Comments on: After Horrible Start, Washington Capitals Fans Sacrifice Rubber Cow and Goat to Hockey Gods

By: Andrew Sager

Andrew Sager — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:09:00 +0000

Laying down the pain ACN…

By: jennrubenstein

jennrubenstein — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:15:00 +0000

full text of rabbi leighann’s bracha for the clicking impaired:

As an emissary to the One Who Spoke and It Came to Be, I hereby place the past downfalls of this team upon the heads of these creatures: Defensive breakdowns, lack of focus, no sense of urgency, a breakdown of team spirit and love of the game. In order that these creatures and the sins I have placed upon them on behalf of the Caps be sacrificed, that these sins shall be no more, & any trace of them shall be obliterated with their sacrifice. So it has been spoken, so shall it be. Amen.

also, go bucks =)

By: ACN

ACN — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 20:01:00 +0000

Are you Tracee Hamilton in disguise? Skipping an on ice option does not mean that players are not practicing or loafing in bed at home–they’re still in the building, and can be doing anything from reviewing video to working out on the gym equipment. In far, in this shortened season, with Ovechkin being one of the players who did play during the lockout, taking the option to not be on ice in order to focus on something else (like, say, video review) and conserving his strength could be better and more beneficial for him.

It is such a tired, strawman argument to say a player not being on the ice for every optional is a bad leader, and frankly, I’m sick of people who don’t understand how an actual practice runs using it. Ovechkin can be a good leader by being the best player possible and improving his play– and unless you’re Adam Oates and actually in the room and coaching, you and the rest of us have no idea what that entails, whether it’s being on the ice or not.

By: Matt Mendelsohn

Matt Mendelsohn — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:26:00 +0000

Just saw that Ovechkin (and a few others) skipped the optional practice. Such great leadership skills during a crisis. Remind me not to follow him into battle.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:00:00 +0000

Uhh. What have you seen that leads you to believe the Three Stooges (Ted, George and Dick) will go after. Big FA? Ever since Jagr burned them after his extension, Ted won’t go after any big time FA. That’s why REAL caps fans and not the kool-aid drinkers want them to keep losing until changes are made. 15 years of the same B.S. with George, enough is enough.

By: jennrubenstein

jennrubenstein — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:53:00 +0000

i don’t think there is any part of me that could go along with an “it’s okay, let’s just keep losing” mentality. not even during last year’s “suck for luck” campaign. not that i’d complain about drafting seth jones…

By: jennrubenstein

jennrubenstein — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:49:00 +0000

haha! we’ll see what she says…

By: Matt Mendelsohn

Matt Mendelsohn — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:47:00 +0000

Mike said that towns like Philly and NY and Boston have hockey traditions that go back generations, not just years (which is true), and that in the grand scheme of things, folks in Washington are just hopping aboard the express. That’s true, too. Given the shaft he got from management last year (as they were handing him the keys to his jet ski, all while figuring out to healthy scratch him yet again), I think his comments were pretty obvious, bland and non-newsworthy. He could have been brutally honest, after all. I’m a diehard Caps fan but couldn’t be happier to see Mike scoring again. After watching the debacle in Pittsburgh the other night (and last week, too), it’s clear we STILL could use 22. We have no net crashing presence and garbage goal man.

By: vtavgjoe

vtavgjoe — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:42:00 +0000

This was always going to be a rebuilding year – 3rd coach, mismatched players for whatever system is left, and last year’s very shallow free agent pool. Next year has a very deep free agent pool. Just ride this one out, get a good draft pick(s), and don’t sell the entire farm system for Luongo, and next year will be great.

By: Mordy

Mordy — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:38:00 +0000

#G-dIsNotImpressed