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  1. Great game so far. After getting our teeth kicked in vs. Edmonton last week, none of us thought the rest of the road trip would go like this. They've got a brutal schedule to close out the season, but they're playing a lock-down defensive style that can neutralize superior offenses, and is very conducive to playoff hockey. I said this team was dead in the water in January. Glad they proved me wrong.
  2. As lousy as this season has been on so many different levels, I can't believe we're in control of our playoff destiny with 4 weeks left. We took care of business with two huge wins, including taking a game in Vancouver that no Caps fan outside of a psych ward had any thought of us winning, and just about every team we're fighting with lost their games. 1 point behind the last wild card, with 2 games in hand. Crazy times.
  3. Inflating expected revenue is par for the course for anyone pitching a project which requires funding. I wouldn't read too much into it. The $75 parking will be for the bloated fat cats who park right next to the stadium (probably close to what parking costs now in the garage right under Capital One Arena), and there will be a garage a block down the road which will charge half that. The $731 hotel room will be for the penthouse suite with a butler and private plunge pool. The rest of the rooms will be available on Expedia for $150 on non-game nights.
  4. And to kick someone when they're already down, Connor Brown just scored his first goal in 2 years. This is the guy we traded this year's 2nd round pick for, all so he could play 4 games for us last year before getting hurt. Nicely done, GMBM.
  5. For the second game, we're getting exposed as average by a better team. The only way we beat a club like the Oilers is if we outwork them on a night they don't play their best, or have one of our goalies stand on his head for 60 min, or just get lucky bounces. By the time we get back from this road trip, we'll likely be a mile outside of the playoff race and hopefully management can start focusing on what needs to be done next year.
  6. It's easy to get carried away with recent wins against teams like Philly, Pens, and the Hawks, but games like tonight show that we're just not on the same level as the real contenders. From the beginning of the game until the end, there was no question of who the better team was. We'll get there, but it's gonna take a couple years.
  7. Loving how awful Pittsburgh is this year. Unlike the Caps, who were simply hoping to squeeze a little more juice out of their aging core (wrong bet), the Pens went all in with the Karlsson trade. Now they're just a dumpster fire, and there are a ton of rumors circulating that Crosby may want out.
  8. Good points, but there are all kinds of risks in signing guys to big money, long-term contracts. Some guys get injured. Some guys don't age well. Some guys have a style of play that isn't conducive to certain systems. Kuzy is only 31, when's the last time he was an effective player?? Signing a big name free agent now doesn't buy us much - we're not close to competing, and one or two guys isn't going to change that. But the potential downside is huge - what happens in 3 - 4 years when maybe we have a good young core ready to break out, and we're stuck with a dud of a player who is taking up 10 - 15% of our cap space for several more years? Again, I'm in the camp of doing a rebuild the right way - by taking your licks, stocking up on young talent, and staying the hell away from bloated contracts until you know what you have. But of course we're not engaging in a real rebuild because the Ovi situation complicates things. So maybe they'll try to reel in a big fish after all, but I hope they don't.
  9. IMO, this team has no business bidding on top-end free agents. We're not even close to being "a player or two away" from competing. I know things are complicated because they're still trying to field a competitive team in Ovi's final years, but even if management won't commit to a full rebuild, they can't be foolish enough to jump into free agency. I expect them just to fill out the corners with low-risk FA signings this summer, and allow for the prospects to earn roster spots and develop. And I am fine with that.
  10. Overall, a decent trade deadline for the Caps. Got a couple good draft picks for Mantha, who they couldn't give away for free at the beginning of the season, got back basically the same return for Edmondson as we gave up to Montreal last summer to acquire him, and we even found a taker for Kuzy which none of us thought was possible. Eating salary doesn't mean much right now because we're not signing any significant free agents anytime soon. In what was clearly a buyer's market, we did okay. Really glad they didn't trade Dowd and Lindgren in this down market. Giving either of them away for a 3rd round pick or whatever crappy return GMBM was offered would've sucked.
  11. On a related note, I tuned in to the game after it started, and I didn't realize Kuemper was injured. When I didn't see him on the bench, I was practically doing cartwheels and moonwalking across my living room, thinking some desperate GM took him off our hands. No such luck.
  12. Granted, Pittsburgh sucks harder than we do this year, but if we could show this kind of fire more regularly we'd be in a much better spot in the standings. As bad as this season has been, beating the Pens (assuming we hold on) and Flyers in the same week is very cool.
  13. Solid return for Edmundson. Always sucks to be sellers, but they're doing the right thing. I am sure Max, Dowd, and Jensen are being shopped around as we speak. That being said, it seems to be a buyers market this year. If we can't get much back for Dowd, who is our last valuable trade chip, I am sure they'll keep him, and I think we'd all be fine with that.
  14. In this years market (where the best d-man available - Tanev - couldn't even fetch a 1st round pick or top prospect) I think a 2nd and 4th is a decent haul for Mantha. 10 years ago, when contenders threw around draft picks and prospects like candy, a big winger who scores 20 goals would've gotten us more, but these are different times. So long, Anthony. You were quite a disappointment for most of your time here, but you ended on a high note.
  15. Sad ending for a guy who at one point looked like he was gonna be a legend for this franchise. Really reminds me of Semin - top-20 talent but just didn't have his head in the right place. We'll always remember the bird after scoring the clincher in OT versus the Pens. One of the top 5 goals in club history.
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