Comments on: Storm Clouds Forming in the East

By: Boomer

Boomer — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:06:23 +0000

I believe it was a great move not to mortgage the future with a crazy free agent signing this week. There were no players worth the contracts that were given. I want to keep our young core group together for as long as possible and fill in with Cap friendly players. We had the best damn record in the regular season, let’s give it at least another year before we go nuts, this team just needs to mature. Also believe me that my favorite all time Caps include Langway and Stevens, but it is a different game today and I prefer more mobile D-man (Scotty was tough & mobile). You don’t have any true shut down physical d-man of the past, even Pronger who is closest to that was scorched by the Caps in the regular season and the Wawks in the Cup finals.

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Ted vs. On Frozen Blog | Capitals Outsider — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 03:29:38 +0000

[...] wrote Storm Clouds Forming in the East the other day, obviously talking about the Caps and what, basically, they haven’t done [...]

By: Ron W

Ron W — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:45:31 +0000

You must have struck a raw nerve with Teddie. He even referred to your post in his usual snarky and condescending fashion. Even some of the players who won’t be back are better than some who will. I mean I would rather have had ShaMo and Jurcina than the wonderful duo Erskine and Tyler ‘F*cking’ Sloan on defense.

By: SKINSCAPSTERPS

SKINSCAPSTERPS — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:16:09 +0000

@sean

My apologies that is what another blog says about people that say negative things about Green. They only mentioned Rod and Scott, but when a 5-on-3 is killed with only D-men, you have to include all three( regularly done by one of the Murray brothers)

By: sean

sean — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:46:06 +0000

err Rod, my apologies!

By: sean

sean — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:44:17 +0000

Whoa there partner, don’t be bringing up Rob, Scott and Kevin unless you want this discussion to go completely off the tracks and last until sundown.

By: RAL

RAL — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:57:25 +0000

I like that the Caps didn’t try to get an NHL goalie. Better to spend money elsewhere.

I like that they didn’t overpay for a center. If GMGM thinks MP and Johansson are ready I’d give them a shot.

There will be more defensemen available at the deadline. Which defenseman signed in the last two days strikes you as an all-star? Maybe Martin.
They are all gonna get overpaid like all stars next season. No thanks.

Worst comes to worst GMGM chases a guy like Patrice Bergeron at the deadline, impending FA. I’m sure there are lots of Dmen, but I don’t remember who off the top of my head.

By: SKINSCAPSTERPS

SKINSCAPSTERPS — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 16:00:14 +0000

Devils are in win now mode because they are probably not sure how much Brodeur has left or how long he’ll keep playing. To me, Brodeur seems to be on way down, not the dominating goalie he once was.

Penguins are probably trying to sustain success and keep franchise competitive like Red Wings. And it might only be a season or two before Steve Yzerman gets Tampa back on a competitive footing.

Plus teams in East are guaranteed at least 10 games every year against some combination of the following: Ovechkin, Semin, Crosby, St Louis, Lecavalier, so having strong physical D-men is likely required.

Leonsis is on record as being fan of “Oriole Way” (consistent playing philosiphies throughout organization), so maybe with consectutive Calder Cups in Hershey using primarily puck moving defensemen, they think that style will win in NHL. I feel that you need at least one knockdown / shutdwon D-man to win Cup, and I dont think Caps will win Cup with Mike Green as one of their top two D-men. He has not shown the awareness in the defensive end that he should, and the Norris Trophy voting results probably didn’t help.

DISCLAIMER: Spolied by Langway, Stevens and Hatcher.

By: sean

sean — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:13:56 +0000

Well so far we have lost Kyle Mills and Jurcina, both from positions where we are lacking. Jurcina was better than Sloan and Erskine, I never saw much of Mills, but he was never really given a shot. My guess is Mills liked to hit people so GMGM got rid of him=scarcasm.

By: pucksandbooks

pucksandbooks — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 02:58:30 +0000

I alluded to the point that Hittman raised — we’ll never know how close the Caps came to signing anybody on Thursday. But from where I sit, this was an enormous gamble on George’s part. It’s particularly odd juxtaposed by the parts he added at the trade deadline — throwaway ones all. Well, let’s see what the rest of summer brings.