Comments on: Leafs @ Caps – 5 March 09 – Open Thread and Game Notes

By: MulletMan

MulletMan — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:49:25 +0000

Well played sir, well played!

By: Lee (PTO)

Lee (PTO) — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:09:27 +0000

@ MRJ…
I didn’t happen to notice who YOUR team is from your post? My guess is the Fish- I mean Islanders? Sorry we didn’t trade two or three good prospects for a hobbled Guerin and a bag of pucks. I’m also going to waste some time (on you, MRJ) pointing out that an OT game 7 loss to an eventual Conference Finalist is hardly “falling on our faces” as you put it. Sure it was disappointing, but so was being dead last in the East in late November before Gabby came to save ‘em. Do YOU know who Gabby is, Ken Jennings of all things hockey?
*sniff sniff* I smell “Troll”…

By: OrderedChaos (Mike Rucki)

OrderedChaos (Mike Rucki) — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:46:46 +0000

Wow… bitter much, MRJ? Not sure why you’re so miserably negative, but I hope for your sake (and the sake of anyone who has to spend time with you) that you cheer up and get a life.
Obviously this is your first visit to our site — asking if we know who Herb Brooks is when we do features for the Miracle on Ice aniversary every year, well that just shows your own ignorance.
Feel free to return if/when you have something useful to contribute to a conversation. ‘Til then, enjoy stewing in your bile.

By: MRJ

MRJ — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:46:55 +0000

Nothing says Caps hockey better than the boo birds despite a great season going on.
hahaha!
Typical D.C. fair weather fans…
Bandwagoning… jokes.
Can’t wait to see the Caps fall on their face again in the playoffs.
Now you all realize how important OV is to your team. Good luck when hes out there and you all still cant score as hes defended more in the rest of season and playoffs.
Nice NONmoves GMGM… you all missed a great chance to add support and experience.
To quote the late Herb Brooks… (I hope you all know who he is)
“You dont have enough talent to win on talent alone!”

By: Grooven

Grooven — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:40:09 +0000

1. On the power play, move. A stagnant power play is easy to defend. But if the attackers are on the move, it gets a whole lot tougher. There was waaaay too much standing around. (Was the in-game stat right? The Caps are 2nd in the league on the PP?)
2. Pay attention to what teammates are doing. Use them when three defensemen are coving you. That means someone’s open. Also pay attention to see if said players have already fallen back into a defensive posture before you pass the puck. (It will also keep you from running into your teammate center ice.)
The Fury was only half-unleashed, at least where I was sitting.
If a goal is disallowed for contact with the goalie, why is it not a goaltender interference penalty? (And show video of this to last year’s officials)
Someone in my row was asking about the goalie switch. Aside from Neuvirth skating to the bench faster, it also afforded some extra seconds of rest for the Caps (since the timeout had already been used).
Fedorov did a great job flying back on defense to disrupt the breakaway he caused.
Not a great game by any means, but at least they showed up tonight. And Semin seemed to take it upon himself to fill in for Ovechkin.

By: Gustafsson

Gustafsson — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:51:32 +0000

About Screech, see for yourself: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2009/03/about_screechs_unveiling.html http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2009/03/see_screech_dance.html

By: Reed - Caps Kremlin

Reed - Caps Kremlin — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:27:08 +0000

Wait, so the new Screech is even worse than the old one?