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Title: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: ArJunaZ on Friday March 08, 2019, 12:09:58 PM Eastern
                :ovechkincup2:
                             
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  Game 68:  85-39-21-7 (PTS-W-L-OT)   Streak - W5
  Fri Mar 8, 2019     New Jersey Devils @ Washington Capitals
  Place:  Capital One Arena
  Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
  TV: NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
  Radio: 106.7 The Fan, Caps Radio 24/7 (http://tunein.com/radio/Caps-Radio-247-s231201/)
  NHL.COM (https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2018021045) for Live Box Score
  Last Game: Wed March 6 Capitals won 5-3 against Flyers
  Next Game: Sun Mar 10, 7:00 pm ET Jets @ Capitals

:spacer50pix: 8-Ovechkin :spacer50pix: 92-Kuznetsov :spacer50pix: 43-Wilson
:spacer50pix: 13-Vrana :spacer50pix: 19-Bäckström :spacer50pix: 77-Oshie
:spacer50pix: 62-Hagelin :spacer50pix: 20-Eller :spacer50pix: 10-Connolly
:spacer50pix: 65-Burakovsky :spacer50pix: 26-Dowd :spacer50pix: 72-Boyd
:spacer50pix: :spacer50pix:   6-Kempny :spacer50pix: :spacer50pix: 74-Carlson
:spacer50pix: :spacer50pix:   9-Orlov  :spacer50pix: :spacer50pix:  2-Niskanen
:spacer50pix: :spacer50pix:   44-Orpik :spacer50pix: :spacer50pix:  3-Jensen
:spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix: 70-Holtby (starter)
:spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix:  1-Copley 

                                                      -- SCRATCH --         
:spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix: 23-Jaskin
:spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix: 18-Stephenson
:spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix: 29-Djoos

                                               -- INJURED RESERVE --         
:spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix:

                                            -- 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:   Chris Schlenker (#3),    Garrett Rank (#7)
:spacer50pix:  Linesmen:   Derek Nansen (#70),    Brandon Gawryletz (#64)



                                          DEVILS LINEUP
                    Kenny Agostino - Travis Zajac - Kyle Palmieri
                     Drew Stafford - Blake Coleman - Stefan Noesen
                     Nick Lappin - Michael McLeod - Joey Anderson
                   John Quenneville - Blake Pietila - Kurtis Gabriel
           
                             Andy Greene - Damon Severson
                             Will Butcher - Connor Carrick
                            Egor Yakovlev - Steven Santini
                   
           
                                 Mackenzie Blackwood (starter)
                                 Cory Schneider
                                 
Scratches: No scatches, many injuries and who knows who will get called up or how the heavily injured lines will be shuffled.
injuries: Jesper Bratt is Doubtful (don't know who will replace him),  Taylor Hall (Knee Surgery), Nico Hischier (Upper Body), Miles Wood (Fractured Ankle), Pavel Zacha (Upper Body), Nathan Bastian (Upper Body), Sami Vatanen (Illness) and Mirco Mueller (Shoulder), Kevin Rooney



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1st Period
02:40  GOAL 65-Burakovsky, assists 6-Kempny & 72-Boyd   1-0 WSH

2nd Period
None

3rd Period
04:35  PP GOAL 19-Bäckström, assists 74-Carlson & 92-Kuznetsov   2-0 WSH
19:01  EN GOAL 20-Eller, unassisted   3-0 WSH

FINAL:    3-0 WSH





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By Elizabeth Kong on March 7, 2019 2:01 pm
The 10 best things from Braden Holtby’s Players’ Tribune article
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Headline photo: Elizabeth Kong

Washington Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby contributed an article to the Players’ Tribune Wednesday morning ahead of winning the 250th game of his career later that night. Holtby is now the second quickest goaltender to 250 wins. (https://russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2019/03/06/braden-holtby-becomes-second-fastest-goaltender-in-nhl-history-to-record-250-wins/)The nearly 4,000 word article is full of endearing anecdotes (https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/braden-holtby-and-then-we-got-mario-kart-tattoos) about likely the greatest goaltender in franchise history. Holtby talks openly about his family’s farm and how poor of a farmer he actually was. He also gives a glimpse into his early childhood, which he describes as awkward, and what life lessons he learned in hockey along the way to become a zenmaster at the NHL level. And, oh yeah, he reveals the full story behind the team’s Stanley Cup tattoos and their addiction to Mario Kart.Here are the 10 best things I learned from the Players’ Tribune article (https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/braden-holtby-and-then-we-got-mario-kart-tattoos).

1) 900 Cows
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Holtby painted a picture of his early life on the Holtby family farm in rural Saskatchewan. The Holtby farm had 900 cattle and is surrounded by what Holtby called an “infinite” amount of grain. The farm was owned by his family for generations, but Braden? Not cut out to be a cattle farmer.“My dad used to get so mad at me, because I was supposed to help him herd the cows at the end of the day,” Holtby said. “That was my little job on the farm. We would stand on opposite sides of the field and make sure there weren’t any stragglers.”Instead, young Holtby would use the cattle prod (actually an old hockey stick with the end cut off) as a baseball bat and pretend to be hitting home runs for the Toronto Blue Jays.“I’d be on my side of the field throwing rocks in the air and pretending I was crushing home runs for the Blue Jays, and cows would be wandering off in every direction,” said Holtby. “My dad would be yelling across the field, ‘Braden! Bradennnnnnnnnnn!'”

2) Awkward Young Braden
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Probably the most endearing stories from the article are the ones where Holtby describes what it was like to grow up as an awkward kid in the middle of nowhere. He had to make up his own games because there just wasn’t much to do. His hometown had a population of a little over 500 people and at school, there were only 15 kids in his class, 12 girls and three boys.Holtby described a game he would play in his basement, having to shoot a ball at himself so he could pretend to be his idol, goaltender Patrick Roy.“I used to go down to our basement and ‘shoot on myself.’ Hockey stick in my right hand. Goalie glove on my left. I’d fire the ball off the wall one-handed and practice saving the rebound.”When he turned 16, young Braden moved to Saskatoon to play hockey. He describes a disastrous first day of school. He didn’t get stuffed into any lockers, but he did end up hiding out in a bathroom during lunch because he didn’t have anyone to sit with.“I had no idea who to talk to. I was so nervous. At lunch, I went to the cafeteria and everybody knew each other. Everybody was already sitting together, and I just kind of freaked out. I ended up spending the entire lunch hour sitting in a stall in the bathroom, just praying for it to be over,” Holtby said.Luckily for Holtby, he was later befriended by an Indian kid in his chemistry class, who taught Holtby about cricket and just had a way of making Braden feel at ease.“I was awkward back then. Still am, a little bit. We couldn’t have been more different, but he reached out and helped me feel comfortable, and I ended up making a bunch of great friends from there,” Holtby said.

3) Patrick Roy
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Holtby said he always believed that he would become an NHL goalie someday, despite some being on some truly terrible minor hockey teams and his dad trying to push him into becoming a forward. Holtby described a season where his bantam team went the whole season with only one win, and games where he would get lit up 12-1, or 18-2.But Braden’s idol growing up was Patrick Roy and he adopted some of his idol’s fiery antics.“And Patrick Roy was my hero, right? What did Roy do when he got scored on? He went nuts. So that’s what I did,” Holtby recounted. “I’d be yelling at my poor teammates, I’d be smashing my stick off the crossbar, I’d be squirting water everywhere. I’d go crazy, because that’s what I thought was cool. But I’m getting scored on like 12 times a game, so it was just comical.”Holtby’s dad, Greg, laid down the law for his son.“My dad was not one of those Big Hockey Dads at all. He was really stoic, really chill. But one day we came home and he said, ‘Braden, I’m only going to tell you this one time. You break the stick, you buy the stick. That’s it.’ So then I had to get really good at smashing the sticks without them snapping, or else it was $30 a pop,” Braden said.

4) Finding His Zen
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Photo: Gregory Shamus/Getty Images North America

Holtby eventually found his zen as he matured, and especially with the help of goalie coach and sports psychologist, John Stevenson. Stevenson and Holtby met when Holtby played for the Saskatoon Blades. Stevenson sought to teach Holtby how to level out his emotions, to not be so emotionally volatile. Holtby says he still uses those lessons to help him keep the strong mental game needed to be a goalie in the NHL.“John said, ‘Look, when you’re in net, or when you’re anywhere, and you’re feeling stressed and anxious and your mind is racing, just repeat these words in your head.’

    I have no future.

    I have no past.

    I’m here to make the moment last.

    I’m in the here and now.

Whether he stops the puck or doesn’t, Holtby said he doesn’t dwell during the game. He just squirts his water bottle in the air and follows one drop all the way down, focusing his mind back on the moment.

5) Mario Kart
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The Capitals played Mario Kart on the road all through the playoffs–both as a way to kill time, but also keep loose. Matt Niskanen once told the Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capitals-insider/wp/2018/05/29/the-capitals-and-golden-knights-share-a-road-trip-tradition-mario-kart/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.4a2251b5dba8) that he spent the night before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals playing four hours of Mario Kart.The team played in a communal suite at their hotel, and the matches would get intense. Holtby described it as “like a spectator sport.”“You can imagine how the whole thing escalated. We’re hockey players. So any excuse to be competitive, right? You had guys who were dedicated to being the greatest Mario Kart racers in the world, and you had guys who were dedicated to being the best Mario Kart color commentators in the world,” Holtby said.“He’s got the banana peel! Luigi’s got the banana peel! This is trouble for Oshie! MAMA-MIAAAAAAAA!” Holtby re-enacted in the article.In a strange twist of fate, the Nintendo 64 was actually purchased for the team by Nate Schmidt, who bought it for the Capitals during the 2017-18 playoffs in Toronto and left it with the team when he was taken in the expansion draft. Schmidt bought another one for the Golden Knights, but admitted that the Knights weren’t as into it as the Caps were.

6) Tossing Notes
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One day during the playoffs, right before the Pittsburgh series, Holtby said, his wife started finding zip-locked bags being thrown over the fence into their yard.Inside the bags were notes, written in a big red marker, clearly by some of the kids in their neighborhood. The notes read like adorable positive affirmations.“COME ON HOLTS!!!! YOU GOT THIS!!!! GO CAPS!!!!”Holtby says the kids continued throwing the notes over his fence, all variations on “GO HOLTBEAST!!!! WIN THE STANLEY CUP!!!!! HOLTS #1 #1 #1”.Holtby was pumped about it. “I guess these kids had their little mission, and at that point it was like their superstition. They had to deliver my game-day motivation.”

7) Nate Schmidt
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The Caps netminder took a moment to acknowledge one of the Vegas Golden Knights that had a special place in his heart.On the day of the expansion draft, Holtby was visibly pained when Schmidt was taken by Vegas. (https://russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2017/06/21/braden-holtby-appears-distressed-golden-knights-select-nate-schmidt-expansion-draft/) The two were close friends.“When he got taken by Vegas in the expansion draft, it was kind of tough for me, personally,” Holtby said. “As a goalie, you’re a bit isolated from the team. That’s just the nature of the position. So when you lose a friend like that, it’s a bit different.”“To see him again in the Stanley Cup finals was just…perfect,” said Holtby.

8 ) The Save
Holtby said he gets asked a lot about The Save (https://russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2018/05/31/braden-holtbys-brilliant-stick-save-on-alex-tuch-gives-capitals-first-ever-stanley-cup-final-victory/), and for a while, he said, he didn’t know what to answer. No goaltender wants to be in a position where they are making a desperation save, having to rely on luck or a good bounce.But the truth?Holtby admitted that his adrenaline was riding high after the momentous stick save, just like everyone else. “I mean, everybody saw Ovi’s face on the bench. (https://russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2018/05/31/alex-ovechkin-was-all-of-us-watching-braden-holtbys-stick-save/)” If that save wasn’t made, if that puck went in, what could have been?Holtby did not think about that. Instead, he literally forgot about the save.“But then I squirted my water bottle, and I followed a drop all the way to the ice, and I forgot about it. I’m not even just saying that. It was just gone. Too much hockey left. So yeah, it was not my best save ever. No way,” Holtby said.

9) The Tattoos
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Sometime during the Stanley Cup Final, Holtby said, TJ Oshie made a sudden proclamation that if the Caps won the Stanley Cup, he would get a character from Mario Kart inked on him.

     “If we win, I’m doing it. I swear. I’m getting him inked on me.”
     
     Then someone’s like, “You won’t do it. Come on.”
     
     And Oshie’s like, “Oh, I’m doing it.”
     
     “You won’t.”
     
     “Oh, I will. If we win the Cup…I’m getting a Wario tattoo.”

(Why Wario? It remains a mystery. According to this article, (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capitals-insider/wp/2018/05/29/the-capitals-and-golden-knights-share-a-road-trip-tradition-mario-kart/?utm_term=.c39c1ee689f9) Oshie’s go-to character in the game was, of course, Yoshie.)After the Cup was won and the Capitals brought the Cup back to DC, there was a special feeling to the way the players shared the Cup with the city. Holtby called it “like a snow day away from school for the whole city.”It was sometime after the Capitals had “a couple beers,” in Alex Ovechkin’s words, after the Capitals had jumped into the fountains in Georgetown to have a swim. (https://russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2019/02/26/ok-lets-do-it-were-champions-alex-ovechkin-on-being-convinced-to-swim-in-fountains-after-winning-stanley-cup/) Oshie remembered his promise.

     They were like, “We said we’d do it. We’re doing it.”

     And then Oshie was like, “We’re doing it, dude. I’m getting a Wario tattoo. I’M GETTING A WARIO TATTOO! (https://russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2019/03/06/stanley-cup-ink-never-before-seen-photos-of-tj-oshies-mario-kart-tattoo/) HOLTS! CALL THE TATTOO GUYS!”

10) Back to the Farm
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It’s the little moments that stick out to Holtby.

     “In the end, those are the moments that you’ll always remember. That’s why you play the game. Because so much of it is a blur. Honestly, the hours after we won the Cup are a blur. There’s so much media, so many people, so many interviews. You barely process it. Even my day with the Cup was a blur. There’s just not enough time. You never really get a moment to let it all sink in.”
     
For Holtby, where it all came full circle was back on Holtby Family Farm. With the Stanley Cup back in the same field he used to patrol the cows in when he was young.


Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: BarfingMonkey on Friday March 08, 2019, 01:19:54 PM Eastern
Let's GO CAPS.  Anyone going tonight?
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: BarfingMonkey on Friday March 08, 2019, 01:21:47 PM Eastern
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Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: alta on Friday March 08, 2019, 01:48:09 PM Eastern
Quote from: BarfingMonkey on Friday March 08, 2019, 01:21:47 PM Eastern
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I want to say that looks familiar
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: alta on Friday March 08, 2019, 01:48:37 PM Eastern
the bar I mean
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: BlackIce on Friday March 08, 2019, 03:39:37 PM Eastern
Quote from: BarfingMonkey on Friday March 08, 2019, 01:21:47 PM Eastern
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..... and what??????


I must say, that is one of the most "intriguing" propositions I've seen in awhile.
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: alta on Friday March 08, 2019, 05:51:35 PM Eastern
I've put up similar propositions when I've had extra Nats tickets, though it didn't include a picture of my backside ...


and it didn't include the FWB qualifier
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: ArJunaZ on Friday March 08, 2019, 06:56:41 PM Eastern
It's a bit ominous that she doesn't show her face. :angel: :devil:


BTW, I just updated the OP.

If you haven't read the RMNB story in the OP I highly recommend you do.
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: Surreylily on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:12:56 PM Eastern
Morning peeps.   :wackysmile:
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: ArJunaZ on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:12:59 PM Eastern
:slapshot:
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: ArJunaZ on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:14:35 PM Eastern
(https://galactichub.com/caps/Capitals_mascot-Devils.png) :B:



 :65:
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: Mickstix on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:14:37 PM Eastern
Evenin'.. Looks like they smoked their lunch again.
Nevermind.  :wackysmile:
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: Surreylily on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:15:44 PM Eastern
Bear playing better on the fourth line that he ever did on the third.    :snicker:
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: ArJunaZ on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:16:11 PM Eastern
The volcano has been erupting lately!  FINALLY!!!
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: alta on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:28:45 PM Eastern
wow, I guess it won't be much longer when you called for tripping just by thinking about it
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: Mickstix on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:28:49 PM Eastern
Penalty on Kempny was kinda cheap imo.. Battling for the puck along the wall, guys get tripped up all the time.
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: alta on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:32:50 PM Eastern
Quote from: ArJunaZ on Friday March 08, 2019, 06:56:41 PM Eastern
It's a bit ominous that she doesn't show her face. :angel: :devil:

.......


i think she shows some intelligence by not putting her face on the web
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: alta on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:35:39 PM Eastern
not a lot of urgency on that 2 man advantage...








not any, really
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: ArJunaZ on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:36:21 PM Eastern
FUCKING RETARDED
:pppp:
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: Surreylily on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:37:00 PM Eastern
That was  crap5 X 3.   :raised-eyebrow:
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: alta on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:37:28 PM Eastern
Quote from: ArJunaZ on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:36:21 PM Eastern
FUCKING RETARDED
 :pppp:




that's an insult to retarded people
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: alta on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:38:25 PM Eastern
Quote from: BarfingMonkey on Friday March 08, 2019, 01:21:47 PM Eastern
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where did you find this?
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: Mickstix on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:40:45 PM Eastern
Yep, they look like the 3 stooges + 2 tonight..


She found a ticket Alta..  :lol: :rofl:
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: alta on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:43:03 PM Eastern
Quote from: Mickstix on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:40:45 PM Eastern
Yep, they look like the 3 stooges + 2 tonight..


She found a ticket Alta..  :lol: :rofl:


tonight maybe, 8)
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: ArJunaZ on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:45:01 PM Eastern
If that call was on Oshie it was a BULLSHIT call!

I meant Vrana, which it was.  It was a dive and grab by the Devil. Should have been an embellishment call.
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: Mickstix on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:45:45 PM Eastern
Quote from: alta on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:43:03 PM Eastern

tonight maybe, 8)


 :wackysmile: :snicker:
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: alta on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:45:46 PM Eastern
I'm actually more curious if that's the bar I think it is.




I still have my darts, but I'd be lucky to hit the wall throwing left handed
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: Mickstix on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:46:18 PM Eastern
Quote from: ArJunaZ on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:45:01 PM Eastern
If that call was on Oshie it was a BULLSHIT call!
Vrana at the blue line I think.
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: Surreylily on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:48:40 PM Eastern
Quote from: alta on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:45:46 PM Eastern
I'm actually more curious if that's the bar I think it is.
Is it a gay bar?    :snicker:
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: alta on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:50:01 PM Eastern
Quote from: Surreylily on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:48:40 PM Eastern
Is it a gay bar?    :snicker:


You of all people should recognize a darts pub
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: Surreylily on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:50:34 PM Eastern
Well that was a rubbish first period.   :yawn:
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: alta on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:51:50 PM Eastern
Quote from: Surreylily on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:50:34 PM Eastern
Well that was a rubbish first period.   :yawn:


especially with Burt having the lone goal
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: Surreylily on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:51:56 PM Eastern
Quote from: alta on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:50:01 PM Eastern

You of all people should recognize a darts pub
More of a pool girl, myself.  I did play in a darts team once, but only because it was my pub, so I kinda had to.  Much better at pool...    8)
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: ArJunaZ on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:52:45 PM Eastern
I was pretty good at darts.  I was always a clutch thrower.  I have a board setup at home, but haven't played in some time.
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: Surreylily on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:56:18 PM Eastern
A team of girls with sharp objects is not to be trifled with..... :P
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: alta on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:57:35 PM Eastern
May is good at this, good thing he stuck with with it the first year or two, he was awkward as shit his first year
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: Mickstix on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:57:39 PM Eastern
I used to throw darts.. Was pretty good too! I could prolly still do it.. Would have to start doing cocaine again though but I guess that's frowned upon, once ya turn 50 or so..  :rofl:
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: alta on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:58:21 PM Eastern
Quote from: Surreylily on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:56:18 PM Eastern
A team of girls with sharp objects is not to be trifled with..... :P


or long sticks..





Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: Surreylily on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:59:21 PM Eastern
Quote from: alta on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:57:35 PM Eastern
May is good at this, good thing he stuck with with it the first year or two, he was awkward as shit his first year
Yup.  He's a sweetie.   :hearts:
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: alta on Friday March 08, 2019, 08:01:11 PM Eastern
Quote from: Mickstix on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:57:39 PM Eastern
I used to throw darts.. Was pretty good too! I could prolly still do it.. Would have to start doing cocaine again though but I guess that's frowned upon, once ya turn 50 or so..  :rofl:


I'm sure it's still prevalent in the older crowd in fla, I hear The Villages is rife with STDs  8-0
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: Surreylily on Friday March 08, 2019, 08:02:15 PM Eastern
Quote from: alta on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:58:21 PM Eastern

or long sticks..
I was the only girl for the most part in any pool team I played on.  I distinctly remember when I "made it".  One of the opposition said, "Watch her, she's a good player".  Not , "A good player for a girl/woman".   8) :uh-huh:
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: Mickstix on Friday March 08, 2019, 08:08:10 PM Eastern
Quote from: alta on Friday March 08, 2019, 08:01:11 PM Eastern

I'm sure it's still prevalent in the older crowd in fla, I hear The Villages is rife with STDs  8-0
They have neighborhoods full of swingers over there.. (so I hear) lol


Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: ArJunaZ on Friday March 08, 2019, 08:08:14 PM Eastern
My first clutch dart throw was in 1975. My younger brother had just thrown a dart at me as I rode my bike past the house. He got my back tire immediately deflating it. He started running home. I yanked the dart out of the tire and threw it at him nailing him in the calf as he was running.
 :snicker:
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: alta on Friday March 08, 2019, 08:12:57 PM Eastern
I guess after that 5 on 3 the Devils are gonna get all the calls
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: Surreylily on Friday March 08, 2019, 08:15:14 PM Eastern
Quote from: ArJunaZ on Friday March 08, 2019, 08:08:14 PM Eastern
My first clutch dart throw was in 1975. My younger brother had just thrown a dart at me as I rode my bike past the house. He got my back tire immediately deflating it. He started running home. I yanked the dart out of the tire and threw it at him nailing him in the calf as he was running.
 :snicker:
Close family then....    :-|
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: Surreylily on Friday March 08, 2019, 08:20:39 PM Eastern
Our guys need to wake the fuck up.  Looks like we're trying to give this game way.   :raised-eyebrow:
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: alta on Friday March 08, 2019, 08:23:22 PM Eastern
Quote from: Surreylily on Friday March 08, 2019, 08:15:14 PM Eastern
Close family then....    :-|


around here it's called brothers,
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: ArJunaZ on Friday March 08, 2019, 08:28:57 PM Eastern
Quote from: alta on Friday March 08, 2019, 08:23:22 PM Eastern

around here it's called brothers,

You answered for me.  Yes, we are very close.
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: zerofox on Friday March 08, 2019, 08:30:20 PM Eastern
I can't believe the Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals are only up 1-0 against the Albany River Rats. This is some shit. This team just loves to play like garbage against bad teams.
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: Surreylily on Friday March 08, 2019, 08:41:11 PM Eastern
That was rubbish. 
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: Mickstix on Friday March 08, 2019, 08:41:48 PM Eastern
Looks like their fixin to send the home crowd home pissed if they don't wake the F up..
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: Surreylily on Friday March 08, 2019, 08:46:09 PM Eastern
Reirdon has jangled the D-lines.  Maybe they're treating this game as an experiment.  I mean, it's not that they hav practices for that or anything...  Jus' sayin'.
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: alta on Friday March 08, 2019, 09:00:38 PM Eastern
yep, seems only the Caps can commit a fowl since that 5-3


this is frikin boring
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: Surreylily on Friday March 08, 2019, 09:01:12 PM Eastern
"facepalm!!   ::)
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: alta on Friday March 08, 2019, 09:01:23 PM Eastern
Quote from: Surreylily on Friday March 08, 2019, 08:46:09 PM Eastern
Reirdon has jangled the D-lines.  Maybe they're treating this game as an experiment.  I mean, it's not that they hav practices for that or anything...  Jus' sayin'.


some things need an actual game to see the results
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: alta on Friday March 08, 2019, 09:05:27 PM Eastern
19

 :clap: :clap: :clap:
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: Surreylily on Friday March 08, 2019, 09:07:39 PM Eastern
Finally! 
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: Surreylily on Friday March 08, 2019, 09:16:13 PM Eastern
Quote from: alta on Friday March 08, 2019, 09:01:23 PM Eastern

some things need an actual game to see the results
Yep, but a very strange time to di it. 
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: Surreylily on Friday March 08, 2019, 09:29:30 PM Eastern
You all fell asleep?   :-|
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: ArJunaZ on Friday March 08, 2019, 09:33:02 PM Eastern
(https://galactichub.com/caps/Capitals_mascot-Devils.png) :B:



 :20:
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: alta on Friday March 08, 2019, 09:34:20 PM Eastern
Holtbeast with the shutout
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: Surreylily on Friday March 08, 2019, 09:34:37 PM Eastern
These stupid late penalties, at the end of periods, really have to stop.   >:(   
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: Surreylily on Friday March 08, 2019, 09:36:03 PM Eastern
Ooooh!  That was nice.   :clap:
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: Mickstix on Friday March 08, 2019, 09:36:42 PM Eastern
Happy for Holts.. The rest of em' need to skate laps.
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: Surreylily on Friday March 08, 2019, 09:39:51 PM Eastern
Yep.  Holts was good tonight.  As for the rest.... meh. 

Not the best game to stay up for.   :yawn:   But hey, it's two points.  We won.  And the PK was really good tonight.
Sweet dreams peeps.   :hearts:
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: ArJunaZ on Friday March 08, 2019, 09:39:53 PM Eastern
(https://washingtoncapitalsfanforum.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fgalactichub.com%2Fcaps%2Fscoring_summary.gif&hash=a5539380153e9a0902e0b6fc1ce40d49d66becf2)

1st Period
02:40  GOAL 65-Burakovsky, assists 6-Kempny & 72-Boyd   1-0 WSH

2nd Period
None

3rd Period
04:35  PP GOAL 19-Bäckström, assists 74-Carlson & 92-Kuznetsov   2-0 WSH
19:01  EN GOAL 20-Eller, unassisted   3-0 WSH

FINAL:    3-0 WSH
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: Mickstix on Friday March 08, 2019, 09:47:27 PM Eastern
Night peoples!
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: alta on Friday March 08, 2019, 10:03:01 PM Eastern
except for the last two minutes where the shutout became a possibility, that was a boring game
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: BarfingMonkey on Friday March 08, 2019, 10:38:34 PM Eastern
Quote from: alta on Friday March 08, 2019, 07:38:25 PM Eastern



where did you find this?


Craigslist, it was still up before the game.
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: BlackIce on Friday March 08, 2019, 10:55:04 PM Eastern
Quote from: alta on Friday March 08, 2019, 10:03:01 PM Eastern
except for the last two minutes where the shutout became a possibility, that was a boring game




I was there, and yuh, it was a meh game for the most part.


Caps gave away two clean breakaways in the first 5 minutes, but Holtby had the answers or the game might have been quite a bit different.


And that had to be the WORST 5 on 3 PP I've ever seen.  I don't think the guys completed a single pass on it.  What a disaster.


Backstrom's goal was ALL Carlson.  Backstrom just put his stick on the ice, Carlson found a tiny seam and hit it.  The replays showed what a narrow window he had to make that pass.



Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: BlackIce on Saturday March 09, 2019, 07:46:51 AM Eastern
And note that the cupcake part of the schedule (if there is any such thing in the NHL) is over.  The last 14 games are murderous.  As much as the Caps look to be in decent shape at this point, nothing is a given.
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: Mickstix on Saturday March 09, 2019, 08:59:27 AM Eastern
Quote from: BlackIce on Saturday March 09, 2019, 07:46:51 AM Eastern
And note that the cupcake part of the schedule (if there is any such thing in the NHL) is over.  The last 14 games are murderous.  As much as the Caps look to be in decent shape at this point, nothing is a given.


They've got a 10 point lead on Columbus.. It'd take coach firing type epic loss, coupled with towering inferno hot streak by CBJ, to miss the dance now..
Title: Re: GDT#68 Devils @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Mar 8, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SN, MSG+
Post by: DC_1908 on Saturday March 09, 2019, 10:28:47 AM Eastern
Quote from: Mickstix on Saturday March 09, 2019, 08:59:27 AM Eastern

They've got a 10 point lead on Columbus.. It'd take coach firing type epic loss, coupled with towering inferno hot streak by CBJ, to miss the dance now..
While it would de difficult for them to miss the playoffs, the worrisome thing is matchups.  A hot CBJ, who despite never winning a playoff series, would be an absolute poison pill for us in the first round.   


The biggest thing to pay attention to is seeding and to hope NYI, Boston, TBL, and CBJ/hot 8th seed team wear each other out before we play em.