News Article: Off the Ice -- Team/DC News and Notes
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Devil Dancer
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I say good for 55 for hanging out in the A waiting for another chance instead of hanging em up and just counting the money George gave him.
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Maybe Alex Prewitt - whose stuff I like and who seems generally on the ball - should tell the guys responsible for the Post's daily presentation of the NHL standings that the NHL playoffs don't work like the NBA playoffs, and that it's necessary to present the divisional races all the way up until the last day of the regular season in order to have a quick visualization of who might be playing who.
It's not a shock that (sigh) the Post's sports editors don't seem to know how the NHL playoffs work. But Alex knows and maybe he'll tell them.
It's not a shock that (sigh) the Post's sports editors don't seem to know how the NHL playoffs work. But Alex knows and maybe he'll tell them.
BobRouse
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http://www.japersrink.com/2015/3/30/8312285/the-noon-number-top-notch-tommy
Speaking of Wilson...holy crap! Only 10 or 11 days but thats a great sign if he can keep it up.
Speaking of Wilson...holy crap! Only 10 or 11 days but thats a great sign if he can keep it up.
NobodyBeatsTheWiz
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Hmm, interesting to note that whipping boy prime is one of the best in the league as well.
HunterSThompson
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I saw that and thought, so that means the second and third best players right now are Brooks Laich and Richard Rackell.
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I think there is some good info there, but the stat still needs some refinement.
Good to see the stats back up what I've seen. He's played well. I feel like he's taking more shots, he's doing much better keeping the puck in along the boards.
troyerlaw
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The roughing call on Wilson yesterday was indefensible. Caps should compile several of the recent clips of Wilson getting penalized in scrums for doing much less than others, or indeed absolutely nothing other than getting punched in the face.
Caps should send the compilation to league and say: 'We get it, you wanted to send a message. We received the message. We talked to him. Now no more phantom calls. Because it's now reflecting badly on refs and league, not Wilson.'
As for diving, I would have given Yandle 2 minutes for the Oscar-worthy act yesterday of grimacing, balling up in the corner, and then gingerly limping away after the slash from Ward.
Miraculously, Yandle was just fine for the ensuing power play.
I guess the team needs to listen to their stats guys moar. Backwards coach healthy scratched one of the top 3 forwards in the league.
HunterSThompson
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I don't know what CSN showed for replays, but there was a slow-mo that I saw that showed Ward's stick getting Yandle just above the shin guard and just below the bottom of his pants. It had to hurt.
BobRouse
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It does seem like Wilson and Ovechkin have been getting some backlash from the refs lately.
I mean where was this backlash against Callahan flopping the last time we made the playoffs? Where was it against Upshall in 08?
Whatever. Caps will just have to play through the refs.
On the positive side of things as the article mentions it seems Wilson is playing much stronger and the 4th line as a whole much better.
Our PK is much improved from earlier in the season although they still struggle to make simple clears at times.
I mean where was this backlash against Callahan flopping the last time we made the playoffs? Where was it against Upshall in 08?
Whatever. Caps will just have to play through the refs.
On the positive side of things as the article mentions it seems Wilson is playing much stronger and the 4th line as a whole much better.
Our PK is much improved from earlier in the season although they still struggle to make simple clears at times.
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I don't see the refs going this hard after Wilson in the playoffs. NHL doesn't want to risk the massive backlash if games start turning into teams favor because of terrible refereeing. Atleast not in the playoffs where the calls are at minimum.
BobRouse
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I hope your right. Although that last series against the Rangers doesn't have me brimming with confidence.
It wasn't much better in 09 vs the Pens.
Or other teams getting PPs and 5 on 3s in OT against us (Philly in game 7, Tampa in game 3 in 03 etc...a long history...I think Jagr got one against us against Pitt in 1999 too)
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The NHL has an agenda in how they call games and certain players. They clearly want Wilson to tone it down.
trick9
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The league also hated Sean Avery, but that didn't stop them from allowing him to do pretty much anything in the playoffs.
Avery - Boyle - Prust -line was a disgrace to hockey and they didn't get called for anything against the Caps in 1 of their playoff series.
Avery - Boyle - Prust -line was a disgrace to hockey and they didn't get called for anything against the Caps in 1 of their playoff series.
Its the ****ing Rangers... playing them in NY is like playing Habs in MTL, or Pens in Pittsburgh...
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ChibiPooky
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BrooklynCapsFan
No more choking!
Alzner is going to have to start over in his quest for that sweet spot in the shoot wide trick that never works.
edit: also if this is related to Trotz's comments after the Devils game, then his point was well taken.
http://www.csnwashington.com/hockey...ost-cost-caps-two-points?p=ya5nbcs&ocid=yahoo
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NobodyBeatsTheWiz
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Trotz turtle haters unite! The Caps have been used as an example of teams that play not to lose in a damning piece on the loser point.
CapitalsCupReality
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Has anyone run the standings minus the loser point? Curious...
Honestly the loser point is why I roll my eyes to myself when someone says we're a hundred point pace team. Yes in an inflated and flawed system. Basically it doesn't mean what it once did.
Honestly the loser point is why I roll my eyes to myself when someone says we're a hundred point pace team. Yes in an inflated and flawed system. Basically it doesn't mean what it once did.
BobRouse
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Not just Trotz. Hunter and Oates too.
I really miss the early Boudreau. NHL needs more coaches with his attacking mindset.
RandyHolt
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Wins and losses mean little to me, because of it. Everything I see in the standings just seems watered down, and more meaningless than ever before.
And I still hate how they change the standings format when the playoffs roll around, and do a poor job of annotating the actual divisions. Or no job at all.
How hard it is to show the division next to the team name, or show the divisional standings below.
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