2024 pre season games thread

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Who are you liking?

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Am I the only one watching?

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Maybe we can get Holtby back on the cheap.   

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And one from Cherry.

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Back to the pass, pass, pass and pass again.....
I don't want it, you have it.  Don't givie it to me, have it back.  Not my job, it's yours...........

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That stream crashed.   
Bottom one is working......

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It's lonely being a Caps fan.   

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We're going to need to find a VERY good goalie.     

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I watched, mostly. If Vrana is going to make the team he needs to have a couple great games. He didn’t really stick out today.

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I watched, mostly. If Vrana is going to make the team he needs to have a couple great games. He didn’t really stick out today.

I didn't notice him at all and I did try to look for him.

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I wish for somebody to explain to me Ethan Bear.        We got rid of one problem child in Kuzy and promptly picked up another.  Pour quoi?
He played one.... two? games for us before he flaked last season.   And we still payed him.   All season.  For what exactly?  Having a surname that transltes to Bruin?I have to say Im not enamoured.

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OMG We are going to need a goalie.
Shepard's 1970's porn star moosetache may be comical, but an NHL goalie he 'ain't.

This Stevenson fella got a bit of  shock to his system, huh!

We have a very weak defense.   To compensate, you have to have a strong offense, right?   We have to score more than them, right  Right?


 



I wish to proclaim now that we are officially ucked.

[richkrt99]

Oof.


well first off...its the 1st preseason game which is basically a rookie scrimmage, so it means mostly nothing.


The two best (Caps) players I saw were Cristall and Miro, and not just because they scored.  Cristall was in the play, driving the play more than anyone else I saw in a Caps jersey.  However, I can't imagine he will make the roster this year.  Miro is a friggin sniper, that dude got skills.


Vranna....OOH-FAH.  Maybe just a bad game, but he stood out all right....badly.  It looked like the Vranna that Lavy benched all the time.  WEAK board play that leads to turnovers in your o-zone, then no hustle ending in him coasting back into the d zone as the opponent scored...TWICE.
He was a minus 3 for the game.  Dude has maybe one more preseason game to show something or he's on a bus out of town.  Sucks too...i always wanted to like him.

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Preseason game #2
Caps at Bruins at 7pm
Monumental Sports, 980 AM, Caps Radio


FORWARDS                     
18 Terik Parascak               
21 Aliaksei Protas               
23 Mike Sgarbossa
24 Connor McMichael
28 Andrew Cristall
29 Hendrix Lapierre
43 Tom Wilson
53 Ethen Frank
58 Henrik Rybinski
62 Ilya Protas
63 Ivan Miroshnichenko
72 Pierrick Dube
80 Pierre-Luc Dubois

DEFENSEMEN
2 Vincent lorio
3 Matt Roy
4 Hardy Häman Aktell
25 Ethan Bear
27 Alex Alexeyev
42 Martin Fehervary
56 Chase Priskie

GOALTENDERS
31 Hunter Shepard
78 Mitchell Gibson

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No Vrana tonight. I don’t know if that was the plan or a result of his performance on Sunday.

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No Vrana tonight. I don’t know if that was the plan or a result of his performance on Sunday.

I figure that was the plan...they have alot of guys they want to give looks.  But Vrana may not get too many chances to stand out.
Interesting though that these guys are all playing again:

Parascak
Cristall
Lappy
E Frank
Rybinski
Ivan the Miro

Bear
Alexeyev

Ilya Protas is the youngest guy on the squad born July 18, 2006  (Mick has gray hair older than him...well he did...if it aint all fell out) 

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New goalie for tonight.   

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New goalie for tonight.   

Shepard is supposed to play the whole game

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Shepard is supposed to play the whole game

What's the point of having the new fella there then?     At least give him a period to play!   

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I’m guessing the new fella will play tomorrow in New Jersey