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Monthly Archives: November 2007

Serious Time in the Sartorial Sin Bin

23 November, 2007

Let’s say that near the holidays your beer league team has accepted a new teammate on its roster, a pleasant fella very new to town with a reasonably significant hockey background. He’s so new to town, in fact, that he is unaware of one of his new teammate’s hockey blogging hobby, an ignorance which could [...]

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John Walton's Open Letter to Capitals Nation

22 November, 2007

John Walton, radio voice of the Hershey Bears, published an open letter to Capitals fans on his web site. I know it’s been a trying few weeks watching your team slide in the standings, and I know a lot of you have been frustrated with what you’ve seen. I also know that some of you [...]

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Initial Reactions

22 November, 2007

If you want to hear what GMGM, Boudreau, and the players have to say about the coaching change, check out the links below from the Caps’ PR staff: George McPhee Bruce Boudreau Olie Kolzig Alex Ovechkin Chris Clark Dave Steckel

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Blogger as Ex-Pat

22 November, 2007

The Irish are unfairly maligned as a drinking culture. In point of fact, they are a chugging one. Tonight was a Wednesday in a non-holiday week of work for the Irish, with a “football” match between England and Croatia televised. Every pub in Galway was packed, every pub table larded (blessed!) by a preponderance of [...]

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Capitals Name Bruce Boudreau Interim Head Coach

22 November, 2007

Fresh off the presses at Kettler Capitals Iceplex: ARLINGTON, Va. — The Washington Capitals have relieved Glen Hanlon of his coaching duties and named Bruce Boudreau the team’s interim head coach, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today. Boudreau, 52, has coached championship teams in the American Hockey League (AHL) and the ECHL [...]

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The Debut of On Frozen Boards

22 November, 2007

Evolution and maturation are generally healthy traits, and while we bristle at the thought of maturing, we ever seek to tweek and tinker with OFB for the betterment of our readers. This holiday week we thought it might be fun to roll out On Frozen Boards, a reader-driven forum through which our regulars can raise [...]

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Clarity in Simplicity

22 November, 2007

The second caller into Jonathan Warner’s post-game radio show asked a concise and insightful question. Paraphrasing in my own words, here it is: The Capitals are in last place. If the Capitals don’t have the personnel to make the playoffs after the extensive Rebuild, then the fault lies with GM George McPhee. If the team [...]

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Canes Now 9% Slower?

21 November, 2007

An article in The News & Observer has revealed that a number of Hurricanes, including Glen Wesley, have switched their sweaters, but not their teams. After hearing complaints from the four corners of the NHL Earth, Reebok is now offering alternate versions of the Rbk Edge. The Hurricanes switched two games ago to the modified [...]

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Breakfast Out of America

21 November, 2007

I am on holiday from bad hockey. My cousin Bill and I are visiting the land of our ancestry this week, the Emerald Isle. We are here to throw back a few pints and to see if Erin will go braless. Sport is gaining increasing importance in Irish culture. Games on the pitch, as elsewhere [...]

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Quarter Mark Report Card

21 November, 2007

My three stars of the season’s first quarter are: (3) Pascal Leclaire — the backstopper of the BlueJackets, disbelievingly into playoff contention, with a .940 save percentage, 1.59 goals-against (second-best in the league) and five shutouts. He’s my Vezina Trophy winner for the first quarter; (2) Henrik Zetterberg — previously a terrific scoring forward, now [...]

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