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[quote=SmootSmack;609165]Yeah he got injured...not exactly sure how[/quote]Thanks for the info. The world wide leader's website doesn't say. Damn them and all their employees.

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[quote=ArtMonkDrillz;609167]Thanks for the info. The world wide leader's website doesn't say. Damn them and all their employees.[/quote]

LOL. It's not mentioned in the game chat?

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[quote=SmootSmack;609172]LOL. It's not mentioned in the game chat?[/quote]Oh yeah, I forgot to check that after the Real Time thing gave my computer virtual gas. It just says undisclosed injury and I guess they made the discussion after the first intermission. I think we was questionable from the start so he might just be banged up, I hope.

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Varlamov is looking good. I came in when it was 3-1 in either the late 1st or early second but it seems like he's having a good game. Nice to see our 3rd or 4th line get a goal.

By the way does anyone know the chances of Carlson getting called up this year?

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Hope Theo is OK.

Way to go The GREAT 8 (Another Deuce) and the other Alex, and how bout VARLY!

Job well done at the booth! ROCK THAT RED. Needed this one!

GO CAPS!!!!!

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Back spasms. [url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalsinsider/theodore-day-to-day.html?wprss=capitalsinsider]Capitals Insider - Theodore Day-to-Day[/url] And that's the end of that chapter.

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Don't know if this belongs in the drunk thread because I'm still a little buzzed. But what a win. Great game to go see. There was a big showing of caps fans. It was a blast.

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It was great to see some good goalie play. Especially in the second and third during the PPs. Although I think SJ was very tired from all the PKs in the first.

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Apparently Theo is fine and will be ready to go mid week. Look for a good showing tonight from Varly, need to get on a roll.

GO CAPS!!!!!

[url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalsinsider/theodore-it-was-just-a-sharp-s.html#more]Capitals Insider - Theodore: 'It Was Just a Sharp, Sharp Pain'[/url]

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I wish we could hold leads and not let teams back into games. I'll take a s/o win, we usually don't excel in those.

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My friend actually got tickets in the 10th row behind the goal for the Caps/Thrashers game but seeing as I'm 200 miles from Atlanta right now I wasn't able to go. Otherwise I would have been their in a heartbeat. One things for sure, I'm going to try to go on January 9th when they come back.

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Last pm was a good game. What a fluke 150' skipper goal by Schlutz...but we'll take it.

Got a little to interesting late in the third. Once again with all the penalties, GOTTA PLAY SMARTER. But got outta there with a win. Nice to see the second and third guys step up.

GO CAPS!!!!!

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once we get some proper defense.. yum

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The CAPS on the woeful Isle tonight. I look for a dominant performance!

Theo gets the nod.

RED ROCKIN ON THE ISLE!

[url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalsinsider/theodore-to-start-vs-islanders.html#more]Capitals Insider - Theodore to start vs. Islanders[/url]

GO CAPS!!!!

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Huge win last night. A few of my friends are raging flyers fans and they all were in attendence to the CAPS 5th straight.

I have to say... Theodore played lights out last night.

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I watched the 2nd half of the 2nd period last night, and was a bit dismayed when the Caps couldn't score during their 1:40 second 5 on 3 (to Philly's credit, they played some awesome defense), then went down 2-0 9 seconds into the next Flyers Power Play. Then Ovie and Backstrom struck to tie the game at 2 going into the 2nd Intermission. Now I'm wishing we had watched the 3rd period (Wife had the remote, ended up watching some DVR stuff because she freaks out when it's about 60% full).

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Lets see if we can keep it going tonight and get that 6th.

Welcome back FLASH!

LETS GO CAPS!!!!!

Posted at 6:17 PM ET, 10/29/2009
Tonight's lineup: Caps at Thrashers (Updated)

Semyon Varlamov will start in goal tonight against the Ilya Kovalchuk-less Thrashers at Philips Arena. Ondrej Pavelec will get the nod in Atlanta's net.

Varlamov will be looking to improve to 5-0-0 (as well as raise his .884 save percentage), while the Caps will be seeking to win six in a row for the first time since the middle of last season.

The rest of the lineup should look like this:

Forwards
Ovechkin-Backstrom-Semin
Laich-Morrison-Knuble
Fleischmann-Aucoin-Clark
Sloan-Steckel-Bradley
Scratches: [B]Laing (H1N1)[/B], Fehr (ribs)

Defense
Morrisonn-Green
Poti-Jurcina
Schultz-Pothier
Scratches: Erskine (bruised hand)

Goalies
Varlamov
Theodore

Update:Nik Antropov (groin) is on the ice for warmups. So it looks like he's a go for ATL.

Check back for more after the game.

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Can't wait until we face the Blue Jackets team again. There will be revenge!

I wish the CAPS would have found a way to keep the BRASH! IMO with this star studded lineup you need at least one true enforcer!

Posted at 10:48 AM ET, 11/ 4/2009
Poll: Does targeting stars go too far?

Yesterday, Blue Jackets Coach Ken Hitchcock told reporters that he did indeed tell his players to target Alex Ovechkin -- "Run, chase, hunt down, hit, whatever word you want to use that would be correct," he said -- in their game against the Caps on Sunday.

"That's the name of the game," Hitchcock said. "Why, is that against the rules now?"

Is it? Not exactly, but Ed Frankovic argues that one specific incident did cross the line:

Well yes Ken, jumping a guy by your bench during a stoppage in play is against the rules and using the words "hunt down" to describe it is even more despicable and is a disgrace to sports and the NHL. In fact, this whole incident, from the punch by Jason Chimera to the mugging by Jared Boll to Hitchcock's comments, has no place in the league and Gary Bettman and Colin Campbell need to come down hard on the Blue Jackets for this incident IMMEDIATELY, because if they don't then their game is going to become a joke very quickly.

Commenters have gone both ways, from being outraged to agreeing with Hitchcock and expressing desire for the Caps to do the same (against, say, Sidney Crosby and the Pens). So here's an extremely unscientific poll:

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Hockey is a violent sport and Ovie is the games best player. He'll always have a bullseye on him. Let's not forget, he goes after the oppositions best players fast and hard all the time. We shouldn't bitch when other teams do the same.

The dirty stuff after the play was crap by the Blue Jackets, but I have no issue with their coach telling his players to go after Ovie. You really think Boudreau never says that about Crobsy, etc?

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Time to stomp NJ tonight.

We need a big win without Ovi, and I suggest we emphasize defense this game. We all know that we can score goals, but I think this team really needs to focus more defensively.

The big number to look for tonight? Shots on goal. Lets eliminate shots on goal, play smart penalty free defense, and work on the penalty kill.

Why not bring up someone from Hershey to mix things up a bit. If our identity is simply a team that's all offense, we're done come playoff time.

As always. Rock the RED.

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[quote=skinsfan_nn;620411]Can't wait until we face the Blue Jackets team again. There will be revenge!

I wish the CAPS would have found a way to keep the BRASH! IMO with this star studded lineup you need at least one true enforcer!

[/quote]

Screw Brash. I personally would love to see us find a way to get George Parros and his Daniel Day-Lewis moustache down to the nations capital. Though I understand that such an aquisition is highly unlikely.

[IMG]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wsmQgCGIMbQ/SUla0Kj8WMI/AAAAAAAAEEc/Edpn112uVZw/s400/Ducks+winger+George+Parros+AP.jpg[/IMG]

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It appears an end is near for this mess. Nylander put on waivers. Good luck somewhere.


Nylander put on waivers

It appears more news broke while I was at 35,000 feet this afternoon. According to Bob McKenzie's twitter page - and now confirmed by a Caps official - Michael Nylander has been placed on waivers.

The move does not, however, mean that a trade/loan/minor league assignment is imminent, I'm told. For now, it only means Nylander has agreed to waive his no movement clause - which, of course, is the first step toward moving his $4.875 million cap hit elsewhere.

The Caps, I'm told, are continuing to mull their options with regard to the veteran center, who has not suited up for the Caps since the playoffs.

Nylander will clear waivers at noon tomorrow if no team claims him.


GO CAPS!!!!!

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Lol, Islanders are now 6-6-6

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^nice, that shoot out was awesome varly really stepped it up toinght, go caps!!

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That shootout tonight was SICK!!! Varlamov let the first one get by him, but then he stopped 10 in a row. Unbelievable.

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Man I'm ticked that no one streamed that game

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Thank god we pulled this one out.

Shoot outs scare the hell out of me.

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Great win tonight. Theodore was pathetic, Varly was lights out. I'm kinda tired of the musical netminders. Let's commit to Varly and move forward.

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Another nice team performance by the CAPS tonight. All around good game by all. Will forgive the first 10 minutes of the game when the CAPS came out slow and looked unprepared for the Wild.

But GREAT victory! VARLY is the man! Keep up the good work between the pipes.

On a bad note, Knuble got hurt in the first and did not come back apparently surgery is needed on a broken finger and 3 to 4 week down time. BIG LOSS.

[B]Posted at 9:51 PM ET, 11/13/2009
Knuble out three to four weeks

Mike Knuble suffered a broken finger late in the first period and will need surgery, a team official said. He is expected to miss three to four weeks.

The first line right wing was injured when he was shoved from behind and crashed headfirst into the net by Wild defenseman Marek Zidlicky. It's unclear exactly how Knuble was hurt, but he went hurdling over goalie Josh Harding and landed hard.

Without Knuble, it would seem that the chances of Alex Ovechkin returning to the lineup tomorrow night in New Jersey just increased.[/B]

Another back to back game set on the road tonight to face I believe Jersey tomorrow.

ROCK THAT RED & KEEP ROLLING CAPS!!!!!

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Shoot outs are not our forte. But we pulled it out. Going out to dc and getting after it tonight

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Great win tonight. Fehr was huge for us in regulation. Varly with some key saves in the shootout, and Backstrom sealed it. I definitely didn't want to see yet another OT loss. Tonight's win put us in 1st place overall in the Eastern Conference.

We need to learn how to keep a friggin lead.

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I still can't believe this team is still 3 or 4 years away from peaking. Ovechkin, Backstrom, Green, Semin, and Varly will all be seasoned vets in their mid 20's, and Alzner and Carlson will be full time pros. Even Fehr is starting to like a core guy. Then you have seemingly random young guys like Flash and Perreault contributing on any given night. Theres even the possiblity that Neuvirth will develop into a qualtiy NHL goalie in one or two years. Throw in great value free agents like Knubble and Morrison and you see what a well run franchise can do.

Even without Ovechkin this is a very good team and thats scary. Still I'm ticked that Sopcast started shorting out late in the third period would have loved to have seen them come back live. You have to give it up for Carey Price though, some of those saves would easily have been goals against other goalies.

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Ovechkin is definitely going to be suspended now and probably fined.

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[quote=InsaneBoost;632600]Ovechkin is definitely going to be suspended now and probably fined.[/quote]Not to mention the potential injury. What a stupid hit on his part, but I just hope he's okay.

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hope ovie is ok. looked like he was in some serious pain. and addressing his possible suspension, i dont think he will be.

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It has to be, this is back-to-back isn't it? Or at least one game break then another. NHL doesn't take that too well.

Hopefully he'll be okay.

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[quote=Big C;632606]hope ovie is ok. looked like he was in some serious pain. and addressing his possible suspension, i dont think he will be.[/quote]He's had two game misconducts in less than a week. He was basically put on probation after the first one, so I absolutely think he's going to be suspended for at least a few games.

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Someone give me an update. I wasn't watching. What happened with Ovie??

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[quote=GMScud;632613]Someone give me an update. I wasn't watching. What happened with Ovie??[/quote]

Knee-to-knee with Gleason. He got a five-minute major and a game misconduct. He's hurt pretty bad so it probably doesn't matter if he gets a suspension because he wont be back.

No word yet on what the injury is, but he couldn't put any pressure on it when coming off the ice.

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[quote=InsaneBoost;632616]Knee-to-knee with Gleason. He got a five-minute major and a game misconduct. He's hurt pretty bad so it probably doesn't matter if he gets a suspension because he wont be back.

No word yet on what the injury is, but he couldn't put any pressure on it when coming off the ice.[/quote]

Oh well that's just effing wonderful. Crap.