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Tue. Feb. 13 Washington Capitals @ Winnipeg Jets
Place: Bell MTS Place
Time: 8:00 p.m.
TV: NBCSWA, TSN3
Radio: 106.7 The Fan, Capitals Radio 24/7
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Winnipeg Jets 73-32-15-9 Last Game: Feb 11 Lost 3-1 against Rangers
Washington Capitals 70-32-17-6 Last Game: Feb 11 OT Loss 5-4 against Red Wings
8-Ovechkin 19-Bäckström 43-Wilson
10-Connolly 92-Kuznetsov 77-Oshie
65-Burakovsky 20-Eller 39-Chiasson
18-Stephenson 83-Beagle 25-Smith-Pelly
29-Djoos 74-Carlson
9-Orlov 2-Niskanen
44-Orpik 22-Bowey
70-Holtby (starter)
31-Grubauer
-- SCRATCH --
13-Vrana
4-Chorney
-- INJURED --
-- 1st Powerplay Unit --
77-Oshie 19-Bäckström 92-Kuznetsov
8-Ovechkin 74-Carlson
-- 2nd Powerplay Unit --
39-Chiasson 20-Eller 65-Burakovsky
2-Niskanen 9-Orlov
Referees: Dan O’Halloran (#13) Tom Chmielewski (#18)
Linesmen: Jonny Murray (#95), Kory Nagy (#97)
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By Jesse Dougherty February 13 at 11:42 AM
Inside the mind of the Capitals’ Brett Connolly, a selective sharpshooter in a selective offense
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Brett Connolly’s shooting percentage of 28.6 is the highest on the Capitals. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
In the example in Brett Connolly’s head, he is coming down the left wing with the puck, there is an imaginary defenseman in the middle of the zone, an imaginary teammate streaking on the other side of that defensemen, and a puzzle.
He is at an odd angle and has two options. The first is the one on everyone’s imaginary mind, to shoot the puck, test the goaltender, give his team a perceived high chance at a goal. The second requires a bit more thought: to do something other than toss a save-able shot at the net, to pass or skate around the back of the goal or do anything to raise a low-percentage scoring opportunity into a higher one. Connolly, more often than not, goes with the latter.
“Generally, I’m not just going to throw a puck at the net just to get a shot on goal or because that’s what you’re ‘supposed to do,'” Connolly said before the Capitals’ 3-2 win in Columbus last week. “I like to look for really good scoring chances, one or two a game that have a good chance of producing a goal. That’s where my game is right now.”
That is working for Connolly so far this season, and it’s also a microcosm of sorts for this year’s Capitals. The Capitals are last in the league in shots on goal per game (28.6) and, while they’ve at times acknowledged a need for a few more “pucks at the net,” they are generally uncompromising in their own search for the right scoring opportunities. Connolly has 14 goals on 49 shots this season (which also puts him one goal short of a career-high he set last year). He has a team-high 28.6 shooting percentage, which would be league-high if his low shots on goal total didn’t disqualify him in the category. He is making the most of limited chances, like when he scored once on one shot on goal in an eventual 5-4 overtime loss to the Red Wings on Sunday, or scored six times on 12 shots on goal across 14 November games.
This approach for Connolly, who counts shooting as his best offensive asset, is not only born of calculation, but of a time early last season when he was trying to hang in a lineup and didn’t want to waste any opportunities. Now he’s a fixture on the Capitals’ third line and ranks third on the team in goals behind Alex Ovechkin (NHL-leading 33) and Evgeny Kuznetsov (15). The Capitals (32-17-6) have a four-point lead over the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Metropolitan Division heading into an 8 p.m. matchup with the Winnipeg Jets at Bell MTS Place on Tuesday night.
“When you’re trying to prove yourself and get on a line or stay in the lineup, I don’t think five or six shots on goal are going to help you too much unless they lead to goals,” Connolly said. “So that’s where those one to two chances come in. I always go back to that. Sometimes, if you go without a shot on goal for a few games, maybe you throw a puck on goal just to get yourself going and feel it a bit. But for the most part you’re looking for the spots that you can score in and that’s it. At least that’s what I do.”
And, at least for now, so do the Capitals.
The rate at which Connolly is scoring, in relation to his shots on goal total, is extremely rare. Since the 2005-06 season, nine players (including him) have scored 10 or more goals on 50 or fewer shots in a season. According to the hockey analytics site Corsica, Connolly should have six goals based on when and where he took his shots, an indication that there may be some luck on his side.
But Connolly, who needed 81 shots on goal to score 15 times last season, doesn’t often factor luck into his calculations. The Capitals tend not to either. Last Friday, they finished with 17 shots on goal in a 4-2 win over the Blue Jackets. The Blue Jackets, a team known for tossing puck after puck at the net, finished with 37 shots on goal. The Capitals then had just 10 shots on goal through two periods against the Red Wings on Sunday, and trailed by three due to flat offense and scrambling defense.
So on one hand, the Capitals’ low shot volume was fine because it produced the chances they needed to score. On another, it was detrimental in producing hardly any scoring opportunities at all. Sometimes, Connolly’s own low shot volume produces the one chance he is looking for. Sometimes that second chance comes soon after, like when he scored twice on four shots on goal against the New Jersey Devils on Jan. 18. Then he went back-to-back games without a shot on goal last week — making it impossible for him to find the net — and he may start to question himself a bit before the next time he beats a goalie.
“It can all be really confusing,” Connolly said while scratching his head in the visitors locker room in Columbus. He was talking about himself. He could have been talking about his team, too.
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Let's GO CAPS!
I think T-Dub will have a great game!
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Oh fuck. O;Halloran as a ref. No joy here here boys and girls.
Get your sarcasm and joyous unicorns unleashed. :clown:
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Let's GO CAPS!
I think T-Dub will have a great game!
Yoy're not right.
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Are they losing yet?
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Are they losing yet?
Surprisingly, no!
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I want to see two things: do not give up the first goal, and get a minimum of 12-14 shots each period.
Wishful thinking?
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We're actually shooting the puck. I may not watch Olympic Curling after all! :wackysmile:
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And how the hell in Nisky in the line up after the game he had???
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Damn, sans Red Drawf, I didn’t realize how big the Jets where
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aww shyt, forgot there was a game. Last months schedule has me all messed up
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someone isn't happy with the apple and blueberry I put in his bowl
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Oh fuck. O;Halloran as a ref. No joy here here boys and girls.
Get your sarcasm and joyous unicorns unleashed. :clown:
O'Helloran is on the our side today, I sent him a coupon for a free Sindy BJ. :devil:
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We are definitely improving. It took 15 minutes to give up the first goal.
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fcuk that
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. . . Nice D Bura
>:(
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Are they losing yet?
are now
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OV playing better defense than the defence...
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Jesus Harold we aren’t even at 80% PK!!!
WTF!!!!!!!! That it’s just inex-god damn-scuable
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Holtby keeps getting faked out of his skates. What the fuck is his problem? He left a huge opening and Ovy had to take a penalty to stop an easy goal
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Damn, sans Red Drawf, I didn’t realize how big the Jets where
I miss the Red dwarf... Id t[size=78%]ake him over several we have now sho nuff.[/size]
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OV playing better defense than the defence...
So are the peanut vendors
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Jesus Harold we aren’t even at 80% PK!!!
WTF!!!!!!!! That it’s just inex-god damn-scuable
:wackysmile:
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:19z:
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Holtby keeps getting faked out of his skates. What the fuck is his problem? He left a huge opening and Ovy had to take a penalty to stop an easy goal
Well does have Defenseman as well as goalie . . .
Pretty soon he’ll be pinching too to add more offense from the backside
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score Backy!!!!!! nice play by Willy to let it happen!!!!!
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So are the peanut vendors
Give em a sweater... Worth a shot.
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Give em a sweater... Worth a shot.
you're buying us a shot??
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I miss the Red dwarf... Id t[size=78%]ake him over several we have now sho nuff.[/size]
I'm really curious how you ended up with the confused formatting on your post. I tried to replicate it every way I could, but I failed. Mine always works fine. What browser are you using?
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I miss the Red dwarf... Id t[size=78%]ake him over several we have now sho nuff.[/size]
See AJ Not just me with the text issues
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Give em a sweater... Worth a shot.
I agree, but they aren’t soft puck movers so there’s little chance
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See AJ Not just me with the text issues
yea, happens to me too but I go back and edit it out. Hat and I are both on tablets though
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That is one of the better 1st periods we have played. The Jets are a good team and we played them even, same number of SOG 13 and we had more shot attempts. If we keep playing like we did in that period we have a good chance of winning this game which I did not think would happen. The guestion though is whether we can keep playing like that.
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OK Just tuned in. What did I miss?
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yea, happens to me too but I go back and edit it out. Hat and I are both on tablets though
fI knew it wasn't just me ;)
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OK Just tuned in. What did I miss?
you missed the 1st period, we didn't miss anything
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OK Just tuned in. What did I miss?
Tech talk. That should tell you everything you need to know.
:(
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One of the few times I have seen Backstrom energized this year. He looks pissed off.
Funny watching Big Buff, just fly-swat Nisky to the side of the net and then have a good stuff attempt. Not picky on Nisky (yet), Buff can do that to any of them.
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:wackysmile:
countdown to when she notices
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Holy craip
Some kid had a really bad accident in the half pipe. Stretcher.
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Holy craip
Some kid had a really bad accident in the half pipe. Stretcher.
HEY, it's hockey time, not skateboard the snow time
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you're buying us a shot??
come on over... I'm pouring
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Cheap call on Bowey. He was almost standing still. How is it his fault a Jet decided to charge him head first?
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come on over... I'm pouring
meh, too far to drive on a weeknight
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I'm really curious how you ended up with the confused formatting on your post. I tried to replicate it every way I could, but I failed. Mine always works fine. What browser are you using?
Yeah... It's this stupid fucking tablet. I have no idea...
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HEY, it's hockey time, not skateboard the snow time
Sorry.
It was pretty bad.
Flying tomato yet to go.
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I got something on me that smells like urine, I think it's the pork I cooked to medium raw for junior
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meh, too far to drive on a weeknight
Well... I'm still pouring.
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I got something on me that smells like urine, I think it's the pork I cooked to medium raw for junior
Or... It could be urine.
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Sorry.
It was pretty bad.
Flying tomato yet to go.
I haven't watched ski jumping since eddy the eagle
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Or... It could be urine.
no, I did shower today
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Well... I'm still pouring.
I hope it's a really big glass
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:65z:
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Atta boy, Burt!
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Burro gets a kicker!
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I hope it's a really big glass
Are you trying to get me drunk? ???
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Are you trying to get me drunk? ???
idonno, do i need to try
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you peeps are so funny
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Holy craip
Some kid had a really bad accident in the half pipe. Stretcher.
That was the youngest kid on the half-pipe at 16. That looked really bad. That half-pipe is like concrete.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeupLL4KIlY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeupLL4KIlY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg8wPF_r8AM
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Damn, sans Red Drawf, I didn’t realize how big the Jets where
LOVE Red Dwarf!
Wait, the tv show?
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Comeon man,
are you people that nonobservant??
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LOVE Red Dwarf!
Why don't you marry him then...
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:65z:
Finally!
I really like Burky, but he needs to wake up!
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idonno, do need to try
I get high with a little help from my friends...
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That was the youngest kid on the half-pipe at 16. That looked really bad. That half-pipe is like concrete.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeupLL4KIlY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeupLL4KIlY)
yea, he was out, that has concusion protocol written all over it
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Why don't you marry him then...
I was referring to the TV show.
I'm not familiar with the nickname/lingo "red dwarf".
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I see 39 i still think Steckel
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I was referring to the TV show.
I'm not familiar with the nickname/lingo "red dwarf".
Clever way to avoid the thought of marriage... Clever
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I get high with a little help from my friends...
this reminds me of several teachers I had in high school, no pun intended
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Herecomesthe tomato.....
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Herecomesthe tomato.....
that was anticlimactic
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Ok... What's up with the tomato?
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Holtby!
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Ok... What's up with the tomato?
Sauced it
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A1 yay or nay?
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Seems like we're playing not to lose this game.
Better than we played last game, for sure, but not great either.
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Ok... What's up with the tomato?
it's Shawn Whites nick name, which he got long before a hair cut
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Are you trying to get me drunk? ???
I'm up for that. .... ;D
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yea, he was out, that has concusion protocol written all over it
Looked like possible broken hip, pelvis, or femur. Minimum he will have a massive bruise. My son and I were just talking last night about how scary dangerous that sport is. I think it's irresponsible letting 16 year olds compete in a sport that could easily paralyze them for life on one mistake. They should at least be wearing protective gear. I got my son some very expensive equipment to protect his neck when he was riding motocross. One important piece is a Leatt neck protector that combines with helmet and shoulder pads to prevent neck compression. IMO these young kids should be wearing them for halfpipe and slopestyle. If Yuto Totsuka had hit head first he'd likely be either dead or a quadriplegic. So many of those pro snowboarders have had extremely serious injuries, including tomato head.
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it's Shawn Whites nick name, which he got long before a hair cut
Yeah, he looks far too grownupto be doing that shit these days huh?
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Looked like possible broken hip, pelvis, or femur. Minimum he will have a massive bruise. My son and I were just talking last night about how scary dangerous that sport is. I think it's irresponsible letting 16 year olds compete in a sport that could easily paralyze them for life on one mistake. They should at least be wearing protective gear. I got my son some very expensive equipment to protect his neck when he was riding motocross. One important piece is a Leatt neck protector that combines with helmet and shoulder pads to prevent neck compression. IMO these young kids should be wearing them for halfpipe and slopestyle. If Yuto Totsuka had hit head first he'd likely be either dead or a quadriplegic. So many of those pro snowboarders have had extremely serious injuries, including tomato head.
yea, the Canadian kid that won silver almost died a year ago after hitting a tree, I never understood how someone could break a leg skiing, until a few years ago while in the trees at park city
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I'm up for that. .... ;D
You can get me drunk any time...
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Looked like possible broken hip, pelvis, or femur. Minimum he will have a massive bruise. My son and I were just talking last night about how scary dangerous that sport is. I think it's irresponsible letting 16 year olds compete in a sport that could easily paralyze them for life on one mistake. They should at least be wearing protective gear. I got my son some very expensive equipment to protect his neck when he was riding motocross. One important piece is a Leatt neck protector that combines with helmet and shoulder pads to prevent neck compression. IMO these young kids should be wearing them for halfpipe and slopestyle. If Yuto Totsuka had hit head first he'd likely be either dead or a quadriplegic. So many of those pro snowboarders have had extremely serious injuries, including tomato head.
That's the funof it for those guys ... and GIRLS, The female Gold meddallist is a 17 year old.
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You can get me drunk any time...
:hearts: Kisses. Hey It's Valentines day here already.
:hearts: :hearts: :hearts:
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Looked like possible broken hip, pelvis, or femur. Minimum he will have a massive bruise. My son and I were just talking last night about how scary dangerous that sport is. I think it's irresponsible letting 16 year olds compete in a sport that could easily paralyze them for life on one mistake. They should at least be wearing protective gear. I got my son some very expensive equipment to protect his neck when he was riding motocross. One important piece is a Leatt neck protector that combines with helmet and shoulder pads to prevent neck compression. IMO these young kids should be wearing them for halfpipe and slopestyle. If Yuto Totsuka had hit head first he'd likely be either dead or a quadriplegic. So many of those pro snowboarders have had extremely serious injuries, including tomato head.
You old fart, you! :rofl:
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yea, the Canadian kid that won silver almost died a year ago after hitting a tree, I never understood how someone could break a leg skiing, until a few years ago while in the trees at park city
I was up in Jupiter Bowl, saw a small path off the main one and thought why not. I was like this for 15 minutes...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9j3heYZAk8 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9j3heYZAk8)
and still got to the bottom of the run before the ex did
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Ninja tomato
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:74z:
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OH. MY. GOD.
the poke check worked
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and there is a prime example of why we dodn't think Carson is that great of a hockey player
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OH. MY. GOD.
the poke check worked
That's what she said?
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Hiya Lil
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You old fart, you! :rofl:
Researchers at Johns Hopkins recently estimated that about 600,000 people nationally are injured each year as a result of skiing and snowboarding.
I have heard of many young snowboarders that became paralyzed. Young people think they are indestructible and it's up to the adults to protect them until they are no longer stupid. I don't think protective gear, when available, is too much to ask. My son landed on his head a couple times making huge jumps on his motorcycle. Had he not been wearing $800 worth of protective head & neck gear he would likely have been seriously hurt.
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Dan the dickhead, cheating piece of shit O'Halloran.. Fucking asshole
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Hiya Lil
I've been here for hours luv.
Isit your b'day yet?
:whatahunk:
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins recently estimated that about 600,000 people nationally are injured each year as a result of skiing and snowboarding.
I have heard of many young snowboarders that became paralyzed. Young people think they are indestructible and it's up to the adults to protect them until they are no longer stupid. I don't think protective gear, when available, is too much to ask. My son landed on his head a couple times making huge jumps on his motorcycle. Had he not been wearing $800 worth of protective head & neck gear he would likely have been seriously hurt.
Now go make a cup of tea........ :raspberry:
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:hearts: Kisses. Hey It's Valentines day here already.
:hearts: :hearts: :hearts:
Just before the game I received a dozen beautiful roses in the mail delivered by UPS. My wife was VERY curious who had sent me roses. I found the card in the box. It was from Chewy.com, the place I buy all my cat food. Very odd.
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Now go make a cup of tea........ :raspberry:
Baby, I am on the hard stuff tonight . . . Ensure! :lol:
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins recently estimated that about 600,000 people nationally are injured each year as a result of skiing and snowboarding.
I have heard of many young snowboarders that became paralyzed. Young people think they are indestructible and it's up to the adults to protect them until they are no longer stupid. I don't think protective gear, when available, is too much to ask. My son landed on his head a couple times making huge jumps on his motorcycle. Had he not been wearing $800 worth of protective head & neck gear he would likely have been seriously hurt.
Also,you should have more faith in natural selection.
Jus sayin........
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins recently estimated that about 600,000 people nationally are injured each year as a result of skiing and snowboarding.
I have heard of many young snowboarders that became paralyzed. Young people think they are indestructible and it's up to the adults to protect them until they are no longer stupid. I don't think protective gear, when available, is too much to ask. My son landed on his head a couple times making huge jumps on his motorcycle. Had he not been wearing $800 worth of protective head & neck gear he would likely have been seriously hurt.
what's amazing when you think about it, these parents are putting their 14-16 year old kids into what equates to college level football. These same parents would never allow that.
On the other hand, I never had, and still don't have a bicycle helmet. I destroyed my first dirt bike wearing geans and a tshirt. What eventually did me in was becoming complacent at work with something I'd done 100 times before
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Another shitty call on the offsides... What the fuck? These zebras have money on this game?.. One PP for us where 3 or 4 penalties should've been called. It seems like we are always playing the 6th player against us
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:hearts: Kisses. Hey It's Valentines day here already.
:hearts: :hearts: :hearts:
:whatahunk:
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Baby, I am on the hard stuff tonight . . . Ensure! :lol:
Can your wife handle it??? :devil:
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I've been here for hours luv.
Isit your b'day yet?
:whatahunk:
my actual bday isn't this month. But what I put as my bday was a very important day in history, I feal like it's kind of obvious
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Just before the game I received a dozen beautiful roses in the mail delivered by UPS. My wife was VERY curious who had sent me roses. I found the card in the box. It was from Chewy.com, the place I buy all my cat food. Very odd.
:lol: :rofl: :lol: :rofl:
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It's a frekas in the paint!!!
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Also,you should have more faith in natural selection.
Jus sayin........
That's what I said about kids eating tide pods...
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It's a frekas in the paint!!!
Greek food?
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Dan the dickhead, cheating piece of shit O'Halloran.. Fucking asshole
I feel like your beating around the bush here
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Greek food?
a piñata?
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Can your wife handle it??? :devil:
He said ensure, not viagra...
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what's amazing when you think about it, these parents are putting their 14-16 year old kids into what equates to college level football. These same parents would never allow that.
On the other hand, I never had, and still don't have a bicycle helmet. I destroyed my first dirt bike wearing geans and a tshirt. What eventually did me in was becoming complacent at work with something I'd done 100 times before
I used to race and was very good on my mountain bike. I was on an easy trail I'd been on a hundred times before. I went around an easy turn and for some reason I could never explain my bike did not make the turn and I went headfirst straight into a huge tree and fell into the river. I always wore a helmet. Moments like that showed me that you just never know. Without a helmet i would likely have been knocked out at that speed and possibly drowned in the river. it drives me nuts that my wife won't wear hers to this day. She was always a bad example for our son, but after a couple falls I convinced him it was smart to wear one.
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I feel like your beating around the bush here
That's what she said...
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Baby, I am on the hard stuff tonight . . . Ensure! :lol:
that shit is pretty good, I got hooked on it while in the hospital because everything else they gave me to eat was shit, before I processed it
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a piñata?
Never eaten a pinata...
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that shit is pretty good, I got hooked on it while in the hospital because everything else they gave me to eat was shit, before I processed it
Odd. Usually it's the other way around.
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is it obvious I went to the alphabet store today, for the first time in three weeks
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Odd. Usually it's the other way around.
usually
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Can your wife handle it??? :devil:
I think so, she bought me two cases today. :P
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Oooooh/1 I just got a"ding".....???
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If the jackass zebras would call an honest game there wouldn't be fights with less than 2 minutes to go
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Oooooh/1 I just got a"ding"..... ???
:lol: :rofl:
:rofl:
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Oooooh/1 I just got a"ding"..... ???
Then the dong [size=78%]is sure to follow....[/size]
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Then the dong [size=78%]is sure to follow....[/size]
is this from experience??? 8)
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I used to race and was very good on my mountain bike. I was on an easy trail I'd been on a hundred times before. I went around an easy turn and for some reason I could never explain my bike did not make the turn and I went headfirst straight into a huge tree and fell into the river. I always wore a helmet. Moments like that showed me that you just never know. Without a helmet i would likely have been knocked out at that speed and possibly drowned in the river. it drives me nuts that my wife won't wear hers to this day. She was always a bad example for our son, but after a couple falls I convinced him it was smart to wear one.
And you're an ice hockey fan. ....
Sorry but the two just don't seem to mesh. :lol:
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no way in hell this should have happened, this team is a joke
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Stupid fucks can't get out of their zone on a PP. WTF!!!
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Why is Ovechkin on the ice that late in the game with a one goal lead?
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is this from experience??? 8)
Everyone knows this....
And that slash was fucking brutal.
And lol go craps!
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No fucking way!
Another oT?
Sheesh!
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this primarily is bad coaching, but with crappy students
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Shit the bed again
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Byfuglien saved the game.... If he doesn't hack Beags it's an ENG. Good penalty.
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Stupid fucks can't get out of their zone on a PP. WTF!!!
The Jets pulled their goalie
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meh, wouldn't have mattered. There is no such thing as goalie interference against the Caps
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I had a ding....... Ithink....
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:70z:
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Dang what an IT so far!
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I had a ding....... Ithink....
I believe you always hear dings! :raspberry:
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I want a team that has killer instinct, the one we have ALWAYS takes their foot off the neck way too soon, which would explain April for the last 15 years
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I had a ding....... Ithink....
Welll...
Oh never mind...
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phukin joke they are
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And the CAPS GIVE AWAY ANOTHER!!!!
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I’m so f’n tired of watching Ovechkin suck playing defense .... or not playing defense.
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:O=
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This team is a bunch of fucking posers. Night after night we see the same crap. You simply can't lose a game like this. I don't really know how we can continue to support this bunch of cocksucking losers.
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L O fucking L
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Way to loose that one guys . .
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Another sad ending.. April came early! lol
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Giving up a shorthanded goal by a team pulling its goalie is absolutely embarrassing. When the fuck are we going to blow this goddamn team up? It's been year after year of the same tired shit. This is the reason this team does not go deep into the playoffs. They can't win when it gets even the slightest bit tight. The sound of players choking is so loud it's hard to hear myself think.
FUCKING LOSERS!
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Unfuckingbelievable
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This team is a bunch of fucking posers. Night after night we see the same crap. You simply can't lose a game like this. I don't really know how we can continue to support this bunch of cocksucking losers.
because I refuse to support a team, any team, from Pennsylvania. On principle alone
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I believe you always hear dings! :raspberry:
I am far more sane than you would think. :(
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That's it. Trotz needs to go. Shitty coaching...
This fucking team is the epitome of CHOKERS
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Summer down simmer down
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With 9 minutes left and up by two goals I was worried. That says it all about this team.
When we got a PP with a minute left and up by a goal I was worried. That says it all about this team. I truly wished we had not gotten the PP at the end.
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That's it. Trotz needs to go. Shitty coaching...
This fucking team is the epitome of CHOKERS
I agree.
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Why does this fucking tablet think it knows what I want to say? Why change simmer to summer... Stupid fucking thing.
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Why does this fucking tablet think it knows what I want to say? Why change simmer to summer... Stupid fucking thing.
You can turn off that "auto-correct" so it doesn't do that.
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Summer down simmer down
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CH_Js_5SpB8
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That's it. Trotz needs to go. Shitty coaching...
This fucking team is the epitome of CHOKERS
And the REASON it was shitty coaching? Why the FUCK do you have your offensive PP unit on the ice? The only way you lose is if you give up a goal. Put Eller, Beagle, and 3 defenders out there to pass the puck and kill it off. Why do we have Ovi, Backstrom and Kuzy on the ice at that point? Trotz really is a dumb mother fucker.
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Frak.
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For how many years have we heard the Caps need to learn to play a "full 60 minutes"? And some point, it is what what is fuckn is.
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This is playoff style hockey. You can't play 50 good minutes and then shit the bed for the last 10 and OT. This is so April-like it's fucking scary. You can change the guys in the sweaters but for years it's always been the same result.
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Why does this fucking tablet think it knows what I want to say? Why change simmer to summer... Stupid fucking thing.
You really want me to come back over?
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You can turn off that "auto-correct" so it doesn't do that.
Turing it off doesn't help the fat thumbs, it's better with it on. However, I have noticed in the last two months the auto correct has a mind of its own. Used to be it relied on your typing history, now it seems it relies on the typing history from someone in Somalia
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You really want me to come back over?
Why not?
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Turing it off doesn't help the fat thumbs, it's better with it on. However, I have noticed in the last two months the auto correct has a mind of its own. Used to be it relied on your typing history, now it seems it relies on the typing history from someone in Somalia
It changes perfectly good words to retarded not even close.
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It changes perfectly good words to retarded not even close.
it's worse if you attemp punctuation
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Nothing like being up 3-1 with 8 minutes left and salvaging a point. They really are uniquely frustrating.
Trotz is a nice guy but trading for a bag of pucks looks really good.
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watching the post game, there is something wrong with Carlsons neck, maybe it's not supporting the normal amount of grey matter
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this primarily is bad coaching, but with crappy students
Best post of the night. Applies to the whole season.
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Cheap call on Bowey. He was almost standing still. How is it his fault a Jet decided to charge him head first?
Agree - I was surprised they didn't talk more about that. I thought Bowey played maybe his best game. I have to admit, I didn't think he was going to make it, but he has developed nicely.
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Agree - I was surprised they didn't talk more about that. I thought Bowey played maybe his best game. I have to admit, I didn't think he was going to make it, but he has developed nicely.
he did have a good game, it is extremely difficult to develop an NHL player if they are not in the NHL
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I'm considering re-training as an English teacher. Teaching English as a second language.
Any of you interested?
:raspberry:
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I'm considering re-training as an English teacher. Teaching English as a second language.
Any of you interested?
:raspberry:
nope, I've got engrish mastered. I need help with my Cantonese,
I want to impress the staff at Mings ;D
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in order to
make salvage this season, I'm gonna use http://www.bcscorebook.com/ to make what's left interesting
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nope, I've got engrish mastered. I need help with my Cantonese,
I want to impress the staff at Mings ;D
Matter of opinion luv,,, :lol:
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Matter of opinion luv,,, :lol:
yep, American english and the Queens english are two very different things ;)
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And the REASON it was shitty coaching? Why the FUCK do you have your offensive PP unit on the ice? The only way you lose is if you give up a goal. Put Eller, Beagle, and 3 defenders out there to pass the puck and kill it off. Why do we have Ovi, Backstrom and Kuzy on the ice at that point? Trotz really is a dumb mother fucker.
On that pp the Jets killers were very aggressive. The play that killed us was a pass to Backstrom behind the net. 2 Jets were allover him immediately but no one gave Backstrom any support. He had nothing to do with the puck
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yep, American english and the Queens english are two very different things ;)
We should just drop the “Queens” or just change English to American. . .
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Nothing like being up 3-1 with 8 minutes left and salvaging a point. They really are uniquely frustrating.
Trotz is a nice guy but trading for a bag of pucks looks really good.
I’m not sure, in fact I’m certain that I won’t do much.
With the exceptions of to short Hunter and Trotz first year, every team since BB has been like this. All of that time: Teddy, Dickless, and the “board” have been here, and the board has stayed mostly intact. . . And there’s been no victory.
This shows either their first priority is entertainment while marketing a “chance to win a cup”. And/or this incompetent group of hacks need to stick to movies
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Shouldn't be, but surprised that all we are hearing from the supposed Department of Player Safety is crickets concerning the Buff assault on Beagle.
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Shouldn't be, but surprised that all we are hearing from the supposed Department of Player Safety is crickets concerning the Buff assault on Beagle.
Gonna pull a DC and reply to my own thread [j/k]
https://www.nhl.com/news/dustin-byfuglien-fined-for-slashing-in-winnipeg-game-against-washington/c-295960182?tid=277549076
Update: Buff fined $5K for Beagle hit and Bowey just under $2k for interference penalty on Hendricks.
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how the fuck do you fine a guy for interference
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how the fuck do you fine a guy for interference
Particularly when no one knows exactly what interference is
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5K to give your team a chance to avoid sure defeat.. Probably be a line around the building if they made that offer to everyone in the league. "DOPeS" lol
Love Trotz game plan tho.. Turtle for the last 10 minutes, then while still up 1 with a minute to go, put out PP1 and pretend it's a regular PP.. Genius! I'm frankly just tired of looking at the guy.. Will a new coach help? Probably not.. Will Trotz take them anywhere they haven't been in the last 10 years? Probably not.. :poop:
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5K to give your team a chance to avoid sure defeat.. Probably be a line around the building if they made that offer to everyone in the league. "DOPeS" lol
Love Trotz game plan tho.. Turtle for the last 10 minutes, then while still up 1 with a minute to go, put out PP1 and pretend it's a regular PP.. Genius! I'm frankly just tired of looking at the guy.. Will a new coach help? Probably not.. Will Trotz take them anywhere they haven't been in the last 10 years? Probably not..
“Ich folge nur den Anweisungen”- Barry Trotz
I bet him thing along the lines we do, but if he can keep a steady paycheck for years by not challenging Momumental and just getting to the playoffs. All he really can do with the circus act he’s given is to find a way to scrape a point out here and get in the top eight each year. I doubt he has any allusions otherwise.
And rest assured, when he’s gone Monumental will tell the next coach the same thing