Tuesday Caps Clips: Cats @ Caps Game Day
by J.P. on Feb 7, 2012 6:34 AM EST
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- Previews of tonight's rather large game against the Kitties from Vogs, NHL.com, WaPo (and more), SB Nation DC, Peerless, RMNB and CRtC, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner Litter Box Cats for more coverage from the other side of tonight's match-up.
- Notes and assorted whatnot from yesterday out at Kettler:
- In general. [Caps365 video (Hunter, Halpern, Aucoin, Schultz, Ovechkin), WaPo, WashTimes, 106.7 The Fan]
- Readying for a Laich-less life. [Dump 'n Chase, NHL.com, WashTimes, WaPo]
- Mike Green has gone three days without skating, which could indicate a setback in his recovery... or not. [WashTimes]
- Dmitry Orlov is ok, though, so there's that little bit o' good news. [WashTimes]
- That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Of course, that which does kill you, kills you... [NHL.com, CSNW, Sick Unbelievable]
- ... and that which makes you stronger likely doesn't make you strong enough. [WaPo]
- A little secondary scoring would be nice. Oh, and so would a little primary scoring. [CSNW]
- Buy or sell: by the sell/buy-by deadline, the Caps will bid bye-bye and sell rather than buy? [We Love DC]
- Ruminatin' with a cold one. [Peerless]
- "It seemed like [the Bruins] knew every single thing that the Caps were going to do before the Caps knew what they were going to do." Alan May had his weekly chat with the Sports Reporters. [ESPN 980 (audio)]
- John Carlson and Karl Alzner give you a glimpse of what life is like for a couple of roomies on a roadie. [Caps365 (video)]
- The Verizon Center tops a list of NHL arenas in overall fan experience (but it sure would be nice to see what that experience is like in, say, late-May). [Stadium Journey]
- Ovi and a red dragon? Ovi and a red dragon. [Alex Ovetjkin]
- Time for the captain to captain... [Sick, Unbelievable]
- ... and for the fans to support the boys. [Capital Spirit, RMNB]
- The NHL chapter of Tomas Vokoun's NHL career started some 15 years ago. Pull up a chair and read the tale. [WTOP]
- Czech, please! (Groan.) [CSNW (video)]
- Really sweet tool from our good friend Nate Ewell and company over at College Hockey Inc. that will remind you, for example, that two of tonight's combatants, Mike Knuble and John Madden, were once teammates. [Backhand Shelf]
- Finally, happy 40th birthday to John Slaney and a very happy 44th to the franchise's all-time leader in goals and points (among other things), Peter Bondra (and for a tribute to Bonzai, check out this FanPost from last year).
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Very cool site from Nate Ewell! Lots of great background on players and the front office for those of us who haven’t been following the game for years…Bookmarked.
a team perpetually on the verge of being eliminated, sadly.
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I worry about the small school programs, like Bowling Green, now that Penn State is in the mix.
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yeah. BG simply doesn’t have the same donor base for athletics as the big schools. I have a soft spot for them as BG is just down the road from where Mr. B grew up. Plus that program has so much history, I would hate to see it disappear. The loss of any program, D-1, D-3, or the complete destruction of D-2 a few years back, is a huge blow.
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As opposed to Div I mainstay Maryland that doesn’t have the donor base to keep Track, Swimming, etc…?
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by Alz in the family on Feb 7, 2012 11:28 AM EST up reply actions
Maryland is a whole special problem, since they require athletics to be self-supporting, unlike almost all other schools.
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And the fact that the athletics department dreadfully miscalculated what they would make over the last ten years and expanded to gargantuan size(thank you Ms. Yow), some things just had to go.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 7, 2012 2:21 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t know. There are a lot of D-1 hockey schools that are otherwise big sports schools (Denver, Lake Superior State, North Dakota all spring to mind).
When Pegula funded the arena, there was talk that the Big Ten Conference would start sponsoring hockey for it’s schools (Penn State, OSU, MSU, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin). That conference, with it’s TV network and large alumni funding base, would become the #1 draw for premier hockey players looking to go the NCAA route, effectively downgrading the smaller schools. Money rules in sports.
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One year ago today, the Caps were three points out of first place in the Southeast Division. Today, they’re one point out.
Of course, one year ago today, they were in 4th in the Conference, 10 points ahead of the 8th-place team. And were relatively healthy.
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is there some magic site that has a list of man games lost to injury for each team? I did a quick search but didn’t find anything
Dunno how accurate this is, but it may help.
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“only” 89 for the Caps, Mike Green being nearly half of those.
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Well, there should be 52 for Tom Poti, no?
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Looks like the Calgary Herald has him figured in.
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Ted’s wallet certainly does.
[Anxiously awaits having that joke stomped on by someone who will point out that insurance likely picks up Poti’s salary while he’s on LTIR.]
[Anxiously awaits having that joke stomped on by someone who will point out that maybe it doesn’t.]
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You would think so, since Vancouver has Steve Pinizzotto factored in for missing 52 games.
If you've read this far...seek help.
Key contributor to Vansterdam’s success, Pinner is.
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Caps are right in the low end of injuries. But missing Tom Poti. Still doing pretty well.
The Bruins however have insane injury luck. Only 30 games missed to injury (I’m removing Savard from the equation; if Poti’s out, he’s out). That is ridiculous.
Once you take the fisting element out, it's not romantic anymore.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Feb 7, 2012 10:54 AM EST up reply actions
It is. And obviously “how many” isn’t nearly as important as “who” in many cases.
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Yeah, it’d be difficult to argue that the Caps’ 90 games isn’t harder on their team than Nashville’s 90 games.
Once you take the fisting element out, it's not romantic anymore.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Feb 7, 2012 11:13 AM EST up reply actions
DGB, FTW (on players who could be on the move before the trade deadline):
Alexander Semin, Washington Capitals – The enigmatic forward is in the final year of his contract and would make an ideal rental for an underachieving team that was struggling desperately to make the playoffs, so look for him to be traded to the Capitals.
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by J.P. on Feb 7, 2012 8:00 AM EST reply actions 6 recs
What would the Capitals have to give up to get him? If we don’t have to give up a thing, I might trade for him.
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A first, a second, a third, and Braden Holtby.
Signed,
The Flyers
If you've read this far...seek help.
Did we just trade for Adam Oates?
Man I just got nostalgic for Maxime Ouellet. I remember being so excited because everyone thought that guy was going to be great. Oops.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 7, 2012 8:23 AM EST up reply actions
Draft picks:
2002-Mar-19 Traded from Philadelphia Flyers with round 1 pick in the 2002 draft (Martin Vagner), round 2 pick in the 2002 draft (Maxime Daigneault) and round 3 pick in the 2002 draft (Derek Krestanovich) to Washington Capitals for Adam Oates
Ouch (for Dallas…we dealt the 26 pick up up to 13 to take one Alexander F. Semin). Double ouch. Triple ouch.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 7, 2012 8:32 AM EST up reply actions
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Alex Semin for Alex Semin, eh?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 7, 2012 8:18 AM EST up reply actions
That whooshed me… but reminded me that the Land O’ Lakes squaw’s knees are boobs.
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It’s a bit too early for the Droste Effect, but that’s exactly what I thought of.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 7, 2012 8:32 AM EST up reply actions
Ha. That was the first thing I thought of, too.
That'll make your weagle wink!
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It was the first thing that everyone thought of.
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When I was a wee young lass I had a sippy cup with a picture of a bear holding a sippy cup with a picture of a bear holding a sippy cup witha picture of a bear holding a … well, you get the idea. My first instance of contemplating infinity. It’s a little scary when you’re, say, three or so.
Not nearly as frightening as the recursive Alexander Semin, however. Möbius Sasha.
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by EmilyB on Feb 7, 2012 9:07 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Need one of those really freaky GIFs of a hard focus right into Sasha’s eye that just keeps regenerating.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 7, 2012 9:09 AM EST up reply actions
Ha. Never noticed her knees before. It’s amazing what I’ve learned by coming here everyday.
Ovechkin on how he can help the team: "Score MOAR goals."
by capsyoungguns on Feb 7, 2012 8:36 AM EST up reply actions
Bad Sasha for good Sasha, …I’m on board
What doesnt kill you makes you stronger.
by BetterOffWith28 on Feb 7, 2012 8:26 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
CAPS PULL TRIGGER ON MAJOR DEAL!!!
…was sent to Washington for…
If you've read this far...seek help.
by ThePeerless on Feb 7, 2012 8:33 AM EST up reply actions 5 recs
Perfect. You know, it could happen just like this…glass half full this morning.
by mechanicsville on Feb 7, 2012 11:00 AM EST up reply actions
I’m shocked there are so many clean omments about swapping Semin for Semin.
That'll make your weagle wink!
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by boutros23 on Feb 7, 2012 8:35 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Don’t worry. . . once the thread gets blue it’ll snowball.
Unleash the Apathy.
by D'ohboy on Feb 7, 2012 8:39 AM EST up reply actions 6 recs
And then when we start thinking about the possibility of trading for Fistric so we don’t get Benn’d over the next time we play the Stars it’ll really go off the rails.
Please, call me F&B.
by Rob Parker on Feb 7, 2012 9:51 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Coach on Laich...
Coach Dale Hunter said Laich’s injury was “not major” and that the durable center was “day to day,” but the coach also said that Laich had yet to be evaluated by team doctors.
“We’ll see what they say,” Hunter said.
What do you all make of that?
Capitals goal scored by #22, Mike...
diagnosed as “menisconcussion”
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by ThePeerless on Feb 7, 2012 8:36 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I don’t make anything of it to be honest, and I guess we’ll know if he’s playing in the next hour or so (recall announcement or other).
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Nothing, unless Dr. Dale is a practiced orthopedist.
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So why the hell is he saying it’s “not major” before he’s even been evaluated by the team doctors?
Capitals goal scored by #22, Mike...
by KNUUUUUUUUUUBLE on Feb 7, 2012 8:50 AM EST up reply actions
So why the hell is he saying it’s "not major" before he’s even been evaluated by the team doctors?
WebMD?
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Can’t be. 99% of the time you look up symptoms on WebMd, you find out you are dying.
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For me it is always Lyme Disease
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For me it’s concussion-like symptoms. And usually on Saturday and/or Sunday mornings.
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by J.P. on Feb 7, 2012 9:01 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs
I’m think there’s a new website called “Hockey WebMed.” It has a simple menu:
1. Upper Body Injury
2. Lower Body Injury
3. Flu-Like Systems
4. Concussion-Like Systems
5. Sidney Crosby
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In the end, they’re all just “day-to-day”
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by twistedlogic on Feb 7, 2012 9:08 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
6. Rick DiPietro
"You do that, you go to the box, you know. Two minutes, by yourself, you know and you feel shame" -Denis Lemieux
He has his own subdomain: dipietro.hockeywebmed.com
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Feb 7, 2012 2:01 PM EST up reply actions
Also known as the “Matthieu Perreault flu”.
by Twenty Seven Ninety on Feb 7, 2012 9:09 AM EST up reply actions
AIDS. Every symptom leads back to AIDS.
Capitals goal scored by #22, Mike...
by KNUUUUUUUUUUBLE on Feb 7, 2012 9:01 AM EST up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5npZwUdZwnY
Tu ne cede malis
by _Skullduggery_ on Feb 7, 2012 11:06 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Myxomatosis
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by J.P. on Feb 7, 2012 9:28 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
“Dale Hunter, WebMD” sounds like the worst medical drama ever.
“Doctor, there’s no time to lose – he’s flatlining!”
“He’ll be fine – tape two aspirin to it.”
[Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep]
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by J.P. on Feb 7, 2012 8:57 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I swear to god, Laich could be on his deathbed and Dale would call him “day-to-day with leukemia.”
Capitals goal scored by #22, Mike...
by KNUUUUUUUUUUBLE on Feb 7, 2012 8:59 AM EST up reply actions
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? No. Lumber Lung? No. Jugglers despair? No. Achy-Breaky Pelvis? No. Oh, I’m never going to be disabled. I’m sick of being so healthy!
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 7, 2012 9:12 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
oww. my ovaries!
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by Alz in the family on Feb 7, 2012 10:57 AM EST up reply actions
Actually the trainer could examine is knee to test for a torn ACL. It’s a very simple test (Lachman test or anterior drawer test), they have you bend your knee while laying flat and they grab it a certain way and yank it forward to test it. All it takes is 20 seconds for them to diagnose a torn ACL. This test can be seen frequently performed on football fields after a player lays on the ground in agony after a leg injury, they bend the leg and yank the knee forward. I’ve had an orthopedist perform this test just to check the strength of a reconstructed ACL as well.
Some ACL tears can’t be detected with that simple test because of the strength of the surrounding muscles in the leg, but that is rare from my understanding. An MRI would be required in that situation.
What can't all those people who have friends who see Green out at bars...
have friends who work in doctor’s offices that treat Caps? That would be much more useful
Did we ever find out anything from the doctors?
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by Gould Old Days on Feb 7, 2012 9:23 AM EST up reply actions
Not yet. I’ve got $20 on “GMGM will address the media after practice…”
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Peter Bondra
My apologies for the self-promotion but if anyone wants a read-up (with video clips!) on the man Caps fans called Bonzai, check out the birthday bio I wrote last year on Bondra. Also in the comments section, there is a small brief bio of John Slaney.
Shameless… but appreciated. I’m going to add it to Clips.
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Capitals goal scored by #22, Mike...
by KNUUUUUUUUUUBLE on Feb 7, 2012 8:54 AM EST up reply actions
Bondra and Iafrate in the 1993-1994 Caps Calendar
by Rather Bengt on Feb 7, 2012 8:55 AM EST reply actions 5 recs
No one will ever duplicate Iafrate’s hair.
Capitals goal scored by #22, Mike...
by KNUUUUUUUUUUBLE on Feb 7, 2012 8:56 AM EST up reply actions
They took calendar photos in Baltimore? WFT!!! Hersey. Dogs and cats living together.
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WTF am I doing writing WFT? Time for a second cup of coffee.
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Shit. I’m a mes.
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Maybe he just meant Charlotte Hornets Legend Hersey Hawkins?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 7, 2012 9:13 AM EST up reply actions
A) The jorts.
B) Don’t let Cap-O-Vens see the B’more backdrops.
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Hey, I have a great idea…the Caps should host a Winter Classic in Baltimore (or did someone think of that already?).
It's all wrong, but it's all right.
Everything about hosting in Baltimore is perfect, except for it being in Baltimore. Just rename the city District of Coloumbaltimore and it’ll be fine. Maybe double check to make sure the name doesn’t need to be re-calibrated….
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And if it rains they could easily move it inside First Mariner.
*ducks
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by Alz in the family on Feb 7, 2012 11:04 AM EST up reply actions
The Jorts/60 does not give me A Capital Feeling.
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by Twenty Seven Ninety on Feb 7, 2012 9:19 AM EST up reply actions
Gotta love that the Caps calendar had the players posing in Baltimore….
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Feb 7, 2012 9:53 AM EST up reply actions
Alan May is looking very Simon Cowell-like
Where is Kono posing? That part of the Mall where nobody goes?
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by Alz in the family on Feb 7, 2012 11:02 AM EST up reply actions
Michael Farber has that Iafrate photo bookmarked.
Reporter: "What’s your Mom’s birthday?"
Tortorella: "I have no idea."
by Wheeler on Feb 7, 2012 12:18 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Could Iafrate possibly look less like a professional athlete in that photo?
Release the Mackan!
by Killer_Carlson on Feb 7, 2012 12:24 PM EST up reply actions
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This is awesome and it’s (vaguely) hockey-related
My Wingette disguise worked perhaps too well. One of the dignitaries in our group was Bernie Parent, the 66-year-old former NHL goalkeeper who won the Stanley Cup with the Flyers in 1974 and ’75. A white-haired man with a tan face and squashed nose, Bernie walked up to me before our entrance, chuckled, and wordlessly began to rub me like a shiny trinket.
“You see this ring?” he said, waving a Flyer’s ring before my face and applying friction to my torso. “I got it for winning the Stanley Cup.” He rubbed me from my ears to my elbows. “What, not a hockey fan?”
He pulled out his phone and showed me a picture of his boat.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 7, 2012 9:32 AM EST reply actions
Ew. Filthy old men are filthy.
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It’s everything everyone hates about Philadelphia jammed into one place. You couldn’t pay me enough to go to that thing.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 7, 2012 9:37 AM EST up reply actions
And yet people in my office use to listen to it every year, thinking it was the greatest thing (other than, y’know, the Iggles actually winning a Super Bowl).
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A bit OT tho’ hockey related. But for his February writing project for school (sixth grade) my son wants to write on an African American hockey player. He’s not interested in Ward or Iggy and we steered him away from Big Buf.
We suggested Willie O’Ree. He did the straightforward google search last night for basic facts, but I wondered if folks around here had any suggestions for interesting and harder-to-find information on him. I know that O’Ree has been to Fort Dupont for some charity work, but that’s about it for local information.
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I don’t have any insight on O’Ree, but you might also consider Grant Fuhr.
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by Gould Old Days on Feb 7, 2012 9:42 AM EST up reply actions
don’t want to expose him to “boating while intoxicated”?
I don’t have much. Willie O’Ree was here for the Congressional Black Caucus in October (along with Kevin Weeks). He’s involved in the Hockey is for Everyone program. I believe he was at CBC specifically to push to increase support, including financially, for hockey programs for underprivileged kids, who are overwhelmingly minorities.
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There is a good Canadian short film on O’Ree called Echoes in the Rink: the Willie O’Ree Story. It has interviews and archival footage of O’Ree and some of his Bruin teammates. I am not sure of its availability. I saw a page here on it
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Steer him towards Herb Carnegie
While racism in the NHL has more or less been swept under the rug very successfully, Toronto Maple Leaf’s boss Conn Smythe was once allegedly quoted saying “I will gladly give $10,000 to anyone who can turn Herb Carnegie white.” Although there is no written evidence that Smythe ever actually said that, the quote, mythical or not, shattered Carnegie, who at the time was a junior player still unaware of the destiny he faced.
The hockey world knew that Herbie Carnegie was a good player, but suspiciously he never had a chance to play in the NHL, not even during World War II when NHL teams were desperately looking for replacements lost to the armed forces.
Hall of Fame referee Red Storey suggests there was only one reason Carnegie never got a chance.
“It’s very simple. He’s black. Don’t say we don’t have any rednecks in Canada. But I’m not saying Conn Smythe was bigoted either. I think he said the quote, but I think he meant that with Herbie being black, he wouldn’t be able to put him in the same hotels with the rest of the team and have him eat the same restaurants and there could be problems if he took him to the States to play against the NHL teams there.”
Also some love for Mike Marson too.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 7, 2012 9:50 AM EST up reply actions
I can tell that you’ve never played much hockey. Probably too busy shooting black guys.
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by Rob Parker on Feb 7, 2012 9:57 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Wait a second.
If it’s supposed to be an African-AMERICAN hockey player, he can’t write on Willie O’Ree, because O’Ree’s Canadian (as is Marson and Carnegie). He may have to write on Byfuglien.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 7, 2012 9:59 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
And if you don’t want Byfuglien, there’s always Mike Grier.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 7, 2012 10:01 AM EST up reply actions
Hasn’t played on the Capitals yet; doesn’t count. Same thing with Byfuglien.
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Brashear?
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by Alz in the family on Feb 7, 2012 11:14 AM EST up reply actions
Brash was born in Indiana, and his uncle, Carl Brashear, was an American Hero for real.
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Feb 7, 2012 2:05 PM EST up reply actions
Well shit. I should have said black. Now I’m confused….! I have until after school to get my clear-eyed directives in order for my son.
I think he can get away with a Canadian. The point of the project is that the subject has to be black and someone of importance and influence. And my son makes all of his school projects hockey related, therefore a preponderance of Canadians.
Ovechkin on how he can help the team: "Score MOAR goals."
by capsyoungguns on Feb 7, 2012 10:11 AM EST up reply actions
Canada is in North America
Do people actually use the phrase African-Canadian?
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You rec’d eared asshole.
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by Bald Pollack on Feb 7, 2012 10:00 AM EST up reply actions
If you are bringing up Marson, then you gotta bring this guy up.
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38 is an awesome number, even if Schilling tried to ruin it.
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Cristobal Huet FTW.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 7, 2012 2:23 PM EST up reply actions
Reggie accomplished a very rare feat in his very brief NHL career, in that he scored his first career goal on a penalty shot.
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Feb 7, 2012 3:39 PM EST up reply actions
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Wow. I don’t know what to say except—Thanks to all of you.
I just knew people here would give me guidance and great material. My son is in for it when he gets home. (Yes I rolled my eyes at his interest in Big Buf. I knew there were better, more inspiring choices out there.)
Ovechkin on how he can help the team: "Score MOAR goals."
by capsyoungguns on Feb 7, 2012 9:56 AM EST up reply actions
I have no idea if there is any information on him/events he attended at the DC Public Library but you could try asking someone in Special Collections about him and Fort Dupont:
http://www.dclibrary.org/research/collections
(Yes, I know about the avatar hounding - just pretend mine is invisible.)
Excellent idea.
Ovechkin on how he can help the team: "Score MOAR goals."
by capsyoungguns on Feb 7, 2012 11:17 AM EST up reply actions
There’s a good amount written on O’Ree and some video, too, if you search around a little on the internet. Another suggestion, not as famous, but a local hockey connection and I’m guessing if contacted, might even be available for an interview: Neal Henderson. Do a search for Neal Henderson and Ft Dupont and hockey, plus look here:
Thank you. A veritable cornucopia of ideas.
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by capsyoungguns on Feb 7, 2012 2:39 PM EST up reply actions
@SkyKerstein #Caps Laich is on the ice skating this morning in full pads
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He’s robot. Can’t be any other explanation. ;)
Then again, morning skate isn’t for another 15 minutes, so I’m assuming he’s not playing tonight. But trust no one.
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Broke out the power tools last night and fixed it himself.
That'll make your weagle wink!
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Sprayed Windex on it.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
by gfcaps fan on Feb 7, 2012 9:48 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
“let’s see, this ligament is supposed to connect here…..someone hand me a bolt and the power driver!”
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Ok, I got 4 goals in the game the other night.
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by Rob Parker on Feb 7, 2012 9:57 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Saskatchewan Machine Never Breaks!
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Feb 7, 2012 9:55 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
It’s a Festivus miracle!
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“B-b-b-but your leg’s off!”
“Just a scratch.”
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by kschaeff on Feb 7, 2012 10:37 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Sounds like Pam Poovey is looking at Burt Reynolds’ filmography again.
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I swear you could drown a toddler in there…not that you’d want to.
Release the Mackan!
by Killer_Carlson on Feb 7, 2012 12:53 PM EST up reply actions
Hallelujah!
Really, I’m ready to bust out some Handel right now.
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I shall write an oratorio...I shall call it, "Mess-laich-iah"
With a “Brooksalujah Chorus”
If you've read this far...seek help.
This is similar to that time Ovie tripped/kneed Gleason...
and you could hear him screaming like a little girl before being helped off and I assumed his season was done. then he came back in like three days
i dont know how you can go from “i can’t put any weight on my leg” to trying to skate during the next commercial break, to being on ice again two days later.
maybe it was just a dead leg, but those only last like 10 seconds
What exactly is the difference between screaming like a little girl and screaming like a grown man in excruciating pain?
Please, call me F&B.
by Rob Parker on Feb 7, 2012 10:35 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Sigh of relief..
"You can want to get to April but when you get to April you may not like the answers you get, so you might as well enjoy the ride while it's going on." - Brian McNally on JRR, 8/29/2011
by bagace on Feb 7, 2012 9:44 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
Wawota Machine Never Break…
Come from Wawota…have a sturdy mota..
If you've read this far...seek help.
Something tells me that Mike Green is more into the mota than Brooksie.
Unleash the Apathy.
by D'ohboy on Feb 7, 2012 10:05 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
___
He’s into Dominican relievers?
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I come from Wawota
I do what I ’spota
Doctah he wrote a
Free Brooksie note-a
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by fat_daddyo on Feb 7, 2012 11:21 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
“A small Russian woman was seen scurrying on a plane this morning….”
"Now fair's fair Henry. If I nail Hotlips and punch Hawkeye, can I go home too?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Feb 7, 2012 9:54 AM EST up reply actions
although, I swear to god, if he further injuries that knee, I will hunt him down and go all Tonya Harding on him just so he can’t attempt to rush back
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Fact. I still can’t believe he played on a broken foot in 2009. He’s no use to the team if damaged beyond repair.
Ovechkin on how he can help the team: "Score MOAR goals."
by capsyoungguns on Feb 7, 2012 9:59 AM EST up reply actions
I remember the shot that shattered that foot/ankle. Remember thinking “What do you mean he’s playing in the next game?!” And then it turned out it was broken.
Hockey Diaries, by the way, did such a fantastic job of recreating that night.
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Masisak FTW
#Caps Laich says he wants to play tonight. Also says he will solve housing crisis, produce cheaper electric car, win Republican nomination.
"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."
2C still remains an issue!
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The man can’t work miracles.
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by boutros23 on Feb 7, 2012 10:56 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
The republican nomination is actually doable :P
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by BetterOffWith28 on Feb 7, 2012 11:06 AM EST up reply actions
He isn’t 35.
;)
"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."
That’s not a problem ::wink:
What doesnt kill you makes you stronger.
by BetterOffWith28 on Feb 7, 2012 11:11 AM EST up reply actions
He’s from Far North Dakota.
I am a hockey fan first, and a Caps fan second.
by iwearstripes on Feb 7, 2012 12:43 PM EST up reply actions
plenty of time to annex Saskatchewan before the general election, I doubt Canada would even miss it…
I’m just in it for the Schadenfreude. -D'ohboy
by Alz in the family on Feb 7, 2012 11:18 AM EST up reply actions
Regina, Regina, Regina. Hee. Fun to say.
That'll make your weagle wink!
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Even more fun: Wawota, Wawota, Wawota…
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Feb 7, 2012 12:07 PM EST up reply actions
Timmy Thomas, I didn’t know you posted here!
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I knew it! An NHL player posting here
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by BetterOffWith28 on Feb 7, 2012 12:25 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
He's not Tim Thomas...
…this is Tim Thomas:
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Feb 7, 2012 2:08 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I’m pleased that Verizon was noted as having great atmosphere. I think this is due to the fans being wonderful and rocking the red each game; just like you glorious folks here. I can’t say I like the food or prices in the arena itself, but my overall experience is always pleasant.
If only Ted could guarantee a win and make it not so cold in there; then my experience would be perfect.
"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
It should be a bit colder on account of how bad the ice generally is, if anything.
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just imo, it’s been noticeably warmer since basketball returned.
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It feels just as warm down in SRO as it did in the second-to-last-row of the 400s. I’ll wear a hawaiian shirt this time, first game since NBA has came back.
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Since when has the NBA come back to Verizon? Sure the NBA is out of their lockout and they’re playing basketball, but what those guys running around on the court impersonating the Wizards are doing could hardly be described as playing basketball.
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Feb 7, 2012 2:10 PM EST up reply actions
Not so long ago basketball fans said the same thing about the Caps. Basketball may not be your cup of tea, but there are tons of basketball fans in DC who enjoy the game and want the Wiz to do well.
I know how I felt when the NHL was locked out and the Caps were the butt of jokes and basically ignored. I wouldn’t want Wiz fans to feel the same way.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Feb 7, 2012 3:31 PM EST up reply actions 6 recs
Rec’d (and substituting the Wiz for a different team in town).
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Winning trophies on your home field? DC United's done that. Twice. Help Keep United in DC so they can receive a fair deal on a lease and help develop a path to build a stadium with local investment and incentives.
Basketball is the only sport where a team can fail defensively over half the time and still win the game. In every other sport, if you fail defensively half the time, you get blown out…
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by MikeL-Pivonka on Feb 7, 2012 3:41 PM EST up reply actions
So explain how the Caps have managed to win anything lately.
And your premise is false.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
In any sport, if you fail defensively more than half the time, but are yourself successful more than half the time, you have a good chance of winning.
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by red army line on Feb 7, 2012 6:34 PM EST up reply actions
I was just joking about the ice. My jokes usually go over like a lead ballon.
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From Bob McK —
Anthony Stewart (CAR), Zach Hamill (BOS) and Andrew Murray (SJS) all cleared waivers.
Shocked Anthony Stewart cleared. He’s better than Hendricks, why didn’t the Caps take him?
Please, call me F&B.
Hendricks is a loyal soldier! Also we have to make room for whatever harebrained contract McPhee has next. I’m hoping Jimmy Snuka comes out of retirement, and also plays for the Caps.
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Oh how I want the Capitals to put a hurting on the Panthers tonight!
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SE buildings are so hard to play in though.
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Is is a meaningful game?
Nice guys finish first, but sometimes the season is awfully long.
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Second time they’ve played with first place on the line in about a week. Judging by the first game, I’d say no, it’s not meaningful.
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by Rob Parker on Feb 7, 2012 1:35 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Phew. Then they won’t have to worry about getting up for the game.
Nice guys finish first, but sometimes the season is awfully long.
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From the pressers:
Alzner: “it’s a must win”
Laich: “the most important game of our year”
Hunter: “it’s like a playoff game”
Unfortunately, no one called it “meaningful” so it doesn’t look good.
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Laich: morale boost, whether he plays or not. Also…how the hell is Joel Ward a +7 and Knuble -14? What a world.
by David C. Rothman on Feb 7, 2012 12:25 PM EST reply actions
From Whyno’s blog about Laich:
“I didn’t even really want to go. But the trainers’ job sometimes are protect [sic] you from yourself.”
Yeah, kinda like concussion protocal, eh Brooksie.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
You raise a good point actually, let’s hope Brooks is actually fine and not just macho-manning his way through it to prove how rugged he is.
by David C. Rothman on Feb 7, 2012 12:46 PM EST up reply actions
IIRC correctly they (the trainers) have had to do that with Brooks once before when he was first called up and he didn’t want to leave the game due to an injury.
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Brooks talks about that during his Marek vs. Wyshynski appearance. towards the end of the show, if anyone wants to give it a listen. Some interesting stuff from Boy Scout. (I think Marek and Wysh also bemoan the demise of the “fun” Caps and lament that people wanted to see them fail in that episode)
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And yet I’d bet they were in the “rooting against the Caps’ success” camp at one point or another.
Please, call me F&B.
oh, I’m sure. Everyone wanted to be the one to say “They play hockey the wrong way!” and now they can all go suck on tang as they cry about the trap and interference. Screw ’em. They wanted this, they got it.
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the tentacles of the Capitals are worming their way into Wysh’s brain after living here for so many years.
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Yeah, yeah, now tell him to cough.
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by Rob Parker on Feb 7, 2012 3:19 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I don’t hear any Blues fans complaining.
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by Carl Putnam on Feb 7, 2012 3:11 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I’ll refrain from commenting that of course a bland and boring city loves a bland and boring hockey team.
/ducks before Spidey can yell at me.
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Bland and boring? Yeah. That’s about it.
But the cost of living? Different story. Niceness of the folks. Off the charts. Great place to raise a family.
Oh – and we won that World Series thing.
Nice guys finish first, but sometimes the season is awfully long.
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I don’t care if people are nice, I just want them to stand to the right! ;)
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#FLAPanthers coach Kevin Dineen: "I’ve got a veteran lineup. I’ve got guys that can count and read the paper. They know what the deal is."
2 minutes ago
@JapersRink That 6pts in 10 games is the best I can do. They’ve definitely slipped. Still an impressive bit of health/continuity/success.
27 minutes ago
That said, #FLAPanthers top trio has combined for 6 ES pts together in the past 10 games – less than Bergenheim-Goc-Samuelsson.
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I guess there’s no news on Backstrom health status. Is he still dat-to-day and not skating?
What doesnt kill you makes you stronger.
Looking ahead
Looks like the next 11 games will be interesting and while the boys should make hay, anything can happen:
FLA, WPG, NYR, SJS, FLA, TBL, CAR, OTT, MON, TOR, NYI. 5 home games, 6 roadies. They have a good shot at acquitting themselves well on the road with that FLA, TBL, CAR, OTT stretch.
I’m calling anything short of 6-4-1 unacceptable – thoughts?
13 points in 11 games? Have to agree, but our expectations sure have lowered.
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro"
Look at it like this
That is 13 of 22 possible points, or 59 % of available points. That’s the equivalent of a 97 points season pace. Granted, they have to accumulate greater % of points than the contenders above them, but if they get 60% of their remaining points, they will have 94 points, which should get them into the playoffs.
I can’t see them winning half those games – not with how bad they’ve been on the road and how poorly they’ve been performing in important games. They should be able to win most of them, but I’m just losing my faith in this team.
Failure is always an option.
I still have faith, but the games have been more difficult to watch. Even when we’re winning recently, it just looks plodding.
Except when MP85 scored that hat trick. That was fun.
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