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grack posted:Full waiver list courtesy of James MIrtle: Lots of former Devils on that list. Looking forward to seeing some sick dangles and mad snipez on my teevee again soon. Also anticipating the Caps' first steps back towards mediocrity this year.
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Pornographic Memory posted:https://twitter.com/NHLPlayerSafety/status/914928652529405954?s=09 We don't have video of this stupidity, do we? Was annoyed not to see that game televised.
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Oct 2, 2017 21:36
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Caps lineup looking like Ovi-Kuzy-Vrana Burakovsky-Backstrom-Oshie Connolly-Eller-Wilson Chiasson?-Beagle-DSP Orlov-Niskanen Djoos?-Carlson Orpik-Bowey? Holtby Grubauer They can get some poo poo done with the Top 6, but that bottom 6 + Orpik and the bottom pairing does not inspire confidence. Chorney's probably the 7D. I'm also curious just how awful that second PP unit is going to be if Kuzy takes the MoJo slot on PP1.
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Oct 3, 2017 01:47
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Slappy Pappy posted:I’m still holding out hope for Walker above DSP and hope they don’t decide to send Bowey down to protect Ness (nobody will claim him). Will Tom Wilson’s suspensions save us cap space? If so it could be a blessing. I guess it's possible since Bowey is waiver-exempt, but Trotz is pretty regimented about not playing d-men on their off side, and Bowey is the only one with the right-handed shot. Walker is more of a realistic possibility, but this is the NHL, and I just don't see how they don't prioritize grit and experience or whatever. I also think DSP has more of a (admittedly marginal) scoring upside. I guess we find out today! Just bought tickets to the game against the Rangers in December. Hello $11 beers...
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Oct 3, 2017 12:21
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The lines in the first Caps practice. 2 players still to be cut. Andre Burakovsky – Nicklas Backstrom – TJ Oshie Alex Ovechkin – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Jakub Vrana Brett Connolly – Lars Eller – Alex Chiasson Tyler Graovac – Jay Beagle – Devante Smith-Pelly Nathan Walker – Chandler Stephenson – Tom Wilson Dmitry Orlov – Matt Niskanen Brooks Orpik – John Carlson Aaron Ness – Taylor Chorney Christian Djoos – Madison Bowey DSP, Chiasson, Ness appear to be in. Djoos and Walker SHOULD be in, but Trotz hates rookies. e: https://twitter.com/ikhurshudyan/status/915249024269213697 Chad Sexington fucked around with this message at 17:17 on Oct 3, 2017 |
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Oct 3, 2017 17:05
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Oct 3, 2017 19:39
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My vote is on Hischier. Dude is going to get lots of icetime with Zajac out until 2018.
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Oct 3, 2017 21:32
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T-Bone posted:I'll even include the second pick to show how badly Lou hosed up: This is what made it so painless to make the Caps my primary team, beyond just living in D.C. Also this lazy Tom Wilson av is still up for grabs, if somebody is smarter than me and can think of something pithy about pizza and repeat offenders. 
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Oct 3, 2017 23:58
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According to my statistical models, Alex Ovechkin will score 200 goals this year.
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Oct 6, 2017 13:24
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Regular season hockey is the best and v. cool.
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Oct 8, 2017 16:12
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Aces High posted:But can he see the Matrix yet? That's more important I don't know how else you explain this: https://twitter.com/myregularface/status/916805415261925376 If someone did that in NHL 18, I'd accuse them of hacking.
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Oct 8, 2017 18:39
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Mind_Taker posted:Alzner really should give half of his salary to Matt Niskanen and the other half to Braden Holtby for carrying him the last few years in Washington. He's looked brutal so far in Montreal. That iron man streak was shiny enough that people didn't notice how slow he'd gotten.
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Oct 9, 2017 15:03
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From the Post's reporting on the Caps' awful third pairing:quote:“The thing with us, the young guys are going to be the foundation of our whole organization,” Trotz said last week. “We’re excited about the fact, you know, we’re going to infuse some young guys here as we keep going along. Right now, we just want to stabilize it. Right now, on defense for instance, we’re going to stabilize it with a little more of a veteran part of the roster to start. Because the first part of the season, especially the first three or four games or matches, are a little hairy. They’re really ramped up because everyone is so excited. I think it gives our veteran guys — they’ve gone through it a few times — we’re hoping that’ll just help settle it down. Once we get rolling and it settles down a little bit, I think it gives our younger guys an opportunity to feel comfortable. I'm not sure how Ness and Chorney are "stabilizing" anything getting minors left and right and playing less than 10 minutes a game. Play the rookies, Trotz.
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Oct 10, 2017 17:19
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Levitate posted:He's not really. Tampa plays 7 D and rotates guys around. Girardi got 15 minutes last night with 54 seconds of PK time and no PP time. Hedman got 26 minutes last night with 4:36 in PP time and 2:39 PK time. The Bolts transition game is a lot of passing, but again, I guess you can make up for that by pairing him with dudes who can actually dish the puck.
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Oct 10, 2017 19:33
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sedative posted:I work at the Pennsylvania Bureau of Commissions, Elections and Legislation. I just looked it up and Trump received 100% of the vote in Pittsburgh. My dad is the president of Pittsburgh and he says you're lying.
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Oct 10, 2017 22:07
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So for the Caps to have more fun they need... worse goaltending?
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Oct 10, 2017 23:26
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Yasssss. I thought Djoos was an LD, but whatever. Although Ness still being out there scares me a bit... https://twitter.com/ikhurshudyan/status/918118478342696961 Mind_Taker posted:I was a poor college student during Ovechkin's rookie year and I went to like 10-15 games for like $8 a piece. It owned living near a Metro station because I could literally just walk to the station and be at the arena in like 30 minutes if I wanted something to do that night on a whim. Yeah I would go Caps games all the time as a poor undergrad student. The girl's hockey team at AU would partner with them for fundraising too, so I could get lower bowl seats for like $25. And those were the golden Ovie years too, when defensemen didn't know what to do against him and he was constantly scoring on the rush. So much fun.
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Oct 11, 2017 16:08
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On the topic of (formerly) cheap seats in Washington... Might be an embarrassing turnout for the nationally-televised game tonight. RMNB reports 1,900 tickets still available for the Caps game against the Pens. They were also doing a promo for two tickets and two t-shirts for $88 too. The Nats game being tonight probably hurts interest some, but I think the big thing is the prices. I know it's all relative and that price is pretty golden for a Canadian team, but a $100 night out at least is a bit of an ask for an early-season Wednesday game, even if it is against the dudes who just shook Trump's hand.
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Oct 11, 2017 17:32
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DJExile posted:So I get that Washington was coming off 3 games in 4 days and didn't have Niskanen, but holy poo poo flyers There's really no but there. Team looked tired, they're icing three rookie d-men and Brooks Orpik, and Gruby was trying and failing to do his best Holtby impression.
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Oct 15, 2017 17:08
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Tickets to Caps-Leafs for tomorrow are cheap enough right now you could probably fly to D.C. from Toronto, stay in a hotel, and sit in the lower bowl for Leafs prices. Caps gonna get lit UP.
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Oct 17, 2017 00:18
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Caps are bad and they should feel bad. Bowey at least didn't look like butt this time. I now find myself searching out Devils games to watch instead. This wasn't supposed to happen for another few years at least...
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Oct 18, 2017 18:13
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From Friedman:quote:6. It’s no secret Washington is looking for defencemen. Everyone talks Vegas, but the Capitals and Golden Knights couldn’t make a Philipp Grubauer trade to protect Nate Schmidt in the expansion draft, so I don’t know how easy it will be. Vegas’s preference is to move from the left side. Tuesday’s three scratches all shoot that way — Jason Garrison, Brayden McNabb and Griffin Reinhart. Another lefty shot, Luca Sbisa, has four assists in six games. I want Nate back, but I guess our boy is leading the VGK in ice time so far? gently caress you GMBM. He's going to wind up trading for Mike Green or something.
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Oct 18, 2017 20:17
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Pull up, Trotz, pull up! https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/921024194535673856
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Oct 19, 2017 17:04
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Zodijackylite posted:I already can't find the tweets about Tom Wilson watching video of his own hits. Could someone relink that? This was the story. Don't recall who tweeted it.
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Oct 19, 2017 21:46
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Devils... good? I got PS Vue so I could watch local Caps games, but with the way this season has been going, I'd have done better to get NHL.tv so I can watch Jersey...
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Oct 20, 2017 12:39
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Mind_Taker posted:Matt Hendricks had one move that worked for a few years: This pleases me.
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Oct 20, 2017 20:05
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Vargatron posted:I remember some player interview where they discussed Semin and the guy basically said "Alex Semin could be the greatest player in the world if he actually gave a gently caress. Even better than Crosby". I mean, if the measure of a player was offensive zone slashing penalties. He's even better than Sid.
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Oct 20, 2017 21:31
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OldSenileGuy posted:What the hell is the deal with all these sundays with (basically) no games? It’s Sunday, I want to lay on the couch and put on some rando hockey game, dammit Agreed. I can only in good conscience watch one league that demonstrates indifference to the health of its players brains, and thus Sundays don't have enough sports.
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Oct 22, 2017 20:15
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drat... https://twitter.com/TarikNBCS/status/922460564919549952 MOTHERF--- https://twitter.com/TarikNBCS/status/922485141989134338
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romanowski posted:gently caress you vegas take grubauer and give us back schmidt On the plus side, Djoos is looking good. And Bowey is better than Ness and Chorney, if still not objectively good.
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Oct 23, 2017 18:52
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Matt Zerella posted:The rangers are very very bad. Very bad. I really should have waited to buy tickets to the game when they visit D.C. in December. Could have gotten them for a song at this point. Meanwhile, Burakovsky not on the roadtrip plus Graovac out, so they'll be going back to those pre-season youths I guess? At least Ovi is fine: https://twitter.com/TarikNBCS/status/922506060623220736 edit: More Caps with doggos. Tom Wilson did not hurt a puppy, don't worry. Chad Sexington fucked around with this message at 12:52 on Oct 24, 2017 |
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Oct 24, 2017 12:50
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Pornographic Memory posted:I fully expect this to be the year that the Caps surprise everybody by somehow eking out a playoff series win against the Penguins or just a trip to the ECF by any path, and then promptly shatter the false hope built up by their seeming Cinderella run by going no further. It's not inconceivable. At the end of the day, as much as we as humans like to make narratives about championships that attribute them to human agency, the world is chaos and a not insignificant contributing factor is just plain dumb luck. I don't usually think about this outside of May.
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Oct 24, 2017 17:26
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They had the Stanley Cup outside the Capitol One Arena during the preseason. I thought the taunting on the part of the NHL was a little cruel, but it was nice to see it.
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Oct 26, 2017 12:30
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Backstrom is out tonight sick, so the Caps are icing... https://twitter.com/ikhurshudyan/status/923619533746855936 
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Mind_Taker posted:They're gonna turtle like poo poo tonight. This game is going to be really boring. This is actually really close to the combinations I saw at the preseason game against Carolina. The Ovi-Kuzy line is the only one that will be able to do anything. Here's hoping they get some power plays...
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Oct 26, 2017 22:02
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grack posted:Tonight Erik Gudbranson did the first (and only) good thing he's done as a Canuck - Punch Tom Wilson a bunch of times. Those were some of the ugliest goals I've seen in a while. You had a Holtby bobble, one where he shat out the puck at his feet and then a loving wrap-around. But yes, Caps are bad and they should feel bad. Glad I didn't bother watching the late game.
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Oct 27, 2017 12:39
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Mind_Taker posted:Yeah Trotz is in his 4th year in Washington which is a long time in the NHL. I don't know what a new coach solves necessarily though? There's still a solid core there in Ovechkin/Backstrom/Oshie/Kuznetsov/Burakovsky/Niskanen/Orlov/Holtby, but the top dudes aren't going to be getting better than they already are. Maybe a new coach would be better with the young guys, but the talent ceiling on their prospect pool just isn't high enough to make much difference. But maybe I've just been conditioned by Dale Hunter and Adam Oates to fear coaching changes. They at least have to give Trotz this year to see if we can luck our way in before you blow it all up or resign yourself to bubble team hell until Ovechkin and Backstrom retire.
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Levitate posted:Save us Ondrej you're our only hope He could beat the Caps in 7.
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Mind_Taker posted:Kuznetsov freakin rules: That was filthy.
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Gunjin posted:The Caps are going to play mid-pack for a while, maybe get Trotz fired, maybe not. Then Niskanen and Burakovsky get healthy and they suddenly look good again. Narrative plays out in the media that either Trotz lost the room and a new coach was all it took (if Trotz is let go) or they needed to “play through some adversity” to learn to come together as a blah blah blah. If Trotz goes, it should be after this year's first round exit, like god intended.
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