PokerPacker Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 Back to back wins. This team's not dead yet. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 That was stressful but awesome. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 At 3-3-1, we're now a .500 team. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FootballZombie Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 Carl trying to move up in the shootout order lol Can't let a D-man be the only guy to score. You'll never live it down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoDeep81 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 Decent hockey game! Love the 2pts. Bummed they took Ovi's goal off the board. Never did get a solid look at the offsides due to stream. Hopefully some of these calls start evening out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 3 minutes ago, GoDeep81 said: Decent hockey game! Love the 2pts. Bummed they took Ovi's goal off the board. Never did get a solid look at the offsides due to stream. Hopefully some of these calls start evening out. My stream was complete doo-doo until the 3rd. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 That shootout-winning coffee hits good this morning. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 11 hours ago, GoDeep81 said: Decent hockey game! Love the 2pts. Bummed they took Ovi's goal off the board. Never did get a solid look at the offsides due to stream. Hopefully some of these calls start evening out. It was pretty questionable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoDeep81 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 26 minutes ago, PleaseBlitz said: It was pretty questionable. It's feeling like the NFL lately. Every big play you hold your breath, waiting to see if there's a flag. Matthews or McDavid they probably get the "even if he was offside, he was controlling the puck", but Ovi gets none of that consideration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 The win tonight was righteous. I needed that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 That's three in a row now and we have a winning record. Still a lot of growing to do for this team. Just gotta keep our record up to remain in playoff contention while everyone adjusts to the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 We're not particularly well passing and keeping the puck. Sometimes I think I'm watching my Gladiators (ECHL). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 The Phillies might be too heartless to allow Wally The Emotional Support Alligator to attend their games, but Gritty and the Flyers welcomed him in with open arms. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hersh Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 (edited) Edited November 1, 2023 by Hersh 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 This is probably the end for Backy. An all time Cap. 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 I love Backy. This is like Stras all over again. Sucks he's basically done physically but he is a DC legend and I have no problem paying him. I just wish he could be on the ice when Ovie inevitably gets the record. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capcrunch98 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Hersh said: You must be celebrating. Backstrom stepping away for a while. Imagine a “fan” being super happy that an all-time great is stepping away for now. Thanks for the "fan" jab. After conversing with you for many years on this board and enjoying all of your takes on the Caps and Orioles threads, I thought you were above that. I'm not happy at all that Backstrom's career is practically over. I've been cheering for Backstrom since we drafted him. He was a huge part of the Young Guns/Rock the Red era which put the Caps on the map, and converted people who barely knew we had a hockey team into hardcore fans and season ticketholders. This "fan" has been a loyal planholder for over 40 years, and I'll be the first to admit that no group of players will ever match what Ovi/Backstrom/Green/Semin/Laich etc. did for this club by increasing our fanbase ten-fold beginning with their first playoff appearance in 2008 and over the course of the next several years. But his career is over, and he really doesn't add anything to this club at this point except support for the guys in the locker room and nostalgia for the fans in the stands. The fact that he agreed on his own terms to step away proves that he more or less agrees with that. My angst about him not contributing despite taking up so much cap space was probably worded too harshly, but it's been a frustrating past year as a Caps fan (sorry, "fan") so cut me some f'ing slack. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hersh Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 1 minute ago, capcrunch98 said: My angst about him not contributing despite taking up so much cap space was probably worded too harshly, but it's been a frustrating past year as a Caps fan (sorry, "fan") so cut me some f'ing slack. It was worded too harshly and with you acknowledging it probably was, I apologize for my "fan" comment. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCSaints_fan Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 In the short term I don’t think this changes much. We call up an AHLer to fill his spot. If his salary is cleared, we could make an FA splash in the off-season. Not sure who is available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capcrunch98 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 57 minutes ago, DCSaints_fan said: In the short term I don’t think this changes much. We call up an AHLer to fill his spot. If his salary is cleared, we could make an FA splash in the off-season. Not sure who is available I don't think this team is at a point where they should be making splashes in free agency. Ideally, they hold on to cap space and use it to take advantage of cap-strapped teams (via taking on bad contracts along with sweeteners like draft picks or prospects, or acquiring solid players without giving up anything). However, we all know that management won't initiate a rebuild as long as Ovi is here. So considering that, William Nylander, Jonathan Marchessault, or Sebastian Aho would help Ovi get to the record. Signing Auston Matthews would've been better than a weekend on a desert island with Bella Hadid, Margot Robbie, and Cindy Crawford (1995 edition), but the Leafs got him on an extension a few months ago so he's not going anywhere next summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoDeep81 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 I thought I was ready for Nicky to retire. I wasn't. lol Hope the very best for him and his family. DC LEGEND!!! Whenever they get around to doing the "tribute" at CapOne it's gonna be dusty, I'm sure of that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 (edited) I was hopeful the surgery could lead to a resurgence of his career, but I guess it just wasn't to be. Really wish he and Ovechkin could have ridden off into the sunset together. Edited November 1, 2023 by PokerPacker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxito Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 Sad day for the fanbase and Backstrom and the club. Would have been appropriate if/when Ovechkin breaks the record he would be either on the ice or him being the one who has the assist. Hope for a speedy recovery, and hope its not the end of his career! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capcrunch98 Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 3 hours ago, PokerPacker said: Really wish he and Ovechkin could have ridden off into the sunset together. They were pretty close, considering Ovi probably only has a couple years left. 16 years together is remarkable. Having grown up a Caps fan in the 80s and 90s, and watching every good player who made more than $15/hour get shipped out of town by a cheap owner who only cared about his basketball team, it's amazing that we had 2 superstars play that long together, each spending their entire career here. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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