Caps Clips
Friday Caps Clips: Canadiens @ Caps Game Day
by J.P. on Nov 20, 2009 6:46 AM EST
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Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of tonight's Caps/Habs tilt from NHL.com and Peerless, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner Habs Eyes On The Prize for coverage from the other side of tonight's match up.
- The Caps will be without Alexander Semin, Mike Knuble, Boyd Gordon and Quintin Laing tonight, and will likely also not have Jose Theodore, Shaone Morrisonn and Milan Jurcina available.
- Prized blueline prospect John Carlson is set to make his NHL debut tonight after being recalled yesterday. [Dump and Chase, CSN Washington, Washington Post, Washington Times]
- More on Theodore. [Washington Times]
- A couple of Verizon Center thrillers and a Jose Theodore picture that never gets old are among the highlights of the decade's ten best games. [Puck Daddy]
- Matt Bradley Week continues #needsmorebradley. [D.C. Sports Bog, Peerless]
- Some (more) well-deserved praise for Brendan Morrison. [CBC]
- From the "If you say so, Larry" file: Brian Pothier is one of at least four mean Capitals defensemen. [NY Post]
- You had me at "Washington Capitals Sparklines." [Missing Monkey Head]
- Wondering where the Caps stack up in terms of man-games lost to injury so far? [From the Rink]
- A tender moment, captured and uploaded. [Flickr]
- Speaking of candids, the three most outgoing Young Guns attended Wednesday night's Wiz game. [D.C. Sports Bog]
- A look at the Caps at the quarter pole. [Puck Prospectus]
- Arturs Irbe was back in his native Latvia to take part in the NHLPA's Goals & Dreams "10 countries in 10 days" tour. Wait, there's still an NHLPA? [NHLPA Goals & Dreams]
- The words say "Malkin is FAR more important than Ovechkin," but what I read is "Crosby stinks." [Rock The Red.net]
- Braden Holtby is back in Hershey and has a new mask. Spoiler alert: no more chocolate bars. [John Walton Hockey]
- The Bears' special teams are the opposite of the Caps': awesome PK, lousy PP. [LDN]
- Eric Mestery is back in Tri-City. Sweet? [Tri-City Herald]
- Kids, Navy, Sylvain Cote and, of course, hockey. [The Capital]
- Russia: gold medal favorites. Canada: wanting so badly to be able to play the underdog card. [The Hockey News]
- Finally, per the HHoF, on this date ten years ago, the Caps "set an NHL record by going 12 consecutive games without allowing a power-play goal, in a 3-0 win at Boston. Craig Billington recorded his 100th career victory (and 8th career shutout)."
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Thursday Caps Clips: Neuvirth To Get a Start?
by J.P. on Nov 19, 2009 6:42 AM EST
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- In case you missed it in the overnight, Tuvan published a translation of interviews with Alex Ovechkin and Semyon Varlamov following the Rangers game.
- On the injury/other front, Jose Theodore might not be available this weekend (which would likely get Michal Neuvirth a start), Alexander Semin is also questionable for the two games and Quintin Laing is out up to six weeks with a broken jaw. Milan Jurcina is getting better, Boyd Gordon is not, and Shaone Morrisonn is day-to-day with an upper-body injury. I think that's everyone. [Washington Post, others]
- The Bears have recalled Michael Dubuc from South Carolina and another forward from Kalamazoo of the ECHL. A sign of a recall (or two) from Hershey to D.C. for the weekend? [Patriot-News, @timleone)]
- As mentioned above, Laing will be out up to six weeks with a broken jaw (but at least he got Fark'd for his efforts). Here's a look at part of what the next few weeks will look like for Q. [Peerless]
- AO misses two weeks, still has nearly the most clutch goals in hockey this season. [The Hockey News]
- As far as undersized pivots who have been pleasant surprises for the Caps this fall, Brendan Morrison has to be in the top two. [Washington Times]
- Matt Bradley is probably the toughest environmentalist around... [National Geographic]
- ... and his legend grows. [Washington Times]
- Is Brooks Laich the most underrated player in the League? [Bangin Panger]
- Pierre LeBrun offers some (solicited) praise for Nicklas Backstrom. [ESPN]
- Celebrating Bruce Boudreau's 100th win. [Rock The Red.net]
- Speaking of Gabby, how do you name the League's top-nine coaches on the season so far and not have him on that list? [ESPN]
- Apropos of nothing, Varly's win on Tuesday night pushed him into sole possession of 22nd in franchise history in wins, breaking a tie with Cristobal Huet and Craig Billington. He could be in the top-14 by New Year's and would need 22 more to be in the top-10 by season's end.
- Since you've no doubt been wondering, Sergei Fedorov is currently fourth on his KHL team in scoring with four goals and nine assists in 23 games (and a team-best plus-ten rating) and Viktor Kozlov is tied for fifth on his team with five goals and ten assists in 25 games. And I hear it's really, really great over there and everyone's nice and it rains gumdrops (just in case Michael Nylander's reading).
- There have gotta be scores of Canadian kids growing up and patterning their game after Alex Ovechkin (recall that kids like to rebel against their parents), but probably not as many Russian kids emulating Mike Green. Here's one. [NHL.com]
- The Sabres have named former Cap Grant Ledyard Director of Youth Hockey Development. [Sabres]
- Not directly Caps-related (though we all know the link), a nice story about a kid and one of his hockey coaches. [Autism Speaks via @CapsInPictures]
- Finally, happy birthday to a couple of former Caps and Sabres - Ledyard turns 48 and Dean Melanson turns 36.
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Wednesday Caps Clips: Welcome Back, Ovi
by J.P. on Nov 18, 2009 6:46 AM EST
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Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night's win from Corey (blog, article), Tarik (blog, article), Vogs, Puck Daddy, Joe B., Ed Frankovic, Peerless, DC Landing Strip, OFB, Scotty Hockey (Rangers) and Blueshirt Banter (Rangers).
- Steinz on Matt Bradley's night... [D.C. Sports Bog]
- ... and a related caption contest. [FanShot]
- Quintin Laing's hard luck continues - a broken jaw blocking a puck. Um, ouch. [@cmasisak22, DC Landing Strip with a tribute]
- Nice Alex Ovechkin profile by Chris Botta over at Da House, but, believe it or not, youth hockey existed in and around D.C. before AO arrived. [FanHouse]
- Why FiOS is irking many a Caps fan. [Mike Holden's blog]
- "10 Things You Should Know About... Mike Green." [Capitals]
- Speaking of Green, apparently he's only the second-best Greene in hockey. That joke would probably be better spoken than in text and even better if it was remotely accurate. [SI]
- Sticking with #52, I definitely need this card for my collection. [FanPost]
- More power rankings, with the Caps holding at fifth at Fox Sports and down five to seventh at CBSSports.com.
- The 2003-04 Caps were one of the decade's worst teams. We've come a long way, baby... but there's a ways to go yet. [Puck Daddy]
- If you didn't listen to the Bruce Boudreau segment on HNiC radio we linked to yesterday, Steinz has pulled and transcribed some of the high points. [D.C. Sports Bog]
- Zach Miskovic, Sean Collins, Karl Alzner, John Carlson... and Bangin Panger's mom. (Best set up ever?) [Twitpic]
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Tuesday Caps Clips: Caps @ Rangers Game Day
by J.P. on Nov 17, 2009 6:32 AM EST
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Your S.Avery breakfast links:
- Previews of tonight's Caps/Rangers game from Vogs, NHL.com and Peerless, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner Blueshirt Banter and our good buddy Scotty Hockey for coverage from the other side of tonight's match up.
- As of yesterday, Alex Ovechkin was a go for tonight's game (Milan Jurcina, Boyd Gordon and perhaps David Steckel... not so much). [In The Room, Washington Times, Washington Post]
- Vogs with more, including the new line combos. [Dump and Chase]
- Put another way, "[T]he vacation is over. It's time to go into battle." [AO himself, via @dchesnokov]
- The Caps' shot differential, broken down by game situation, shows a propensity for taking the foot off the pedal once ahead. [Behind the Net]
- Peerless takes a look at the second ten-game segment of the season for the team and the forwards.
- The Boss gives a State of the Team at roughly the quarter pole. [Ted's Take]
- Ken Campbell recaps the Caps' rebuild. Money quote: "[O]n the trades that mattered, McPhee knocked them all out of the park and his scouting staff completed the fine work by getting quality NHL players with the draft picks he acquired." </warm and fuzzies> [The Hockey News]
- Bruce Boudreau was on HNIC radio with @JeffMarek yesterday. Really good listen (the obligatory Flash love comes at about the 20-minute mark). [CBC (audio)]
- Oh, fun topic: injuries! [CSN Washington]
- Arturs Irbe on coaching: "My motto is very simple: If I'm not good enough as a coach and my players don't feel that I'm giving them enough, then why extend my stay?" That's a simple motto? [CBC]
- AO continues to be an exception to most rules. [Vancouver Sun]
- Fresh power rankings are out with the Caps up a spot to third at The Hockey News and Sportsnet, down one to third at SportingNews, up one to fourth at CBC, up two to fourth at ESPN and down two to seventh at TSN.
- Peter Bondra on Alexander Semin. [OFB (with more discussion in this FanPost)]
- Bear Tracks! [Lebanon Daily News]
- Finally, happy 60th birthday to original Cap Gord Smith and happy 54th to Dennis Maruk (who is listed as being two inches shorter than Mathieu Perreault and holds the Caps single-season scoring record with 136 points).
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Monday Caps Clips: Quiet Start to The Week
by J.P. on Nov 16, 2009 6:38 AM EST
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Your savory breakfast links:
- Two of the top ten individual seasons of the 2000s belonged to Caps (and don't be thrown by the anachronistic picture of AO). [Puck Daddy]
- Out of control. Inconsistent. Simultaneously brilliant, awful and just plain inexplicable. Alexander Semin? No. Alexander Semin's hair. [Caps In Pictures]
- More love for the Caps' pint-sized pivot. [NHL.com]
- Michael Nylander is circling dangerously close to our collective last nerve. [Peerless]
- Finally, happy 32nd birthday to Josh Green and happy 61st to Dave Forbes - two of the 23 men in Caps history to don the number eight.
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Sunday Caps Clips: End of a Streak
by J.P. on Nov 15, 2009 10:12 AM EST
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Your savory breakfast brunch links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night's loss from Corey (blog, article), Tarik (blog, article), Vogs, Joe B., Ed Frankovic, Peerless, In Lou We Trust (Devils), and Hockey Mom.
- A bit of what the Caps could learn from Los Diablos. [Peerless]
- Perhaps one of the reasons the Caps lost last night was that they were playing without two of the League's top-18 players around the net. [Behind the Net]
- Down a level, the Bears beat the Baby Pens 3-1 thanks to Karl Alzner's game-winner and Michal Neuvirth's 27 saves (to nail down his fifth win in a row; he's now 6-3-0/2.34/.915 after a rocky start).
- Some leftover thoughts from the Minny side of Friday night's game. [Wild]
- Mathieu Perreault gets some well-deserved love. [CSN Washington]
- Milan Jurcina is "Chara without the offensive upside, though he does have a booming point shot." Srsly? [NHL.com]
- More Caps mentions in NHL.com Olympic previews of the Czech Republic, Canada (where Mike Green misses the cut), Russia (sorry, Varly), Finland (atta boy, O) and Sweden.
- Finally, I love Kevin Paul Dupont as a writer, but taking a shot at Alex Ovechkin for caring about the escrow issue and raising it on a players-only conference call is unfair (as discussed here). [Boston Globe]
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Friday Caps Clips: Wild @ Caps Game Day
by J.P. on Nov 13, 2009 6:45 AM EST
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Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of tonight's Caps/Wild game from Vogs, NHL.com and Peerless, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner Hockey Wilderness for coverage from the other side of tonight's match up.
- Alex Ovechkin is "getting closer" to getting back in the lineup. Of course, "closer" isn't necessarily "close" (though it sounds as if he's both, with the smart money on a return Tuesday at the earliest). [Washington Post, NHL.com]
- Great interview with Semyon Varlamov following his win in relief on Wednesday night. [Capitals Insider]
- AO has more shots on goal through four seasons than any player in League history (with 42% more than the guy in second place), but have his shots on goal actually been under-counted? [Puck Prospectus]
- Mike Green doesn't even get a mention as being in the running for Team Canada. Methinks someone goofed. [CBSSports.com]
- But Tomas Fleischmann sure is making a case for the Czech team, no? [Washington Times]
- What a Michael Nylander move might mean for the Hershey Bears. [York Daily Record]
- Not breaking news: a ref missed a call against the Caps. Breaking: he admits it. [The Hockey News]
- WWPBD? [Homer McFanboy]
- Several Caps (including the coaches) talk about their first NHL fights. Worth it for the brilliant intro. [Caps365 (video)]
- Because I can't let something like the above go without fact checking, Matt Bradley is wrong, Chris Clark is right, John Erskine is right (as far as regular season bouts go), Dean Evason is right, Eric Fehr is right, Green is right, Mike Knuble is right, Brooks Laich is right, Quintin Laing is unclear, Shaone Morrisonn is right, Brian Pothier is right, Tyler Sloan is... hmmm, David Steckel is right, and hockeyfights.com is awesome.
- Speaking of guys with grit, Stefan Della Rovere talks about playing in the Super Series. [Metro Canada]
- Could the Caps be headed to Russia for games against KHL teams? Seems far-fetched, but "anything is possible." [Puck Daddy]
- Finally, happy 40th birthday to Patrik Augusta.
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Thursday Caps Clips: Captain Clinch
by J.P. on Nov 12, 2009 6:48 AM EST
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Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night's win from Corey (blog, article), Tarik (blog, article), Vogs, Joe B., Examiner (story, notes), Puck Daddy, OFB, Ed Frankovic, Peerless, Puckhead, Simply Sensational, Caps In Pictures, Lighthouse Hockey (Isles), and Fight for Old DC.
- In other news, Michael Nylander to Minsk seems to be a done deal. [RDS]
- Or not. [In The Room]
- Gary Bettman spoke with local media prior to last night's game. [@washcaps]
- It looks like the League is serious about addressing headshots. Money quote from George McPhee (who apparently softened his position on the issue): "Every once in a while, you have to sit back and say, 'That hit may be legal, but is there something wrong with it?'" Couldn't agree more. [Sporting News, From the Rink]
- Mathieu Perreault on his first NHL goal: "I reacted silly." Hopefully there's plenty more silliness to come. [Patriot-News]
- The Caps are the 20th most valuable team in the League, but take that with a huge grain of salt. [Forbes]
- Eighteen skaters in the NHL faster than Mike Green? I'll take the under. [The Hockey Writers]
- Goof on it all you want, but Alex Ovechkin making a cameo on TMZ says something mighty impressive about his star power. [Welcome to the Show]
- AskMen.com counts down AO's Top 10 goals. Go for the list, stay for... well, other stuff. [AskMen.com]
- Finding it hard to get out of work and make it to the games on time? Cutting out the wardrobe change might save a few minutes... and here's just the thing to help make that happen. [Puck Daddy]
- Agent Steinz = bored. [D.C. Sports Bog]
- "Vote for Sasha Pokulok as the Condors bobblehead!!" No snark needed. [Facebook]
- Finally, happy 47th birthday to Mark Hunter.
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| GP | W | L | OTL | PT | |
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Washington
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21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 30 |
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Tampa Bay
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19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 23 |
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Atlanta
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18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 22 |
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Florida
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19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
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Carolina
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21 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 13 |
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