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Talk about Capitals hockey & more! => General Discusion Anything But Hockey => Topic started by: alta on Thursday September 22, 2022, 12:09:40 PM Eastern
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new season new thread
and new ice
https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1572385872787521538 (https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1572385872787521538)
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camp started yesterday mostly for media pictures, Hags and Backy had a light skate. Today word is Hags is out long term because of an injury unrelated to the eye.
https://novacapsfans.com/2022/09/22/oshie-hagelin-miss-first-day-of-capitals-training-camp-hagelin-out-long-term/ (https://novacapsfans.com/2022/09/22/oshie-hagelin-miss-first-day-of-capitals-training-camp-hagelin-out-long-term/)
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I hope Hag's gets well, but Im ready to move on from that contract. Give me a full dose of Snively or AJF..
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I hope Hag's gets well, but Im ready to move on from that contract. Give me a full dose of Snively or AJF..
Hags ain't having the best of luck lately. This is the last year of his contract FWIW, and if he is long term...we can use the cap space for something else.
Hags still got decent wheels, but aint seen no scoring touch from him in quite some time. He is definitely a specialist at this point - pretty much a PK guy.
Oof - Watched GMBM talking and it sure sounds like they are planning on surgery for him Hags and not expecting him back for a long time if at all.
I looked but didn't see if either of the new guys (Strome, Brown) has any PK experience.
I forgot we have MOJO - he's a decent PK guy too
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Apparently Max is ready to Rock the Red....he crawled into that shirt somehow
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the first preseason game is tomorrow at 2pm eastern, it’s supposed to be on the telly
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the first preseason game is tomorrow at 2pm eastern, it’s supposed to be on the telly
NHL network down here.
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Any safe link that works here. ;)
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Whoo hoo! Got a link! :wackysmile:
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ANTMAN! :clap:
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Some good, some shabby in the first. Fucale looking sharp so far.
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afternoon Lil
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afternoon Lil
Evenin'. ;D
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Yay! Sheary baby!
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wins and loses are meaningless this early, but still
:O=
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A bit of tidying up to do. :-\
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The starters looked decent. McMichael better find his touch this season. Dude gets a lot of chances. I really like Snively. Bummer with the LW situation and his contract he's probably gonna get left in Hershey unless we have injuries.
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good thing that track has lights, this is ridiculous
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They need even less practice and testing! lol Nascar should be ashamed of themselves with the product, especially this late in the season.
And wrecking someone under caution was 3 laps just a couple months back at Portland. They're going full on clown show.
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nascrap is getting ripped a new one this morning for the circus yesterday
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The starters looked decent. McMichael better find his touch this season. Dude gets a lot of chances. I really like Snively. Bummer with the LW situation and his contract he's probably gonna get left in Hershey unless we have injuries.
I thought they looked pretty good. They looked pretty fast in the first at least. Maybe hard to tell depending on the opponent - lots of youngsters out there. Curious as to why Mantha and Sheary playing but I guess they needed the skaters. They trying to earn spots? Nice to see both of them score though. McMichael looked pretty good. I thought Protus looked good - he's a big rig. 6'-6" oof. Vincent Iorio (D) looked pretty good too and another big body, although he is only 19 so I'm sure he'll be elsewhere this season.
SO....the Caps website is lacking (shocker) - I tried to look up Protus and he is not listed on the Roster, nor is he listed with the players "in the system"? google him and he pops up on the Caps page but no idea how you get to him FROM the Caps site
Seems like we have plenty Centers to test out....hopefully couple of them actually flourish into True 2C this season (ahem...paging Mr. McMichael)
Backy (out indefinitely....i.e. forever)
Kuzy 1C
Strome / McMichael / Snively / Lapierre / Protus / Borgrstrom @ 2C
Eller 3C
Dowd 4C
I know we have a missing 1RW so some of these guys may fill in there, but I also assume Connor Brown (RW) will fit in there ....hopefully.
Nice to see hockey again.
Go Caps
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And FFS - do we have to start the season with Mick and my Sister again?.
Did we even touch the puck in OT (other than where it bounced off the goalie and went in the net)
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And FFS - do we have to start the season with Mick and my Sister again?.
I was gettin worried as time ticked away.. :wackysmile:
I "think" they said something about a certain amount of veterans being mandatory for these games? I was watching a couple things at once though, so not positive.
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Saturday night late model stocks from martinsville, a tad bit more exciting….
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2022/09/25/nascar-driver-dispute-gets-racy-he-flipped-me-off-so-i-started-mike-tyson-ing-his-head-1289152/ (https://www.bizpacreview.com/2022/09/25/nascar-driver-dispute-gets-racy-he-flipped-me-off-so-i-started-mike-tyson-ing-his-head-1289152/)
it appears the puncher is a regular of the tour and the punchee is a part timer
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I saw that. :rofl: Never did find out if the guy still had his helmet on or not? lol
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preseason game number 2 is tonight at 7 in Pilly, I still don’t think it’s worth running a GDT for but I can
https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1575115613554343937 (https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1575115613554343937)
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preseason game number 2 is tonight at 7 in Pilly, I still don’t think it’s worth running a GDT for but I can
https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1575115613554343937 (https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1575115613554343937)
Hah!
Was just about to ask when the next one is.
Yeah, not much point doing a GDT, but thank you for offering. 8)
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tonight’s game is supposed to be on the telly, preseason games 3 and 4 or not scheduled to be televised at this point
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-continue-preseason-in-philly/c-335866048 (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-continue-preseason-in-philly/c-335866048)
I will probably watch tonight to see Strome and Brown skate. Game 1 I had on but didn’t really watch.
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Im gonna watch some of it, as long as the power and roof stay on. :wackysmile:
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Bugger Dozed off........ :raspberry:
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wasn’t bad, still only the 2nd preseason game though
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I CANNOT GET A STREAM.. :'(
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i guess I didn't miss much.
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Nice to see the new guys score. I really don't know much about either of them.
I watched both games. Feels a lot like a practice and the rink was downright quiet. You could hear all the skates and all the pucks hitting sticks. Not any crowd noise to speak of.
Who is going to skate 1RW spot?
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at this point it looks like Brown might have the 1RW until Willy gets back
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I CANNOT GET A STREAM.. :'(
That's usually a man problem ;) Try more Lcyopene in your diet.
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ain’t heard from Mick in a bit, he must’ve gotten swamped while fishing in the storm
:(
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There are two games this weekend. Tonight at 7:30 in Detroit and Saturday at 7:00 in Columbus.
Both games are not televised but are on caps radio 24/7
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There are two games this weekend. Tonight at 7:30 in Detroit and Saturday at 7:00 in Columbus.
Both games are not televised but are on caps radio 24/7
poop. I got nothing going either time -
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poop. I got nothing going either time -
Come game time I will look to see if the home team has a stream…
apparently tonight’s game in Detroit is being streamed at both redwings.com and caps.com
no word on the Columbus yet though I kinda expect the same
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Come game time I will look to see if the home team has a stream…
apparently tonight’s game in Detroit is being streamed at both redwings.com and caps.com
no word on the Columbus yet though I kinda expect the same
helpful for those of you that have internet at home. You know us Hillbilly's and rednecks still using cans and strings.
Speaking of rednecks - any Mick sightings?
Mick's near Orlando, No?
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helpful for those of you that have internet at home. You know us Hillbilly's and rednecks still using cans and strings.
Speaking of rednecks - any Mick sightings?
Mick's near Orlando, No?
8-0 Oh, gosh! Yeah, you're right. Hurricaine Ian over there! :praying:
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Thought there was a game tonight?
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no word from Mick yet, hard to say for sure but it didn’t look that bad where he is. By the time the center of rotation got to his area winds were about half what they were at landfall. But central Florida is pretty flat, not a lot places for that much rain to drain to.
game stream is at caps.com and it’s on caps radio
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no word from Mick yet, hard to say for sure but it didn’t look that bad where he is. By the time the center of rotation got to his area winds were about half what they were at landfall. But central Florida is pretty flat, not a lot places for that much rain to drain to.
game stream is at caps.com and it’s on caps radio
Got a link? I can't find it. ::)
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Got a link? I can't find it. ::)
it’s right on top
https://www.nhl.com/capitals (https://www.nhl.com/capitals)
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it’s right on top
https://www.nhl.com/capitals (https://www.nhl.com/capitals)
Oh, I got that, thanks. It's just a blank, black square where the game should be. Meh.
I hope there will be a decent link when the season starts.
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the feed ain’t great, when the game started there were sound issues, it appears they just gave up because I got no sound
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hey Lil, try this..
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/video/capitals-at-red-wings/t-277437440/c-52528530 (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/video/capitals-at-red-wings/t-277437440/c-52528530)
still no sound though
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hey Lil, try this..
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/video/capitals-at-red-wings/t-277437440/c-52528530 (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/video/capitals-at-red-wings/t-277437440/c-52528530)
still no sound though
LOL!
Thanks, but I gave up around 2am.I'll try that link tomorrow......... :cross:
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https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1576217873290141696 (https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1576217873290141696)
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Welp, survived another one! :raspberry: Fucking Ian was the biggest pain in the ass I've seen in the 25 years I've lived here. It destroyed Ft Meyers with wind (and flood) and all the way through Central Fl with floods. 15" of rain in 36 hours here.. It's stupid how much shit is flooded, ruined or gone. They don't expect the river to crest/recede for nearly a month. lol (from fishing it for 25 years, my guess is it'll be mid December before any local boat ramps are back open) Im shocked (and grateful) they got our power back on in just 3 days time. Saving grace was when it was gone it sucked a cold front from the north down, so our weather/temps have been absolutely beautiful!! 63-80 and no humidity. (pretty much unheard of in Fl. this time of year) Unfortunately there's lots of people who can't enjoy any of it as their lives have been forever altered by that fucker. Praying for the less fortunate. If ya'll been watching the news, you know what I mean..
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live stream from Columpus…
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/video/capitals-at-blue-jackets/t-277437440/c-52528530 (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/video/capitals-at-blue-jackets/t-277437440/c-52528530)
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Welp, survived another one! :raspberry: Fucking Ian was the biggest pain in the ass I've seen in the 25 years I've lived here. It destroyed Ft Meyers with wind (and flood) and all the way through Central Fl with floods. 15" of rain in 36 hours here.. It's stupid how much shit is flooded, ruined or gone. They don't expect the river to crest/recede for nearly a month. lol (from fishing it for 25 years, my guess is it'll be mid December before any local boat ramps are back open) Im shocked (and grateful) they got our power back on in just 3 days time. Saving grace was when it was gone it sucked a cold front from the north down, so our weather/temps have been absolutely beautiful!! 63-80 and no humidity. (pretty much unheard of in Fl. this time of year) Unfortunately there's lots of people who can't enjoy any of it as their lives have been forever altered by that fucker. Praying for the less fortunate. If ya'll been watching the news, you know what I mean..
Really glad you're okay!
Global warming is fake news huh?
Just so glad you're okay.
:wow: :phew:
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live stream from Columpus…
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/video/capitals-at-blue-jackets/t-277437440/c-52528530 (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/video/capitals-at-blue-jackets/t-277437440/c-52528530)
Nope. Still the black. The pizza advert works fine..... then back to black. :-|
Gonna try and play around with the links in the stream bit, but not holding my breath. Kinda sick of seeing tits and bums, which is usually what comes up. .... S'cuse the pun. :P
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Good to hear from you Mick, one of the joys of living in paradise is dealing with mother nature.
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HOLY FUCKING CRAP! 8-0 I actually found a stream that works and guess what? Yup the very last one! :laughing:
I tried every single stream and every single link in each one....
If that isn't dedication for ya, I don't know what is!
Alta, maybe you could check the streams for yourself and delete the rubbish please?
I finally get to watch some hockey.........
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Nobody else about tonight?
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Irwin looks like a feisty little fella.
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What a complete and utter waste of a PP. Shambles. :raspberry:
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This bunch of fellas seem to have a serious aversion to shooting the puck. Usual bullshit of trying to be too cutesy.
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Should have got that.
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Not a lot of positives about this line up. Lots of weakness.
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After all my efforts to get a stream......... :lmao:
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Thanks for the well wishes! And yes, paradise has a price! :smirk: And hell yea Global Warming is real!! We been warming up since the ice age! (And no amount of money or taxes are gonna stop it) :P
So how'd the boys do? Saw about 5 minutes of it. (Alta's link to Caps site worked for me) No real interest in the lineups during preseason though. How many games/days left before the real shit starts?
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two more preseason games, Protas is looking good as is Irwin
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Protas has looked really good.
He should be worrying McMichael...and Eller...and Dowd...and anyone else who wants a spot up front.
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Nats 55-103 and 44 games back :-\
Braves jumped ahead of the Mets into 1st in the NL East leading by 1 game (and they play each other again tonight)
Phillies and Milwaukee fighting for the third WC spot
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great interviews..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytm9CZ4EOG4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytm9CZ4EOG4)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaZrC7lkIeY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaZrC7lkIeY)
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Protas has looked really good.
He should be worrying McMichael...and Eller...and Dowd...and anyone else who wants a spot up front.
Protas looked great.. within a sub standard line up. Meh. Not convinced just yet.
Dont think Eller or Dowd need to lose any sleep.
I'm done with Mc M. Total waste of space. Done.
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Suddenly this team has a lot more centers than it needs.
Backstrom
Borgstrom
Dowd
Eller
Kuzy
McMichael
Mojo? are we counting him as C or a LW?
Protus
Snively (okay maybe he's a LW?.....which we have about 6 of)
Strome
Obviously Backy is out indefinitely (forever), but that leaves 8 guys for MAYBE 5 spots (assuming you want to carry/can afford a 23 man roster) Eight D and 2 goalies leaves 13 forwards - minus 8 wingers leaves 5 spots for C
I'm guessing Kuzy, Strome, Eller and Dowd have spots for sure which leaves 5 guys fighting for 1 spot (one of them not dressing)
Snively is probably fucked, and I'd assume Borgstrom (25) maybe moves down (but he played 52 NHL games last year)
As well as Protus has played, I don't see how he can make the team. Unless they move Strome or someone else to the wing.
Protus might get bumped simply because he is only 22 and on a two-way contract and doesn't have to clear waivers. (Ahem....same goes for McMichael). I think anyone else moving down has to clear waivers; Snively, Borgstrom
I can't foresee the Caps carrying Snively, Protus or Borgstrom this season (unless they move McMichael out)
Or they bump Axel "the Rose" Jonsson-Fjallby down the waivers list.
Caps probably carry 7 D so that adds one spot somewhere in the forward list (IF the Caps carry a 23 man roster)
Only Ten days until it gets Real (now you can leave your shoes on to countdown Mick) :raspberry:
Go Caps
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Only Ten days until it gets Real (now you can leave your shoes on to countdown Mick) :raspberry:
Go Caps
Im gonna wait till tomorrow to start counting, just to be safe! :wackysmile:
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big news from the weekend, anything you’d like to share Mick :raised-eyebrow: :snicker:
https://ftw.usatoday.com/2022/10/watch-angry-mob-of-anglers-assail-cheaters-in-fishing-tournament (https://ftw.usatoday.com/2022/10/watch-angry-mob-of-anglers-assail-cheaters-in-fishing-tournament)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFnByQCDjz0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFnByQCDjz0)
those two are lucky they didn’t get beat down right there
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Yea, those yankee's are lucky they were caught up north.. Down here they'd of got their ass beat, or worse. :uh-huh:
edit: Keep an eye on the news. Someone will beat their ass sooner or later. Probably sooner. :snicker:
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No doubt - they will get what's due. Still surprised they didn't get their asses handed to them on the spot.
Alta - thanks for the NASCAR videos. Personally, I can't stand Denny Hamlin, but kudos to him for stepping up and speaking out so publicly. When you get Chase Elliott and Denny Hamlin on the same page, given their past dustups, you know something is wrong.
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from this angle it looks more or less harmless…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERuujdLmjr8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERuujdLmjr8)
from this angle it looks much worse…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCMoLd96Pbw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCMoLd96Pbw)
carrier pilots are taught to put their heads back against the seat during launch, and I’ve been on a few roller coasters that told you the same. That’s still a hard hit, but if he had his head back it may not have been a concussion
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Yea, these cars don't collapse at all. Especially on the rear. If you look at previous seasons when they backed it into the wall, it would fold up nearly to the rear glass. These, you can barely tell they've hit it. Bowman was probably going over 150mph when he hit. Looks so tame from outside the car view. They have a new rear clip they're testing for next year. Hope nobody else gets injured before then.
This was Denny in the Gen6 car at Loudon. Flat 1 mile track. Probably half the speed Bowman was going.
(https://i.postimg.cc/Nfvtg08x/hamlin-crash-1024x683.jpg)
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preseason game 5 of 6 is tonight..
https://novacapsfans.com/2022/10/05/darcy-kuemper-will-start-play-entire-game-against-red-wings-news-from-capitals-optional-morning-skate/ (https://novacapsfans.com/2022/10/05/darcy-kuemper-will-start-play-entire-game-against-red-wings-news-from-capitals-optional-morning-skate/)
https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1577414652186988548 (https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1577414652186988548)
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That's 14 forwards and 7 D. One more than 20 man roster will allow in regular season.
Also...no Nick Dowd in this lineup.
Caps need to still trim 5 guys from the roster for the season. McMichael better play well - he is waivers exempt so moving him down costs nothing (like Protus). Looks to me like the Fall guy (Fjallby) might be on the list, along with Snively, Borgstrom, Clark(exempt). Caps need to cut 5 guys - at least three will have to clear waivers - yikes.
Looks to me like either Protus OR McMichael will make the roster, but not both. Unless they put Dowd on Waivers, but I don't think they will.
Go Caps
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on the bright side, the Nats season ends today so there won’t be this stupid musical on which team gets the primary radio coverage
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on the bright side, the Nats season ends today so there won’t be this stupid musical on which team gets the primary radio coverage
pretty sure their season was over about 4 months ago :lol:
and all the remaining games in the MLB (one game for most teams) are completely meaningless
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That's 14 forwards and 7 D. One more than 20 man roster will allow in regular season.
Also...no Nick Dowd in this lineup.
Caps need to still trim 5 guys from the roster for the season. McMichael better play well - he is waivers exempt so moving him down costs nothing (like Protus). Looks to me like the Fall guy (Fjallby) might be on the list, along with Snively, Borgstrom, Clark(exempt). Caps need to cut 5 guys - at least three will have to clear waivers - yikes.
Looks to me like either Protus OR McMichael will make the roster, but not both. Unless they put Dowd on Waivers, but I don't think they will.
Go Caps
I would prefer to keep Dowd, personally. McM has been a damp sqib so far. He's had enough chances to learn and improve and step up. He's a dud. Maybe he'll do better elsewhere...
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also, while Antman did skate this morning he is not playing tonight so he can spend time with his fiancé and their first child who isn’t 24 hours old yet
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Classic Norm! Dude gave zero fucks. :rofl:
https://twitter.com/jason_howerton/status/1577005243555987456
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Wah?
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Realy not sure if I can stay awake....
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Caps lineup looks pretty strong tonight. 3 or 4 guys is all that won't be starting opening night. Prolly see if I can find a stream for the 1st period.
https://twitter.com/VogsCaps/status/1577790026351534085
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Caps lineup looks pretty strong tonight. 3 or 4 guys is all that won't be starting opening night. Prolly see if I can find a stream for the 1st period.
https://twitter.com/VogsCaps/status/1577790026351534085 (https://twitter.com/VogsCaps/status/1577790026351534085)
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Hit the last one.
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Had to jump through a bunch of hoops to get a stream. By the time I got it we on a 5-3 PK. Not sure what we did to get the penalties. Wings scored. McNugget ties it in the McNugget minute on a redirect from Ovi.
"Back to you Joe" :wackysmile: lol
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had the 1st period on the radio, the 5 on 3 started when Strome got a faceoff violation whatever that heck that was, and very shortly after Carlson got call for holding. Even it were the regular season, I’m not overly upset at giving up one when 2 men down. Getting to be 2 men down is the annoying part, but I didn’t see what Strome did.
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HELP
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HELP
Caps.com might have the stream now? Unfortunately, there's little to no chance you could get the one Im watching to work. Have to click/cancel about a hundred spam links before it ever gets to the actual game. It's the 720P link in the streams thread though, if you want to try. (Start by clicking "NHL" once it tells you the link doesn't work) Then the Caps game, then the Capitals box, then keep closing windows and reclicking the stream until it eventually opens.
Hit on Oshie (went into the boards shoulder first) didn't look good at all. At least he went to the bench for a minute, before going down the tunnel.. :-\
Jensen ties it at 2 gettin late in the 2nd period.
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Oshie will not return tonight out of an over abundance of caution, mostly because it’s preseason
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It’s early, but so far I’m liking Brown and Strome, and I think Protas has earned a spot. Caps next preseason game is Saturday at 7pm. The nhl season starts Friday at 2pm eastern, Preds vs Sharks in Prague.
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most goals in a career, regular season
1: Wayne Gretzky 894
2: Gordie Howe 801
3: Alex Ovechkin 780
most career goals with one team
1: Gordie Howe 786
2: Alex Ovechkin 780
the next record falls with 7 goals
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I watched the game on good old satellite HDTV. Joe & Craig on the local NBCSN or whatever it is now to that NBCSN is gone
Little slow in the first bit boys picked it up. Kuemper looked solid which is nice.
McMichael looked like he wants to stay with the big club. Strohm and Brown making GMBM look like a genius so far. Strohm was like 80% on face offs (which is a fluke) but nice to see a Cap actually winning some. I watched his penalty 19 times in slow mo and not a clue as to what he did to get called
Ovie looks like they had him caged too long - he was hitting all over the ice
Oshie - ohh Fah. Hopefully just a stinger bit it didn’t look good the weird angle he hit the boards.
I saw why Mantha wasn’t out there but what about his counterpart on the Wings. Where was Jake the Snake?
Kuzy sure as hell can skate - looks like he is just toying with peeps out there. Overall looked pretty good. Happy with the solid play of Keumper. Definitely needed that hole filled.
Go Caps
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Oh well, another too long, 5+ million dollar contract biting us in the ass. :-\ Only good thing I saw was he didn't drop his shoulder when he was walking. So hopefully not a collar bone or dislocation. Either way, he's fragile and likely won't be back for a month.
https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPell/status/1577841257698697217
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it looks like the impact with the boards was on his right, but when I saw this last night I didn’t like the way he’s holding his left arm ..
https://twitter.com/ByMattWeyrich/status/1577820474196762626 (https://twitter.com/ByMattWeyrich/status/1577820474196762626)
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I just saw today's presser with coach and TJ is "day to day" for whatever that is worth. Sounds like it is not anything major, but that he will not play Saturday.
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That looked like head first.
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Apparently Orlov is "day to day" as well. No clue what happened to him.
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most goals in a career, regular season
1: Wayne Gretzky 894
2: Gordie Howe 801
3: Alex Ovechkin 780
most career goals with one team
1: Gordie Howe 786
2: Alex Ovechkin 780
the next record falls with 7 goals
Does nobody talk about Gordie getting a total of 975 goals - 174 in the WHL? I mean the WHL was a professional league. It's not considered like the AHL or a minor league, correct?
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Does nobody talk about Gordie getting a total of 975 goals - 174 in the WHL? I mean the WHL was a professional league. It's not considered like the AHL or a minor league, correct?
Yea, it’s mentioned from time to time. But the WHA numbers are not included in the NHL records. Technically the WHA went bankrupt even though some of the teams joined the NHL.
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https://twitter.com/PeteBlackburn/status/1578453589357662210 (https://twitter.com/PeteBlackburn/status/1578453589357662210)
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Caps final preseason game is tonight at 7pm. Oshie(upper body) and Orlov(lower body) are out, day to day. Eller is out, illness.
https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1578739488137760768 (https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1578739488137760768)
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Holy Crap. I got a stream. :hopslam:
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Just in tome for intemission.......... :clap:
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What is it with these links that have porn ttatched to them :O=
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Well that wa shit.
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Dowd
:clap:
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What is it with these links that have porn ttatched to them :O=
most times adverts are shown based on what you look at on the interwebs
8)
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Our boys look really big and heavy, really lunbering.......
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most times adverts are shown based on what you look at on the interrn much............
ya think I look at porn much.. really? :bad:
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:snicker:
define menapuase..............
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define “much”
:lmao:
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Who actually scored for us? So far.other options... my..... in reverse time...........
Are my osts hppening
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so far, Mantha, OV on the PP and Dowd
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define “much”
:lmao:
meh. Im tring luv........... :raspberry:
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Ha ha ha! m technics aintt getting any better luv, are they. ha ha
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:snicker:
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finally a good 3v3 and from the new guys
:clap: :)
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Oooh Hello uvvie Get it in thee
Did I? just get suntaan
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Unnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
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Unnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
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Oh FFS
UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Is Kuempner really the best we have to offer :-|
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What'd I miss, other then Lil admitting she watches porn? :wackysmile: :raspberry: :snicker:
Saw the Ovi bomb.. Looked nasty! And yep, Kuemper is what we got. Probably 3/4 of the time, or more.. Hopefully he's up to it! Never did hear why Colorado let him go? Sounds nearly as bad as letting the head coach go, after winning a cup?
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What'd I miss, other then Lil admitting she watches porn? :wackysmile: :raspberry: :snicker:
Saw the Ovi bomb.. Looked nasty! And yep, Kuemper is what we got. Probably 3/4 of the time, or more.. Hopefully he's up to it! Never did hear why Colorado let him go? Sounds nearly as bad as letting the head coach go, after winning a cup?
OOOOoomfff
Gut shot
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cheesus this roval thing is ignorant
It’s the BOA 400 at The Roval, which is 109 laps for a total of 252.8 miles, which is 406.8 kilometers.
:huh:
These races would be a minimum of 30 minutes shorter without the stupid stage breaks. Back when guys got points/money for leading at the halfway mark there were no breaks, they just kept on runnin.
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I wish to point out how lovely this site is. :clap:
None of that vitriol that was prevalent in previous sites.
It would be nice to have more people active, for sure, but only if they can carry on in this vein.
We can disagree about stuff, but we don't have to be obnoxious about it.
I went to the "dark side" (the other stream) a while back, but that didn't turn out well......... There were some very disturbing conversations on there....
I prefer to see the better in people,. Even though I know that's not the reality.
Thank you for keeping this going. :koolaid: :wow:
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cheesus this roval thing is ignorant
Im not a big fan of road racing anyway, but that "roval" is a shit show. It's made for go-karts or Mazda Miata's or something. And next year they'll have that one plus a shit show street race in Chicago. :clown: :poop:
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The Caps placed Axel Jonsson-Fjallby, Lucas Johansen, Henrik Borgstrom and Brett Leason on waivers. If no one else claims them by 2:00pm , they will be sent to Hershey. Backy, Willy, Hags and Alex Alexeyev have been placed on IR. Teams need to be down to 23 active players by 5:00pm today.
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Im not a big fan of road racing anyway, but that "roval" is a shit show. It's made for go-karts or Mazda Miata's or something. And next year they'll have that one plus a shit show street race in Chicago. :clown: :poop:
Not a huge fan of road racing either, but Watkins Glen and some of the more established road courses don't bother me as much as this Roval and the road course they've put inside other speedways [Daytona, Indy]. I guess from the fan in the stands experience it's nice that you can see the whole track, but it's just too gimmicky for me.
It was relative calm for 99% of the race, then it was all hell breaking loose at the end. hate that Larson, probably the best driver out there isn't moving on, but kind of cool that a kid like Bell throws a hail mary, wins, and moves on.
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The Caps placed Axel Jonsson-Fjallby, Lucas Johansen, Henrik Borgstrom and Brett Leason on waivers. If no one else claims them by 2:00pm , they will be sent to Hershey. Backy, Willy, Hags and Alex Alexeyev have been placed on IR. Teams need to be down to 23 active players by 5:00pm today.
I figured Axel was to be one cut - just hadn't seen much from him this year. Borgstrom not a surprise either or Leason. Borgrstrom we just picked up over the summer, no?
I think Protus's play this camp and preseason dictated the Borgstrom waiver move. Borgy is a center with decent size - I would not be surprised if someone grabs him - although I know absolutely nothing about his play other than looking at his stats - he is only 25 and has 100+ NHL games played and he was a 1st round pick. A little odd we sign him as a UFA and then put him on waivers, but I definitely thought Protus was a standout this early season - hard not to be with his size.
I'm a little surprised Lucas Johansen was waived over Irwin, but Lavvy really has history with Irwin and he seems a real decent fellow. Also I read Alexeyev is on IR and will be back so they will need room for him - so I figure Lucas is backseat to ALexeyev anyway.
I'm a little surprised I guess that Snively made the cut. He skates well and made some noise last year, but I would think Borgstrom might have a bigger upside. Snively is a little undersized, and he is 26 so his time is now (or never)
Tough decisions, but good problems to have. We have quite a few guys in the pipeline that could evolve into full time NHL guys - assuming they clear waivers
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So if another NHL team claims a guy off waivers - does that team have to keep him on their NHL roster for a certain period?
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So if another NHL team claims a guy off waivers - does that team have to keep him on their NHL roster for a certain period?
Based on what we’ve seen very recently, I’d say no. The Caps have waived guys only to get them right back in a trade.
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Is Kuempner really the best we have to offer :-|
I was not overly impressed with Keumper in the SC playofffs - which he DID win The Cup. I think he was about the best available this summer in the Caps price range.
I do think he has been solid in what I've seen so far. He has a very respectable GAA average over his career - even with some sketchy teams in front of him.
I think he is solid and stable and that's all the Caps wanted - was a known entity that they could rely on to provide a reasonable solid presence in goal. I don't think he will be the guy making 10-bell saves every night, but he can get the job done.
Let's hope so, anyway.
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I don’t like seeing Fjallby go, I think he’s got good potential…
https://novacapsfans.com/2022/10/10/axel-jonsson-fjallby-claimed-by-winnipeg-anaheim-claims-brett-leason-lucas-johansen-henrik-borgstrom-clear/ (https://novacapsfans.com/2022/10/10/axel-jonsson-fjallby-claimed-by-winnipeg-anaheim-claims-brett-leason-lucas-johansen-henrik-borgstrom-clear/)
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Bummer. Lost two guys on waivers - that's kind of steep. Should be a limit to one per team per....(day or week or over a certain time period or something).
There were only a total of five waivers claimed in all of NHL and two of them from the Caps. That's like punishing teams for drafting & developing well. (not that that is usually a Caps problem)
Sucks to see these guys go. Both those guys have decent potention - Leason is a big boy 6'-5" and only 23. Sucks to lose one, much less two of our draft pic guys - especially since we have had so few in recent years.
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Opening night on Wednesday at home will be a nationally televised game on TNT. As such, I expect puck drop to be about 7:20. The roster has been announced, but it will be Wednesday before lines are…
https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1579547528768688128 (https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1579547528768688128)
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Bummer. Lost two guys on waivers - that's kind of steep. Should be a limit to one per team per....(day or week or over a certain time period or something).
There were only a total of five waivers claimed in all of NHL and two of them from the Caps. That's like punishing teams for drafting & developing well. (not that that is usually a Caps problem)
Sucks to see these guys go. Both those guys have decent potention - Leason is a big boy 6'-5" and only 23. Sucks to lose one, much less two of our draft pic guys - especially since we have had so few in recent years.
What you said. With the Caps having given a lot of draft picks away in recent years trying to bolster the playoff roster, the fact that they have enough players to fill a roster AND overflow that other teams covet says something about the competence of their draft/development process.
Having said that, there is a distinct possibility that at least Alex J/F could be re-waived and coming back -- we'll see. Leason is another issue: His big rig status may be appealing.
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Seems like we're just recycling bottom 6/bottom 4 type guys. They can always find decent depth in FA. We need to be acquiring some young skilled players to make up for when Ovi, Nicky, Oshie are done. (2 of the 3 which about already are) Other than the kid we drafted from Russia, who's health is still a ?, we're bare.
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welp, we now know what was bothering Hags that was unrelated to his eye…
https://twitter.com/CapitalsPR/status/1579832894238826496 (https://twitter.com/CapitalsPR/status/1579832894238826496)
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lines at this mornings practice, most likely what we will see tomorrow in the season opener…
Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Brown
Protas-Strome-Mantha
Johansson-Eller-Oshie
Sheary-Dowd-Hathaway
Fehervary-Carlson
Orlov-Jensen
Gustafsson-TvR
Extras: Snively, McMichael, Irwin
Kuemper
Lindgren
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If they'd of moved Eller and Mojo they could be playing Snively and McNugget, be younger/faster and saved 4.6 million in salary. :wackysmile:
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If they'd of moved Eller and Mojo they could be playing Snively and McNugget, be younger/faster and saved 4.6 million in salary. :wackysmile:
(and they would not have lost Leason and the Fall boy)
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I think it would be good for nascar if they got Dodge back in it
https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2022/10/10/Marketing-and-Sponsorship/Dodge-NASCAR-talks-have-stalled.aspx (https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2022/10/10/Marketing-and-Sponsorship/Dodge-NASCAR-talks-have-stalled.aspx)
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One of the reasons the racing sucks is because they lowered the HP so other manufacturers would join. Dodge wants to pursue NHRA. :rofl:
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rumor has it Kurt Bush is going to announce his retirement by the end of the week, that will be one career the nexgen car has ended
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rumor has it Kurt Bush is going to announce his retirement by the end of the week, that will be one career the nexgen car has ended
Unfortunate, but he had a good run. First ballot HOF'r. I hadn't heard about his retirement, but it makes sense as I did hear 23XI had bought out Reddick's 2023 contract from RCR. That'll let him run the 45 in 2023.
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For God's sake, Jim....It's nearly Noon.
We could count down the hours on Mick's original remaining teeth :raspberry:
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IKR?? Where it is?
https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1580204445128093701
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::)
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I’d say charges are coming if the boat got confiscated..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlWuN80UvNM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlWuN80UvNM)
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As of yesterday morning, the two idiot fishermen had not been arrested. This morning it’s being reported that they have been.
Also, I’ve paid more attention to nascar in the last 6 weeks than I have in the last 12 years. Not because of the product on the the track, but because of the cluster fuck that nascar is…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p66xm4WWPvk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p66xm4WWPvk)
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Chair shuffle on the Titanic; Plus Johansson replaces Kuzy on PP1..
https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1581292293260464129
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Rich and 5 other Hillbillys going to the game tonight. Birthday gift from my boys.
Me, my four sons, and some crazy German. (Okay, so only five hillbilly's)
LOOK OUT Capital One. Hope they stocked up on the beer & deep fried twinkies
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Rich and 5 other Hillbillys going to the game tonight. Birthday gift from my boys.
Me, my four sons, and some crazy German. (Okay, so only five hillbilly's)
LOOK OUT Capital One. Hope they stocked up on the beer & deep fried twinkies
HAPPY BIRTHDAY :wow:
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Rich and 5 other Hillbillys going to the game tonight. Birthday gift from my boys.
Me, my four sons, and some crazy German. (Okay, so only five hillbilly's)
LOOK OUT Capital One. Hope they stocked up on the beer & deep fried twinkies
so who is the designated driver? Because I don’t think it’s you, or the wife.
:hopslam:
:snicker:
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Wife's not going - she babysitting. 8-0
And we have two non-drinkers, so....we good.
Hoping for a better showing.
Go Gaps!
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Wife's not going - she babysitting. 8-0
And we have two non-drinkers, so....we good.
Hoping for a better showing.
Go Gaps!
TWO non drinkers??? 8-0 Your hillbilly community will disown you. :snicker:
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TWO non drinkers??? 8-0 Your hillbilly community will disown you. :snicker:
Fo sho! If you aint drunk at a sporting event, you aint true Hillbilly!! :raspberry:
Happy Birthday <------ The fuck? How'd a pic of Alta get in my post? :huh: :snicker:
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Fo sho! If you aint drunk at a sporting event, you aint true Hillbilly!! :raspberry:
Happy Birthday <------ The fuck? How'd a pic of Alta get in my post? :huh: :snicker:
:laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
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:raised-eyebrow:
stop stalking me Mick, or at least leave the camera at home
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No idea what happened to Kuzy, but he didn't skate yesterday or this morning. "Game time decision"
Kuemper in net tonight.
https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1582018268361285633 (https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1582018268361285633)
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Bubba is a fukin idiot
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They gave Gragson 30 points and a big fine for doing the same thing in a Xfinity race at Road America earlier this year. I'd expect 50 points and 100k fine, but we'll see.. He may get the woke discount? :smirk:
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4 games in and it's already time to spin the wheel!! :wackysmile:
https://twitter.com/NoVa_Caps/status/1582359895579713537 (https://twitter.com/NoVa_Caps/status/1582359895579713537)
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Kuzy gets one game off for that play…
https://twitter.com/EHClothing/status/1582423199941545984 (https://twitter.com/EHClothing/status/1582423199941545984)
and not peep from anyone on that knee on knee non call
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Im not sure if he got screwed or lucky? lol I mean, on the one hand he got a blade to the face. On the other, he didn't even get a fat lip. Could of gone either way I guess. At least we'll see McMichael for a game (and most likely Snively as well)
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the Caps have called up Malenstyn from Hershey, looks like Brown won’t play tomorrow
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lines from Wednesday practice, oofa…
https://twitter.com/ByMattWeyrich/status/1582751532180975617 (https://twitter.com/ByMattWeyrich/status/1582751532180975617)
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Connor Brown has been put on IR, will be out “long term”
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I was afraid of that. If it's the ligaments in the knee, he's done for the year. :-(
I think I'd put Strome or McMichael ahead of Eller on L1.. Probably Dowd too, if that line wasn't already so good.
Bubba got suspended for 1 race. No points, no fine. I guess Nascar is resetting the bar for what warrants a suspension. Hope they can keep it consistent (which they never do)
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the first thought is substance abuse, but it could easily be something else…
https://novacapsfans.com/2022/10/19/jakub-vrana-placed-in-nhl-nhlpa-player-assistance-program/#more-386985 (https://novacapsfans.com/2022/10/19/jakub-vrana-placed-in-nhl-nhlpa-player-assistance-program/#more-386985)
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Brown out long term sucks balls. I think he is a great fit in Willy's absence.
I'd put Sheary up there with Strome. McMichael 2c - cause Eller....is at best a 3c
Fuck it - give Snively the 2c spot with McMac on the wing.
I foresee an ass-whooping coming our way. 1C out, 1RW out, alt.1RW out, old broken down 2c Out, won the last two games, etc, etc.
This team too old to be waiting around for guys to get off the IR list.
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At least Brown is on the IR list (minimum 7 days) and not the LTIR list (minimum 24 days)
Not that they can't change that, but at least for now...their is hope it will be less than 3 weeks.
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last I saw, Brown is listed as IR, but it doesn’t look good
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Thought I read "out long term" from one of the reporters on the Twitt? Hope for the best though..
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tomorrow is Friday, I wonder if Mick has date …
https://twitter.com/BornAKang/status/1582398420601696256 (https://twitter.com/BornAKang/status/1582398420601696256)
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:laughing:
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She's no Alexa, but I could probably pull her! :raspberry:
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Thought I read "out long term" from one of the reporters on the Twitt? Hope for the best though..
I heard Lavy say "Long Term" which is why I don't understand him on the "IR" list. They prolly just do that automatically, because they can change it and make the LTIR start date retroactive to the first day.
My optimistic side (like the one with me and Alexa in it's fantasies) hopes it really is just IR. My realistic side tells me they will move him to LTIR :(
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McMichael had 8:33 of ice time last night. If he’s going to develop into a decent player he needs ice time to do it. He should be in Hershey for another year instead of having his but stapled to the bench by Lavi.
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As bad (okay, old and slow) as this team looks now....Next year - OOF.
We have bunches of guys that are UFA next year and several RFA. Sadly, none of them are really part of the old/tired problem (except Eller)
7/8 current roster d-men could move (all except the ONE we NEED to move)
Carlson is locked in for another 3 years after this one.
Orlov, Jensen, TVR, Irwin, Gustafsson are ALL UFA's at end of this season. Fever is an RFA. We sure as fuck better sign Fever
Brown is a UFA. SHeary, Hathaway, Eller, Mojo all UFA's.
Strome is RFA.
In today's market, I don't see Eller getting $3.5 anywhere else (and hopefully not here). Mojo - meh, take him or leave him at $1m now, but he has to be about done. Hathaway - basically bargain (1.5m), and kind of depends on whether he wants to go elsewhere I think. Sheary is a downright bargain at $1.5m. Hope he stays for that. Hags is an UFA, but I think he's done either way.
I expect the Backy situation will resolve itself at the end of the year one way or another. Either he makes it back and is playable by year's end or he's done. I would hope they don't string it out into next year. NOt sure what happens with a player's contract and the salary cap if he is unplayable.
So if Backy, Eller, Hags and Mojo are gone next year - that's alot of coin (depending on how Backy deal works) to spend on retooling. It's early yet, but I'm kind of liking Strome, and definitely Brown - I'd keep both if possible
Curious to see where the D-men end up. I expect Orlov will stay if we pay him ridiculous money. TVR, Irwin, Gustafsson are bargain basement salaries. TVR has been well worth his 950k. He ain't great, but I'd take eight of him over one Johhny Q. Norris for the same coin any day. Jensen has been pretty solid, but he is 32.
Alexeyev is an RFA. He is on the IR (or was at start of this season), but I think he could be a solid guy in the future.
:yawn: boredom thread. Read it and weep.
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Little bit of good news!
https://twitter.com/rmnb/status/1583535209307602944
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McMike scratched again.
https://twitter.com/Tarik_ElBashir/status/1583830962282323969
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McMichael scratched...not doing him or the Caps any good. Might as well send him to Hershey to get playing time.
Although, with this lineup.....who would you sit to play him? Basically it's him or Snively and I think they think Snively is better on 4th line and I'd agree.
McMichael is a week on forecheck and a waste on 4th line. I'd say put Mac at 3c and sit Eller, but Eller has played okay this season and is a much better 2-way player.
Hell Sit Carlson and let McMac play D - about the same amount of defensive acumen with the two of them the way Johhny's played this season.
McMac is gonna go by the Vranna category pretty soon....although Vranna has much more speed to burn, but as far as the Caps usage of the player....
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Mike and Snively both scratched tonight. :wackysmile:
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most goals in a career, regular season
1: Wayne Gretzky 894
2: Gordie Howe 801
3: Alex Ovechkin 780
most career goals with one team
1: Gordie Howe 786
2: Alex Ovechkin 780
the next record falls with 7 goals
OV has had a slow start, but after the Devils game he has 783 goals. Four more and the next record falls.
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I was hoping they'd pull VV and he could get another freebee.
I saw someone say "You can take away Ovi's "offside" goal (last week) if we can review every Gretzky goal and do the same.
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Not to be a downer, but the 4 wins this season have all been against bottom half teams - none with better than 50% winning % so far.
Vancouver has yet to win a game 0-5-2 this year.
Dallas will be a real test. Hope Caps bring their A game....or at least their lucky charms.
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And here we thought we were actually good. :'( Thanks Rich! :raspberry:
We're about worst in the league in every category, except shot %. That's a winning/sustainable formula!! :)
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I expect a big improvement with the return of Willy and Brown. With Brown’s faceoff ability I’d find room for him.
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Any info on Brown? All I ever heard was long term, but for what?
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I read "knee". And yes, for 3.6 mil, he meets the threshold to play (regardless of performance) for this team, whenever he returns. Nobody has said though if long term means weeks, months, or season. :-\ Any type of surgery for knee ligaments though means season, I do believe. But again, no word on surgery either?
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FWIW - Cap Friendly shows Brown and Wilson on IR and not LTIR. Not that it means anything. They can move Brown to LTIR and make it retroactive from day 1 of injury if shit goes south.
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I’m surprised Wilson isn’t listed as LTIR with his expected return of December
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Any info on Brown? All I ever heard was long term, but for what?
looking at the replay I’d say knee
:uh-huh:
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47 fit in nicely on the 4th but it seems like we are cursed to have only one good center at any given time. 17 shows flashes, but we shall see. It seemed the coaching staff got on the boys for not really hitting anyone in the last couple because they were throwing the body well vs the Devils.
39 and 59 really need to use their size and finish checks better.
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Not to be a downer, but the 4 wins this season have all been against bottom half teams - none with better than 50% winning % so far.
Vancouver has yet to win a game 0-5-2 this year.
Dallas will be a real test. Hope Caps bring their A game....or at least their lucky charms.
Oi!
You leave my lucky charms out of it! :raspberry:
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I got yer Lucky Charms..
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I’m surprised Wilson isn’t listed as LTIR with his expected return of December
As am I. I have no idea why not? I mean he IS by definition LTIR, but maybe it has something to do with how they can activate him or something.
Of course....that info could just be wrong - it came from Cap Friendly so....
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This is one area hockey could advance into modern times. At least give updates if a player needs surgery or not. With all the cameras and tape everyone knows whatever it is that causes a player to miss games anyway. They'll whack ya in the leg/arm/hand regardless if it's a sprain, break, tear, dislocation, bruise, bump, scrape, twist, hell they don't need a reason.
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I'm curious about how the Backy situation will ultimately resolve. I was reading any player on LTIR receives full salary, but if the player retires due to injury (or whatever reason), then the team is relieved of paying out that contract, (and no longer figures in salary cap). Let's say Backy returns, but he's only 80% of the player/skater he was. No incentive for him to retire, but WHO gets to decide whether he is really still contract worthy? Not counting him out, but $9m for the next three years buys 2 or three Connor Browns per year.
And what's the story with Hags? I was assuming he was trying to rehab from his eye issue, then I read he had Hip Surgery earlier this month? I never heard any coverage of this at all. Says he is out indefinitely....which means....he's done. I expect he will be on LTIR for the remainder of the season and then his contract expires, so I expect he will just retire.
What is it with Swedes and their hips?
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https://twitter.com/ByMattWeyrich/status/1585270774641868802 (https://twitter.com/ByMattWeyrich/status/1585270774641868802)
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Hope he’s ok
https://novacapsfans.com/2022/10/29/michal-kempny-sustains-severe-laceration-to-leg-in-second-game-with-sparta/ (https://novacapsfans.com/2022/10/29/michal-kempny-sustains-severe-laceration-to-leg-in-second-game-with-sparta/)
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somehow I missed this on Thursday night :huh:
second fastest coach to reach 600 wins
https://twitter.com/Canucks/status/1585854941583011841 (https://twitter.com/Canucks/status/1585854941583011841)
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same lines for tonight in Nashville
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he ran that lap 2.5 seconds quicker than the pole sitter 8-0
https://twitter.com/BarstoolBigCat/status/1586836283699118083 (https://twitter.com/BarstoolBigCat/status/1586836283699118083)
https://twitter.com/NASCAR/status/1586837853924773890 (https://twitter.com/NASCAR/status/1586837853924773890)
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LoL. Yea, they've gone full video game/clown mode in nascar. It was brilliant and clownish at the same time. They'll probably have a rule change in place by next week.
You see Ty Gibbs wreck his teammate (Brandon Jones) on the last lap for the win, in Xfinity? He was already locked in the final 4 but wrecked him anyway, which took Brandon out of the championship. I really like the kid, but shit like that makes it hard. He'll carry that shit around forever, just like Kyle Busch carries around wrecking Jr. in Richmond some 14 years ago.
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I saw the replay of Gibbs wrecking his teammate, class move
I don’t think the previous gen cars would’ve held up to riding the wall
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For sure, old cars he'd of cut both tires immediately and crashed.
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Who populates the "calendar"?? Is the season over after tonight?? :raspberry:
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Who populates the "calendar"?? Is the season over after tonight?? :raspberry:
:raspberry:
I’m gettin around to it
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and this morning I already saw people calling for nascar to ban that wall move. Not sure I would, I think there’s only a couple tracks where it would work. And, that’s the kinda dumb shit that will bring in more fans
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If they don't ban it, we'll probably find out in the next year or so just how many tracks it's possible at. lol Most tracks it's a long ways around from turn 3 to the s/f line, so maybe just short tracks or 3/4 mile? Either way it's stupid but you're right, it'll attract a bunch of kid video gamers looking to see if it works just like their xbox.
If Nascar is on the ball, all they need to do is throw the caution as soon as someone is in the wall. Can't advance, go back to the last scoring loop. Something like that. I just can't believe guys like Larry Mac and DW are just in awe over it and don't think they should change a thing. As if THAT is the spirit of auto racing nascar envisioned.. I guess the "if you aint cheatin you aint tryin" mentality runs deep.. I thought it was brilliant. Hated it for Hamlin, but it was a ballsy move, neat to see, etc. But nah, I don't want to be tuning in to finishes like that.. It jumps the shark. :rofl:
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that’s that then…
https://twitter.com/CapitalsPR/status/1587508581997371394 (https://twitter.com/CapitalsPR/status/1587508581997371394)
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that’s that then…
https://twitter.com/CapitalsPR/status/1587508581997371394 (https://twitter.com/CapitalsPR/status/1587508581997371394)
So what you are saying is playing 1RW for the Caps is dangerous to your knee health. FFS that sucks ass.
I thought Brown was a good fit and a great pick up.
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Figured as much.. Wonder if they waited 2 weeks to announce or 2 weeks to operate? Either way is 2 weeks too long.
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Right...if the dude is gone for the year either way, then what is there to speculate about or to keep secret?
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when it rains it pours, at least it’s happening early in the season..
https://twitter.com/ByMattWeyrich/status/1587898056896282626 (https://twitter.com/ByMattWeyrich/status/1587898056896282626)
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At the very least we're gonna see just how needed John Carlson and his 8m salary are. Praying Gustafsson and Orlov can feed Ovi some nice 1x and pot a few goals themselves during his absence! :praying:
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We've played the two best defensive games of the season while Mr. Norris was out. (excluding the 3rd period last night) And against probably the two best teams we've faced. Certainly did not miss him on the PP either.
Putting JC and TJ on don't mean a whole lot at this point. Basically means they will miss a week (minimum), which they've already missed 4 days, so this means they can't play until Sunday....so they will miss Detroit and Arizona.
They've already said TJ is out indefinitely so I expect they will eventually move him to LTIR which is a minimum of 24 days and 10 games missed. They can make this move retroactive (starting the LTIR from 1st day missed)
Sucks total ass for the Mealstrom - he's played very well. Must of broke something in his hand blocking that shot....or ruptured a testes - couldn't really see where it hit him
The bright spot in all these injuries is young guys getting some work and I think both of our goalies have played very well.
Brown going down for the year is the worst news this season (we already KNEW Willy was out till.....Decemberish)
The good news is we can pull a TB Lightning move and sign all these extra stars with our LTIR relief then get all our guys back for the playoffs (unlimited cap) and win another cup. :lol:
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Sonny Milano, the recent acquisition from Anaheim, wore #12 in Anaheim and in Hershey. It appears the Caps would not issue him #12 for his call up in D.C. He will wear #15. Will we finally see a #12 raised to rafters?
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Rich.. did you get drunk on holloween and go roaming..
:snicker:
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/video-shows-a-bear-roaming-the-streets-of-tysons (https://www.fox5dc.com/news/video-shows-a-bear-roaming-the-streets-of-tysons)
I would blame Florida Man but he’s in Florida
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If they don't ban it, we'll probably find out in the next year or so just how many tracks it's possible at. lol Most tracks it's a long ways around from turn 3 to the s/f line, so maybe just short tracks or 3/4 mile? Either way it's stupid but you're right, it'll attract a bunch of kid video gamers looking to see if it works just like their xbox.
If Nascar is on the ball, all they need to do is throw the caution as soon as someone is in the wall. Can't advance, go back to the last scoring loop. Something like that. I just can't believe guys like Larry Mac and DW are just in awe over it and don't think they should change a thing. As if THAT is the spirit of auto racing nascar envisioned.. I guess the "if you aint cheatin you aint tryin" mentality runs deep.. I thought it was brilliant. Hated it for Hamlin, but it was a ballsy move, neat to see, etc. But nah, I don't want to be tuning in to finishes like that.. It jumps the shark. :rofl:
Personally I can't stand Denny Hamlin. And based on the crowd response when he was interviewed in Martinsville, his and my home state of Virginia, they don't care much for him either.
At the time Chastain went full bat-shit crazy, I couldn't believe what I was seeing. He, and his fellow drivers, were lucky as hell he stayed on the wall and didn't seriously wreck anyone else or God forbid he end up over the wall and into the grandstands. While I admit it was fascinating to watch, that shit can't happen again because someone will get hurt.
Props to him for thinking of it, having the balls to try it, and making it work. Kicking Hamlin out was a bonus for me.
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Rich.. did you get drunk on holloween and go roaming..
:snicker:
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/video-shows-a-bear-roaming-the-streets-of-tysons (https://www.fox5dc.com/news/video-shows-a-bear-roaming-the-streets-of-tysons)
I would blame Florida Man but he’s in Florida
Yes, and yes and yes, but no - that ain't me. I'm not that furry anymore neither (since the little woman discovered The Lawnmower 4.0)
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Personally I can't stand Denny Hamlin.
See, now that's uncalled for! :raised-eyebrow: :snicker:
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I’ve never really had a favorite driver, but there are definitely drivers I dislike, some highly
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Can't make this :poop: up..
https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1588609059267444736
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he got hurt blocking a shot, but I could’ve sworn the team called it “lower body”
current injuries:
Backstrom 19 - hip - ??
Brown 28 - knee - season
Wilson 43 - knee - 5-6 weeks
Malenstyn 47 - hand - 6-8 weeks
Hagelin 62 - hip - ??
Carlson 74 - lower body - ??
Oshie 77 - lower body - “long term”
It appears Willy and Malenstyn will be back mid to late December, Carlson maybe a couple weeks. There is a possibility that Hags and Backy don’t return. Oshies injury is unknown because it’s a state secret or something, but it sounds like he’s out a couple months easy. Brown could be back for the playoffs, assuming the team makes the playoffs.
Toronto put Aube-Kubel on waivers today, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Caps pick him up.
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Guess we see if Milano can bring anything to the table.
https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1588904631509217280
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as I expected with all the injuries, Aubé-Kubel is a RW…
https://twitter.com/VogsCaps/status/1588955363730419713 (https://twitter.com/VogsCaps/status/1588955363730419713)
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They're gonna need to do better then someone off the waiver wire.
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https://www.cbssports.com/nascar/news/coy-gibbs-son-of-joe-gibbs-and-father-of-nascar-driver-ty-gibbs-dies-at-49/ (https://www.cbssports.com/nascar/news/coy-gibbs-son-of-joe-gibbs-and-father-of-nascar-driver-ty-gibbs-dies-at-49/)
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Crazy. Doesn't make any sense.
https://twitter.com/ClaireBLang/status/1589372463502090240
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doin yard work, will make a GDT shortly.
https://novacapsfans.com/2022/11/07/nicolas-aube-kubel-set-to-start-dmitry-orlov-is-a-game-time-decision-john-carlson-is-out-notes-from-capitals-optional-morning-skate/ (https://novacapsfans.com/2022/11/07/nicolas-aube-kubel-set-to-start-dmitry-orlov-is-a-game-time-decision-john-carlson-is-out-notes-from-capitals-optional-morning-skate/)
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last night, Oilers at Bolts. Kane released a statement, said he’d be ok but will miss a game. Interestingly, a horizontal cut of the wrist is not the best way to commit suicide, it’s too easy to repair. To do it right you gotta cut longitudinally. The things you learn from friends that work in the ER.
https://twitter.com/zjlaing/status/1590159435078725633 (https://twitter.com/zjlaing/status/1590159435078725633)
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Yea, that was a freaky deal. Glad they controlled it quickly.
Also, don't everyone forget.. Game is at 7:30pm tonight. On TNT.. :clown:
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TNT. Oh FFS - we got to listen to them knob goblin Cindy all game :raised-eyebrow:
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Hens are winless in their last 7 and just had three days off. That’s not encouraging.
https://twitter.com/ByMattWeyrich/status/1590372879677652992 (https://twitter.com/ByMattWeyrich/status/1590372879677652992)
Orlov and Carlson are confirmed not playing tonight, and word is Alexy gets a sweater over LuJo.
gotta go shoppin
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I was wondering about ALexeyev - he started season on IR - what was wrong with him?
The PP has NOT missed Mr Carlson one bit. Gustafson actually looks much more mobile on the point. I know he's a lefty which is off, but it hasn't seemed to matter.
Hoping Caps bring their A game, but yeah, it could be ugly....coming of a big win with everything firing and Hens are due for something.
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Alexy had shoulder surgery
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Is there a game today? :huh:
:raspberry:
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:huh:
:raised-eyebrow:
:yawn:
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Looks like Carlson is back. Yay. :-| And Lavi is in flu protocol. lol
https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1591092419608485888 (https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1591092419608485888)
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Oh joy, Mr Norris is healthy.
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Well that should tighten up our D :-|
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Jersey is best in the Metro :huh:
Boston best in the East and Vegas best team in NHL.
Caps are 20th out of 32 teams :-(
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Jersey is best in the Metro :huh:
Boston best in the East and Vegas best team in NHL.
Caps are 20th out of 32 teams :-(
it’s still too early in the season to get worried about that
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worried? Meh, Just bored.
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The only way Carlson was able to play without sending someone back to Hershey is if the team put Orlov on IR retroactively. Which means when Orlov comes back two people gotta be sent down.
https://novacapsfans.com/2022/11/12/dmitry-orlov-will-travel-with-team-t-j-oshie-will-not/ (https://novacapsfans.com/2022/11/12/dmitry-orlov-will-travel-with-team-t-j-oshie-will-not/)
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McMike is certainly 1 of em. Doubt the other is Snively, unless they're prepared to lose him on the wire.
Plus they'll need Snively for 3 games.
https://twitter.com/rmnb/status/1591609129520582657
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if Orlov plays they’d still have to send one guy down with Aubé-Kubel unavailable for the next three games
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Appears that McMike gets 1 more shot as Orlov doesn't look like he'll play.
https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPell/status/1591832964509634562 (https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPell/status/1591832964509634562)
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Boston is 14-2 8-0
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last night in Boston…
https://twitter.com/BarstoolBoston/status/1591927052042907648 (https://twitter.com/BarstoolBoston/status/1591927052042907648)
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https://novacapsfans.com/2022/11/14/sonny-milano-elevated-to-top-line-with-alex-ovechkin-and-evgeny-kuznetsov-notes-from-mondays-practice-in-sunrise-florida/ (https://novacapsfans.com/2022/11/14/sonny-milano-elevated-to-top-line-with-alex-ovechkin-and-evgeny-kuznetsov-notes-from-mondays-practice-in-sunrise-florida/)
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Good to know that a guy we picked up on waivers is now on our top line......
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Good to know that a guy we picked up on waivers is now on our top line......
Well you know they had to show some discipline. Sheary scored two games in a row so they have to move him down :huh:
Milano has looked pretty good. Don't know his story but think he has looked decent last few games. He's no sniper, but he scored 14g, 20a last year in 66 games. That doesn't really sound like a waiver type player - wonder what the story is. Anaheim got THAT many extra forwards? I mean they are the worst team (record) in the NHL - doesn't seem like their roster is over loaded.
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Redskins 32 Eagles 21. That is all! :uh-huh:
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https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1592639213560025089
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https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1592639213560025089 (https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1592639213560025089)
Wait. What? The Capitals have future prospects? :huh: :raspberry:
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Wait. What? The Capitals have future prospects? :huh: :raspberry:
1, they have 1. :wackysmile:
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He's a shoot first type and has the scoring touch. Just what this team needs, in a big way! Probably still 2 years away though..
https://twitter.com/jon_m_sorensen/status/1592895599078412288
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Man that is some BIG ice they play on. No wonder Kuzy skates like he does
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NHL and international/olympic rinks are all 200 feet long, the international/olympic are 15 feet wider 8)
Nice to see he’s not skeered, but the nhl is a different world..
https://twitter.com/GriffingDylan/status/1592907384707756032 (https://twitter.com/GriffingDylan/status/1592907384707756032)
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F the F'n NHL F'n Shop and their F'n reverse retro jerseys. What did they do make like 100 of them? I pop in like 3 hours after the release and all sizes over Adult M are sold out??? F that.
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there’s two Caps games in this mess…
https://media.nhl.com/public/news/16485 (https://media.nhl.com/public/news/16485)
schedule changes
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:wackysmile:
https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1594008504695676933
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Oshie and Orlov had a full practice with the team this morning. McMike was sent down to Hershey which tells me one of the two will play Wednesday. Orlov would be my guess.
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They could definitely use both!! ASAP!!
https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1594369633054003200
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Well I guess that's good. It will be good to get Orlov back. Oshie too, I reckon...until he gets bit by the I-bug again.
I haven't really been paying attention, but I thought Oshie was going to be out long term?
And who in the blue fuck makes the schedule? Caps off for three days, then play Wednesday, then off Turkey day, then play both Friday and Saturday in different cities? Saturday back to back with travel - vs NJ at NJ ought to be a real good one to watch :-| [size=78%] [/size]
I'm likely going to miss the next three - traveling Wednesday and out of town Friday/Saturday - so doubt I'll have access to any of them. :(
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yea, three days off then three games in four days makes no sense, but this the NHL
:)
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Some more decent news, for a change..
https://twitter.com/NoVa_Caps/status/1594627213491671040
https://twitter.com/KMackSports/status/1594727274771025920
https://twitter.com/TomGulittiNHL/status/1594719977990508545
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Oshie had a full practice for the second day in a row. Orlov took the day off after yesterdays full practice.
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https://twitter.com/Tarik_ElBashir/status/1595439961494491139
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https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPell/status/1595441046888013826 (https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPell/status/1595441046888013826)
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The Rangers traded Reaves to the Wild, for a 5th round pick. :rofl:
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https://twitter.com/jon_m_sorensen/status/1596421615620947970
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How great to watch the "Friendship Four" on my tv, instead of squinting to watch the NHL in a tiny box on my laptop.
US College teams playing in Belfast on BBC3. What a joy! :) :clap:
Great final.
Thank you, the BBC.
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VTec vs the Rags
https://twitter.com/BR_OpenIce/status/1597390616370941953 (https://twitter.com/BR_OpenIce/status/1597390616370941953)
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VV growing up in NJ.
We're like the NHL's AHL. We groom the youngsters so they can go elsewhere and become stars. :clown:
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https://twitter.com/CapitalsPR/status/1597795520101363712 (https://twitter.com/CapitalsPR/status/1597795520101363712)
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I read Ovi was using a new stick as well. I recon he likes it!
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I read Ovi was using a new stick as well. I recon he likes it!
I hope he got multiple, because the one he used last night is likely in his collection now
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The Krakken (who the Caps play....today...AHEM) won their last game vs LA in OT, final score 9-8.
Bura got the game winner in OT on a 4 on 3 PPG. Justin Shultz had 3 assists and leads the team with a 6 game point streak :huh:
Grubaeur, Bura, Shulz and Sprong all play for Seattle.
Seattle has won 6 in a row and 10-1-1 in last twelve games.
So....they are DUE for a loss ;)
9-8 final score....sheesh
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puck drop is in 9 hours and 30 minutes
:raspberry:
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Miroshin, err.. Ivan is making his KHL debut! Hope for the best!! :cross:
https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1598729039056961538 (https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1598729039056961538)
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I was gonna post something similar. He’s played 10 games since coming back from chemo. Best way to translate it, 8 in juniors, 2 in AHL. The kid is still only 18 I believe. There is a possibility he gets his ass handed to him in the KHL. Hopefully not.
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They said before he was diagnosed with cancer, he was predicted to go top 5 in the draft.. So, he's supposed to be the real deal. On paper anyway. Either way, looks like we'll find out!
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Miro get about 5:00, apparently did ok for a 1st game in the pros and limited ice time. He’s still at least a year out from north american hockey.
this is a bigger issue..
https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPell/status/1599492708326076416 (https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPell/status/1599492708326076416)
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I saw Fever go out. Looked like shoulder or Collar bone, but if he's day to day then hopefully not serious, but WTF knows they way they "play" the injury game.
Kuemper....not sure what happened to him. The "contact" didn't look like anything, but WTF knows?
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Guess whatever happened to Kuemper wasn't just a 1 day thing..
https://twitter.com/NoVa_Caps/status/1599811739305926656
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:-|
https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPell/status/1599825268373585920 (https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPell/status/1599825268373585920)
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moving Fever to IR does make room to bring Orlov back, but word is Orlov is not playing tonight
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So Irwin and Alexeyev get some game time...
A certain Edmonton 1C is going to score tonight me thinks.
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tonight at 7pm…
https://twitter.com/TomGulittiNHL/status/1601241238258257929 (https://twitter.com/TomGulittiNHL/status/1601241238258257929)
Orly skated with Aubé-Kubel as the 4th D pair this morning, apparently still not ready
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Anyone remember what Orlov's injury was? :huh:
Upper body?
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Anyone remember what Orlov's injury was? :huh:
Upper body?
the team has said lower body
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https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1601233871592648704
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Has to be 3 games, imo. That's what they gave Aubé-Kubel .
https://twitter.com/NoVa_Caps/status/1601594652574248960 (https://twitter.com/NoVa_Caps/status/1601594652574248960)
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https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1601697384236732417
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the hit by Oleksiak was more blatant than Aubé-Kubel, should’ve been 4 or 5
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https://twitter.com/PeteBlackburn/status/1601613785596571648 (https://twitter.com/PeteBlackburn/status/1601613785596571648)
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Just read that Snively was taking rushes with Carlson due to (somebody, Gustaffson maybe) on D, leaving practice early.. Wilson and Nicky travel with the team, skate in non contact jerseys, to get more "intensity" of practice.. See ya'll tonight!
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https://novacapsfans.com/2022/12/11/darcy-kuemper-alex-alexeyev-officially-placed-on-injured-reserve/ (https://novacapsfans.com/2022/12/11/darcy-kuemper-alex-alexeyev-officially-placed-on-injured-reserve/)
https://novacapsfans.com/2022/12/11/capitals-recall-defensemen-lucas-johansen-and-dylan-mcilrath-from-hershey/ (https://novacapsfans.com/2022/12/11/capitals-recall-defensemen-lucas-johansen-and-dylan-mcilrath-from-hershey/)
Backy and Willy skated with the team this morning in non contact jerseys, Orly skated with McIlrath as the 4th D pair
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https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-3-stars-of-the-week-charlie-lindgren-tage-thompson-william-nylander/c-338681270 (https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-3-stars-of-the-week-charlie-lindgren-tage-thompson-william-nylander/c-338681270)
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https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-3-stars-of-the-week-charlie-lindgren-tage-thompson-william-nylander/c-338681270 (https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-3-stars-of-the-week-charlie-lindgren-tage-thompson-william-nylander/c-338681270)
A HAH!!!! 8) 8) 8) So it isnt just me then.........
A short scroll down is a bit about Ovi also.
Thanks Alta. :hearts:
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9pm game.. ::)
https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPell/status/1602721831936749568 (https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPell/status/1602721831936749568)
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Sheesh....Caps on a 5-game winning streak and still mired in 6th place in their division. Shittsburgh has won 6 in a row and the Rags have won 4 in a row.
Caps in 9th place in the conference - 1 point out of WildCard spot.
Next game is vs Dallas who is 1st in their division. Dallas scores a bunch....tied with Boston for second most goals with 110, behind....Buffalo with 115
Buffalo lead the entire league in goals :huh: Buffalo in currently 22nd in the league
BTW....Chicago is the 2nd WORST team in the league right now behind only Anaheim, both with only 7 wins on the season so far
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https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPell/status/1603424825359441924
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darn it, forgot about the GDT. It will be up shortly….
https://twitter.com/Tarik_ElBashir/status/1603416253015773189 (https://twitter.com/Tarik_ElBashir/status/1603416253015773189)
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:pointdown:
darn it, forgot about the GDT. It will be up shortly….
:raspberry:
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had stuff to do today, just got home a few minutes ago
:raspberry:
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Just read, after tonight's win, Caps are 16-1-1 when they score 3 or more.
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https://twitter.com/spittinchiclets/status/1604698478692618241 (https://twitter.com/spittinchiclets/status/1604698478692618241)
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Just read, after tonight's win, Caps are 16-1-1 when they score 3 or more.
17-1-1
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this was announced almost immediately after the game last night..
https://novacapsfans.com/2022/12/19/capitals-return-lucas-johansen-to-hershey/ (https://novacapsfans.com/2022/12/19/capitals-return-lucas-johansen-to-hershey/)
which means someone else is ready to come off IR
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Sadly, as well as the Caps have played lately (7-2-1) in last ten games, 8 of the 10 teams ahead of them in standings have played just as well or better
Shitsburgh 7-2-1
Toronto 7-2-1
Boston 7-1-2
Tampa Bay 8-2
Rags 8-1-1
Canes 9-0-1
Only NJ (4-4-2) and NYI (3-5-2) have had worse record or fewer points in the last ten. (And NJ was so far ahead, they still in 1st Place....basically tied with Canes now)
So Caps gained ground on NYI and that's it.
Beats losing points, but kinda sucks they didn't gain any real ground.
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They're just in maintain mode. No chance they make any postseason play with the roster they currently have. If they can stay close, then get Wilson and Oshie and Nicky back. Nevermind, we still won't have a chance, cause for all them to come back we'll have to send half the current roster to waivers or something.. :-\
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https://twitter.com/JohnWaltonPxP/status/1605595489147265025
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Whats wrong with Fever anyway?
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The only thing the team has said about Fever is upper body, and I’ve not seen any replays that would narrow it it down any further. Oshie almost looks like he has a recurring hernia that won’t heal.
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Whats wrong with Fever anyway?
Can't even remember what happened to Fever. Not that they'd tell us anyway. Alta lists the known reasons next to the scratched names in GTD. "Upper Body" is what he has on Fever. Kinda, maybe, possibly remember him taking a shot to the shoulder/collarbone along the boards and maybe, possibly going straight down the tunnel, with arm hangin? Could of been a number of other guys though, so not sure, maybe, possibly. :wackysmile:
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https://twitter.com/CapitalsPR/status/1606741351176867840
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https://twitter.com/CapitalsPR/status/1606741351176867840 (https://twitter.com/CapitalsPR/status/1606741351176867840)
Jeez. Just what the Caps needed - another injury. Well at least it wasn't a Defensemen :wackysmile:
But seriously though, hope JC is okay. I didnt see the play but he took the puck to the cheek?
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But seriously though, hope JC is okay. I didnt see the play but he took the puck to the cheek?
Cheek, face, ear. If I had to guess, with the hospital visit and all, I'd say it broke something other then skin. Probably another 6 weekr'. Yay us!
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https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPell/status/1607783889518354433 (https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPell/status/1607783889518354433)
https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPell/status/1607786635927879681 (https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPell/status/1607786635927879681)
Kuemper 1st off the ice, in net tonight vs NYR. Alexeyev in for Carlson.
https://twitter.com/Tarik_ElBashir/status/1607777421188632579
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All of a sudden the Caps are 3rd in the Metro behind the Devils and Hurricanes. I knew it was too early to be panicking.
Though there is plenty of time left, anything can still happen.
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Funny how their trajectory is following 2018 pretty much to a T. Im still way skeptical, but lots of fun when they're playing well.
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Malenstyn has been sent to Hershey, I would assume for conditioning
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No mention of broken bones, so I guess that's a positive!
https://twitter.com/NoVa_Caps/status/1608120822014644224 (https://twitter.com/NoVa_Caps/status/1608120822014644224)
https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1608145127637131264 (https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1608145127637131264)
https://twitter.com/rmnb/status/1608177755652325378 (https://twitter.com/rmnb/status/1608177755652325378)
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So Backstrom is in Covid protocal ?
Sounds like he is really close to "playing" again based on Lavi's comments today....other than now he's in Covid protocol again.
Although....I don't know how they make the Cap with Backy and Willy returning to the lineup...
I guess with Carlson out you can swing it but what about when he returns?
Pepperidge Farm is gonna get fucked. I expect Kubel and Protas will be first out, but Milano can't be far behind.
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No clue how they get under the cap when everyone is healthy. Nicky, Willy, Oshie, Carlson = $29 million. They'll need to trade/waive half the roster to get them in. They'll lose guys like Milano and good depth players, then the next week Oshie and or Nicky will be hurt again and we'll be seeing guys from Hershey we've never heard of playing. :wackysmile:
Can't wait! :sick:
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So Backstrom is in Covid protocal ?
Sounds like he is really close to "playing" again based on Lavi's comments today....other than now he's in Covid protocol again.
Although....I don't know how they make the Cap with Backy and Willy returning to the lineup...
I guess with Carlson out you can swing it but what about when he returns?
Pepperidge Farm is gonna get fucked. I expect Kubel and Protas will be first out, but Milano can't be far behind.
What is this "Pepperidge Farm" that you refer to?
Mr Pretentious played a decent game but its too little too late for me. He shot himself in the foot his very first game with us. Good riddance to him.
Not sure about Protas. Also can't quite get over the name. Don't know why....
Really, really liking young Milano. Hope he sticks around.
Also been happy with Mojo. He's matured so much.
I think it's finally time to cut the cord on Dylan :-\ :-(
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Oshie had a full practice this morning. Willy and Fever have also been practicing. They won’t play unless someone else gets sent down to Hershey.
Backy has also been skating but he’s now got the covid.
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What is this "Pepperidge Farm" that you refer to?
Mr Pretentious played a decent game but its too little too late for me. He shot himself in the foot his very first game with us. Good riddance to him.
Not sure about Protas. Also can't quite get over the name. Don't know why....
Really, really liking young Milano. Hope he sticks around.
Also been happy with Mojo. He's matured so much.
I think it's finally time to cut the cord on Dylan :-\ :-(
Come now Lil....we went over this already. Milano is Pepperidge Farm - they make a cookie called Milano. Sorry....a biscuit to you ;D
How about just call him Kubel and he won't seem so pretentious? I actually think he's a decent addition. Good wheels and he HITS people and he's not scored much, but he's been around the net. I think the 3-gamer to the face can happen to anyone (just ask Willy...and Ovie...). Open ice hits are fast and tough when you get a shoulder in someone's mush....especially your first game with a team. He definitely left an impression (of his shoulder in the dude's face)
Protus I like for size & speed as well, and he had a phenomenal camp which earned his spot, but he's young yet, so no doubt he will be first to go down and visit Mr McMichael's club.
Milano (Pepperidge Farm) has played really well with the time he's had. Not sure why he could not make Calgary (or whoever) on the tryout. He's got pretty decent hands and a good reach and skates well. I think he will get fucked when Willy and Backy return...although if Protas is 1st out, then maybe we can hang onto Milano until Hags returns (if ever). At $750k, he's the least expensive player on the roster (along with Irwin). Milano was a first round pick in 2014...can't figure how he was not on a squad somewhere. Not that 1st round really equates to success, but a little young (26) for teams to just totally pass on him.
Mojo - has been far better than expected this year. Although I liked the pick up when we grabbed him for the cost compared to his value and ability to play anywhere. I remember a lot of negative on these boards when the Caps picked him up, but he was cheap and a utility guy which we needed at the time. This year...I think is probably his best in several years. He already has 9g, 8a this season, and last year had 9g and 20a (in 69g) with WSH/SEA
I think the time to cut the cord on Dylan was about 4 years ago. He's a very good offensive defensemen who plays a hell of a lot and fills many roles on this team, but for $8m, I'll take Gusty for $800k and pick up two more real Defensemen for $3.5m each and still be ahead. Or better yet - let Fever and Alexeyev & Gusty fill those roles and keep the $6m in change
I don't know how many teams would want 32 year old Carlson for $8m in today's cap structure.
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I hate to think what the Caps will have to include in any trade that has another team taking on Carlsons contract. Caps would be better off just putting him on waivers.
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I'd move Mantha 1st. That's nearly 6 mil and Wilson will slide right onto that RW spot.
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Looks like we might get Fever back tomorrow!
https://twitter.com/Tarik_ElBashir/status/1608903803516104705
https://twitter.com/NoVa_Caps/status/1608880587204591617
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The last time Strome and Milano were on the same line I thought they played well, but Strome also plays well with OV.
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Strome and Eller make the exact same salary...$3.5m ;D
Mix will love that since this is his two favorite players.
FWIW...Strome is a friggin bargain at $3.5...., and I know it's post Covid cap structure, but still...
And despite what Mick thinks....Eller has his value as a 3C :raspberry:
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Strome is fine. Mantha on the other hand at 5.7m oof.. Eller I could take or leave. He just makes too much money when you already have 17m tied up in your top 2 centers. (Note: I could take or leave just about any of our centers at this given time) :raspberry:
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https://novacapsfans.com/2023/01/01/capitals-ovechkin-named-nhls-first-star-of-december/ (https://novacapsfans.com/2023/01/01/capitals-ovechkin-named-nhls-first-star-of-december/)
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https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPell/status/1609940619954376704
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I really hate to link to these people, but the main story is in The Athletic which is behind a paywall. You don’t even get “one free story” with that site…
https://russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2023/01/02/report-john-carlson-will-be-out-months-team-hopeful-hell-return-before-playoffs/ (https://russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2023/01/02/report-john-carlson-will-be-out-months-team-hopeful-hell-return-before-playoffs/)
this tells me bones were broken
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https://twitter.com/habsfantv_/status/1609666203642888193 (https://twitter.com/habsfantv_/status/1609666203642888193)
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https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1609961825210355714
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Kuemper and Oshie are expected to start tonight against the Sabers
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Tomorrow night in the world juniors, the U.S. plays Canada in the semifinals
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do people still think the Caps got the short end of that trade??…
https://twitter.com/NoVa_Caps/status/1610352918770900993 (https://twitter.com/NoVa_Caps/status/1610352918770900993)
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Wow. Vrana on waivers.
Hey the Caps could claim him and claimed off waivers only half to pay HALF his salary :wackysmile:
I know a lot of people (well okay...MICK) didn't like this trade, but Vrana was overdue for the boot IMO.
FWIW - I looked up Panik and he's played all of 4 games this year for the Isles. We gave up picks NOT to get Mantha but rather to unload Panik's contract
And yes Mick...Mantha is overpaid at 5.70, but I'd take Mantha over Vrana at $5.25...especially WITH a PANIK at another 2.75m.
Sucks to see Vrana in this position - what is he all of 27?
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Vrana is in his second season with Detroit and has played less than 40 games since being traded. Last season he had shoulder surgery, this year it was whatever the issue he had/has that put him in the player assistance program. He has the talent for the NHL, there is something else wrong with him.
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Vrana cleared waivers, will be sent to Redwings AHL club
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And yes Mick...Mantha is overpaid at 5.70, but I'd take Mantha over Vrana at $5.25...especially WITH a PANIK at another 2.75m.
Does it have to be either or? Mantha is overpaid, period. Hopefully they find someone to take his contract when everyone is healthy. Cause if they start moving (losing) guys like Snively, Milano, Sheary, etc. and keep these dead weight contacts, we're fucked even worse. Panik isn't even in the league anymore, is he? :huh: I never really had a problem with him, either.. :raspberry:
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Willy and Backy did not travel to Columbus, coach says they are very close to returning though
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Tomorrow night in the world juniors, the U.S. plays Canada in the semifinals
it didn’t go well for the American kids, lost 6-2
Today, Jan 5..
Canada vs Czechia for the gold/silver medals
USA vs Sweden for the bronze
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US vs Sweden goes to OT tied at 7. World Juniors plays OT 3v3 for 10:00 before going to the shootout.
Team USA wins bronze in OT!
Canada beats Czechia in OT for gold, Czech gets silver
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When OV scores one goal more to make it 30 on the season, he will tie former Cap Mike Gartner for the NHL record of most 30 goal seasons at 17. I fully expect OV to get 18 next year.
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Shitz about to get real!! Carlson was moved to LTIR. Protas will get sent down. NAK or Snively one gonna have to ride the wire to Hershey and hopefully not get scarfed up. Then they'll still have to scratch someone. Most think it'll be Milano.
https://twitter.com/Tarik_ElBashir/status/1611766131693424643 (https://twitter.com/Tarik_ElBashir/status/1611766131693424643)
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I have no faith that management won’t fuck this up. But, maybe they will surprise us.
team news at 1pm: Protas was sent to Hershey
team news at 2pm: Snively placed on waivers
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I have no faith that management won’t fuck this up. But, maybe they will surprise us.
team news at 1pm: Protas was sent to Hershey
team news at 2pm: Snively placed on waivers
Unless the league is stacked, (or don't pay attention) I don't see how Snively makes it. Who knows though. :cross:
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Snively was a good story and played well in spurts, but I don't think he was great for the long term.
Hopefully, they trade Mantha and get at least a 3rd or 4th round pick, but I bet they have to give him away. It's frustrating because that guy has 90% ability and 10% desire. It's almost worth it to keep him for the playoffs and somehow get him motivated.
Kuzy has a lot in common with Mantha. The fact that he has 6 goals over for the first half of the season is just ridiculous. I really think the coaching staff over the years has not done their job with him. They let him try to be the best playmaker, rather than a top scorer - which he could be.
Finally, they better not sit Milano. I'm really liking that guy.
Oh, and Backstrom coming back is going to be a failed experiment. Unfortunately, I think he is not going to be able to hold up physically. Even if he does manage to stay on the ice, I think his level of performance will not be an improvement over what we have. I hate it, but it's a tough sport.
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I’ll be surprised if Backy can play at the level necessary for this league. But then again, we are about to see a 37 year old post back to back 50 goal seasons.
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Holy shit, maybe Lavi will ball up and scratch Mantha after all?
https://twitter.com/Tarik_ElBashir/status/1612094212371091459
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Snively cleared waivers, will go to Hershey.
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I pretty much agree with Beags on Snively. Nice for the "local" kid to do well, but at age 27, Snively is still just on the cusp of being NHL talent. Showed some great spurts and maybe he will get moved or waived or whatever at year end and be able to make a less talented NHL squad, but despite liking him, he would not be on my roster with this team. I could see him at 3c or 4c for another team. He is a bit undersized for an NHL center.
Not really a large enough sample size with only 18 games - and pretty good stats with 4G, 4A in 18games, but there's a reason he's only played 18g by age 27.
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When Malenstyn was sent to Hershey on 12/28 he was still listed on the IR for a couple days. I was just looking at cap friendly and they show him coming off IR on the 28th.
:huh:
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personally
Holy shit, maybe Lavi will ball up and scratch Mantha after all?
https://twitter.com/Tarik_ElBashir/status/1612094212371091459
I would have sat 20 and 73, moved 17 to 3rd line pivot and played 39 on wing. 77 and 43 should make up for the goals 73 gets. HOWEVER, Lars has been playing much better lately
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73?? You keep Sheary Baby's name out cho mouf!! :rofl:
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I don’t dislike the man, but at this point he’s the low hanging fruit..
https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPell/status/1612511794202923008 (https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPell/status/1612511794202923008)
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I don’t dislike the man, but at this point he’s the low hanging fruit..
https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPell/status/1612511794202923008 (https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPell/status/1612511794202923008)
Kuzy had(has?) this same work ethic in the past and was able to turn it around. Tony, like Protas just doesn't seem to use his size to his advantage. ("....its not the size of the dog in the fight.......")
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Eller on the wing :huh:
https://twitter.com/TomGulittiNHL/status/1612849550057943044 (https://twitter.com/TomGulittiNHL/status/1612849550057943044)
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He better perform or Lavi will be swapping him out for Mantha or Kubel.
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They need to keep Eller for the rest of the season in case Backy has a setback. I think they will need another center next season.
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Eller gets a lot of grief on these boards, but he's a decent 3c, even for his salary. He doesn't score much, but he gets a lot of defensive assignments....kind of what Backy used to get. Maybe they put Eller with Backy to help with that defensive responsibility for that line.
Eller shore isn't the scoring threat on that line :snicker:
And FWIW I think Strome would make a better wing for Backy
I wouldn't scratch Sheary either. He is 100% hustle, and plays well (enough) anywhere you put him.
Milano goes from not getting resigned by his own team after his best year - to not even getting an offer after a tryout - to NHL unemployed to - grabbed off the street to clear waivers to the AHL to - 1st line wing. Pretty good turnaround for the kid. Hopes he makes the best of it. Still can't believe nobody picked him up before the season started.
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Caps need to make the most of these mediocre teams in the schedule while they can. Caps have played fewer division games than anyone, and seeing that this is the toughest division, those points are going to be harder and harder to accumulate as the season goes on when we are playing real contenders night after night in our own division.
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Holy shit. Sounds painful. :wackysmile:
https://twitter.com/rmnb/status/1612954634049540097
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Ouch.
Now I take back all the negative things I've said about dear John :'(
Okay....I lied there. Nice story, but he's still overpaid.
Not kicking the man when he's down, but yeah, I'm a dick...most of the time.
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That was very dickish of you. :snicker:
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If there was a practice this morning it was a secret. GDT will be up in a while, need to go shoppin
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https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPell/status/1613305292158009344
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Vrana was a scratch last night for the AHL Grand Rapids Griffins, I hope he can slay his demons otherwise he will be playing in Europe next season
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Not sure why he got scratched in the AHL, but hopefully he didn't get hooked on/abuse his meds after shoulder surgery. Hope not, but that's a demon that's (very) hard to slay. All the best for Jakub.
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in six games he’s a -6 with one assist
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Caps slid to 4th place in division, and every team has games in hand on them. Shitsburgh has played 4 fewer games (and trail us 4 pts) so realistically the Caps are likely 5th in the division. The way this division is, it won't really matter - it's the wildcard spot the Caps will likely be striving for.
They are currently the 1st wildcard seed wit Shitsburgh 2nd and likely leap-frogging us. NYI are behind us by 5 pts with one game in hand.
:yawn:
I'm going to the Caps vs Philthy game tomorrow night. (I think)
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yes, Saturday night vs Pilly
meanwhile, while it’s nice to have Backy and Willy back in the lineup, it will take a few games to get that chemistry back…
https://twitter.com/ByMattWeyrich/status/1613930368658186243 (https://twitter.com/ByMattWeyrich/status/1613930368658186243)
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I hope Oshie didn’t tweak something again..
https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPell/status/1613927377884807168 (https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPell/status/1613927377884807168)
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The return of 19 and 43 does throw everyting into chaos. I think we need 39 playing somewhere and definitely do NOT need 17 or 20 on wing. It is going to take a (painful) handful of games to get the boys back in rhythm. 92 must have gotten poor Vrana hooked on the good stuff, sad to see such a decline.......
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folow up:
I listened to a good interview with Bura this year where he talked about not going out all the time like anymore (in Wsh) and partying. Wonder if he was an anchor for Jake too...
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Oof. Strome is a total waste on 4th line. Put him at 3c or 3L or 2L or whatever, but his skillset doesn't fit on the 4th line.
If Mantha sits again...yikes. Dude is in the Vrana/Burka dog house. You know what the next step is. Kind of sucks cause he should be more productive than he is. Doesn't utilize his skills very well...OR his size for certain. Hope this really is a wake up for him and it kicks in. He's a little old for this type of reset.
It's a little early to be resting guys, but I'm okay with Oshie / Backy / Ovi....shit anyone taking a game off to help nurse something. Nice luxury to have extra skaters. Salary cap is going to come into effect whenever JC returns...unless they wait til playoffs. I expect if Backy and Willy both bring up their play to par level we will see some movement at the trade deadline. With the salaries being what they are, to me that spells trouble for Mantha.
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Just feels like Lavi is making this much harder then it needs to be. Bringing back Nicky and Willy in the same game was bad enough, but then swapping all 4 lines in the process put a quadruple ass fuck on em'.
Here were the lines when we played probably the best game of the year, a few games before the swaps:
Ovechkin(C) 8 - Strome 17 - Sheary 73
Milano 15 - Kuznetsov 92 - Mantha 39
Johansson 90 - Eller 20 - Aubé-Kubel 96
Protas 59 - Dowd 26 - Hathaway 21
Bring back Wilson 1st and put him in 3RW spot. Do that until it settles down. Then bring back Nicky and put him in Eller's spot and let Eller play 4LW. Once that settles down, you can start trying combos in game and see if anything sticks. Or swap Eller and Mantha. But all 4 lines with all new people, all at once, is gonna take longer to swallow than small changes at a time, imo. Tomorrow is game #3 of preseason as far as Im concerned. :(
edit: And now I see.. I guess you just tell Oshi to go fuck himself. :rofl: What a clusterfuck.. All the old farts are gonna doom this team, one way or another. Can't wait till Carlson comes back and they send Gustaffson off on a trade or something so we can pay 8x the $ for the same player.
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Looks like tonight’s scratches are Strome, Aubé-Kubel, Alexeyev and Lindgren.
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I really think now that the whole organization expected a MUCH later return date for BAcky (~ the trading deadline or later or even not at all this year). His early return as put us in a bit of a bind. If it was near the trading deadline they would be able to move pieces better.
I really think the big ? is when are they going to swap 17 for 20. This should be done, IMHO. The rest I think are all easily moved pieces. 3rd line center is the big ?.
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Yep, everyone did expect Backy to out much longer. Just like Hags is, who also had a procedure done on his hip but not nearly as invasive as Backy. I do think the team needs to carry Strome and Eller for the rest of the season just to cover things in case Backy has a setback. Once Backy proves he’s good to go I think Eller is the odd man out. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Mantha traded either, and Caps don’t really need anything for him other than draft pick or two.
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On another note, I just want to comment on how fighting has pretty much disappeared and when they do drop the gloves, they just grab each others shoulders and spin around. Its really just a joke now. John Erskin would be disgusted.
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https://twitter.com/NHL/status/1614423691923685383 (https://twitter.com/NHL/status/1614423691923685383)
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redneck alert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRdaweXYIBQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRdaweXYIBQ)
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All I needed to hear was the first 35 seconds. Nascar owns all the good tracks that are 1.5 miles and over. No way they let any of these spin off series race there. But a good short track series is possible in the future! I'd definitely watch, but if you want to see speeds over 150 mph in a full bodied "stockcar" Nascar will remain the only game in town, unfortunately. Be very cool to see some form of stockcars back at The Rock and places like that, that Nascar sold but are still standing, though. (Hell, they may still own Rockingham for all I know?) But I did hear it was getting a face lift, similar to North Wilkes.
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No practice today because of back to back games, so no word on Dowd yet. Speculation at this point has Eller in his spot. Lavi is supposed to have a presser about 5pm.
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https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1615466106067767297
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the Caps have officially recalled Protas today
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what happened to that McMichael guy :wackysmile:
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Plays too small for the NHL. :raspberry:
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From what I've been reading, sounds like Gabby gettin a raw deal in Vancouver.. He deserves better. Glad the fans are supporting him anyway!
https://twitter.com/BR_OpenIce/status/1616654930605133824 (https://twitter.com/BR_OpenIce/status/1616654930605133824)
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Ovi game time decision, missed morning skate
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Yup. GTD but saying the skate miss was just "maintenance".. We'll see.
https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPell/status/1616878505232584704
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sucks for Gabby, especially to find out the way he did, and there is something seriously wrong with Vancouver management ..
https://twitter.com/TheFourthPeriod/status/1616889135608004610 (https://twitter.com/TheFourthPeriod/status/1616889135608004610)
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The Canucks management has now fired 8 coaches in 10 years. I will be amazed if Tocchet does half as well as Gabby with that team.
https://twitter.com/BR_OpenIce/status/1617034773679214592 (https://twitter.com/BR_OpenIce/status/1617034773679214592)
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word is Oshie is playing with a bad back
::)
and, Oshie flew home Monday morning to be with his wife as she’s about to pop. I doubt he makes it back to Denver for the game Tuesday night, but never say never
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https://twitter.com/BR_OpenIce/status/1617251482314702848 (https://twitter.com/BR_OpenIce/status/1617251482314702848)
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Another GTD for Ovi. :-\
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Another GTD for Ovi. :-\
Hopefully that old goat plays better than the last game :raspberry:
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I've been watching Willy and he definitely is still recovering from the knee injury as his skating is not nearly what it was. I guess it's to be expected though. I remember when Willy got into the league and I thought his skating was poor and then he gradually improved every year and was very good. Hope he can get back to that point.
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Of course.. :-\
https://twitter.com/Tarik_ElBashir/status/1618632869324390402 (https://twitter.com/Tarik_ElBashir/status/1618632869324390402)
https://twitter.com/Tarik_ElBashir/status/1618635595382935552
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I guess that means Oshies wife popped, usually they make an announcement
and…
https://twitter.com/TomGulittiNHL/status/1618643821658513410 (https://twitter.com/TomGulittiNHL/status/1618643821658513410)
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I don't expect him to play tonight, but GTD sounds much better then DTD or WTW, etc..
https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1618642832591556614
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Caps vs Canes February 18 2023 stadium series at Carter-Finley stadium UNC Raleigh…
https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1618646972466098177 (https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1618646972466098177)
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Anybody know the word on Dowd?
(he IS one of our top 5 goal scorers!) 8-0
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Dowd was officially put on IR, so he had to sit a week. I don’t remember offhand what the timeline is.
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"It's gonna be a bit" is the last I heard/read about Dowdr.
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https://twitter.com/Tarik_ElBashir/status/1619032780188557313
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Wasn't Carlson hit in the left side of his face - nearly taking off his ear?
I don't even see any scars or nothing :huh:
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I think his wife or somebody said the reattached ear story was wrong? Who knows. Looks like a mark around his cheekbone but no real idea what or why he'd need to miss so much time. Someone else speculated (in that tweet) that it could be a ruptured ear drum, similar to another hockey player injury who was struck in the side of the head by a puck?
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Being that they gotta wait until mid to end of February to re evaluate him, my guess is a concussion
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https://twitter.com/Tarik_ElBashir/status/1619365324457152512 (https://twitter.com/Tarik_ElBashir/status/1619365324457152512)
https://twitter.com/Tarik_ElBashir/status/1619386805484421120
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Great. So...was the shot Wilson took to the knee on the formerly injured knee?
I believe it was, no?
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Think it was the other leg, but I could be wrong.
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I'm worried a bit about Willy. I think it is gonna take the rest of this year before he can get his skating back to form, maybe it will take the whole off season. It has to be hard to have a major knee injury, surgery, and then come back to play the hardest sport in the world on your legs - and to not be tentative.
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report from yesterday’s practice is Willy watched a bit from the bench and had a noticeable limp when he left
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https://chicago.suntimes.com/blackhawks/2023/1/30/23577724/bobby-hull-dies-blackhawks-legacy-winnipeg-jets (https://chicago.suntimes.com/blackhawks/2023/1/30/23577724/bobby-hull-dies-blackhawks-legacy-winnipeg-jets)
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Lavi gonna shuffle until he's outta cards. :clown: At least these look decent.
Charlie in net.
https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPell/status/1620463187324985344 (https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPell/status/1620463187324985344)
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Lavi gonna shuffle until he's outta cards. :clown: At least these look decent.
Charlie in net.
Yeah, too bad he ain't playing with a full deck :wackysmile:
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He's like me at a casino. The more cards I get, the worse the hand is. :wackysmile:
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He's like me at a casino. The more cards I get, the worse the hand is. :wackysmile:
I had a Casio once. Now I got a Timex :raspberry:
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Right now I can't see that our aggressive D-activation scheme will work in the playoffs with this D corps. I also can't see how any real moves by the deadline will fundamentally change the team. I do hope the break will heal some bodies, but if the only thing being floated now is '...........we are listening to offers for Eller..............' then good fn luck.
I will enjoy the rest of the season but if the Hens get hot or the Sabes stay hot, they might as well start reserving T times....
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10 days of no hockey :yawn: (No. The NHL all star game no longer counts as hockey)
You know some weird animal poop trivia got to be brewing....
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Protas has been sent back to Hershey. The Caps must be expecting a couple of injuries to be cleared up in 10 days.
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NHL is whacky.. They're off tonight, tomorrow, asg skills Sat, asg game Sun. NHL has regular games scheduled again for Mon. :huh:
Guess this week is where we'll get back closer to having a similar amount of games played, as the rest of the Metro?
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https://novacapsfans.com/2023/02/03/capitals-sign-dylan-strome-to-5-year-5-million-aav-extension/ (https://novacapsfans.com/2023/02/03/capitals-sign-dylan-strome-to-5-year-5-million-aav-extension/)
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Strome extended for 5 years. 5mil per seems a little high, but I guess that's just the market these days?
https://twitter.com/NoVa_Caps/status/1621542843197030407
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Yea, $5M per is a touch high, but, he has settled in at 1C so it’s probably what it should be
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Wow. Wasn't really expecting that right now. Well when you have some much cash to burn...
That's probably a fair number for Strome at his age. I guess the Caps like what they saw in him. He was a 1st round pick and a#3 overall. He was an absolute steal at 3.5m this year. I can't believe he couldn't do better especially on a 1 year deal. He must of really wanted out of Chicago.
I wonder if this will have any impact on Kuzy. Like hint, hint, nudge, nudge....someone is writing on the wall Kuzy and your name is in it...wake the fuck up dude.
That's 25.5m worth of Centers on this team currently, not counting Dowd. Well technically, I guess Strome is 3.5 this year, and Eller has no contract next year, so not really 22.5
23.3m with Backy, Kuzy, Strome, Dowd next year.
I'd say they got to part with Eller or Kuzy next year.
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It seems high to me. I mean Strome has been ok, He has had some good stretches, but other stretches where I can't even remember if he played. I'm hoping the Caps can evolve in their approach and go after guys that have hard core desire - guys like Hathaway. Strome just seems to be another average guy.
If this team is a buyer at the trade deadline, they are nuts. We are the oldest team in the league and I believe we have the lowest ranked farm system in the league - not a good combination. We need to be a seller and get some picks.
I don't mind having a few down years, but I can't take prolonged agony with nothing coming through the system.
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No clue what they'll do at the deadline, but one way or another they'll be sellers when the season is done. The deadline is the yard sale. If nothing sells, end of season is trash pickup day. :raspberry: :snicker:
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:hearts:
https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1621657858826817541
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:hearts:
https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1621657858826817541 (https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1621657858826817541)
Very cute, but otherwise the NHL skills competition was a clown show. Fastest skater is fun, hardest shot is what it is, but that surfboard dunk tank and the golf thing was pathetic.
The clown show shoot out think was gay. And I don't mean that in a good way.
WTF have they done to the NHL?
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Very cute, but otherwise the NHL skills competition was a clown show.
I was so interested I watched 0 minutes of it. :raspberry: I read where the arena was half empty. I was thinking, after reading the place was dead, that I can watch the NHL skills competition every night on NHL Tonight, NHL Top Shelf, etc. Don't think anyone really cares anymore for these "all star" games. Just another way for sports to make some money off the fans. Can't wait to read about the NFL Flag Football "ASG".. Im sure everyone tuned into that! :rofl:
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Another extension! Milano 3 x 1.9m (again, about .4 -.5m more than I'd of expected, but whatever. it's only money) :raspberry:
https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1622022694278516736 (https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1622022694278516736)
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Milano deal is ok, just hope he isn't going to flame out. He is good if he really hustles all the time, but these undersized smurf guys aren't what we need unless they can really fly.
Agree on the All Star skills embarrassment. That was just childish. Maybe it would be good for the AHL, but this is the NHL!
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some big money has to go at the end of this season, and just letting Eller walk ain’t gonna cut it
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Yup. Eller, Mantha and either another expensive contract or a few good role players.
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the flyover was embarrassingly late, 8pm start turned into 8:24, the stands sure look packed though
meh :yawn:
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I enjoyed about 45 minutes of it. Once they broke for the halftime rap fest and the racing turned into a shit show I was just waiting for it to end. No idea why every spin needs 5+ minutes to rerack and restart. Hopefully that'll be the last of the go-cart track races. Put them on racetracks at least.
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Wow. 1.9 For Milano is probably fair for the level he is currently playing at, but the dude was basically walking the street jobless when the season began. I hope he's not a one season flash in the pan.
Strome is now contracted further into the future than any player on the Caps.
Team is definitely gonna shed some salary. They'll probably make a great deal like send Kuzy packing for a bag of pucks plus a draft pick. Mantha will be harder - prolly take 2-3 draft picks to sweeten his deal.
Then the Caps will prolly let UFA guys like SHeary and Hathy walk and get signed elsewhere for like 1.7m each :raised-eyebrow:
Team is going to look different next year for sure. Bunch of UFA's on this team. The entire current starting D core is due for contracts.
5 guys are UFA's and ALexeyev and Fehevary are both RFA's with everyone else UFA
Hopefully they make some changes for the future instead of just trying to hang on again and again.
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25 years old, point per game @ hershey. Why have I never heard of him? :huh:
https://twitter.com/rmnb/status/1622450054865756161
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Did anyone catch the ESPN Ovi Gr8tness special that was aired Feb 4th?
I never heard anything about it until saw this "trailer" today...which is 3 days too late.
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/video/espns-gr8tness-trailer/t-282775588/c-15057752 (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/video/espns-gr8tness-trailer/t-282775588/c-15057752)
I was wondering if it was any good. I would have liked to have seen it.
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I’ve been busy all afternoon on Saturdays. I’m sure it will get rerun, maybe even put on the you tube
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I have it on dvr. Haven't watched it yet though.
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25 years old, point per game @ hershey. Why have I never heard of him? :huh:
https://twitter.com/rmnb/status/1622450054865756161 (https://twitter.com/rmnb/status/1622450054865756161)
And now we do.
https://twitter.com/NoVa_Caps/status/1623358805403656197
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On the bright side, as a rookie he won’t make a big dent on the salary cap. But next year’s squad is going to be a bit different.
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If we even keep him. Reading the story, sounds like there's a lot of interest in him all of a sudden. Knowing us we'll package him up and ship him off.
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I would think if he were that good we’d of heard of him before he turned 25. He would make a good addition to a Mantha trade, gotta do something to get that contract moved.
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I'd rather retain salary than give up a fast, youngish, prospect.
Dowd missed practice as well. :-( Willy must of broke something blocking that shot. Whole season is fubar.
https://twitter.com/rmnb/status/1623787620453982210
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A team practice today means their bye week is officially over, yet rather unusually the get two more days before a game.
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Im afraid to look how the teams we're in the hunt with did this week. Last time I looked (monday/tues) I think they all won. :wackysmile:
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I think Willy may have come back too soon from the knee injury and the latest injury from the shot block may or may not be part of it. He just wasn't skating well when he returned which is to be expected, however, he was very tentative most of the time - which also is to be expected. I don't think he will be back to normal until next year.
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He definitely won't be "normal" until sometime next season. Just the nature of the beast with knee surgery. They've confirmed the shot he took was on the other leg. But yea, trying to compensate for one leg, with a bum other, could spell disaster.
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Dowd and Willy didn’t practice again, lines from this morning, which I expect to be the same tomorrow afternoon..
https://twitter.com/TomGulittiNHL/status/1624081962712412161 (https://twitter.com/TomGulittiNHL/status/1624081962712412161)
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Oh great....at least its a game we can ease back into, playing a bottom feeder like Boston...IN Boston.
Boston has lost a total of one game at home (in regulation) this season. So...they're due for a loss :wackysmile:
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I feel if we were playing a middle of the pack team, they'd beat the jersey off us. But (so far) the tough road games seem to be when we've looked the best. :cross:
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the Isles only got one point yesterday and the Hens got smoked in L.A. last night, there are enough games left where the wildcard race is 7 teams, 8 if you are overly optimistic about Ottawa
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After February, mid March, I doubt we're even in the hunt. This is like the end of the 2nd period, for the season. This old, slow ass team is outta gas.. And instead of getting a tune up or something beneficial, Ted and GMBM will take it to the car wash. :)
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And now we do.
https://twitter.com/NoVa_Caps/status/1623358805403656197 (https://twitter.com/NoVa_Caps/status/1623358805403656197)
Wait, what? The Caps have a prospect? Even our prospects are old :wackysmile:
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Not that it matters at this point, but the Caps do hold the top WC spot currently.
Hens are 1pt behind but they have THREE games in hand, which ain't good. I figure the Caps will be battling for the last WC spot when it matters.
Three teams have 4 games in hand on Caps; Buffalo, Detroit, Ottowa. Most everyone else is even in games, so it is really tight, but potentially even moreso.
Go Caps.
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gotta look at the bright side, the Caps having played more game than most in the east means they will get a couple extra days off the next seven weeks
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Hope Ovi's family is ok.. Guess Mantha will be back in to do absolutely nothing. (Along with the rest of them) :-\
* Lavi also said not to expect him back this week.
https://twitter.com/CapitalsPR/status/1625510811643924482 (https://twitter.com/CapitalsPR/status/1625510811643924482)
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Snively has been called up to fill the open spot in the press booth
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And they put Wilson on IR to make room. (Not that it matters, Im sure he's missed 10 days already)
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RIP Mr. Ovechkin.
https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1625876768870608896
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Yea, I figured that was coming. It seemed like the only reason OV would rush back home.
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So, I am happy to wrap up the year as best as we can. I think we should be net sellers at the deadline and maybe try to get a trade/sign deal on a decent top 6 blueliner ahead of the exodus at the end of the year. I also think we should be looking at refilling the prospect tub as much as possible now too.
Injuries and age will hamper and SC run as Ovi marches on to break WG's record.
Who I wouldn't mind seeing gone by the 3rd.
Oshie
Eller
Mantha
(the 'field' as far as DMen go, but would like to keep ORlov)
Keepers (mandatory or not)
Ovi
Backs
Wilson
Orlov
4th line
I think they should give a good amount of time to the young ones early in the season (Really want to see if Ethan is for real). CM needs a little more time to show what he can do. The just swap in scoring veterans to help the ship stay competitive.
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Sad about Ovi's Dad. He can't be that old. Condolences to Ovi and family.
He was 71 years old.
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Willy and Dowd took part in the optional skate this morning, Lavi says they still aren’t ready yet. Then this today..
https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1625982114335186944 (https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1625982114335186944)
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Somebody get hurt last night that we don't know about? :huh:
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that was my first thought, I didn’t see anything about sending Alexeyev down which means they are carrying two extra D which is unusual
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Maybe Lavi's thrown in the towel on scoring goals. Gonna run with 7 D. lol
* reading more about him, apparently he's a gritty tough guy.. :cross:
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https://twitter.com/TomGulittiNHL/status/1626243737943932928 (https://twitter.com/TomGulittiNHL/status/1626243737943932928)
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Caps remaining schedule is tough. 20 games vs good teams and contenders fighting for a playoff spot and 6 games vs teams that likely won't make it.
Lots of games vs the East so.....I guess we'll see what this team is made of.
I don't see us making the playoffs with this schedule.
So good news is, IF we can manage to win some tough games - it will help in the standings both for us and against the teams we need to beat
We play the NYI four times, Buffalo twice, Detroit twice, Rags twice, Hens once. Also Florida, and NJD, and Canes, but I figure we aint catching them no matter what. Not gonna catch the Rags at this point either.
Hopefully the Caps WTF up and surprise us. There should be enough talent on this team to score....not sure why we refuse to on most nights.
Go Caps
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There should be enough talent on this team to score....not sure why we refuse to on most nights.
Go Caps
Philosophy. They still think they're an artsy-fartsy pass 1st, 2nd and 3rd type of team. And apparently Lavi or anyone won't clue them in. Need some testosterone to crash the net, but we don't have any.
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I recall the year of the Cup....we crashed the net consistently.
You'd think they'd remember that.
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I remember one season Chimer was credited with 6 or 7 goals that never touched his stick, they all deflected off him on the way in. I’m pretty sure he had at least one foot in the paint each time.
In other news, after a minor hip procedure in October that apparently did nothing, Hags just had the same procedure that Backy had..
https://novacapsfans.com/2023/02/16/carl-hagelin-has-undergone-hip-resurfacing-surgery-will-be-out-indefinitely/ (https://novacapsfans.com/2023/02/16/carl-hagelin-has-undergone-hip-resurfacing-surgery-will-be-out-indefinitely/)
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I just saw that on Hags. Can't imagine he will ever return to the NHL. His whole game was speed. Always thought he could have been a better scorer with that speed but maybe his hands just don't work?
Hopefully it is successful for him. At 34, I can't see him getting back to NHL hockey, but who knows....I heard once some old Swedish player even older then that did it and returned.
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Not sure if anyone's noticed, but as predicted, our 2 new goalies seem to be getting more and more broken as the season goes on. (while Sammy and VV are excelling elsewhere) :)
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yep, even Copely is having a good season. Like I said last season, I was prepared to give Sammy and Vtec another chance, but with different coaches.
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Kuemper is old experienced that goalie coach shouldn't be necessary or make a huge difference. Yes a good GT coach would help anyone, but Kuemper SHOULD be solid on his own.
But his game has fallen off. Last night was not a great game for him. Seems long the long distance shots are his kryptonite...and the breakaways...and the rebounds. Good thing the team in front of him is primo at not letting any of that in on him
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Sell Sell Sell! I think that maybe Ted should redo the whole top mgmt. Get in someone experienced in rebuilds (or not) Gotta keep Ovi happy until he supasses 99 but trying to duck tape Team nursing home has run its course!
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Kuemper is old experienced that goalie coach shouldn't be necessary or make a huge difference. Yes a good GT coach would help anyone, but Kuemper SHOULD be solid on his own.
Could say the same for Holtby.. Lost Korn and really never was the same. These coaches have their own philosophies that can introduce bad habits and fuck up mechanics, etc.
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this team needs new management..
https://novacapsfans.com/2023/02/19/capitals-recall-dylan-mciltath-and-re-assign-joe-snively-to-hershey/ (https://novacapsfans.com/2023/02/19/capitals-recall-dylan-mciltath-and-re-assign-joe-snively-to-hershey/)
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One of the dumbest moves they've made all year. No idea what the thought process is with this team.
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https://twitter.com/NoVa_Caps/status/1627702172799434757
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One of the dumbest moves they've made all year. No idea what the thought process is with this team.
Snively was sent down for breaking team rules.
He shot the puck, scored a goal, and had an assist in his limited ice time. Can't have that.
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https://twitter.com/NoVa_Caps/status/1627702172799434757 (https://twitter.com/NoVa_Caps/status/1627702172799434757)
Looks like a vigorous workout.
And....the ONLY reason to bring JC back before the trade deadline is to trade him :)
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Yea, Carlson looked awful ginger on his skates, from what I saw. Still no idea what kind of injury he's recovering from.
Snively being sent down is a double mystery to me. He had to clear waivers the first time. Is that it, he's now a 2 way player? And sending down anyone who recently had a multi point game, for a defenseman who most say isn't NHL caliber, seems like more super genius from this organization.
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Caps are in serious jeopardy of falling like 3 teams down from the last WC spot.
Hens and Isles in WC spots 1 & 2. Panthers just went to OT, giving them the one point they needed to pass the Caps.
If the Caps lose Tuesday in regulation (to Redwings), the Wings will also pass us by.
Buffalo plays Toronto Tuesday, and could pass us with a win and our loss
Wheels about to come off this run down old jalopy
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On Carlson, I’ve read speculation that he had fractured something in his skull and those kinds of fractures take forever to heal. I speculate he got a concussion.
Apparently there is a chance Vrana plays tomorrow night for Detroit.
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It's cute Rich is still tracking our failed playoff run. :raspberry: "It's over Johnny" comes to mind whenever I see scenarios about us and the playoffs. :-\
Bit of good news I guess. Looks like he'll either play Tuesday or Thursday.
https://twitter.com/rmnb/status/1627789555951697922
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If, which is a very big if right now, if he can get a direct flight from Moscow to D.C. that’s about an 11 hour nonstop flight. Given what’s going on in the world, I highly suspect he’s got to stop and change planes/carriers somewhere. Theoretically he could be here by game time tomorrow.
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Wonder if they'd even let him play, w/o a decent workout/stretch/practice?
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don’t know, trying to play after a full day of travel plus the jet lag.. Right now it’s 7:35 ET Monday night, and it’s 3:35 AM Tuesday in Moscow. Getting here and being in condition to play are two different things.
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New topic - how about all these fights that start after anybody makes a hard check? Drives me nuts. Somebody like Trouba makes a great check, totally legal, and then some guy on the other team starts a fight. It would be one thing if it was a decent fight, but now all the fights are just spin-arounds with no actual punches.
The NHL should crack down on this and give the instigator in that situation an extra 5 minute major. That would stop it.
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https://twitter.com/NoVa_Caps/status/1628183334831509504
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OV is at the practice facility today, practice is supposed to start at noon.
https://scoutingtherefs.com/2023/02/37318/wings-larkin-ejected-fined-for-cross-check-vs-caps/ (https://scoutingtherefs.com/2023/02/37318/wings-larkin-ejected-fined-for-cross-check-vs-caps/)
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I forgot to mention...I find it very comical you go to the Caps website and the add that pops up is trying to sell 2023-24 Season tickets on sale!
Yeah, good luck with that.
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Just here to see if we can muster up 2 goals and possibly a win against the "Mighty" Ducks, on our home ice, during a 5 game skid! :wackysmile:
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I hope Orly and Hathy get another ring in Beantown. But, the Bs look like a lock for the presidents cup, and we know how that normally goes.
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Caps are 6th in the WILDCARD hunt now :-|
Detroit has snuck into the 2nd wildcard spot behind the Isles.
Hens are on a skid as well - have lost 4 in a row
5 teams within 2 points of each other fighting for the last spot (although Caps have played the most games)
Even Ottowa is only 4 points behind the Caps and has 4 games in hand.
With 22 games left, the Caps can't really afford to fall much further behind.
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and, Hens fans fully understand the situation…
https://novacapsfans.com/2023/02/23/penguins-fans-start-fire-hextall-chant-thursday-night-in-pittsburgh/ (https://novacapsfans.com/2023/02/23/penguins-fans-start-fire-hextall-chant-thursday-night-in-pittsburgh/)
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John Waltons brother was the pilot, he leaves behind a wife and kids..
https://twitter.com/JohnWaltonPxP/status/1629602599526715392 (https://twitter.com/JohnWaltonPxP/status/1629602599526715392)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDwognXbUPE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDwognXbUPE)
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https://twitter.com/JohnWaltonPxP/status/1629654449017827328 (https://twitter.com/JohnWaltonPxP/status/1629654449017827328)
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https://twitter.com/BR_OpenIce/status/1629703403604516864 (https://twitter.com/BR_OpenIce/status/1629703403604516864)
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Just watched the 3rd pd of Edmonton vs Boston
McDavid got two goals (the only two for Edmonton) giving him 50 goals for the first time. Dude is something else
Boston gonna win it. Up 3-2 with 2:26 left and now getting a 5 on 3 for full 2 minutes
Watching these two teams play makes the Caps look like they don’t deserve to be in the same league.
The speed and flow difference is embarrassing
Jeez Edmonton nearly scored a shorty at 5 on 3.
Frigging Oiler announcer is terrible. Well not terrible but I couldn’t listen to him very often that’s for sure.
Boston 7 game winning streak and now 97 points
Hathaway with a nice assist in this game.
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As of this mornings practice in Anaheim, Sheary is back in D.C. because his wife is birthing their 2nd child, and Kuzy is out with the non covid flu.
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Sundin participated in practice this morning, west coast time. Apparently his immigration status hasn’t been finalized yet and may not be available for the game tonight.
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Do we even have enough players in Ca. to field a team? :huh:
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Do we even have enough players in Ca. to field a team? :huh:
:lol:
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Mantha activated off of IR.
(Wouldn't it be funny if GMBM jumped on a trade and Mantha got pulled :) )
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and Sheary is back with the team as well
and apparently Kuzy is a game time decision with a non covid flu
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The Caps are off today, they practice again on Friday. As such, I highly doubt we get any updates on Fehervary or Jensen today.
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McIlrath sent back to Hershey, California bound..
https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1631727240785403908 (https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1631727240785403908)
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https://twitter.com/SWhyno/status/1631772293000056840
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Either he fractured some important skull bones, which take forever to heal, he suffered a concussion from the impact, or it’s a combination of the two.
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well that was an interesting morning
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well that was an interesting morning
:huh:
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the company that hosts this website had us offline for about 7 hours
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Ah, yea I noticed that too, now that ya mention it. Glad it got sorted by game time!
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Protas and McIlrath have been recalled from Hershey, no word yet on anyone being sent down or moved to IR.
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Jensen and Fever practiced this morning in L.A. wearing non contact sweaters.
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Sheesh...the Caps have six teams ahead of them in WC race. I hadn't looked in a while. although the bottom four all have 68pts and WC1 & 2 have 72 & 71 points. It's actually closer than I thought
Also...Boston has won 10 in a row and are on pace for 64 or 65 wins this season. The current NHL record is 62 wins achieved by 1995-96' Wings and the 2018-19' Lightning
We need the Caps to wake up and sneak into the playoffs & face Boston and defeat them in Game 7 with a Craig Smith OT winner :uh-huh:
....and then I woke up.
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figures..
https://media.nhl.com/public/news/16825 (https://media.nhl.com/public/news/16825)
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figures..
https://media.nhl.com/public/news/16825 (https://media.nhl.com/public/news/16825)
Yeah too bad for Orlov - he's not fitting in there :wackysmile:
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McIlrath was sent back to Hershey
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Looks like Mantha may get some top line mintues. He's been getting 2nd line and hasn't done shit. After GMBM said they'd be looking for a "top 6 forward with skill" in the offseason, if that doesn't motivate the kid, there's really no hope for him. I know I'd take that as a direct jab and practically kill someone out there to prove them wrong. But that's just me. We shall see..
No clue what "Smith went home to get his stuff" means. lol Forgot his skates? :huh: Also read that Carlson has a Dr. appt. sometime soon (early next week iirc) and will speak to the media after. Hate to say it, but they miss his offense. Also thought Iorio played well enough to stay in the lineup, but what do I know..
https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1633503068070330368 (https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1633503068070330368)
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No clue what "Smith went home to get his stuff" means. lol Forgot his skates? :huh:
I suspect that means he had go to back up to beantown to pack up the rest of his stuff.
:huh:
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I suspect that means he had go to back up to beantown to pack up the rest of his stuff.
:huh:
Pft. You and your common sense approach. :raspberry:
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:wackysmile:
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Caps one point moves them temporarily into 5th spot chasing a WC spot. They need to catch the Hens with 74 pts and 2 games in hand. One point a night aint going to cut it. Me thinks we might be done.
Ovi with 36 goals won't get 50, but should get 40.
Sadly, the Caps have no other guys on the entire team with 20 goals. Oshie 16 and Strome with 15 are closest.
That level of scoring ain't going to do it.
Connor McDavid has 54g and 124pts. Draisaitl has 97 points Edmonton leads the NHL with 254 goals
Boston is 2nd with 239g, but has a +104 goal differential. That's huge.
Surprisingly (to me), Buffalo comes in 3rd with 237GF, but also allowed 234GA, so only a +3 overall.
um...it was either this or poop trivia
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welp, it ain’t like this squad is capable of competing past the 1st round, still, it would be nice to at least get there
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I guess Fever and or Jensen will be playing tomorrow night..
https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1634275232587436065 (https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1634275232587436065)
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Iorio back to Hershey makes zero sense to me. Kid looked pretty good imo, and is, wait for it, YOUNG!! Jensen doesn't need minutes. Irwin doesn't need minutes. Oshie and Nicky don't need fucking minutes. Where's Protas, McMichael, Snively?? Team is run by idiots..
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I blame the coach first, but, always a butt, we don’t know if it’s Lavi’s decision or if it’s being forced by the GM. I think it’s both of them.
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We need a 16 year old coach and an 18 year old GM. :snicker: These old farts are too stuck in their ways..
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TVR gets a 3 year extension and once again, an inflated raise as far as Im concerned.. (200% increase) :huh:
https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1634614988840087553 (https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1634614988840087553)
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that still leaves 5 UFAs on this team..
Irwin
Sheary
Smith
Brown
Hagelin
I see them letting Irwin walk, Hags should probably retire, which would still leave 3
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I still like Sheary, even though he's going through a Mantha phase.. Hope they resign him for minimal raise. Smith they'll let walk. Brown is no way gonna get $3m after ACL surgery and nothing to show for his last season. Not sure if they try and resign him real cheap or let him walk. Heard he's not really a goal scorer? Haven't looked up his stats.
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Caps have moved up from 6th to 4th in the wildcard, 5 points behind the Iles for 2nd with a game in hand. Caps have 15 games remaining.
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A 200% increase is a lot, but after the last two seasons TVR is probably worth $3m per for 3 years. I think he would likely get that in FA after his play the last couple years. He is a known entity that fits on this team and he could be a crutch to lean on with a lot of young D coming up on this team so I see why they'd want him.
I don't really have a problem with this. Especially 3 years. Most 31 year olds are looking for a 5 year so they can ride it out.
I'd rather a 3 year at 3m per to a 5 year at 2.5per
I'm curious to see what Orlov fetches next year (not comparing the two, but just curious)
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I still like Sheary, even though he's going through a Mantha phase.. Hope they resign him for minimal raise. Smith they'll let walk. Brown is no way gonna get $3m after ACL surgery and nothing to show for his last season. Not sure if they try and resign him real cheap or let him walk. Heard he's not really a goal scorer? Haven't looked up his stats.
I like Sheary as well, and hope they do sign him to a bargain deal. Agree they will let Smith walk. Brown - I got no idea. I really liked him when they brought him in, but like you said - he's got nothing to show so hard to say what happens with him.
I have always assumed Hags will retire, but who knows. I mean his game was 90% speed and with hip resurfacing, can't see him getting all that back at his age.
Although, with Jensen, TVR, Strome, and Milano ALL getting pay raises, I don't see how Caps can sign Brown or give Sheary ANY raise.....unless they move someone to shed salary. Fehevary, Alexeyev & G Carlson are all RFA's, and IMO we have to keep Fever & ALexeyev at least, so all of these guys will be getting raises too.
Irwin...I don't think I realized he was 35. I think retirement might be on the horizon for him. Although, to be fair, he's been okay this year. He's a last resort, but I might give him league minimum as a back up at best, but at this stage I'd rather see some younger guys get serious NHL seasoning.
With as well as Sundin has played, I think he will be a staple and easily a top 4 guy next year. Having TVR, Jensen & Johnny Q, I don't think you need Irwin back - three old guys is enough.
HAVE to re-sign them, but Fever is a starter for sure and I think let Alexeyev and G Carlson play, and Iorio. That's eight guys without Irwin. If someone goes down, Iorio will have to play full time NHL.
Sheesh, Caps need to shed salary. They have to be looking at moving Mantha. Gonna throw away bunch of them new draft picks they just got to move that mountain. Backstrom coming back to playing is a great story, but it really didn't fit in my Salary cap plans for them next year.
Caps are at $78.8m right now WITHOUT Fever, Alexeyev, Carlsson, Irwin, Sheary signed. Cap is $82.5. Don't think we signing all five of them for $3.7m
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Not that it helps this team much, but the salary cap for 23-24 should be $83.5M, and, buttman has said it could go as high as $86M if the league is able to payoff some debt this summer.
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Carlson was skating as well in the non contact jersey
https://twitter.com/romanstubbs/status/1635295280219426818 (https://twitter.com/romanstubbs/status/1635295280219426818)
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The Caps have recalled Snively this morning.
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https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/capitals/nbc-sports-washington-re-air-espns-alex-ovechkin-documentary-gr8tness (https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/capitals/nbc-sports-washington-re-air-espns-alex-ovechkin-documentary-gr8tness)
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on the bright side, the Caps are still 5 points behind the Islanders for the last wildcard spot
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on the bright side, the Caps are still 5 points behind the Islanders for the last wildcard spot
Yeah, but I think we're done. Unless someone has a total collapse - or more like several teams have total collapse, which I don't think happens.
Boston has lost two in a row, which is meaningless other than it might cost them the record for most wins in a season. They'd need to win 13/16 remaining to break the record now.
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The Islanders beat the Ducks last night, so the Caps are still 5 points out
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Caps have some "lesser" teams to face coming up with Columbus and Chicago, and St Louis, but need ALL those points.
Face a lot of east teams with games left - play Islanders twice and Hens once, so there is some chance left, but Caps are gonna need some help from Islanders and Hens to make up 5 points in 12 games.
Caps last two of the season are Boston and NJ. Oof. (good warm up for the playoffs....or golf)
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Snively has been sent back to Hershey.
:-|
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Morning skate lines. (No clue if that's how they'll play) Mantha as an extra.
https://twitter.com/Tarik_ElBashir/status/1636739784801411072
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https://twitter.com/Tarik_ElBashir/status/1636860307724173312 (https://twitter.com/Tarik_ElBashir/status/1636860307724173312)
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Nobody checks this thread. :raspberry:
That's some shit. Severed Temporal doesn't sound good. Neither does a fractured skull.
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Nobody checks this thread. :raspberry:
you must be a nobody :snicker: :raspberry:
Temporal isn’t as bad as severing a carotid.
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you must be a nobody :snicker: :raspberry:
Temporal isn’t as bad as severing a carotid.
Im somebody dammit!! :snicker: Yea, carotid sever would of probably killed him.
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It’s a survivable injury.
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you must be a nobody :snicker: :raspberry:
Me too. :smirk:
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Jensen didn’t practice again, OV didn’t practice, and Kuemper left practice early with an upper body injury.
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Carly in a full contact jersey today at the "optional".. (everyone skated but Kuzy) Maybe we get a look at McMichael, Protas or another center from Hershey for a game or 2?? Wouldn't be the worst thing in the world..
https://twitter.com/TomGulittiNHL/status/1637850580692369415 (https://twitter.com/TomGulittiNHL/status/1637850580692369415)
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couch says Kuzy is officially day to day
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Strome has passed Kuzy for second most points on the team.
Both have played 70 games
Strome 17G 35A 52pts (I like this balance of G/A for a center. Hoping he can bump those goals closer to 25-30 on a full season
Kuzy 12G 39A 51pts Kuzy definitely having an off year, but it's pathetic we don't have at least ONE other guy with 20 goals on the year. Hopefully Strome gets to 20 and with Wilson, Backy, Oshie missing significant portions of the season, I don't knock them, but you'd think SOMEONE would step up a bit.
Oshie has 18G in 53 games. Oshie is a 25-30ish scorer, but don't see him ever playing a 80 game season again.
Wilson has 8G in only 22 games, so IF he could extrapolate over a full season....I'm happy with him in the 30-35g range.
I don't foresee this team getting better next year. Same old guys aren't going to get better with more age.
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Shittsburgh lost again (4 in a row) and Florida jumped past them into WC2 spot. Ottawa jumped past us and we now 5th place for WC with Buffalo 1 point behind and 2 games in hand
Isles 80pts 71GP
Florida 79pts 70GP
Hens 78pts 70GP
Sens 73pts 70GP
Caps 73pts 71GP
Sabres 72pts 69GP
I would LOVE to see the Hens NOT make the playoffs
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Morning lineys.. Charlie gets the start.
https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1638190371883700224
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TvR didn’t practice this morning because he is with his wife, who is about to pop any moment
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Just saw someone post that the Caps have to lead the entire league in newborns. That's what we get for being so damn old. lol
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https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1638294847705567235
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Kinda looking forward to this. Hope he plays well, stays healthy! :cross:
https://twitter.com/CapitalsPR/status/1638912194095054850
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https://twitter.com/TomGulittiNHL/status/1638917549902696448 (https://twitter.com/TomGulittiNHL/status/1638917549902696448)
Sandin to PP2..https://twitter.com/TomGulittiNHL/status/1638914047885312000 (https://twitter.com/TomGulittiNHL/status/1638914047885312000)
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Kinda looking forward to this. Hope he plays well, stays healthy! :cross:
https://twitter.com/CapitalsPR/status/1638912194095054850 (https://twitter.com/CapitalsPR/status/1638912194095054850)
Yay. All are defensive struggles are solved. :-|
Yep. I'm a dick most of the time.
But seriously, welcome back Johnny
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Tick Tock, tick tock
Man the clock is slow.
Or....are we no longer doing GDT cuase the season is over? :huh:
(must be a shopping day). Not that it matters to me....I'm gonna be watching about three hours late
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Warning...Prepare for long-winded boredom rant...
We know it's past time to start rebuilding, but our roster is nearly set for next season already so it's gonna be the same ole same ole (literally old in this case) again next year. I expect the Caps will be slightly more competitive next year only in that they CAN'T have as many injuries. Willy is a difference maker for sure. It's nice Backy is actually back, but strictly speaking, the Caps would probably be better served if he'd had to retire. Not that he can't contribute at least on some level, but the NEED for this team to rebuild is only hampered by his $9m salary for an aging player. For a team in rebuild mode, old $9m players are only delaying that re-build process. Don't get me wrong, I like Backy and I'm amazed he is actually back playing at the NHL level, but he's definitely lost a step. Speed was never his greatest asset, but he's not the super effective shut down two-way player (and great play maker) he once was.
UFA Forwards: Sheary, Smith, Hags, Brown are the remaining UFA's. Smith you let walk, Sheary I'd sign at same salary, Hags I expect (hope) retires, and Connor Brown I'd be interested in talking to , but would have to move Mantha to afford him. Hard to say what Brown would fetch in FA with a whole year missed with injury. It's too bad Mantha hasn't been the big power 25G forward we expected/hoped he'd be. Can't fault him for missing most of last year with injury, but his 11G/16A in 63G this year is definitely underperforming. IF the Caps don't/can't move him, it really is going to be the same ole same ole next season. We just don't have the cap space to do much.
Defense: Irwin is a UFA, I'd let him walk. Alexeyev and Fever are both RFA's. You have to sign both IMO. Both could be top tier D for the future of this team. Both are going to get pay raises, not sure what a typical increase is for an RFA at the end of ELCs. Carlsson is also an RFA, but 26 years old.
Caps current signed salary total is $76,130,834 (for next season). That's 11 forwards, 4 D, and 2 G signed (excluding the RFA's). At minimum, you need three more D, and 2 more forwards at and have roughly 7.5 mil in cap space (plus whatever the Cap increases for 2023/24)
I'm already counting my chickens hatched on signing Fever and Alexeyev so that's 2/3 of your remaining D. I think for a young re-building team, you play Alexeyev full time next season. Not sure what salary will be, but I'd expect maybe around the $2m range? THat's $4m of your available $6m cap space.
The addition of Sandin is a huge positive. Maybe just a good month for him, but he has been a difference maker, and plays much bigger than his size, and can play all situations. He's been much more than I expected so far. Nice we have him locked up for next year - he's been the rare positive compared to our typical acquisition history.
Honestly, I was surprised the Caps sent Carlsson down last game - he has played well and had to clear waivers to go. I think I would have risked Irwin for that, but maybe someone would grab Irwin as a utility back up D for a playoff run since he's a UFA and could just be dropped end of season? (Carlsson is an RFA.)
Carlsson has good size (6'-5') and has played well enough, I'm okay with him as the 7th D for next season at a reasonable salary. Although a typical 25 man cap space roster would have an 8th D as well, so maybe you sign Irwin to another year at $750k?
So depending on IF the Caps move Mantha (or someone else), they have little $$ to work with for changes. I expect Fever and Alexeyev will get at least $1m more each.
In my fantasy scenario with Fever, ALexeyev getting $2m each (roughly 1.2m more than current) you have only $2m (plus any cap increase) to sign two forwards and the 7th D-man.
Sqeak, Squeak, Squeak - not sure if that's this team constantly rubbing tight against the cap or.....the OLD bones of this team rubbing and creaking.
On a side note, and as a comparison - The Sabres currently have a 26 man roster and $17.1m in available cap space (currently). That's amazing. They have 14F, 8D, 5G on this roster (plus G on IR - 8 of them entry level contract players on the current roster. Next year they have 5 UFA and 2 RFA to resign. 4 of those total about 6.5m for next year, still leaving $11.5m in cap space. Now they DO have $6m Kyle Okposo (captain) as a UFA, and I expect will resign at age 34 for no more than 6m...probably less, and the do NEED a goalie - Ben Bishop (36) is UFA in last year of 6 year at $4.9m, along with Craig Anderson (41) also a FA at 1.5 currently. I expect they will be shopping for a starting goalie in the offseason unless they sign Bishop to a short term.
The Caps with an aging roster, zero cap space and mired in LT contracts have 77pts - 4th in WC race with 9 games left. Sabres are 6th with 73 pts, but 12 games remaining. Neither will make the playoffs this year, but ...
Which team do you think has more flexibility to improve over the coming years?
Go Caps
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We'll be out of cap space if we resign Fever and Alexeyev, if our current "raise" protocol holds. Been giving out 150-200% increases. :clown: Need to move Mantha and someone else and find a $8m scoring machine. (and fill the void with kids from Hershey) Brown probably won't score 15 goals at $3.5m, plus returning from acl surgery, so hard pass on him. I'd look to move Kuemper as well. We could find a serviceable goalie in the 2-3m range, to help us (most likely) flame out early or miss the playoffs again.
Might also look at moving Kuzy. Maybe trade him for a young, fast, (actual) prospect.
At least that killed 10 minutes.. We all know nothing much is changing around here for the foreseeable future. :wackysmile:
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Well with even Redneck math, a 200% increase for Fever and Alexeyev would pay them $1.58m and $1.73m respectively. ;D I'm okay with that. But honestly I don't know if you leave them RFA what kind of guaranteed increase they get, plus then you in another boat end of next year. I'd try and sign them to bridge deals for a few years.
But to do make any serious improvements, someone has to go. Ovi, Backy, Carlson won't be moved. TJ would be a hard contract for someone else to swallow.
I think Kuzy probably has the best upside for another team, but $8m is a lot for him. Mantha is just unproven....or more likely proven he will always be unproven.
Hmmm...I just name the top 6 salaries on the Caps, and 5/6 aren't going anywhere...will this never end?
Kuzy has a Modified No Trade clause - 10 teams he can't be traded to.
The question is.....WHO will be the coach next year and who does that coach like? Lavi I don't think likes Kuzy too much, but will Lavi be here?
And....TOM WILSON is a UFA after next season. He's a game changer. I could see him heading for a real contender or closer to home (Toronto)
Who knows though - hard to say how these guys feel about staying put and playing with each other vs. actually winning.
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Don't make me take off my flip flops, Hillbilly! :raised-eyebrow: Your maff is 100% increase, not 200%.. :raspberry:
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Naw, it's 100% each for two players = 200% ;) :raspberry:
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Does it ever end? :'(
https://twitter.com/Tarik_ElBashir/status/1639650706893176833
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Now ya tell us.. Should of moved him before the deadline then..
https://twitter.com/rmnb/status/1639743865388187650
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Nascar did away with the stage "cautions" and just award the stage points, for road courses. Good move! But now they're back to mickey mouse finishes for flat tire cautions as the race is ending.. They can't get out of their own way. Yesterday they were talking about the nascar's vs IMSA/F1 etc. saying how these cars can 4x4 over the curbs, unlike the other series. But I guess some rubber from a flat tire is just too much. :clown:
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Now ya tell us.. Should of moved him before the deadline then..
https://twitter.com/rmnb/status/1639743865388187650 (https://twitter.com/rmnb/status/1639743865388187650)
well.....Bye.
Past time to move this bad apple. Kuzy has been worth his $8m salary exactly 1 year of that way-too-long contract. He has underperformed every other year. Such a waste of talent. I'm sure he and Lavi don't see eye to eye, but that's Kuzy's fault. I would not want to be his coach or his teammate. His lack of effort on most nights just rubs me wrong.
I expect he would have already been moved if they had gotten anywhere near a reasonable offer. Caps are so cap space strapped they have to move some big money in the offseason. Here's your chance. Buffalo has a shit ton of Cap space, maybe they have a couple old pucks they'd give up.
Chicago, Anaheim, Detroit, Arizona, Columbus....ALL have loads of cap space next year.
My top 3 things to do in the offseason:
1) fire entire coaching staff
2) move Mantha
3) move Kuzy
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can’t wait…
https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1640406761176809511 (https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1640406761176809511)
and fuck nascrap, as long as they refuse to move up the start times where the vast majority of their fan base is I won’t watch. If I want dinner at a decent hour I gotta start cooking by 6, depending on what I make. Sometimes I have to start much earlier. If I can’t watch the end of the race there is no point in watching the beginning.
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per Lavi after practice this morning.. Milano is “making progress” and Smith is out day to day, lower body
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felonies for cheating..
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/2-fishermen-caught-cheating-ohio-tournament-plead-guilty-98161556 (https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/2-fishermen-caught-cheating-ohio-tournament-plead-guilty-98161556)
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felonies for cheating..
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/2-fishermen-caught-cheating-ohio-tournament-plead-guilty-98161556 (https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/2-fishermen-caught-cheating-ohio-tournament-plead-guilty-98161556)
Suspended fishing license for 3 years and one dude gave up his (probably cheated to get) boat? Then their records are expunged after 6 mo. probation? lol They'll both have to move away or risk getting their ass kicked every time they show up at a ramp and get recognized. Should of put them in jail for a year or two and let them actually take responsibility for their actions. Nobody has to pay for their actions anymore.
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https://novacapsfans.com/2023/03/27/evgeny-kuznetsov-on-reports-of-trade-request-im-happy-here-and-i-like-the-guys-i-like-everything-but-you-never-know-its-not-always-on-me/ (https://novacapsfans.com/2023/03/27/evgeny-kuznetsov-on-reports-of-trade-request-im-happy-here-and-i-like-the-guys-i-like-everything-but-you-never-know-its-not-always-on-me/)
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I like Kuzy, but $8m is a lot of money for a guy who doesn't go 100%, 100% of the time. And if he is going 100% all the time, he's not worth $8m..
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Ya - when he wants to play he can take over a game, but that just doesn't happen enough. I'm sure if we trade him, he will be motivated for at least the first year and will be incredible.
I have always thought that the Caps, under multiple coaches, have totally screwed up with him. If a tough coach basically told him that his job is to score and not look to pass all the time, he could be a 50+ goal scorer. If you incentivized him the right way, and disciplined him when he got too cute, he would be unbelievable.
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The Caps vs the Islanders in D.C. tonight is at 7:30 for some reason
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https://ontariohockeyleague.com/article/saturday-highlights-hunter-earns-900th-coaching-victory-as-knights-rebound-against-spitfires (https://ontariohockeyleague.com/article/saturday-highlights-hunter-earns-900th-coaching-victory-as-knights-rebound-against-spitfires)
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https://ontariohockeyleague.com/article/saturday-highlights-hunter-earns-900th-coaching-victory-as-knights-rebound-against-spitfires (https://ontariohockeyleague.com/article/saturday-highlights-hunter-earns-900th-coaching-victory-as-knights-rebound-against-spitfires)
Congrats Dale Hunter.
900 wins in 1361 games is pretty good is 66% win percentage....although I know NOTHING about OHL stats, but sounds pretty good
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Caps have 7 games remaining....6 of them vs contenders who actually have reason/desire to win
Bolts - fighting to stay above WC spot
Rags - fighting for #2 spot in Metro
Montreal - which can only move up in the draft lottery, not down (well ahead of next lower team) so this game is meaningless to them
FLA - which desperately needs the win likely more than any other team (nice comeback for them last night BTW)
NYI - which probably needs the win
BOS - which likely only needs the win to break the all time NHL wins (and possibly points) records
NJD - likely fighting for #1 seed in Metro
So like Mick said - GO PANTHERS!!! (they could knock Hens out) FU Cindy! :raspberry:
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It looks like the only hope we have of the hens getting knocked out of WC2 is the Panthers
and the Caps goal differential just went to O for the first time since October
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Milano was back in full contact jersey. Oshi, TVR and Charlie (illness) all out.
https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1642184075485036547
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no word yet on a call up from Hershey for sundays 1pm game
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Pens lose to Boston 4-3 :thumbsup:
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From the old curmudgeon department. Do these fuckers ever just go to work and practice hard? :raspberry:
Seems like every practice is "bring your family to work day".
https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1642351544434655232
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::)
I set dinner on the table at 7pm. Just for shits and giggles I quickly look to see who won Richmond. At 7pm, after a 3:30 start, there was a yellow and 16 laps remaining…
and here I was thinking they weren’t going to relive that clown show from COTA
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Late yellows were legit this week. (No overtime/gwc bullshit) JGR had 3 cars that could of/should of won the race. They all blew it with shitty pit stops, poor strategy or driver error/penalties. Typical JGR.. HMS executed as usual and won the race.
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right.. but almost 4 fukin hours to run Richmond is a damn joke
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I have no clue why the races come on at "X" time and it still takes over 20 minutes to get the green flag. They have on average, 1.5 hours of prerace every week. But they still insist on waiting for the "start time" before they do the prayer, anthem, start engines command, pace laps, pit road speed lap, more pace laps.. It's ridiculous. Then the race runs 20 mins over and they interview 2 guys and are gone. lol Race only had 5 yellows iirc. 3 were legit and 2 for stupid stage breaks. It took about 3 hours, which is fairly normal for 400 laps at RIR.
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Panthers 1 point behind Hens for last spot.
Caps play Panthers 4/8. I will be routing for the Panthers. FU Hens :)
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Those bastards!
https://twitter.com/karl_diesel/status/1643001878626594816
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not like it matters, but the Caps will be mathematically eliminated if the Panthers or Hens win tonight
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The Hens face NJ then MIN, then three "easy" games for final three (DET, CHI, CBJ)
Panthers face Sabres, OTT, WSH, then close with TOR and CAR, so I'd say the Panthers have a tougher road ahead
Hens lead Panthers by 1 point.
GO PANTHERS!!!
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Go Cats!
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Panthers won, Hens lose, Caps officially set tee times
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Panthers won, Hens lose, Caps officially set tee times
WOOT!
well about the Hens part I mean.
Boston has 5 games remaining and needs only two more wins to tie, and three wins to beat the all time NHL record for wins in a season (62).
They also need 7 points to break the all times points record of 134
It appears they will break both records
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https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1644705713057329158
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McDavid scored his 150th pt of the season. Wow.
6th player in history to do so.
Super Mario was the last to do it…27 years ago
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who’s the genius that scheduled a cup race for 7pm on a Sunday?
:raised-eyebrow:
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Same genius that thought putting dirt over Bristol Motor Speedway was a good idea. :-\
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welp, the Bears have secured a playoff spot..
https://novacapsfans.com/2023/04/10/capitals-recall-joe-snively-from-hershey-3/ (https://novacapsfans.com/2023/04/10/capitals-recall-joe-snively-from-hershey-3/)
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and when did nascar start racing on Easter Sunday?
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Oshi done for the year, no Ovi, TVR & Mantha skate in non contact jersey. And they recalled Snively.
https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1645430180905664513
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Well at least we'll be doing our part to promote the Bruins to most points ever in a season, and...
keep the Hens out of the playoffs.
:) :-|
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it also appears Dowd is out
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Chi town beat the Hens 5-2 tonight, if the Islanders win their final game Hens are out.
Islanders vs Montreal wed night
It looks to me like the only way the Hens get in is if the Islanders lose in regulation and the Hens beat CBus on Thursday.
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GO Islanders!!!
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Chi town beat the Hens 5-2 tonight, if the Islanders win their final game Hens are out.
Islanders vs Montreal wed night
It looks to me like the only way the Hens get in is if the Islanders lose in regulation and the Hens beat CBus on Thursday.
The Hens lost to Chicago 8-0 :lol:
Maybe they can top that by losing to the only team worse than Chicago...Columbus.
Go Isles! Fuck the Hens!
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Go Isles! :cross:
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Isle up 2-1 after 1.
Cmon fellas...some NHL team got to NOT let me down this year!
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Isles up 3-2 after 2.
Cmon Isles...its only Montreal. :P
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Islanders won, Hens set tee times
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Sweet!! Pens are cooked! :uh-huh:
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Looks like we could have some players back tonight. Hoping for 2 Ovi goals and a 3-2 regulation loss! :cross:
https://twitter.com/TomGulittiNHL/status/1646524393240297481
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DC sports are always WAY behind the curve.. Penguins making moves a day after the season ends.. Then there is us, where we hurry up and wait.
https://twitter.com/penguins/status/1646894586206224385
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Hens management has put that team in the same position the Caps are in. The Hens have zero UFA/RFAs this off-season and they have $80,000 of cap space. Fat chance they can trade off some of those contracts. The owners should be hold some blame as well, same as here.
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I think the GM (management) also made some "buy" type moves at the deadline that also kneecapped em' and didn't pay off. I don't follow them much, but from what I read Sid and Nancy both are still healthy and had good seasons, so they're probably in a better place than us, still. We have the high paid walking wounded we have to supply long term care for. :'(
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Mick...your rifle is on sale...
https://palmettostatearmory.com/psa-16-mid-length-5-56-nato-1-7-nitride-13-5-lightweight-m-lok-moe-ept-rifle-w-mbus-sight-set3.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=daily_deals&utm_campaign=20230414&utm_term=afternoon&utm_content= (https://palmettostatearmory.com/psa-16-mid-length-5-56-nato-1-7-nitride-13-5-lightweight-m-lok-moe-ept-rifle-w-mbus-sight-set3.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=daily_deals&utm_campaign=20230414&utm_term=afternoon&utm_content=)
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Sweet, thanks! Looks like it's the same price it was though? :huh: :snicker:
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whoops. Wrong thread, but oh well. That Alta guy will take care of it ;)
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No more Lavi! Hope there's more to come on other "coaches".. Scott Murray to name 1.
https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1646986822961201152
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Well.....Bye...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhQql-ZbZmg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhQql-ZbZmg)
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No more Lavi! Hope there's more to come on other "coaches".. Scott Murray to name 1.
https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1646986822961201152 (https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1646986822961201152)
:clap: :clap: :clap:
Now for the rest of the bums.......
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:phew:
I feel relieved.
Wonder who they've got in mind?
let's face it, this is no surprise to anybody.
Who've they been talking to? Anybody know?
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I've heard a few names thrown around. Im hoping for Jeff Halpern myself.
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Back to the Penquins. You have to admit that since Ovi and Crosby came into the league that the Pens management has been better than the Caps. They won more Cups and on average have outperformed the Caps - hard to admit it. I think the reason has been that their management has been way more aggressive with regards to trades and moving guys out. They are not afraid to change coaches or GMs. Leonsis has always had a loyalty thing with his guys including players and management. GMBM has been here a long time and is just an extension of McPhee. Based on results, GMBM should be gone.
The Pens have kept their core 3 guys, but have otherwise been willing to trade anybody and have done so. The Caps have been an easy organization to play for and have never had a tough head coach that really holds guys accountable. I would argue now that the right thing to do is to go to Ovi and tell him we need to do a full rebuild, but that part of that is to get him two linemates that can help him score. However, that's not gonna happen and GMBM will be here another 5 years.
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I'd be okay with Halpern. Didn't he play for Caps in Ovi's first season? And come back for a year at some point? (He did - I looked it up; Ovi's rookie season 05-06, and then 2011-12 (which was one of Ovi's worst seasons points wise)
What is he like 8 years older than Ovi? ;D
Smart fellow though. I think he could fit here, and hopefully get some fresh ideas and changes (like all new coaching staff)
We shall see. Not putting all this on Lavi cause this team has been handicapped with injury and salary cap, etc,, but It was definitely time to move on and ANYTHING is better than the status quo at this point (well....hopefully)
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But guess who's coming back? Scott Fucking Murray. :-(
https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1648061107096154112
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May as well clean house as far as I'm concerned. Not sure why they'd hang on to this goalie coach. Is he related to Mrs. Leonsis or something?
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The goalie coach definitely needs to go. The PK coach, Scott Allen, is definitely worth keeping. I don’t know enough about the two video coaches, Leonhardt and Natzke, to give an opinion on them.
https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1648061308208594944 (https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1648061308208594944)
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The goalie coach definitely needs to go. The PK coach, Scott Allen, is definitely worth keeping. I don’t know enough about the two video coaches, Leonhardt and Natzke, to give an opinion on them.
I agree on Allen - don't know anything about vid guys. Of course....wouldn't a NEW coach maybe want to pick his guys?
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So the entire controversy is about Goalie coach Murray.
I would presume that the goalies were consulted about him before the decision was made, since both are signed to multiyear contracts.
Maybe management and the goalies felt as though defensive injuries, tradouts, and incorporation of new young defensemen were more of an explanation for any defensive shortcomings than the goalies themselves, or their coaching? I dunno.
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They could of made the same argument for Lavi.. Track record is what I'd go off. This dude's been ruining goalies since Korn left.
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They could of made the same argument for Lavi.. Track record is what I'd go off. This dude's been ruining goalies since Korn left.
Legitimate point (about Laviolette) Mick. Which makes me think, in Lavi's case, that the decision to separate WAS mutual, and it didn't matter what anyone on the team thought, Lavi wasn't coming back.
There have been a lot of negative comments about Murray on this board, but the organization has stuck with him, even while they have otherwise had a coaching merry-go-round. The organization SEEMS to think they see something in him that others don't. I would agree that the very MOST that could be said for Murray is that there is no evidence that he has positively influenced any goalie he has worked with, with the possible exception of Grubauer.
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I watched the interview with GMBM, and it appears they were at least open to talking to Lavi again, but it quickly became evident that wasn't going to happen, so they mutually agreed to part ways. Although, I find it odd he mentioned he wanted to talk with some of the players about the season and their thoughts BEFORE talking to Lavi.
ALOT of what was said about the year in general was they never really had a full team to work with, and never any real chance to get consistent lines working together, so even though it was a very disappointing season, they weren't blaming the coaching staff entirely
GMBM was pretty frank about talking to Backy and deciding where he thought he was and what kind of treatments or rehab he could do over the summer, and even mentioned the Retirement word, which I found surprising. Normally they talk in generalities and vague comments, but it seemed to me GMBM was thinking Backy isn't cutting it at his current level.
Mantha was brought up and his underperforming. The topic of goaltending didn't come up that I remember.
About the only positives mentioned were Willy and Strome. Both showed improvement in their games - especially down the stretch. GMBM would like Willy to finish his career here and "will do everything in their power to make that happen". Nice to hear, but especially depending on how it goes next year, I would think Willy might make a jump to an actual contender in FA after next season. Especially with the cap struggles this team is under.'
I don't believe I heard them discuss Kuzy at all. I might be wrong though - I CAN NOT BELIEVE they don't have a microphone to pick up the interview questions - you ONLY hear the answers. WTF is wrong with them? ...they do the same at press conferences and aftergame interviews. Drives me batty every time I watch one. You would think a professional media giant like Leonsis would have by now installed some equipment so you could actually hear the frigging interview questions.
GMBM did say they are looking to get younger next year, so there's that. And that the focused need was to get better in their top 6. That to me, and the total lack of any mention of Kuzy, makes me think they really are going to try and move Kuzy. And probably Mantha.
I'm okay with both by this point. I'm really disappointed Mantha could never get any traction going. I thought he was gonna be a good fit after is first season with us.
I'd say we had a lot of underperforming this season all around.
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So who is anybody rooting for in the SC playoffs? My two teams are both out (Caps and anyone playing vs Hens)
I would like to see Oilers do something, but damn, they were up 2-0 starting the 3rd and 3-1 with about 8-1/2 minutes left and Kings tied it with the goalie pulled with 17 seconds to go. Kings won it on the PP in OT. Oilers looked to me like the better team and TONS of scoring chances and they are SO fast, but I think they are weak in net, and got out-goalied last night. Same shit happened to them last year. I KNOW they were weak in net last year and went and signed Jack Campbell in FA from the Kings after last season. They gave him 5m for 5 years at age 31. He went 21-9-4 this year which is pretty good, but atrocious numbers at 3.41GAA and .888 SV% (the worst in his NHL career). (Looks like Caps weren't the only ones to overpay for a tier 2 underperforming goalie on a too-long contract). However, EDM other goalie; Stuart Skinner - 24 year old youngin, went 29-14- 5 this season with 2.75 GAA and .914 SV%. Much better performance numbers. He started 48 games this year to 36 for Campbell. So Skinner has outperformed the veteran this season. I'm not saying he (Skinner) was bad last night, just that....they got beat and it wasn't cause of the Oilers scorers.
Draisaitl was phenomenal last night. He is 27 years old and makes $8.5m/per. He scored 56G, 76A this season (Ahem...paging Mr. Kuznetsov...)
With McDavid and Draisaitl at 1c/2c, this team is hard to stop all the scoring, but damn, they can't get out of their own way it seems. Yikes - I just looked it up and they scored NHL leading 325 goals this year. Allowed 260...which is about middle of the league. (3.17GAA)
McDavid is just on another level altogether. He is fun to watch. That dude flat out makes opponents look bad at times. I do wonder about his 2-way play a little, but when you are as potent as him, you get cut some slack I think (ahem...Mr. Ovechkin).
I don't really care for any of the teams in it really.
IN the East; Fuck Boston, Tampa, FLA, NYR, NJD. With TOR, CAR, NYI, I'd say Toronto would be the team I'd prefer to see win.
In the West; Fuck SEA, VGK, LA. Don't care for Dallas, so I'll take MIN there, WPG over VGK, and EDM over LA. Out of COL, WPG, MIN, EDM, I'd like to see EDM win it, but not bothered if MIN or WPG win
I'd be happy to see TOR vs EDM for the Cup, with Edmonton winning it. When was the last time two Canadian teams competed in the SC final?
GO....oh who cares.
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I just looked at EDM roster - they have nine forwards listed at C, three LW and 1 RW. McDavid, Draisaitl, Nugent-Hopkins, Bjugstad, Mcleod, Ryan, Janmark, Shore.
They did grab Bjugstad and Janmark at trade deadline, but damn, That's a healthy list of Centers. Three of them are 24 or younger, and McDavid 26, and Draisaitl 27. This team looks to be good at C for the foreseeable future.
And this team is fairly big. One midget at 5'8", one 5'10, and one 6'-0, everyone else 6-1" and much bigger. I guess that's probably typical, but sounds looks big looking at the roster.
Go Oilers....I guess.
Yes. I am bored.
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Yes. I am bored.
:uh-huh: :snicker: So far, nothing in the Cup playoffs has grabbed my attention. Really hope nobody wins. 24 hours of tie games and they all agree to forfeit until next year. :)
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The way I see it, it wasn’t the injuries that did Lavi in this season. He clearly lost this team the way he kept throwing lines at the wall as if he never cooked spaghetti before.
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So who is anybody rooting for in the SC playoffs? My two teams are both out (Caps and anyone playing vs Hens)
Rich - I love Colorado, although I would really like Edmonton to get a Cup for McDavid. We aren't lucky enough to see him very often, but he is in another universe. I think he is the best hockey player of all time.
I have to say in the east, I really liked NJ the other night when they did us a big favor and came back and stopped us from getting 2 points. They are so fast and skilled and the Hughes boys are incredible. Not sure they are tough enough, but I could see them making a run.
I was happy to see Boston struggle a bit last night and hope they suffer the curse of the Presidents Cup. They do have Orlov and Hathaway now, but I have too many Boston friends that are just obnoxious.
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It was only game 1 of round 1, but former Caps goalies are 1-2. Gruby won with Seattle. Sammy(Leafs) was run out after 40 minutes, and Vtec(Devils) didn’t do much better.
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Rich - I love Colorado, although I would really like Edmonton to get a Cup for McDavid. We aren't lucky enough to see him very often, but he is in another universe. I think he is the best hockey player of all time.
Yes, I agree - McDavid is something else. I thought he was especially good in last years' playoffs, but I haven't seen him play much this year. Scoring 150+ points is no fluke for this guy. He IS on another level....I watched bursts in the game the other night where he just took over. He flat out embarrasses other teams on regular basis just dancing through them like they were standing still.
Edmonton is LOADED with offensive talent. Not quite sure why they can't get it done. I though last year their weakness was in net, but Skinner has been really good this year. They picked up a couple guys at deadline to shore up the defense too
Can't believe Draisaitl is only $8.5m per. He signed 8 year deal in 2017 for $68m. Compared to Kuzy who also signed 8 years in 2017 for $62.4m.
I mean that's a lot of coin either way, and Caps desperately needed Kuzy at the time and he was looking better and better,...and lets not mention $9.2m for Backy for FIVE years at age 33.
No wonder the Caps are in suck mode. $17m per season for two WAY-underperforming Centers
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BTW...F Tampa. Watched that game and FFS nothing went Toronto's way...am I'm not even a Toronto fan.
Glad to see Vegas get stomped. Not sure why I am adverse to Vegas, but I think it is because the expansion draft scenario was/is WAY too generous. I realize the NHL wanted them to field a competitive team, but especially the first year it was WAY too easy to cherry pick players that other teams spent time & effort developing. Same goes for Seattle, but other teams learned a little in the Vegas draft so I think were better prepared for the Seattle expansion draft.
I don't really care who wins most of the series, but I have several teams I want to see NOT succeed....
Boston, Tampa, Vegas, Seattle
Go Oilers
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I saw this this morning, which made me think why TF is nascar testing at Sebring..
https://racedayct.com/2023/04/nascar-garage-56-project-completes-final-test-at-sebring-before-heading-to-le-mans/ (https://racedayct.com/2023/04/nascar-garage-56-project-completes-final-test-at-sebring-before-heading-to-le-mans/)
which led me to this article from mid February..
https://motorsports.nbcsports.com/2023/02/17/specs-revealed-nascar-garage-56-camaro-24-hours-le-mans-next-gen/ (https://motorsports.nbcsports.com/2023/02/17/specs-revealed-nascar-garage-56-camaro-24-hours-le-mans-next-gen/)
Normally a new car runs the Rolex 24 as a test prior to the race at Le Sarthe. But then this is nascar we are talking about.
and Jimmy my Johnson is going to be one of the drivers
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I haven't followed the garage 56 project. Did they say why they didn't run the Rolex? Probably not ready or no class for experimental cars? Hopefully the other drivers are good at road racing. Jimmie is not that guy, but I guess his clout in nascar gives him the opportunity. I'll still tune in when it happens though. Hope they run a ring around some of those GT3 cars. :snicker:
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If this car fits into a class at Le Mans, it fits into a class at Rolex. Most likely GT3. Rolex is always 2-3 weeks before the 500, it used to be the start of speed weeks which ended with the 500. The 12 hours of Sebring is mid march, which is also considered a test run for Le Mans. This car didn’t run in either race. Building a race car is a bit easier today than in decades past, but there is a big difference between a 3-4 hour race and a 24 hour race. Le Mans is usually won by who breaks the least equipment, not the fastest car. Kinda hard to figure what’s going to break without testing it. The car apparently wasn’t ready for the Rolex, which is piss poor planning. Don’t know why they didn’t run Sebring.
and Jimmy my Johnson is going to be one of drivers
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Florida vs Boston got a bit chippy, might have to watch the rest of that series
https://twitter.com/BR_OpenIce/status/1648878163576107009 (https://twitter.com/BR_OpenIce/status/1648878163576107009)
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Oh I know Jimmie is gonna drive. Just saying he's not good at road racing. :rofl: I think the 24Lemans race has a specific class for "experimental" cars. Not sure IMSA or whatever, have that anymore.
FLA/BOS might be interesting!
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Yeah...FLA jumped on Boston...Woot..
Edmonton wins game 2 to even the series...WOOT!
and...I watched this game and Edmonton was ALL OVER LA. I can't tell you how many odd man breaks Edmonton had and didn't score. It could have been 6-0 in the 1st period alone. Edmonton absolutely dominated the play. LA did not register a shot on goal until about 2 minutes left in the 1st period. It's like a visiting team knowing they have to weather the storm the first five minutes...but the storm just never ended. It ended up like 37 shots to 24 by the end but it was never that close...despite LA tying it late in the second on what I'd call two squeaky goals...tucked between goalie glove/skate and post on a 3rd whack (and watching it - still can't figure exactly how it got by), and similar goal to tie on the goalies right side - guy deflected it from behind the net off the back of goalies skate (which was against the post) and in. Two very similar goals that you don't see that often. Edmonton might not be much on D, but man are they quick on transition and they are fast and had TONS of good scoring chances.
Despite the scores to the games and the outcomes, watching these games Edmonton is dominating the play. It looks like the current Caps where the other team is just dominating them everywhere on the ice with speed and hustle (only LA goalie is doing a much better job when hung out to dry multiple times a period). It doesn't even appear to be close IMO.
But hey, that's why they play them....shit happens.
Go Oilers!
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Avs come back and win game 2 to even series (down 2-0 in this game, won 3-2). (Justin Shultz scored the 1st goal of the game for SEA)
Eller is playing for Colorado...12 minutes Gm1, 8 min Gm2. No points. (He did score 2g in their final regular season game)
Orlov has 2 assists for Boston, and played 19:53, 22:32 in the two games so far. Hathy hasn't scored, but played 11:42 and 8:28
Toronto sure did wake the hell up and got their revenge on Tampa 7-2 after getting stomped 7-3 in game one.
I don't think Matthews has a goal yet.
Rangers are whipping the Devils. Really the only series that hasn't been close. 5-1 score both games.
Even though Canes are up 2-0 on NYI, both games have been very tight.
All the other series tied 1-1
Me thinks maybe this is rigged - draw series out for more TV revenue. Nah...no professional sports league would ever do something like that. :smirk:
I've watched more playoff hockey this year than usual (well except for Caps). Maybe my NHL clock doesn't usually stop until the end of the 1st round...
like my team :raspberry:
I'm definitely pulling for the Oilers now.
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Playoff hockey has been great and some of these guys have just been amazing. I can't think of a single guy on the Caps that has the kind of speed and energy that we are watching. It has also been great to see physical hockey again. We used to have regular season games where guys actually checked and got nasty. I think I am gonna skip the regular season next year and just watch the playoffs.
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Toronto needs to shoot the fucking puck.
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Toronto needs to shoot the fucking puck.
it appears they did ..
watching a few minutes of Colorado vs Kraken, the talking heads were singing the praises of Sprong
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Yea, caught both overtimes and saw the Leafs and Devils get wins! Both probably undeserved! :snicker: Love hockey!
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I am kinda surprised that every matchup is 2-1 after 3 games, no one is running away with it yet
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it appears they did ..
watching a few minutes of Colorado vs Kraken, the talking heads were singing the praises of Sprong
I never figured out what the deal was with Sprong. My theory was that he was a bad lockerroom guy but then I heard them say he was well liked - which leaves the coach. Lavi just didn't like him and scratched him even when he was scoring. Maybe he didn't like the way he backchecked, but they got rid of a good player for nothing.
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I never figured out what the deal was with Sprong.
He was young, fast and a shoot first guy that scored. Don't think the Caps allow that kind of greedy play, unless you're number is 8.
Alta, you see that hit Larson took from Preece at Talladega? So glad it was the passenger side and both guys were ok.. Hardest hit I've ever seen, between 2 cars, I think.
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I caught some of the highlights last night. It almost looked like Larson would’ve been fine if it was drivers side the way these cars are built. 20 years ago that definitely would not have been a good hit. I did not see if bubba tried to start a fight after the ending though, too bad someone else didn’t run out of fuel. I also saw some highlights from the bush race…
https://outsider.com/sports/nascar/blaine-perkins-family-gives-update-after-wild-crash-during-ag-pro-300-talladega/ (https://outsider.com/sports/nascar/blaine-perkins-family-gives-update-after-wild-crash-during-ag-pro-300-talladega/)
I made stuffed shells last night, needed to start some of that at 5:00pm in order to eat at 7. I don’t have a tv in the kitchen and I’m not going to put a tv in the kitchen. Fuck em. Years ago during the pre chase heyday there were 3 radio stations in the region that carried the race. I had the choice of listening to MRN or PRN when not around a tv. I don’t think the race has been on the radio around here in 10 years.
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I used to listen on the radio as well. (still would if it was easy to sync with the tv. Those guys are much better at painting a picture then the tv guys. Especially these day) PRN and MRN still carry them, but probably need to use their website to hear it, if a local country or am station doesn't carry it.
Not sure if the passenger side has the same # of bars as the drivers side? That bar intruding on the driver would of been bad though..
(https://i.postimg.cc/xdd34bpg/larsoncar.jpg)
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They way these new cars are built it doesn’t seem like it’s easy to show the entire tube structure like the old cars. The old cars definitely had more bars on the driver side, I highly doubt the new cars are any different.
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Yea, the new cockpits have bars and plates. Be interesting to know if that's actually what the bars on that side were supposed to do. They took his car to the RD center, but no clue if they'll tell the public what the results are.
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Edmonton Wins in OT. Woot.
I watched this game for 3+ hours. Couldn't hang on any longer. Went to bed 12:30ish right about the 10 minute mark of OT.
And Edmonton scored literally about 30 seconds after I turned it off.
I will say.....Kings were the more dominate team in this game. Edmonton has all kinds of offensive skills and they are definitely a threat at all times, but damn they look like the Caps sometimes trying to get out of the zone or guys just standing around waiting for a break to happen.
LA was pretty doggedly chasing the puck everywhere on the ice.
Oilers also swapped goailies after going down 3-0 in the first. Back the the veteran (Jack Campbell)
I'm pulling for the Oilers, but not sure they have enough to go all the way. I'm not sold on either Goalie (apparently they aren't either) and they look lapse on the D sided way too often, but damn are they a threat to score.
Go Oilers!
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So the entire controversy is about Goalie coach Murray.
I would presume that the goalies were consulted about him before the decision was made, since both are signed to multiyear contracts.
Maybe management and the goalies felt as though defensive injuries, tradouts, and incorporation of new young defensemen were more of an explanation for any defensive shortcomings than the goalies themselves, or their coaching? I dunno.
Yeah. I don't get that at all. :huh: :huh: :huh:
After Lavi, I would have expected the goalie coach to be the very next person to be fired. In fact the only coach I would have retained would have been our PK coach. I thought our PK was actually pretty good. Maybe it just looked good in comparison, 'cos everything else was so incredibly crap.
All of the injuries, particularly at the beginning of the season, absolutely had an effect, but that does not explain or excuse all the softies our goalies have let in. The 2 to 3 minutes at the start of games and the last minute ones at the end. So often that we actually joked about it! :clown:
I don't think either goalie is NHL calibre and tbh, I'm not sure they'd survive Hershey and the AHL as they are now.
Both of them had a few really great games and showed what they COULD do. For some reason they chose not to do it for the majority of the season. Kuemper has a Cup for crying out loud!
Apart from the few good games he had, K has been really slow in his responses and didn't seem to know where the puck was a LOT of the time. 8) ( That's a Ray Charles/ Stevie Wonder emote. Certainly not cool) :raspberry: There is something very, very wrong with his eyesight and focus. You expect a certain level of play from a Stanley Cup winner, don't you?
Lindy is just ..... irrational....... Athletic, cat-like even, but temperamental. He reminds me a tad of Holtby, before Mitch Korn ..........
Both of these goalies could be really good. IF they had the right coaching and motivation.
Murrey seems to be to our goalies what HE WHO MUST NOT BE NAMED was to our team. Take something promising and fuck it up the arse untill there is no fight left. No fight, no self respect, no hope.
Whatever Murrey is doing, it isn't working and it isn't just a personality clash, is it! Two polar opposite types. He can't find common ground with either of them.
Ted isn't stupid, so I have to wonder why this clown is still here.
Is Ted still in control?
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Rightly, or wrongly, this is how I feel about this situation. :-|
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Just saw Toronto make it 4-2, 4-3, 4-4 in the 3rd, then beat the Lightning in OT!! Noice!!
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Toronto is weak in net IMO. (Ahem...Mr. Samsonov) Toronto have some brilliant flashes of play, but haven't been consistent. Certainly have some talent on that team.
Tampa looks like the better team to me also loaded with talent, but damn the on/off switch is wonky on both teams. 7-2 win, 7-3 loss, 4-1 lead with ten to go and lose 4-3?
I mean Tampa was up by 3 goals with right about ten minutes to play in the 3rd. That's a Capitals-esque kind of meltdown.
Go Leafs :snicker:
Ziggy (Siegenthaler) got the game winner last night for NJ to tie the series 2-2 with NYR
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I was just watching the replays of the Preece/Larson wreck(video in link). From in car and on car cameras, It looked to me like Preece took a harder hit than Larson.
https://www.nascar.com/video/franchise/tuned-in/nascar-investigating-no-5-cup-car-after-talladega-wreck/ (https://www.nascar.com/video/franchise/tuned-in/nascar-investigating-no-5-cup-car-after-talladega-wreck/)
I was looking for anything nascar might have to say about the comments Lajoie made. Because it was the same exact thing Hamlin said and it cost Hamlin points and money..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCMp149Zg10 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCMp149Zg10)
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For sure Preece took the worse of that one. (Haven't heard how he's feeling a day or so after the crash. Probably sore as shit) Racehub said the driver side has more bars/plates to protect the driver, so not sure how bad it would of been, for Larson, if it was a drivers side hit. Im sure they'll have some adjustment implemented soon to try and keep the bars from protruding into the cockpit.
Lajoie did say basically the same thing Denny did. Nascar is so inconsistent anymore it's hard to know what for or when they'll penalize ya. It's been a clown show ever since Bill France Sr. and Jr. died. :-\
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Go Oilers!
Is this still a hockey thread :raspberry:
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Hockey? In late April?? The hell you think this is, a playoff town or something? :raspberry:
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Well it is in Florida :huh:
But not for much longer ;)
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I recognize as a DC/Caps sports fan. Don't you shame me!! :raspberry:
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Other than not wanting to see Tampa advance, I really don’t care who wins. But, while I wouldn’t mind seeing Hathy and Orly get another Cup, I would rather see Boston lose.
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Other than not wanting to see Tampa advance, I really don’t care who wins. But, while I wouldn’t mind seeing Hathy and Orly get another Cup, I would rather see Boston lose.
Same here. I'm pulling for Edmonton now though. I don't really ever care what happens in the west, but I like Edmonton out of that side.
In the east...basically just a bunch of teams I Don't want to win so I'm kind of pulling for Toronto since they've suffered in the playoffs for so long.
Mostly I don't care, but I have watched a lot more non-Caps playoff hockey than I usua
Go Oilers
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Im hoping for Toronto & Edmonton as well. Lightning getting removed is the 1st order of business though.
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I don’t mind Tampa winning tonight, I like seeing the series get drug out. The Devils shutout the Rags..
:)
Winnipeg needs to win tonight or they are done
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Rags are reelin'. 2 goals in their last 3 games. Oof. :) Bummer Toronto shit the bed. :-(
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7 out of 8 series going to a game 6.
Here's hoping they all go to a game 7.
It's really weird watching playoff hockey without the Caps in it. I don't really care who wins, just wanna see good hockey. So far, so good.
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Watching NJ has been fun. They probably won't go too far this year, but they are going to be hard to beat over the next 3 or 4 years. Not good for the Caps.
Also, I watched Eller the other night and he is playing fast and hard. I think a lot of players, not just Caps players, benefit from a new challenge and our guys including Hathy and Orlov have really stepped it up.
Maybe when we get a new coach that is more aggressive and challenges players, we will see more of our guys playing at the next level.
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I'll get depressed if I watch too much playoff hockey. Even the wildcard teams are light years faster and crisper than us. :-( Hopefully a new coach will inspire some better play, but you just can't sustain it with a bunch of old, slow, legs, no matter what the motivation is.
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FLA/BOS going to game 7!! :uh-huh: If either team could kill a penalty they'd of won that one easily. Bos had 3 pp and a shorty and still lost. lol They'll probably win game 7, but I'll laugh and laugh and laugh if they get beat in round 1. :)
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Lightning eliminated! :) Looks like the Rags are gonna take it to game 7. :-\
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I did not want to see Tampa advance, but I was hoping for a game 7
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remind me again why nascar made these cars with windshield wipers and mandated rain tires
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I'm sure that when the Bruins polished off their record-breaking regular season, they didn't envision going to OT in game 7 of their first-round series.
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The Presidents Trophy curse strikes again…
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:rofl: Bruins couldn't even survive with the refs in their pocket!
Let's go... Cats?? :huh: Fuck it, why not. :wackysmile:
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Talk about deflating .... I'm sure the Bruins took very seriously playing out the regular season full-bore to get the best record in history. And then to have it all evaporate like this in the first round .....
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The 2010 Caps are no longer the last team (maybe only?) to have been President trophy winners and lose in the 1st round after having a 3-1 games lead! :) :snicker:
Bummer for Orly and Hathy, but that was gonna be my compromise excuse, if they won it. Fuck Boston!!! :hearts:
And Orly bout to get fucking paid... Dude is a stud.
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Just saw a replay of the winning goal. Swagman never saw the puck on the shot - blocked by a perfect screen.
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remind me again why nascar made these cars with windshield wipers and mandated rain tires
They were never intended to be used at Dover. It's too fast. (Not that they'd of used them anyway) But the "oval" rain package is only for Martinsville, Richmond and I think Loudon. (Maybe Gateway too?)
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Yeah, Go Cats. Fuck Boston. Man there were some BS calls in that game - especially for a game 7. I really didn't want a bad call to impact the series and one almost did. Way to hang in there and overcome FLA.
ALso....watched Avs lose last night - I really wish the NHL would alter the offsides challenge rule. Avs tied it early in the 3rd only to have goal overturned on an offsides challenge (AND IT WAS OFFSIDES), but it was pretty LONG before the goal was scored. Need a time limit on how far back you can go or something. THat's just a shitty rule. I mean I know they want it to be right, but how is a missed offsides call any different than any other missed call, and they don't review/challenge those.
Not that I'm a Colorado fan, but Fuck Seattle.
At least FLA beat Boston, and Toronto beat Tampa. Crazy that two WC teams beat the top seed in the east and west.
I'm pulling for Devils tonight.
I'd really like for Seattle and Vegas to not advance further.
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Agree on the offsides time limit! I hated seeing Colorado lose. They have some phenomenal players. Well, now we get to see Grubs and Sprong go for the Cup.
I'd love to see NJ take down the Rangers. They have some great young players - courtesy of doing well in the lottery the last few years. Maybe the Caps win the lottery!
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They review all kinds of shit. If that's the route they're gonna take they should include a challenge for penalties/flopping. 2 Boston PP's last night were total bullshit flops.
Some news on the Russian kid front.. Prolly gonna see him next season!
https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1653069809020551173
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The Dover 400 ran today. At bigger tracks the 400 would be miles and shorter tracks that would be laps. Which was it at Dover?
:-|
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Both, 400 laps/400 miles. Those 500's at Dover were 5-6 hour marathons. Pretty good race today. Still too hard to pass, but at least a couple cars could do it.
https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1653134830274486280
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acI12jO0HSQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acI12jO0HSQ)
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The Devils shutout the Rags in game 7.
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I watched the entire Devils game. They flat out dominated the Rags the entire game. It was almost embarrassing. The Devils are so fucking fast. All I could think is how bad the Caps would look against them. There were some shitty and missed calls in this game too. And if not for shitsterkin it would have been a total blowout.
Wow but the Devils ate going to be tough to beat in coming years. They are so fucking fast and they have what appears to be a stud young goalie too.
And I never heard SO MANY announcers mention shutout so many times in a game in my life starting about halfway through the 2nd period.
Trouba on the Rags flat out destroyed a guy at the blue line who had his head down (Meir)
Now ten years ago it was a clean hit but I watched it several times in slow motion and the MAIN point of contact was the head (face actually) There was not even a penalty called. Trouba did lead with the shoulder and did not get the elbow up but he put the shoulder right in his mush.
Tom Wilson would be suspended for half a season for the same hit.
I didn’t really care who won but hell I’m pulling for the Devils now. They are fun to watch. Devils Canes should be some fast fast games to watch. Devils are young but man they destroyed the Rags tonight with their speed
Side note. Lindy Ruff wins his first game 7 Ever as a coach
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Other then the Caps still being alive, this was the best 1st round in the East I could of imagined.
Wilson gets 10-20 games for the (same) Trouba hit. Guess since they were killing a penalty it was ok though? :huh:
I tuned in in the 3rd and did hear "shutout" about 4x in very short order. lol The announcers never can hide that bias. :snicker:
Im ready to find out who our next coach is.. (Keep Sutter far far away from here, please)
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That hit Trouba made was brutal, and very borderline. Speculation is the Rags will like change coaches as well. The Caps do not want or need Gallant or Sutter.
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Of the remaining teams, Vegas, Seattle and Florida have never won the Cup. I’d rather see Florida win out of those.
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Speaking of shutouts :raspberry: Even the fucking clown show intermission squad - the "lead guy" (Leavey I think) said shutout several times during the intermission. I'm like WTF guys?. I know it's superstition and all, but REAL hockey guys NEVER ever say that word unless you are WANTING to invoke the jinx.
I remember when our favorite dumbass eyeliner boy said it during a Caps intermission with Alan May, and May looked at him and shook his head and gave him the stink eye like..."you Dumb Mother Fucker, shut your hole before I ram my fist down your faggot mouth and knock that silly eyeliner right off your moronic face"
and....the goalie lost the shutout in the coming period. I recall eyeliner boy caught a lot of flak from the fans (and everyone in the studio) for that.
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I agree this has been an awesome 1st round. Well, except that Vegas and Seattle advanced, but there have been some fantastic games and series.
I'd be fine with Florida getting a cup, but I don't think they have enough to get them there. But then, I don't really see a dominant team left in the East. The Devils played last night with some serious inspiration or something - they were all over the ice and won nearly ALL the puck battles...mostly cause they were the 1st to every loose puck, but I don't see them playing at that level for 12 more wins. Canes are very solid but they have some scoring trouble. Toronto is flakey - lots of talent, but not really all in sync.
I'm much more interested this year than other years. Not sure why. Maybe just the games have been good for the most part. I usually just don't have much interest. Maybe knowing the caps were done a month ago let some of the sting out so I'm not bitter about watching good teams play.
I don't dislike any of the teams left in the east.
IN the west...Edmonton is my fav, don't give a shit about Dallas, don't care for Seattle, and just dislike Vegas. I think the 2018 SC finals clown show 30 minute opening ceremony silliness forever chaffed me with Vegas.
Go Oilers
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Rich - I've been touting NJ for a while. Their team speed and skill is off the charts. It helps that they got really lucky in the lottery, but they also made some very smart trades like getting Siegenthaler from us for a third round pick I think? I hated it then and I hate it more now.
I have this theory that the Caps are going to move up in the draft lottery based on the fact that NJ came back in the last game of the season to beat us in OT and thereby moved us down in the standings by several spots - getting us more ping pong balls. NJ has the lottery luck and I think we get the #1 pick and get Beddard! Of course we would then need another couple of years with a top 3 pick to get to where NJ is!
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For me, get rid of the Hurricanes next.
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For me, get rid of the Hurricanes next.
It was nice to see the Whalers franchise get their first Cup, but don’t much care about them.
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I'm with you Beags...I absolutely hated the Siegenthaler trade then and still do. He was one of my favorite young D and I honestly thought he would be a difference maker. Good size, good physical player and could still skate somewhat.
Ziggy's departure opened up opportunity for Fever to get much more playing time earlier and he has blossomed. Fever has very well filled the role Ziggy was playing, but man it sure would be nice to have them both. Just think how much more mobile and physical our D core would be with both Fever and Ziggy.
But you right....NJ is a bunch of speed freaks, and they can be impressive. They are going to really destroy some teams in coming years. Especially if their 19 year old rookie goalie can truly hang. He looked pretty damn good the other night. (Tells you something about Vanecek when you replace him with a 19 year old rookie in the playoffs.)
I could be happy with Toronto, FLA or NJ winning the east. I'm really not a NJ fan, but they are fun.
I think Toronto is weak in net. Not just cause it Samsonov, but.....it's Samsonov. I'm not sure FLA is the same caliber talent as Toronto, but I'd sure as hell rather have a Bobrovsky in net than Samsonov. Samsonov does have his moments - just not sure he can have them for a solid month that will be needed.
Same for Edmonton - not sure they've got their goaltending issues fixed from the last couple years let downs.
We shall see.
Go Oilers
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Florida goes up 1-0 over the Leafs.
Caps need to dump a couple big contracts this summer.
https://twitter.com/NBCSWashington/status/1653434123086622725 (https://twitter.com/NBCSWashington/status/1653434123086622725)
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and.. I’d resign him and trade/buyout Carlson…
https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/washington-capitals/takes/washington-capitals-dmitry-orlov-reunite-boston-bruins-free-agency (https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/washington-capitals/takes/washington-capitals-dmitry-orlov-reunite-boston-bruins-free-agency)
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That's about the only way Orlov comes back.
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https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/washington-capitals/news/washington-capitals-interview-jeff-halpern-head-coach-report (https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/washington-capitals/news/washington-capitals-interview-jeff-halpern-head-coach-report)
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So I watched the entire Toronto/FLA game and Toronto pretty much controlled the 1st ten minutes yet the announcers were saying they were getting outplayed :huh:
Am I smoking crack or is it the bonehead announcers? FLA did play solid and physical and had certainly scored more goals, but Toronto had the better scoring chances for the most part...They just didn't score. It wasn't like watching Jersey just outrun Boston the other night.
Anyone else watch the game and have an opinion?
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I like that we signed ALexeyev. NEED to sign Fever as well.
Apparently we also signed a 1 year ELC deal for Hardy Haman Aktell. No idea who that is.
I don't see Caps affording Orlov. They just won't part with Johnny Q. Unless they offload Mantha and move Kuzy.
I'm pretty okay with the thought of Halpern as a head coach. I worry he maybe doesn't have enough heat in him.
Maybe get Alan May on board as an assistant
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I watched bits and pieces of Fla/Leafs last night, seemed like Fla had a slight advantage from what I saw
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Am I reading this right...the Devils had a total of ONE shot on goal in the entire 1st period?
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I didn’t see the 1st period of Devils vs Canes, but they looked out played most of what I saw.
Tarik ElBashir wrote an article in the atlantic, which is behind a paywall, trying to say it would be a good idea to rehire Boudreaux.
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Love resigning Alexyev - would have liked a longer term if that was possible. I too would like them to re-sign Fever and would be very happy if they could sign him to a 6 or 7 year deal, even if they have to overpay a little. We blew it on Seigenthaler, let's not let another really good young one get away! It's unfortunate that Carlson's contract will probably prohibit this.
Not sure I like the Halpern possibility. He is another of "their guys". Typically, I like loyalty and going with ex-players, but the Caps need to breakout of that mentality and bring in some new blood - a much more aggressive coach.
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I didn’t see the 1st period of Devils vs Canes, but they looked out played most of what I saw.
Tarik ElBashir wrote an article in the atlantic, which is behind a paywall, trying to say it would be a good idea to rehire Boudreaux.
Thanks, but no thanks
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Bummer my Oilers shit the bed last night. I watched till midnight and couldn't hang for the 3rd period. It was closer than the score would make it seam, but I didn't know Vegas had 5g (plus empty netter) in them. Me thinks this wasn't the best goal-tending ever seen.
FFS the Oilers looked like the Caps in the 1st - control the puck in the o-zone, dance around with it, pass it around, skate it around the net and back to the point, but DON'T EVER, EVER, EVER ACTUALLY SHOOT THE FUCKING PUCK!.
Well....everyone except Draisaitl. That MOFO knows what to do with it...SHoot it into the net.
Draisaitl with all FOUR Oiler goals last night; two PPG. Yikes. He has 11 playoff goals in what...6-7 games ?
Oh, and this was not even a great game to watch. I mean there was lots of scoring, but Edmonton for sure was not at their best. This was not anywhere near the level they played in previous games. Can't say about Vegas - they played very solid last night, but I haven't watched them yet this year until last night.
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Leafs got themself in a pickle! Lost both at home to Fl..
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yea, like I said, I wouldn’t mind seeing FL win it considering they never have, but it sucks the Leafs may lose in the second round
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Our Sammy growing up before our eyes!! :snicker: (I do love the tude!)
https://twitter.com/spittinchiclets/status/1654311665620463616
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Yeah well Samsonov is part of the reason Toronto is down 2-0 in the series. I would not say he's played badly, but you got to stop some of those that have gone in. He made some excellent stops to keep Toronto in it, but only after they were already down. He brain farted a couple times like his focus just wasn't there (shocker, I know). Nothing that I would definitely say...HE HAS TO STOP that one (okay, I probably did actually yell that at the tv), but man it would have been a good time to stop that one.
Mostly....It looks like the Leafs just aren't in snyc. They struggle to get out of the zone, they make bad passes, etc. It doesn't look like they are in playoff gear a lot of the game. They have stretches where they are, but not enough. They looked better in the 1st round.
Oh...and yeah....Bobrovsky IS playing better than Sammy
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Devils need to get they shat togetha :raised-eyebrow:
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What happened to the Devils team that played in the 1st round?
And guess what the Devils DON'T have....a reliable netminder (ahem...paging Mr Vanocek)
Oh, and the Norris candidate finalists have been announced. Carlson made the list. Oh wait that was Karlsson :snicker:
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Kansas cup race today at 3pm est. Should be a decent race. Kansas is one of the few tracks that's worn out, where the tires fall off and they run multiple grooves. Fastest line is usually on the wall. Tune in if yer bored! (Prolly go green around 3:15ish)
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The Devils woke up. I tried watching some of the Miami Grand Prix, found it to be boring as hell. Now it’s 6pm, I gotta start making dinner and there’s 55 laps to go in Kansas. Yet one more nascar race I won’t see the end of.
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Bummer.. Best race of the year so far! Gibbs guys systematically taking themself out of it as usual though.
edit: Holy shit what a finish! Hamlin ran him down 3x in the last 20 laps, rattled his cage on the last lap for the Dub!!! :uh-huh:
Best race of the year! Even had a fight after! Bummer fucking security ruined it.. Chastain did get a nice right hook on Gragson though. Maybe they finish it next week? :wackysmile: :snicker:
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seems like a reasonable response from Ross, kinda what the sport needs too, it’s gotten a tad stale..
https://twitter.com/NASCARONFOX/status/1655343281901805569 (https://twitter.com/NASCARONFOX/status/1655343281901805569)
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I was at this race, I was never in hurry to leave the stands at Richmond because they would let people sleep it off in the parking lots, no rush to leave..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2vzoH73Yow (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2vzoH73Yow)
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Well my oilers seemed to have awakened.
And so did Jersey. Nice to see them show up.
Although three shorties in one game? I don’t think I’ve ever even heard of that
Now just need Leaf’s to make a showing
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seems like a reasonable response from Ross, kinda what the sport needs too, it’s gotten a tad stale..
For sure! Don't put hands on a man if your not read to throw! Just a shame security jumped in before they could settle it.
I was at this race, I was never in hurry to leave the stands at Richmond because they would let people sleep it off in the parking lots, no rush to leave..
I "slept it off" in the parking lot of RIR, many times! (Dover too) You could sleep it off at Dover AFTER getting your car in line to leave. It'd literally take 3-4 hours to get out of the place. :snicker: (Least it did until we figured out we could park at the mall (Had season tickets up between turn 1 and 2), then take 13 north leaving and get back to 301.) Oh what google maps would of done for traffic at race tracks, back in the day) lol
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Leafs are done I think. Down 3-0 is not impossible to overcome, but Leafs don't appear to be a team that can do it. They just aren't scoring enough and their goaltending (or at least GAA) hasn't been good enough. They have plenty of offensive talent, but it's not producing. I'll grant you they've faced two outstanding netminders, (Bobrovsky is playing really well for FLA), but....someone (like one of their $10m dollar guys) needs to just fucking score. Can't help when their goalie goes down with injury (even if it is Samsonov)
Glad to see the young Devils show up for a game.
And the Oilers...damn, but do they look good WHEN they are in sync.
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Draft lottery is tonight....
well the figuring out of WHO wins the lottery...not the actual Draft (like we don't know who will go #1)
Go CAPS!
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Just did the draft simulator again and the Caps got the number 1 pick on my 8th try. Gonna need some luck. Even if we don't move up, we should get a really good player at 8 - or 9 if we move back.
We really need to follow the New Jersey model - get lucky in the lottery, keep trading away veterans for picks and have another bad year or two with more lottery luck. We can dream.....
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The top three guys are centers. Scouting reports indicate all three would be a good choice, but you never know until they start playing with the big boys..
https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/37416546/nhl-draft-2023-rankings-prospects-best-connor-bedard (https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/37416546/nhl-draft-2023-rankings-prospects-best-connor-bedard)
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We really need to follow the New Jersey model - get lucky in the lottery, keep trading away veterans for picks and have another bad year or two with more lottery luck. We can dream.....
Yeah I agree, but trade away WHAT veterans?
Ovie..no.
Wilson...FUCK NO
Backy...untradeable
Carlson (way past due, but yeah send him packing - bet they NEVER will)
Oshie...probably untradeable
Kuzy...Him I think they'd move, but not sure now that Lavy is gone. And we need another center...Strome/Backy/Kuzy/Dowd
Mantha....sure but man that is gonna cost some picks
Sheary...UFA so no trade but I'd be okay sign him again for same salary on a short term deal
Smith - UFA - don't want him back
Dowd - budget guy and worth keeping
Milano - just signed
Kubel - just signed
The rest are youngins.
As far as the D core...
well we just re-signed Jensen and TVR so Carlson is the only Veteran left.
I want to keep Fever and Alexeyev
and then their is Kuemper....but I'm hoping this coming year is better performance for him.
I mean if we gonna DREAM, then dream BIG....Backy retires, Hags retires, Trade Kuzy, Mantha, Carlson, and you have $25m to spend in cap space, but you need TWO centers and a top 4 D (which SHOULD within the $25m dollar range)
Problem is moving Mantha is gonna cost you picks or salary retainage. Carlson too. Even Kuzy who has value hasn't been worth his $8m last couple years.
We Cap fans, so ....we can Dream 8)
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Caps remain with selection #8. The draft lottery just reshuffled the top 3 teams.
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Bedard gonna fall to 8th, just you wait! :) Hearing we "might" be able to get some KHL dude, Michkov, whoever the hell he is.. :yawn:
Blackhawks lose/move Kane and win the lottery. Shit is rigged. NHL couldn't stand Bedard going to a low market like Anaheim or Columbus. :clown: :poop:
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meh, I knew the Caps weren’t going to get it..
2023 NHL Draft Order
1. Chicago Blackhawks
2. Anaheim Ducks
3. Columbus Blue Jackets
4. San Jose Sharks
5. Montreal Canadiens
6. Arizona Coyotes
7. Philadelphia Flyers
8. Washington Capitals
9. Detroit Red Wings
10. St. Louis Blues
11. Vancouver Canucks
12. Arizona Coyotes (via Ottawa Senators)
13. Buffalo Sabres
14. Pittsburgh Penguins
15. Nashville Predators
16. Calgary Flames
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Michlov (the next Ovechkin) is expected to go 3rd, 4th or 5th. The Mock Draft has the Caps taking a center/RW from Slovakia - Dalibor Dvorsky. He is just turning 18 and is 6' 1" and 200 lbs. I like his size and highlights were good, but the Caps will probably go for a 5'9" defenseman.
They actually should get a really good player. Let's hope they don't do something stupid like trading the pick for a veteran that will magically transform the team into a serious Cup contender - because that is what they promised Ovi.
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My Oilers shit the bed last night. FFS they are bipolar like Toronto. Must be something in that Canadian water. Oilers totally dominate one game on a level with nobody else and then...ho-hum.
I think they have goalie problems though. The rookie (Skinner) has had excellent year, but so far he has been either on or off and you can't really go 50-50 in goal in the playoffs.
Toronto goaltending is a problem too. Samsonov went down with injury...looks like he pulled, tore, or popped something trying to stretch across the crease....but then...He hasn't exactly been reliable in net in this series (shocker, I know)
But then... NJ has goalie troubles as well... can't make up their mind on Vanecek or....whoever the other guy is.
F' a bunch of goalies. They're all head cases.
I'm pulling for the Devils and the Stars tonight.
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Michlov (the next Ovechkin) is expected to go 3rd, 4th or 5th.
I heard his KHL contract (and Russian descent) might turn off some GM's, leading to him falling to 8th? We'll see. And I thought Mirochineichenkonicolovovitchko was the next Ovechkin?? :raised-eyebrow: :snicker:
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I heard his KHL contract (and Russian descent) might turn off some GM's, leading to him falling to 8th? We'll see. And I thought Mirochineichenkonicolovovitchko was the next Ovechkin?? :raised-eyebrow: :snicker:
I bet you can’t say that twice ..
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I bet you can’t say that twice ..
He said it wrong anyway. It's Mr. Marascchinocherryvulcanvolcanojengachenko
Miroshnichenko
Doesn't look that hard, but it's hard to get that out of your mouth 8-0
It's either gonna have to be Ivan, Miro, or Chenko. No way I'm typing..."Miroshnichenko SCORES!"
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Chichenko ("cha-ching"-co) sounds good! :wackysmile:
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Michlov (the next Ovechkin) is expected to go 3rd, 4th or 5th. The Mock Draft has the Caps taking a center/RW from Slovakia - Dalibor Dvorsky. He is just turning 18 and is 6' 1" and 200 lbs. I like his size and highlights were good, but the Caps will probably go for a 5'9" defenseman.
They actually should get a really good player. Let's hope they don't do something stupid like trading the pick for a veteran that will magically transform the team into a serious Cup contender - because that is what they promised Ovi.
I wouldn't be surprised if the Caps were to trade down in the draft to get a couple of picks, to try to build up the number of high picks -- IF they really think that this draft is as deep as it's cracked up to be.
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Vtec gets pulled after giving up 4 in 13:00 minutes of the second
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I wouldn't be surprised if the Caps were to trade down in the draft to get a couple of picks, to try to build up the number of high picks -- IF they really think that this draft is as deep as it's cracked up to be.
That would probably be a good strategy if they can’t get a center early on.
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The Devils did not look good tonight.
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The Devils did not look good tonight.
No. Not at all. They are young so you'd expect some inconsistency, but they just looked like an entirely different team. We've seen a lot of this from several teams this year. Vitec certainly didn't help. Lindy Ruff looked to the sky and said "I can't fucking buy a god damn save tonight"
Grubby got yanked last for Seattle too. I only watched the 1st period and he looked pretty good - several good saves early. Dallas scored 1 PPG in 1st then 4 goals in second chasing Grubby out of the net after 5 goals on 22 shots. ALthough...I can't fault Gruby on any of those goals. Got some bounces, deflections, and couple sniper shots. Still....5 goals on 22 shots.
I swear with all the talent on many of these teams, it's going to come down to the team who's goalie doesn't shit the bed on most nights. Fuck a bunch of goalies
Caps might have missed the playoffs this year, but they are still beating playoff teams....haunting them with their old goalies :snicker:
Samsonov, Vanecek, and Grubauer all playing BIG roles in their teams' losses.
I was never a goalie hater, but man this year is different. I don't recall this many goalie issues in the playoffs ever.
I didn't think FLA had the talent to win, but they beat the President Cup Bruins with the best ever NHL record and now up 3-0 against the #2 seed from Atlantic (Toronto). And they have a solid netminder.
I hope the Oilers show up tonight....and not their Mr. Hyde version.
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Nice to see Toronto win a game. I still don’t think they take the series, but at least they kept the brooms at bay.
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11:45 and Edmonton is solidly in charge after 2, not sure I will see all of the 3rd
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Nice to see Toronto win a game. I still don’t think they take the series, but at least they kept the brooms at bay.
Yep. With a rookie goalie who hasn't started a game in 2 months.
Looked like they played to cover him....should play that way every game. Even with that...they certainly don't look like a dominant team that would be a favorite to win the Cup.
I think they're done. FLA played like they had...three games to spare :-).
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11:45 and Edmonton is solidly in charge after 2, not sure I will see all of the 3rd
Well my Dr Jeckly Oilers showed up and wiped the ice with Vegas in the 1st. Played solid in the second and coasted through the third. I managed to hang on till about 8 minutes left and went to bed confident they'd squeak out the win with a 3 goal lead.
When the Oilers are "on" man are they impressive. McDavid truly is on another level. I watch them play and especially on a PP watch them enter the zone and think about how much trouble the Caps have breaking into the zone and setting up on a PP. McDavid just takes the puck from the sling shot blue line and is so fucking fast they just back up and give him the blue line. He either slows up and passes it off to set up PP plays or roars down the wing and takes it behind the net and sets it up. It's not just McDavid - they have tons of weapons, but he drives that PP, and his head is always up. Doesn't look like he's doing much but skating in circles, but he is always scanning for an open man or creating scoring chances. The oilers "next level" is so far above everyone else's it's almost embarrassing. Too bad that level doesn't show up a little more consistently.
Looks like Canes and FLA will be fighting for the east. I'd prefer FLA, but I think they will really struggle against the Canes. FLA just doesn't have enough offense. But hey...they said that about Boston too. I just think Canes have fewer weakness than Boston...or NJ and would be a tougher match up for FLA specifically. (not that I'm counting chickens yet, but...them chickens is already on the menu)
We shall see
Go Oilers!
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Wow. Keith Jones new president of operations for Philly. Didn't know Jonesy was that well respected. I always liked him as a Caps player, but to me he always seemed very Cap-negative as a broadcaster like he was harboring a lot of Caps hatred.
Good luck Jonesy....just not TOO much
https://www.nhl.com/news/keith-jones-named-philadelphia-president-of-hockey-ops/c-344316266 (https://www.nhl.com/news/keith-jones-named-philadelphia-president-of-hockey-ops/c-344316266)
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Welp, Jersey is done. Looks like the Hurricanes are gonna be a hard out. :-(
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Welp, Jersey is done. Looks like the Hurricanes are gonna be a hard out. :-(
Yep. I don't think FLA can handle the Canes. I'll be rooting for FLA, but I don't have high hopes.
Pettyangelo suspended one game for his chickenshit slash on Draisaitl. I get it was 4-1 and Draisatl shot at an empty net, but Petty went after him well after the play and gave him a wicked chop across the forearm. I mean if you don't want guys shooting at an empty net.....don't leave it empty. And the game WAS out of reach and his slash could have resulted in a real injury that could take one of the best players out of the game. It was a bad slash by a sore loser. No call for this. Just imagine if Draisaitl had been hurt...BIG consequences to the outcome of the playoffs. Should have given him two games.
ANd Nurse was suspended one game for starting a fight within last 5 minutes of a game? Didn't know that was a rule. It's not like he jumped someone - they were both willing from what I read.
I notice the fascist NHL has conveniently cut both incidents out of the highlights and condensed game replay. I went to bed with 7 minutes left or something. Might have to go back and check the DVR to see if there was more to it than this.
Go Oilers.
Go Toronto (as if)
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I hope Seigs isn’t beating himself up over that loss. It was a team loss.
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ANd Nurse was suspended one game for starting a fight within last 5 minutes of a game? Didn't know that was a rule.
It was for "instigating" (in the last 5 minutes) IIRC. Apparently that's a new rule with automatic suspension.
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That sucks. I am not a fan of the Vegas hockey team.
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That sucks. I am not a fan of the Vegas hockey team.
It'll be a disgrace to NHL fans if the WCF is Vegas vs Seattle. Fucking teams never paid any dues. 1 or 2 years and you're already playing for a cup.. :-|
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What a drag. Fucking Vegas.
I watched the game and honestly thought Oilers had the better of the play a much larger portion of the game. Both teams had chances, but most of the play was in Vegas zone. They did clog up the middle zones pretty well, but Edmonton spent more than their share of time in Vegas zone - just couldn't score. Not blaming goalies here, but 4 fucking goals on 15 shots doesn't cut it (okay, I'm blaming the goalies here). Vegas goalie had some real ten bellers in this game though. Other than the first 3 minutes, he played excellent. How many times did Edmonton pull their starting goalie in this series...or this playoffs? WAY TOO MANY.
Hockey gods certainly were not smiling on Edmonton last night either. Lots and lots of chances, but several posts (and many good saves) but no bounces really going their way.
If Edmonton had a real goalie (and Skinner may eventually become it) they could really dominate.
McDavid and Draisaitl are certainly young enough, and I expect much more to come from them, but this feels a little like Ovi and the Caps missing on their best Cup chance years. I know Oilers made some moves at trade time to get some more D in, and not sure how many they can afford to keep, but they had a pretty solid squad going into the playoffs this year. I think goal tending ultimately let them down, (as I believe it did last year). Nobody was solid for more than a game or two at a time.
Didn't help Oilers scored twice (on their first 2 shots)in the first 3 minutes (2:43) of the game and then shutout for 57 minutes in an elimination game.
I watched the entire game and Oilers had many many good quality scoring chances, and outshot Vegas like 41 to 20 or something, but if you watch the condensed highlights, it appears Vegas was the dominate team. They show like 15 scoring chances for Vegas (4 of which were actually goals) and only like 10-12 for Edmonton, but that is not how the game went. Ultimately the final result, but makes me think the NHL is editing the highlight to show what they want to portray (or promote), not what actually occurred in the game. Which I think is ....well shitty. I don't like it no matter who the victor is. FFS it's not a reality TV show. Well I hope that's not what it's becoming anyway.
And what Mick said....Vegas and Seattle - fuck that. Maybe I'm an embittered old Cap fan, but that's some BS. Don't turn it into all about marketing and promotion....Leave SOME of it as real hockey.
Fuck Vegas.
Sin city and Commie land? That would be a Great Western Final. You think those tree hugging coffee Nazis refrigerate that ice at climate pledge arena with solar power? I bet not.
I sure as shit hope the climate killing oil pumping Dallas team can beat Seattle. I don't think I can watch Vegas and Seattle. I can't root for either team.
Sorry...didn't mean to go all right wing political, but FUCK VEGAS and SEATTLE. :raspberry:
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Sorry...didn't mean to go all right wing political, but FUCK VEGAS and SEATTLE. :raspberry:
Yes you did.. And it was glorious!! :snicker:
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On a brighter note....The Hershey Bears are winning in the Calder Cup playoffs.
Got a bye the 1st round, won their second round and are up 2-0 in Atlantic division final
I see McMike, Protas, Malenstyn, Snively, Peppy Le Pew, Iorio & Vecchione names in the write ups...and Hunter Shephard in Goal.
Hoping this time expands McMike's & Protas's game...they are both still only 22. Iorio (D) is only 20 and I recall he looked good in camp this year. We got a few youngins there is hope for.
Anyone know if any of these games are ever televised?
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Seattle loses. Dallas advances.
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Seattle loses. Dallas advances.
Yeah baby! I watched this game. Well....I watched the entire duration of the game with some serious dozing throughout. Glad to see Dallas win.
Probably rooting for them the rest of the way...DEFINITELY against Vegas.
FLA in the east and Dallas out of the west. I was really hoping two teams from MUCH further north would advance, but alas...no.
Fuck Vegas (did I mention that before?)
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I really liked what I saw out of Seattle. Very impressive. It shows what a team of non-superstars who still have talent can do when they are well coached and all buy in to a smart system predicated on tenacious forechecking. They simply ran out of gas but the future is very bright for them IMO. That they looked this good in year 2 shows what a good FO and coaches can do.
They also have what the Caps so sorely lack which is big, yet mobile, defensemen. Oleksiak, Larsson, Soucy and Dunn all looked good. We have one big guy who can't skate and won't hit and then a bunch of smaller guys only one of whom (Fehervary) plays physically. The Caps are deluded if they think minor tweaks are getting this team anywhere. They need big changes on both defense and up front. The goaltending isn't all that great, either, from what I saw this season.
Speaking of good management, we all dislike Vegas but you can't sneeze at 4 conference finals in 6 seasons of existence. The Caps have made the conference finals 3 times in 48 years.
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So do we think that George McPhee cut his teeth in 17 years, or whatever, with the Caps and then figured it out when he got to Vegas?
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This weekend is the return to North Wilkesboro Speedway!! What they've done to that place is incredible! Hopefully the 40+ year old asphalt holds up. They wanted to repave it, but the drivers convinced them not to.. The rest of the joint looks brand new! Really hope they put on a good show!! Check em' out if you can!
Weekend schedule:
https://twitter.com/bobpockrass/status/1659172982739152896
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why North Wilkesboro and not Hickory
:huh:
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Cup history, seating capacity. Plus the track/owner needs to be tied into Nascar. Marcus Smith, Bruton's son, is..
edit: 2:05am Refs made Carolina fans watch 3.5 extra OT's before Fl won it again anyway! :snicker: Watched the last part of the 3rd, 3 ot's, fell asleep, woke up with a minute to go in 4th ot. G'night. :yawn:
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Go Cats!. I thought they needed to win game 1 to have a shot at this series - I just think/thought Carolina is the more solid team.
However....Cats do have that Bob guy in net....and a couple veteran go getters.
Glad to see FLA win it after that hose job robbery in the 1st OT (yeah the dudes tapped skates, but goalie was back in the play for the shot)
Also that phantom crosscheck to give Canes a 5 on 3. MAYBE...MAYBE 25% of the time that's a crosscheck if you not already short, but that looked like a little love tap and the dude jumped to the ice. I don't care what Wayne says....you don't call that - it was a push, not a crosscheck. The ref looking dead at it from 10' away didn't call it, but the guy 60' away does. Coach was right..."That's fucking on you ref" :snicker:
I fell asleep somewhere in the 3rd and went to bed. Good thing. 4 friggin OT's. :yawn:
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Canes are fast as shit. Cats/Bob just out goalied em' from the play I saw. OT goal reversal was kinda BS. I can see if you're a Cans fan you think he was interfered with, but yea, they touched skates. You can't even breathe on the goalie any more. Glad they finished em' quickly after that. :snicker: You see where that Fl dude played 57+ fucking minutes?? Damn..
Caps need to take notes. They have 0% chance in today's NHL with old/slow players. You get NO space, regardless how good you are. Cats could barely get any space, they just capitalized on a couple mistakes. I guess that's the only killer of speed. Overplaying? Either way, we way too old and slow to compete with these teams.. :-\
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Right you are Mick. I think my biggest takeaway from watching all this (non-Caps) playoff hockey this year..is how far below the compete level the Caps actually are. I mean I knew we weren't top echelon, but the Caps would have just been destroyed by any one of these teams. Any of the teams that even lost last round would have easily handled the Caps. I really don't watch much non-Caps hockey during the year so I'm only seeing how the Caps handle their nightly opponent. And everyone seems to (or needs to) ramp it up for the playoffs and the play is more intense, but the reality is the Caps fall short is so many areas now. Size, speed, team D, team O, Goalie. There's not one factor in which we dominate the ice, much less pulling them all together. (well we dominate the Salary Cap pretty well)
It's a little disheartening.
It's been good playoff hockey to watch though. I have to admit, Vegas looks pretty damn good. They look bigger than everybody else.
I didn't watch the game, but how is the Vegas go ahead goal in the third not goalie interference? The goalie was knocked out of position and into the net. He was actually IN the net when the shot was taken. I realize the Vegas player was taken down by two Dallas players, but the Vegas guy basically just plows the goalie back into the net. There is just NO consistency with the interference calls. That dude WAS interfered with. The NHL has never really gotten a handle on this. At least there haven't been any of those damned "missed" icing calls where goals are called back from a missed icing a full minute earlier in the play.
I don't think it matters who the Caps draft....I think the Caps still "gonna be suck" next year too
Go Cats. you go on and just defy them odds
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Cats again, in OT!!
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Cats again, in OT!!
Tkachuk again in OT
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Interesting..
https://www.sportskeeda.com/nascar/news-what-happened-nascar-late-model-stock-racing-landon-huffman-annabeth-barnes-crum (https://www.sportskeeda.com/nascar/news-what-happened-nascar-late-model-stock-racing-landon-huffman-annabeth-barnes-crum)
this Crum woman is in the black 12 car…
https://twitter.com/LandonHuffman/status/1660166383714590723 (https://twitter.com/LandonHuffman/status/1660166383714590723)
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She's a no talent hack. Then her husband (her spotter) sucker punched Landon's dad (his spotter).. Fucking lunatics.
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Go Cats. Hell of a game.
Watching Vegas Dallas now looks like a snooze fest compared to last night.
Vegas ice must be bad…@looks like they skating in slush ;D
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And Fucking Vegas ties it with less than three minutes left. :-|
Dallas had this wrapped up. Definitely more time and space with the puck in this game
Bad ice and a bigger rink too? :wackysmile:
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Fuck Vegas :O=
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Chandler Stephenson with the OT winner
And announcer said his 7th of the playoffs
Good on him
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Welp, damn all-star race was bland as fuck.. :-( Wasn't the track, trucks had like 11 caution flags the night before. This nextgen car sucks ass on short tracks especially.. Loved seeing them back in North Wilkesboro though!! Facility looked amazing and the place was PACKED!! Hope they do this again and again!! Just need a better racecar!
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the truck race had 12 cautions, I watched last night only because it was at North Wilkesboro. It reminded me of the days when tires at rockingham lasted longer than the fuel run. It wasn’t quite as bad as having only one car on the lead lap though.
and fuck Vegas
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I heard they've repaved The Rock. Not sure who own's the joint though. Would love to see em' back there as well!!
Yea, true stockcar fans didn't have a huge problem with the race last night. I think that line Larson was running just mind fucked the field. :rofl: I can't stand HMS, but best car won. I had no problem with it. I'd of been drunk and loud and having a great time, if I was in the stands!
And yes, Fuck Vegas!!!
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Cats take game three in a barn burner 1-0
Shutout for Bob
Canes can’t frigging score
Go Cats
Fuck Vegas
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The Hershey Bears start a best of 7 tonight at 7pm against the Rochester Americans in the AHL eastern finals.
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Go Bears. I wish they'd televise the AHL playoffs. I'd watch.
I'm stuck watching fucking snoozefest Dallas and Vegas. Bummer Dallas fell asleep last game and handed the game away. Should be tied 1-1
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Well FFS. Dallas is a shit show. 3 goals on 5 shots in first 7 minutes.
Behn makes boneheaded penalty for a 5 and a game taking himself out in the 1st 3 minutes
It’s over
But still…
FUCK VEGAS
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For sucks sake.. Play goddamn golf once the season ends.. >:(
https://twitter.com/NoVa_Caps/status/1661016793291571209
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they could have started with game 1, but that makes too much sense…
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/nbc-sports-washington-to-broadcast-hershey-playoff-games/c-344557588 (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/nbc-sports-washington-to-broadcast-hershey-playoff-games/c-344557588)
https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1661417188887068680 (https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1661417188887068680)
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For sucks sake.. Play goddamn golf once the season ends.. >:(
https://twitter.com/NoVa_Caps/status/1661016793291571209 (https://twitter.com/NoVa_Caps/status/1661016793291571209)
Great...just what Caps need. Hopefully its just something minor.
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Tina has left the building..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOcY4nHd9gM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOcY4nHd9gM)
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Another icon gone.. RIP Queen! :(
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Florida won, advances to the finals. I kinda feel bad that the Canes got swept, kinda..
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Florida won, advances to the finals. I kinda feel bad that the Canes got swept, kinda..
Only thing I feel bad about is having to keep my promise to pull for the Cats. But, fuck Vegas!
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Since when did the Panthers have a legit shot?
But damn...they've played some playoff hockey this year. And Tkachuck is possessed or something. I never knew he was this caliber a player. Didn't see him much playing in Calgary and all, but the dude has some serious numbers behind him.
Why in the hell did Calgary trade him anyway? Making FLA GM look like a genius as Tkachuck is definitely driving this Panther bus.
Go Cats.
Fuck Vegas.
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Hershey shuts out Rochester 2-0, series tied 1-1.
Dallas avoids the sweep tonight, still a big mountain to climb though.
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DALLAS-STARS-DALLAS-STARS!
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Yeah baby. Go Dallas.
I thought they were the better team last night.
I watched Hershey for 2 periods...couldn't stay awake after watching Dallas.
Fuck Vegas
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Hershey wins game 3, up 2-1 in the series
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Dallas makes it 3 games to 2. 8-0
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Dallas also gets Benn back for game 6
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Wasn't even aware he was suspended. Hope they show up again tomorrow!
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Indy almost went really poorly..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVz8XdMOo6s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVz8XdMOo6s)
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The damage doesn’t look too bad from here, but that hood is all twisted up and it appears there is a fluid leak. I think Indy motor speedway just bought someone a new car.
https://twitter.com/AndrewKossack/status/1662900354478907392 (https://twitter.com/AndrewKossack/status/1662900354478907392)
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Dude, did you see how close it came to the grandstands?? It'd of killed multiple people. Crazy how easily it was cut from the tether. I guess they hit just right to shear it off. Glad nobody but the car was hurt! I fell asleep during the race. Woke up just in time to see all the excitement. lol
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Hershey was down 0-2 with 10:00 to go in the 3rd, end up winning 4-2
:clap:
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Hershey is an interesting franchise -- always has been. Arguably the most successful franchise in the history of the AHL, they are usually built not on emerging prospects, but on career AHL'ers who are never going to get more than brief tastes of the NHL as emergency callups (current example: Lucas Johansen). The relatively few legitimate emerging prospects, or potential emerging prospects, that the Caps have playing in the US will play roles in Hershey of course. But those roles will be what they earn, and when crunch time comes Hershey won't hesitate to go to the more experienced players if they think that they provide the best chance for success. Part of that is probably the relative dearth of prospects that the Caps have playing in the U.S.
Right now, the Caps probably have 4 legitimate skater prospects at Hershey: Forwards McMichael, LaPierre, Protas, and defenseman Iorio, all 20-22 years of age. Hershey is rolling in the playoffs, and doing so with the first three as the # 1/2/3 Centers. But I noticed that Iorio started the first two games against current opponent Rochester, and then was replaced by a 26-year-old journeyman (Jake Massie) for games 3 and 4. Now quite possibly there is an injury situation I'm not aware of. But I thought it interesting that this was the one change that Hershey made in the series so far.
Another item to note is that Hunter Shepard is the playoff goalie - he's had virtually all the action. Fucale is nowhere to be seen. I wonder if the Caps are grooming him to be the backup goalie, and maybe thinking of moving on from Lindgren. FWIW, Shepard is age 27, Fucale 28.
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..... Which brings us to the upcoming NHL draft.
A lot of speculation has the Caps taking either center Dalibor Dvorsky, or Russian RW Michkov if he happens to fall because of concerns about Russia and his current contract to play the next 3 seasons there. But I'm not so sure about that.
The Caps have two equally glaring needs for the near future: Center, with Backstrom and Kuznetsov being problematic, and right defense. If you look at the Caps' defense, the 3 apparent LD -- Fehervary, Alexeyev, and Sandin -- are all age 23. The 3 RD -- Carlson, Jensen, and TVR -- are all 30+.
The top two defensive prospects in this year's draft are David Reinbacher and Axel Sandin Pallikka, both RD. Reinbacher is the bigger, stronger player with some offensive upside; Pallikka is the smaller, shiftier type with more PP potential. Either of these guys is considered by some evaluators as a bit of a stretch at #8, though I have seen mocks that place Reinbacher as high as #6.
I have no inkling of the organization's thinking about individual prospects. As always, a lot depends on what happens with the picks in front of them. But my own guess is that it's 50/50 that the Caps go C or RD with the pick at #8. Or if the draft is going in a certain way and some other team is interested in a particular player at #8, the Caps may trade down a few places to try to pick up another draft pick, if they think they can get a desired player a few places later in the draft.
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well shit. Fuck Vegas anyway, but that was a shit show in Dallas last night. like 8 shots in two full periods or something ridiculous and Vegas with 4 goals on 16 shots or some shit.
That was just uglyl
I really didn't think Dallas had enough to win, but FFS you could have showed up.
Go Panthers
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Dude, did you see how close it came to the grandstands?? It'd of killed multiple people. Crazy how easily it was cut from the tether. I guess they hit just right to shear it off. Glad nobody but the car was hurt! I fell asleep during the race. Woke up just in time to see all the excitement. lol
Yikes...that tire was humming across there....that could have been super ugly.
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I’ve seen a couple reports this morning that indicate this is a done deal..
https://novacapsfans.com/2023/05/30/report-washington-closing-in-on-hiring-spencer-carbery-to-be-next-head-coach/ (https://novacapsfans.com/2023/05/30/report-washington-closing-in-on-hiring-spencer-carbery-to-be-next-head-coach/)
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Yup.
https://twitter.com/TheHersheyBears/status/1663569392024551424
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I think it's fair to say that the Caps have not had a whole lot of luck bringing coaches in for their first NHL head coaching gig. Meanwhile, other rookie coaches come in and turn out to be quality hires. Here's hoping that Carbury will be a home run as a head coach that this franchise is overdue for.
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Not sure about this one. While I generally like hiring from within and rewarding coaches for working their way up, I'm afraid this guy will have his Hershey guys and will be compliant with the Caps management style and will not shake things up with a fresh perspective. I would like a hardline coach that holds players accountable - even veterans. Hopefully he will be more aggressive than I think he will.
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Interestingly though, Beagle, the Hershey guys who are the most viable prospects aren't really HIS Hershey guys, because he's been out of the organization for the past couple of years. Now you may be right that, having come through the lower pro leagues he might be partial to guys coming up in general. But I don't know that he has reason to favor these prospects in particular.
As for shaking things up and holding veterans accountable: Do we really think that Carbery, or any coach, is going to instill an attitude in the core players distinctly different from whatever it has been over their pretty-to-very long careers? These players are who they are at this point. Or are you hoping for some sort of new motivation from the non-core, younger or less old veterans (Sheary/Mantha/TVR/Dowd/Brown)?
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Yes, I realize he is not going to bench Backstrom or Carlson to send a message. I think in general though that this team has coasted for years without holding guys accountable. However, we are in for two more years of decline while Ovi chases the record, so I am not expecting much. Maybe this guy just gets some experience and then we finally have some draft picks come through in year 3.
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Well no disrespect, but I was hoping for more. At least we have his vast NHL playoff coaching success experience with Toronto :raspberry:
Is it just me or does this guy look like a hybrid of the new Spock and Jean-Luc Picard? (ahem...boredom thread)
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Hershey couldn’t get it done in game 5, on to game 6
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watched the presser with new coach.
Alexa is looking F I N E. :wackysmile:
I am a little surprised she hasn't moved on to bigger things. I think she has become an excellent lead broadcaster on this Caps network. Great speaker, and really keeps it moving. Being cute as a button is a plus, but she is excellent at her job. Glad she is still here, but wonder how long she will stay.
Wonder who they bring in as assistant coaches.
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Carberry will be several steps in the right direction if he realizes that we need to lose a bunch of the tired vets and get younger quickly.
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Anyone heard any update on the Rasmus Sandin injury?
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Anyone heard any update on the Rasmus Sandin injury?
nope, probably won’t hear anything unless it’s really bad either
Hershey won game 6, advances to the finals
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5:30pm and the Nascar Cup race is about to start! :wackysmile: Phantom lightning strikes delayed the race nearly 2 hours. lol Fucking soft.. :raised-eyebrow:
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Fuck Vegas
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Oh well, looks like the clock is about to strike midnight on ol' Cinderella. :-( Cats gettin' smoked 3 zip with 35 minutes to go in game 2.
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It would’ve been nice to see them go 1-1 in Vegas, but now they get 2 at home to work with.
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I watched the entirety of game 2. Very disappointed. Despite the score 2-0 after 1st, I thought the play was fairly even. And then it went to shit. Vegas did a good job of blocking shots and stifling FLA in the O-zone. All I kept hearing is Eddie Oldchick chiming in with.....FLA hasn't had a shot in 5 minutes...6 minutes ....8 minutes. I am sick and tired of the announcers being so "pro-Vegas". And FLA was in the O-zone and had many many shot attempts, but they could not hit the net to save their lives (or theirs Cup hopes), and Vegas DID block a lot of shots. And then FLA still outshot Vegas by the end of the 1st, but you don't hear the announcers say anything about that. Vasilesky didn't have his best game, but you know the bounces just kept going Vegas' way. I mean a FLA player would make a defensive play and knock the puck off a Vegas stick and it would go right to another Vegas guy. Vegas goalie was pretty damn good or pretty damn lucky. Reminded me a little of watching the Caps....lots of attempts, but nobody could hit the net...and FFS SHOOT THE PUCK! So frustrating.
Anyway, I think they are probably done. I hope not. I hope FLA wakes the hell up and the bounces start to go their way.
And Tkachuk....two ten minute misconducts in one game? How the F did he get 2 and 10 for a clean hit on Eichel? Oldchick kept saying it was a bad hit, but watch it in slow mo....and Tkachuck never moved, never lifted his arm, was making a clean shoulder check and Eichel kind of fell into him. It looked bad at full speed but it wasn't that bad. There was no penalty call on the hit. I realize there was a lot of nonsense after the hit and that's where Tkachuk got the minutes, but what about the THREE Vegas guys who jumped him after the hit. There should have been a FLA PP for all that. The hit on Gudas was much worse and there wasn't even a penalty. He got a shoulder to the face and fell awkwardly and bonked his head pretty good on the ice. I think he might be done.
Tkachuk's second 10-minute misconduct was a joke. He literally tapped the stick out of a guys hand as they were standing around the crease after the whistle. Yes, he is an agitating fucker, but 10 minutes for that? I'm sure the refs were trying to keep the game from getting out of hand, but that was a bit much. Not that it would have made a difference in the game at that point.
Mostly, I'm just disappointed the Cats didn't play better.
And FUCK VEGAS.
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Ive seen comments this morning that indicated if it was Tkachuk that made that hit on Gudas he would’ve gotten a third misconduct.
If this was the Caps vs Fla, how many penalties would the Caps have gotten…
https://twitter.com/GinoHard_/status/1665885819603759104 (https://twitter.com/GinoHard_/status/1665885819603759104)
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So what are people's order of preference for our selection at #8 in the upcoming draft - assuming they are available to us? Dvorsky, the good-size, 2-way center with potential for the top 6? Michkov, if he happens to fall to us, the winger with the greatest goal-scoring potential? Reinbacher, the good-size, stronger 2-way defenseman? Or Pallikka, the smaller, shiftier defenseman with the greater potential to run the PP? (I would note that the evaluators go back and forth over which defenseman should be the first off the board, so though they aren't equivalent in size and style of play, they are considered comparable in terms of overall desirability).
These seem to be among the highest rated players with a reasonable chance to be around at #8.
Also, I wonder if Florida's troubles aren't a classic case of losing momentum after a too-long layoff.
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Also, I wonder if Florida's troubles aren't a classic case of losing momentum after a too-long layoff.
Yea, that would explain game 1. I’m not sure it’s a good excuse for game 2, but games 3 & 4 will tell.
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And Tkachuk....two ten minute misconducts in one game? How the F did he get 2 and 10 for a clean hit on Eichel? Oldchick kept saying it was a bad hit, but watch it in slow mo....and Tkachuck never moved, never lifted his arm, was making a clean shoulder check and Eichel kind of fell into him. It looked bad at full speed but it wasn't that bad. There was no penalty call on the hit. I realize there was a lot of nonsense after the hit and that's where Tkachuk got the minutes, but what about the THREE Vegas guys who jumped him after the hit. There should have been a FLA PP for all that. The hit on Gudas was much worse and there wasn't even a penalty. He got a shoulder to the face and fell awkwardly and bonked his head pretty good on the ice. I think he might be done.
Tkachuk's second 10-minute misconduct was a joke. He literally tapped the stick out of a guys hand as they were standing around the crease after the whistle. Yes, he is an agitating fucker, but 10 minutes for that? I'm sure the refs were trying to keep the game from getting out of hand, but that was a bit much. Not that it would have made a difference in the game at that point.
Mostly, I'm just disappointed the Cats didn't play better.
Totally agree. Tkachuk is clearly playing the role of Tom Wilson. It was a good hit, he gets mugged and nothing comes from it. Earlier, Tkachuk gets cross-checked into the goal, then Hill hits him coming up, then goes after him with his goalie stick and no penalties.
As for the hit on Gudas, it was clearly a head-shot, although I don't think it was intentional. If it was Tkachuk (or Wilson) it would have been 5 and the game and they would be talking suspension.
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As far as which draft pick the Caps should take.. at this juncture I really don’t think it matters. It is rare that a 1st round pick makes a big impact in their first season or two. The bigger issue is the rest of the cast and management being stuck with the salary cap. There have been recent rumblings about moving Mantha and making a couple hard decisions with Kuzy and Backy. But until that happens this team is stuck.
The salary cap is supposed to go up this summer, but the nhl still hasn’t said by how much. It could be $1M, or based on earlier reports as much as $5-6M.
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I know nothing about the draft prospects. The Caps D seem set for the upcoming year, but I guess we shouldn't be thinking about THIS year.
Kind of depends on what happens with the old fuckers we have on D now. I mean we have Carlson, Jensen and TVR for the next three years. I sure as hell hope we plan on signing Fever, and Alexeyev has looked really good too. Sandin looked very good, but we have him locked up for only next season, and I wonder if we can afford him after that. Assuming it takes a couple-three years to develop a player (especially D), I could see the Caps going for a good D prospect. Also....looking at Hershey, we have a bunch of D that are probably career journeyman AHL guys or possible NHL guys, but not guys you'd build your NHL D around. I mean guys 26,27, 30 and up...so no REAL promising YOUNG prospects other than Iorio who is only 20 and I think has stood out. SO, long term...I think the Caps do need a D more than O only because they have so little "future D prospects" in Hershey. They have a few talented O prospects that could be promising. Protas is only 22. I think he's full time on the Caps next year. Not sure he'll be a dominate scorer, but I could see him punching in 25-30 goals at some point if he gets the opportunity to play in a scoring role. McMike is also 22, and there is Melenstyn, Sutter, Borgstrom, Lapierre, and Strome, so the cupboard isn't totally bare, but you just never know if these guys will be able to make the jump.
Although...we do need some scoring punch NOW, so...
And Yeah...I thought especially FLA, who has been on a role and defying the odds...sitting around and waiting wouldn't be good for them. They've bounced back before, so let's hope.
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I did have the game on last night, but wasn’t watching intently. What I did see last night, and today’s replays tells me the NHL has either dictated to the officials which team they want to win, or last night was an excellent example of the general officiating in this league when these guys are supposed to be the cream of the crop.
https://twitter.com/drillyamama/status/1665891476251844609 (https://twitter.com/drillyamama/status/1665891476251844609)
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Ya - I saw that and thought the same thing - although the announcers failed to even mention it.
Rich, on the draft/prospects, the only guys in our system that I think might be decent NHLers are Malynstyn and Lapierre. McMichael might make the team but I think he is too undersized and doesn't skate that well or fast. I'm hopeful on Protos, but he seems to have the hands of stone from time to time and I think is a 10 goal scorer. He needs a coach to light a fire under him to use that big body.
My top priority would be to sign Fever to as long of a deal as possible. I would even overpay to keep him for 6 or 7 years.
I don't see them doing anything with Mantha as nobody will take him without the Caps keeping so much of the contract that it doesn't make sense.
They won't make any "hard decision" on Backy. He is here as long as he wants to play and he is not retiring and walking away from the money.
On the draft, I fear they will do something stupid to move up and get Michlov - like giving the pick at 8 and then future picks as well.
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I hope they draft a wing or center. Center preferably. Seems like you can find D on the market if the need arises. This team struggles to score goals and it won't get better with Ovi, Nicky and Oshie a year older.
Nicky is gonna skate/limp around and do not much of anything Im afraid. Maybe on the PP he can still be effective. 5v5 he should probably not venture past center ice, or we'll be playing the odd man rush lottery every 3rd or 4th shift. Oshie, who even knows how many games he plays before he's injured. And I still feel like Ovi isn't gonna break the record under this contract, unfortunately. He slowed to a snail's pace scoring the 2nd half of last season. Don't think that improves either. Just can't outrun father time, no matter how great you are.
Im not entirely sure why we're holding onto a 5m goalie who rarely (if ever) steals anything. Somebody from Hershey could watch us lose a bunch of games for like 500k?
I heard Bettman said the salary cap won't be going up more than 1m.. ?? Not much help to us old overpaid slackers..
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as of June 3…
2023-24 SALARY CAP
Bettman said the players’ escrow debt won’t be paid off by the end of the season. That likely means a $1M salary cap increase next season, with a much larger bump expected for 2024-25.
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Game 1 is Thursday 10pm eastern…
https://theahl.com/firebirds-bears-to-meet-in-2023-calder-cup-finals (https://theahl.com/firebirds-bears-to-meet-in-2023-calder-cup-finals)
the Coachella Valley Thunderbirds are a farm team for Seattle and were founded in 2022 along with Seattle
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Game 1 is Thursday 10pm eastern…
https://theahl.com/firebirds-bears-to-meet-in-2023-calder-cup-finals (https://theahl.com/firebirds-bears-to-meet-in-2023-calder-cup-finals)
the Coachella Valley Thunderbirds are a farm team for Seattle and were founded in 2022 along with Seattle
I don't follow AHL, so I had to look up Coachella Valley Thunderbirds....THE FINALS in year ONE? WTF is happening? NHL needs to fix the expansion draft lottery robbery. It's just way to easy to cherry pick from other teams developed talent. I have no idea how the AHL teams get their talent in a startup year?
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There’s a big fancy race at Le Sarth this weekend, it’s supposed to start at 10am eastern on Saturday
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practice at Le Sarth..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-YeSG4xxog (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-YeSG4xxog)
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damn..
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2023/06/08/catfish-caught-italy-po-river/70301201007/ (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2023/06/08/catfish-caught-italy-po-river/70301201007/)
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Catfish and a half right there! I hear the Hendrick Cup car is running GT3 times at Le Mans! Not sure it'll last 24 hours, but hope it does!
edit: Panthers look like dog :poop: .. 0-11 on the PP to Vegas 6-15. They'll get swept if they don't find something here in the 3rd period.
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Signs of life have been discovered in Sunrise FLA. WOOT! Apparently if they can hang on and get it to OT, they can actually win a playoff game. Kind of a unique game plan, but okay.
That Tkachuk guy is something else. Talk about carrying a team. I think BOB is going to have to throw a shutout to win this series. Cats are anemic scorers.
The PP made me think I was watching the Caps not the Cats. Oof.
And FFS....DID the NHL mandate Vegas win this? Some of these calls are starting to look....suspect. I'd be seriously losing my shit if I were on the FLA bench for some of these calls. I mean...game changers...potentially series altering....and it's the Cup Finals we're talking about.
Fuck Vegas. GO CATS!!
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FLA wins in OT :)
Hershey gets smoked 5-0 in California
:(
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Bob is/was the MVP last night. Surprised they scored to tie the game, but with the goalie pulled they finally got a decent rebound. But Bob kept them from losing handily within the 60 minutes. That PP is weak. I don't follow them, but I assume they have no goal scorers other than Tkachuck?
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I did not realize Vegas had 2 PPG in all three games of this series. FLA needs to stay out of the box...even though only some of that is under their control.
Bob will need likely NEED to be the MVP of this series in order for FLA to win. (and he didn't get off to a good start)
I didn't know Tkachuk was a 1st round pick. He was drafted 1st round 6th overall in 2016 as an 18 year old and played 76 games his draft year. He's only 25. He's a 40G scorer the last two years. He scored 100+ points the last two seasons. I didn't know he was that prolific a scorer. I couldn't understand why Calgary would let him go, but he was an RFA and wanted to move. FLA signed him to an eight year deal (9.5m per season). He and Barkoff are signed thru 2029-30.
Cats are only middle of the pack in salary Cap overall and will have tons of cash next year (and the need for a bunch of guys). They are definitely short on D. They have Ekblad thru 24-25 and Montour thru next year, and two waiver pickups thru next season, one waiver pickup UFA, and another UFA-G6 guy, then Gudas (33) and Staal (36) who are UFA end of season. FLA will be shopping for some D this summer (they should be able to attract some)
Their cupboard is really bare on D, but they will have plenty of $$ to spend to fill spots. Current projected cap spending for next year is 67.3m, but they need to fill 4D, 4F positions
Basically....FLA core guys are all good for next season and they have plenty of spots to fill and some cash to do it. Compare their near future potential to the Caps and its embarrassing (for the Caps)
Go CATS!
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Garage56 (Nascar) Chevrolet Camaro at Le Mans wins the GTE pit stop challenge, using a manual floor jack. Is 5 seconds a lap faster than any GTE car in practice and now holds the lead of all GTE cars 90 minutes into the 24 hour race. (Looks like they dialed it back, probably for reliability, as they're only turning laps AS fast as the other cars now.) Funnier is the FIA doesn't seem to give a shit an American NASCAR entry is in the race, as I've been watching and only seen it once, during the safety car session/caution after the lap 1 crash. Fucking jealous foreigners. :raised-eyebrow: :snicker:
.... and it's in the garage. Only made it around 4 hours. :-(
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From what I’ve read, the nascar entry is not in any class thus can’t win in any class. It’s considered an “experimental” entry. About 4:30 pm eastern they completed lap 71, which was a bit over 600 miles.
Fucking jealous foreigners. :raised-eyebrow: :snicker:
Most of them still haven’t gotten over Ford winning four in a row in the late 1960s.
:uh-huh:
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underneath the livestream that I’m not signing up for is the live leaderboard.. position, laps run, last lap time, best lap time.
https://24h-lemans.tv/sportitem/646e07296e06b3858030e2e3 (https://24h-lemans.tv/sportitem/646e07296e06b3858030e2e3)
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https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1667281161167544327 (https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1667281161167544327)
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You can watch the incar from youtube if desired. They're not in a "class" but they're based around similar specs as the GTE cars. (basically a bragging rights deal)
Garage 56 onboard - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7ad2WdR4qs)
Apparently the garage stop was just to inspect the car for any debris damage, after being behind a crash. Went to watch nascar and haven't been keeping up, but during the qualifying broadcast they showed a tweet from HMS saying they were running the leading GTE cars back down. I guess Jimmie Johnson was behind the wheel. (I expect him to crash the thing, but we'll see) lol
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I have noticed through on board shots with the various cars, hyper/LMP cars have at least a 7 speed trans, the GTE cars have at least a 6 speed trans, the nascar/camero only has a 5 speed. I wonder if this car would do a little better with a 6th gear.
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Surprised they didn't (well, maybe they did) try a 6 spd. This isn't supposed to be any "help" for the Cup series, so no reason to stick with the 5 spd if it's not the fastest. But it's Rick Hendrick. He's not out there for his health. They'll learn all kinds of shit (for the cup series) Im sure.
Oh well, Panthers look to be toast.
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somewhere close to 10pm eastern, the nascar/camero ripped a 3:50.9 lap, at this point it is 2nd “in class”
it’s sunrise in Le Mans
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Sometime after I went to sleep they ran a 3:50.7 lap. But they’ve been in the garage for the last 20 with “gearbox issues”.
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Yea, I turned it off overnight. Saw this morning that they had gearbox issues. Goal is still to "finish" as per Chad Knaus tweet. Pretty solid run I guess, for their 1st attempt.
edit: Saw where they finished 39th overall. Had the speed to dominate anything in the GTE class. The guys who build the C8 Corvette are thrilled I imagine. :rofl: Even saw it run down, pass and gap a LMP2 car. :huh: Must of been down on power or something..
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The Le Mans governing body is revamping the rules next year for car classes. I assume what we know as GTE/3 will still be around. If this car qualifies for a class next year I’d think it would benefit from a 6 speed gearbox to better use the rpm range in the twisty parts of the track. I bet it would easily shave a couple seconds off lap times from what I saw. That car lost a lot of ground on a few turns because the engine wasn’t in a good rpm range. And maybe if they’d run Daytona and Sebring they might get the bugs worked out before Le Mans. But 250ish laps before breaking isn’t bad, especially in a new car. My rough math says they went over 2100 miles before breaking something.
Hershey plays game 3 Tuesday, 4 Thursday, 5 Saturday at home at 7pm.
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They don't/can't run Daytona and Sebring because IMSA doesn't have that experimental class for them to enter. Every year there's talk about IMSA and FIA ironing out the rules difference so they (Prototype/Hypercar/GT3) can cross over series, but far as I know it's mostly been hot air. Im gonna try and find out why they didn't run a 6 speed like the gte's. Soon as nascar announced the deal with HMS to run the 24H race everyone was like "Oh cool, no testing in nascar but HMS gets to do a 24 hour race in their car".. They kept saying there was not going to be any advantage learned or gained by doing it. lol
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Fuck Vegas
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Vegas is going to win, though. They're clearly the better team. Be nice if we still had Chandler.
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Yea, down 3-1 is
nearly impossible. Especially for Cinderella's.. Chander has definitely grown into a player though! We have a few of those floating around the league.. Thanks GMBM!! :-(
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Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
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https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1667281161167544327 (https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1667281161167544327)
Is Anyone surprised by this? Not sure what will come of it though. Going to be really expensive no matter what kind of rabbits GM has hiding in his butt hat.
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Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
It's Over Richy, err Johnny! lol Just read Lavi has been named the Rags head coach. Guess they have a team full of overpaid old guys as well? :huh:
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Hershey wins game 3 in OT, Coachella leads series 2-1.
and fuck Vegas
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Oof. At least it was close ::)
You know when you struggle to score and you allow a shortie to break the 0-0 tie....it ain't going your way.
Bob didn't look great. Vegas was all over them all night.
I have no idea how you allow that second Vegas goal. Goalie covers it in the crease and two guys jab at it until it comes loose. Should have been a whistle there. Not that one goal would have mattered.
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https://twitter.com/TheHersheyBears/status/1669031821957365760 (https://twitter.com/TheHersheyBears/status/1669031821957365760)
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Hershey wins game 4 3-2, series tied at 2!
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Hershey wins game 4 3-2, series tied at 2!
Yes, but you know, I'm not all that excited about it. The problem for me is that it is largely the career AHL veterans who are doing it for Hershey, not the limited prospects that are there. Understand, if the Bears win the Calder Cup it will be another feather in the cap of the players and the franchise that is the AHL's gold standard. But all it will mean is that Hershey was able to build the best AHL franchise, not that it portends especially promising things for the Caps in the future (the way it did back in 2010, for example).
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When do they play? I don't see it on NHLnet tonight.. Now look, ya gonna make me go and google when the game is. :wackysmile:
edit: shit, say's it on now. :raised-eyebrow:
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yea, the NHL said they’d broadcast the game on the NHL network, but this is the NHL we are talking about. As such we got fucked again. On the bright side, Hershey wins game 5 in OT 1-0, takes the series lead 3-2. Games 6 & 7* are in California. Game 6 is Monday night at 10pm.
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I saw they went to OT. Glad they got the dub! But that's bullshit if NHLnet said they show the remaining games, then didn't. I figured it was only on in DC area or something.. Whatever... Amateur hour from NHLnet.
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This series is the exact AHL counterpart to the Stanley Cup finals that the Caps won. Upstart expansion franchise in its first season reaches the Cup finals and it's up to the Washington-based franchise to defend "the Hockey Establishment." Although Hershey is more the AHL establishment than the Caps were the NHL establishment, since they had no prior winning history.
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Game 6 is on NHLnet. Gettin ready to faceoff 10pm est.
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Game 6 is on NHLnet. Gettin ready to faceoff 10pm est.
Looks like Coachella has been able to dictate the pace of play there, the Bears in Hershey.
May come down to the extra home game.
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Game 7 is Wednesday at 10pm eastern
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10pm is too late for me. Tried watching and made it halfway through the 1st before losing interest. (being down 2-1 didn't help) lol
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Is the game televised on NBCSN-Washington or what the fuck ever it is called now?
Or do you got to have some sort of internet crystal ball pirated channel to watch it?
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The game is supposed to be on NBCSW and the NHL channel. I’ll watch the first half at minimum, maybe the whole game if Hershey is winning
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awesome thanks. I should tune in as well
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I feel like I'll jinx em' if I tune in. Don't look like they stand a chance away from home anyway. :-( I have enough sports grief in my life. :snicker:
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I feel like I'll jinx em' if I tune in. Don't look like they stand a chance away from home anyway. :-( I have enough sports grief in my life. :snicker:
So Hershey won game 7. At least McMichael and LaPierre scored the goals to tie it up after Hershey fell into a 0-2 hole to begin. 'Bout time the prospects showed up. After 3 lopsided losses in CA the Bears somehow found a way to pull it together last night. Good for them.
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Wow, coming back on the road in a game 7, down 2-0.. Pretty sweet! Hockey dodged another misjustice, with a brand new team competing for the top prize in it's first season.
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I tried to stay awake for that…
https://twitter.com/TheHersheyBears/status/1671751439234785280 (https://twitter.com/TheHersheyBears/status/1671751439234785280)
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I couldn't hang, but I recorded it. Gonna go back and watch.
Congrats Bears!
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How about some draft speculation? Rumors are that the Caps are trying to move up a few spots to get the Russian - Michkov. The kid is supposed to be a special talent with high scoring upside. He is shown at 5' 10" and 148 pounds but is one of the younger guys. Do we need to put all our eggs in the Russia basket after our top pick last year? I guess I wouldn't mind getting him, but REALLY hope they don't do something stupid like giving up our 1st round pick next year to move up 3 spots. We very well could have another lottery pick next year.
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If it were me, I’d pass on Michkov solely based on the 5’10” and 148 part. 5’10” isn’t hateful but he needs 50 more pounds for the NHL.
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If it were me, I’d pass on Michkov solely based on the 5’10” and 148 part. 5’10” isn’t hateful but the needs 50 more pounds for the NHL.
I've seen weights of 160 to 170 for Michkov elsewhere, so I don't really know his weight.
But I DON'T want to see the Caps move up and give up picks to get him. I don't think a player you have to wait a minimum of 3 years for is worth giving up something to chase after, especially with the continuing constraints on the salary cap limiting the team's flexibility given their current salary cap situation. The Caps should be chasing more picks, not fewer. I'd be perfectly happy with Reinbacher or Dvorsky at #8 if it comes to that. But I just saw a mock draft with Reinbacher going #5, which is absurd helium for the guy given that he wasn't really on the draft radar before this year.
Now, if Michkov falls to #8 because of the Russia/contract complications, maybe that's a horse of a different color .....
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https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1671563530191896605 (https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1671563530191896605)
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Man October is a long way off. I hope we see some movement this summer.
When do the trades n such usually happen over the summer?
I afraid the Caps are going to have to give up picks to move Mantha, and likely Kuzy too.
I'm with BlackIce...we need to be collecting picks, not giving them away (especially in the draft)
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My bet is that they trade Kuzy to move up a few picks to get Michkov. They would need to keep a good chunk of his salary to do it though. Looks like they are stuck with Mantha.
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Not sure they'd have to retain salary to move Kuzy.. 7.8m for a 31 year old #1 / #2 center isn't that expensive in today's market. But yea, we're stuck with Mantha unless we pay someone to take him.
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Not sure they'd have to retain salary to move Kuzy.. 7.8m for a 31 year old #1 / #2 center isn't that expensive in today's market. But yea, we're stuck with Mantha unless we pay someone to take him.
That’s not a lot for a good 1/2 center, but everyone knows Kuzy has bouts with motivational issues
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Some guys are really hyping Michkov on the NHL radio channel - saying that without the Russia issue, he would be the clear number 2 pick. Seems like there is a consensus on the top 5 picks and then the next 8 or so guys have varying ratings - so basically picks 6 through 14 could be solid guys with not a lot of difference. Given that, if the Caps don't trade up, I wouldn't mind them trading down a few and picking up another pick.
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That’s not a lot for a good 1/2 center, but everyone knows Kuzy has bouts with motivational issues
I still don't think he's a "retain salary" guy. Only has 2 years left on his contract. Plenty of time to find out if he's worth it or not and even playing bad he's an assist machine, if you've got a goal scorer on his line.
Looks like Lil' Ovi is in town for development camp. July 1-5.
https://twitter.com/NoVa_Caps/status/1673772313488113664
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Ya - I agree on Kuzy. The more that I think about it, they should get a pretty decent return for him. There is a shortage at center this off-season and Kuzy has crazy talent. If properly coached and motivated, which never happened here, he could be a top 10 player. With our new rookie coach, I don't see that happening with the Caps, but a contender with a tough coach, might really be a good match. If that happens though, its gonna be painful to watch.
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This team needs work everywhere but I'd build from the defense out. Michkov is going to be gone before #8 anyway unless we trade up but we have limited trade goods as it is. I saw an article on RMNB where some guy was floating a rumor of Wilson to Ottawa. Not sure there's any credence to that and Wilson is one guy I wouldn't be anxious to move. Let's see what he looks like with another full year of recovery time. OTOH, I'd have no problem with moving Kuz in the right deal. Carson Soucy is an interesting FA possibility on defense, too.
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So assuming Kuzy gets moved...what are WE doing for a #1/2 center? I mean Strome picked up his game and all, but Strome being your teams top talent at center isn't impressing anybody, and what about Lines 2, 3, 4? Okay, we have 4, but what about 2 & 3?
I wouldn't be surprised if Caps brought Eller back at 3c if he doesn't get a decent offer somewhere else. Not that it helps our aging problem.
I don't see Backy as a 1C or 2C. At best he is a 3c at this point. Unless he finds a miracle cure for his skates that appear to be melting into the ice when he skates
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GMBM debunked the latest Wilson rumors again today. Not sure where that keeps coming from. Wishful thinking by desperate teams I guess.
Is Michkov a Center or a Wing? We're in certain need of a 1C. Though not sure how much that'll matter until we can shed some more age and salary. Still got a few lean years ahead Im afraid.
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Michkov is a RW. I love hearing all these guys on the radio rave about him when none of them has seen him play. I think that Ted has a little bit of Snyder in him and might want to go after the Russian phenom - we'll see.
As far as moving Kuzy, I think they would only do that if they end up in a bind on the Cap, or if somebody blows them away with an offer. I also think that they would consult Ovi and if he wants Kuzy here, he stays. Maybe Ovi though is tired of him.
I really hope that they free up enough money to sign Fever to a long term deal - 7 or 8 years at a reasonable number.
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Round 1 is tonight at 7pm.
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I really hope that they free up enough money to sign Fever to a long term deal - 7 or 8 years at a reasonable number.
They better sign Fever. He's been a solid NHL caliber guy even at his young age. I think he will only get better. We let friggin Ziggy (Siegenthaler) get away (and for nothing). The Caps desperately need some solid young D. Carlson, Jensen, TVR....will only decline.
I will be royally pissed and greatly disappointed if they fuck around and don't sign Fever to several years.
I think Alexeyev will also be good, but he has not had as much playing time/development as Fever. They are both 23, but AA isn't RFA for two more years, so that will help with the cap situation short term. Of course if he becomes a real stud the next couple years....
Carlson / Jensen / TVR for the old experience D, and Sundin / Fever / Alexeyev for the younger guys. Meh...that's not terrible. A team in rebuild and trying to get younger, I see no reason not to play Alexeyev full time this season.
Sundin showed me last year he's certainly ready to play (hope he didn't really injure his knee)
I guess we really need at least one more D. I wonder if they sign Irwin again for a year as a backup
Man, they HAVE TO sign Fever
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Totally agree. Just think if they had kept Ziggy and then signed Fever long term, that would be a great pair. They will need to free up some money though to sign Fever at a level he would agree to for a 5 year deal or more.
Still a lot of different projections on who we pick tonight. Most people are showing Michkov going 4th or 5th still. All the hype at the top is on Bedard, but man that Leo Carlsson out of Sweden is a horse! He is 6' 3" and 193 lbs and is a center that can skate and make plays. Bedard may be the next McDavid, but he is on the small side and 5 years down the road, I bet Carlsson will be the better player.
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Ziggy move rivals the Forsberg deal as far as Im concerned. Just awful management. But that's what DC sports teams do when they're desperate, thinking there's a window to make the playoffs or (laughably) a championship. We moved him for nothing, so we could play 40+ year old Chara for a year? :-\
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Looks like the bumperboards are dead, glad I found this place...looks active. Nothing to contribute about the draft but looking forward to it!
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Welcome CapX. There's only a few of us that are "active" but we do our best. lol
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Welcome CapX. There's only a few of us that are "active" but we do our best. lol
Only if you count fishing as "active" ole redneck :raspberry:
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Looks like the bumperboards are dead, glad I found this place...looks active. Nothing to contribute about the draft but looking forward to it!
active is a relative term with the Caps missing the playoffs
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Only if you count fishing as "active" ole redneck :raspberry:
You know fishin' counts for everythaang!!
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as expected, #1 pick Chicago takes Bedard
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Blackhawks pick Bedard. The nerve! :raised-eyebrow: Crooked ass lottery. :raspberry:
:poop: Ducks pick Carlsson #2.. So much for that..
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1 min to all caps fans disappointed lol
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There’s 32 picks in round 1, even with some pomp and circumstance this shouldn’t take more than 2-2 1/2 hours. The NHL is going to drag this out to midnight.
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oh snap!
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4 picks, 4 C's gone.. :-( Yea, were gonna get some bum who never sees an NHL game. :rofl:
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There’s 32 picks in round 1, even with some pomp and circumstance this shouldn’t take more than 2-2 1/2 hours. The NHL is going to drag this out to midnight.
10 min clock is LONG..........
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Caps aren't picking till around 8:15 est. Guess I'll find out the bad news later.. Have fun peeps!
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Pilly takes Michkov, Caps up next..
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https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1674207871406407683 (https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1674207871406407683)
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Well, this guy is the skill guy in the first half of the first round with an attitude closest to Tom Wilson. So if you like grit and in-your-face play, here's another guy to root for.
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Well, this guy is the skill guy in the first half of the first round with an attitude closest to Tom Wilson. So if you like grit and in-your-face play, here's another guy to root for.
That’s the kind of player needed in the playoffs.
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That’s the kind of player needed in the playoffs.
Ivan the terrible and Ryan are two addtions I am looking forward to seeing.
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Oh well, they (espn) talked him up pretty good anyway. Anything that resembles #43 is ok in my book. Said something about another year in college though, so as usual, nothing of impact for a couple years.
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https://youtu.be/UnTQhAgK7oo
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Good report!
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Love this pick. Glad they didn't give away a lot to get Michkov. This guy is being compared to Wilson, but he is a much better skater, has good hands and should have more upside. Instead of drafting small guys like McMichael and Lapierre, Leonard has big body and is still growing. Love this pick!!
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https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1674437755823087616 (https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1674437755823087616)
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Bunch of "he's a steal at #40" posts on the tweet.. Guess we'll find out.
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Love this pick. Glad they didn't give away a lot to get Michkov.
Not sure what it would of cost, but they could of easily moved up with Yotes, who picked a D that would of surely still been there at #8. Guess Mantha wasn't enough to entice. :snicker:
* I suppose they also thought there was a good chance he'd already be gone at #6.. But you'd think they could of had a pre-deal in place, just in case? Meh, who cares, over now.. Welcome aboard Ryan Leonard!!
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The Caps do not have a pick in round 3, their next chance is round 4 #8, 104 overall, unless they trade up or down.
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Tweets, in order, on Andrew Cristall: (I stopped at the end of page 1)
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30m
Yoooooooooo
Danny “Mr. GM” Briere
@flyersflockcom
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50m
Don’t care we got michkov :raspberry:
VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS 2023 CHAMPS!!🥳🥳🥳
@Jjettas52
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49m
Y’all are getting a savage. We watched him every game last season he is so good. Y’all got a great player
xavier
@dicnowder
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50m
OH MY GOD LETS FUCKING GOOOOO
jake the snake
@lakersfan8_24
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47m
Is he good or am I tripping
madison gerein
@mgere1n
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34m
y'all are lucking absolutely out with this guy, as a season tix holder for the rockets, being able to watch him play and improve has been awesome. congrats on the steal!
Sue the Realist
@shec61
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37m
Lucky Andrew, lucky Caps! He's a great fit for Washington!!
doolittle
@doolitty420
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48m
fantastic pick and we have the best skating coach on staff
Zstro
@Zstr0_
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42m
You guys got a good one
Leonard/Cristall Enthusiast
@CrazyCapsFanboi
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49m
Absolute steal. Unbelievable he slipped to us
jack
@Jack_BeIden56
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48m
I can’t even see the entire W because it’s so LARGE.
TREMENDOUS
James Graham P.
@JamesGrahamP
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37m
I'm thrilled with this pick. Leonard at #8 was smart and safe. A clear NHLer with a well-rounded game. This kid is more boom/bust, but that is exactly what you look for in Round 2. He has ELITE offensive ability and plenty of time to work on his skating. Could be a huge steal.
James F.
@james_hockey61
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50m
This is a good pick
Zaddy D
@Dequavis24
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47m
What a fucking steal!!!
Jameson
@JamesonN10
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45m
What a steal
R man
@laujenm
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37m
Solid value here
M̶ 🎯
@Firefromadolla
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49m
YES A 1st rounder !
👑
@KingsFan2619
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50m
What a steal
Chris Alley
@GMUHockeyScout
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49m
Fantastic pick!
Brandon
@lBrqndonl
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29m
That’s a massive W, great draft so far
Simon Cournoyer
@cournoyer_simon
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47m
STEEEEEEEEAAAAAALL
Jack Boyle
@backjoyle
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50m
GREAT PICK LFG
sad simp
@DrowSimp
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46m
Cook.
Toan Ho (4-4)
@Toanho1996
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49m
LFG a great Pick for the Caps
apsHowell is him
@danielmcraee
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34m
STEALL
Frostdawolf
@Frostdawolf
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36m
LFG BEST DRAFT CLASS
OH YEAH BUDDY
@Sizzledfreshly
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36m
LFG
TTV_Livingdedmanislit
@jayce_zeran
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35m
stealllll
Jacob Kirshner
@KirshnerJacob
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37m
Absolute W
Captain Baltimore 🇺🇲🎙
@AlwaysACaptain
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8m
You can't drink Kristal to this one... you gotta drink Cris-stall!
Steve Taylor
@stevetaylor_bc
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9m
He's so good. Great pick, can't believe he fell down this low.
WiseBeyondMyYears
@sports_god1
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33m
YES! Thank you
cameron
@CameronFarrugi3
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35m
LETS GOOOO
Brad Marchands Pet Rat
@MarchandsPetRat
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36m
STEAL.
WashingtonSportFan125
@WashingtonFan0
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36m
STEAL
John Doyle #RavensFlock
@JohnDoyle52
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36m
@DaniRainis
WiseBeyondMyYears
@sports_god1
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32m
W PICK!
El Legend
@ElLgND
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24m
W
Feel So Clean like a Monkey Machine
@FunnyFishe
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36m
STEAL
dev
@devknowspuck
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1m
I love this team
Zachary Delisle ⚜️/🇦🇷
@Delisle05PQ
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36m
Big W
International Wrestling
@JasonStGermain9
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34m
What a steal at 40!
laura !!
@0SHBABE
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35m
W
hky #BillsMafia
@therealhky
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37m
W
Andrew
@ThatOneGuyARL
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35m
DUB
❄️Джанлука тоньино❄️
@IceBullet67
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34m
Steal
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unless they trade out, the Caps have two more picks.. round 5 #8/136 and round 7 #8/200
https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1674459400910647307 (https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1674459400910647307)
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https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1674467127040913409 (https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1674467127040913409)
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Cristall - was projected by some to be a first rounder. Just watched a bunch of his highlights and he loves to stickhandle with a lot of toe-drags. He probably won't get away with that much at the NHL level, but he looked pretty darn good! He is relatively small though, so he better really be able to skate.
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https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1674480632468996096 (https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1674480632468996096)
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https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1674482002114781191 (https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1674482002114781191)
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https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1674484330603618328 (https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1674484330603618328)
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that’s that.. rounds 2-7 today took less time than round 1 last night.
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https://twitter.com/nascarcasm/status/1676213761374400512 (https://twitter.com/nascarcasm/status/1676213761374400512)
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That's "Sir" Anthony Stewart to you! :rofl:
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the kid seems like a great fit in Pilly, is Torts still the head coach?..
https://www.hockeyfeed.com/nhl-news/michkov-s-teammate-this-kid-is-a-piece-of-s (https://www.hockeyfeed.com/nhl-news/michkov-s-teammate-this-kid-is-a-piece-of-s)
rumor has it, Washington was one of the teams the kid told to pound sand
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:rofl:
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I might have to watch more indoor lacrosse..
https://twitter.com/MissinCurfew/status/1678908739599085568 (https://twitter.com/MissinCurfew/status/1678908739599085568)
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:thumbsup:
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https://novacapsfans.com/2023/07/12/vegas-golden-knights-name-former-washington-forward-joel-ward-nhl-assistant-coach/ (https://novacapsfans.com/2023/07/12/vegas-golden-knights-name-former-washington-forward-joel-ward-nhl-assistant-coach/)
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Congrats to Wardo
Was Wardo here in Washington overlapping with Bruce Cassidy at all?
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I could’ve said no without looking it up, but I did anyway. Bruce was the head coach in 2002–03. Wardo played here 2011-15.
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Leafs are $8.8m OVER the cap :huh:
Expected to have $5.5m in LTIR relief, but still over by $3m
They signed so FA's (Bertuzzi, Domi, Reaves, Klingberg). Guess they decided they needed some grit.
AND they've yet to sign FA Samsonov. Don't see how they can at this point. Sammy started 40 games and had 27 wins for Toronto last year
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If you don’t know, ‘67 would be the last time the Leafs won the Cup..
https://twitter.com/BarDown/status/1680915469144932354 (https://twitter.com/BarDown/status/1680915469144932354)
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We aint goin a full week w/o a post! Not on my watch! :raised-eyebrow: :rofl:
You see Hamlin upset the minions again yesterday? Poor Larson got run up the track, after leaving the door open w/10 to go.. Oops. :uh-huh:
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We could always talk about weird animal poop.
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We could always talk about weird animal poop.
:raised-eyebrow:
I didn’t see the race, but I noticed it’s always fun getting a DNF just because the car got flat tires.
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We could always talk about weird animal poop.
I'll stick with Nascar until hockey starts back, thanks. :wackysmile: :snicker:
Yea, hope they figure something out. Took 10+ minutes at Pocono to get a spun out car off the track (they had 2 in qualifying) and Joey got a DNF cause he was stranded and they tore his car up towing it back. Tow truck needs a couple tires on board. Bolt em' up and send them on their way, back to pit road.
Oh and there's this:
https://twitter.com/rmnb/status/1683854120099217411 (https://twitter.com/rmnb/status/1683854120099217411)
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https://novacapsfans.com/2023/07/12/vegas-golden-knights-name-former-washington-forward-joel-ward-nhl-assistant-coach/ (https://novacapsfans.com/2023/07/12/vegas-golden-knights-name-former-washington-forward-joel-ward-nhl-assistant-coach/)
:clap:
Good for him.
Wonder if he'll hire Chimmer as his boot boy...... :snicker:
Loved the twins. They were so much fun.
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There she is! Good to hear from ya Lil! :hearts:
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When the Caps open the 23-24 season on October 13 vs the ice chickens, OV will be 15 points from 1500 for his career. He will be the 16th player to achieve that mark.
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When the Caps open the 23-24 season on October 13 vs the ice chickens, OV will be 15 points from 1500 for his career. He will be the 16th player to achieve that mark.
He just may do it!! :snicker: :raspberry:
Hillbilly, got a deal for ya, right here! :uh-huh:
(https://i.postimg.cc/R0mJnksx/241burgers.jpg)
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When the Richmond fall race was held in September, the weather was usually very pleasant. Plus it was a night race. The geniuses at nascar have moved that date to what is normally the hottest time of year for the region. Fridays forecast is sunny and 99*(37C), Saturday is sunny and 98*. But they might get lucky on Sunday, when the forecast is 90* and rain.
::)
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They'll try anything -BUT- what actually worked. March afternoon races and September night races were always a blast with decent weather.
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If you're bored tonight at 9pm and have ESPN, tune in for some -actual- old school short track racing, from Pulaski Va. (Motor Mile) with some old and current legends! Thursday Night Thunder, SRX style!! Stewart, Labonte, Schrader, Newman, Keselowski, Bowyer, Ky Busch, etc..
*Plus, like the old days, you get to hear Alan Bestwick call the race. Probably still the best color commentator in the business!
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The motor mile is Radford, not Pulaski 8)
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Pretty good short track race! Paul Tracy is in over his head with these guys. lol
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What do you think of this Deegan kid, is she not aggressive enough or just not good enough?
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Both. She's the same way in the Truck series. Always in the back, getting into wrecks. SRX she's usually getting run over or just caught up though, so not really her fault. Still rarely fast enough to compete with the boys though, unfortunately. I like her. Wish she was better. Not sure why they can't find a girl who can actually drive. Drag racing doesn't have any problems finding successful females.
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Back when I attended more NHRA, I had favorite drivers..
https://www.nhra.com/news/2021/angelle-sampey-and-karen-stoffer-celebrate-25-years-success-denver (https://www.nhra.com/news/2021/angelle-sampey-and-karen-stoffer-celebrate-25-years-success-denver)
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If you're bored tonight at 9pm and have ESPN, tune in for some -actual- old school short track racing, from Pulaski Va. (Motor Mile) with some old and current legends! Thursday Night Thunder, SRX style!! Stewart, Labonte, Schrader, Newman, Keselowski, Bowyer, Ky Busch, etc..
*Plus, like the old days, you get to hear Alan Bestwick call the race. Probably still the best color commentator in the business!
Damn - wish I had seen this earlier. I'm close enough I could have run over and caught that. Saw Bobby Labonte run at our local short track [Thornburg] last year. Had a nice crowd out to watch him - finished 3rd if I remember correctly.
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Damn - wish I had seen this earlier. I'm close enough I could have run over and caught that. Saw Bobby Labonte run at our local short track [Thornburg] last year. Had a nice crowd out to watch him - finished 3rd if I remember correctly.
You might have got a standing room only seat. Place was absolutely PACKED!! Love seeing these old short tracks get some national exposure. I was already in Fl when they built Dominion. I grew up at Old Dominion. Little 3/8 mile oval and 1/8 mile drag strip in Manassas. From google, Dominion looks like a nice place!
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Mick, you must remember this overweight dude that ran a yellow two stroke dirt bike in ET every damn weekend. He was fairly successful too, for being as slow as he was.
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LoL. Doesn't ring a bell, but if he was a regular in the late 70's early 80's Im sure I saw him! I remember old guys like Frank Elswick, Mike Vincent and Carroll Carter. They were the local legends of the time at the drag stip.
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Good race from RIR! RKF Fords were just too fast. Only 1 (legit) caution, lots of "racing". On to Michigan!
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It should serve as a reminder to yun rednecks that all this racing talk is...
in the BOREDOM thread! :raspberry:
(where it belongs)
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I was talkin' with Alta & AJZ about changing the name of the site to Washington Capitals and NASCAR Fan Forum! :raspberry: :snicker:
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turns out a neighbor that has never given any indication that he likes nascar went to the Richmond race sunday, I saw him yesterday afternoon and he was wearing a brand new #2 t shirt
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Cendric? :huh: What in the world would he do that for? :rofl:
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Cendric? :huh: What in the world would he do that for? :rofl:
The entertainer?
(boredom thread)
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Don't you mean Hendricks? i have his n. 26 shirt. :uh-huh: Keeps me nice and cosy at night.........
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Hey now, there's not room for anymore funny guys in here!! :raised-eyebrow:
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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gPg19oZRDq8 (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gPg19oZRDq8)
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Junebug speaks truth! :snicker:
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Willy was already under contract for 23-24 so this shouldn’t effect cap space until 24-25…
https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1687470742705709056 (https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1687470742705709056)
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I predicted he'd get 6-6.5m x 5. Was pretty close. I guess if he'd of only signed for 5 though, it'd of been 7m ish per year. Glad we locked him up! Now we pray he stays healthy! :cross:
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So on the surface, I love the resigning as does everybody else. We love Willy. When I think about it though, he will be 31 when the contract kicks in so the contract covers him from 31 to 38. With the way he plays and the health issues, this is not a smart contract. The last couple years will definitely be a problem and maybe more if he fades sooner or his knee never fully recovers. His skating definitely was not back up to 100% last year. We are already seeing what happened with Oshie and Backstrom and we are going to get stuck with $6.5 million of dead money for several years. I hate to say it, but this is a bad contract.
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The term is scary given our recent track record with Oshie, Backstrom, etc. The price I think is good given the cap should go up in two years. On the whole, it's a "heart and soul" kind of contract. He's one of only a few unique forwards the combine skill and grit - you gotta pay for that. Hopefully we can add someone else to take on the "protector" role and keep him out of so many fights.
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I am surprised they jumped on this contract this early. I am good with it. I was a little worried Willy would take his services elsewhere next year to be a real contender. As much hate as he has gotten over the years, I expect almost ANY team would welcome him.
This is a long contract considering his age and style of play, however I think they basically gave him one more year and spread out the funds.
Would you rather the deal be 5 years at 8m? Shorter term, but more money? The longer term helps spread the cost over more years for a team that is cash strapped now.
It's a risk either way. I'd rather have him than not. 6.5m is not too much for Tom Wilson.
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These stars want term, so.. Either we pay him, or someone else will. Fighting will probably be outlawed before his new contract is half way done. Im more concerned about his knee. I think he looked back to near normal at the end of the season, but we'll know for sure this year.
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I am surprised they jumped on this contract this early. I am good with it. I was a little worried Willy would take his services elsewhere next year to be a real contender. As much hate as he has gotten over the years, I expect almost ANY team would welcome him.
This is a long contract considering his age and style of play, however I think they basically gave him one more year and spread out the funds.
Would you rather the deal be 5 years at 8m? Shorter term, but more money? The longer term helps spread the cost over more years for a team that is cash strapped now.
It's a risk either way. I'd rather have him than not. 6.5m is not too much for Tom Wilson.
Rich - I would rather pay guys what they are worth for their productive years and maybe overpay for the key guys. I hate contracts that extend an extra year or two to level out the salary cap hit, knowing that they may not even play the last year or two. We are in that situation now with Backstrom and Oshie and it is killing us. The problem is that they are stuck now and don't have the current dollars to pay Willy enough because they overpaid Carlson, Kuzy, Backstrom and Oshie.
This team has some real sole-searching to do and my hope is that they bite the bullet for a rebuild in the short term, rather than have 10 years or mediocrity. As much as I love Willy and would hate to lose him, I hate this contract.
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Love Willy, but this looks like a commercial deal for the fans, rather than the actual hockey team methinks.
Still, on balance..... rather we have him than anyone else.
Who do we have left with any type of grit?
Everybody seems to want bigger, taller, heavier. I would like to see more "Gramps" type players in our team. more o the mike Knuble's. Little terriers who can bother these big goalies with quick hands and tip ins and weather the storms in the crease. Little wiry, wily types that bounce off the big fellas.
By the time the biguns get up a full steam of head, the little imps are aready chasing back down the ice in the other direction.
I think that is the way this team should go. Gritty little buggers!
Oh! Wait......... an AHL team?....... :lmao:
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Love Willy, but this looks like a commercial deal for the fans, rather than the actual hockey team methinks.
Still, on balance..... rather we have him than anyone else.
Who do we have left with any type of grit?
Everybody seems to want bigger, taller, heavier. I would like to see more "Gramps" type players in our team. more o the mike Knuble's. Little terriers who can bother these big goalies with quick hands and tip ins and weather the storms in the crease. Little wiry, wily types that bounce off the big fellas.
By the time the biguns get up a full steam of head, the little imps are aready chasing back down the ice in the other direction.
I think that is the way this team should go. Gritty little buggers!
So that's why you should be happy that the Caps ended up selecting Ryan Leonard with their first round pick in this year's draft. Leonard plays with more of an edge than any of the other top skill players in this year's draft.
Oh! Wait......... an AHL team?....... :lmao:
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Don't know anything about Leonard.
Will he go straight to Hershey?
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Don't know anything about Leonard.
Will he go straight to Hershey?
He's currently scheduled to start playing for Boston College this upcoming season.
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Yep, one more year of college(university) hockey. After that, Id guess he goes to Hershey for at least a season. South Carolina or D.C. seem unlikely destinations right out of college.
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Meanwhile the Pens get Erik Karlsonn. I'm not sure what to think about this as they were able to dump a few non-essential guys and dump some salary, only to take on a huge contract. They also gave up a 2024 1st round pick (unless it is a top 10 pick). Most people are rating this as a big win for Dubas, the new GM and it just shows that the Pens are not afraid to make big changes - unlike the Caps. If Karlsonn plays like he did last year for the next several years, it is a big win. If he plays like he did two years ago, it was a very bad move.
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Yea, they got him til he's 36 @ 10m per year. So, Wilson's contract doesn't look that bad in comparison.
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I don't really think $6.5m is over paying for Willie. As Mick said...fighting will be less and less a factor. The real question is the knee - and Willie looked pretty damn good (fast) by end of last year. Of course....maybe that's just in comparison to the old slow guys he's skating with on this team?
I think Willie can still have a huge impact throughout this contract. Yes last two years is worse than the first 5, but that is true of ANY contract.
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Every team in the league would give 6.5m for Willy. Length of contract is the only issue. And I still think it's fine. If he can stay away from chronic injuries (unlike Nicky) he can still play those late years on PK, agitator, enforcer, shut down 4th line forward minutes, as well as bang in a few goals. It's just if you lose multiple steps (Nicky) and can't keep up at all is when you become a huge liability. In a perfect world they sit Nicky on the pine until the PP, but that's not feasible.
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GMBM keeps saying he’s still looking to improve the top six. The only way that happens is moving salary, lots of it.
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GMBM keeps saying he’s still looking to improve the top six. The only way that happens is moving salary, lots of it.
Bye Bye draft pics. Kuzy and Mantha are the only forwards left to move....Unless you could dump Oshie.
Might be able to move Kuzy without draft pics, but then how are we improving the top 6? We'd need another Center which are few and far between. Mantha will be costly to move I think.
Carlson is the only D that would shave enough salary to make enough difference and they ain't ever moving him (and they just signed Jensen and TVR to deals)
Mantha is a UFA next season. Might have to just suck it up this season and trade him at the deadline for couple rolls of tape or something.
I liked when we acquired him and thought/hoped he'd blossom here, but he surely hasn't.
I'm fine with moving him, but I really don't want to throw away pics or young talent just to dump his salary.
Maybe the new coach will inspire Mantha to a truly breakout year and bring Kuzy back to his highest level of play.
maybe I'll hit the lottery...
maybe I'll catch a Leprechaun..
maybe I'll hit a Unicorn with my truck on the way home...
maybe I'll catch Sasquatch...
maybe the Caps will win another Cup :lol: ....in my lifetime :'(
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a new topic for Rich, square fruit..
https://twitter.com/HowThingsWork_/status/1688231489614319617 (https://twitter.com/HowThingsWork_/status/1688231489614319617)
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a new topic for Rich, square fruit..
https://twitter.com/HowThingsWork_/status/1688231489614319617 (https://twitter.com/HowThingsWork_/status/1688231489614319617)
makes you poop square too. (if yuns a wombat)
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thanks Alta...I needed to waste another 10 minutes I didn't have ;D
https://twitter.com/i/status/1628536194639306752
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Ima tell ya right now. Stay away from them square melons! :wackysmile:
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Ima tell ya right now. Stay away from them square melons! :wackysmile:
I concur. I'm more of a round melon fan.
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More along that Redneck's arena....
https://thespun.com/more/top-stories/legendary-race-car-driver-dead-from-heart-attack-at-58 (https://thespun.com/more/top-stories/legendary-race-car-driver-dead-from-heart-attack-at-58)
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Sounds like a local legend. RIP ol' fella!
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https://twitter.com/BR_OpenIce/status/1689728221296640000 (https://twitter.com/BR_OpenIce/status/1689728221296640000)
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I'd love to know the injury type/ratio for fighting in hockey. I'd bet it's by far busted knuckles? But in the name of "violence" they'll ban it all the way through the sport before long. And my interest, once they take all the unique/fun aspects of the game away, will probably fade as it did before Ovi came along.. :-\
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But it is preventing the "psychological violence" that may result. :huh: If I call you a dickhead - Is that psychological violence?
I love the way they say the "person declared to be the aggressor in the fight" will get two games....So...IF you fight, you sure as hell better not win the fight.
I don't really have a problem with no fighting in JR hockey - they are "kids" for the most part, but I do believe it's only a matter of time before the NHL bans fighting as well.
I heard the MLB is contemplating eliminating bats because it's too violent to baseballs. (although it's white on white violence, so that's okay). Yep...took it too far, I know.
BUT I'M REALLY BORED
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Silent since Friday.. Come on, entertain us boredy! :raspberry:
Got to watch the Redskins squeak out a preseason win vs the mighty Browns anyway! :wackysmile:
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Last SRX race of the season tonight at 9pm est. ESPN. Lucas Oil Speedway (3/8 Dirt Banked Oval) Kenny Wallace and Clint Boyer among the guest racers.
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I know I will regret this, but....what is a SRX?
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:raised-eyebrow: revoke his redneck membership
It’s the series Tony Stewart started..
https://www.srxracing.com/ (https://www.srxracing.com/)
Is Kanaan driving? Seemed like he wore out his welcome, along with a bunch of cars.
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Hey, I'm the hillbilly, not the redneck. We don't even have shoes yet, much less paved racing tracks. we still got to jump the bridge span they aint bilt yet over the crik when we's running the shine across dry counties.
So it's like a bunch of OLD redneck racers and campers? Kind of like a weekend camping/racing jamboree? :huh:
Do the cars have spitoons in em?
:raspberry:
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this would imply they are not running the road course next year..
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Good grief Rich, the damn track was DIRT!!! You'd of fit right in! And yes, there were old and young Rednecks racing and in the stands. They don't let yankees in, far as I know! :raspberry: :snicker:
Pretty good race! They had a past track champion "ringer" filling in for Tracy, since he got suspended for driving like a moron. Bowyer had the fastest car but couldn't get around him in the main event. Tried a couple crazy slide jobs at the end, but couldn't pull it off. Kanaan and Castroneves alternated this season. Helio was in the car last night. Newman won the 6 race championship.
Yea, word is nascar will be running the oval (again) at Indy next year! :hearts:
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1 caution and green to checkers in under 2 hours today at The Glen. Think they said that was the fastest completed race in modern history. These drivers are better at road racing and that car doesn't break or fall off.. Cars bunched up but can't pass. Kinda boring. They weren't catching Byron though, could of ran 6 hours.
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1 caution and green to checkers in under 2 hours today at The Glen. Think they said that was the fastest completed race in modern history. These drivers are better at road racing and that car doesn't break or fall off.. Cars bunched up but can't pass. Kinda boring. They weren't catching Byron though, could of ran 6 hours.
And NASCAR officials didn't throw out a caution for every little spin. That helped ..... a lot.
Happy as hell Hamlin didn't win.
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Happy as hell Hamlin didn't win.
8-0 Why you low down, yellow belly, good for nuthin', son of a!!! :raised-eyebrow: :snicker:
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UFA Carl Haglin. Did Caps management make an official announcement that they weren’t resigning Hags or is an understood parting of ways?
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I don't recall them ever announcing they'd -not- be resigning someone? At least from the teams standpoint? I do have severe CRS, so maybe they do. lol
I think it's usually the player though, who announces they're shopping around, testing the market, or don't expect to get resigned?
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Hags situation is a bit different. Everything I’ve read says he won’t be able to play at an NHL level again. But I’ve not seen an official announcement. That doesn’t mean there wasn’t one, which is why I brought this up.
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I've not seen anything about it either. Were there other injuries than his eye? Or is his vision why he wouldn't be able to compete at NHL level? Either way, he was making too much money for this team to afford him, even if he was 110%. Wish him well though..
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I don't know what teams do or are expected to do with a player who's contract expires while the player is on LTIR, and not expected to return to the NHL level?
I mean he's a UFA, but does anyone expect him to play again? Why would any team sign him as an UFA if he is unable to play?
I assumed because of his age and decision to undergo what is almost certainly career ending procedure that he was electing to retire and the surgery was basically to improve his quality of life.
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After Hags suffered the eye injury he had hip resurfacing done, same procedure Backy had.
Also, Hags was making $2.75M per. Just my opinion but I wouldn’t call that over paid. But it doesn’t clear much cap space with him gone.
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Maybe on a normal team? He was a 4th line wing/grinder? Dowd makes 1.3m Kubel 1.23m Snively and Protas .8m
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Snively and Protas are bad comparisons IMO. The last two seasons combined, which is the extent of both players NHL experience, Snively has played a grand total of 24 games. Protas is better at 91 total games. Plus we all know this club has a poor record of playing the young guys if and when they get called up. I’m still not convinced that was entirely on Lavi but he did have a bad habit of keeping guys on the bench after two shifts. Snively is a bit on the small side for an NHLer at 5’9 and 180. Protas is better at 6’6 and 215.
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Snively and Protas are bad comparisons IMO. The last two seasons combined, which is the extent of both players NHL experience, Snively has played a grand total of 24 games. Protas is better at 91 total games. Plus we all know this club has a poor record of playing the young guys if and when they get called up. I’m still not convinced that was entirely on Lavi but he did have a bad habit of keeping guys on the bench after two shifts. Snively is a bit on the small side for an NHLer at 5’9 and 180. Protas is better at 6’6 and 215.
Size - ist! :raspberry:
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I don't think Hags was really overpaid for WHEN the contract was signed, but I also think his next contract would have been for a lesser amount at this point in his career even if he was totally healthy and NOT had the hip resurface. He was in the waning years of his career. The eye injured screwed him. I could see him getting maybe $1.5-2m from a club IF he hadn't had the hip done. He's still got wheels and he was a good PK guy. He could be a third liner on many clubs. Great wheels and good forecheck, responsible, but jut not the scoring touch.
I kind of compare him to Sheary (who signed for $2m x3 with TB), although Sheary is 4 years younger. Hags had a little more size, but Sheary was fast and all heart.
Also think Sheary had a little more scoring instinct than Hags. Although Hags is a little more defensively responsible - really just depends what a team is looking for.
Hags has 110G, 186A in 713 games = .415 pts/game
Sheary has 120G, 132A in 531 games = .475pts/game
Also, I think all this is a moot point since the hip resurfacing. I didn't figure Hags to every play another NHL game after that. Most of his game was based on his speed.
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Oh and it's like 30 days until the boys are back in town
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8-0 Why you low down, yellow belly, good for nuthin', son of a!!! :raised-eyebrow: :snicker:
Oh no ........ Mick ........ you can't possibly like that whiny little bee-yatch Hamlin.
"Say it isn't so"
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I became a nascar super fan when Gibbs formed JGR. It comes with the territory!! :uh-huh:
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I became a nascar super fan when Gibbs formed JGR. It comes with the territory!! :uh-huh:
I'm a Truex guy so I hear you with JGR. Glad he's coming back next year.
It's OK to be a JGR fan and not like #11....... really..... it is.
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I kind of compare him to Sheary (who signed for $2m x3 with TB), although Sheary is 4 years younger. Hags had a little more size, but Sheary was fast and all heart.
Also think Sheary had a little more scoring instinct than Hags. Although Hags is a little more defensively responsible - really just depends what a team is looking for.
Hags has 110G, 186A in 713 games = .415 pts/game
Sheary has 120G, 132A in 531 games = .475pts/game
Rich - just when I was getting over the loss of Sheary.... That guy gave it all every shift and I loved watching him play. We need more guys like that.
On another note, the rumor mill is turning on a Kuzy trade. Saw one where they had Kuzy going to Minnesota with us keeping 40% of his salary and taking back a couple salary dumps of Foligno, plus Mojo and we get a 1st round pick from them. If they actually traded us Mojo, that would have to be some kind of record for the number of times the same player gets traded back to one team. I didn't love the trade, but I did like getting a 1st round pick.
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It's OK to be a JGR fan and not like #11....... really..... it is.
It IS ok.. I mean, I can't stand Truex to be honest. :snicker: Though I'd still rather him win than most anyone else not driving for JGR. :raspberry:
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I have his hat, his diecast and his picture (hero card) hanging in my garage. I guess this means that I like him. Glad he’s staying around.
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I remember when Gibbs formed an NHRA team back in the ‘90s. Food at the tracks instantly got better. Gibbs sold, or shut that down to start his NASCAR team.
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I remember the MBNA dragster, but didn't follow his NHRA team. Was that another of Coy's adventures or was Joe heavily involved as well?
And why'd the food get better? :huh: :rofl:
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McDonalds became a big sponsor of Gibbs NHRA team, and track food had step up to compete. Kinda sad actually.
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Rich - just when I was getting over the loss of Sheary.... That guy gave it all every shift and I loved watching him play. We need more guys like that.
On another note, the rumor mill is turning on a Kuzy trade. Saw one where they had Kuzy going to Minnesota with us keeping 40% of his salary and taking back a couple salary dumps of Foligno, plus Mojo and we get a 1st round pick from them. If they actually traded us Mojo, that would have to be some kind of record for the number of times the same player gets traded back to one team. I didn't love the trade, but I did like getting a 1st round pick.
Yeah, Sheary was my kind of player.
As far as Kuzy...it would be lovely to move an undermotivated, high contract plaher and get something worthwhile in trade...especially for our future, but I really wonder what the Caps can do this year if they move Kuzy. I mean we have Strome, who I like, but he's barely a 1c/2c. Backy is at very best a question mark and shadow of his former self. Dowder is...well a 4c. Protas isn't ready for 1c/2c action, don't think McMike is either. Am I missing somebody? Too bad Wilson isn't a center.
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So (if rumor is accurate) we'd basically end up with the same, if not more, salary. Give up a 1-2C in return for 2 LW's and a 1st round pick? :huh: Makes sense if there's nothing to play for and you're just rebuilding, but we know Ovi's goal record is what this team is all about for the next 2 years. That hurts that effort, imo.
Kuzy will be looking for 1 more contract.. I'd expect his motivation to be on the uptick over the next 2 years. I'd just keep him, if there's no significant salary dump or a play making C in the exchange.
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So (if rumor is accurate) we'd basically end up with the same, if not more, salary. Give up a 1-2C in return for 2 LW's and a 1st round pick? :huh: Makes sense if there's nothing to play for and you're just rebuilding, but we know Ovi's goal record is what this team is all about for the next 2 years. That hurts that effort, imo.
Kuzy will be looking for 1 more contract.. I'd expect his motivation to be on the uptick over the next 2 years. I'd just keep him, if there's no significant salary dump or a play making C in the exchange.
Even though you're wrong about Hamlin [j/k .....ish], I think you're right and we have to ride the Kuzy train for two years and hope his head gets straightened out by his desire for another contract. Same for Mantha.
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Pretty much agree - or at least that's how I figured Kuzy. He has the potential to be great again, and dumping salary is one thing, but I think management tried and failed to get even close to something worthwhile so they will hold onto him. I don't think getting rid of him at any cost is a worthwhile notion.
Even if/when he underperforms, he will have a 55-60pt season, and I don't see any other centers (excluding Strome) doing that for us this year.
Mantha...ooooof. Dude just needs to play to his size. Maybe he'll have a great season....he is definitely due. The dude has some good hands. Maybe all the bounces will go his way and he scores 25 goals this year.
maybe....maybe....maybe
Go Caps
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I heard (read) Mantha lost 10lbs in the offseason. Said he's worked hard and will be more engaged or some shit. Hopefully he pulls it together.. Dude has all the tools, just needs to use them.
Truex fan, the boys return to the scene of the crime tomorrow night! DAYTONA!!! :raspberry: :snicker:
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Truex fan, and I will be watching. By the way now that he and Sherry have parted ways, anyone have the scoop on a new girlfriend? That’s ok, after looking it up it seems at the present time he has none.
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Yea, never got the story on his new lady. He seems pretty reserved and not much for social media.
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The vast majority of social media is a toxic cesspool
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Daytona tonight. Couldn’t they have found someone better to sing the National Anthem? She sucked.
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Anthem was definitely awful.. Gotta wish Chase a "Happy Christmas and Merry Off Season!" like he told Harvick that year. :rofl:
Them boys don't play at Daytona.. SVG might want to rethink if he wants the "full" Redneck experience. :uh-huh:
(1) RYAN PREECE CRASH 2023 COKE ZERO 400 NASCAR CUP SERIES AT DAYTONA - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbQ0uKlB5YQ)
https://twitter.com/RyanPreece_/status/1695645425347264887
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I didn’t see one minute of the race. NBC in D.C. decided to air a preseason football game instead.
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NBC showed football here too. But their affiliate "CW" showed the race.
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NBC showed football here too. But their affiliate "CW" showed the race.
MeTV here, with Comcast mid Atlantic ch 248. But it is not high definition so the picture was a bit muddled.
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I couldn't watch in SD. Peacock had it too, if you have that.
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I couldn't watch in SD. Peacock had it too, if you have that.
I forgot about that. Yes, I have that through Comcast.
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Protas changed his sweater number..
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Protas changed his sweater number..
Well, thank goodness - that's what has been holding him back.
Trade Kuznetsov, install Protas as the #1C, and here we go.
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Indeed, thank god he finally changed it! :huh: :rofl:
Was there any context or he just wanted a change?
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what was protas' number before? I know it was a high number.
But damn... why jinx yourself with #21. Gonna limit your scoring for shore.
Speaking of former #21's....Brooks Laich has a "new" lady. She is certainly fit and I respect the work and effort put in, but I don't want a lady who can break my arms off.
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how soon they forget :(
Hathy wore 21 after Laich, Protas had been wearing 59 his first two seasons
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Oh Hathy. Miss that dude.
I remember Steve Leach wore 21 but don't know why I remember that and probably couldn't remember it if you asked my next week. Brooksie popped in my head right away, but probably because he was here for so long and in an era I watched. I started watching in the latter half of the 80's and not die-hard until probably early 90's. I remember seeing Bondra early on and thinking he was going to be great. Can't believe I overlooked Hathy. Let's hope Protus turns 21 into the most remembered Caps 21 so far ;D
I looked up all the guys who wore 21 for the Caps...I couldn't have told you any of these except Laich, maybe Leach, and Hathy
Steve Atkinson (https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/a/atkinst01.html) 1975
Mike Lampman (https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/l/lampmmi01.html) 1976-1977
Dave Forbes (https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/f/forbeda01.html) 1978
Dennis Maruk (https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/m/marukde01.html) 1979-1983
Andre Hidi (https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/h/hidian01.html) 1984-1985
Daryl Evans (https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/e/evansda01.html) 1986
Steve Leach (https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/l/leachst01.html) 1986-1991
Mark Taylor (https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/t/tayloma01.html) 1986
Michal Pivoňka (https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/p/pivonmi01.html) 1987
Todd Krygier (https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/k/krygito01.html) [1992-1997
Jeff Toms (https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/t/tomsje01.html) 1998-2000
James Black (https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/b/blackja01.html) 2001
Glen Metropolit (https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/m/metrogl01.html) 2003
Brooks Laich (https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/l/laichbr01.html) 2004-2016
Garnet Hathaway (https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/h/hathaga01.html) 2020-2023
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How could you forget Maruuuuuuuk. :raised-eyebrow:
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How could you forget Maruuuuuuuk. :raised-eyebrow:
Before my time ye ole Geezer :raspberry:
Like....WAY before :snicker:
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Before mine too, to be honest. I just remember yelling Maruuuuuuuuk when he'd score. I was like 12 or something. lol
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Okay I was mostly pulling your old chain. I looked it up and Maruk played for Caps 79-83 (so your old ass had whiskers that were 12). :raspberry:
I did not know, but he played for MNS until 89. Looking back at some of the old rosters....I started watching Caps in around 83 or so. I remember all the guys on the 83 roster so I likely saw Maruk play but I remember him as "the" famous Cap that I never really saw. I look at the 82 roster and I don't recognize 1/2 the guys. I certainly didn't know Brian Engblom played D for the Caps
I think I became a pretty die-hard fan about 85 or so. Rod Langway was one of my favorites along with Scott Stevens. I don't remember Langway being traded TO the Caps (prior 82-83 season) so he was already the captain when I truly started watching. I remember absolutely hating seeing Stevens go to another team. I remember clearly watching Bobby Gould brake Mario's face. I remember "Loooooooouuuuuuuu" Franceschetti, remember Gustafsson being an excellent face-off guy. Certainly remember watching Gartner, Dino, Ridley, Miller, Murphy (and his purse), Duchesne, Christian, Pivonka, Druce (on the loose), Sheehy, Corriveau, and of course, Alan May. Most of these guys came along/thru in the mid-late 80's
I remember watching on channel 20 (WDCA) Fornes and Koken the announcers. I can't stand Koken as a play-by-play guy - very knowledgeable, but sucks at actually following/calling the game when he fills in)
Dale Hunter was my favorite Cap of all time. Emulated my style of play :snicker: . Actually named my dog after him about 1989 or so.
Bondra was my favorite after that. Now it's Ovie. Ovie certainly made hockey popular in Washington so props for that.
Sorry for the long post - Jeez I can't wait for the season to start. Sure hope it's not a total shit-show this year.
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Trading away Dino still pisses me off.
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Who you callin old?? I aint have a single whisker on my sack in 1979! :raised-eyebrow: :snicker:
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Trading away Dino still pisses me off.
Yeah, pretty sure that was PR related - didn't we trade off most of the guys involved in the post playoff limousine incident?
Sheehy and Dino were traded. Stevens was a third. I think there were on or two more; Courtnall or Kypreos?
Okay...looked it up and the incident was after the '90 season and it was Dino, Sheehy, Courtnall, Stevens. Jury did not indict any of them, but it was ugly for the Caps organization.
Courtnall, Sheehy and Stevens were moved/traded that summer. Stevens was absolutely in the prime of his career at age 26, (played his 1st season in 83 as a 19 year old) Although...I recall Stevens wanted out of DC I think? He played another 14 seasons in the NHL after that. He was a serious difference maker.
I thought Dino was gone at the same time, but he played with Caps until 92
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(https://i.postimg.cc/bN50Gzy4/imrich.jpg)
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???
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there appears to be be 2 stream only games here :clown: :poop:
https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1696962370709463505 (https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1696962370709463505)
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Both against the Pens.. :-( I hate hunting for a solid, reliable stream. Gonna be doing it weekly once the Skins season starts. :-(
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Best wishes Hags!
https://twitter.com/NoVa_Caps/status/1696991733257560234
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Best wishes Hags!
https://twitter.com/NoVa_Caps/status/1696991733257560234 (https://twitter.com/NoVa_Caps/status/1696991733257560234)
Yeah, that's a drag for him. Getting that freak eye injury ended his career prematurely. I mean he was in the waning years but it cost him the last ...1-1/2? years of playing.
I liked Hags...despite him being a former Hen. Best of luck to him.
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Im kinda bummed Rich didn't see my meme on the last page. :(
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Im kinda bummed Rich didn't see my meme on the last page. :(
Happy now? y'ole Redneck
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:wackysmile:
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Southern 500 starts.... NOW!! (USA Network)
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the race is on TBS.. ::)
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TBS? What kind of hillbilly cable you got up there? :snicker:
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Welp, I figured all the JGR/Toyota cars would eventually choke the race away to an HMS car. And they did. :-(
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Hamlin owes KY jelly a punch in the mouth.
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Yea, still not sure what happened to him. Team 'said' all the wheels looked tight. Probably a defective wheel or out of balance or something. Bell shit himself on the 1st stop of the race, then threw it in the fence trying to catch back up. Reddick's team lost control of the race, on their last pit stop of the night. Just a bunch of amateur hour shit, as usual. Harvick got screwed on that caution coming out as he was entering pit road. Bad luck. Meanwhile HMS just grinds away until the money window opens and low and behold.. :raspberry:
Im still salty if ya hadn't noticed. :snicker:
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https://novacapsfans.com/2023/09/06/ohls-niagara-icedogs-hire-former-capitals-nhl-head-coach-bruce-boudreau-as-senior-advisor/ (https://novacapsfans.com/2023/09/06/ohls-niagara-icedogs-hire-former-capitals-nhl-head-coach-bruce-boudreau-as-senior-advisor/)
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https://twitter.com/PKSubban1/status/1699495740924395661 (https://twitter.com/PKSubban1/status/1699495740924395661)
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:rofl:
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Just love those GWC finishes. Hamlin had the car again today, was driving away with less than 10 to go. Flat tire Buescher, yellow, pitstop, take 4 while others take 2, line up 6th, get a shitty restart and end up 2nd. Yay. :-\ Reddick won. Was running 2nd before the yellow and using the same strategy (4 tires) got through traffic better.
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Just love those GWC finishes. Hamlin had the car again today, was driving away with less than 10 to go. Flat tire Buescher, yellow, pitstop, take 4 while others take 2, line up 6th, get a shitty restart and end up 2nd. Yay. :-\ Reddick won. Was running 2nd before the yellow and using the same strategy (4 tires) got through traffic better.
I'm heart broken too ....... not. But, once again a Toyota wins at Kansas.
I get your point though. Too many times the best car doesn't win. Last week, I thought Harvick was the car to beat until the untimely caution as he's entering the pits.
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At least this time I feel like they'd of got a restart in, even if it wasn't a GWC rule. Truex team is snake bit. He and Bell both will be in Bristol holding their breath. Kyle Busch as well. None of those guys have much luck.
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At least this time I feel like they'd of got a restart in, even if it wasn't a GWC rule. Truex team is snake bit. He and Bell both will be in Bristol holding their breath. Kyle Busch as well. None of those guys have much luck.
Going to Bristol has to be as gut wrenching as going to Daytona or Talladega for the drivers. So easy to be taken out thru no fault of your own. Gonna be some big names not making it to round 2.
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:yawn:
October can't get here soon enough. Pretty soon Mick is gonna start talking about fishing or something.
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You hush! The adults are talking about automobile racing! :rofl:
Wait, did you say Fishing? :raspberry: Headin to Cape Coral next week to target some snook and redfish! :uh-huh: As long as one of them slow movin' giant tornaders comin off Africa don't screw up my plans. :cross:
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well, rookie camp starts this weekend. Next week training camp starts.
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You hush! The adults are talking about automobile racing! :rofl:
Wait, did you say Fishing? :raspberry: Headin to Cape Coral next week to target some snook and redfish! :uh-huh: As long as one of them slow movin' giant tornaders comin off Africa don't screw up my plans. :cross:
Well I never heard of Snook, but if you catch one of these, definitely throw it back (or you might catch something else)
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We definitely throw back the trash fish! :snicker:
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Tom's dad got some xplanin to do to Mrs. Wilson....
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Wow. You must be bored for that stretch.
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Tom's dad got some xplanin to do to Mrs. Wilson....
:huh:
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Rookie camp starts tomorrow. You know what that means.. new season new boredom thread coming.
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Wow. You must be bored for that stretch.
T O T A L L Y
(that doesn't mean to count Mick)
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Yep, time to scrap this one. It's gone off the rails. :raspberry:
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Big ol' hangover today.. Quite the night though. Went to the UCF game. They dominated. Gators chomped up the Vols. Hamlin smoked the field at Bristol! Amongst the boos in his interview he tells the crowd "I beat your favorite driver".. Marty asks "who would that be". Hamlin "All of em'" :rofl: