Wednesday Caps Clips: Rally Caps
by J.P. on Jan 25, 2012 7:04 AM EST
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- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night's win from us, Caps365 video (Hunter, Caps players, Julien, Bruins players), Vogs, Capitals Voice, NHL.com, WaPo (gamer, blog), WashTimes (gamer, blog), DCEx, CSNW (gamer, blog, blog), 106.7 The Fan, Puck Daddy, SB Nation DC, Frankovic, Peerless, OFB, RMNB, KOL, DSP, Examiner, RtR, Hockey Hourly, Homer McFanboy and clydeorama (pics), and, from the B's side of things, ESPN Boston, BGlobe and SCoC.
- The night's hero, creamed by the captain. [Caps365 (video), RMNB, Puck Daddy]
- Yesterday brought plenty of Suspenchkin-related news and opinions:
- Alex Ovechkin has pulled out of All-Star festivities, and everyone's got something to say about his decision... [Puck Daddy, CBC, WashTimes, WaPo, CSNW (and video), 106.7 The Fan, Sportsnet, Backhand Shelf, NHL.com, SB Nation DC, WTOP, PHT (and video), DSP, Jerseys and Hockey Love]
- ... and on the suspension itself... [Ted's Take, WashTimes, 106.7 The Fan, CSNW, ESPN, PHT, RMNB]
- ... and on the non-suspension for Zbynek Michalek. [CSNW, Peerless]
- Oh, and don't change, Ovi. [WashTimes, PHT]
- Before last night's game, Mathieu Perreault was talking about stepping up his game. So far, so good. [NHL.com]
- Are the Caps in trouble without their captain? Spoiler alert: probably. [DSP]
- On the other hand... Florida. [Sick Unbelievable, Dump 'n Chase]
- Talkin' 'bout Mike Green's groin... with a sexytime diagram! [Backhand Shelf]
- Young Gones. Ouch. [RtR]
- Meanwhile, one of The Next Ones continues to struggle. [Hockey Hourly]
- The Caps are certainly trying to get their money's worth out of Brooks Laich. [WashTimes]
- Dennis Wideman played his 500th game the other day and was feted appropriately in-house last night. [Capitals Overtime]
- Hockey 'n Heels leftovers, y'all. [DSP, Caps Family]
- Notes from Tuesday in Hershey... [Patriot-News]
- ... and Tomas Kundratek's thoughts on his first stint in the NHL. [Patriot-News]
- Finally, it's Esa Tikkanen's 47th birthday.
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What are the odds that today, as Esa Tikkanen is serving guests birthday cake, he cuts off a piece, picks up a plate, goes to place the slice of cake on the plate…
…and misses?
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Corvo in the house last night, Tik’s birthday today. A Jagr away from a JP hate-trick.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Jan 25, 2012 7:14 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Good call by you (though swap in Cookie on Sunday for Jagr and we’re there).
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I actually had no problem with Cooke during his time here. Anyone who can make Vinny cry is ok with me. Jagr, however, is front and center on my Caps Mt. Douchemore.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Jan 25, 2012 8:11 AM EST up reply actions
I dunno. That hit on Vinny was kinda dirty in retrospect (meaning, I don’t have to defend it anymore)
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 8:14 AM EST up reply actions
And yet it doesn’t crack his top 5.
I thought it was a little late but he didn’t aim for the head or anything.
Please, call me F&B.
Yeah I was looking for a highlight of the hit, but just settled on Coach’s Corner about Cooke. That was toward the back of at least 10 different incidents, most involving knees. Hideous stuff.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 9:46 AM EST up reply actions
If I recall, it was what commonly gets called “finishing your check”, which is code for “hitting them after the puck is gone”?
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I never liked him. Always felt he was a five-minute major at a key time waiting to happen. One of the few I was really never able to root for.
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by hotdog88gt on Jan 25, 2012 9:11 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
The bodyless head of Richard Nixon and the headless body of Agnew are excellent characters
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by JediChewbacca on Jan 25, 2012 9:48 AM EST up reply actions
And I get the exasperation, but that would have given the Caps, what, 6 goals in that game? If the Caps had 6, the Wings just would have scored 7.
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Especially given that the Wings won the series 4-0… Never really understood why Esa seems to shoulder the entire blame for a series we didn’t ever really have a chance in.
But then, I was only 7 at the time, so what do I know?
by Murshawursha on Jan 25, 2012 11:34 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah, it would have. But the Wings had the Caps completely outclassed in that series. I just don’t see Tik’s goal as the GWG if it goes in.
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by fat_daddyo on Jan 25, 2012 12:05 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
that Wings team had how many guys that are either int he Hall or will be in the Hall?
and the Caps had?
hardly even a fair fight.
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And they were doubly motivated by the whole Konstantinov thing.
No one was beating them that year.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 12:12 PM EST up reply actions
Heh. My memory sucks, but here goes…
Olie and Bonzai would be long shots. Oates was on that team, wasn’t he?
The Wings had, what, Feds, Larionov, Yzerman, Murphy, Lidstrom…I’m missing a couple I think.
Anyway, yes, the Wings were truly stacked and the Caps had gotten a bit hot and a bit lucky and were cannon fodder. The run to the Cup was glorious, though. Other than Riggo’s TD run, defintely the happiest sports moments I’ve had.
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Ryan Mulhern FTW.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 12:25 PM EST up reply actions
Shanny, wow, forgot about him.
Also Hunter for the Caps, duh. Another long shot.
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Very good for a long time but only dominant for 2-3 years.
Hunter even more so on the first part, never a dominant force.
I have to confess I’m unsure of how hockey handles the HOF. The NFL lets in basically everyone who had a good career; MLB has much tougher standards.
Under the NFL approach, Olie, Bondra and Hunter get in. Under the MLB approach, they don’t.
I consider Oates a lock and the other three to be marginal candidates.
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With Bondra it is a simple case for me: How many 500 goal scorers are not in the HoF (or won’t be as soon as they are eligible, Teemu)?
Please, call me F&B.
How many is it?
And I had forgotten that Bondra got to 500. Wasn’t it something like 502?
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503 for him. It looks like there is a handful of guys that aren’t in the HoF and aren’t locks (Turgeon, Verbeek, Andreychuk). I assume Roenick and Sundin get in but maybe not.
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Yeah, I googled it. Andreychuk I would have to think gets in. 600+ has gotta be good for something. Same with Tkachuk, imagine he makes it.
The other two I’m thinking are longer shots.
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And he scored it as a Blackhawk. Remember those great Bondra Blackhawk years. Almost as exciting as his Thrashers era.
by Rather Bengt on Jan 25, 2012 12:53 PM EST up reply actions
If you adjust for era, it is close to 550.
10 guys are above Bondra on that list and not in the HoF, but you have to think that almost all (if not all) of those 10 will end in the hall of fame. Tkatchuk is the one who I am most wishy-washy on, but he had the same dead puck era issues that bondra had I think
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Oh, and Recchi. I’m not convinced he is HoF worthy either, but I can definitely be educated otherwise
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? Adam Oates and his 1420 points say hello. (yes, 1420<1500) and his points per game stat say hello, too.
Yes, Recchi has his name on the SC.
Those 10, btw, are Jagr, Selanne, Shanahan, Sakic, Andreychuck, Sundin, Recchi, Tkachuk, Modano, and Iginla.
The next 5 non HoF on that list after Bondra are Turgeon, Roenick, Fedorov, Verbeek, and Mogilny.
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Yeah, just went to look. Of that group, gotta figure Selanne, Sakic, Shanahan and Modano are locks. Guessing Jagr (vomit) might go. Thoughts on the rest?
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2012 12:52 PM EST up reply actions
There IS NO defense
Seems like the HHoF voting is a little more varied than say the BBHoF (in part because I don’t think they compare boxcar stats as much), I’ll readily admit I’m dart-throwing on it.
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2012 12:56 PM EST up reply actions
Red Wings from 1998 who will be or are Hall of Fame players: Steve Yzerman, Brendan Shanahan, Igor Larionov, Sergei Fedorov, Nick Lidstrom, Larry Murphy, Slava Fetisov. And don’t forget hall of fame coach Scotty Bowman.
Caps from 1998 who will be or are Hall of Fame players: Adam Oates (maybe), Peter Bondra (maybe), Olie Kolzig (maybe)…
Even if the Caps win game 2, it’s likely all that would have changed was that the series result would have been 4-1 Wings.
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 25, 2012 12:39 PM EST up reply actions
Oates is suffering from “skating with a good wingeritis” sadly, that and a lack of a ring. For shame.
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2012 12:43 PM EST up reply actions
Did he have that rep? I honestly don’t remember.
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2012 12:44 PM EST up reply actions
So I’ve heard. He never got the mountain of media hate that AO has gotten, but it was a different time back then.
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True. I always thought he was a quiet guy and don’t recall any sort of aloufness (or whatever you want to call it). Just weird to see his assist number and no plaque.
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2012 12:48 PM EST up reply actions
You would be pissed off too if people kept calling you Ray Liotta and asking you to re-enact the heicopter scene in Goodfellas.
by Rather Bengt on Jan 25, 2012 12:50 PM EST up reply actions
It was a different time you see, 1997, '98
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by Killer_Carlson on Jan 25, 2012 1:47 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
He’s shootin’ up again.
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by Killer_Carlson on Jan 25, 2012 2:42 PM EST up reply actions
Oates was never the best player on the team he was on, he started in Detroit (Yzerman) then St. Louis (Hull), Boston (Bourque), Washington (Bondra), Philly (Lindros), Anaheim (Kariya) and by the time he got to Edmonton, he was a 2nd/3rd line guy. He also managed to alienate himself to the management and ownership or pretty much every team he played for…
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 25, 2012 1:11 PM EST up reply actions
I’m looking at Holmstrom’s numbers, and man, I always thought that guy was better than he actually was. His career high in goals is only 30, and his career high in points is only 59. He’s like the Swedish Jordan Staal.
Of course, he was also a 10th round draft pick in 94. Do they even have the 10th round any more?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 12:45 PM EST up reply actions
The ninth round of that 94 draft was pretty epic. Tim Thomas at 217 (Quebec), Johan Hedberg at 218 (Philadelphia), Evegeni Nabokov at 219 (SJS), Tomas Vokoun at 226 (MTL), Steve Sullivan at 233 (NJ)
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 12:48 PM EST up reply actions
More like homeless man’s Andreychuk.
He only had three seasons where he DIDN’T drop 20. Two 50s, three 40s, 5 30s. Three 90+ point seasons.
Has he been up for the HOF yet? I would think that 640/698/1338 in 1639 , and the all-time leader in PPGs would be enough to get him in.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 12:55 PM EST up reply actions
The difference is in the eras, though. Andreychuk’s best years were in the high flying late 80s/early 90s. He’s still a much better player than Holsmstrom, but if he had to play the majority of his career in the clutch and grab 90s and 00s, his numbers would be much lower.
Look, I love Dave Andreychuk. He just benefited a lot from when he played.
So did Grant Fuhr ;)
DA’s best seasons were 91-92 through 93-94. But even in the trappity-trap-trap era of the mid-90s, he was still putting up close to 30 and 60 points every year. And he was still really productive in Tampa his last three years, dropping 21/18/39 at age 40 and 14 points in 23 games in the playoffs (with one goal!). Even looking at his “adjusted” stats on Hockey Ref, 605/645/1250 should still be enough to get him in.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 2:02 PM EST up reply actions
Even if they had only won 1 game, it would have been something I could have flung in the faces of all the Flyer fans at work back then (yeah, I’m like that).
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Not sure where this fits in to this thread, but it is related. I always thought that a win in that game (which gives the Caps at least one win in the series) would have gotten Olie the Conn Smyth. I don’t recall much of that series (I was only 15 and was really just watching as a fan of the Caps, not a fan of the game, per se), but I do recall that Olie stood on his freakin head quite a bit in the earlier rounds.
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Olie out-dueled Dominik Hasek at his very best. Really, that ECF series might be one of the best goalie duels.
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Could someone explain the Corvo hate? I never liked him, but wasn’t following the Caps press as avidly when he was here…
one word: “effort”
Hey, atta dinnin stick a who!
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 8:44 AM EST up reply actions
He was terrible when he was here, and then complained about it later on.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 8:43 AM EST up reply actions
“I don’t know why they brought me here.”
Once you take the fisting element out, it's not romantic anymore.
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That’s really what got me.
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Speaking of Corvo, that second round pick we traded for him sure went around the circuit:
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New York previously acquired the pick as the result of a trade on June 26, 2010 that sent Bobby Sanguinetti to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for a sixth-round pick in 2010 and this pick.35
Carolina previously acquired the pick as the result of a trade on March 3, 2010 that sent Joe Corvo to Washington in exchange for Brian Pothier, Oskar Osala and this pick.36
Calgary took Tyler Wotherspoon of the Portland Winterhawks with that pick.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 8:48 AM EST up reply actions
Better in “Election”. Tracey Flick is an iconic character.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 9:00 AM EST up reply actions
I could never look at those ‘Fills You Up Right’ Campbell Soup commercials the same after that movie…
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by Alz in the family on Jan 25, 2012 12:23 PM EST up reply actions
/shudders
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 12:29 PM EST up reply actions
/wakes up
/looks around
Yep, it’s gonna be a good day ’Tater.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 7:23 AM EST reply actions
Find some M&M’s in your jowls?
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by ThePeerless on Jan 25, 2012 7:26 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, I was all smiles when I got up today. My throat is a bit sore, though.
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There was a kid sitting behind me last night who was really into the whole game, and during one of the Caps’ leads (I think at 3-2) yelled out, “THIS IS SURPRISING.”
Yup.
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by SmallZ827 on Jan 25, 2012 7:42 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I thought they’d get killed to be honest. I told my wife at the start of the game I’d be ecstatic if they could just walk away with the charity point.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 7:43 AM EST up reply actions
I went with my dad and those were just about my exact words to him. “If we can get a pity point, I’d be happy”
by bathwithtoaster on Jan 25, 2012 8:13 AM EST up reply actions
I was expecting a slaughter. The sort of slaughter that would make that 5-1 drubbing at the hands of the Flyers in December look tame and merciful.
my throat is a little sore and hoarse, my mother told me to stop gloating, my brother told me he doesn’t care about any eff’ing hat tricks…………….and I’m still smiling.
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That’s pretty much how I was feeling. Late in the first, before Boston scored, I was thinking that the period hadn’t been 100% terrible and if only they could get out of it with no score. Thank goodness I actually didn’t say it out loud….
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by capsyoungguns on Jan 25, 2012 7:48 AM EST up reply actions
Did anyone else notice that poor Smokin’ Al got hit with shrapnel from the shaving cream bomb? It was all over his nose.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 7:41 AM EST reply actions
He was a total pro about it, too. Some people thought Ovi was being immature or not as a captain should behave, but I don’t see anywhere in the CBA that captains can’t play practical jokes…the bench boss was quite the joker in his day as well.
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I think it showed Ovi’s character that he, while suspended and forced to the press box during the game, came down to celebrate his teammate’s success with obvious joy.
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Ovechkin can’t be immature and playful while he is being depressed and petulant over the suspension and choosing not to go to the ASG, can he?
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by ThePeerless on Jan 25, 2012 7:51 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Clearly he’s not a good captain if he’s having a good time.
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by capsyoungguns on Jan 25, 2012 7:56 AM EST up reply actions
I’m waiting for the “he got it in Perreault’s eyes on purpose” stories to begin.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 7:58 AM EST up reply actions
Clearly he targeted the head, bring on the Shana-ban
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by JediChewbacca on Jan 25, 2012 8:00 AM EST up reply actions 10 recs
Oh My God! He Pied Perry!!
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by WordsOnIce on Jan 25, 2012 8:03 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Anyone that had a problem with that needs to get a life.
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by J.P. on Jan 25, 2012 8:19 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
May didn’t seem all that impressed on Caps Post game. His co-host said something like “how about Ovi being a leader, coming down and dishing the pie” and May said something like “if you want to call it that”. Maybe he was just disagreeing with the thought of this being “leadership” but I was a bit surprised that he didn’t laugh about it and give some nod to Ovi keeping it light or something.
by Dirk Dangler on Jan 25, 2012 10:12 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
he’s virtually Russian!
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by Alz in the family on Jan 25, 2012 12:24 PM EST up reply actions
I find Alan May’s open disdain for Rob Carlin extremely funny. A month or so back, May called Carlin “fish stick” on air and admonished him to learn a little about hockey. Quite the smakedown.
by mechanicsville on Jan 25, 2012 10:56 AM EST up reply actions
On the CSN postgame show, you could hear Alan May mutter “he should have gotten Koken”
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On the CSN postgame show, you could hear Alan May mutter "he should have gottenKokenGormley"
Fixed ;)
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 8:21 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
A sweet result and kinda surprising considering the Caps were without their leader. Hurry back, Nick.
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Kypreos on Ovi not being at the ASG
Not a bad article at all. I’m struck by how he says, sort of near the end, “No one can call Ovi selfish”. I like seeing someone, besides us, say that. Especially after reading a bunch of other people calling Ovi all sorts of nasty things, including ‘selfish’.
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Elliotte Friedman's opinion
A suspended player shouldn’t be forced to go to the All-Star Game. If Ovechkin doesn’t want to attend, he shouldn’t. Better that than being unhappy at what’s supposed to be a showcase weekend. Besides, there is no doubt in my mind someone would have ripped the NHL for allowing someone under suspension to dress.
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there is no doubt in my mind someone would have ripped the NHL for allowing someone under suspension to dress
Of course. It was a no-win decision, so he did what was right for him.
Also, Kypreos’s main point (or one of them) was my point yesterday – the League should’ve bit the bullet and taken the decision out of Ovi’s hands and uninvited him or made him ineligible to participate, which would have at least deflected the shitstorm off their “face of the League.” But no, they had to make him the bad guy.
Suspended players should not be allowed to play. As Kyper’s hypothesized, what if this was a 10-game ban (for something far worse) and Michalek was out? Would Ovi still have been given the choice? Hard to imagine he would (or should). So why now?
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by J.P. on Jan 25, 2012 8:23 AM EST up reply actions 8 recs
Agree. Of course, in this case, NHL copped out so they can say to their sponsors who paid big $$$ that it wasn’t their decision.
by sk84fun_dc on Jan 25, 2012 9:18 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Bad guys sell too. With Pronger’s career on its last legs maybe they are just trying to cultivate their next villain.
Please, call me F&B.
I think that’s more media- than League-driven narrative. To wit, how many major endorsement deals does Pronger have?
Media loves villains. League loves storylines, but they’d prefer their best players be marketable in a positive light.
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I almost feel bad for him he has to share time on Hot Stove with Francis and Milbury. Compared to those two, he’s Montesquieu.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 9:30 AM EST up reply actions
I’m completely terrified of Milbury lately. He sounds almost, almost, rational.
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Whatever became of that assault case?
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by JediChewbacca on Jan 25, 2012 9:40 AM EST up reply actions
Dropped for lack of evidence.
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There was a mountain of donated cash in the way of the witnesses.
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 25, 2012 12:41 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah. That Puck Daddy one was harsh. If he covered Ovi at the Olympics and all he remembers is “bitter Ovi” then he was falling in line with every other North American journalist who used him as target practice as the enemy Russian. Ovi hasn’t been the same unfiltered Ovi with the media since then.
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by capsyoungguns on Jan 25, 2012 8:09 AM EST up reply actions
The Puck Daddy ‘article’ reads like a bitter, ex-boyfriend Facebook rant.
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by WordsOnIce on Jan 25, 2012 8:12 AM EST up reply actions 6 recs
Or, perhaps, an Alanis Morrisette song?
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 25, 2012 9:43 AM EST up reply actions
Time for another Rink “Dear Diary” post?
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Hah. And bitingly accurate.
Knuble: "I am what I am. I play well with good players."
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by capsyoungguns on Jan 25, 2012 6:16 PM EST up reply actions
the amount of vitriol coming from those pixels really was something. It was a mostly well-reasoned article, right up until the end when he clearly switched personalities with Wisco’s crazy wannabe ex-girlfriend.
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Somewhat surprisingly both Roenick and Weekes were very negative on Ovechkin and even extended the blame to McPhee and Leonsis. Exaggerated to say something like “Leonsis has worked so hard to bring hockey to DC, and now this.”
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If hockey teams were felled purely by bad hits and the suspensions that came as a consequence, there wouldn’t be any teams left. The Caps can be called many things but the fanbase cannot be called fragile. It would take a lot more than three games to render casual fans disinterested.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY ESA TIKKANEN! (so there)
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by Gould Old Days on Jan 25, 2012 8:04 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
I wonder how it would sound if Esa Tikkanen said “Happy birthday, Esa Tikkanen”? Why is there no Google Translate option for English-to-Tikkanese?
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by Gould Old Days on Jan 25, 2012 8:07 AM EST up reply actions
I agree, Bellows and Tikkanen were great pick-ups by McPhee.
I’ve said this before, but I point to Simon taunting as he skated by the Wings bench in game 2 as a turning point in that game.
What I remember most about that series was the media coverage that basically centered around the “who the heck are THESE guys?” story and “Can we play this series in three?”
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 9:17 AM EST up reply actions
You know what I realize? This is the first time in about three years that the Caps win a game that I really expected them to lose.
Isn’t it a great feeling? Maybe I should quit expecting them to win all of them. It makes being a fan less fun.
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by Gould Old Days on Jan 25, 2012 8:06 AM EST reply actions 14 recs
I hear there are seats open at the Guy Boucher School of Coaching Self Esteem.
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When you graduate from that school, do you end up with a rectangular scar on your right cheek?
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Only if your GPA is high enough. Everyone gets a white Persian cat though
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My wife had a white Persian cat for 17 1/2 years. She was absolutely the sweetest kitty I’ve ever known. She adopted me as her second person when my wife moved in with me in 2000, and sadly she passed away in December 2009….
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 25, 2012 12:44 PM EST up reply actions
Welcome to the darkside, my friend. Pessimism is the way to be – you’re never disappointed (at worst, you get what you expected), whereas optimists at best get what they expected, and are often disappointed.
As I told Becca the other day… there’s no upside in optimism.
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by J.P. on Jan 25, 2012 8:27 AM EST up reply actions 20 recs
I regret I have one rec, etc.
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I also told B that we’re going to make “There’s no upside in optimism” the blog’s tagline.
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by J.P. on Jan 25, 2012 8:47 AM EST up reply actions 5 recs
One of the top Google image hits for "uptimism"
Guess what that guy did to the lady next…
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by Gould Old Days on Jan 25, 2012 9:40 AM EST up reply actions
Did he smoosh her in the face with a towel full of shaving cream?
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 25, 2012 9:45 AM EST up reply actions
And with his other hand, well, look to their right and to their left…
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by Gould Old Days on Jan 25, 2012 9:47 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
No Ovi? No worries. The Caps keep a spare Pocket Ovi in the boot of the team bus.
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by EmilyB on Jan 25, 2012 8:17 AM EST reply actions 4 recs
Henri Ovechkin?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 8:20 AM EST up reply actions
True. Brooks goes and gets the tire wrench and gets Pocket-Ovi loose, and then puts him on the axle…
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 25, 2012 9:46 AM EST up reply actions
My and my friends have confessed to occasionally confusing MP85 with Ovi for a second or two… the 8 on the jersey, and they have very similar skating strides. As long as he’s not next to someone to compare size.
MP said as much:
I barely touched him. He’s like 7 foot tall. I’m 5-8. I was kind of pissed.
we got a good laugh out of it last night on twitter. And then realized that, wait, the media guide lists him at 5’10". and several of us are about 5’8" and Matty? not so much :)
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I also remember exactly where I was when Esa Tikkanen missed the net in game 2 against the Red Wings.
Oh the agony.
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I wonder if this is why GMGM developed his aversion to Finns.
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by CapitalCentre on Jan 25, 2012 9:24 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah – and how’d those work out?
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Well, Osala led to Corvo, so um, yeah
(just noting he didn’t stop drafting Finns; wasn’t commenting on success of Finns after that time in this org.)
Traded for the pick that became Caleb Herbert.
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2012 10:18 AM EST up reply actions
Her-bert, or Ay-bear?
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Ay-bear would be spelled Hebert.
Unless that was supposed to be a Hershey reference
"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."
Which is odd, because I’ve always heard that “Guy Hebert” was supposed to be pronounced "Guy (as in “regular guy”) Hibbert"
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 11:16 AM EST up reply actions
When I was in college, we played against him at Hamilton. He was not Gee Ay-bear. He was Guy Herbert.
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Did he specifically say it was supposed to be “Gee Ay-bear” when he got to the pros? I think everyone just assumed it was supposed to be.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 11:19 AM EST up reply actions
I don’t know. But this is a bit of a running joke with a few college college buddies.
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I believe that he started enforcing the French pronunciation when he went pro. (Pride of HamTech.)
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by CapitalCentre on Jan 25, 2012 11:42 AM EST up reply actions
Herbert was flat wrong, no matter where anyone was putting the accent.
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by CapitalCentre on Jan 25, 2012 11:43 AM EST up reply actions
Well, I suppose it also depends on where you’re from, etc. Just that I know people with that name and that’s how they pronounce it. But if your family eventually ended up in, say, New York, I imagine the pronounciation would get corrupted.
"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."
Caleb, afaik, pronounces it “Her-bert” which is how most Minnesotans and Wisconsinites I know say it.
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So researching the facts
- the move-up trade to pick a goalie was for Grubauer
- the pick in return for Lepisto was used to select Herbert.
“Toronto traded Phoenix’s 4th-round pick in the 2010 Entry Draft (previously acquired, 112th overall) to Washington for Washington’s 4th- and 5th-round picks in 2010 (116th and 146th overall).”
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=532910
" Phoenix traded its 5th-round pick in the 2010 Entry Draft, No. 142, to Washington for Sami Lepisto on June 27, 2009."
I know you were. :-)
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So… has this team found a second line they can feed easy minutes, freeing up 25-21-22 as a dynamic checking line and leaving 26-83-42 (or 83-26-42 if you like) as a pretty decent thump/snarl line?
by Twenty Seven Ninety on Jan 25, 2012 8:26 AM EST reply actions
I could definitely see them doing that. If they’re going to keep MP up, he really should be on a scoring line instead of a grinding line.
Failure is always an option.
I was expecting something lame on nhl.com
.. a pun on MP’s name like “Matty’s Hatty”
I don’t think I quite get the “Boss perreault” thing
by Brainumbc on Jan 25, 2012 8:26 AM EST reply actions 7 recs
actually I didn’t know Perot’s nickname was “Boss”
I was too young to really pay attention to politics back when Perot blew it for all future third parties trying to run for president
The man got 20 million votes in 92. He was a pretty big deal.
/OT
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 9:45 AM EST up reply actions
Um – it is a play on words. Ross Perot – Boss Perrault
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Geez, I didn’t either. That’s how lame it is.
"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."
Seriously dated. Older than half the people posting here, probably.
"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."
keep in mind that those of us who turn 30 this election year were only 10 when Perot ran for prez the first time.
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So you wonder who did the headline on NHL.com. A student of American history or an old fogie, I guess.
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I know who Perot is, but then again, I’m a passionate student of American political history. :)
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You don’t need to remind me. Spidey’s post elsewhere here about the the historical events he remembers was frightening. Especially because my list goes back farther.
"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 can hear the wheels’ turning in some posters’ brains this morning: “Reagan got shot?”
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Pretty sure by this point we’re OT.
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2012 11:27 AM EST up reply actions
No, Reagan took a shot.
http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/photographs/large/c17374-25A.jpg
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by sydtron on Jan 25, 2012 11:33 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Off the Matt was kinda lame
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by BetterOffWith28 on Jan 25, 2012 8:29 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
I still like "Perreault Chapeau"
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by ThePeerless on Jan 25, 2012 8:34 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
It was said by someone on the GDT, but “Mattrick” would have been nice as well.
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That’s the one I was expecting. Maybe Chapeaux, to indicate plusieurs de chapeaux
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by NJNJ on Jan 25, 2012 8:50 AM EST up reply actions 9 recs
The caps have a habit to play well when they see themselves as the underdog. Too bad this never happens during the playoff
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Sasha, watch that hand there...
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by bagace on Jan 25, 2012 8:37 AM EST reply actions 6 recs
LOL at Rask just lying there.
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by apk3000 on Jan 25, 2012 8:46 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
And Seidenberg ………quietly……..backing……..away…
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He knows what’s about to come.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 25, 2012 8:57 AM EST up reply actions
....
I posted this in the recap but it’s totally getting reposted because I love seeing it
by Beakers Lab on Jan 25, 2012 9:47 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Who’s a good boy? Who’s a good player? You are! Yes you are!
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by WordsOnIce on Jan 25, 2012 9:49 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
So, a baby seal walks into a club…
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
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Tukka says to the rink. “Oh…Ice, you’re my only friend. Only you understand me.”
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Prostrate Rask is my favorite part.
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by CapitalCentre on Jan 25, 2012 11:19 AM EST up reply actions
In my mind it does.
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by CapitalCentre on Jan 25, 2012 11:50 AM EST up reply actions
I also posted a pick of Campbell as OSHP among all the hats on the ice in the recap thread, it made me happy.
by Beakers Lab on Jan 25, 2012 11:50 AM EST up reply actions
Probably reading too much into one picture, but it really just looks like Semin likes Perreault and that’s why they’re playing so well together. Maybe even to he point that Semin thinks: “You complete me.” or that they both realize they’re both actually from the land of misfit toys.
2011-2012...here we go again.
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I wouldn’t mind seeing them get more time together, see if there’s actually some chemistry there.
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There was last year. He centered Semin on his first hat trick of the season (vs. Thrashers), assisting on two of the goals. Then against the Leafs in Dec, Perry got 2 goals, and Sasha tried desperately to give him the hat trick, but to no avail; brutal because the Leafs came back from a 3-1 deficit and won in the SO. If only Sasha wasn’t so selfless.
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Haha, Matty has the Leo Marvin face when Bob hugged him after he woke up from the catatonic state.
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by BetterOffWith28 on Jan 25, 2012 8:47 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Who was it last year that scored his first NHL goal with the caps against Brodeur and Marty just flopped on the ground like a fish for a couple seconds.
Eakin maybe?
God I want an animated gif of Marty during that goal.
Wasn’t Eakin. Last season, Andrew Gordon scored his first on Brodeur, but I was watching the celebration not Brodeur after the goal.
This should become another iconic Semin pic. It had me laughing how he pretty much mugged MP right after the goal.
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 25, 2012 9:48 AM EST up reply actions
That’s probably where the stick got him, no? Probably still tender.
"He leaves every ounce of energy that he has on the ice and works very hard at it, and he wants to be the best and he wants to win, If you don’t follow that, you’ve got something wrong with you."
by nogoodtrying on Jan 25, 2012 11:19 AM EST up reply actions
7 goals in 30 games for Matty
He’s a 20-goal scorer!
Sort of!
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by KNUUUUUUUUUUBLE on Jan 25, 2012 8:56 AM EST reply actions
18 (and 18 assists) in 86 career regular season games, fwiw, so “If Mathieu Perreault played 82 games and got decent ice time, there’s a good chance he’d be a 20-goal scorer” isn’t the biggest stretch in the world.
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Maybe? He’s streakier than a drunk college student’s underpants.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 8:59 AM EST up reply actions
That’s not an image I want to remember have before 10 AM…
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 25, 2012 9:49 AM EST up reply actions
Have they named Ovechkin’s all-star replacement yet? I would figure it would have to be a Jet, since Kane’s injury leaves them Jet-less.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 9:11 AM EST reply actions
McKenzie hints that it may be Neal.
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2012 9:12 AM EST up reply actions
I really hope not. I have nothing against James Neal, and he probably SHOULD go, but it would be utterly hilarious if he didn’t.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 9:13 AM EST up reply actions
Put it this way: it’s the new “OMG OVECHKIN IS GOING TO BE PICKED LAST B/C HE TOOK A PICTURE OF KESSEL LAST YEAR LULZ N’ LOL N’ LULZ!!!!” and such.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 9:15 AM EST up reply actions
I guess, but as one of those guys who could have cared less about the festivities even when AO was named, I recuse myself from those discussions.
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2012 9:18 AM EST up reply actions
Like I says, I just watch the skillz and the draft.
I just don’t know why we still even have arguments about all-star teams in general. They mean about as much Oskar Osala’s NHL prospects. And yet people still insist on counting them in how “valuable” or how “good” a player is.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 9:20 AM EST up reply actions
And some people still insist the talent portion of Miss America is relevant.
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Hey, if they flub and it makes everyone laugh, it should get them bonus points. They can say they were being “ironic”.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 9:23 AM EST up reply actions
Good. I’m glad that it’s Pens fans who can benefit from Ovi’s selflessness.
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by J.P. on Jan 25, 2012 9:17 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Ovi isn’t selfless. He just wants to be like Sid so he won’t go to the ASG this year.
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by Rob Parker on Jan 25, 2012 10:17 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
It’s comments like that that make people hate you.
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50k worth. Have fun finding them all.
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by Rob Parker on Jan 25, 2012 10:37 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Ooh – scavenger hunt?
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that would be one hell of a fanpost, though.
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It sure is a deterrent. I was going to look up some of the threads on Ovi-on-Campbell but they are past that search function so I would have just had to scroll through old clips manually. No thanks.
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by SmallZ827 on Jan 25, 2012 3:34 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I’ve had the same problem looking for old stuff. A bit of a shame, actually.
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by J.P. on Jan 25, 2012 3:37 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Which, in turn, increases the number of beers I buy you to celebrate good traffic numbers.
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by CapitalCentre on Jan 25, 2012 3:51 PM EST up reply actions
Blech. I can just hear the Pens fans 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."
If they want to brag about one of their players going to a now-meaningless festivity instead of Ovechkin, let them have their minutes of fun.
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by RedBirdie on Jan 25, 2012 10:14 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Bah!
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 10:46 AM EST up reply actions
From the NESN feed last night I learned that Eakin’s shot “jus had a little too much superball in it”.
Actually, I thought the NESN play-by-play was decent last night for a change.
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Superball?
Maybe it just had a little Elvis in it.
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by WordsOnIce on Jan 25, 2012 9:20 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I just wanted to check it out so badly on Perreault’s third goal, if only because Hamrlik made an excellent play, and Jack Edwards hates him with the fury of a thousand suns.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 9:21 AM EST up reply actions
Brickley is a good hockey guy most of the time (his accent makes my ears bleed). it Edwards who is detestable.
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Seriously. Soft goal? Nope, not possible. It’s the wily ginger and his shot that bent the laws of physics…
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 25, 2012 12:47 PM EST up reply actions
Serious question -
Great win last night, but what was truly different about it from some of the games that preceded it (not including the turd in Carolina) other than the number of pucks going in and staying out?
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It seemed to me that the effort didn’t let up. I never felt there was a lull where I felt the energy undertowing out to the horizon, sucking a potential win with it.
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I thought they started out without much energy at all, and they did get badly outplayed once Perreault gave them the 4-3 lead. In fact, other than a bit of a spike right around that goal, I thought they struggled to generate much offensively (and were outplayed) after about the midpoint of the game.
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They lost a lot of energy when Carlson made that incredibly bad turnover on the Seguin goal. Big stomach punch.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 9:26 AM EST up reply actions
Okay, I missed that part because people kept calling me. I should just turn my phone off during games.
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Oh it was bad. I was yelling at my TV, which I almost never do.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 9:28 AM EST up reply actions
He ran in the other room. I only spooked the Mrs.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 9:31 AM EST up reply actions
They pulled together again after that.
For most of the first period they looked like they didn’t know how to get out of their zone or how to get past the Bruins, then slowly thinkg started coming together late in the 1st. The Boston goal didn’t look like it got them down much and they came back with more energy and drive in the 2nd. Once Eakin scored, it gave them hope that that it wouldn’t be a beat down. Then Matty scored and they gained more confidence and solidarity.
They rebounded from flubs, got more physical, and decided to put up a fight.
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Mmm… not so sure about that. First ten minutes were terrible (about what I expected from the whole game, though; pleasant surprise there). Second, beyond the goals, wasn’t too good, either. Scoring chances, per end of period summary, were 8-3 in Boston’s favor for the period.
So yeah, the difference is that they scored on 100% of their scoring chances.
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Further to my point, the Fenwick timeline:
Offensively: slow start, good stuff from ~10-30, then fairly flatline with one spike.
Defensively: pwnd very early and again from ~30 on.
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by J.P. on Jan 25, 2012 9:31 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
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Even with more shots/zone time I never felt that Boston had a ton of high quality chances. They did have several that Vokoun did stop, no question, but the majority of their shots were from the outside. Take away the Alzner own goal, which I don’t think Boston scores on that play if he doesn’t do that, and it’s really not that bad. Of course I’d still like for us to be getting 27-30 Shots/game but I guess the boys just want to drive up their shooting %.
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It would look funnier if they put the dot for Wideman’s goal just to the left of the right D zone faceoff circle for accuracy’s sake.
by Twenty Seven Ninety on Jan 25, 2012 10:13 AM EST up reply actions
Where is this graphic from? Because that EN goal was a little farther back (like, 160 ft).
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by Beakers Lab on Jan 25, 2012 10:37 AM EST up reply actions
Looked to me like they were simply trying to play not to lose, which I completely expected at that point. When this team tries to play keepaway, that’s when some bad turnover happens.
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The fact that they got outplayed after the goal is no shock. This is a team that is going to try to lock it down and hold on to a 1 goal lead if they ever have one in the third. I don’t like that strategy but that’s what they are doing so part of being dominated after they took the late lead was by design.
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Agreed, but they do seem to take it to an extreme. Can’t completely go in a shell (and, if you do, it had better be a damn good shell).
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Yep. You know I’m very skeptical about the new system and have serious concerns about their decision to go into that shell.
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If it wasn’t the new system, I’d be less worried about that behavior last night. I would expect a team that is undermanned (by some definitions) to turtle a bit and try to hold a lead against a team that, on paper, should be pasting them. But when the Caps are at full(-ish) strength, there really are not many excuses for trying to barely hold on.
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Aside from expectations coming in and Rask not looking good most of the night?
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2012 9:25 AM EST up reply actions
the Boston defense was horrid as well. giving up 10 SOG to the Caps in the first period?
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One long lull that I can recall, but other than that as I expected, everyone showed up, which was nice to see. In terms of execution, not much was different from most of the players.
In particular, Carlson’s play continues to be painful to watch.
I saw Semin being a bit more active. He took quite a few hits in the offensive zone trying to set plays up, and I saw him going into corners more than usual. They also had some crisp passing in the o-zone, although that wasn’t consistent.
Failure is always an option.
His work along the boards on that play was, indeed, atrocious. I’m quite interested to see if the current adversity facing the team gets #28 going. First B"s goal notwithstanding, a pretty solid start, imo.
by mechanicsville on Jan 25, 2012 11:18 AM EST up reply actions
Now there’s the uptimism we’re looking for…
by mechanicsville on Jan 25, 2012 11:27 AM EST up reply actions
I think the whole line was bad on that goal. MP doing an imitation of a top was ugly.
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Numbers-wise, not much. The Caps were out-shot and out-attempted badly. But…
- They did climb back almost even in shot attempts with the B’s in the first after being badly out-everything’ed in the first 8-10 minutes.
- They did create — and finish — off speed entering the offensive zone. Much of this was due to really poor defense by Boston (the first three Caps goals), but they weren’t finishing what opportunities they have been getting, and they have been too timid working through the neutral zone in recent games.
- They did not allow depth to kill them. Segun got a goal, Marchand got one, Peverley got one (he does that against Washington). But they didn’t let the bit players undo them.
Things not so good…
- All three Boston goals were scored from an aggregate distance of 33 feet (according to official play-by-play). Boston works their offense from the top down (the defense puts a lot of shots out there), and the Caps did not do a good enough job dealing with that. That is not a product of who was out of the lineup. The Caps will face a lot of that crash-bang play at the net in the playoffs (humor me); they’d better find a way to defend it better.
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Boston’s top eight goal scorers have an average shot % of 16.67% – that’s about 60% better than the league average. Sick.
by S h a g g y on Jan 25, 2012 10:16 AM EST up reply actions
that can’t be sustainable.
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I thought their breakouts were a lot better after the first 10 minutes of the game. They actually spent time in Boston’s zone and generated something that resembled a sustained forecheck. The shot totals and fenwick were still ugly but I thought there were noticeable improvements none the less. The possession indicators are always going to look bad under Hunter when the team is leading in the third.
One thing I noticed (at least from 10 or so mins onward when I picked up the game) was that the puck was moving more. They had more passing through the neutral zone. The passes were not always accurate, but there was far less tendency to carry it through. It seemed a bit more effective at getting the puck through the D.
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Per Carrera, Eakin to Hershey.
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Makes sense, given the break and HER’s sked.
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And aren’t they just coming off the three-game doughnut on the weekend?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 9:32 AM EST up reply actions
Funny, just logged in to AHL transactions to see if he was sent down. I was expecting this since Hershey has games Friday and Saturday.
Interesting that they could have sent Orlov down too, but didn’t.
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 25, 2012 12:49 PM EST up reply actions
Hmm. And Hershey could really use defensemen.
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I didn’t miss Ovechkin at all last night. The offensive rushes were mostly team rushes for once. Caps had their wheels on last night.
And I’m loving Orlov more than I thought I would. Would like to see if he has an offensive upside to him eventually.
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So I noticed early in the game that Hendricks was wearing an ear guard on his right side; then he gets hit on the right side with the puck. For those watching on tv/saw replay, did the puck hit his ear/side of head (I thought that’s where it hit) or somewhere else? I was surprised he ended up returning to the game, especially after he missed the door to the bench when trying skate off after getting hit.
He said post-game it caught him around the ear and got a small cut (along with a broken stitch).
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2012 10:00 AM EST up reply actions
Thanks; I thought it caught him around the ear and was stating at the time, good thing he had the ear guard attached to his helmet (he didn’t have one on the left side.)
Oh, Hendy
From Vogs’ recap:
For the second consecutive game, Hendricks – a one-time member of the Boston organization – established a single-game career high in ice time.
After skating a career best 16:32 in Sunday’s 4-3 overtime loss to the Penguins in Pittsburgh, Hendricks bettered that mark by more than a minute when he punched in for 17:45 in Tuesday’s triumph over the Bruins.
More impressively, Hendricks played both games with a makeshift mudflap of sorts constructed on the right earhole of his helmet. That bit of workmanship was made necessary at a Saturday practice in Pittsburgh when Hendricks was hit in the right ear by an errant Ovechkin slapshot.
A gruesome injury resulted, and Hendricks needed plastic surgery, some stitches and some serious reconstruction to be able to play against the Pens less than 24 hours later.
Hendricks left Tuesday’s game briefly after getting hit with a puck up high, an incident that opened up his Saturday wound a bit.
"I’m ready for the [All-Star] break," sighs Hendricks. "I broke a stitch and there’s a little cut underneath. I didn’t need this today."
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The ‘mudflap’ was noticeable. Thanks, I didn’t read the recap for this one, so I missed these details.
Noticeable as in we were discussing it starting with his first shift. Not good reading about that earlier injury, but in the context of the puck he took last night, good thing he had the extra protection.
It kind of reminded me a little bit of Mike Foligno’s old “salad bowl” helmet.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 10:47 AM EST up reply actions
Well that certainly explains that. Hockey players are tough dudes. I’d take at least a few days, if not a week, off of work for that.
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Well at least he didn’t injure his ankle by getting hit in the head with a puck.
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by sydtron on Jan 25, 2012 10:50 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs
damn. he’s one BAMF
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Well, I’ve finally found it – a Hendricks cleavage photo that I have no desire to see again.
by discuit on Jan 25, 2012 1:58 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
Speaking of…Hendricks has been skating really well of late. And he does have a sneaky release on that snap shot. Caught some posts with it earlier in the season, and had a nice one off Rask last night. I’d like to see more of that from him.
by DonnieKnutts on Jan 25, 2012 10:06 AM EST up reply actions
Burnside is a frickin hypocrite (and idiot, but that’s usually my position). First he says Ovechkin should have gotten ten games. Then out of the other side of his mouth he says he shouldn’t have been allowed to drop out of the all-star game. Asshole.
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surprised he got that much out with Crosby’s junk in his mouth
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by JediChewbacca on Jan 25, 2012 10:18 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
It’s funny because the media likes Pittsburgh.
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2012 10:24 AM EST up reply actions
great input!
I read that yesterday myself, gfcaps. Didn’t seem like to me they were thinking through it the same way the league was/is/should and they they were more or less just agreeing with the common group of ovechkin haters.
great input!
As opposed to (writer’s name) (sexual act) (opposing player)? I think so.
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2012 12:49 PM EST up reply actions
But two Wrights did make the first airplane!
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 12:57 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Well, it’s now official: Pens’ Neal replaces Ovechkin for All-Star Weekend
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 25, 2012 12:51 PM EST up reply actions
Well then...
Heck of a night to take off from watching the game.
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I knew about Walton calling this NCAA game (and it was mentioned in clips the other day.) Didn’t realize Milbury was going to be his partner for calling the game.
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I feel like that could be a good listen.
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by Killer_Carlson on Jan 25, 2012 2:29 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Does anyone have an update on the fan who was hit by a puck last night? That was pretty scary.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 10:49 AM EST reply actions
they showed her later in the game talking to her friends and she looked fine. JoeB made a joke about how he was sure they were discussing the offensive zone rush or something like that.
by Beakers Lab on Jan 25, 2012 10:50 AM EST up reply actions
That wasn’t the same lady, was it? That was a group of 4 younger looking women a-gabbin’ away. The one that got hit was older, and she was wearing purple IIRC.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 11:17 AM EST up reply actions
it was the one with the big scarf I thought.
by Beakers Lab on Jan 25, 2012 11:18 AM EST up reply actions
Older lady in a light purple sweater. They led her out with her holding a towel to the top of her head.
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I could tell watching on TV something was wrong b/c there was a big commotion right around the glass. Saw the ushers and the security people come down there.
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BTW, First Star o’ the Night for Matty P on NHL.com. Congrats!
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by RedBirdie on Jan 25, 2012 11:38 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
That looks like the lineup of pictures you see on the wall at the barbershop.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 11:42 AM EST up reply actions
Brad Marchand…“Little Ball of Hate”
Mathieu Perreault… “Little Ball of Hair”
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by ThePeerless on Jan 25, 2012 11:52 AM EST up reply actions
They need to come up with another nickname for Marchand. We can’t have two “little balls of hate”.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 11:57 AM EST up reply actions
Odd fact. Pat Verbeek was the original “Little Ball of Hate,” but did you know there was a “Big Ball of Hate?” Yes, there was…
Ray Ferraro.
Both nicknames were the creation of Glenn Healy.
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by ThePeerless on Jan 25, 2012 12:01 PM EST up reply actions
That’s the second greatest thing Glenn Healy has ever done. First greatest being the angel of mercy (along with David Volek) who delivered us all from a Pens three-peat in 1993.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 12:02 PM EST up reply actions
And…. Ray Ferraro scoring a game 7 OT winner…
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Damn.. why did I think it was Ferraro?
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 25, 2012 1:14 PM EST up reply actions
He was on that team. The crazy thing was that this was an Islanders team that didn’t have Turgeon for the first 5 games (I think) because of a late hit by… someone… after a series clinching goal the previous round. A huge upset.
Proabably Darius Kasparitis’s greatest series ever. He was nailing Mario and Jagr like crazy for those 7 games.
by Rather Bengt on Jan 25, 2012 1:20 PM EST up reply actions
As much as Stevens was one of my least favourite players in the league during his career, that was pretty scary.
by Rather Bengt on Jan 25, 2012 1:41 PM EST up reply actions
He was never the same after that.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 2:03 PM EST up reply actions
I’ll give you that. Look at his stat dropoff though post 93-94. Yikes.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 2:05 PM EST up reply actions
Pretty brutal. It’s really a shame that a key Penguin had his career eviscerated by a head injury. At least we can be sure that’s a once in a lifetime thing and we won’t see that again.
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by Rob Parker on Jan 25, 2012 2:09 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
Brian Bellows paid Rich Pilon off to make that happen to Stevens for sweet revenge. He didn’t have enough money to have the same thing done to Trottier though. #conspiracytheory
by Rather Bengt on Jan 25, 2012 2:09 PM EST up reply actions
Trottier’s still waiting to get his. Wakes up in shivers every night.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 2:11 PM EST up reply actions
Actually the greatest thing Healy ever did was the “Flats and Heals Show” which was him and Pat Flatley of the Islanders doing a 10 minute pregame show. The two of them pretty much sat there and talked about anything that they felt like. It was very much like “Wayne’s World” only this pre-dated Wayne’s World by about a decade… it was pretty damn funny.
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 25, 2012 12:55 PM EST up reply actions
Scoring 108 goals with the Brandon Wheat Kings in 1982-1983 ain’t too shabby.
by Rather Bengt on Jan 25, 2012 12:57 PM EST up reply actions
Ferraro joked about it on Twitter the other day
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by Rather Bengt on Jan 25, 2012 12:15 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t know how we didn’t bring it up yesterday, but it appears as thought the OFB piece on how players use stats (yesterday’s clips) really only discusses the traditional stats. They don’t even mention Corsi/Fenwick or any of the other advanced stats, so I think it’s fair to question whether that article is even making the point I think the author wanted to make. I think most people around hockey know that you can’t just judge a game by the box score stats, and that’s the very purpose of the advanced stats. Without addressing those advanced stats specifically the argument falls flat, no?
Please, call me F&B.
i had the same thought. i also wondered why the author didn’t ask more pointed follow up questions about the advanced stats when the players started talking about boxcars. e.g., when wideman tells you, “sometimes you play really, really good but you had nothing to show for it that way,” the obvious follow-up has to do with advanced metrics that don’t rely on points.
Yeah, my guess is that the advanced stats aren’t exactly in OFB’s wheelhouse.
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by Rob Parker on Jan 25, 2012 11:05 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs
That’s because GRIT/60 isn’t tracked by BtN yet.
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by Laich It Or Lump It on Jan 25, 2012 11:50 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
And because mathematicians haven’t found a number big enough for the SchultzSucks/60.
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by Rob Parker on Jan 25, 2012 11:54 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
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Brooks Laich tells 106.7 The Fan that Marcus Johansson had food poisoning over the weekend. Hence missing the PIT game. Sounds fun.
Primanti Bros. with some bad slaw
by JimCareyFanClub on Jan 25, 2012 11:03 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Or just Primanti Bros.
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by _Skullduggery_ on Jan 25, 2012 1:23 PM EST up reply actions
As someone who recently had the stomach flu, he has my deepest sympathies.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 11:18 AM EST up reply actions
See? See? That's what you get when you get sushi from this guy...
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by ThePeerless on Jan 25, 2012 11:55 AM EST up reply actions
We also need to have Quint...
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 25, 2012 1:19 PM EST up reply actions
The Sabres had skating instructor Dawn Braid working with their players this week. If she can do for them what she’s done for Islanders forward John Tavares, they can’t pay her enough. Tavares is a willing pupil, and she’s really improved both his crossovers and stride over the past couple of years. When it comes to protecting the puck, he’s approaching “Datsyukian” class, especially down low. He gets it and you can’t get it off him.
Someday he’ll crack that top 25, but by then he might be 26.
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That’ll learn Goring and Bossy!
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 25, 2012 10:57 AM EST up reply actions
Opponents on why Phil Kessel’s having a better season: he’s doing a much better job of getting back, which allows him to break out of the Toronto zone with speed. Before, it was easier for defencemen to close in on him. By the time he’s in proximity, he’s coming at them faster than ever. Now, teams (the Rangers especially) have adjusted, getting their forwards to muck up his timing in the Maple Leafs’ zone. It will be up to Kessel to adjust back.
I think this is an important bullet. So often we look at season aggregates because they “remove the element of luck.” But what about when luck isn’t luck? I’ve talked about the role of adjustments a lot, and I think this is a great example. Kessel has slowed down, but can you really say it’s just luck about the shots going in? Maybe to a degree, but teams are also changing the way they play him, and that’s also important. So at the end of the season you’ll see one Corsi number (e.g.) and that will represent Kessel’s season, but a closer analysis will see a series of back-and-forth adjustments between Kessel and his opponents. Understanding how these adjustments play out and their role in a players’ statistical performance is a huge step for the stats community, and I don’t think they are anywhere near figuring it out.
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by Rob Parker on Jan 25, 2012 11:04 AM EST reply actions 3 recs
Someone could get a nice paper in the sports stats community if they could come up with the differential equation that covers that. But you would really have to be able to quantify “adjustment” somehow, and I’m not confident that it could be done.
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And then you have sample size issues. You’d also almost have to explicitly talk about shot quality, which they obviously don’t want to do.
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Well, the existence of the shot quality debate is one reason why I don’t think such quantification is possible. But also, I misspoke in my original post. It is not adjustment that is difficult to define, that is simply some delta. The hard part is the actual quantification of one-on-one defense (either individually or aggregate). I’m not aware of any fancy stats that can do that, but I’m also have not looked over everything that is available.
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I’m not aware either. I’m also not aware of anything that tries to quantify how different systems impact different statistical outputs. Do certain styles impact Corsi one way or another? Would a shift in systems create a shift in Corsi scores that indicates a rise/drop in quality of play that may be mis-leading? How many “streaky” scorers are really just guys that are locked in a constant battle of adjustments?
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I think your first question would be a great place to start. I know it messes with sample size, but you’d have to look at tied games at even strength to remove (some coaches) ability to adjust tactics based on the score. But with that data, and a classification of coaches by style (trap, run and gun, trap, uhhh), you could conceivably get a teamwide Corsi-type stat. Or better, a system-vs-system type of Corsi.
I’d be very hesitant to draw any conclusions on an individual player based on that analysis. Even if there was enough data to support such individual analysis, so much of the game is not played at tied-evens, I’m not sure you could say anything conclusive without considering PP situations (you usually don’t care how a player is defended when he is on the PK), close games (ignore blowouts), etc.
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What’s great about watching [him] is his passionate-physical play. He’s dynamic offensively, and most of all, he has his own personality. Many people find [his] style disrespectful to the game, or it seems they hide their dislike for [his] personality behind those comments.
Who is that quote talking about?
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I just hear that in Holik’s quasi-Teutonic voice and crack up giggling.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 11:26 AM EST up reply actions
If the Canadiens trade Subban, it’ll be a huge mistake. He’s a raging asshole, but he is really talented.
Green for Subban straight up ain’t looking so bad right now.
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The only problem is that you have to start at the beginning with Subban. I have to say that he’s one of the best skating defensemen in the league, but you’d have to break him down and build him up again.
Fortunately the Caps have extensive experience with broken down defensemen!
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by sydtron on Jan 25, 2012 12:17 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Anyone hear Mike Wise killing Ovi earlier? Cause it was pretty ridiculous coming from some writer who knows dick about hockey or even the situation
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Oh lovely. Can’t wait to dissect this latest line of media coverage.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 11:33 AM EST up reply actions
It’s as though people don’t realize there’s an easy solution to the problem: stop reading, stop tuning in, stop giving them page views, stop linking to them.
You won’t have to read/listen to/watch/share something moronic.
They’ll eventually stop writing/saying moronic things (at least about hockey).
It’s a win-win.
Unleash the Apathy.
by D'ohboy on Jan 25, 2012 11:42 AM EST up reply actions 6 recs
Troll Journalism is the new Yellow Journalism.
/blows up the Maine with specious reasoning
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 11:47 AM EST up reply actions
No, but Kornheiser did it too.
What pisses me about the media types who are criticizing his decision is that they’re proving exactly why he made the right decision. Does it not occur to them that he’d be sucking all the air in the room away from the 50+ other players in Ottawa for the weekend?
"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."
Great point, I’m guessing wise doesn’t cause he is a ME guy
by Obi wan Knuble on Jan 25, 2012 11:38 AM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Who would have thought 90-85-28 would be so good on the forecheck? Semin made up for the flub on the breakaway with some excellent work below the circles
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by JediChewbacca on Jan 25, 2012 11:51 AM EST up reply actions
Right now it looks great. Of course it remains to be seen how long MP can keep this up. Can he do this in the long term? I would imagine no, but I’d love to be wrong about that.
Also maybe switch 22 and 42. I think Knuble has played much better lately and Joel needs to be better. He has disappeared too much lately.
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by JRJD928 on Jan 25, 2012 12:06 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
You mean can MP score 6 points every 2 games “in the long term?” Probably not, since neither could most NHL’ers. But put him on a relatively sheltered line, with a speedy and a skilled winger and I’d think he could definitely continue to generate scoring. The only caveat is that DH needs to give them some time to develop some chemistry: Perreault likes to pass fast so knowing where his linemates are is key.
But I do agree about Knubs and Ward switching lines (and put Chimmer back on the left wing).
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Definitely…25-21-22. Knubs has been a 2nd half of the season guy for quite a while. He’s stepped it up of late and was great last night…. As for Matty P… if you look back at his AHL/Jr’s history he’s always been a top 6 kind of player with great numbers. He needs ice time to produce. He’s not a Backstrom, but he’s also not a 4th line player who grinds it out… With time up top and more minutes I’m hoping his consistency improves. As you can see, I’ve always been a fan.
I was really hoping Knuble would get that empty netter last night. So close. That dude needs a break.
by Dirk Dangler on Jan 25, 2012 1:28 PM EST up reply actions
If you put 90 and 85 on a line, they ought to have to put $50 into the kitty for every faceoff they lose, but they get $20 out of the kitty every time they’re thrown out of the dot for cheating.
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by Gould Old Days on Jan 25, 2012 7:32 PM EST up reply actions
My favorite moment of the night outside of MP’s trick was when Locker decided to discuss the Caps equipment manager’s biceps for a minute or so.
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by JRJD928 on Jan 25, 2012 12:01 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Hochuli esque?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 12:01 PM EST up reply actions
Hochulish
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by ThePeerless on Jan 25, 2012 12:02 PM EST up reply actions
Hocuhuler.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 12:06 PM EST up reply actions
Yep. Then we got a close up if said biceps. Awkward for all involved
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by JRJD928 on Jan 25, 2012 12:08 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Best quote ever?
"[Expletive] selfish [expletive],’’ one team source said.
RAMPAGE
by JediChewbacca on Jan 25, 2012 12:09 PM EST up reply actions
[expletive] awesome [expletive]
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 25, 2012 12:58 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
If I’m the Bruins I sell as high on him as I possibly can, but they have to do it before July, as his NTC/NMC kicks in.
But hell, he’s only got one more year left at 5. I do the Joey Eischen and suck on it and like it for another year, and then say adios. He’ll be 38 years old by that time.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 12:10 PM EST up reply actions
The last straw came when they found Tim Thomas eating fried chicken and drinking beer in the locker room during the third period of a Rask start.
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by KNUUUUUUUUUUBLE on Jan 25, 2012 12:12 PM EST up reply actions 10 recs
So does that mean we should name Tim Thomas as MVP of last nights game?
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by TheFuryUnleashed on Jan 25, 2012 12:21 PM EST up reply actions
Well… he wasn’t at fault for any of the Caps goals, and he certainly didn’t cough up the puck, so maybe…
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 25, 2012 12:59 PM EST up reply actions
Andy MacDonald had better hope he never gets traded to the Caps.
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Yeah, it always sucks to get traded from a contender to an also-ran.
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by Rob Parker on Jan 25, 2012 12:22 PM EST up reply actions 6 recs
(something) (something) Colgate (something)
by Rather Bengt on Jan 25, 2012 12:31 PM EST up reply actions
children’s game. Put your hands up to your ears. MOOSEY MOOSEY MOOSE! (no, I don’t remember much beyond that)
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Hah, I know, I just tried to put a “You called me?” bite of humor in there.
I was trained to mix concrete and sign complicated insurance forms.
sorry! I don’t know too many people familiar with the moose game :)
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Wonder is he has the same feelings about guys like Lidstrom, Selane, et al who declined for no apparant reason other than they are old.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Jan 25, 2012 1:00 PM EST up reply actions
That was an issue I brought up in the clips yesterday. I hope people expressing this opinion about Ovechkin expressed the same about those two players working ‘behind the scenes’ to not be selected when they were having all-star worthy seasons.
I am totally ok with Ovi bailing on the game, but I do think it is different. Ovi did not immediately say “all star? ahahahhah break time instead.” He only bailed when he got suspended.
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So it’s different because upon learning they were being considered and/or were going to be named they worked with their GMs (and I assume agents) to ensure the League did not name them to the ASG roster and then after they were not named, their GMs had to respond to questions about this topic. I’m talking about this in terms of the player’s actions and impact on League, fans, etc., since many against Ovechkin’s actions are saying it in that context. I just don’t see why one would be ok and the other not ok.
And how about when Lidstrom and Datsyuk chose not to go after being selected a few seasons ago? Yes, the NHL suspended them for a game, but from what I recall, most people did not agree with the 1 game suspension for each.
sk8, I would hate to ruin your faith in humanity or shake your worldview, but people are hypocrites.
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by Rob Parker on Jan 25, 2012 2:27 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
In terms of impact on the league, they are comparable. But I think because the reasons are different, people view it differently. Ovi is not bailing to rest, or at least that is not his primary reason. That was the primary reason for the other stars. I’m still totally behind all the given reasons to skip; if the NHL says it is ok to skip, no reason to wear yourself out.
Though I was actually ok with the 1 game suspension because they could have shown up and walked around, a la Crosby.
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I had and have mixed opinions about the 1 game suspension considering some other things for which players are not suspended.
I dislike the unofficial go behind the scenes withdraw name from consideration moves.
As someone suggested the other day, would be better if an age/number of previous appearances excused a player officially unless they wanted to be considered rather than this behind the scenes stuff.
I thought there was something they could have done other than a 1 game suspension, which punished the team/teammates as well as the individual players.
I knew Crosby showed but didn’t play. Lindros, IIRC, did something similar one year, although he may have dressed for skills and sat out the game.
I’m not sure there is too much they could have done besides a suspension. A $2,500 fine? Seems more ceremonial slap than any real punishment.
And I don’t think age/number of appearances should excuse a player. What is there’s another DiPietro. The All Star showing should be strongly suggested, but totally optional. It’s an honor to be named, so I don’t think too many players will skip. Maybe give some league provided extra monetary compensation if they are selected and go.
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I don’t care if there’s an all star event, but if there is one, I’d prefer it was focused on the skills event not a fake game.
I had this view, in general, about Selanne and Lidstrom before the Ovechkin suspension and decision.
Perhaps it would work, but it’s difficult to understand how it could be ‘totally optional’.
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Well, it’s not like Colgate isn’t known for bloviating blowhards who inject their opinion into every little thing.
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by Wheeler on Jan 25, 2012 5:29 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Think the Lightning will bite?
From Bob McK’
Anyone want a goalie? SJ has put netminder Antero Nittymaki on waivers.
They should. As a good friend of mine would say, “he own the Capitals”
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 12:23 PM EST up reply actions
Even if not, his numbers at ES over the years have been solid on the whole. Worth a shot.
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According to the interwebs, he found out about the waiver status via the media:
@tomppaaaxBrutal.
Niittymäki: “I don’t want to be in this organization at all anymore, nothing wrong with city. Glad they did it, hope somebody picks me up…….I’m not the hottest name in market and my salary isn’t on my side either. 2M is big money for someone who hasn’t played much.”
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I never like hearing about these instances where players learn via the media. Trades are bad enough, but I do recognize sometimes things leak. It’s hard to understand how they couldn’t reach him to tell him something like this given there’s a deadline each day for placing a player on waivers.
As to the situation, he’s reported twice to Worcester this season on conditioning stints, the most recent time being last weekend. He played a total of 5 games for the AHL Sharks during the 2 conditioning stints.
I had read speculation and it made sense anyway that the goal was to prove he was healthy and potentially showcase him to other teams. The twitter commentary conclusion is that he won’t be picked up, but who knows. As he noted, 2M cap hit and salary (before pro-rating) could be an issue and this is the last season of the contract. Curious what happens if he isn’t claimed as reading into the comments above/what I saw on twitter, I am guessing he won’t want to report to Worcester.
updated info:
PollakOnSharks David Pollak
Also catching up on some scuttlebutt that Niittymaki learned #sjsharks put him on waivers thru media. NOT THE CASE. Talked to agent. . .
. . .who said he got call from #sjsharks GM last night and passed the word to Niittymaki that he was about to go waiver route. . . .
Schultz
Was just over reading the trade rumors post on Puck Daddy and there was discussion about Shultz. Well, discussion that the Caps aren’t trying to trade him per Spector. Guess he has a permenant seat in the press box (if you put much/any stock in Spector).
He has to have value to be traded. He has none at the moment.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 12:36 PM EST up reply actions
how much of that was created by the Hunter administration? During BB’s tenure, he was a reliable, slow, well positioned D man with a very long reach. That has to be wanted by someone…right?
I have to think so.
He’s got solid size and positioning, to say nothing of a first round pedigree. He’s signed to an affordable deal.
That has to be appealing to someone.
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Sure, but what will they give to get him. Has to be worth more to GMGM, than having more depth in D for the playoffs.
by Gin and Tonic on Jan 25, 2012 1:10 PM EST up reply actions
To be fair, he did drop off somewhat while Bruce was still here.
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the whole damn team did.
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And Tom Poti STILL doesn’t make the list.
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“Tonight, Orlov will be paired with Tyler Sloan’s buyout.”
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Patrick MacNee
Ronald Reagan
Charles Schultz
Three non-fictitious people, by my count.
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It’s Charles Schulz, not Schultz. No T.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 2:08 PM EST up reply actions
Big hockey fan, was Mr. Schulz.
Schulz had a long association with ice sports, and both figure skating and ice hockey featured prominently in his cartoons. In Santa Rosa, he was the owner of the Redwood Empire Ice Arena, which opened in 1969 and featured a snack bar called “The Warm Puppy”.6 Schulz’s daughter Amy served as a model for the figure skating in the 1980 television special She’s a Good Skate, Charlie Brown.
Schulz also was very active in senior ice-hockey tournaments; in 1975, he formed Snoopy’s Senior World Hockey Tournament at his Redwood Empire Ice Arena, and in 1981, Schulz was awarded the Lester Patrick Trophy for outstanding service to the sport of hockey in the United States.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 2:09 PM EST up reply actions
I think he was referring to Ronald Reagan and Charles Schulz, both of whom have passed away.
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 25, 2012 4:21 PM EST up reply actions
Patrick MacNee. Yeah – I was thinking Patrick McGoohan. My bad.
Nice guys finish first, but sometimes the season is awfully long.
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Just thinking about other ways to make the All Star Weekend more fun, as a continuation of yesterday’s discussion…
Someone in the post-game thread mentioned a shaving cream pie challenge. Another possible addition to the skills competition: goal celabration challenge. Related to that, goalie tantrums. These challenges fit the reality tv culture and could bring in non-hockey viewers who enjoy those sorts of shows.
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See who can stand talking to Pierre McGuire for the longest.
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I think that would repel viewers unless the player is hitting him with a Nerf bat.
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The event should be judged by Marty Turco.
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 25, 2012 4:21 PM EST up reply actions
Mike Babcock and his sensitive ears will lose that one for sure.
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Babcock was brilliant in that soundbite…
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 25, 2012 4:21 PM EST up reply actions
Despite their underwhelming SOG totals
The Caps G/G is still in the top 10 in the league at 2.81, matching their GA/G of 2.81.
But… that G/G is 2.54 under Hunter.
But… that GA/G is 2.42 under Hunter.
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I happened to be in the car today and heard two talking heads on 106.7(Mike Wise and someone who is on around 12:30) dissing Ovi for not going to the All Star game. It made me so angry I feel like ranting! They seem to have no idea of the underlying back story and tone that NHL media has created regarding Ovi. There is nothing he can do at this point to earn any respect with some in the media, period. As Kyprious stated in his article, should he even be allowed to go while suspended? What if the episode had been more egregious? There should be a rule stating that suspended players can not attend. End of story. Because there is not, Ovi has to make his own decision.
No matter WHAT he decides he is screwed by a media that has already found him guilty of …..being Ovi. Remember, most already were complaining that he didn’t deserve to be there this year! If he goes and is his usual flamboyent, light-hearted self, it will be said that he doesn’t take his rebuke seriously enough. If he goes and is appropriately subdued, it will be said he is being petulant and is wasting the opportunity which could have been bestowed on a more worthy player.
So, he doesn’t go. His heart is not in it and feels he doesn’t deserve the spot since he has been suspended. In essence, giving the “more deserved player” his spot and keeping himself in the penalty box the league put him in. Both quite rational moves. But no, not the right ones. He should have to interrupt his suspension and be the face of the league and be criticized and belittled by the talking heads all weekend and resented and analyzed and called “selfish” by others who feel he took the place of a more talented player.
Which is it, is he selfish for skipping the game or selfish for going to the game and taking the place of another player who is having a banner year?
Someone let me know, but in the meantime, his true fans will look forward to him getting his game back and will hope to see him in highlight reels for years to come.
by KSR17 on Jan 25, 2012 2:19 PM EST reply actions 7 recs
Alex Ovechkin is a selfish, undeserving lout who can’t understand why he needs to be In Ottawa as the face of the NHL instead of James Neal (who could only be picked out of a one-person lineup by his mother) in spite of his suspension, at a game he has no bizness attending because he is suspended and isn’t having the year Neal is.
The “fits all sizes” commentary
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by ThePeerless on Jan 25, 2012 2:30 PM EST up reply actions 7 recs
You’re giving waaaaay too much credit to his mother…
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jan 25, 2012 4:22 PM EST up reply actions
Buccigross’ Top 100 NHL Players! And we’ve already got a Cap!
94. Nicklas Backstrom: Hard to quantify how Alex Ovechkin effects his numbers. Before his current concussion, he was able to escape injury. He’s a little hard to figure out because his numbers, while good, have yet to be consistent.
Lulz
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 3:07 PM EST reply actions
really, 94th best player in the league. Really? REALLY?
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Apparently not as good as the ring-less Loui Eriksson, Carey Price, Mike Fisher, Taylor Hall, Mike Green, Ryan Miller, Tomas Plekanec, Mike Cammaleri, Shane Doan, Stephen Weiss, Kevin Shattenkirk, Dan Girardi, Mark Streit and Pekka Rinne
/takes a breath
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Jan 25, 2012 3:18 PM EST up reply actions
that pretty much tells you all you need to know about that list, eh?
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Vinny is #76. Green and Backstrom are below him. I am guessing Bucci has Stamkos and St Louis above Lecavalier on the list. So that’s three Bolts probably ahead of 2/3 of the Caps’ most important players. And I would even say Hedman is more important to the Bolts than Vinny these days. Typical Buccigross.
by Rather Bengt on Jan 25, 2012 3:39 PM EST up reply actions
MAX TALBOT IS THE BEST PLAYER EVER! HE HAS A RING!!!!
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Not bad, considering Buccigross has Crosby in the first 46 or 47 places.
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by ThePeerless on Jan 25, 2012 3:16 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
Ever since Neil’s Tavares page-view extravaganza, the WWL must’ve awoken to the fact that controversial lists = eyeballs.
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by J.P. on Jan 25, 2012 3:31 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
So they’ve gone from pissing on hockey fans, to ignoring them, to trolling them.
Please, call me F&B.
by Rob Parker on Jan 25, 2012 3:33 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I think they’re still pissing on them and ignoring them on television.
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You’re missing step one.
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by fat_daddyo on Jan 25, 2012 4:22 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Affects. Unless he is saying that Ovechkin is responsible for even the existence of Backstrom’s “numbers.” Can’t even get my hackles up about the rankings because of how poorly written it is.
Eat, drink, and be merry! And then drink some more.
Also, if you think Nick Backstrom has been inconsistent in his career, you’re an idiot.
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i can see the ESPN.com front page “news” headline now: “jon press of japers’ rink calls buccigross an idiot.”
tangent, but the gossipy nature of sports news these days is a total drag.
by Natty Bumppo on Jan 25, 2012 3:41 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
It’s the gossipy nature of all news, I think. Because the “real news” part of the news gets disseminated instantly, the 24-hour coverage has to fill the other 23.75 hours with, well, bullshit. When you actually had to wait some hours to even find out the score of the Broncos game, there was less time to gossip about Tim Tebow.
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by SmallZ827 on Jan 25, 2012 4:05 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
agree with everything except teebs. if ESPN came out with a 24-hour tebow network, i might watch. (UF fan here.)
by Natty Bumppo on Jan 25, 2012 4:15 PM EST up reply actions
I’d sooner pull on a Pens #87 sweater than read Tracee Hamilton
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by discuit on Jan 25, 2012 4:29 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
WHY?
not “why do you still love her,” but why on earth does she have a Crosby third? if little children of Pittsburgh refugees in DC can be forced to wear Crosby jerseys, surely you can force your offspring to wear Capitals gear! :)
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Written by a daughter who went to the Caps game last night with her mother cheering for the opponent :)
My father taught me to embrace my city :) lousy sports teams and all!
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so Dan Patrick, who NEVER talks Hockey on his show, was all over TT yesterday and then today mentions Ovi in reference to a rejected poll question on which is worse – the WH snub or the ASG snub. So yeah, it’s getting people who don’t follow Hockey to talk about well, not Hockey, but hockey related issues. Of course he threw in the Alex has always been temperamental (really spellcheck there’s an extra “a” in there – who knew?) meme.
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More like indestructible. The last stage of a Modern Warfare Survival round is just Richard Zednik coming at you.
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by Rob Parker on Jan 25, 2012 4:12 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
icehammer97 started a fanshot for discussion. Scary stuff.
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when I think about having your neck sliced by a skate blade and then having a roof fall on you, “lucky” ain’t the word that comes to mind…
Hey, atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Jan 25, 2012 7:36 PM EST up reply actions
And the internet meme continues. Sheesh.
I like the guy. A lot. But I keep getting the feeling that he’s just a shooting star across our night sky, at first bright, but fleeting and getting dimmer all the time. I hope I’m wrong.
Nice guys finish first, but sometimes the season is awfully long.
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Funny he used the “shooting star” analogy for Ovi. I was thinking the same thing for Crosby, especially as time goes on and on and there’s no sign he’s coming back.
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Sorta off topic … any one see the Hockey in Heels footage? Whats up with 81 in Ugg Boots …
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by TheFuryUnleashed on Jan 25, 2012 5:07 PM EST reply actions
I half-overheard this, so hopefully someone knows more, but the rumor was that he had chosen his shoes poorly and had cold feet, so he borrowed those from someone at the event.
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by CapitalCentre on Jan 25, 2012 6:21 PM EST up reply actions
Yikes!
Hendricks severed ear. Not for the squeemish.
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From the PD comments
But can he paint?
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