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"I don't know. It is such a hard thing," coach Bruce Boudreau said when asked what Alzner needs to...

macvechkin — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:12:32 -0000

"I don't know. It is such a hard thing," coach Bruce Boudreau said when asked what Alzner needs to do to become a permanent fixture on his roster. "I want to see him be really consistent. The last time he was up here, it was the consistency. I thought he had three really good games, a mediocre game and a not-so-good game. If he could keep that consistency like the very first time he played when he was up here [Nov. 25 against Buffalo], he would be hard to send down."

Bruce Boudreau on ~~John Erskine~~ ~~Milan Jurcina~~ ~~Shaone Morrissonn~~ ~~Tom Poti~~ Karl Alzner
Wash Times

We're not going to do anything right now anyway. We like our team, we like the way they've been...

macvechkin — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:12:34 -0000

We're not going to do anything right now anyway. We like our team, we like the way they've been playing.

George McPhee (via TEB)

So what's the (best) deal on getting some tickets?

macvechkin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:11:59 -0000

Great to have the Rink Ticket Exchange, but it's looking a little lean for the game I want to go to - Buf 11/25.

Anybody used the Ticket-Raper exchange? I was hoping to sit in the lower (blue) section, but c'mon - $130 minimum for these? Aren't these $85 tickets? I love how we are 'sold out' so ticket brokers can bend us over. Is this game a red, white or blue?

Until recently I almost always bought my tickets from the Brother Man outside the arena and never paid face. Does this still go on or is that market dried up?

Thanks in advance!

Say goodbye to the trapezoid?

macvechkin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:02:57 -0000

Say goodbye to the trapezoid?

I'm okay with this only because to me it didn't seem like it was making that much of a difference. But according to that article defensemen are taking too many hits because of times the goalie can't play the puck? Not sure I follow that, and wouldn't that be good for scoring if it were true?

I know it's only the first game...

macvechkin — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:54:47 -0000

I know it's only the first game...

but how would another 3 years @ $5,625,000 per of this be tasting right now?? :-)

"Boston just introduced the players," Boudreau said. "They didn't show any banners, did they? Their...

macvechkin — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:33:29 -0000

"Boston just introduced the players," Boudreau said. "They didn't show any banners, did they? Their goals are bigger than division championships. I think ours are bigger than division championships. We raised the banner last year. There's no sense in raising it again."

Capitals Insider

Some interesting propositions

macvechkin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:32:34 -0000

The Caps points total is tied with the Wings for highest on the board. Not quite the bargain it was last year at 94.

Rot     Backstrom vs Thornton most goals
1103    Nicklas Backstrom        -130
1104    Joe Thornton        Ev

Rot     Jokinen vs Semin most goals
1109     Oli Jokinen         -130
1110     Alexander Semin         Ev

Rot     Ovechkin vs Malkin most points scored
1201     Alexander Ovechkin         -115
1202     Evgeni Malkin         -115

Rot     Ovechkin vs Crosby most points scored
1205     Alexander Ovechkin         -140
1206     Sidney Crosby         +110

Rot     Kovalchuk vs Backstom most points scored
1209     Ilya Kovalchuk        -125
1210     Nicklas Backstrom         -105

Rot     Washington Capitals Regular Season Points
659     Over 105½ Points     -120
660     Under 105½ Points     -120

Poll

What's your money prop?

Caps over 105.5 points

13 votes

Backstrom more goals than Thornton

2 votes

Semin more goals than Jokinen

31 votes

Ovie more points than Malkin

3 votes

Ovie more points than Crosby

10 votes

Backstrom more points than Kovalchuk

6 votes

Quit being such a damn homer!

5 votes

70 votes | Poll has closed

DirecTV set to drop Versus

macvechkin — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:11:43 -0000

DirecTV set to drop Versus

Great. Another network/carrier pissing contest.

"It's hard for me to congratulate somebody after you just lose to them," he said. "I'm a winner....

macvechkin — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:22:02 -0000

"It's hard for me to congratulate somebody after you just lose to them," he said. "I'm a winner. It's not being a poor sport or anything like that. If somebody beats you up, you're not going to congratulate them. That doesn't make sense to me. I'm a competitor. That's what I do. It doesn't make sense for me to go over and shake somebody's hand."

LeBron James, in essence summing up the difference between the NBA and NHL.

Travesty 101 - NHL's 5 best Owners

macvechkin — Mon, 18 May 2009 05:25:04 -0000

Travesty 101 - NHL's 5 best Owners

No Leonsis? Say what?

What has Lemieux done? Smile and nodded while Bettman handed him Crosby?

Karmanos? Give me back my Whale.