I have been overwhelmed with emails this week, very nice supportive emails. I cannot thank you enough.
However, as you would expect, there have been some interesting emails too in which I will paraphrase about. "I hate the framing on the Nicklas Backstrom mini jersey gift." "Please trade Gordon and Steckel and bring back Jeff Halpern." "Please sing the Canadian National Anthem at the Florida game." "I was given three free tickets to the game by a friend but I need four. Please find me a free ticket in the row where I am sitting. It is the least you can do for me as I am a fan of the team and watch every game and I am coming from Carolina to watch the game." "My metro train was late and I missed some of the game against the Flyers. You should give me free tickets as an apology for my missing some of that game." "I am a Montreal fan first and foremost. Could you Fed Ex me a signed Ovechkin jersey and a signed Ovechkin puck? I promise to root for you to play against us in the playoffs." "My hotdog was cold and the ketchup was nearly empty. What are you going to do to make it up to me? How about four free tickets on the glass?" "I have a big idea on how to fill the stands. Get people on the metro to give away tickets and red jerseys as they go to work in the mornings. I bet more people would go to the games in this way." "Is it just me or does this team have no spark? They aren’t fore-checking or playing hard for the coach." "Do you really believe you have a playoff caliber team? What you need is a league exemption for Chris Clark and bring back Peter Bondra. He will help the power play in the playoffs. Call Bettman. I bet he will find a way to make this happen for us. It will be like bringing back Roger Clemens at the end of the season and your TV ratings will soar."
Thanks for posting your emails. It always makes me laugh. I so very much appreciate what you have done for our team. I hope you know that for every oddball comment out there, there are dozens of genuine Caps fans who appreciate what you do.
In exchange for hitting the submit button each day here, I want free tickets for Saturday night. Two behind the Caps bench, two at center ice, midway up and two for my inlaws in the last row of section 408.
PS-Just kidding…
Where does all this entitlement handout attitude come from? I purchased two club level seats for both Tuesday and Thursday for clients and had my three children with me on Tuesday in the lower bowl. Awesome product Ted. Worth the price of admission.
Drove myself and parked too! Imagine that!
Hello, i have a question. If the caps win their last to games thier in, Because we only need either boston ottwa or flyers to loose once, But ottwa and the bruins play each other so someone will loose please advise. Thanks gabby
The only thing not so great right now is the PP. Shot the puck!
Ted, I demand you hand over majority ownership to me because I was once late to a game because of a metro delay, I will also accept you putting me as first line left wing…Its the least you can do i’m sure Ovie will understand and be happy to play second line. People are so ridiculous sometimes or just not bright.
Thanks for the afternoong laugh, Ted. Folks are nuts. As a fan from the begnning, I, again, THANK YOU, Ted. You’ve brought back the Red, white & blue, locked up the Great 8 & made this a team that is buzzed about here … and across the league!
Ted,
BLESS YOU!
actually – whenever I’ve ever ordered a hot-dog (which is rare) – maybe five times this year at VC, there’s NEVER, EVER, EVER any ketchup in the condiments section.
I’m 99% certain the cold hotdog guy is just being silly in response to seeing the emails here. Ditto for the person who suggested that you hand out free tickets in the metro to fill up…wait… the previous ownership used to do that because they had no idea/didn’t care to market the team.
Now if I can answer some…
Trading Gordon and Steckel for Halpern: Uh, folks, Boyd Gordon is going to be one of the best defensive forwards in the NHL in the near future, and likely will be a finalist or win the Selke Trophy at least once in his career. He’s the best defensive forward the Caps have had since Kelly Miller, and that saying something since we’ve had a bunch of good ones here (Kono, Ulf Dahlen, Halpern, even Sergei Fedorov). Steckel is a great face-off guy and a great character guy.. you need someone like that on your roster, esp. in the post season (The Caps have several: Steckel, Laing, Cooke).
As for Halpern. He’ll be a UFA soon, and then he can sign with anyone. If the Caps need another checking center then why not bring him back? If they don’t need one because of Gordon and Steckel, well, Jeff will be gainfully employed in the NHL somewhere.
In re-reading the others… there’s a lot of silliness in there.
Any word on the ketchup packets making a return?
To paraphrase a great moment from The Office. You should let them know that you will be filing their e-mail in a special folder reserved for e-mails like those aka the trash bin.
im starting to think these are fake because they know you will publish them regularly. they just seem too absurd to be real…lets focus on hockey
This looks like a favorite segment of yours. In less than 2 hours, you’ve already gotten so many comments. I know I look forward to reading this stuff.
Some people are so ridiculous!
Some of those emails are truly sad. I’m glad you get so many good ones to make up for it!
Ted,
I think about 90% of these are just folks pulling your leg now!
Some people are so funny.
Are these people serious….”the least you could do for me…” haha. Ted you have done so much for this town, if anything people should be doing things for you. Thank you for building a team we can all be proud of, keep the faith and “Don’t stop believing…..” – Journey
Hey Ted, could you just forward some of those emails to me so I can answer them for you? I’d be delighted to help out in that manner and definitely have a few things to say to them.
Ted, now that people know you blog about these crazy emails, they are clearly making up some outlandish stuff to make your list. I predict they will continue to get more and more ridiculous.
GO CAPS!!!
all I can say is WOW!! (slapping hand aginst forehead)
You should hold a contest for stupidest/greediest comments/suggestions and give the winner a one-way ticket to Siberia…you can throw a jersey in to help keep them warm
For the guy who wants a free, signed puck, instead of mighty mites during a period break, this guy can stand in the crease while Alex Ovechkin wings pucks at him…if he catches one, he can keep it :0
Geez Ted I offered to bake the team an authentic French Cassoulet if you’d sign Huet.
No mention; where’s the love?