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Sunday Roundup/Rangers 4, Caps 1
[NHL.com Recap]The depleted Caps dropped another game to finish the 2006 calendar year portion of the season at 16-16-7 (recaps galore here). But tomorrow is a new day and a new year. Clean slate. Tabula rasa. We all know that this past week has been brutal on the Caps health- and schedule-wise, so...
On Notice
Yeah, it's old and has been beaten to death, but The Rink needed a shitlist and Stephen Colbert's "On Notice Board" is as good a way as any to do it. Here, then, is The Rink's Shitlist, in no particular order:Am I leaving anybody out?
Justice Is Swift
According to Tarik's blog, Colton Orr got a five game suspension for cross-checking AO in the face and Donald Brashear gets one game for punching Aaron Ward. Shaone Morrisonn and Glen Hanlon apparently escape fine/suspension-free.Frankly, I think Brashear deserved more, but agree wholeheartedly...
Is The Donald Doing His Job?
A comment by Rink Reader Pete got me thinking (dangerous, I know). Pete basically asserts that when Donald Brashear drops the gloves it ends up giving the opposing team a boost because, as The Donald is one of the most feared enforcers in the League, when an opponent drops his gloves with the big...
Instigating Change
Eric over at Off Wing has a great post up today about the effectiveness of the current instigator rule (which, contrary to popular belief, was in place prior to the beginning of Gary Bettman's tenure as Commish).The post is written in the context of Brendan Shanahan's outburst last night regarding...
Thursday Roundup/Sabres 5, Caps 2Gamenight: Caps @ Hurricanes
[NHL.com Recap - SeSo Open Thread]Quick hitters today, as it's all I've got the time (or the stomach) for:When did Shaone Morrisonn start taking Brendan Witt pills? That's three multi-minor games in his last six times out. Not good.The Donald fed Andrew Peters his lunch in the first. I actually...
Friday Roundup/Gamenight: Caps @ Rangers
[AP Preview - WashingtonCaps.com Preview]In case you need help firing up the Ranger hatred for tonight's game, let me provide this brief reminder of what transpired the last time these two teams got together at MSG:With that out of the way, we can turn our attention to the game.Three games into the...
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