Addison H.
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Development Camp 2010
Although the schedule hasn't been released yet, it should be up soon. As a student with the summer off, I have the luxury of going to every day of D-camp. Who else is gonna be there and wants to meet up/get lunch/do happy hour?
A source has told me The Capitals are the center of a possible MAJOR trade. The five player deal would center around Semin and a "star goaltender most think is untouchable."
Defenseman Joe Corvo and winger Scott Walker have been informed that they won't be re-signed, GM George McPhee said today.
Corvo and Walker - both pending unrestricted free agents - were acquired at the trade deadline to bolster the Caps' roster for the playoffs.
Capital Ups and Downs - Graphical Analysis UPDATED!
by Addison H. on Mar 22, 2010 9:45 PM EDT
on Japers' Rink
So there was talk today about counting up all the "Ups and Downs" so far. Elliotte did a good job adding up the numbers and getting to the basics. What I have done is take this a step further, as well as provide two sets of graphical representations of the "Ups and Downs." The first set is a straight count of "ups" or "downs."
Methodology: go through all 22 "Ups and Downs" posts and count; purple hearts were +1 and yellow circles and "trending Sasha" were 0. I left out the callups at F and Michael Nylander, since they are fairly irrelevant. I left in Clark for sentimental value. Tyler Sloan was counted as a D for simplicity.
So without further ado, here we go. Im going to try and provide a little analysis, but please feel free to add to this.
Goalies: Jose Theodore has been positive a lot more than negative; Michal Neuvirth has been generally more positive; Semyon Varlamov has been mostly neutral
Defensemen: John Carlson has been a nice surprise and is performing well above expectations; Alzner, however, has not. Erskine and Mike Green are both very streaky (maybe high-risk high-reward might be a better term here). Sloan is one of only two players to have more downs than ups.
Forwards: Fowards are all generally positive. I was surprised to see Nicklas Backstrom with as many downs as he does, considering the season he is having, but that might also be a product of high expectations. Belanger has failed to live up to expecations (albeit within a short sample size). Matt Bradley, Tomas Fleischmann, Brooks Laich, and David Steckel have all been performing way above expectations.
The next thing I did was keep a cumulative score of each player throughout the season. Starting with the first "Ups and Downs" I either added or subtracted a point or kept the score the same. What this does is identify any trends in performance. Looking at the goalie cumulative performance, it is clear that Jose has really stepped up his performance over the last nine weeks, making the case for himself at the #1 goalie position
Defensemen: The D-Corps has been fairly consistent. After a rough start, Poti had a nice little run weeks 13 to 19 but has since leveled off. T-Slo has been consistently on the downturn (sorry, Ovechwin).
Forwards: Bradley started the season slow, but had a nice middle section to bring up his cumulative rating, although he has since leveled off. Morrison started off hot, but has since come crashing down (something of which we are all well aware). Steckel and Laich are both having nifty little late season surges. Sasha, is, well, trending Sasha, generally performing below expectations, but also showing flashes of brilliance.
UPDATE: I broke out the forwards by postion, so it should make it easier to read. I also added mean value lines to the LW and RW cumulative rating graphs for quick reference on how they all stack up.
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Caps prospect Stefan Della Rovere sure can sell a punch. Cant wait until we have him to annoy other teams.
Gotta be out of the house tonight! Arlington folks, come on out!
For anyone who can make it to the Ballston Mall, Im heading over to Rock Bottom Brewery to watch the game and drink beers. Anyone is welcome to join. We will be in the front bar - look for a white old style jersey and a new red Clark jersey.
Photos Surface From Last Year's Caps Rooke Dinner!
by Addison H. on Dec 17, 2009 11:49 AM EST
on Japers' Rink
Photos from last year's rookie dinner have finally emerged! These photos were on an old undeveloped roll of film that I found in a bag I picked up at a flew market. The only clue on the bag I could see were some faded initials: TEE maybe? Anyway, I developed the film, and although most of it was ruined, these shots emerged. Anyway, for the good of the community, I knew that Caps fans needed to see these newly found portraits.
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