Dallas, St. Louis, Chicago, Detroit, and Nashville.
(If there’s ever expansion and they add 2 teams in Western locations, I’d then recommend the 2 conference, 8 division approach and move Detroit to the East.)
Rocking the Red for teams on the banks of the Potomac and at the Gateway Arch and Singing the Blues about Hockey.
Philly and Pitts would bitch and moan too much for that to work. That’s what happened last time.
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We know they’d bitch, as would the rest of the Atlantic Division. Which is why we got stuck with the Florida teams being with the Canadian teams.
But, why should the Atlantic Division teams always get their way and stay together no matter what? Granted, there are a lot of good and powerful teams there but what’s good for the Atlantic Division is not necessarily the best thing for hockey as a whole. And having a horrible SE that includes a team in the Central time zone is not my idea of good for hockey. There would probably be some people that would propose substituting Columbus in the SE instead of Phillie. At least Columbus would be playing other teams in the Eastern Time Zone but they’d be playing bad teams.
Rocking the Red for teams on the banks of the Potomac and at the Gateway Arch and Singing the Blues about Hockey.
In the awful news department, Danny Briere now has a concussion and it does not look good at all.
Rocking the Red for teams on the banks of the Potomac and at the Gateway Arch and Singing the Blues about Hockey.
Apparently a shoulder to the head from Elias late in the game. Or at least that’s what the tweets seem to point to.
Once you take the fisting element out, it's not romantic anymore.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 21, 2012 5:16 PM EST up reply actions
http://www.downgoesbrown.com/2012/01/daniel-alfredsson-vs-zdeno-chara-in.html
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I can't stop thinking about that power play last night...
by Brutus89 on Jan 21, 2012 5:24 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
You mean the “short handed scoring opportunity for the other team” play?
Rocking the Red for teams on the banks of the Potomac and at the Gateway Arch and Singing the Blues about Hockey.
Not to mention that shortie that they scored. And a few other short handed scoring opportunities for Carolina.
It’s downright pathetic to be -1 in the scoring differential for OUR power plays. And the fact that they had as many goals on our PP as we had SHOTS!
I knew that the game was lost cause for us as soon as they scored that shortie. . Given that the Caps have had a horrible track record as of late when giving up the first goal
Rocking the Red for teams on the banks of the Potomac and at the Gateway Arch and Singing the Blues about Hockey.
Kolbe
Sounds like Kolbe also has a gig on 106.7…heard him today (maybe not news, but I was unaware).
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