Comments on: Michal Neuvirth’s Heel Turn: Dishing on Alex Semin and Why He’s Glad Dale Hunter Left

By: Priscilla Villanueva

Priscilla Villanueva — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:01:00 +0000

I can respect your position except for the part about Holtby outplaying him. As far as I could tell, Neuvy would have been the man if Sturm hadn’t fallen on his leg. So I can’t say that Holtby outplayed Neuvy because that implies a head to head competition and there was none. Holtby was the goalie during the playoffs by default. Otherwise it would have been Neuvy backing him up against Boston and not Dany Sabourin. Still, I was ecstatic with Holtby’s performance and could not agree more with the choice to keep him in goal during the playoffs even after Neuvy recovered because a) he had the hot hand and b) there was no upside to putting Neuvy in. If he lost a game, the game would be lost and Holtby’s confidence would have taken a shot from being pulled in favor of Neuvy and that would have been the series. But if I were a hockey player, I would hope that I would be competitive enough to do whatever I could to play the most games possible, and I would hope to have the correct feelings, including being happy about not having to deal with a coach that didn’t give me any confidence for most of the season. His feelings are his feelings and you can’t say he’s wrong: Neuvy never felt supported by Hunter and it got worse when Hunter called Holtby up to start instead of Neuvy against the Sharks in February after which Holtby proceeded to get smacked around for 5 goals – some pretty soft if memory serves. If I were him, I’d want a different coach, too, if that’s what I thought would help me to be successful in this league.

By: ranndino

ranndino — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:36:00 +0000

Just an FYI. My girlfriend is Czech. She says there is no problem with the translation.

By: ranndino

ranndino — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:28:00 +0000

How is Semin thin skinned? He’s been singled out for unfair criticism (detailed stats bear this out very well) for years and has never even bothered to respond. Sounds like a very thick skinned guy to me. Not re-signing him was a big mistake. Who is gonna score goals now? 4th line grinders that all of you are so in love with?

By: ranndino

ranndino — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:25:00 +0000

Maybe Hunter should’ve been gone for taking a team that had the expectations of going deep into the playoffs and maybe even winning the Cup and turning it into a team that barely made the playoffs and no expected to get out of the first round, eh?

By: ranndino

ranndino — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:23:00 +0000

Good to see you’re a big fan of corpspeak.

By: Георгий Омариев

Георгий Омариев — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 06:42:00 +0000

Holt eats y at dinner

By: Michal Neuvirth Reacts to iSport Story and Translation

Michal Neuvirth Reacts to iSport Story and Translation — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:51:09 +0000

[...] Michal Neuvirth stopped by Kettler today to speak with Caps senior writer Mike Vogel. Neuvy took time to address the recent comments he made to František Suchan of iSportz.Cz, that we translated in two articles earlier this week [I and II]. [...]

By: DC Pro Sports Report » Live Micropone: Caps goalie Michal Neuvirth

DC Pro Sports Report » Live Micropone: Caps goalie Michal Neuvirth — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:28:49 +0000

[...] by Mark Buterbaugh on August 23, 2012. Posted in Washington Capitals Via the Russian Machine Never Breaks. “He isn’t what he used to be, that’s for sure. And if a team like ours wants to have a [...]

By: Pete

Pete — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:52:00 +0000

What an idiot. Another reason why the Crap$ wont win jack shit this year

By: psps23

psps23 — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 05:31:00 +0000

“With a new coach, it’s a new beginning and I am happy about Oates. Also because it means Dale Hunter isn’t staying.”

“Your teammate Roman Hamrlík wasn’t happy about Hunter either. What didn’t you like about him?”

“If only because Holtby was number one under him in playoffs.”

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Yep, sounds like a stand up guy, that Neuvirth. A teammate gets your starting spot (and absolutely deserved to retain it after undeniably outplaying you) and you think the coach should go.

That’s the type of guy I want on my team.