Wednesday Caps Clips: Caps @ Sens Game Day
by J.P. on Feb 22, 2012 6:37 AM EST
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Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of tonight's battle of nations' capitals from Vogs, NHL.com, SB Nation DC, Peerless, RMNB and CRtC, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner Silver Seven for more coverage from the other side of tonight's match-up.
- Notes and assorted whatnot from yesterday at practice down in Raleigh:
- In general. [Caps365 video (Rinkside Update, Hunter)]
- It was a "maintenance day" that kept Alex Ovechkin from skating with his teammates, but he's expected to be good to go tonight. [WaPo, WashTimes]
- Brooks Laich says he's feeling fine. [WashTimes]
- Some leftovers from that Monday night mess in Carolina:
- The guy who signs the paychecks (probably not literally, but you know what I mean) called the performance "unacceptable." [Ted's Take, Times Colonist]
- Craig Laughlin discusses the debacle with The Junks. [106.7 The Fan (audio)]
- Dissecting one of the game's ugliest goals. [Backhand Shelf]
- Time to regroup. [NHL.com]
- When you're in the position in which the Caps currently find themselves, each and every loss is a killer... [WashTimes]
- ... especially away from Verizon Center. [Dump 'n Chase]
- Trade deadline thoughts a-plenty. [WaPo, DCEx, CSNW, HF, DSP, My NHL Trade Rumors, PHT]
- Throwing the owner's words back at him. [KOL, Homer McFanboy]
- Try as he might, George McPhee simply hasn't been able to find "it" (and no, not the rainbow connection). [DSP]
- Playing Ye Olde Blame Game. [CSNW (video)]
- To every narrative, there is a beverage. [Capitals Outsider]
- Notes from Bears practice. [Patriot-News, with much more here]
- Evgeny Kuznetsov, cover boy. [RMNB, Alex Ovetjkin]
- Say hey, Patrick Wey. [Hockey's Future]
- Happy 37th birthday to Patrick Boileau, happy 41st to Jason Marshall, happy 47th to Joe Reekie, and happy 59th to Al Hangsleben.
- Finally, a hearty congrats to our good friend Nate Ewell on his new gig - you're in good hands, College Hockey, Inc. [USCHO, NHL.com]
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Congrats to Nate. Not sure why College Hockey Inc. even bothered with the "Interim" qualifier on the new title.
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by EmilyB on Feb 22, 2012 6:54 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
He’s probably “Interim Executive Director” while they think up a more awesome permanent title, like “College Hockey’s Swinging’ D.” Y’know, something that really pops on a business card.
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by J.P. on Feb 22, 2012 7:01 AM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Thank you guys. I plan to reach out to Bruce for advice on handling the “interim” tag.
Meanwhile, great Caps-related story this group might appreciate: I had to take the dog to the ER here in Mass. last night. (Most importantly, she’ll be ok, though she had to stay overnight.)
As I was leaving, the vet said, “Don’t worry, she’s in good hands. I’m a Caps fan and I’m familiar with your work, so I’ll keep a close eye on her.”
Caps fans rule.
by NateEwell on Feb 22, 2012 9:52 AM EST up reply actions 13 recs
The sun never sets on Caps Nation. Sometimes, it’s just hidden by clouds.
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by ThePeerless on Feb 22, 2012 9:55 AM EST up reply actions 8 recs
congratulations on the appointment, Nate!
Caps fans are the best fans.
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The Caps fan would still take care of the dog. Danger would be if the vet was a Pens fan. Can’t trust them.
by NateEwell on Feb 22, 2012 10:19 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
if that were the case, take the dog and run!
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Have the dog bite the vet…
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by ThePeerless on Feb 22, 2012 10:46 AM EST up reply actions
Somehow I picture that scrappy faux Ovi eating a penguin from that music video made by Wendy or whatever his name is from a couple of years ago
What doesnt kill you makes you stronger.
by BetterOffWith28 on Feb 22, 2012 12:09 PM EST up reply actions
I hate to ask, but was the dog choking, cause any Caps fan would be familiar with that…
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Feb 22, 2012 11:58 AM EST up reply actions
I hate the charity point.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 7:30 AM EST reply actions
In a perverse way it is the difference between this year’s Caps and last year’s. Specifically, the inability of this team to drag things into the bonus round. After 59 games this year, the Caps have 29 wins. Last year, they had 30. The difference is the split between losses in regulation and losses in the bonus round. Last year, split was 19-10 (regulation/extra time). This year, it is 25-5. That’s five Bettman Points that the Caps don’t have this year that they had last year.
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by ThePeerless on Feb 22, 2012 8:10 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs
I honestly can’t remember the last time we had a shootout.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 9:02 AM EST up reply actions
Me either, but without looking it up I’m betting we didn’t win it!
by Dirk Dangler on Feb 22, 2012 9:05 AM EST up reply actions
I remember now. The game where we blew a 2 goal lead in 12 seconds on the Byfuglien goal from center.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 9:08 AM EST up reply actions
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This is really remarkable. Wow.
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by _Skullduggery_ on Feb 22, 2012 11:26 AM EST up reply actions
@sroarke_nhl
Lost in all the trade deadline madness is a pretty good run of form by jason spezza. He has 15 pts in his past 6 games.
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Karlsson scares me, too.
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Amazing how much Norris buzz he’s getting for having what amounts to essentially a “Green-lite” year compared to the years Green was a Norris finalist.
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Very lite. (Probably literally as much as figuratively, too.)
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will the Philly media go completely apeshit if Karlsson gets nominated? yeah, that’s what I thought.
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The difference is, Karlsson’s breakout year is when he’s 21. Green’s was at 23. Karlsson’s at a point per game (or close) — 57 in 60 — when at 21, Green went 2/10/12.
I have a man crush on Karlsson.
by RCheli on Feb 22, 2012 10:36 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
This was the argument for Crosby to win the Calder in 2006. Ovechkin was 23 months older and hence was a more mature player, thus accounting for his superior production. Was that a valid argument?
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by ThePeerless on Feb 22, 2012 10:48 AM EST up reply actions
dontcha hate it when people use “hence” and “thus” in the same sentence?
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by ThePeerless on Feb 22, 2012 10:48 AM EST up reply actions
Ovechkin’s season was better than Crosby’s, so I think he should’ve won the Calder. However, I was more impressed with Crosby’s season because of his age, and I thought that Crosby would have a better overall career. His injuries have obviously changed that.
Ovechkin lost out on a season because of the lockout (and has an unfortunate birthday). I don’t see how it’s fair to hold that against him.
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When Green was nominated for the first time for the Norris, he had played 242 regular season and seven playoff games (he would play 14 more playoff games after that 2009 regular season ended). Assuming Karlsson plays in the rest of his team’s games, his totals will be 217 and six (I assume he will play more when this regular season is over). Are they that different?
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by ThePeerless on Feb 22, 2012 12:24 PM EST up reply actions
but Norris is not “best young” defenseman, but “best” defenseman, yes?
by kingbonehead on Feb 22, 2012 12:34 PM EST up reply actions
Right, but I was responding to the Green-lite comment, noting that his breakout year was two years earlier than Green.
It’s been said before, but that ’08 draft may turn out to be the best positional draft ever (for defensemen).
Doughty, Bogosian, Pietrangelo, Schenn, Myers, Karlsson, Sbisa, Del Zotto, and Carlson all went in the first round.
(Teubert, Gardiner, and Cuma were the other defensemen picked in the first round. Teubert and Gardiner are in the NHL finally, while Cuma is the only one who hasn’t made it yet.)
But at least Cuma was mentioned in a Culture Club song.
by Rather Bengt on Feb 22, 2012 3:14 PM EST up reply actions
And we’ll see how many more clean sheets Anderson can post behind that back line.
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by Knee high to a duck on Feb 22, 2012 7:47 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
from District Sports Page
It’s only because the other teams in the Southeast are similarly faulted that the Caps still harbor any hopes of making the playoffs. Shockingly, if they win Wednesday night in Ottawa they’ll still be tied for first in the division.
How can you give up on that?
To this I raise my mug of unadulterated coffee. I thought it was a well done article that gently dissects McPhee’s haplessness in finding a complementary center for this team. I’m still stuck on McPhee being more in love with his own prospects than all but two or three suckers GM’s in the lig, who surely by now know better.
Cross check and all call.
Considering Toronto in 8th and Florida atop our division (although Toronto has played 2 more games) both have 65 points, seems stupid to say winning our division is the only way for us to make the playoffs.
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by Davethecapsfan on Feb 22, 2012 11:33 AM EST up reply actions
Bourne's blog
The systems analyst stuff Bourne’s been doing is fantastic. For someone who loves hockey but never played (I.e. me), it really helps me to understand why something works or didn’t work, or why there was a breakdown, etc.. Much like the posts F&B does, which are also awesome. Definitely must read stuff.
Ditto. His stuff is great. Haven’t read the one from yesterday yet, I sort of want to pretend that game never happened.
By the way, ‘Canes Country wasn’t wrong, they were just waaaaay ahead of the curve.
Please, call me F&B.
Thought for the day.....
What’s the collective wisdom on how much Wideman can bring back in a trade?
Hold that thought ‘til 10, won’t you?
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I’ll bet you hate spoilers like that, don’t you?
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
Not really (though I don’t like asking people not to discuss valid topics).
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From Vogs:
In their 30 road games this season, the Capitals have owned a lead after the first period four times. They’ve been outscored by a combined 33-14 in the first 20 minutes of those 30 road games.
Essentially, they’re trying to win 40-minute road games while spotting their hosts nearly two-thirds of a goal each time out. Tough hill to climb, that.
We could go back and forth all day about whether it’s the coaches’ responsibility to have his team mentally prepared to play or its wholly on they players themselves, but the bottom line is that, on the road, they haven’t been ready from opening puck-drop.
If this team misses the playoffs, there will be any number of things you can point to as the reasons why, but “slow starts on the road” will certainly make the list.
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No question. And if they play .500 on the road from here on out, they’re in.
Problem is, there’s no reason to believe they can or will.
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They have not had consecutive road wins since winning two in a row, eight days apart, December 7/15 against Ottawa and Winnipeg. Since they they are 4-9-3 on the road.
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On January 23, Ted wrote:
Three games and three points on the road. This is an acceptable pace. Play 500 on the road and play well at home from here on out will help us dramatically in the standings.
We agreed, adding, “it would be more than acceptable. It’d be great.”
Since then, they’ve gone 2-4-1 away from home. That’s .357 (which is actually below where they were on January 23), not .500. And not acceptable.
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Incidentally, if they were .500 since then, they’d have two more points and be tied (in points) with FLA, TOR and WPG.
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But haven’t they played road games against those teams? Or are we just assuming they won the road games that weren’t against them?
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Feb 22, 2012 8:29 AM EST up reply actions
They’ve played FLA twice on the road (1-1-0), WPG once at home and TOR not at all since Jan. 23. But I was just doing a quick and dirty, so say the Caps won one of the non-FLA games they lost in regulation.
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Sometimes a .357 is good...
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Feb 22, 2012 9:15 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
They’ve stunk on the road all season, especially on the Power Play. They’re like the bizarro Detroit, except Detroit balances it out by literally not ever losing at home.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 8:08 AM EST up reply actions
I’ve been known to poke fun at Marty Brodeur, but this article about his dad’s recent health woes and Marty’s resilience is pretty great.
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He’s pretty good at playing through times when he has issues off the ice; hell, in ’03 he won the Cup with all the issues over cheating on his wife with her sister were whirling about.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Feb 22, 2012 8:06 AM EST up reply actions
I’d imagine banging sisters is probably a sweet ego boost.
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by Rob Parker on Feb 22, 2012 8:53 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Except they weren’t sisters, it was her sister-in-law (her brother’s wife or might have been ex-wife); believe the same woman is now Brodeur’s wife.
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Brodeur married Melanie Dubois (a native of Saint-Liboire, Quebec, Canada) in August 1995 and has four children:49 Anthony, born in 1995; twin sons, William and Jeremy, born in 1996; and Annabelle Antoinette, born in 2002. Melanie filed for divorce during the 2003 playoffs amid reports that Martin was having an affair with Genevieve Nault, the wife of Melanie’s brother.50 The incident added some fuel to the fire for hecklers during the playoffs.51 The reports proved to be true, as Martin and Genevieve married in June 2008.52 Their first child together, Maxime Phillipe Brodeur, was born in November 2009.53
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 9:35 AM EST up reply actions
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 9:37 AM EST up reply actions
Except they weren’t sisters
They’re not black?
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Oh… that makes it totally ok. Why is everyone so worked up about it.
Next you’ll tell me that Marty isn’t actually fat. I’ll be sure to fact-check all snark in the future.
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by Rob Parker on Feb 22, 2012 10:06 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
He’s not fat, he’s fluffy.
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by ThePeerless on Feb 22, 2012 10:49 AM EST up reply actions
“Plump”
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 11:19 AM EST up reply actions
DId I say it makes it ok in my view? No, I didn’t. However, it’s incorrect to state that it was her sister.
Dater haters might enjoy this one: http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/a2y/comments/yzermand_again_eh_dater/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Some sweet Dater trolling in this week’s Power Rankings Roundup (dropping this afternoon!), btw.
As for that piece, fairly enjoyable, though I don’t understand why he insists on feminizing Dater’s first name. Devalues the work product, IMO.
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by J.P. on Feb 22, 2012 8:51 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Definitely unnecessary. As for the trade itself, I think it was a win for all teams involved. Detroit gets a D who’s leading the Avs in ice time and is RFA at the end of the year (with Detroit having a real risk of losing Stuart UFA); Stevie Y gets another 1st round pick in a supposedly deep draft and now has I believe 5 picks in the 1st two rounds; and the Avs have plenty of youth and supposedly needed the Downie element, and if Troy Brouwer is worth a late 1st I think Downie has similar value (depending on what you believe about the quality of last year’s draft versus this year’s I guess.
by Dirk Dangler on Feb 22, 2012 9:04 AM EST up reply actions
How is Greg Sherman still employed?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 9:07 AM EST up reply actions
Been asking myself that question since about July 2nd.
"You do that, you go to the box, you know. Two minutes, by yourself, and you... feel shame" -Denis Lemieux
I haven’t seen a Sherman cause this much destruction since 1864.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 9:53 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Maybe Sherman needs a wayback machine for do-overs.
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by ThePeerless on Feb 22, 2012 10:50 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
The ETO would like a word.
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Terrible tank. The only thing that helped was that there were a shit ton of them (emphasis on “shit”).
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 12:02 PM EST up reply actions
They weren’t terrible compared to most of the tanks around, its just that their competition had way better tanks than everyone else.
OPERATION TANK IS A GO.
In an unprecedented move 9 teams in the Eastern Conference have decided to officially "pass" on the playoffs
Bah. They went for quantity over quality.
/OT
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 12:09 PM EST up reply actions
Interesting tweet from @67 Sound
From 97-06, picks 26-30 produced 2 2d line F, 3 1st line F, 5 2d pair D, 1 1st pair D, 1G. That’s 12 giving surplus value out of 50 picks.
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It also takes a player picked 25-30, on average, two to three years before their first season with 40 games played.
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I remember back in 2004 a team had the first over all pick and two more in the first round…
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Feb 22, 2012 9:17 AM EST up reply actions
COL got hosed. D are a very, very valuable commodity. Gritty, even psychopathic, F are considerably easier to find.
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Frankly, I think Yzerman will have a hard time finding someone as good as Quincey with that pick (and he needs D). I’d have stopped right there.
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Interesting. He certainly won’t get a D that can contribute right now like Quincey.
Perhaps this is a sign that Stevie Y is going for the full blow up and rebuild in hopes of competing in 3 years. Which would be weird, given they made the ECF last year.
But it’s the only way I can make sense of them parting with such a valuable asset for a pick.
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Other theory: they need several picks on hand to go after Schneider (or Bernier etc.) this summer. Easier for them to sign good/decent D than it is for them to sign a goalie, so having assets to trade is hard to pass up.
Can’t see them needing firsts for that, but would definitely think of him as a fallback option. Are there enough games left for them to keep him from being a UFA if they act now though?
I think the number was 17 games or around that number (less than 20) so yes, but not many more. Agree that isn’t likely but the theory about TBL turning around and using the pick(s) in a trade is a good one.
CBA says 28 games played of 30 minutes or more, and Bishop has that much TOI in 11 out of his 13 career games – so 17 is correct, if I’m not missing anything.
If Tampa Bay was to acquire him and get him that 17+ games, would he go to regular RFA status?
Failure is always an option.
Lot of really good stuff about the trade here:
http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/tmr/comments/a_dissenting_opinion_on_the_quincey_deal/
Yzerman’s thoughts are really interesting.
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or how about someone like Harding?
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He’s a UFA, correct? Would be an interesting guy for them to target but to me he’s another fallback.
What makes it all tougher is the timing. Schneider, Bernier, etc. seem to me like guys you target at the draft. But Bishop you’d need to move on now, and who knows for someone like Harding.
Yes, UFA this summer, IIRC.
So many risks with Bishop in the considering him RFA not UFA at this point, even if a team acquired him and planned to start him every game, there’s the risk of injury and the impact on games played.
Bob McK just tweeted Harding has a minor injury, day to day, not trade related.
by Rather Bengt on Feb 22, 2012 10:50 AM EST up reply actions
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Makes me miss
That could be the most confusing card ever. Boston jersey, Montreal gear, and Flyers logo.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 10:31 AM EST up reply actions
also it has ‘hackett’ and ‘victory’ on it.
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by Alz in the family on Feb 22, 2012 4:45 PM EST up reply actions
I suppose that could be the case. I think the premise, if that is indeed their premise, is wrong: it’s easier to find a competent goalie than it is to find competent D.
I also think it’s much harder to find an elite goalie than anything else, but the odds of Schneider or Bernier or Quick or Harding turning out to be Roy or Brodeur are much, much, much longer than of them turning out to be, say, Fleury.
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Even with the late pick, Yzerman still gains flexibility though, no? It’s a risky move, but I think he’s plus-EV on this. I hope it blows up in his face, and the odds are good that it does, but I think he made the right move, especially if TBL has an internal budget.
Also, if Pronman is right and the quality tiers in the draft are at 1, 3, 6 and 10, Stevie will want to stay in the lottery for sure. Adding Quincey might push him from 6 → 10ish.
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by Knee high to a duck on Feb 22, 2012 10:42 AM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Just a terrible joke of a trade.
Colorado had a surplus of defensemen, so moving one of them – even Quincey specifically – made sense. But to get Downie as the only return smacks of a team trying to dump salary without the blatant appearance of dumping salary.
Downie is being touted as a “20-goal scorer” because one year he posted a 19% shooting percentage playing alongside Stamkos and St. Louis and getting lots of PP TOI (7 of his 22 goals were PPGs).
Sherman has the fatal flaw of being unable to put himself in the position of his trading partner and think about why they might be willing to make certain deals. Tampa and Yzerman are, at present, in a similar situation to the Avalanche. They have an interesting core of players, but they’re not quite good enough to be a solid playoff team. The Avs lack scoring depth and defensive consistency, while the Bolts lack any semblance of defense or goaltending. Overall though, both teams are in similar positions.
Sherman should ask himself: “Why would Yzerman want to trade me Downie?” All the reasons that the Avs and Dater cite in support of Downie’s acquisition (grit, toughness, hustle, some scoring ability, cost-controlled) are in demand by both teams. Instead, he just went for it.
I tried to imagine Yzerman calling up GMs around the league and offering them Downie straight-up for a 1st round pick. Even in my imagination, their laughter was deafening.
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“Why would Y want to trade me Downie?” Maybe because he didn’t have the surplus of D and you need to give value to get value. COL traded from a position of depth to gain a position of weakness. Devil’s advocate.
And given how craptastic Stewart has been this season, maybe Downie isn’t a terrible replacement for that role.
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Gotta consider the source.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 9:04 AM EST up reply actions
Quality Dater trolling, but Denver’s a nice city and I enjoyed the Avs game I saw there a few years ago. It’s not really a bad hockey market; it just needs a management change.
But yeah, feminizing Dater’s first name and saying he writes “like a scorned woman” detracts from it. I like bloggers to troll intelligently.
that’s no A2Y. they’re some of the absolute worse when it comes to insulting men by calling them women.
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NHL.com Quote of the Day
What I would give to feel this way about a Caps effort.
“We’ve got a bunch of guys that are scratching and clawing and doing their roles and whatever they can to help out. They’re playing for each other really. If you ask me what our team is all about right now, I’d say they have all sacrificed to try to win.” — Canes coach Kirk Muller on his team’s win vs. the Capitals last night
you forgot the last part
Also it helps that Washington didn’t realize it was an actual game and forgot to showup
Maintenance day.
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Maintenance night.
Sometimes you just need some “me” time.
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Keith Aucoin’s back up.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 9:20 AM EST up reply actions
Doesn’t necessarily mean Laich is a no-go.
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Was seen in pain and didn’t play the last ~10.5 minutes on Monday.
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According to gf’s post above, he’s hanging out with Junkies today. It’s a waste really.
by Rather Bengt on Feb 22, 2012 9:47 AM EST up reply actions
Who knows at this point.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 9:22 AM EST up reply actions
Hershey’s starting to feel the pain now. Christian Hanson is having tendon surgery on his wrist after a skate sliced it. They were happy to get Coiner back, and now…
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Hey, it’s not like the Caps called up someone important like Joel Rechlicz.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 9:34 AM EST up reply actions
The Hanson injury isn’t good, hopefully the surgery goes well. I do like that they are waiting to announce a recovery/return timeline for after he has the surgery.
I think the HBH managements and coaches knew it was likely someone could get called up given Ovechkin and Laich’s situations during the last game.
I’m a little surprised that it is Aucoin again and that they aren’t recalling someone like Potulny, nothing against Aucoin, just think Potulny has been playing well and has earned a look although if it is a recall for a player likely to be a scratch (they know more than we do) then doesn’t matter much.
Potulny would have to clear waivers, right?
"You do that, you go to the box, you know. Two minutes, by yourself, and you... feel shame" -Denis Lemieux
Potulny does not require re-entry waivers this season (he’s on a two-way contract and not making more than $105,000 in the minors (if CapGeek is correct about his AHL salary.) Same as Aucoin, he wouldn’t require waivers again until he plays in 10 NHL games or is on an NHL roster for 30 days (cumulative), whichever happens first.
Why is Coiner the only go-to guy?
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Guesses: Vet, understands his role, so won’t mope, etc., if he doesn’t play; coaches are familiar with him now, low cap hit (true for a few players). Can play C and play on the PP.
OT: Aucoin has not played a game for Hershey in February; last game played for Hershey was 1/28. Hershey plays Wed. and Thu.
I get all that, but at this point I’d call up someone new (as you mention above).
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I have been wanting Potulny up here for months as you well know. I should really let it go.
by Rather Bengt on Feb 22, 2012 9:50 AM EST up reply actions
Let it go? What will you do with all of your I HEART POTULNY and RB + RP doodles?
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Stash them in the closet with my binders covered with my RP+PB, RP+FN and I HEART KORPY “drawerings”.
by Rather Bengt on Feb 22, 2012 10:11 AM EST up reply actions
New trade deadline-y content for y’all to devour.
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Can we just get a trade to comment on instead? Please.
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Sure. I’m swapping Rob to PPP for Chemmy. Discuss.
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I think you got Robbed.
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Steal for Japers’ Rink. Leafs fans are once again left wondering why their organization continues to make horrific trades with no discernible benefit in the short or long term.
Unfortunately for Chemmy, this means his days as an elite blogger are numbered. Fortunately for Chemmy, a golden parachute contract is on the way and his grand-kids will never worry about how they’ll pay their butlers.
Please, call me F&B.
by Rob Parker on Feb 22, 2012 10:22 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I don’t think you’ll know for sure until the out years of the deal. PPP gets a young, up-and-coming writer with seemingly unlimited potential. JP gets a known quantity, but who knows how many years are left in Chemmy’s keyboard?
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A trade for Chemmy also brings Wendell Bark, which will cause Leaf fans to scream and cry that he never should have left Toronto.
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What about draft picks or future considerations? Is this a straight up trade? What’s Chemmy’s cap number?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 10:27 AM EST up reply actions
No! You can’t mess with a motivated player who is all about the great chemistry that defines the identity of the Rink!
Indeed – he doesn’t drink enough.
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You could see it coming in that he’s been scratched the last few days.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 10:41 AM EST up reply actions
I wasn’t scratched. I just chose not to take the optional skate. It was a maintenance day.
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F&B really stands for “Fat & Baked.”
Please, call me F&B.
by Rob Parker on Feb 22, 2012 10:57 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs
I’m waiting for Tracee Hamilton to weigh in on this before I give my judgement.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 11:19 AM EST up reply actions
“Fat & Baked” – hence the no movement clause.
by Rather Bengt on Feb 22, 2012 12:35 PM EST up reply actions
Chemistry is overrated. This is all about building a blog identity, right Rob?
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gotta wonder about the free ageny market….
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by ThePeerless on Feb 22, 2012 10:52 AM EST up reply actions
God help you all.
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by SkinnyFish on Feb 22, 2012 11:22 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
you’re just happy this punches a hole for you on the top line
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2012 11:30 AM EST up reply actions
we have depth, but just like the Leafs, no elite depth
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 22, 2012 11:35 AM EST up reply actions
BREAKING
PPP flips Rob to Pensburgh for a first-round commenter and future considerations.
/colorado’d.
OPERATION TANK IS A GO.
In an unprecedented move 9 teams in the Eastern Conference have decided to officially "pass" on the playoffs
Ovechkin on ice for morning skate, per Katie.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
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per Katie:
Just before he left the ice Ovechkin tried to go full speed but had to pull up. Not a good sign for tonight, I would think
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 11:39 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Since I didn’t watch most of the game on Monday, did anyone see what happened to him?
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NHL network showed a clip of him attempting to block a shot as a possible reason he’s hurt, but I didn’t see much on the play. I don’t even think the puck hit him, but it was hard to tell.
Tu ne cede malis
by _Skullduggery_ on Feb 22, 2012 11:46 AM EST up reply actions
He went down the tunnel w/ six minutes left in the second with “equipment issues.” Possibly the same equipment issues that Green just got repaired.
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If this is the same ‘equipment’ that our other rock star hurt, perhaps it is because they are wearing it out with other uses during the off season…..
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by Wilderthing on Feb 22, 2012 11:50 AM EST up reply actions
It’s just not our year.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 11:54 AM EST up reply actions
Here’s some trivia:
Yesterday, Steve Mason became the Columbus Blue Jackets’ career leader in wins. Who did he surpass?
(And a side note — how did it take this long for this to happen? Doesn’t it seem like he’s been in the league forever?)
Pascal LeClaire?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 12:10 PM EST up reply actions
Pascal LeClaire?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 12:11 PM EST up reply actions
Both those double posts just injured Pascal LeClaire.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 12:12 PM EST up reply actions
Speaking of Columbus, I watched the Sharks-Jackets game last night. Carter’s hatty got all the attention, but Derick Brassard caught my eye. I would love for the Caps to bag Carter but assuming they don’t, I think Brassard might be worth a look. He is younger, cheaper, a good playmaker, and can fly. His numbers aren’t that great and his +/- is pretty bad, but he is young. He might be MarJo lite (or vice versa) in that the gamble is on offensive upside, but I think would be an upgrade for a 3C and possibly a 2C. Any thoughts?
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by Wilderthing on Feb 22, 2012 12:15 PM EST up reply actions
So Walton says Ovi’s a game-time decision.
Time to lay the whip on the trainers.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 12:14 PM EST reply actions
Same as with Laich, in any other year I’d say just sit him, but they obviously don’t have much luxury for that now.
Please, call me F&B.
Nope. And they only have themselves to blame for blowing two completely winnable games in a row.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 12:18 PM EST up reply actions
Hunter has actually said “lower body injury”. Crap.
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Now see, if he had gone to optional skates like a good captain, he would have been in better shape!
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 12:25 PM EST up reply actions
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Katie and Whyno:
Ovechkin: “I don’t feel really good right now, we’ll see how it goes before the game”
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 12:30 PM EST reply actions
Caps turn into sellers in 3…2…1.
No, this will motivate the rest of the team!
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Does he not feel good because of injury or because he just came out of a film session looking at tape from the Carolina game?
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by ThePeerless on Feb 22, 2012 12:59 PM EST up reply actions
An’ the ol’ healthy scratch for Hamrlik.
Maybe Hunter wasn’t too happy with that elbowing penalty.
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No shit?!
Well, we wanted accountability. Wasn’t he also behind that miserable failure to clear sequence on the Staal goal?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 12:40 PM EST up reply actions
If they were to scratch everyone who had a fuck-up in that game…
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They’d turn into my kitty cat.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 12:48 PM EST up reply actions
But the elbow put them in a hole early, and set the tone for a miserable game.
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Does that make it 52, 55, 6, 74, 27 and 81 then for the top 6 today? If so, Orlov with Wides?
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by Wilderthing on Feb 22, 2012 12:47 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, me too. My question was really to get at the question whether Orlov would go the left side. I think I read earlier that he prefers the right, but I am sure he wouldn’t mind sliding over…
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by Wilderthing on Feb 22, 2012 12:52 PM EST up reply actions
Before we get to liking it too much…
- A guy who has missed 47 games to injury A guy who has missed 23 games to assorted benchings
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- A guy who was an adventure movie by himself last game A guy whose season can be desribed in two words, “sophomore slump”
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- A guy who is as much a threat from blue line offensively as I am A rookie
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Is this a Stanley Cup playoff defense corps?
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by ThePeerless on Feb 22, 2012 12:55 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
the guy who has not yet mastered SBNation formatting.
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by ThePeerless on Feb 22, 2012 12:55 PM EST up reply actions
Say Hey, Patrick Wey
Wey has been a monster since his return from the severed tendon in his right foot.
BC was just 7-5 after he left after starting 5-1 with him anchoring the defense. Team had dropped from #1 to as low as #10 while he was out. since his return team has been 9-4-1 and won their last 7 in a row.
Hockey Futures just identified him as one of the top ten NHL prospects playing in college this year, no small accomplishment for a #4 draft pick, which was the lowest drafted player identified in the group.
My question to this group is, can Wey help the Capitols down the road?
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Tweet from @renhockey…
Roman Hamrlik is being shop. The price is high right now
proceed with caution…
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Nice, so one of the “prized” free agent signings last summer is being shopped. I just don’t see GMGM surviving if this team fails to make the postseason.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Feb 22, 2012 1:35 PM EST up reply actions
The rest of the article provides more detail, in that Hamr would like out:
Mais aujourd’hui, Roman Hamrlik en a assez de Washington et il aimerait bien jouer ailleurs. Pour être franc, rien n’est facile dans cette équipe présentement et ça pèse lourd sur les épaules de plusieurs joueurs.
Today, Roman Hamrlik has had enough of Washignton and would like to play elsewhere. Frankly, nothing is easy with this team right now and it weighs heavily on the shoulders of several players.
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Also:
Bref, est-ce qu’une équipe sera prête à payer le plein prix pour Roman Hamrlik ? Présentement non. Mais il est aussi possible que les demandes du directeur général des Capitals, George McPhee baissent le 27 février. Le jeu du chat et de la souris est donc commencé.
Will a team be ready to pay top price for Roman Hamrlik? Right now, no. But it’s possible that GMGM will lower it on February 27. The game of cat and mouse has begun.
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I wish like hell they would trade him to Boston just to fuck with Jack Edwards.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 1:41 PM EST up reply actions
So when the going gets tough, the tough get going…out the door. See ya’ Roman. I suppose that horrible pass on the 5th Canes goal was caused by all that weight on your shoulders. You and your big salary can plod your way down the ice somewhere else.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Feb 22, 2012 1:41 PM EST up reply actions
The dude plays 4 years in Montreal but can’t handle six months in DC? I hope there’s a bit of press embellishment at play here.
by Dirk Dangler on Feb 22, 2012 1:41 PM EST up reply actions
He always looks surly. Maybe that’s just how he looks all the time?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 1:45 PM EST up reply actions
So the only player that fits Hunter’s system is the one who wants out. Umhmm.
(Yes, I know about the avatar hounding - just pretend mine is invisible.)
Except his agent said they have made no trade request at this time
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by Davethecapsfan on Feb 22, 2012 2:48 PM EST up reply actions
Hunter
"We want him to be a defensive defenseman," Hunter said. "He’s giving up too many chances so he’s out of the lineup. Giving up too many, took a bad penalty last game and so we’re going to put someone else in."
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Why do you say ‘only?’ I would include Laich, Chimmy, Ward, Brouwer, and Knubes as well. A case could also be made for Hendy & Beagle….
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nothing is easy with this team right now and it weighs heavily on the shoulders of several playersAnd if those players believe they are not responsible for nothing being easy, then whose fault do they believe it is? And why aren’t they in a position to change the conditions such that things become easier?
Campaign Promises fantasy team: Hamrlik To Fall
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Er, that was supposed to be a blockquote. Sorry.
Campaign Promises fantasy team: Hamrlik To Fall
by CapitalCentre on Feb 22, 2012 3:02 PM EST up reply actions
Vermette is no longer an option
The Columbus Blue Jackets have unloaded a sizeable contract, trading center Antoine Vermette to Phoenix for a 2012 second-round pick, a conditional 2013 fifth-rounder, and 28-year-old goalie Curtis McElhinney
I feel like by the time GMGM finally decides to make a move (which will be at the very last minute) everyone worth taking will be gone.
I wonder if Jason Arnott is available…
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by Alz in the family on Feb 22, 2012 2:29 PM EST up reply actions
McElhinney was Anaheim’s goalie in that nuts-o 7-6 game last year
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by Sombrero Guy on Feb 22, 2012 5:05 PM EST up reply actions
What doesnt kill you makes you stronger.
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... in a few minutes
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by BetterOffWith28 on Feb 22, 2012 2:43 PM EST up reply actions
Funny stuff. One of the announcers asks May about the 30th anniversary of the Miracle Game, and what it meant to him.
He started his reply: “Well, growing up Canadian…..”
/snort.
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True fact…. The U.S./USSR game of Feb. 22, 1980 in Lak Placid drew a crowd of 1,324,024, even though the arena’s seating capacity was 8,500.
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by ThePeerless on Feb 22, 2012 3:10 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
From Bob McK
Assuming no hiccups, Tuomo Ruuttu expected to get a 4-year extension with a slight bump on the $3.8M he’s currently earning
in addition from Bob McK
Ruutu, not Ruuttu, haste makes waste. Also, the $3.8M figure was his cap hit on the last deal. He’s receiving $4.4M
by Rather Bengt on Feb 22, 2012 2:56 PM EST up reply actions
People like Carolina. I kinda don’t blame them. It’s nice there, other than the inclement weather and occasional having your entire house moved for you by a tropical storm.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 2:59 PM EST up reply actions
I loved living down there.
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Now that Jesse Helms and Bobby Hurley have left the state, I have a more positive view of North Carolina.
by Rather Bengt on Feb 22, 2012 3:04 PM EST up reply actions
But you still have Eric Staal.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 22, 2012 3:06 PM EST up reply actions
My like and respect for Ron Francis almost cancels out my Eric Staal (and Tom Barrasso) dislike.
by Rather Bengt on Feb 22, 2012 3:11 PM EST up reply actions
that’s insane data ….. wow
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by TheFuryUnleashed on Feb 22, 2012 5:36 PM EST up reply actions
How do you like the Caps’ chances tonight?
"One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive." -George Allen
With Ovechkin likely out… not so much.
Tu ne cede malis
by _Skullduggery_ on Feb 22, 2012 4:40 PM EST up reply actions
we have a 50% points percentage without him in the line up
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