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Talk about Capitals hockey & more! => Washington Capitals & Other Hockey Discussion => Topic started by: ArJunaZ on Saturday March 24, 2018, 03:20:30 PM Eastern
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Sat. March 24 Washington Capitals @ Montreal Canadiens
Place: Bell Centre
Time: 7:00 p.m.
TV: NBCSWA
Radio: 106.7 The Fan, Capitals Radio 24/7
NHL.COM (https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2017021154)
Montreal Canadiens 66-27-36-12 Last Game: Mar 23 Won 3-0 Against Sabres
Washington Capitals 93-43-24-7 Last Game: Mar 22 Won 1-0 Against Red Wings
8-Ovechkin 92-Kuznetsov 43-Wilson
65-Burakovsky 19-Bäckström 77-Oshie
13-Vrana 20-Eller 10-Connolly
18-Stephenson 83-Beagle 39-Chiasson
6-Kempny 74-Carlson
9-Orlov 2-Niskanen
44-Orpik 28-Jerabek
31-Grubauer (starter)
1-Copley
-- SCRATCH --
25-Smith-Pelly
63-Gersich
29-Djoos
70-Holtby (precautionary maintenance day)
-- INJURED RESERVE --
-- 1st Powerplay Unit --
77-Oshie 19-Bäckström 92-Kuznetsov
8-Ovechkin 74-Carlson
-- 2nd Powerplay Unit --
13-Vrana 20-Eller 65-Burakovsky
2-Niskanen 9-Orlov
Referees: Marc Joannette (#25), Jake Brenk (#26)
Linesmen: Matt MacPherson (#83), Scott Driscoll (#68)
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1st Period
08:35 Habs GOAL Galchenyuk 1-0 MTL
11:11 PP GOAL 92-Kuznetsov, assists 74-Carlson & 19-Bäckström 1-1 TIE
14:49 GOAL 43-Wilson, assist 19-Bäckström 2-1 WSH
18:11 GOAL 43-Wilson, assist 19-Bäckström & 65-Burakovsky 3-1 WSH
2nd Period
04:52 GOAL 83-Beagle, assists 9-Orlov & 39-Chiasson 4-1 WSH
19:58 Habs GOAL Hudon 4-2 WSH
3rd Period
01:10 PP GOAL 92-Kuznetsov, assists 19-Bäckström & 74-Carlson 5-2 WSH
04:52 GOAL 28-Jerabek, assist 65-Burakovsky 6-2 WSH
09:28 Habs GOAL Hudon 6-3 WSH
18:03 Habs PP GOAL Gallagher 6-4 WSH
FINAL: 6-4 WSH
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by Isabelle Khurshudyan March 24 at 1:18 PM
Capitals center Evgeny Kuznetsov returns to the lineup after missing three games with injury
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Capitals center Evgeny Kuznetsov is back in the lineup against the Canadiens. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post)
MONTREAL — Evgeny Kuznetsov will be back to centering the Washington Capitals’ first line on Saturday night after he missed the past three games with an undisclosed “upper-body” injury.
“That’s my first time when I miss the game by the injury since I get a few scratches [in 2014], you know?” Kuznetsov said. “It’s feeling weird, you know? But I feel sometimes it even gets you better. You get rest a little bit. You get extra practice, and you get a chance to watch the hockey from upstairs. … Some stadiums have better hot dogs. But it looks like I’m not going to try hot dog today; I know it’s very good place for food.”
Kuznetsov is Washington’s second-leading scorer with 21 goals and 50 assists this season, and just as he was before he got hurt a week ago, he will be between captain Alex Ovechkin and right wing Tom Wilson when the Capitals play the Montreal Canadiens. Nicklas Backstrom will then center wingers T.J. Oshie and Andre Burakovsky on a second line.
“Obviously, he’s one of the top players in the league,” Coach Barry Trotz said of Kuznetsov. “You miss his speed and you miss his skill. From a matchup side, you have a sort of two-headed monster with him and Backy. I think for the [opponent], it puts a lot more pressure on them. We missed him on the power play, we missed him five-on-five — he’s a dynamic player.”
Goaltender Braden Holtby continues to be “day-to-day” with an undisclosed “lower-body” injury, so Philipp Grubauer will get a second straight start after he made 39 saves for a shutout in the team’s 1-0 win in Detroit on Thursday. Pheonix Copley, called up from the American Hockey League on Thursday afternoon, will again be Grubauer’s backup netminder. Holtby again took shots in the team’s morning skate, but Trotz is opting for caution.
“We’re getting closer,” Trotz said. “You know how valuable your asset is, especially in net. We just want to make sure we’re 100 percent. I just said to Holts, ‘Once you get absolutely 100 percent, then we’re going to put you back in.’ But we’re not going to even go there in case something happened to Grubi, and then you’re putting in a guy that’s not at a 100 percent and then he gets hurt and your whole season can be in jeopardy. I said, ‘I’m not going to go there, so once your 100 percent ready to go, then we’ll put you as a backup or a starter.’”
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According to Isabelle Khurshudyan, Kuznetsov will be playing tonight and on a line with Ovi and Wilson. Backstrom will be back with Burakovsky and Oshie, and Eller will be back with Vrana and Connolly. Chaisson will be in for Smith-Pelly on the 4 the line and Jerabeck will replace Djoos on the third defensive pairing.
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RTRKAOY :raspberry:
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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Wow! Exciting game so far! Gruby is BEAST! Good effort all around so far.
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Could be an early night for me tonight. I can't take these f'n Caps taking another night off. How is the hell is this team leading the Metro?
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THIS TEAM FUCKING SUCKS! THEY SHOULD NOT EVEN MAKE THE FUCKING PLAYOFFS!
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good thing Holts isn't in, it would all be his fault
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Vrana is Burakovsky without as much experience so their may be hope, but he turns pucks over at the half wall all the time.
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THIS TEAM FUCKING SUCKS! THEY SHOULD NOT EVEN MAKE THE FUCKING PLAYOFFS!
Some brutal turnovers. We got lucky that was offside
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Carey Price looking like .... well, ..... Carey Price.
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Damn! I open my mouth and say something good and they shit on my post.
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this kid from ND had better be damn good, they drop Bowie to Hershy to make room for him and he hasn't played in a month
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this kid from ND had better be damn good, they drop Bowie to Hershy to make room for him and he hasn't played in a month
They sent Bowey down earlier. I think you mean Travis Boyd.
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this kid from ND had better be damn good, they drop Bowie to Hershy to make room for him and he hasn't played in a month
Not even sure if he will get in the lineup.
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I heard Joe B. calling the Univ of Michigan versus Norteastern college playoff hockey game this afternoon. I wonder why he isn't calling the Caps game tonight.
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They sent Bowey down earlier. I think you mean Travis Boyd.
meh, a Cap that starts with B
either way, seems like a dumb move when in the same sentance Trotz says the priority is making the playoffs
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the willy scores on a Saturday night
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meh, a Cap that starts with B
either way, seems like a dumb move when in the same sentance Trotz says the priority is making the playoffs
In a way it was Bowey Domino effect.
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In a way it was Bowey Domino effect.
Whatever Maaco - Bowey was sent down when we picked up Kempny and the Czech I can't pronounce. But if it somehow a domino effect that e send down a defenseman weeks before we sign a forward, OK.
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that was probably the worst thing to happen, now this team is gonna dick around the rest of the game trying to get Willy a hat trick
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Whatever Maaco - Bowey was sent down when we picked up Kempny and the Czech I can't pronounce. But if it somehow a domino effect that e send down a defenseman weeks before we sign a forward, OK.
I thought Bowey was sent down when Boyd was brought up.
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Wilson is becoming his critics worst nightmare - a skilled, scoring physical topliner.
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Wilson is becoming his critics worst nightmare - a skilled, scoring physical topliner.
Gotta love it
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Rob Carlin with a good point on Willie's second goal - Burakovsky won a board battle that got the puck to Nicky he assisted Wilson. When was the last timebefore that that Burakovsky won a board battle?
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Gotta love it
Exactly. All those posters and analysts who said Wilson was just a goon who shouldn't even be in the NHL can choke on those words.
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Morning all.
caught the tail end - from Willy's first goal. ;)
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Ihave the joy of That gobby shiite,Cherry ranting. :O=
Amazingly he likes Willy........ :-\
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Ihave the joy of That gobby shiite,Cherry ranting. :O=
Amazingly he likes Willy........ :-\
I knew Cherry liked Wilson. Thats his type of player. I can't stand Cherry either.
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Could be an early night for me tonight. I can't take these f'n Caps taking another night off. How is the hell is this team leading the Metro?
Whether you want to admit it or not, this team is leading the Metro because all the other contending teams have taken as much time off as the Caps have.
This myth that the Caps take more "time off" or coast more than other teams is just that -- a myth.
The reality of this season is that the Caps are really a middle of the road team that has been just a tad more consistent than any of the other teams chasing them. That is why they are in first place.
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I knew Cherry liked Wilson. Thats his type of player. I can't stand Cherry either.
Just noticed your new title thingammy.... :rofl:
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Liking this game much more than the last one. ;D
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Damned DVR said I was watching live, but when I came back from a short excursion while watching on my iPhone I realized I was minutes ahead on my phone and the TV was way behind. Weird stuff.
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Some really lazy, sloppy passes and play since that last goal. :-(
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the local inhabitants seem a bit disinterested in the game
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Whether you want to admit it or not, this team is leading the Metro because all the other contending teams have taken as much time off as the Caps have.
This myth that the Caps take more "time off" or coast more than other teams is just that -- a myth.
The reality of this season is that the Caps are really a middle of the road team that has been just a tad more consistent than any of the other teams chasing them. That is why they are in first place.
Welcome to the boards.
Re-read [or perhaps just read] my post. Who said the Caps take more time off than anyone else? I just said I'm sick of this team taking nights off. So no is one claiming any supposed "myth".
The Caps are 3rd in the division in goals for, 3rd in PP%, 4th in PK% and 8th [dead last in the entire NHL] in shots per game. So perhaps it isn't such a stretch to wonder how this ridiculously inconsistent team in leading what many have called one of the best divisions..
I agree that we are a middle of the road team. Whether or not we have been more consistent than the others in the division would have required us to watch all the other teams. They may be where they are because thats as good a team as they can be. This team is capable of more than it delivers on too many nights. That was my point.
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I want to see Carlson called up from Hershy, just for the confusion
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the Metro is by far the weakest division this season,
5 points behind the Pacific and 13 behind the Atlantic and Central
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the Metro is by far the weakest division this season,
Weaker than the Atlantic? They have top end teams in Tampa and Boston, but there bottom dwellers are pretty bad.
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Weaker than the Atlantic? They have top end teams in Tampa and Boston, but there bottom dwellers are pretty bad.
I was looking at what it takes to be in 1st
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On a side note, if you could pick your first round opponent, who would it be? The likely choices are Pit, Philly or Columbus, assuming NJD finishes in the 8th spot and gets Tampa.
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JWC, I've read quite a bit of these boards, and it sure seems to me as if this team gets dumped on as often lazy and disinterested (not just by you, by any number of posters), with the inference clearly being that a GOOD team wouldn't act this way, or at least, act this way such a large percentage of the time. Or is the real inference I should take that the posters here are a generally grouchy lot who would gripe the same way if they were rooting for almost any other team?
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On a side note, if you could pick your first round opponent, who would it be? The likely choices are Pit, Philly or Columbus, assuming NJD finishes in the 8th spot and gets Tampa.
If the Caps are gonna get anywhere this year, the Hens need to lose to the Bruins in the first round
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see what happens when you don't play til the whistle
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see what happens when you don't play til the whistle
That flurry started because Grubauer made a poor play with the puck. Not really his strength.
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JWC, I've read quite a bit of these boards, and it sure seems to me as if this team gets dumped on as often lazy and disinterested (not just by you, by any number of posters), with the inference clearly being that a GOOD team wouldn't act this way, or at least, act this way such a large percentage of the time. Or is the real inference I should take that the posters here are a generally grouchy lot who would gripe the same way if they were rooting for almost any other team?
It's not just the posters here who rag on this teams inability to put 60 minutes together. Did you watch the Detroit game? Roenick was blistering the desire and heart of the Caps, and he's just one of many analyst who have this year and for the last several years. So, it's not just us posters here.
It could also be that this Cap team does lack the ability to put together 60 minutes and we [myself included] are a grumpy lot - they aren't mutually exclusive options.
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Too true, Justy!
I'm hoping Ovi puts on his big boy pants for the 3rd. :wackysmile:
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Too true, Justy!
I'm hoping Ovi puts on his big boy pants for the 3rd. :wackysmile:
my prediction for the 3rd: this team pisses away a 2 goal lead because they are to focused on getting Willy his first career hat trick
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Backus having a great game tonight and what a difference to this team with Kuzy back. ;D
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my prediction for the 3rd: this team pisses away a 2 goal lead because they are to focused on getting Willy his first career hat trick
I wish could argue with that....... :raspberry:
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Backus having a great game tonight and what a difference to this team with Kuzy back. ;D
This is how we are used to Backstrom playing.
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Arrrhhhhgggg! Ovi should have shot that! >:(
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Oshie!
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Ha ha Willy!
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AFAIC Gruby is our number one goalie at the moment. I really want to see Holtby get his mojo and confidence back and retake that spot, but as of now we have a new #1. Gruby is a calm beast.
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AFAIC Gruby is our number one goalie at the moment. I really want to see Holtby get his mojo and confidence back and retake that spot, but as of now we have a new #1. Gruby is a calm beast.
I have no doubt that Holtby will be back and in top form, but Grubs has been great lately. 8)
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I have no doubt that Holtby will be back and in top form, but Grubs has been great lately. 8)
Shut up Lily.... >:(
jinx.
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The league changed Jerabek's goal to Oshie.
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The league changed Jerabek's goal to Oshie.
OH! I had Oshie down for the goal, but then again, what do I know? :P
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There's no other team I know of that can leave me uncomfortable of their chances when they have a 4 goal lead with 10 minutes left.
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Come on Ovi, do your thang!
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OH! I had Oshie down for the goal, but then again, what do I know? :P
It might have gone in off Oshies knee
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There's no other team I know of that can leave me uncomfortable of their chances when they have a 4 goal lead with 10 minutes left.
Of course not because you dont give a shit if another team blows a 4 goal lead.
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NJ beats Tampa and Columbus loses. Gonna be a very interesting last two weeks of the season.
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Dagnammit!
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Of course not because you dont give a shit if another team blows a 4 goal lead.
SO now you're a mind reader. FYI, I've been a huge Golden Knights fan for a decade or more and I do care if they blow a lead. :wackysmile:
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Wilson missed his hattrick
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SO now you're a mind reader. FYI, I've been a huge Golden Knights fan for a decade or more and I do care if they blow a lead. :wackysmile:
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Wilson missed his hattrick
Surely that was your fault since you are closest to the arena. :smirk:
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??? How do you miss that open empty net from there? :lol:
I'd like to say that was a good win, but it really should have been better, imho.
Never seen the Habs play so badly.
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1st Period
08:35 Habs GOAL Galchenyuk 1-0 MTL
11:11 PP GOAL 92-Kuznetsov, assists 74-Carlson & 19-Bäckström 1-1 TIE
14:49 GOAL 43-Wilson, assist 19-Bäckström 2-1 WSH
18:11 GOAL 43-Wilson, assist 19-Bäckström & 65-Burakovsky 3-1 WSH
2nd Period
04:52 GOAL 83-Beagle, assists 9-Orlov & 39-Chiasson 4-1 WSH
19:58 Habs GOAL Hudon 4-2 WSH
3rd Period
01:10 PP GOAL 92-Kuznetsov, assists 19-Bäckström & 74-Carlson 5-2 WSH
04:52 GOAL 28-Jerabek, assist 65-Burakovsky 6-2 WSH
09:28 Habs GOAL Hudon 6-3 WSH
18:03 Habs PP GOAL Gallagher 6-4 WSH
FINAL: 6-4 WSH
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SO now you're a mind reader. FYI, I've been a huge Golden Knights fan for a decade or more and I do care if they blow a lead. :wackysmile:
well I've been a fan for far longer and I'd hate to see any of these guys lose...
https://www.goarmy.com/events/golden-knights.html (https://www.goarmy.com/events/golden-knights.html)
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nice to see Willy break his drought though, had been 10 games since last goal :thumbsup:
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Surely that was your fault since you are closest to the arena. :smirk:
You guys are closer to Montreal than I am.
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I predict that in about 10 years the Vegas Golden Knights will become just the Knights. Just as Anihiem did with the Mighty Ducks
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You guys are closer to Montreal than I am.
you don't need to go through a border checkpoint to get there
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You guys are closer to Montreal than I am.
Ummmmm
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you don't need to go through a border checkpoint to get there
What, they haven't built the wall yet? :P
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Ummmmm
OK you are a little further away. ;D
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What, they haven't built the wall yet? :P
different border, and no. The liberal democrats(read socialist) have not given the funding to enforce our border, yet have voted in the recient budget to send multi millions to several other countries so they can enforce theirs.
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Don Cherry is a fukin idiot
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different border, and no. The liberal democrats(read socialist) have not given the funding to enforce our border, yet have voted in the recient budget to send multi millions to several other countries so they can enforce theirs.
A load of us donated bricks to "The Last Leg", to help Canada build a wall once Trump was voted in......... :wackysmile:
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Don Cherry is a fukin idiot
Lol what did he say now.
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well I've been a fan for far longer and I'd hate to see any of these guys lose...
https://www.goarmy.com/events/golden-knights.html (https://www.goarmy.com/events/golden-knights.html)
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I used to do that back in the `80s. Great fun! Huge rush! Dangerous as hell. I had a crazy instructor that pushed way faster than he should have. My third jump was freefall. By the time I had 15 jumps in my log I nearly died 3 times. On the day of my first jump we were watching the instructor with the open hanger door behind him. We saw an experienced skydiver hit the ground not 15-20 feet outside the hanger door simultaneously as his parachute. He fractured his back in a few places and was hauled out in an ambulance. He was experienced with 2000 jumps. Then one of the students in my class jumped and refused to follow directions or make a single turn. She disappeared on the horizon and ended up in a tree. Had to be rescued by fire department. She almost hit a power line too. At 20 jumps I decided the risk was too high. I did get to fly the Ferrari of parachutes once. It had a forward speed of 35 mph and could turn on a dime. I jumped it in very high winds, roughly 35-40 mph (wind picked up after we went up) The airport was going by at lightning speed as i approached, then I made a 180° turn and I was struggling to get back to the airport. Then as I reached the airport the wind gusted and I was flying backwards even with the fast canopy. i ended up landing in a ditch going backwards. Not dangerous, quite funny actually. One time I was freefalling and had packed my own parachute. Turns out I packed it incorrectly and it opened MUCH too fast and I almost came completely out of the harness. i was barely hanging on by my elbows and the backs of my knees. Had I fallen out of that harness I would have lost both my main and backup parachute. That thing opened so hard I was sore for a week or two. Even my teeth hurt. My socks rolled down to the tops of my sneakers. I packed it like they taught me for students that DO NOT freefall. They do not fall very fast. I was falling at 110mph and it was like hitting a wall when it opened.
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different border, and no. The liberal democrats(read socialist) have not given the funding to enforce our border, yet have voted in the recient budget to send multi millions to several other countries so they can enforce theirs.
Trump got plenty of money. He will use some of it to build a wall. Obama had limitations on how certain moneys in the budget could be spent, but he ignored it and spent the money on what he wanted. Congress did not do a thing about it. I think that is why Trump did not veto the omnibus bill. He will get what he wants. Besides, these is so much more going behind the scenes that will change the country and the world forever. 2018 will be an awesome year.
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BTW, there was some money allocated to the wall, half of which was marked for maintenance of current wall, and if memory serves about $1.7 billion for the new wall.
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OK, I just double checked. There is 1.6 billion allocated for the new wall. $445 million to provide levee walls along the RIO Grande, $186 million for fencing in the same area, and another $400 million for repairs of existing walls.
Did you get permission from the Russians? :raspberry:
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Did you get permission from the Russians? :raspberry:
Did I accidentally trigger a snowflake? :'(
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Did I accidentally trigger a snowflake? :'(
You mean accidentally on purpose?
And why should I "piss off"?
I came on here to talk hockey with other hockey fans and my Caps family.
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I bet you don;t even feel guilty luv.
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Did you get permission from the Russians? :raspberry:
every time there is a major incident here the CIA, FBI, DOJ, local coppers et al have everything figured out within a month. Yet for well over 12 months now there has been zero evidence of Trump Russia collusion found. But yea, Trump worked with the Russians to win the election ::) .
This despite the fact that the Russians had Hillary in their back pocket
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Interesting schedule this week. The Pens, Flyers, and Jackets all have now played one more game than the Caps, and so it will remain throughout the week, with all three teams playing their next game a day [or more] before the Caps play their game in hand. So it's as if, game by game, the Caps will be able to see what the other 3 teams are doing and know their situation before they take the ice. If the Caps can win their next 3 games, at least two before the shootout, they can close out all the teams they are competing against for playoff spots except for Pittsburgh, before the last week of the season.
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every time there is a major incident here the CIA, FBI, DOJ, local coppers et al have everything figured out within a month. Yet well over 12 months now there has been zero evidence of Trump Russia collusion found. But yea, Trump worked with the Russians to win the election ::) .
This despite the fact that the Russians had Hillary in their back pocket
how did you guys get on the politics topic
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how did you guys get on the politics topic
Lil mentioned a wall. Then shit got real! :wackysmile: :rofl:
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how did you guys get on the politics topic
You can probably guess 🤣
I took down a bunch of ir because it was just nonsense
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Did you get permission from the Russians? :raspberry:
You have my permission!:)
PS: Just finished my tax return.
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Did I accidentally trigger a snowflake? :'(
I'm female.
I'm allowed to have "fee-fee's".
And consider me officially "pissed off". >:(
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Lil mentioned a wall. Then shit got real! :wackysmile: :rofl:
i took the comment from Lil as a joke. i still take it that way.
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i took the comment from Lil as a joke. i still take it that way.
Me too.. But that wasn't your question.