SB Nation User Blog: wittcap79

For those of you who don't have CSN+ (MDers)

wittcap79 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:14:19 -0000

I just checked my FiOS lineup tonight (Howard/A.A.) and the game will be televised on the NHL Network as part of HNIC. That would be Channel 587 if you're up here in my neck of the woods (HoCo). It will also be on channel 87 if you don't plan on watching in HD for some ungodly reason. Hope this helps, Go Caps!

I need 9 more words to post this, there!

And the winner is...

wittcap79 — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:11:09 -0000

Me.

Apparently I was the winner for the Caps Mobile Fantasy Challenge for the playoffs. It was a drawing between myself and 3 others that had all accumulated 22 points during the playoffs. Somehow I managed to win the team signed jersey which is now on it's way to my house. This marks the second time I've ever won anything in my life, and the last time it was a glass piggy bank from Maryland Bank and Trust @ the Charles County Trade Show about, ummm, 20 years ago.

So now I'm shopping for jersey display cases, anyone have any good places to find one?

The Midget has returned

wittcap79 — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:02:22 -0000

The Midget has returned

From NHL.com

Clearly the phrase is gettin' around

wittcap79 — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:35:40 -0000

Clearly the phrase is gettin' around

"A highlight pass," Boudreau said. "That was a sick pass by Mike Green."

"If you're ever satisfied with where you are, then you're not good enough."

wittcap79 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:27:03 -0000

"If you're ever satisfied with where you are, then you're not good enough."

-Bruce Boudreau

Semin's next contract

wittcap79 — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:10:19 -0000

After reading the discussion about Nicky's next deal it became apparent that the Capitals are going to be in a bit of a "cap quandry" after next season. Semin, Backstrom, and Flash all up for Restricted Free Agency and all will be getting rather large contracts if they continue on the same development curve. Semin will make $5M next season and has played only one full season, 06-07, but is averaging 1.4ppg so far this year in 26 games played. How much do you give to an oft injured "potential" superstar? He has also shown a noticable unwillingness/inability to ~~learn~~ give interviews in English and has complained about living in the US, does he go back to Russia?

Poll

Sasha Semin's contract is up after next season. Assuming Nicky gets Mike Green money ($5.25M cap hit), what is Semin going to get?

3.0 - 3.49M

0 votes

3.5 - 3.99M

2 votes

4.0 - 4.49M

8 votes

4.5 - 4.99M

12 votes

5.0 - 5.49M

31 votes

5.5 - 5.99M

26 votes

6.0+M

29 votes

Signs with a KHL team

29 votes

137 votes | Poll has closed

No sugar and lots of spice makes things not so nice

wittcap79 — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:18:27 -0000

No sugar and lots of spice makes things not so nice

Nice write-up on Caps-Flyers reignited rivalry from NHL.com

Memo to Guy Carbonneau: Keep your mouth shut

wittcap79 — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:40:29 -0000

From SovSport via OFB

SovSport: The whole team played a very emotional game.

"We wanted to prove to Montreal that we must be respected. Here are Carbonneau's words that he said after the game in Washington three weeks ago "

Ovechkin pointed to a piece of paper that was put on the wall where Carbonneau's words about luck and not really testing Theodore were highlighted. And then Ovechkin added:

"What now? What will Carbonneau say after tonight's game? That we were lucky again?"

Check out this ASG Line-UP

wittcap79 — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:48:01 -0000

From Puck Daddy:

Team Jagr

Goalies - Ray Emery (Atlant Mytishchi) - 11,370; Robert Esche ( SKA St. Petersburg ) - 10,237; Rostislav Stana (Severstal Cherepovets) 2,928

Defensemen - Ben Clymer (Dynamo Minsk ) - 11,594; Kevin Dallman (Barys Astana) - 10,604; Raymond Giroux ( SKA St. Petersburg ) - 7,653; Magnus Johansson (Atlant Mytishchi) 6,915

Forwards - Alexei Kalyuzhny (Dynamo Moscow ) - 14,929; Jan Marek (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) - 13,958; Oleg Antonenko (HC MVD); Pavel Brendl (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod ) - 11,850

According to the KHL, "Andrei Nikolishin (Traktor Chelyabinsk ) and Alexei Kudashov (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) have already been named to Team Yashin, while Marcel Hossa (Dynamo Riga) and Jakub Klepis (Avangard Omsk) have been selected to Team Jagr, and are not subject to the fan voting process."