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Talk about Capitals hockey & more! => Washington Capitals & Other Hockey Discussion => Topic started by: alta on Sunday December 29, 2024, 12:14:21 PM Eastern
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December 29 vs Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena
Time: 5:00
TV: Monumental Sports
Radio: 106.7 FM, Caps Radio 24/7
Washington Capitals 24-9-2
PP% 22.3(12th) PK% 83.3(6th) Faceoff% 50.2(19th)
Detroit Red Wings 13-18-4
PP% 22.8(11th) PK% 68.8(31st) Faceoff% 50.5(16th)
Caps anticipated lines:
Ovechkin(C) 8 - Strome 17 - Protas 21
McMichael 24 - Dubois 80 - Wilson(A) 43
Mangiapane 88 - Eller 20 - Vrana 13
Duhaime 22 - Dowd 26 - Raddysh 16
Sandin 38 - Carlson(A) 74
Fehervary 42 - Roy 2
Chychrun 6 - van Riemsdyk 57
Lindgren 79
Thompson 48 - backup
PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Wilson, Chychrun, Carlson
PP2: Ovechkin, McMichael, Vrana, Dubois, Sandin
scratched:
Miroshnichenko 63
Alexeyev 27
McIlrath 52
LTIR:
Milano 15 - upper body
Backstrom 19 - hip - season
Oshie 77 - lower back - season
Red Wings anticipated lines:
Veleno 90 - Larkin 71 - Raymond 23
DeBrincat 93 - Copp 18 - Kane 88
Tarasenko 11 - Compher 37 - Berggren 48
Rasmussen 27 - Kasper 92 - Fischer 36
Chiarot 8 - Seider 53
Edvinsson 77 - Petry 46
Gustafsson 56 - Holl 3
Lyons 34
Talbot 39 - backup
tonight’s zebras:
Graham Skilliter 24, Steve Kozari 40
Kyle Flemington 55, David Brisebois 96
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-visit-motown-in-2024-road-finale (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-visit-motown-in-2024-road-finale)
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x1186 (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x1186)
scoring summary
1st period:
Chariot from Seider at 3:19
Kane PPG from Gustafsson and Raymond at 6:44
Ovechkin(17) from Chychrun and McMichael at 12:04
DeBrincat from Kane at 12:35
Raymond from Larkin and Veleno at 14:18
2nd period:
no goals
3rd period:
Dowd(10) from Raddysh and Duhaime at 10:27
Caps lose 4-2
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Ovie's return to the team is a plus for so many reasons besides what he brings to the table. It allows Carbery to re-establish the Duhaime/Dowd/Raddysh 4th line, which is where they belong, stops having to juggle Radish and Mangiapane into and out of the top 6, resets Mangiapane into L3, which seems to be his natural fit. And with he and Eller on L3 there is enough defensive responsibility for them to carry Vrana on that line, which is good because Vrana has been chipping in offensively lately. And of course, we get to see if the Protas/Ovie chemistry can be re-established. It is really the Protas fit on the first line that has allowed the forward lines to sort themselves out as well as I've ever seen it on a Caps team. Everyone SEEMS to be where they ought to be, and there are no glaring weaknesses.
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Don't know if you guys saw this or not, but on pregame they were talking salary and Tarik mentioned the "cap era and if you go to the site to see salary...." Alexa said "yea, no more CapFriendly" And Tarik said.. "Go to CapWages" 8-0 (Might be the same site we talked about in the other thread, Im too lazy (and my memory is too bad) to go look it up. :wackysmile:
Capwages.com (https://capwages.com/)
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:-|
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Evening. :wackysmile:
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:poop:
:clown: :O=
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Evening. :wackysmile:
I’m surprised you are awake this time of day
:raspberry:
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I’m surprised you are awake this time of day
:raspberry:
Me too. this is about nap time...... Im trying to re-adust back to hockey time.
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PK time
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:O= :O=
:clown: :poop:
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We find our legs.. Or we die!! Look like complete :poop: :poop: at the moment..
WAKE UP LIL!! Oh, never mind.. :raspberry: :hearts:
(https://i.postimg.cc/Jh7Xz9XP/police-car-siren.gif) Trap Game Alert!!! (https://i.postimg.cc/Jh7Xz9XP/police-car-siren.gif)
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See, that was over a month ago!! I'm lucky to remember last week!! :raised-eyebrow:
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That was two weeks ago ya burn out
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nother PK . .
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GOOOAAALLLL
OVECHKIN
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:banana: :B:
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:poop: :poop: :poop:
:clown: :O=
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That was two weeks ago ya burn out
See, told ya! :snicker:
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Fuckin Ovi!!!!!
Then more :clown: :poop: :poop: :poop:
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:poop: :poop: :poop: :poop:
:clown: :O=
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Oh well.. Ovi scored. Not sure this will hold my attention past intermission.
:poop: :poop: :poop: :poop:
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what the? :raised-eyebrow:
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Guess coach is gonna make him suffer it out, but Chuck aint helpin. That was embarrassing.
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nother PK
offseting penalties
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these penalties ain't helping none.
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Joe throwin out the travel, late arrival excuse.. lol These are fucking grown men. They're playing like little girls.
And what's the deal with Locker? Hope all's ok on his end.. Too much Alan May for me. :-\
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and Detroit will start the 2nd with a PP
:(
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. Too much Alan May for me. :-\
wash your mouth out! :raspberry:
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And what's the deal with Locker? Hope all's ok on his end.. Too much Alan May for me. :-\
They never did say about Locker. My guess is a death in the family given the specific amount of time out. Or possibly surgery.
May isn’t doing bad, but he doesn’t have the 30 years of camaraderie that Joe B and Lacher have.
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Wash your mouth out! :raspberry:
I can take him in small doses. But he's a thin skinned "company man".. Blocked me on Twitter after a couple back and forths.. :rofl: He was on about a "Short Summer and Cup hangover" when we were sucking in 2019.. At the time Tampa had played about a week less than us (the previous year) and we're leading the league. I pointed that out and told him Todd Reirden had lost the team and would be replaced.. So, one of the two posts caused him to sissy up and block me. :snicker:
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I can see the company man label, especially back then as he got established. He was awkward as hell his first year commentating, and who ever kept telling him to smile on camera should have been fired. It just made the awkwardness worse. But I don’t think that still sticks.
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PP time
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nother pp . .
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nother pk . . . .
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Looks like Carbs gave them a rocket up the jacksey after the first period. :snicker:
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Caps trying to pick it up a little and Detroit letting their boot off the neck a bit. Hopefully the Caps can make further adjustments in the 3rd.
Caps down 4-1 after two.
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I can see the company man label, especially back then as he got established. He was awkward as hell his first year commentating, and who ever kept telling him to smile on camera should have been fired. It just made the awkwardness worse. But I don’t think that still sticks.
He has improved in that dept! Im still blocked though. :P
Welp, needed to get one back that period. Gonna take another L. At least Ovi scored!! Been pretty mediocre the last half dozen or so games. Hope they can find and keep some rhythm here soon.
Tuesday at 12:30
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:banana: :banana:
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Might be too little too late...
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GOOOAAALLLL
DOWD
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Ho hum.
night peeps. :yawn:
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Whenever they don't skate and dick around in their own end, they give you games like this. The 1st period was a clinic in how not to play hockey.
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Caps lose 4-2
Caps were 0 fer 3 on the PP against one of the worst PKs in the league.
12:30pm on New Year’s Eve
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I can see the company man label, especially back then as he got established. He was awkward as hell his first year commentating, and who ever kept telling him to smile on camera should have been fired. It just made the awkwardness worse. But I don’t think that still sticks.
hah - i remember that...smile was like the cat that just ate the canary.
I like Alan May, but yes he has improved greatly and I think Alexa helped smooth out his awkwardness - she kind of leads the show and he can be the guy to bring in the analysis or whatever. Those two have a good rapport now. I remember May and eyeliner boy and the show was just awful, and you could see May wanted to just punch eyeliner boy about 3 or 4 times a broadcast
Brent Johnson is the awkward one now...guy can't get thru a sentence without a brain fart or a a pause or an Um or 2 thrown in.