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Category Archives: Southeast Division

Tampa vs. Washington: Of Ageless Wonders, Young Guns, and Matt Bradley’s Right Hook

29 April, 2011

How ’bout a second cup-a -joe this morning — you need it especially if your alarm went off around 4:00 to tune in to matrimony madness across the pond. Meanwhile, back home, it’s time for round 2 of the NHL playoffs, and, like the Capitals’ roster, we couldn’t be more ready to get the series [...]

Also filed in Alexander Semin, Morning cup-a-joe, NHL playoffs, Tampa Bay Lightning, Washington Capitals | Comments (0)

It’s Just the Second Round, but the Caps This Spring Are Standing Tall

29 April, 2011

There are eight teams left vying for hockey’s grand prize, and this morning, it’s interesting to reflect on the relative status of our Capitals. Put bluntly: have the Capitals ever looked quite as formidable and buzz-worthy relative to their remaining competition in the final eight as they do this spring? “Everything is falling into place [...]

Also filed in Alexander Semin, Brooks Laich, Bruce Boudreau, Dennis Wideman, Michal Neuvirth, Morning cup-a-joe, NHL Network, Tampa Bay Lightning, Washington Capitals | Comments (5)

Caps Win Game, Clinch SE Division: Caps 3 / Leafs 2 – SO

5 April, 2011
Also filed in 2 Points, Toronto Maple Leafs, Washington Capitals | Comments (1)

The Heart Transplant Patient Is Doing Just Fine

8 March, 2011

No. 1 defensman already out. No. 1 netminder knocked out early from a laser to the ‘noggin. No. 1 center shelved early on as well. No problem. There were about 30 compelling reasons to expect the Tampa Bay Lightning to deliver an inspired performance with first place in the Southeast on the line in Monday [...]

Also filed in Alexander Semin, Braden Holtby, Eastern Conference, George McPhee, Hockey hearts, Michal Neuvirth, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Nicklas Backstrom, Semyon Varlamov, Shootouts, Tampa Bay Lightning, Washington Capitals | Comments (17)

More One-Goal Drama, Further Climbing up the Standings

6 March, 2011

You didn’t want this one preserved on the DVR, but the bottom line is that a Mike Green-less Capitals club has scratched and clawed its way through a litany of one-goal victories of late to reclaim first place in the Southeast division. The Caps are alone in first place in the Southeast for the first [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Boyd Gordon, Bruce Boudreau, Eastern Conference, Florida Panthers, Jason Arnott, Marco Sturm, Marcus Johansson, National Hockey League, Scott Hannan, Tampa Bay Lightning, Washington Capitals | Comments (0)

Caps Retake SE Division Lead; First Place Showdown on Monday: Caps 3 / Cats 2 – OT

6 March, 2011
Also filed in 2 Points, Florida Panthers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Washington Capitals | Comments (0)

A Tale of Two Niche Sport Commissioners

24 February, 2011

Seldom do I expect to write about professional golf on this blog, but something about this week’s PGA Tour event in Arizona caught my eye. The American pro golf tour this week is hosting one of its corporation-concocted “World Championship” events, and its format is most distinctive: match play, as opposed to stroke play. Sixty [...]

Also filed in Atlanta Thrashers, Gary Bettman, National Hockey League, Other sports, Washington Capitals | Comments (2)

Snowed Out from a Sour Message

8 February, 2011

Funny story: about two weeks ago I got a fresh request to appear on 106.7 the Fan’s ‘Overtime‘ evening program, but I fielded the request while in one of the few Bethesda, Md., commercial properties with power that night (a bar); we’d just been snow-blasted by Mother Nature. My home — Pepco-powered — was of [...]

Also filed in 106.7 the Fan, Atlanta Thrashers, Bruce Boudreau, Danny Rouhier, George McPhee, John Carlson, Karl Alzner, National Hockey League, OFB, Radio, Washington Capitals | Comments (1)

If Not a ‘Must-Win,’ Certainly a Statement Showing

5 February, 2011

Friday night we saw something that’s been in conspicuously short supply this hockey season in D.C. : passion. Also, 60 minutes of quality play.  The result was perhaps the Caps’ finest road showing of the season, relative to the caliber of opponent, and the Caps will lace ‘em again on Super Sunday against their most [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Bruce Boudreau, Eastern Conference, Matt Hendricks, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Nicklas Backstrom, Semyon Varlamov, Tampa Bay Lightning, Washington Capitals | Comments (6)

Readers React: On Thoroughbreds Being Asked To Be Clydesdales

31 January, 2011

I’m highly suspicious of the likelihood that the actual jockey for the great Secretariat, Ron Turcotte, is an OFB reader; nonetheless, a commenter identifying himself as such had over the weekend what I regarded as the best reflection related to my Saturday morning cup-a-joe, which dropped the gloves on this stinker of a Caps’ season: [...]

Also filed in Alexander Semin, Cody Eakin, Columbus Blue Jackets, Eastern Conference, Evgeny Kuznetsev, George McPhee, Jason Chimera, Marcus Johansson, Mathieu Perreault, Matt Bradley, Matt Hendricks, Mike Knuble, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Tampa Bay Lightning, Trap hockey, Washington Capitals | Comments (16)

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