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Category Archives: Pittsburgh Penguins

Second Round Opponent?

25 April, 2011

Online Surveys & Market Research

Also filed in Buffalo Sabres, Montreal Canadiens, NHL playoffs, OFB Polls, Washington Capitals | Comments (4)

First-round Ruminations

25 April, 2011

This morning I’m thinking of David Poile, for this morning, the former Caps’ GM is savoring his first playoff series win since he arrived in Nashville to guide the expansion Predators in 1998, and his first postseason triumph since the 1994 postseason with Washington. The Nashville Predators have known only Poile as their GM and [...]

Also filed in Carrie Underwood (the First Lady of Pucks), Chicago Blackhawks, David Poile, Michal Neuvirth, Morning cup-a-joe, Nashville Predators, New York Rangers, NHL playoffs, Philadelphia Flyers, Vancouver Canucks, Washington Capitals | Comments (9)

Bye-Bye Matt Cooke, Embarrassment To Hockey

20 March, 2011

Matt Cooke’s dangerous and inexcusable antics continued today with a brutal WWE-style flying elbow to the New York Rangers’ Ryan McDonagh’s head.

The officials, to their credit, immediately escorted Cooke off the ice—there was no doubt that he’d played his last shift of that game. The only question remaining is not whether the NHL will suspend Cooke for the fifth time in his thuggish career, but for how long.

Don’t believe it? Perhaps another example of a player’s reputation making things seem worse than they are? Let me allay your doubts with Prosecution Exhibit A:

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Hard Hat-Wearing Brads Turns the Tide

21 February, 2011

Bradley fights against Pittsburgh.

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Hockey Heroes, Matt Bradley, Matt Cooke, National Hockey League, NHL, Old Time Hockey, Video Clips, Washington Capitals | Comments (10)

Neuvirth Serves Crow, Shutout to Bylsma, Pittsburgh … Again: Caps 1 / Flightless Fowl 0

21 February, 2011
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A Manager’s Extraordinary Moment

12 February, 2011

Penguins’ general manager Ray Shero is the most interesting man in all of hockey this February. Shero is interesting every February, in the leadup to the NHL’s trade deadline; he always seems to have the perfect read on his club, and to make just the moves his club needs to strengthen its standing for the [...]

Also filed in Eastern Conference, George McPhee, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, NHL playoffs, NHL Trades, Sidney Crosby, Washington Capitals | Comments (5)

February 6, 2011: Washington’s Super Bowl of Schadenfreude

7 February, 2011

I’m declaring February 6 a new and permanent holiday, unique to Washington: Shit the Bed Sunday by the ‘Burghers. Or, the Super Bowl of Schadenfreude. Let us have commemorative flags for all our autos — black and gold in color, obviously — calling out the feats of infamy yesterday carried off by the heroes of [...]

Also filed in Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Other sports, Schadenfreude, Washington Capitals, Winter Classic 2011 | Comments (2)

Lacking in an Honorable Ending

6 February, 2011

Sunday afternoon’s game showed exactly why the Penguins-Capitals rivalry is not only one of the very best in hockey but one of the best in all of sports right now. There was blood, big hits, players — including the Gr8 — sacrificing themselves to block shots, and brawling. It took place in an electrified, redded-out [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Dave Steckel, Frontier justice, National Hockey League, Old Time Hockey, Washington Capitals, Winter Classic 2011 | Comments (5)

Super Shutout: Caps 3 / Pens 0

6 February, 2011
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In a Season of High Hopes, Instead We Have High Crimes and Misdemeanors

14 January, 2011

A political bumper sticker of some years back read, ‘If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention.’ “Outrage” by local hockey fans may be too strong a term to apply with respect to the 2010-11 Washington Capitals in this most unexpected, most irregular regular season tour of duty, but I think if you’re not at [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Jeff Schultz, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, NHL All Star Game, NHL Trades, Southeast Division, Tampa Bay Lightning, Ted Leonsis, The Red Army, Tom Poti, Tomas Fleischmann, Washington Capitals, Washington the hockey town, Winter Classic 2011 | Comments (18)

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