#1

Posted by Wcapfan, July 17, 2008 11:36 AM

Just like any former Cap, Huet deserves respect when he enters the phone booth. Regardless of the free agency situation, the fact that he wore a Caps jersey and played a large factor in reaching the post season, means that fans should be respectuful of that. We WILL boo the Blackhawks for the full 60 minutes - we are Caps fans afterall, but we should always preserve gratitude to those have worn Caps colors at some point in their career (well, there may be some exceptions, thinking about it.....but still).

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#2

Posted by NS2NOVA, July 17, 2008 12:39 PM

Once the puck drops, the past is history. But history is good, particularly when it repeats itself, with OV hitting Huet for 4 and running him out of the net.

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#3

Posted by TG, July 17, 2008 3:02 PM

Not gonna boo him any more than any other opposing player. Definitely not going to "whoop" him. (Which, I gotta say, has got to be one of the stupidest things fans do. Aside from very specific circumstances -- i.e. Jagr -- I don't get it. Why in the world are people whooping Gonchar? He didn't ask to be traded and probably would prefer to have stayed. Are people gonna do it with Emminger? Just because a player no longer plays here doesn't mean he deserves extra booing.)

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#4

Posted by Bob D, July 17, 2008 9:40 PM

I hope Huet gets a good handshake from the boys and huge cheer from then fans....and then we beat on him! That's the beauty of sport! Let's go Caps!

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#5

Posted by Chris, July 18, 2008 11:15 AM

Looks like this will be an unpopular comment, but I see no reason why this guy should not get roundly booed early and often. He helped get us to the first round, obviously a great thing. That said, his run of quality starts at the end of the season was not as unbelieveable or heroic as it is now remembered, though he put up some strong numbers.

Let's not forget that we took him out of a situtation where he was losing/had lost his #1 job and gave him an opportunity for a new start. He took advantage of that, and then gave this team and this town the shaft. He turned down our offer to overpay him to take a bigger overpayment for a #2 spot behind a better goalie. His conduct in the offseason shows that he is all about the money and he really did not want to be here. He had no interest in this town, and his negotiation with the Caps were Bush league. I don't see why we owe him anything but the grief he deserves. I have seen former players on any number of teams get booed for far less.

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#6

Posted by is it september yet?, July 20, 2008 7:55 PM

I'm afraid I have to agree with Chris. What Huet and his agent did to GMGM was bad faith negotiating tactics (if you name a price and your employer agrees to match it, you're expected to take it, that's how salary negotiations work). I'll cheer when the banner drops, then when the puck drops, let Ovie light him up early and often, and I'll cheer every time he does.

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