I see many lazy plays where he casually does bad pass or something and the puck is lostI want to see what we have next year. Good signs with Mantha. Need him to do well so we can trade him.
Kuzy doing the same is infuriating even more
I see many lazy plays where he casually does bad pass or something and the puck is lostI want to see what we have next year. Good signs with Mantha. Need him to do well so we can trade him.
AA would have been playing all season if not for stupid Lavi's/McCarthy's must deployment of Irwin.Nice afterburner for the OV goal. Even when Jones tried to wrap around the stick to interfere OV's stoutness brushed it off, heh.
Protas needs to be in the lineup the rest of the year.
AA looking good needs to be in the line up. Enjoy the pine Irwin.
Either them or the Flyers will end up with him because Bettman and the NHL Brass need to make sure one of those 2 hockey markets get revived again.Hawks really want Bedard
Yep it was best to blend right in with them and they were a friendly bunch in my experience. It was a fun & I liked the 2 times I was in 101 but they were a little scary to some I am sure. I have a vivid imagine burned into my long term memory bank of their duct taped boots and I've never seen that anywhere else. I should have asked for tape to do my clean white "Tennis" shoes to blend in further.@RandyHolt - I remember the 101 Boot Stompers! Saw some good fights in that section. They’d stomp. Someone would yell at them. Turned around grabbed someone and pounded the shit out them. USAir Areana… good times!
Thanks! I definitely remember Timo having the odd fight and would hold his own. Finns are pretty f***ing scrappy but can see why you may not remember him dancing often with the likes of Stevens Holt and all the other goons doing the heavy lifting. Back then its almost like everyone would have the odd fight except for those chasing the coveted/dreaded lady byng.Timo was no Larry Murphy....Great stuff, RH! Happy Anniversary!
It's amazing ... Timo Blomqvist with a fighting major? I didn't remember any, but I checked on Hockey Fights and the Finn had a bunch of 'em ... including one in a game v. the Rags against a certain G McPhee. Timo Blomqvist @ Hockey Fights
Here's my take/recollection on the origin of the Murphy "whoop": Most likely due to crappy ice, there were several times that the puck would bounce away from Murphy as he skated up the ice, sometimes leading to an odd-man rush by the opposing team. At Cap Centre, I sat with a STH group on our 2x defending blue line (Sec 108, iirc), and the seemingly all-to-frequent puck bounces led us to do a "whoops" cheer after he'd lose the puck. Over time, we and others would anticipate the errant puck movements, and "whoops" would begin as Murph skated up ice, before he'd lose the puck (which he often did not, but that didn't matter). Eventually, more and more attendees began to take part, the "whoops" became a "whoop," and Murphy rather unfairly became the target of mild derision. It's unfortunate that he was moved, because all of us would've outgrown the whoops cheer and found someone else to heckle. Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking with it.Thanks! I definitely remember Timo having the odd fight and would hold his own. Finns are pretty f***ing scrappy but can see why you may not remember him dancing often with the likes of Stevens Holt and all the other goons doing the heavy lifting. Back then its almost like everyone would have the odd fight except for those chasing the coveted/dreaded lady byng.Timo was no Larry Murphy....
Because Murphy wouldn't fight he'd get the whoop cheer EVERY time he'd touch the puck for season after season (for newer fans). That was so f***ing rude to do to our own player. A puck mover he was way ahead of his time since Dmen were supposed to be slow and tough for us blood thirsty fans. How awkward was that - in all of sports I cannot recall a teams fan base so incessantly harassing one of their own. Maybe it was those 101 hooligans that started it. Glad he got his cup. Back to my Vancouver story 40 years ago, I think Harold Snepts used to get the HAROLD cheer. On the road.
Thanks for sharing. It is a part of our history and needs to be shared for posterity.Here's my take/recollection on the origin of the Murphy "whoop": Most likely due to crappy ice, there were several times that the puck would bounce away from Murphy as he skated up the ice, sometimes leading to an odd-man rush by the opposing team. At Cap Centre, I sat with a STH group on our 2x defending blue line (Sec 108, iirc), and the seemingly all-to-frequent puck bounces led us to do a "whoops" cheer after he'd lose the puck. Over time, we and others would anticipate the errant puck movements, and "whoops" would begin as Murph skated up ice, before he'd lose the puck (which he often did not, but that didn't matter). Eventually, more and more attendees began to take part, the "whoops" became a "whoop," and Murphy rather unfairly became the target of mild derision. It's unfortunate that he was moved, because all of us would've outgrown the whoops cheer and found someone else to heckle. Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking with it.
Here's my take/recollection on the origin of the Murphy "whoop": Most likely due to crappy ice, there were several times that the puck would bounce away from Murphy as he skated up the ice, sometimes leading to an odd-man rush by the opposing team. At Cap Centre, I sat with a STH group on our 2x defending blue line (Sec 108, iirc), and the seemingly all-to-frequent puck bounces led us to do a "whoops" cheer after he'd lose the puck. Over time, we and others would anticipate the errant puck movements, and "whoops" would begin as Murph skated up ice, before he'd lose the puck (which he often did not, but that didn't matter). Eventually, more and more attendees began to take part, the "whoops" became a "whoop," and Murphy rather unfairly became the target of mild derision. It's unfortunate that he was moved, because all of us would've outgrown the whoops cheer and found someone else to heckle. Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking with it.
That's why I always defend offensive defensemen here or at games - the cautionary tale of running a Hall of Famer about to hit his prime out of town.Thanks for sharing. It is a part of our history and needs to be shared for posterity.
I figured he got the call for basically not being the steady eddie defensemen type. Offensive defensemen were more apt for a defensive zone lapse or turnover.
Murph was still relatively young - he was 22 when he joined the Caps - so his decisionmaking most likely got better as he gained NHL experience including after he left the Caps.That's why I always defend offensive defensemen here or at games - the cautionary tale of running a Hall of Famer about to hit his prime out of town.
How was he supposed to play effectively when you've got thousands of people reminding you they're waiting to see you mess up at home?Murph was still relatively young - he was 22 when he joined the Caps - so his decisionmaking most likely got better as he gained NHL experience including after he left the Caps.
I do take issue with the "running ... out of town" perspective. I doubt David Poile, Dick Patrick, or Abe Pollin did any whooping, and one or more of them are the ones who made the decision to trade Murph. We don't know whether the "whoop whoop" cheer had anything to do with the trade decision.
a. He's a professional who can tune out the crowdHow was he supposed to play effectively when you've got thousands of people reminding you they're waiting to see you mess up at home?
How was he supposed to play effectively when you've got thousands of people reminding you they're waiting to see you mess up at home?
I’d wager, at least 1/2 of the crowd had no clue what that chant was for, much less the origin. Then they figured it out and did it to Hatcher, Gonchar, etc over the years….a. He's a professional who can tune out the crowd
b. How do any of us know what the "thousands of people" had in mind during their whooping? (I'm guessing that many if not most of the people who scream "Oh" during the anthem before Caps games don't know the origin of that audience participation feature, either.)
Very cool, thanks for sharing.Here's my take/recollection on the origin of the Murphy "whoop": Most likely due to crappy ice, there were several times that the puck would bounce away from Murphy as he skated up the ice, sometimes leading to an odd-man rush by the opposing team. At Cap Centre, I sat with a STH group on our 2x defending blue line (Sec 108, iirc), and the seemingly all-to-frequent puck bounces led us to do a "whoops" cheer after he'd lose the puck. Over time, we and others would anticipate the errant puck movements, and "whoops" would begin as Murph skated up ice, before he'd lose the puck (which he often did not, but that didn't matter). Eventually, more and more attendees began to take part, the "whoops" became a "whoop," and Murphy rather unfairly became the target of mild derision. It's unfortunate that he was moved, because all of us would've outgrown the whoops cheer and found someone else to heckle. Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking with it.