Game Day Open Thread - Bruins @ Caps
by J.P. on Jan 24, 2012 5:00 PM EST
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Tonight's probable netminders:
Have at it, people.
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Miss you Alex. Now let’s see what this team is made of.
Go Caps.
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by EmilyB on Jan 24, 2012 5:03 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Besides AHL players?
Once you take the fisting element out, it's not romantic anymore.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 24, 2012 5:33 PM EST up reply actions
Snark aside – Only two of the current players, if I get this right, have spent time in the AHL this year – 50 and 81. All the rest are NHL players.
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Yeah. I mean, no team can reasonably expect to be at it’s best when missing its 3 best players. But it really highlights the Caps lack of (scoring) depth to see a top line of Semin, Mackan and Perrault.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 24, 2012 5:38 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah. I mean, no team can reasonably expect to be at it’s best when missing its 3 best players
I think this is they key point. The Pens went through a six-game losing streak without Crosby, Letang and Staal. It happens. They had Geno.
But I think many teams would be in the same state as the Caps with their three best players missing. What would the Wings be without Datsyuk, Zetterberg and Lidstrom; or the Blues without Backes, Oshie and Pieterangelo; or the Kings without Kopitar, Richards, and Doughty. Few teams can survive this without a massive slack off.
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Although for the teams listed (except the Kings), they’d likely fall from elite performance to mediocre. They are, at this point, better positioned to handle a stretch of poor play than the Caps are.
Once you take the fisting element out, it's not romantic anymore.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 24, 2012 5:45 PM EST up reply actions
Really? Without Backes and Oshie, the top line for the Blues would probably be Perron, Berglund and Stewart? Perron, Langenbrunner and Arnott?
Without Datsyuk and Zetterberg, the Wings would have Fillpula as their 1C?
I’m not suggesting that 28-85-90 is a spectacular line, but I don’t think the Caps are any worse than any other team that loses their top 2 forwards.
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If they work hard they shall be awarded. I have it from the highest authority.
"One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive." -George Allen
Yao Ming?
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 24, 2012 6:02 PM EST up reply actions
Really? Can you talk to my boss?
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When I said they were in a better position, I meant from a standings perspective; they’ve built up a security blanket of points to be able to handle a cold streak.
That said, I do think Detroit’s alternative is better. And St. Louis’ is pretty even.
Once you take the fisting element out, it's not romantic anymore.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 24, 2012 6:01 PM EST up reply actions
I certainly agree with the perspective of accumulating points. Not a good time for the Caps to lose 19, 8, and 52.
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As has been said before, we’re now going to see a bit what the team is made of. Sometimes, when the stars are missing and can’t be relied on, others step up. Underdog status fits some people well. Expectations couldn’t be lower.
Time to beat the Stanley Cup champs and go into the All-Star break on a high.
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Bunker Mentality
Time for a good healthy dose of Us Against Them…them being the Bruins, the h8rs and the National Hypocrisy League….let’s go boys: if there was EVER some fury to be released (and a glowing opportunity to internalize the Hunter way) it is this evening. I, for one, am ready to Rock.
Bruins fans on Orange line and Bruins fans too close for comfort in Capitol City Brewing Company. We need to step it up tonight.
by lagomorph on Jan 24, 2012 5:30 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Not sure we know yet. The Bruins don’t make their starting goalie available for questions the day of games and both TT and Rask were unavailable
I thought I saw someone tweet that Thomas was in, this after someone else suggested he wasn’t, so go figure.
OK, I’m out, headed to Verizon. Here we go….
Let’s Go Caps!
"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 want to see both.
"One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive." -George Allen
by caps&skins on Jan 24, 2012 5:53 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
Everything I have read on the internet today has indicated it’s TT. So who knows.
"You do that, you go to the box, you know. Two minutes, by yourself, you know and you feel shame" -Denis Lemieux
Saw earlier that they weren’t playing TT because they were afraid of him being booed. Also saw that if the fans in Boston boo him the B’s are taking about possibly trading him. Seems crazy but who knows.
Where’d you see these rumors?
Once you take the fisting element out, it's not romantic anymore.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 24, 2012 6:36 PM EST up reply actions
That’s so crazy it debunks itself.
by jopierce on Jan 24, 2012 6:42 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions 1 recs
Just finished reading Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami earlier today. And am just starting Hunter S. Thompson’s The Great Shark Hunt: Gonzo Papers, Volume 1 – Strange Tales from a Strange Time in time to really get into it by puck drop.
Once you take the fisting element out, it's not romantic anymore.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 24, 2012 5:37 PM EST reply actions
I wasn’t a fan of Murakami’s “Kafka..”, but am looking forward to his newest one.
I can’t read now though. I’m just waiting to see what this night brings.
"One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive." -George Allen
He’s one of my favorite authors, I’ve read the four novels that came out before 1Q84 and have a couple of his older ones on my shelf to read.
Once you take the fisting element out, it's not romantic anymore.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 24, 2012 5:51 PM EST up reply actions
If you liked Sputnik sweetheart you should be good with any of his books, in my opinion it is one of his 2 weakest works (though still excellent).
by Gunjin on Jan 24, 2012 6:28 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
I’ve read four, and have four more on standby. So I don’t exactly need to be convinced to get more of his work. I even did some translation work on a couple of his short stories (they were kid’s stories) for class my senior year.
Once you take the fisting element out, it's not romantic anymore.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 24, 2012 6:31 PM EST up reply actions
Bell’s Hopslam in fridge, warming up some chicken, let’s State the Crap out of the Union!
Whoops, wrong forum.
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I’m about to go hit the liquor store to lay in supplies for tonight. Any suggestions? I usually go with wine, but I’m afraid it may require some harder stuff.
And I should make sure to eat something before puck drop…
Hop on the whiskey train.
Once you take the fisting element out, it's not romantic anymore.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 24, 2012 6:02 PM EST up reply actions
for Gryffindor!
or whatever it takes
No, I don't think I'll ever get over Macho Grande
by Icebat on Jan 24, 2012 6:19 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
While this is not a fair test for the Caps given our depleted lineup, it will test our strength of character and team depth.
by David C. Rothman on Jan 24, 2012 6:27 PM EST reply actions
@BrianStubitsNHL
Rask leads the Bruins onto the ice tonight as expected. Thomas will be sitting this one out too
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Was just venturing around Raw Charge where they include Holtby in a poll asking who should be the Ning’s goalie. Fortunately, he’s got zero votes (he’s ours, Tampa!).
He should get all the votes. But he shouldn’t be Tampa’s goalie.
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Ovi is in press box. #Caps
:)
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@Adam_KOL
The Caps will start 25-15-22, 27-6 and 29.
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Heh.
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The Presidents Of The United States Of America are playing during the announcement of the Bruins’ starting lineup. Touche.
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by EmilyB on Jan 24, 2012 7:00 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Why the hell would you do that to yourself? God sake’s man! Think of the children!
Once you take the fisting element out, it's not romantic anymore.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 24, 2012 7:02 PM EST up reply actions
You have my deepest sympathies, but at least you can watch the game. I live in Kansas and can’t afford Gamecenter.
This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps.
by That Beardy Guy on Jan 24, 2012 7:06 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Skilled in dickbaggery.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 24, 2012 7:03 PM EST up reply actions
Any links?
I can only find foreign cops.
My dad taught me how to make meat for sloppy joes and my mom let me turn over hot dogs on the grill.
by ChopMaster on Jun 25, 2011 7:25 PM CDT
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by ChopMaster on Jul 3, 2011 3:52 PM EDT reply actions
Shanny is actually tweeting reasoning behind some of the non-suspensions of late no word yet on the one we care about.
Are all of the tweets “I suck at my job and I hate fans of the NHL; fuck those jerks.”?
That’s what they should be.
Once you take the fisting element out, it's not romantic anymore.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 24, 2012 7:06 PM EST up reply actions
Evening RB. How’s the land of socialized medicine and big government been treating you today?
Dingos are involved. Best not to ask.
Good evening alex. Canada has treated me alright. How are you doing?
by Rather Bengt on Jan 24, 2012 7:07 PM EST up reply actions
Bitched out by an old lady for asking to see her ID in a purely procedural issue — so great, thank you!
Dingos are involved. Best not to ask.
You may enjoy this comment I read on the AV Club today then:
Rocket Klinghoffer
I almost saw The Artist today but there were old people amassing at the cinema, standing in line for tickets, being old and gross. I walked home to spite them because I am still young and can walk long distances.
by Rather Bengt on Jan 24, 2012 7:12 PM EST up reply actions
@BeccaH_JR
Gee, for some reason there are more Bruins jerseys here than in past years… #allaboard
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Oh jeez. Al Koken just did a quick interview with MattyP and ended it with “Mathieu Perreault..short and sweet, and ready”.
"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
Followed by “Tastes great, less filling.”
by Rather Bengt on Jan 24, 2012 7:06 PM EST up reply actions
NESN talking heads can stick it very very deep where the sun doesn’t shine.
Nice guys finish first, but sometimes the season is awfully long.
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The NESN talking heads have the brain capacity of a tardigrade that’s in space hibernation.
Once you take the fisting element out, it's not romantic anymore.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 24, 2012 7:10 PM EST up reply actions
Ok. Here. We. Go.
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I’ll take the over again.
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16 of them from matty P, 1 from Dima Orlov.
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PK looks good so far. Hopefully when it’s ES they’ll get some shots.
Comrades, leave me here a little, while as yet 't is early morn:
Leave me here, and when you want me, sound upon the bugle-horn
Vokoun better keep his head on a swivel, Lucic is playing tonight.
Once you take the fisting element out, it's not romantic anymore.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 24, 2012 7:11 PM EST reply actions
At least Schultz can show Ovie the ropes in the press box. Good to have a guide when you’re in some place new.
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So, not really related (only tangentially) I saw a facebook post from someone linking to this story and complaining about how dirty the Giants are.
Meanwhile this kid has a Bruins logo for his profile picture. People in glass houses and all that.
Once you take the fisting element out, it's not romantic anymore.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 24, 2012 7:13 PM EST reply actions
How long until the first shot?
Comrades, leave me here a little, while as yet 't is early morn:
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You think they’ll get a shot tonight? That’s cute.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 24, 2012 7:14 PM EST up reply actions
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I went to check. Vokoun and Rask’s GAA is going to be siiiiiiiiick
No shots on goal recorded yet, but I think MP85 just netted it at 13:11
Comrades, leave me here a little, while as yet 't is early morn:
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Rare to see action on Rask’s end of the ice.
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Who thinks they played him to give the Tim Thomas shit time to die down?
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Of course. Had to play in to the decision.
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Islanders up over Leafs. Rangers up over Jets. Both early 1-0 leads.
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Heya GM. Did you see the link I posted for you in the OTOT?
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YES! That’s why I’m late. Too busy laughing my ass off. My goodness, but seems many things have not changed in the last 2 years. Time to revive the “FREE ALEX” signs.
Who can you see?
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Well, I have some mini bottles of Patron sitting here on my desk…with the big bottle in the bar downstairs. I might just stick with hot tea. I’m way too nervous. I’m taking on Spidey’s positive approach to the “Boys in Red”
Hi Norther RB. Sorry I couldn’t meet up with you in Canada, but I loved the trip. I’m a new fan of Tim Horton’s and cheese curds!
Where did you get the cheese curds?
Aim for the head baby Jesus
by Doncosmic on Jan 24, 2012 7:36 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Chimmer made something happen! It’s kinda nice having almost no expectations. It makes anything that even happens in our o-zone exciting!
Been kinda thinking I’d like to get the Caps third jersey with Chimera on it.
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This whole day has been like the American Revolution. A little bit Boston Tea Party…a litte…“Don’t shoot ’til you see the whites of their eyes!!!!”
I like it! I made comparisons above to both the Civil War and WWII. I was considering drawing in the Crimean War and digging up The Charge of the Light Brigade. ;)
Just nothing about the Maginot line please.
"One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive." -George Allen
Did someone post the lines?
"One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive." -George Allen
In case you aren’t listening to the radio this is what it is so far:
Bruins are fantastic.
That sums it up.
"One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive." -George Allen
Listening to. Sounds like a lot of Bruins fans in front of Walton (heard some sort of TOOOK call after Rask’s last save
"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
Is anybody else going to the March 11 game against the Leafs?
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This is perhaps a good thing. The last time I saw the Leafs play the Caps, I was with you. ;-P
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Actually you weren’t. I was with sk8. We saw the Caps play the Thrashers.
by Rather Bengt on Jan 24, 2012 7:29 PM EST up reply actions
Was that it? Huh. Oh well. We’ll have to hit up another game some time and hope its a win.
There's always more to learn about Hockey.
Poor RB. Saw a weekend of Caps games….right during the 8 game losing streak.
"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
Nah, they kept losing even after you left.
Wait, you weren’t in Tampa last May were you?
"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
Ha..nope.
Strangely enough I have travelled to 3/4 of the states in the US but Florida is one to which I have never been. And for most Canadians, Florida is one of the first states they attend.
by Rather Bengt on Jan 24, 2012 7:35 PM EST up reply actions
Not that I know of, but that is further ahead than I normally plan such things.
Aim for the head baby Jesus
by Doncosmic on Jan 24, 2012 7:31 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Whyno tweeted there are a lot of people chating “TUUU”
I hate out-of-towners at the home games. Bummer
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@RealJackEdwards
Plenty of Dale Hunter in this team… we have seen at least two instances of Caps clocking Bruins in the head behind the play.
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People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. A team as dirty as the Bruins has no right to complain about dirty play. Ever.
Once you take the fisting element out, it's not romantic anymore.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 24, 2012 7:34 PM EST up reply actions
He’s been interrupting the play-by-play so much lately. He doesn’t let Beninati talk and play is minimized behind his blabbing.
Soon the Championship with be ours, all ours!
He’s the reason I often watch the non-Caps feed when it’s available.
Once you take the fisting element out, it's not romantic anymore.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 24, 2012 7:35 PM EST up reply actions
I know some of it is who isn’t on the ice for the Caps, but the B’s forecheck/backcheck is impressive
WTF Hamr?
Aim for the head baby Jesus
by Doncosmic on Jan 24, 2012 7:35 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Puck was bouncing on Dima, not his fault at all. Perreault with 3 shots already by my count.
by David C. Rothman on Jan 24, 2012 7:36 PM EST reply actions
God dammit. Own goal wooooooo.
Once you take the fisting element out, it's not romantic anymore.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 24, 2012 7:37 PM EST reply actions
Eh. Fuck Boston. It’s taken them this long to score on a depleted team. Fuck all of them.
Dingos are involved. Best not to ask.
Don’t get pissed, Vokoun. Own goals happen.
"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 think this is a warranted anger.
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.
Just recall him losing it in Carolina at the end, plus the reports that he was yelling at Alzner on the ice at an earlier game.
"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
Well maybe Alz should stop peeing in tvo’s cereal. We can’t except athletes to be stoic at all times, no one is.
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.
We are by no means out of this game, we’ve had our chances and we’ll keep getting them.
by David C. Rothman on Jan 24, 2012 7:38 PM EST reply actions
Color me shocked. Why is keeping the puck in the zone so simple for NYR/BOS/PHI, and so unbelievably difficult for us?
"If I knew then what I know now, that woulda messed it up somehow" - Roy Drusky
Because those teams are good instead of just mediocre.
Once you take the fisting element out, it's not romantic anymore.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 24, 2012 7:40 PM EST up reply actions
I noticed our D don’t pinch in as much, the plus side to that is less odd-man breaks given up. The downside is…
by David C. Rothman on Jan 24, 2012 7:40 PM EST up reply actions
Liking this forecheck
Aim for the head baby Jesus
by Doncosmic on Jan 24, 2012 7:39 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
BTW, Sestito called for a charge in the FLA-PHI game. Left his feet too. See what happens. I’m guessing nothing.
Oh.. and FlA got a PP goal.
"One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive." -George Allen
That’s what I’m hearing on Caps’ radio too. Making me sick.
Bos gets a lucky goal and the game is over.
"One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive." -George Allen
Was that the first Free Alex sign sighting at the end of the period?
by RossingtonCollins on Jan 24, 2012 7:44 PM EST reply actions
Mike Green is the most random human alive…
GreenLife52
Anyone else think Hendricks looks like Spock from star trek #logical you ain’t cool unless you rock an earpiece.
need a Backs and Ovi tweet to go with it
"One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive." -George Allen
I have heard that the surgery he had comes with percocet. It prompted him to ponder a Twitter giveaway of his “unnecessary possessions” the other day to become “the ultimate in sophistication.” The combination of the good drugs and the arty girlfriend are conspiring to make ThugLife absurd beyond belief. ;)
He’s got a ways to go to matching Bryz’s level of randominity.
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.
Interesting match ups. Your 3 Forward TOI Leaders: Laich, Brouwer, Hendricks in descending order.
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.
Hey look what I found
http://www.japersrink.com/2012/1/24/2731178/second-period-open-thread
There's always more to learn about Hockey.
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