SB Nation User Blog: hockeyman33

Goal Review

hockeyman33 — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:43:50 -0000

Ok, I've have always wondered this and hopefully one of you guys can give me an answer.

If every goal must go to Toronto for review, why do they have in-house reviews? When it comes to it, they aren't the ones making the final decision. Do they collaborate over it or what? It just doesn't make sense to me to have the in-house review room when it ultimately serves no purpose (or do they use it for something I am missing?).

Thanks for anyone who can clue me in.

Top 100 Goalies? According to Dobber...

hockeyman33 — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:31:02 -0000

http://www.dobberhockey.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=107:top-100-goalies&catid=26:rankings

Really? I know these are made up for fantasy rankings, but some of this placement is rediculous.

Tim Thomas is 5th, yet won the Vezina.
Tuukka Rask is 14th. Has he even played 14 NHL games yet?
Ray Emery is at 19. Maybe the 19th best fighter...
Scott Clemmensen is 87th, followed by Brent Johnson. Wait, John Curry is 36th. Didn't the Pens sign BJ to be a backup over Curry?
Another point- All 3 of the Caps main goalies are on the list, with JT60 at the bottom.

Shouldn't fantasy rankings have the best goalie on top, and the worst on bottom? Yes, some may vary because of stats, but this is just turning into baseball.

Some things just don't make sense.

Caps Roster

hockeyman33 — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:39:51 -0000

This off-season has had the Caps add Mike Knuble and Brendan Morrison.

They have lost Viktor Kozlov, Sergei Fedorov, and Donald Brashear.

Still as UFAs are Brent Johnson, Alexandre Giroux, and Bryan Helmer.

RFAs are Shaone Morrison, Milan Jurcina (arbitration), Jeff Schultz, Eric Fehr, Boyd Gordon, and Chris Bourque.

So lets take a look at the roster for the Caps. (My line combinations)

Ovechkin-Backstrom-Knuble

Semin-B. Morrison-Fleischmann/Laich

Fehr-Steckel-Laich/Fleischmann

Bourque/Clark-Gordon-Bradley

Call ups should be Aucoin, Beagle, and Osala.

Fehr wont start the season, but will probably have his place once healthy. I don't think Nylander will play much, but will get the jersey as 3rd or 4th line center occasionally. Knowing Clark, he will be injured before long. Laich should have the second line wing, giving that line a sniper, a playmaker, and a grinder.

Green-Poti

Alzner-Pothier

Erskine-Schultz

(Saying either ShaMo and/or Juice are traded. We don't need to rotate 8 regulars). Otherwise, ShaMo is in and 6th Dman rotates.

Call ups are Collins, Sloan and maybe even Carlson.

Varlamov & Theodore will probably each start about half the games, barring an injury, or a one-sided domination in camp. Then, Neuvirth or even Johnny are backup.

Anything you guys see different?

Draft Disappointments

hockeyman33 — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:25:14 -0000

Over the draft, the Caps got a two way center and an offensive defenseman with their picks in the first two rounds. That's not my disappointment though. There was much anticipation to whether the Caps would address their 2nd lin center and 1st line winger problem through a trade during the draft, but nothing happened. Pronger was a possibility to make the Caps a true contender, but GMGM again turned away as Anahiem asked for too much (if you didn't hear, it was one of the goalie prospects, Carlson, a roster player, and something else). He went to Philly in which i thought was a lopsided deal favoring the Ducks. Not many other players were on the trade block that gave the Caps great interest. But the few that could have were Bouwmeester and Kaberle. A Dman isn't a need for the Caps, but it is necessary to win the Cup. A group of great prospects isn't going to cut it. The Caps either need a rough and tough guy to clear the crease (Hal Gil comes to mind) or a skilled one, like Bouwmeester.

Nylander and Theodore are still in the Caps roster, to the disappointment of many fans. They would be more of a giveaway to a team, because the Caps definatley dont want Nylander, and Theodore isn't even guarenteed, a starter spot and he is taking up $4.5 million in the cap.

Free agency could prove to be the answer, but it poses big problems. Players who sign as free agents often want long term, high paying deals. This is a problem to the Caps because they are up against the salary cap and because Backstrom and Semin both need new deals after this season as RFAs. Backstrom needs to be locked in, as a great partner for Ovi, and it would be great to keep the secondary scoring threat with Semin.

Who do you want to leave the Caps, and who do you want to pull on the red, white and blue uniform over the next few days? Would you rather make a trade or make a signing?