Tuesday Caps Clips: Bruins @ Caps Game Day

Never denied it, sir.

No relation.

Best,
Joe B.

Would it make a difference if he had? The suspension isn’t undeserved. I’m sure Terry Gregson is giving them an earful about missing it in the first place, but I’m not sure there’s anything there (in this particular case) to need the input of the on-ice officials. In the case of a racial slur, or an incident not caught on film, that might be different, but this one is pretty clear cut.

Maybe I’m alone in seeing it, but I feel like the hits that don’t get penalized in the game are more likely to earn a suspension than the ones that do.

Four refs have fucked up on major penalties before. It’s not the first time, it won’t be the last.

Are linesmen allowed to make charging calls?

Ovi already said he isn’t participating in the skills challenge, so what’s the point in playing in the “game” for him?. Let one of the cry babies who didn’t get in have his spot

I am of the opinion that a suspended player should not play in All Stars during the period of suspension. Of course, many writers, like McNally, feel that Ovi should suck it up and go to All Stars anyway since it’s his duty as “face of the NHL”. I say, it’s too much of an awkward situation for him to be at All Stars under the present circumstances.

Someone else can play the “Face of the NHL” role, for now. Given that Ovi was rather an “iffy” choice for All Star selection anyway. (No, he’s not the person who “stole” James Neal’s slot — it’s the folks selecting the team.)

But it would really be funny if Ovi declines All Stars and James Neal is NOT selected as a replacement.

My suggestion: Just like Montreal and Calgary were able to time the Bourque trade so he didn’t have to sit out the entire 5 games of his suspension, the NHL allows Ovi to declare the ASG as one of his “games.” That way, the NHL doesn’t have to deal with the awkwardness of having a suspended player getting all the media attention at the ASG, Ovi gets his vacation, the Caps get him back a game earlier for an important game against the Panthers, who can then sell more tickets to their game.

I think he should play in the ASG, but with suspenders on outside his jersey.

Yeah but he put himself before the team. No one is that important. Makes him look really bad, and he lost more fans than he gained from that little stunt.

Whatever it is, I’m proud that he’s able to do it in this country without getting his head cut off.

Oh, amen on Harrison. I get the feeing he just didn’t want to have to get up early to go to a White House event. But there are those who are going to ask if this sort of thing happened in other administrations. Yes, but not for the same reasons.

I wish he wrote it in Comic Sans.

This is AmericA: A Land where We have the Freedom to Capitalize however We wish.

Agreed. One could fairly term his actions “childish” or even “nonsensical,” but I can’t see his statement as either.

What’s rational about

“I believe the Federal government has grown out of control, threatening the Rights, Liberties, and Property of the People”

therefore

“[T]oday I exercised my right as a Free Citizen, and did not visit the White House.”

It’s a complete non-sequitur. The conclusion doesn’t follow from the premises. Totally think it’s fair to call it “nonsensical”, perhaps not childish though.

I agree to some degree. The USA presidency is not supposed to have any aristocratic hoopla were a snub would be seen as disrespectful.

Unless you are a member of the executive branch and/or military, a presidential invitation can be politely declined. If you disagree with a sitting president you absolutely have the right, and the privilege, to say no thanks.

In between using The Cream and The Clear, of course.

Yeah, if he was pissed about the escrow issue then he must really be pissed about his income tax bracket.

I don’t think that one’s views on the respective roles of government and private industry need to be mirror-images, do they?

He didn’t reveal a particular platform and he explicitly condemned both parties.

You also don’t know if he voluntarily joined the union, I’m not sure he had a choice.

And what J.P. said.

Yeah, I understand that. And I agree. I just find my opinion of him now tainted by his behavior yesterday.

And this. I’ve admired him for his hockey story. I don’t think I can look at him without disgust any more.

That is a great article.

I thought Dupont’s article was interesting, But if anyone gets the Bruin feed on Center Ice, see if Jack Edwards is wearing a three-cornered hat and quoting the Founders tonight.

yeah, I slapped my own wrist as soon as I posted.

That’s a different argument, I was only addressing one goalie. And because of the forewarning, I haven’t looked at the list to see if there any method to the madness.

The drunks don’t need any encouragement. It was in his right to decline the invitation, as it is in the right for certain fans to boo him. But if I was going to the game and fans started chanting “Yes, we can!” I’d be pretty annoyed that the hockey game I paid a lot of money for had become a politics-driven event. Fans here and on twitter talk about hockey without injecting political beliefs. I don’t make assumptions about how other people lean and I hope others wouldn’t make the same about me. Shouting or declining to shout “Yes, we can!” at a hockey game just seems to bring out a divide I don’t think is helpful.

and being a local, the President is a HUGE Caps fan and hockey enthusiast…oh wait…

Wrong choice of word. Baseless is more what I was looking for. Why should any collective of hockey team fans boo someone because of their politics? Boo him because of his hockey, now that I can get behind. Either way, I’ve kind of changed my position on the booing since saying that. If it gets in his head, who cares, do it.

State of the Union address is tonight…wonder if Tim got an invite.

I saw that too. Might have been on twitter, but I don’t remember who’s.

I’m for this, but not because of the political implications. I’m for anything that gets his head out of the game so we can try to maybe score a few goals on him.

What a stupid suggestion.

That’s more than one third of the team.