Game 54.
Boy, it’s an early one … 12:30 on NBC, so no real pre-game or post-game.
The Capitals visit for the first time since Game 4 of their playoff series last spring. You remember that game, right? Rangers up by three in the third looking to tie the series … and a double-OT loss. No Humpty-Dumpty today, though. He’s gone, replaced by Dale Hunter.
Ya boys on a two-game winning streak and 6-1-1 in the last eight, 18-5-1 in the last 24. They play the second of three in four days, with a visit to Boston on Valentine’s Day Tuesday.
Henrik Lundqvist starts back-to-backs for only the third time this season—the first two games in Sweden, and Nov. 25-26 against Philly and Washington also.
The Rangers go with the same lineup, which means Ruslan Fedotenko remains sidelined and Stu Bickel is the seventh D-man/winger, as the team has the minimum 20 healthy bodies.
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LGR!!
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LGR!
Rick Nash? If I’m a GM in Columbus, I do not do this deal. Number one overall pick, who is still 27, your captain, the face of the franchise. The only way I do it, is if I’m sure Kreider turns into Nash right away and starts selling tickets. And if the ownership tells me to do it in order to shed his salary, I tell them they will have issues renewing more than half of their season tickets if Nash is gone.
Hey Carp – I asked jokingly but, why no call up for Ruslan Fedotenko? Any word on the severity of his injury? Casey Wellman?
That’s quite an early It’s Go Time.
Melrose,wtf is up with your face? YIKES!!!
Manny, no update … super-duper secret. I have no problem with Bickel playing up front yesterday. Don’t think that’s necessary today. Not sure why they did it.
I had no problem with Bickel up front either. Maybe they liked what they saw and want to see him get in there against a different type of team? No clue.
Would be fun to bring up Wellman for a few. Just to have fun with his name.
They might need a sacrificial lamb to absorb the Leaping Above Average 8’s illegal hits?
Bickel as a fourth line forward could be an interesting trial. I mean, he HAS to be better than the NHL all-time worst fourth line regular, that elephant skating in sand by the name of Hollweg. Of course those were the Renney years, and our standard performance level is a bit higher, now, in all categories.
Ha, I was BANJing…....
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I’d do that Nash deal for sure. Kreider is an unknown NHL quantity, I honestly like the way dubi has.been playing lately, but he is no Nash, and our first rounder is likely going to be a late first rounder.
Carp
Great review! Thing I loved about the game was Boyle and dubi dropping the mitts, prust taken out of the game with a bogus misconduct (I know why they did it…pansificatipn) and we still had Bickel and rupp to throw bombs…love this team!!!
LGR !!!
Sather and Leonsis and McPhee tell McConnell and Howson how it would be beneficial for them to send Nash and $4 million plus interest to the Rangers for the next 5 years, and Sather sends Dubinsky and 2 second round picks. Simple see?
Hi Carp, thanks for the response in the prior thread. I really appreciate it.
Interesting theory – and one that you’ve gotten me to agree with. It seems that perhaps the refs are reffing more to enforce excitement of the game, as opposed to protecting players, or dare I say, “objective” penalties (which really do not exist in a man made game, but w/e). The holds, slowing down, interference stuff decreases the flow of the game, so it must be stopped. The dirty hits are fun to watch, so they can continue (ditto for head shots in the NFL, minus the huge stuff). The only cog in this theory is the hit-from-behind rule, but the NHL has to do something to show they’re protecting player safety, and they have to call the penalty by the book (or, as my tax professor would say, they are emphasizing form over substance).
Oh, and LETS GO RANGERS!
LGR!!!! Repeat whatcha did yesterday!!!
FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
even though we’re stuck with the four horsemen of the asshatpocalypse for the next 2 1/2 hours..
LETS GO RANGERS
Ugh. Good morning gang. I feel like I have a hangover after sleeping for 12 hours. Need coffee and food.
I hate early starts.
Hope the boys are more awake that I am.
hit that coffee stat mickey!!
Im going to love watching these guys embarrass themselves on national television.
My bold prediction: Capitals 9 – Rangers 0, Semin with 7
I hope you’re not calling Milbury an asshatpocalyptic analyst, Lin.
if ANYONE out there needs a link, i just heard from a good friend that
nbcsports.com is streaming the game
he’s just king nothing of asshatopia
woah, roller derby on ice
My bad on the Giroux goal. I thought Artie fell, looks like he lunged to break up the pass. Sorry Artie!
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!
lol Dubi, that actually looked pretty interesting
Let’s GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOHOOOOO i get to watch a game on TV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So sad that the Caps highlights of the past couple of seasons have been at the expense of the Rangers.
Wear a visor Danny G.
Oh, no…
Thank God Girardi is smiling there. Somebody better beat the snot out of Ovie for that crap.
Girardi is the freakin man of steel
Bam right in the helmet!
Helmet, thanks
Girardi kinda looked like Sauer there for a minute.. sigh, i miss Whiskey
Girardi = Golden God
Manny, does that mean he was fashioned by Moses’ brother?
Quiet in here again.
Saw lots of scouts here, including Pierre Gauthier … probably looking to trade Gomez for McDonagh and No Gomez.
also, two smallish former Rangers tough guys: George McPhee and The Little Ball of Hate.
Wow, Doc used about 5 “firsts” while talking about Rangers
Whoa, game started already? That never happens on NBC
sounds quiet at MSG
Bicker – Mitchell – Rupp has to be one of the biggest lines in the NHL. I wonder what the coaching staff saw in him that made them think he should be a forward. He doesn’t look that out of place.
Look at him drawing a penalty.
what a shift by Stu!!!!!
Good job Bicks
Bics draws a penalty! LOVE IT
great minds CT!! i was going back and forth between Bics and Stubs lol
As Gross said, Bickel is a revelation at forward!
Used up all the month’s PP mojo yesterday.
That power play reminded me of the old days… (before yesterday)
Maybe we should try Bickel on the PP? Why not!?
Like a confessional in here.
reviewable?
thank God not! Hank better take the posts and crossbars out to dinner
wow that was close, running around a bit out there
OY.. too close for comfort
well it IS SUnday Carpy lol
Artie and Bickel got swapped already? Bickel on the 3rd line now? This guy is going to be a star in no time.
Manny – Probably was due to Anisimov being on the power play late.
Who’s counting the nubs today?
Slick pass
Gaborik = Beast. Look at that STRONG positioning.
Good point Spider! Thanks.
Wow, two great chances by Gabby. Artie must stay with these guys. Looks like a different player!
Did Emmerick just call Anisimov underrated???
Cally!!!
WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Woooooooooooo
whoooooooo
GREAT PLAY!! CAPTAIN CALLY AGAIN!!
Captain Spectacular!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
Captain Capable! 1-nil.
WOOHOOOO, CALLY AGAIN!
The weekend of Cally continues!!
That was freaking beautiful WOW
QWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!~
WAKKA WAKKA WAKKA
CALLYMAN
Good lord that was insane
Not bad for a grinder
22nd for Cally! God I love that kid..
Commercial time=fooood time
The Pope has been resurrected!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jbytes – I think you mean 1-nub
LMAO, all it took is one TV timeout for Torts to readjust their brains. Carp, was he saying much during that timeout?
Did Callahan actually trip over the pass? I think he did.
couldn’t hear him, ilb. :)
That Cally’s not half bad.
Richard$ with another assist
Dubisnky plays much tougher than he dresses. No shawl collar cardigans on the ice. Only a heritage Sweater.
Name that squirt!
i’m imaging a 3 yr old Cally blocking shots
Hagelin gets the tertiary assist.
Hagelin stops with much higher speed than most of the guys skate with…
is this the day Prust gets off his Gomez-like streak?
Man those Heritage jerseys are pretty
Dubinsky slows himself down going for that rebound by spreading his lags so far apart. Why does he skate like that??
prust is scoring today
OH and Starbucks coffee at home FTW!
Hate to say this … ducking for cover … crowd for Knicks games are much louder than crowd for Rangers games.
I agree CARP, but not when it comes to playoff time.. That is when MSG ROCKS for Rangers games.
Manny – If I see Bickel – Boyle – Rupp, that will definitely be the biggest line in the league.
wait til the knicks start losing again lol
Stralman against Ovechkin? YIKES
Theres a lot more scoring to cheer for in BB Carp
ohy damn!!
Carp – Right now they are because of Linsanity. And you don’t have to pay as close attention to baskeball. Hockey is more nervouse because each point (goal) means more. Have to prevent them.
And possible the most offensively challenfed line :D
insane action, no stoppages, no breathing!!!
Richards’ passing has been noticeably awesome in the last few games…
Ryan not Brian!!
WOW, SweLi, Pope and Cally… what a line
HEY!
Ovechkin looking to pass for now. Making my bet on under 4.5 shots looking good.
quick period. Should have been 2 for Captain Cally!
Not a bad period once they woke up.. much like myself
Ok, now for Dubinsky to get on board!
Whatever about the Knicks … there’s no excuse for the lack of noise in this building for hockey … other than a lot of the real fans are getting priced out. ... and a ton of people can’t put down their phones. Embarrassing. And it didn’t rock for the playoffs last year, either. It was louder, but nothing like it used to be. That’s why Humpty made his remark. He was damn right.
i think a lot of the fans were under the hypnotic trance of Captain Lunesta last season
Can’t believe Cally didn’t score on that odd man rush! Richards has really stepped up his game the last three games!
And MSG brings out the Knicks City Kids dancers during the intermission. Talk about embarrassing.
what’s todays flavor Orr?
It was very loud in the Playoffs last year. But I agree Carp, not like the old days. Many average fans have been priced out of the building! Same has happened in Yankee stadium!
I’m priced out.
the Knicks are watched by the proletariat, us, the bourgeois fans of the Rangers of Manhattan are clearly defined by the 18th century version of the term and will often not cheer as loudly to avoid being considered crass. Knicks’ fans are among the lowest common denominators of sporting watchers.
LETTUCE GO RANGERS (said rather quietly).
Carp wants a free T-shirt.
When I first got my season tickets, they were $16 per seat. When I gave them up (when I was pissed off about the lock out) they were $48 per seat. And of course they totally jack up the price even more at playoff time.
Nothing, Lin! I saved a little Bonnoroo Buzz for the game, but I couldn’t sleep, so I ate the rest! I had four pints of B&J’s yesterday. I can’t believe I’m still alive!
Did I miss something..or did Stepchild miss some shifts??
ENOUGH with the jeremy lin crap! Between that and the dog show stuff, this is ridiculous
OMG ORR! i hope your metabolism keeps you fit lol
Heh. Just realized the last time these 2 teams played, I was at the game. Pretty nice Club Seats too.. at a ridic price but hey, I was with a Caps fan friend and had a great time. Man, I miss the East Coast.
Dog show on USA tomorrow night? Craaaaaaap
Stu Bickel plays forward exactly like he plays defense. Goes behind the net, hits and grinds it out. Just a different net. Can’t go wrong with that approach. Put him on the L with Richards and screw Rick Nash :-)
Priced out is exactly it!! I dont go to games anymore because I refuse to spend $95 for a decent seat and then $9 a beer.
Same goes for Mets games!
$9 beers, $18 prime rib sandwiches…
Manny, got an answer to your earlier question (and it’s not “Wellman”). If the Rangers wanted to call up a forward for Fedotenko, it would have to be Wolski because he’s still on the active roster. So I guess they’d much rather have Bickel on the wing than Wolski. So would I. Woof.
Is Milbury doing the NBC150, the asshattest 150 seconds in sports?
Ovechkin in full glide mode.
Not gonna score if you keep passing, Dubi
Let’s Go Rangers!
FIRE SATHER {{{{{LINDA}}}}}
lol Carp, wonder if him and Dubi will do the forbidden dance later
I went to a Skanks game last season and they charge $12 for a premium beer. Seriously??
That Boyle shot was lame. Stone hands.
FIRE SATHER {{{{{{{{{{OLGA}}}}}}}}}}
isn’t it like $40 to park
Carp & Manny – Also, The Rangers are currently at the roster limit of 23 (Wolski and Woywitka count). So unless they put Fedotenko on IR, they can’t call up anybody else anyway.
EDZO!
Fire Boyle.
$35. But I took the scrubway
The forbidden dance, Lin?? I’m scared to ask what that it, lol.
Mets tickets are charity tax deductible, but I’m still not going.
$19 at Ebbets Field
why the lambada of course mickey lol
so Banjy, when i come up in May we’re NOT going to a Mets game lmao
lol barry, and that included two tickets two hot dogs two cokes and a popcorn lol
Beer is $8.50 at Scottrade and I paid $9.50 for one in DC. Was $7.50 at Busch this summer (and that was Bud Select!). So it’s not just MSG that jacks up beer prices. It’s everywhere.
I f you wait till game day and look on Craigs List you can sit on the field for $40 at a Mets game
Well Lin, it will be quieter than The Flying Puck.
lmao Barry, i wonder if i can play right field for $50
Ahhhh, gotcha Linda. LOL
Ovechkin has been relatively tame today.
Mickey, how much are the seats at those stadiums compared to NY?
LMFAO BANJ!!! you mean we’d have to LISTEN to each other?
Eminger got away with one
NUBBED SKITTERED
nubbed
hehehehe
Crapitals…
That sucked.
Euro Pansy
Barry= $200 plus for the Club Seats in DC at the Phone Booth. But I paid $80 to sit 5 rows from the glass at Scottrade and at Busch, I think they were $20 something for 3rd level. So I see your point.
nuts!
Ugh, Semin
This guy kills us
That should wake them up….They started to trade chances with Washington.
seminubs
First of 7 for Semin
Dammit!
Your attention please: The NY Rangers announce that their captain has changed his name to Ryan CalLINhan.
Does Jason Chimera play like a Hall of Famer against everybody else?
Torts wardrobe is very understated today.
i am asking the man to change his last name to Callahan so whenever we get married i can be Linda Callahan lol
Semin scores…another future Ranger scores against his future team
Why is Hockey Day in America on a Sunday? It should be on a Saturday.
Semin was a complete spectator until Richards ignored him on the 3-on-3.
Mickey i was just thinking he looked lowkey spiffy lol
CARPY!! i forgot to say HAPPY BLOGaversary! And to all the Boneheads who welcomed me so kindly 3 years ago, Happy Friendaversary!!!
Prustie :(
Prust or Beavis & Butt-head?
I’m so spliffy!
now now banjy.. don’t want the LAW knocking at your door lol
Dubinski is GREAT at cycling low and protecting the puck with his body. He does that as good as anyone on this team!
where is everybody today?
Yev, what are usually the ending results from DubinskY’s cycling?
I’m here!
At brunch, Carp.
Lol Lin, as long as they bring a pizza,oreos and onion dip.
maybe some are at the game Carpy? I know Noremy has no internet or tv because FIOS does not have Sunday service
i hope in separate packaging banj
MickeyM February 12th, 2012 at 1:37 pm
Ugh, Semin
that’s what she said.
Semin auditioning for the Rangers right now?
lmao Lev!!
Carp
Are you at the game? Turn left and wave :)
He tripped over the back of the net!!!!!
Oh my….....
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Wooohooooooo
McBust!
McDonagh! But uh-oh!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
now get up McD
Oh man that was pretty by McD
But nooooooooooooo
WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OH NO
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Uh oh! McD down…
nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
imma be sick to my stomach
That could a very pricey goal
BYFUG!
That did not look good at all…
That is all Jeremy Lin’s fault.
Ugghh!!! I hope that’s not serious. Last thing we fuggin need!
McGroinah
Oh no
Does Dubinsky get an assist for tripping over the back of the net?
Did McDonut trip himself!? What happened!?
God I hope that’s just a groin.
freak accident.
I have a sinking feeling that was a groin :(
Rangers are in the habit of scoring some pretty goals lately. 2-1.
Oh gosh, it doesn’t look good for McMonster. It looks like a hamstring pop.
i have a feeling that was an ankle
that 2nd goal is a costly goal, knee injury, not good.
i’m so not even excited right now!
Staal or DZ on the top pairing now…Hmmm
looked like his knee gave out…
MCMONSTER!
Ryan McDown
Time for Mr. Staal to step back up to the front of the rotation.
Better ankle than knee…
Very strange – nobody was near him.
C3, I’m right over here.
Better hope that was a groin and not an ankle or knee.
McDonagh just came back onto the ice.
I’m going to go with the jaw.
Hopefully only a turned ankle.
Carp are you serious????? If so and he’s ok, my day is made
Cooke’s elbow, Ference’s shove and now Carmelo’s rut.
THANK YOU, CARP!
whewwww
McIndestructable.
and now they’re blaming Feds stick also.. oy
Wow! Moore didn’t hit Feds’ head?? So why’s everyone complaining aboot no suspension?
Praise Jesus that McD is ok. Man…
Did I hear McMonster was back?
Wow! Maybe McD was just stunned?
McDominant!
McD is back??!! MADE OF FREAKING STEEL AND KEVLAR. <33333
Groin? Is Joe Mich in the building?
McKryptonite
“Lin Melts Garden Ice”
Hit the fuggin net, Cally! C’mon!
Thank god Ryan is back! Oh and Hank is UNREAL!!
Oy, wide, Cally
It’s Just Pain.
A BLOGaversary miracle!
Del Zotto has become an EXCELLENT and TOUGH defenseman. Who would have thunk it?
Hopefully I’m wrong and McDounut didn’t wrench his knee, ankle would be better.
McMonster is the egg mcmuffin of the defense lol
glad he’s back but if he’d be out for rest of the game do you think Bickel would move to play D or would they go play with 5 D the rest of the way?
McDonagh was just doing his joke Plaxico Burress celebration.
Yeah, Del Z is having a damn good season. Really can’t complain aboot him at all.
This guy Beagle. Shouldn’t they put that on the back of Wolski’s jersey?
lmao, Lin
Lev, they’d move Stu back I think. And just double shift Cally and Gabby
Cally has had so many chances lately – if he could sink half of them, he’d have 30 goals in no time…
BALLS
I see Mcdonaugh is back, thank you hockey gods.
yea, cally hit the post in the first with a wide open net, need to bury those open netters.
KATHRYN TAPPEN
SACKS
I wonder how much these NHL players were paid to stare at the TV and pretend to be interested in the NHL Network.
Prust with DAD play with seconds to go….For a team that fights for the playoff spot, considering how important this game is, the Washington’ defense looks pretty porous.
Odds that Tositios and Redundantaldo are in the Flyers lineup?
would it be accurate to say that this game, for the most part, is like the all-star game minus the goals?
If they are, them the Wings will destroy the Flyers tonight. And I will be glad about that :)
lmao, doing the work of Sauron
At least the Rangers are playing SOME defense, Carp. lol
Only if the Wings are dressing Probert and Kocur, CTB.
They are Mickey. Nobody left the gate open (except Richards on that one goal).
LW, that disaster is imminent.
God ruined a perfectly good ass when he put teeth in milburys mouth
Hahaha, Carp.
This isn’t the best defensive effort on Rangers part either. But if you compare the standings, one should be very surprised by Washington’s approach today more.
BWAHAHAHHAAHAH, Lin. That is gold!
Finish strongly, NYR!
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FINISH THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One more period boys! Lock it down!
Bottled water out my nose, Lin.
Does Milbury have naked pics of NBC Executives’ wives-is that why they keep him on tv?
WALLQVIST TIME!
Oh no! The annoying Rangers song!
lol Carp! As good as the tennis balls on the walker?
Lundqvist with waffle board? I’ve heard Belgian waffles were good…not sure about Swedish
Oh it’s R-a-n-g-e-r-s….
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Gabby with moves
So close Gabby
damn nice moves Gabby!
Wow! What a move by Butt-Chin! So close!
Gabby is unreal..
Did someone say Gaborik wasn’t good with his stick handling?
I don’t know if it has the staying power of the tennis balls, but for the moment it was at least as funny.
Can haz pp from yesterday, plz??
lol Carpy, like we said, when you write the Bonehead Book, that pic of Brash and the walker has to be on the front lol
What the fugg was Del Z thinking there?
did he say warlock?
Rangers back on the Flower Play I see…
PP sucks again..
this crowd sucks lol
Hmmm…wasn’t much going on in that PP…
Terrible penalty by Artie! Stupid.
LOVE Derek!
Haha whoa I thought the Rangers used their PPs to throw momentum away.
That’s why Torts plays Stepan on PK sometimes…
Hmm. I think I figured out WHY the crowd is so quiet.. it’s kids day there
some of the boys in the pressbox enjoyed it too, Lin.
PRUSTERONI!
Prust!!!
CHUCK NORRISSSSSSSSSSSSS
Beavis and Butt-head are never gonna score.
Whooooooooooo!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
HELL YEAH!!! PRUST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Prust Shortie
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wooohooooooo. Pruster!
PRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAA
PPPPPPPPPPPRRRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTTEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRR
brandLIN Prust!
Timely Prusty scoring! 3-1.
I CALLED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! THE PRUST SCORES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
More dime-a-dozen players. Throw Prust in that mix.
PRUSTER! He’s had a few good chances today. Good to see him bury one.
Gaborik has to be next. He’s had several great shots but hasn’t hit the back of the net yet.
IN PRUST WE TRUST!!!!
Prustie!!
Sweet shorty!! Prusty!!
Wow! Prust’s first goal since October??? Crazy!
pruster showin some hands there!
Prustworthy
chuck norris wears brandon prust pajamas
#therightway
Prust “nubs” one in!! ;-P
That was a great pass there by Dubi. Instead of trading Krieder for Nash lets just get Dubinsky going.
PRUSTAMANIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DRINK YOUR MILK AND TAKE YOUR VITAMINS
Pretty sharp pass from Dubinsky….Hmmm
Carp February 12th, 2012 at 1:03 pm e
is this the day Prust gets off his Gomez-like streak?
LOL CARP! anything i can do to bring the jokes to the boys in the press box!
WOW!!!!
Oh my HANK!
What a pathetic shift by Semin.
LMAO @ Brouwer! Loser!
Boyle and the Brandons have been excellent the whole game.
Chimera is playing like he wants to be a Ranger – you know, a player that tries to kill us every time he plays us…
Regardless of where this Caps team finishes something major has change for them.
Stahl with his first point of the season, on that shortie.
I think one area Gaborik is very underrated in is making the right decision with the puck in the defensive zone. He controls the pace and makes the correct distribution so well back there.
Boyle and the Brandons have been a good line for a few games now.
Henrik show. Dog show by Ovechkin today. Real dog show tomorrow. The World’s Most Showing Arena.
Boyle and Brandons = Killer Bees
Spider, it’s been a while …..
PRUSTACORE
well done Mrs Eminger
Chimera’s “breakout season” tempered by the fact that he has 2 goals in his last 21 games.
MVP! VEZINA! hell they’re gonna need to name a trophy after Hank when all is said and done lol
Danke Schoen Lin..ya throw enuf stuff at the wall something has to stick..
If Boudreau was still behind the Caps bench, a “You can’t eat us!” chant would’ve been good about now.
McD looks hilarious with Boyle’s stick
Capitals compete level turned up about two notches since the Prust goal.
LMFAO LW! not for lack of trying
Carp, do the guys in the press box read the blog all the time? and if so, do they contribute?
Geico ads are getting stupider and stupider.
Awwwww….a beagle!
Sad Caps dads are sad.
Yes they are, Mickey..
FOXWOODS FINAL FIVE LOL
Most of them check in. But I tell them the really good lines. They usually crack up. Sometimes I think they’re tired of me telling them. Jealous probably :)
The Prust Pajamas line went over pretty well.
PUPPIES!
Yes, I want a dog
Son of a witch
Damn!!!
dammit
lmao @ jealous!! that’s awesome! You really need to write the Book of Bonehead lol. All the best lines and conversations lol
It’s not over til it’s over…
BUMMER!
Is that one of the Beagle boys ?
i think ani just made bebe sterile
Hang on boys!
Whoa
Hank!
Let’s close this thing out, boys.
weird
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Whooptiefriggindoo!!!!!
WoooHoooo!!!!
FOR REEEEELZ!
YES!!!!
LOVE THIS FREAKIN TEAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE!
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHH BABY!!!!
Suck it Ovi
YAY! LGR!
Number ONE, Baby!!!
Winning.
hat for Prust!!!
NHL’s #1 team: You’re New York Rangers!!!
You’re was intentional
I agree,, PRUST WITH THE BH!!
I bet Cally gives the hat to McDonagh. It would be his first.
Gotta keep rollin’ before the inevitable collapse…
Thank goodness they made it interesting at the end. This season is getting boring. They win too much :-)
Wooooohoooooooo!!
I was really hoping for an ENG for Dubisnky. If we get that man going it’s like trading for a young top 6 forward.
overandout
who was trying to give Hank
his stick back at the very end of the game
(and Hank was telling him to
“Get the Byfuglien out of my way!!!”)
Woop woop.
Only 8 more wins, and we have 93 points, which should be just about good enough to clinch a playoff spot, no? Would be nice to do it with like 3 weeks left in the season.
The most important thing of the day is that Mac Truck is not injured. If he went down, we would be in a heap of trouble…
Marching On!
I LOVE THIS TEAM!!!
What were people saying about this weekend’s games?
C3, substituting for Miami Pimp this afternoon…. ;-)
And they swept them both. Hell yeah
get to watch the Red wings beat the philthies tonight on NBCSN, lovely, can’t wait!!! Let’s see there goons take penalties against the wings tonight while the wings score relentlessly on the power play :)
I didn’t see the game, is McDonagh hurt and will he miss games?
i may actually have that on later too tomg… gonna be interesting to see if the chode brothers play
Go Wings!
doncha just love smashing the weekend afternoon games and getting 4 pts
WOOOOO
McDonut came back! He’s alright!
No post game sucks.
On 1050 ESPN Radio, McDonagh told Kenny and Dave:
“It was a flukey injury I have had over the course of my career. My knee cap just gets tweaked and it’s nothing long term or serious. Everything is okay.”
Six points in 4 days, Thursday vs. Tampa, Sat. vs. Flyers and now today.
McTweak
(i reposted adam rotter who reposts everyone else so its ok)
seriously Dubi? i ask because i mentioned on FB it looked like his kneecap dislocated lol
That was almost the toe drag of doom…so glad McMonster is OK!
just think, Valentines Day against the Bruins! to hell with dinner, jewelry or chocolates, I WANT TWO REGULATION POINTS
When will this 3-1 slump come to an end, Carp?
I’ll be celebrating V day with my 20 boyfriends on the Rangers :P
me too mickey, and all our lovely boneheads
I thought it was his knee when it happened, glad it isn’t serious.
Chimera took a nice shot today!
ohh damn im too excited. wht a season so far!! carp, im sorry for that. ive been chatting on hockeystreams an forgot my manners. wont happen again.
Is this team good or what?
“I was really hoping for an ENG for Dubisnky. If we get that man going it’s like trading for a young top 6 forward.”
Do we need a SAVE DUBI campaign or is it all just hollow speculation? I’m willing to be treasurer.
To think that not only did we get rid of that disaster Gomez and his huge salary, but we got this stud defenseman as well is just MIND BLOWING..
Yev, surprised Gauthier hasn’t been tarred, feathered and strung up for that trade. Must be the fact that he speaks French that is saving him.
yea, that was a nice highway robbery done by the old cigar smoking GM I’m very happy to say :-).
The Gomez/McD trade was one of those joke trades people like to make on the board (like Wolski for Malkin), but then it actually happened in real life.
McDONAGH GETS THE HAT!
Because Captain Callahan has class.
Grabby!!!?
Torts says it should have been Pruster.
Mickey, I think it was Gainey who made the Gomez for No Gomez deal, wasn’t it?
>>>yea, that was a nice highway robbery done by the old cigar smoking GM I’m very happy to say :-).
Humbug!! I’m ticked off that Slats didn’t also steal Max Pacioretty in the Gomez deal!!
I think that was a “Gainey” too…...
LOL! the trade sure was a THEFT! I mean, McDonagh was the #12 pick overall. Not really sure what Montreal was thinking? But the idea that we got him and got rid of a huge problem just blows my mind. Must give Slats props for that one.
McDonagh il no parle pas francais?
Gainey should be promoted to Rangers vice-GM…
So McD is gonna give us a heart attack every once in a once? Thanks, Mac Truck.
Opps, my bad on the Habs GM at the time. Thanks for the correction Carp!
Montreal was smoking some good weed at the time, I would guess.
Aaaand a postgame hattie
Hats for Mickey!!!! Throw ‘em!!
McDonough was unsigned and would have went back into the draft before Sather made the deal. Gomez had a great post season a couple years back.
Really Vogs? Mac Truck wasn’t going to sign with Montreal? That is the first time I have heard that. Do you have a source or a link about that?
I thought as long as McD remained in college he would have been Habs property. I remember reading they were not as enthused about his progress though.
Hahaha!!! Their loss, CTB!
I’m relatively sure there was a contract issue with McD and Montreal. Montreal was not going to give him the money he wanted to turn pro so they would have lost him potentially in the next draft.
It sure turns out to be a great deal for us. But Gomez did have a monster post season the year they upset the Caps and someone else only to lose in the Eastern finals.
I know I’m two hours late to this convo as I was at MSG but today’s crowd was the quietest crowd of the entire season. I guess it was the combination of the very early start time plus it was kids day so lots of kids in the stands but it was almost pre-season like for much of the game today.
I’ll disagree though on the Knicks vs Rangers. I’ve been to a fair share of knicks games over the past decade and they’ve been just as bad as pre-season hockey games for a long time. Knick games are also different because they play music/cheer music during live action.
I certainly don’t disagree that the crowd isn’t as loud as it used to be and that many have been priced out of the building but I had thought the crowd has been pretty good the past few games until Period 1-2 vs Tampa on Thursday and today, which was much worse than even Thursday.
the key was sather dumped that horrible contract of Gomez’s and got something in return.
he looked like gumby when he fell on his knee. they mighve given him a shot of demerol or something. these boys are just tough as nails. but who knows if we hold them off without mcdonagh.
Wings better not blow this streak against the Flyers! Need a regulation win!
And not only did he get “something” in return… he got a player that I think will be an all star for years to come….
If flyers lose, we are up 8 points with 2 games in hand!
http://blueshirtsunited.com/photos/749
LOL! McDonut looks so awkward.
>>...today’s crowd was the quietest crowd of the entire season.
That was just a strategy to keep Ovechkin quiet. It worked, didn’t it?
Montreal was having difficulty signing No Gomez too, so they threw him into the deal.
new post.
I don’t think anyone knew how good McD was going to be.
I was close with my Caps 7-0 prediction. They just ran out of time. You saw how completely overmatched we looked at the end of the 3rd. Like the amateur-hour squad we are, we barely managed to close out the game. Bush-leaguimus.