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Ouch. Just finished watching the game on DVR and figured out what I want at the deadline. I’ll have what the Tinman ordered.
These Capitals are looking too much like the Capitals.
I’m buying the pre-deadline angst and an unprepared rookie goalie excuse until the next loss.
Then you’ll be talking about post-deadline angst and an unprepared rookie goalie excuse
I’m wondering when Gabby told them to ‘do the math’ some guys figured out how many games they could dump and still make the playoffs….
Sens trade Mike Fisher, Christoph Shubert, Filip Kuba and Jason Spezza to Washington for Alex Ovechkin.
Chubbs=Ecklund
I totally forgot that F5 refreshes the page. Thank you, OFB, for remind me!
I wonder if Kari Lehtonen will get dealt. I heard today on the radio that Detroit was a possibility. I wonder what Osgood thinks about that?
http://www.tsn.ca/tradecentre/story/?id=269573
“The Ottawa Senators were the first team out of the gate on Deadline Day, trading winger Antoine Vermette to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for goaltender Pascal Leclaire.”
Pronger won’t be moved today.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=269697
Looks like the F5 Key won’t be used too often today.
Columbus made a good move, since they don’t need Leclaire. I’ve watched Steve Mason play goal for the BlueJackets for most of the year and the guy is the real deal. I rank him right up there with Brodeur (ok, not at exactly the same level). Mason has a case to make not just for Rookie of the Year, but the Vezina as well.
We Have another move today Jordan Leopold is going to Calgary and Colorado receives Lawrence Nycholat, a Prospect and Draft Pick
Will Nycholat ever settle anywhere? Seems like he’s always in flux.
They players are starting to move now.
TSN is reporting that Pittsburgh is sending Danny Richmond to St. Louis for Andy Wozniewski
Also the prospect has been named and Colorado is receiving Defenseman Ryan Wilson
Olli Jokinen to Calgary? Bob McKenzie thinks so.
Well from the Calgary trade it seems they want to shore up their offense so it is a possibility.
We have another goalie move.
Phoenix gets a 4th round pick from Buffalo for Mikael Tellqvist
Edit that I that I thought TSN was wrong when they said Leopold was a Center. He is a defenseman.
In non-trade related news, Tarik El-Bashir of the Washington Post is reporting that Ovechkin took a slap shot of the foot today in practice and was helped to the dressing room.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/capitalsinsider/
Anaheim has Acquired F – Petteri Nokelainen from Boston for D – Steve Montador
One of perhaps the biggest deals of the day is done.
Calgary has gotten F- Oli Jokinen from Phoenix for F- Matthew Lombardi, F- Brandon Prust and a 1st round draft pick.
It is safe to say now I think that Phoenix has given up on the playoffs and Calgary is now a major contender in the Western Conference.
From Tarik’s blog it almost sounds as if Nylander is on the move….it’ll be interesting to see what happens
The Lighting have traded Mark Recchi to the Boston Bruins.
TSN’s TradeCenter has just said that Bill Guerin is going to Pittsburgh
It will be interesting to see what the Pens gave up for Guerin.
Great question Gustafsson
It is actually a conditional 5th round pick. If the Penguins make the playoffs it becomes a 4th round pick and if they win a round it becomes a 3rd round pick.
TSN reporting a conditional draft pick.
I’m getting nervous that we haven’t heard anything out of the Capitals yet.
Philadelphia’s Upshall and a Second round pick will go to Phoenix for Daniel Carcillo
Nik Antropov is going to the New York Rangers. TSN doesn’t have the other side of the deal yet.
Does that mean GMGM was serious when he said they weren’t expecting to do anything!
There’s less than 10 minutes to go; anything (or nothing) could happen…
Looks like it was nothing.
The Rangers sent forwards Nigel Dawes and Petr Prucha and defenseman Dmitri Kalinin to Phoenix for Derek Morris….
Eminger was traded yet again.
A little disapointed we didn’t make a move to shore up the D. I can understand GMGM’s failth in Jose, but I think we needed a little on D to help us get through the playoffs.
Can’t say I’m happy at all.
I realize we’ve got a window to win this thing, but practice today should tell everyone once again that the window might not be as big as we think.
Roll the dice McPhee. The team is flawed and needs help!
i agree that the lack of movement is upsetting. i can’t believe there wasn’t something that could be done about our D today.
From Tarik:
Caps stand pat
The Caps did not make any trades today, according to a team spokesman. GM George McPhee will address the media within the hour. So check back for the latest.
I’m kinda surprised about not getting more on D. It’s upsetting to me. I really don’t know if I expect us to go that deep into the playoffs w/o better D. I hope that doesn’t make me a bad person!
Urrgh. This is so frustrating when we really need some changes on D to win the Stanley Cup. No wonder why our top lines aren’t playing well right now-no motivation.
TSN reports Kolzig and Heward, Andy Rogers and 4th rd pick for Richard Petiot
Trading Kolzig is just strange.
pothier to hershey… does that explain our lack of movement?
I’m guessing Olie’s retiring this year. That’s so odd considering he was out the rest of the season. Why would a team do that? (you’ll have to forgive my ignorance on this one)
Maybe they are just trying to get him closer to the HHOF. I personally would have loved to see Eminger back because he played well in the playoffs last season. Heck, we could have traded Nyles for Kolzig and Eminger….I would have been happy with that, then Olie could have retired a Cap.
Now that would have been awesome! I love Olie and feel like he got shafted…I never really thought Eminger was a bad one…
This is the fun part, when the deadline has passed and all the paperwork is finishing up at headquarters pushing out more of the deals.
Maybe Kolzig was a monetary situation?
I like Carolina’s double-deal to get Cole back for them.
I know many people have expressed being upset that Nylander wouldn’t waive his no-movement clause, but that clause was smart business on his part. He’s not the one to get mad at (contractually anyway).
Mirtle’s reporting that the Kolzig trade will get Tampa under the mid-point in the salary range so they can get revenue sharing dollars. Don’t know if that’s accurate, but considering the struggles that are going on it may be right. (Provided they can dump Gary Roberts as well.)
For the Caps it looks like it may have been a seller’s market out there and the asking prices were too high. After all, with only a limited number of teams out of the playoffs, demand is much higher than supply for a change. (Besides, I think last year’s heist can’t be repeated every year.)
This is the fun part, when the deadline has passed and all the paperwork is finishing up at headquarters pushing out more of the deals.
Maybe Kolzig was a monetary situation?
I like Carolina’s double-deal to get Cole back for them.
I know many people have expressed being upset that Nylander wouldn’t waive his no-movement clause, but that clause was smart business on his part. He’s not the one to get mad at (contractually anyway).
Overall, I think the Caps made out okay.
The only player I was really interested in was Chris Pronger, but from Tarik’s post on his blog, he isn’t worth Alzner AND Varlamov AND Carson.
If the Caps were really after another goaltender, the deal would’ve have to have been a gut-busting blockbuster. The chatter here would’ve been really divided.
Some trades that I’ve seen don’t make much sense. For example, I don’t think Derek Morris was worth those three players that went Phoenix’s way.
It looks like Calgary’s prime for a Cup run this year. Maybe having Leopold back in the fold will help Dion Phaneuf.
It’s nice to see Erik Cole back in Carolina. The Canes can make a push into the playoffs…and hopefully push Pittsburgh out of the picture.
@OFB crew: are bloggers hanging out anywhere after the game on Sunday? I’ll be in town for the weekend and will be in the building for the Caps/Pens and was wondering if you meet up with your readers/other bloggers after games.
Any thoughts on the Rangers? post a response to this one.
http://capsfanpensfan.blogspot.com/2009/03/rangers-are-buyers-who-would-have.html
http://thestar.blogs.com/thespin/2009/03/what-that-was-all-about.html
“Most intriguing was the complicated deal with Tampa Bay that arrived well after the 3 p.m. deadline and required special approval from NHL headquarters. The Leafs added the contracts of Olaf Kolzig (injured, out for the season), Jamie Heward (concussed, out for season), oft-injured AHLer Andy Rogers and a fourth-round pick for Marlie defenceman Richard Petiot.
What the heck was that all about?
Basically, the Leafs bought a fourth-round pick (actually Carolina’s) from Tampa for about $500,000. The Lightning, a franchise absolutely spurting red ink, was willing to sell that pick just so they don’t have to pay Kolzig, Heward et al for the rest of the season. They saved even more dollars by dealing away Mark Recchi and Steve Emminger.
Whether Rogers or Petiot might be a viable NHLer one day is almost beside the point.
So while on paper the Leafs can boast of a goaltending lineup of Curtis Joseph, Martin Gerber and Kolzig, it’s a virtual group, really, that would only be meaningful if it was 1999.”
Is it just me or does anybody else think the Rangers gave way too much to get Derek Morris?
I for one am glad to see Prucha go West. He was always a pest… I think he has the most potential of the lot.
I’ll agree that they gave up a lot.
I’m happy GMGM didn’t sell the farm.
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