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Game 54: 64-29-18-6 (PTS-W-L-OT) Streak - W1
Thu February 7, 2019 Colorado Avalanche @ Washington Capitals
Place: Capital One Arena
Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
TV: NBCSWA, ESPN+, ALT
Radio: 106.7 The Fan, Caps Radio 24/7 (http://tunein.com/radio/Caps-Radio-247-s231201/)
NHL.COM (https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2018020827) for Live Box Score
Last Game: Tue February 5 Capitals won 3-2 against Canucks
Next Game: Sat February 9, 7:00 pm ET Panthers @ Capitals
| :spacer50pix: 8-Ovechkin | :spacer50pix: 19-Bäckström | :spacer50pix: 77-Oshie |
| :spacer50pix: 13-Vrana | :spacer50pix: 92-Kuznetsov | :spacer50pix: 43-Wilson |
| :spacer50pix: 65-Burakovsky | :spacer50pix: 20-Eller | :spacer50pix: 10-Connolly |
| :spacer50pix: 18-Stephenson | :spacer50pix: 72-Boyd | :spacer50pix: 25-Smith-Pelly |
| :spacer50pix: :spacer50pix: 6-Kempny | :spacer50pix: :spacer50pix: 74-Carlson |
| :spacer50pix: :spacer50pix: 9-Orlov | :spacer50pix: :spacer50pix: 2-Niskanen |
| :spacer50pix: :spacer50pix: 44-Orpik | :spacer50pix: :spacer50pix: 22-Bowey |
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| :spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix: 1-Copley (starter) |
| :spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix: 70-Holtby |
-- SCRATCH --
| :spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix: 23-Jaskin |
| :spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix: 26-Dowd |
| :spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix: 34-Siegenthaler |
-- INJURED RESERVE --
| :spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix: 29-Djoos |
-- 1st Powerplay Unit --
| :spacer50pix: 92-Kuznetsov | :spacer50pix: 19-Bäckström | :spacer50pix: 77-Oshie |
| :spacer50pix: :spacer50pix: 8-Ovechkin | :spacer50pix: :spacer50pix: 74-Carlson |
-- 2nd Powerplay Unit --
| :spacer50pix: 13-Vrana | :spacer50pix: 20-Eller | :spacer50pix: 43-Wilson |
| :spacer50pix: :spacer50pix: 2-Niskanen | :spacer50pix: :spacer50pix: 9-Orlov |
:spacer50pix: Referees: Tim Peel (#20), Gord Dwyer (#19)
:spacer50pix: Linesmen: Darren Gibbs (#66), Pierre Racicot (#65)
AVALANCHE LINEUP
Gabriel Landeskog -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Alexander Kerfoot -- J.T. Compher -- Colin Wilson
Matt Nieto -- Carl Soderberg -- Matt Calvert
Sven Andrighetto -- Sheldon Dries -- Gabriel Bourque
Ian Cole -- Erik Johnson
Nikita Zadorov -- Tyson Barrie
Patrik Nemeth -- Samuel Girard
Semyon Varlamov (starter)
Philipp Grubauer
Scratched: A.J. Greer, Anton Lindholm
Injured: Vladislav Kamenev (shoulder), Mark Barberio (head)
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1st Period
06:31 GOAL 65-Burakovsky, assists 77-Oshie & 2-Niskanen 1-0 WSH
2nd Period
00:35 Avalanche GOAL Mackinnon, assists Barrie & Landeskog 1-1 TIE
08:38 PP GOAL 92-Kuznetsov, assists 8-Ovechkin & 74-Carlson 2-1 WSH
3rd Period
00:34 GOAL 2-Niskanen, assists 13-Vrana & 92-Kuznetsov 3-1 WSH
05:10 Avalanche GOAL Rantanen, assist Landeskog 3-2 WSH
17:53 Avalanche GOAL Wilson, assist Calvert 3-3 TIE
OT
04:12 GOAL 92-Kuznetsov, assist 8-Ovechkin 4-3 WSH
FINAL: 4-3 WSH
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By Isabelle Khurshudyan February 6 at 11:43 AM
Will the Capitals’ recent struggles change their approach for the trade deadline?
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Capitals GM Brian MacLellan has made at least one deal before every trade deadline he's presided over. (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post)
From the moment the Washington Capitals hoisted the Stanley Cup for a first time last June, they started thinking about how they could do it again this year. General Manager Brian MacLellan has typically spent his summer trying to identify what the Capitals were missing, but now that his club seemingly had all the right ingredients to win, he just tried to hold onto to most of them — and he did. There are just two players, fourth-line center Jay Beagle and backup goaltender Philipp Grubauer, from Washington’s Stanley Cup finals lineup that aren’t on the team anymore.
MacLellan had hoped that bringing back a near-identical roster from last season would mean the chemistry carried over, too, but it’s possible that the group has grown stale with eight losses in the past 10 games. Perhaps the success has caused the Capitals to take for granted how hard they worked to get that championship.
MacLellan has said he doesn’t favor tinkering too much this late into the season — that blockbuster for defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk in 2017 is a good example of how it can be hard to incorporate a big-name player on an accelerated timeline. But he is looking to make some kind of change before the trade deadline on Feb. 25. Expect it to be in the forward group.
“We’re active," MacLellan said Monday. "We’re always active. We’re trying to see what’s happening in the market. You like certain guys, are they going to be available? Are they not going to be available? Does it fit your long-term plan? Does it fit cap-wise? We continually talk to teams and monitor what they’re thinking, and you try and find matches. ...
“I like to think our chemistry’s stayed the same, but it’s changed a little bit. And if we can affect the forward group, we try and affect it, if we thought we could make a move that would solidify it.”
Speaking to reporters less than a month ago, MacLellan said he was interested in swapping one forward for another with comparable salary, but when asked Monday if he would do a deal for future assets, like draft picks, MacLellan seemed open. “I think we look at everything,” he said. Winger Andre Burakovsky is the forward most likely to be on the move, and Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported that the Capitals have asked for a pair of mid- to high-round picks for him. Those could then be packaged in a separate deal for someone to play in Washington’s middle-six forward corps, where the team hoped Burakovsky would be.
The 23-year-old has struggled with six goals and six assists in 46 games this season, a healthy scratch earlier in the year and now a fourth-liner. The organization’s 2013 first-round pick, Burakovsky is set to become a restricted free agent this summer, and retaining his rights would require tendering him a qualifying offer of $3.25 million, steep for his current production. That hurts his value in a trade, because while he could flash his considerable skill and offensive upside with a change of scenery — it wasn’t that long ago that he scored two goals in a Game 7 against Tampa Bay during the Eastern Conference final — a team would have a short window to evaluate that before making a decision on keeping him or risking him signing elsewhere in free agency.
“I want him to do well,” MacLellan said. "He’s a good young player. He’s got upside. We’ve all seen it where he’s played in the playoffs in a top-six role and played well. That’s the player we want to have here. We still have two more years of rights on him and we’re hoping that he gets back to that level as soon as we can get him there.”
When the Capitals traded winger Marcus Johansson to the New Jersey Devils before last season, they got a return of a second- and third-round pick, and while Johansson was three years older than Burakovsky at the time of the deal, he was coming off a career year with 24 goals and 34 assists. He was also under contract for two more seasons with a $4.583 million cap hit, reasonable for that 58-point season. Burakovsky’s cap hit is lower ($3 million) and it expires at the end of the year. Washington also would be selling low: Burakovsky has played fewer than nine minutes in each of the past three games.
“He’s getting some chances, but I think he’s a player that we need to get more from,” Coach Todd Reirden said this week. “His overall game probably is better than it was earlier in the year, when I thought his play was erratic, but I think the consistent scoring is something we need from him. Right now, other players are taking more advantage of those opportunities, so he has to wait his turn and bide his time until he gets into those spots, and then he’s got to take advantage of it when he gets there.”
According to CapFriendly.com, the Capitals have less than $40,000 in salary-cap space, so whatever salary they clear in a trade, they wouldn’t be able to take on much more than that unless there was some retained by another team. Washington was hesitant to part with its first-round pick at the trade deadline last season, and MacLellan instead moved a third-round pick for defenseman Michal Kempny, his shrewdest deal to date. The Capitals currently have five draft selections for 2019 — they don’t have their own fifth- or sixth-round pick — and MacLellan said last month that he expects the Capitals to again “be a little more conservative on giving assets away." That means the price for some marquee forwards available, like pending unrestricted free agents Wayne Simmonds, Micheal Ferland and Mats Zuccarello, might be too rich for Washington. The Capitals are last in the league on faceoffs, but MacLellan has indicated that he’d rather find an internal solution to that than acquire a specialist.
The tightly packed standings make it hard to totally identify which teams are buyers and which are sellers because some that were thought to be out of the playoff race are now back in the race. But some oft-mentioned names on the market that could appeal to the Capitals are Red Wings winger Gustav Nyquist, though there would need to be some salary retained on the pending unrestricted free agent, Anaheim’s Jakub Silfverberg, if the Ducks don’t try to re-sign him, or Ottawa’s Ryan Dzingel.
Washington could try to get Johansson, a pending unrestricted free agent, back by the trade deadline; the team knows what he can do offensively when he’s healthy, and it’d be an easy transition given his familiarity with the system and the locker room.
Second-year defenseman Madison Bowey has played in just five of the team’s past 16 games, and with Christian Djoos nearing a return from injury, perhaps getting back into the lineup by the end of this week, Bowey will be even further down the depth chart. The 2013 second-round selection would have value in a trade, but MacLellan has said that he’s happy enough with the team’s defensive depth that he doesn’t anticipate making a move by the Feb. 25 deadline. Moving Bowey would weaken that, especially since he’s the only right-shot the team has behind John Carlson and Matt Niskanen.
And while MacLellan wants to shake things up some, there was a reason he worked so hard to keep as much of last season’s roster together as he could. It’s proven.
“I think it’s the same team that found it at the end of last year and went on to win a championship," MacLellan said. "It’s the same players. I think there’s aspects of our game that need to be improved, and we’re looking for that up until the trade deadline, that if we feel there’s something there that can help us get over that hump in certain areas, we’ll pursue it.”
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A little surprised that Copely is starting, hope it isn’t because Holtby suffered an injury when he got ran into on the Canucks second goal at the end of the game. Since the break he has been playing lights out. This is Copely’s first start since he signed his extension. Lets hope he comes up big tonight.
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Let's go CAPS! Hi Gruby!
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meh, at this point Jaskin is doing much better than Bura is and Stephenson needs the ice time. Bura needs to go
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Johansson would be nice to get back, but where would he play? Our top 6 seems pretty stout at the moment, when healthy.. We need a 200 footer who can take faceoffs and not be out of place on the lower lines. (if they're going the forward route) A steady defenseman would be even nicer. Glad they gave Siegenthaler the night off.. Dude was looking lost lately.
Giving up Burt -and- Eller and let Marcus play 3c would be nice though, no? 6.5 million out, 4.6 back.. (Eller makes too much money to just work hard and kill penalties, imo.. And for too many years.)
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:slapshot:
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We should win this tonight, right?
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Johansson would be nice to get back, but where would he play? Our top 6 seems pretty stout at the moment, when healthy.. We need a 200 footer who can take faceoffs and not be out of place on the lower lines. (if they're going the forward route) A steady defenseman would be even nicer. Glad they gave Siegenthaler the night off.. Dude was looking lost lately.
Giving up Burt -and- Eller and let Marcus play 3c would be nice though, no? 6.5 million out, 4.6 back.. (Eller makes too much money to just work hard and kill penalties, imo.. And for too many years.)
, Or, better yet even goback three years, trade Bura before he was exposed, and focus on D instead of downgrading a “3 C spot” . . .
Mojo is 100x a better two-way player than Eller, Bura, or Kuzy, AND can play both Wings and special teams better. But, hey, 20mil cap hit a 3rd round pick and making fan entertainment of signings. . . such a deal
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Joint base Myers is the home of the 3rd IR, better known as The Old Guard
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Morning peeps :wackysmile:
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Morning!
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Nice move by Orlov. Somebody woke up Burakovsky!
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That was nicely done. :clap:
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Djoos is back in town after a brief conditioning stint in Hershey, if he gets activated for Saturday someone else needs to be sent down
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.298
.903
and still 10-5-3??
that’s some standing on his head
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Nice goal. ‘Bout time he scored.
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Late night filings. :snicker:
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Djoos is back in town after a brief conditioning stint in Hershey, if he gets activated for Saturday someone else needs to be sent down
Lewington doesn’t need conditioning
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CALLED BACK
BY
ASSHOLE
REFS
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GOD DAMN MOTHER FUCKING REFEREES SUCK ASS!!!!!!
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that's horse shit, how the fuk did the zebra blow the whistle and point good goal at the same time???
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No real surprise there.
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Whether the whistle blew or not it would have made no difference on whether the puck was going in or not. No one was anywhere near being able to stop it. Backy also shot the puck BEFORE the whistle, but it crossed the line AS the whistle blew. The refs are extremely stupid! You can't possibly think they are that dumb. They must intentionally fuck things up on a regular basis so they can use the loosey goosey calls to sway games.
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the same jackass zebra that pointed to the net signaling good goal would have to have been the same guy that blew the whistle, how is that possible ?????
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the same jackass zebra that pointed to the net signaling good goal would have to have been the same guy that blew the whistle, how is that possible ??? ??
That's clearly what happened and it is impossible to comprehend.
And now we get a bullshit high-sticking call.
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Locker with the hex. ::)
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Whistle happy.. What the fuck was he looking at that he didn't see the puck loose? Keep the metal thing out cha mouth until it's needed dummy!! :-\
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wonder how many of people in the crowd there:
1. Know Varly used to play for the Caps
2. Saw Varly play for the Caps
I’m saying 30, 40% max
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wonder how many of people in the crowd there:
1. Know Varly used to play for the Caps
2. Saw Varly play for the Caps
I’m saying 30, 40% max
Im not entirely sure Joe and Lock remember?? :rofl: I heard em' say Gruby was an ex Cap, did they mention Varly?
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Yup. They mentioned that Varly was an ex cap.
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There was a Gruby appreciation video during the 1st commercial break, Walton said no other team in the league does them better
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these commercials for generic drugs must think we are all stupid
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:O=
FFS !!!!
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these commercials for generic drugs must think we are all stupid
Or celebrating Pablo Escobar is dead. . .
Maybe little column A, little column B
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I don't know what surprised Reirdon. maybe he forgot you get a minor penalty when you're wrong. That was clearly onside.
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At 16:40 2nd period, the guy just strips Kuzy of his stick...
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The official cereal of the New NHL
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Now I want cereal.
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What's with all the lightning fast whistles when the Caps on on offense. FFS!
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holy shit, it counts
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holy shit, it counts
The whistle must have jammed! :uh-huh:
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Looks like some of the slackers got the memo about the kicks up their jacksies.. :P
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Another bad case of PassItis. About ten passes to many on that drive to the net.
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Wow, Wilso didn't get the penalty?! :clap:
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Now I want cereal.
Yep! Bacon with great beer and sprinkled with a few cups Pablo Escobar’s finest . . .
Oh fuck ya! That’s the cereal real men under 80 and can still hang want!!
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More pp practice. Yay. :-|
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Is there icing in a power play?
During the Caps PP, Avs got the puck and sent it down.
Crop got the puck and held it for someone.
Wouldn't it make sense to let it go to icing, so we can get the FO on their side? more PP time.
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So. . . Who named the song (Black Sabbath) on the Ford commercial before it was over?
Damn right I did!!!!!
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Is there icing in a power play?
During the Caps PP, Avs got the puck and sent it down.
Crop got the puck and held it for someone.
Wouldn't it make sense to let it go to icing, so we can get the FO on their side? more PP time.
There is NO icing if you're on the PK, only ir you're on the PP
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Is there icing in a power play?
Not for the team killing the penalty.
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Thanks people! I have so much to learn still.
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Boys are playin pretty good so far tonight.. My confidence is still rattled though. Just keep waiting for bad stuff. :wackysmile:
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Thanks people! I have so much to learn still.
We got your back. ;) There's always something more to learn.
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Boys are playin pretty good so far tonight.. My confidence is still rattled though. Just keep waiting for bad stuff. :wackysmile:
I hear ya bro! :uh-huh:
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Good for Nisky! ;D
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Thanks people! I have so much to learn still.
Feel free to ask any questions here. 8) We are all glad to help.
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Don't lose focus guys!
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So. . . Who named the song (Black Sabbath) on the Ford commercial before it was over?
Damn right I did!!!!!
SO NONE OF YOU RECOGNIZED “THE WIZARD”
. . . I’ll consult with Rush
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Ovi quiet tonight. :-\
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SO NONE OF YOU RECOGNIZED “THE WIZARD”
. . . I’ll consult with Rush
I wasn't listening, or I didn't recognize it.
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no offense, but if he were sitting next to me I'd politely tell him to shove it up his ass. But I haven't sat up there in years
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no offense, but if he were sitting next to me I'd politely tell him to shove it up his ass. But I haven't sat up there in years
lol
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SO NONE OF YOU RECOGNIZED “THE WIZARD”
. . . I’ll consult with Rush
recognizing the song and remembering the name are different
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SO NONE OF YOU RECOGNIZED “THE WIZARD”
. . . I’ll consult with Rush
Don't know this song.
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I thought that was Sting, it was Pat Sajak.
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recognizing the song and remembering the name are different
Yes, but I got it before the end of the commercial 😁
Second track of their debut album
https://youtu.be/MeZ8uVIOIhM (https://youtu.be/MeZ8uVIOIhM)
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I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say Ian Cole never checks a Cap again in his career
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Ian Cole outta retire after that fight
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Wow! Willy meant that! :uh-huh:
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Horse shit call on Willy
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I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say Ian Cole never checks a Cap again in his career
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LMAO
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So why did Wilson get the game misconduct? Other than he’s Tom Wilson.
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The side of beef did a better job against Rocky than Cole did against Willie
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Willy beat the hell out of Cole. Nice.
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Fucking Vranaa hasn't made a good pass all night. He keeps passing right to the Avs for turnovers.
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Stop with the f’n quick whistles refs!
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Bologna!(whistle quickness)
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Stop with the f’n quick whistles refs!
No shit. That was awful.
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PP hurt us tonight.
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What a waste of the extra man. :angry:
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My God! That last shift was suck ass!
:O=
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Glad we resigned him. Nice stop.
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OMG Eller!
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Unlucky.
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WTF 'eller??????????
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Copley gets FULL credit for that last goal.
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WTF 'eller? ??? ??? ???
Eller blows.
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Frak!
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Nice 4-3 win. Oh wait. The jackass zebras took our GWG off the board.
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Can’t give up points like this.
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Nice 4-3 win. Oh wait. The jackass zebras took our GWG off the board.
Nah. This is on Copley.
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Nah. This is on Copley.
Yeah, he let in a couple that he should have stopped.
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Copley gets FULL credit for that last goal.
:raised-eyebrow:
Some of that was on Eller.
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We shouold have had this game.. What a joke. :clown:
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Oh well, got a point anyway.. 2 goal 3rd period leads are our kryptonite apparently.
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DC, MD, and VA could get away with raising alcohol taxes during Caps overtime’s
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Kuzya
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MUH
BEER
KUZY
!!!!!!!!!!!
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Great goal . . .
But that stupid bird dance needs to be over
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1st Period
06:31 GOAL 65-Burakovsky, assists 77-Oshie & 2-Niskanen 1-0 WSH
2nd Period
00:35 Avalanche GOAL Mackinnon, assists Barrie & Landeskog 1-1 TIE
08:38 PP GOAL 92-Kuznetsov, assists 8-Ovechkin & 74-Carlson 2-1 WSH
3rd Period
00:34 GOAL 2-Niskanen, assists 13-Vrana & 92-Kuznetsov 3-1 WSH
05:10 Avalanche GOAL Rantanen, assist Landeskog 3-2 WSH
17:53 Avalanche GOAL Wilson, assist Calvert 3-3 TIE
OT
04:12 GOAL 92-Kuznetsov, assist 8-Ovechkin 4-3 WSH
FINAL: 4-3 WSH
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Kuzy does make it look easy.
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So it's ok to say shit on cable tv?
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Kuzy played well tonight.
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:lmao:
Kuzy said about Wilson fighting for him, "When shit like that happens . . . . ." On live TV.
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yep, it must be ok. None of the announcers apologized for the language :snicker:
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Good for Kuzy.. Figured he be concussed till April after taking that hit. Have to figure out how to protect a lead though. Orlov, Pelly, Eller.. All healthy scratch material imo.
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Good for Kuzy.. Figured he be concussed till April after taking that hit. Have to figure out how to protect a lead though. Orlov, Pelly, Eller.. All healthy scratch material imo.
With Djoos possibly playing Saturday it's gotta be a Dman that gets scratched
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With Djoos possibly playing Saturday it's gotta be a Dman that gets scratched
Well, scratching Djoos probably makes the most sense . . 🤣
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I can't handle eye liner boy, he annoys me
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I can't handle eye liner boy, he annoys me
I gotta agree at least, but not limited to, principle alone
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Nice game Caps. Thought they played pretty well. Has lots of chances. Could have been 6-3. Way too many passes though.
Copley made some good stops and then....not.
Good job Willie. Destroyed that side of beef :snicker:
Freaking Orlov is hopeless this year. Carlson terrifies me anytime he is holding th blue line but especially in OT. :praying:
Glad to see them pull this out. “Giving” a point away to Avs shouldn’t really hurt us in any way.
I started about hour behind the game so could join in till after.
Go Caps
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I can't handle eye liner boy, he annoys me
I have never liked him. Always bothered me with his stupidity, but yeah the eyeliner is ridiculous
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I have never liked him. Always bothered me with his stupidity, but yeah the eyeliner is ridiculous
You give Maryiln Manson to much credit
🤣
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If Carlin was a half decent analyst I could get past the eyeliner, but as it is, I can't. The next time he says "celly" May needs to punch him square in the face.
but there is no way he stops wearing it now, it would be an admission that it's stupid
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Tom Wilson Turns Ian Cole Into Human Punching Bag After Dirty Hit On Kuznetsov
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFQ2Weo6FU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFQ2Weo6FU)
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With Djoos possibly playing Saturday it's gotta be a Dman that gets scratched
Definitely a D man!! ...Plus a forward and another D man, if I was coach! :rofl:
Tom Wilson Turns Ian Cole Into Human Punching Bag After Dirty Hit On Kuznetsov
Edit: Props to Cole for staying on his skates.. Thought Willy might of broke his hand on his face.
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Edit: Props to Cole for staying on his skates.. Thought Willy might of broke his hand on his face.
I am not sure Cole had much choice, Wilson was clearly holding him up so he could keep hammering.
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Well, Cole's head really pounded Wilsons hand!!
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This just out...
Wilson gets called to DPOS for "targeting the head" :snicker: :raspberry:
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Say what you want about Wilson's retribution, but we could have really used him down the stretch in last night's game protecting the lead.
This is the fine line Wilson has to walk now. He is SO valuable when he is on the ice that losing him for an extended period really hurts the team's chances. I wonder if he had let up on Cole a little earlier if he could have avoided the misconduct penalty and been around for the end of regulation. Of course, as it turned out, even if that had happened the Avs still would have scored before he left the box.
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Say what you want about Wilson's retribution, but we could have really used him down the stretch in last night's game protecting the lead.
This is the fine line Wilson has to walk now. He is SO valuable when he is on the ice that losing him for an extended period really hurts the team's chances. I wonder if he had let up on Cole a little earlier if he could have avoided the misconduct penalty and been around for the end of regulation. Of course, as it turned out, even if that had happened the Avs still would have scored before he left the box.
Pretty much my worries I posted (from the other thread)....
I was a little surprised the linesmen didn't jump in a little sooner. Willie got in some really good uppercuts and the guy was taking a beating. He was clearly trying to just turtle...these days they usually jump in to try and stop it.[/size]Good for Willie. That's what a teammate is supposed to do. Probably won't help his rep with the league or other fans but Willy is bolstering his position of heart and soul of this team.I'll take the trade off (especially late in a game) of him getting tossed to "do what is right" for his team. Although, as he was being escorted off, I was worried about us finishing the game without him.
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Caps win two a row and everyone disappears. It's like the fans only come here to grumble and gripe when we lose.
:wow:
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So, why exactly did Willie get a game misconduct?
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So, why exactly did Willie get a game misconduct?
2 minute instigator penalty is automatic game misconduct.
Really....I think they figured he needed to rest and ice his hands anyway :snicker:
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I thought the Caps looked pretty good last night and for the most part played BETTER than score indicated which is a positive turnaround.
Should have been a blowout, but we got robbed one goal, and Copely (who I thought had a decent game) did let in one softy, and I forgot about the first "lucky/bad bounce goal he let in from behind the net so maybe two softies.
Kuzy looked good. Oshie looked good. Ovi looked good and Nicky looked good. Wilson damn near always looks good. Really like what he as developed into....gives me hope the Caps could
have a future. When our stars are on....we seem to do well. Maybe they should try that more often...like on a regular (daily) basis.
By the way Kuzy stole Ovie's 38 goal of the season by tapping the puck as it was crossing the goal line, but better safe than sorry.
Vranna looked good. Not sure if he got any points, but he was a factor with his speed. Got robbed of one.
Burka scored...but I/m beyond done with him. He handed off the puck on the boards in the O-zone (after Orlov fumbled it around for a while) and fed the puck directly into the center of the ice which directly led to Avs 2nd goal.
Nisky looks a little better as of late...I'm still wondering if/hoping he was nursing something other than just his age.
Orlov is just awful this year.
Carlson looked like he was back on the bong a couple times last night. I know a lot of folk love him here, but meh. He's just so frustrating sometimes. So much better than he used to be, but still he worries me with his brain farts.
Still can't avoid the spontaneous text size/font changes here.
Go Caps
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2 minute instigator penalty is automatic game misconduct.
Really....I think they figured he needed to rest and ice his hands anyway :snicker:
Thanks - didn't know that was automatic.
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The misconduct should be a zebra option based on the situation. I know the lockerroom hasn't forgot about the three concussions the team suffered earlier in the season with zero response from DoPS. So I'm happy to see that Willy unloaded on Cole for a similar hit that had Kuzy concussed once already. I garuntee you that fight is being watched by every other team, and it will make them think twice about high hits, so losing Willy for the last 10 minutes of this game will be far more beneficial in the long run.
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Pretty much my worries I posted (from the other thread)....
I was a little surprised the linesmen didn't jump in a little sooner. Willie got in some really good uppercuts and the guy was taking a beating. He was clearly trying to just turtle...these days they usually jump in to try and stop it.Good for Willie. That's what a teammate is supposed to do. Probably won't help his rep with the league or other fans but Willy is bolstering his position of heart and soul of this team.I'll take the trade off (especially late in a game) of him getting tossed to "do what is right" for his team. Although, as he was being escorted off, I was worried about us finishing the game without him.
This why we need another elite enforcer on this team.
When the you’re enforcer is your best all round player, including defenseman, him going off the ice is a liability. One that can be exploited by the other team
But having him grab his ankles and say “Yes Ma’am”!to woman’s-rules hockey and let schmucks like Cole take runs on players because the rest of the team can’t fight and can hold a lead, should not even be suggested.
Having a second player will not only help the situation like last game, but would also protect Willow against the players trying to deliberately target/challenge him directly to get him off the ice.