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Bad Game - Great Blog Post

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Sorry about that. That was an odd game, a game where we expended so much energy to lose 7 to 4. We were down 4-1; tied it up 4-4; then basically lost the “second game within the game” by a score of 3-0.

To say nothing worked on defense, in goal and on our special teams would be an understatement.

Where are all of the experts on ice quality today, by the way?

Alex Ovechkin was ready to fight to help jump start us as a team. That is what Captains have to do sometimes but Matt Bradley wouldn’t stand for that. Check out this blog post. It is witty and has great graphics and captions.

Sorry about last night. That wasn’t fun. We can’t lick our wounds as we have another game tonight.

Thank You Matt and Here We Go Again

Friday, November 20th, 2009

I would like to play one single game where all of our players are healthy and in the lineup. Just one as it hasn’t happened this season yet. Imagine if we were healthy. How many points would we have? What kind of pace would we be playing in terms of points garnered?

We are really banged up.

No Alexander Semin; Mike Knuble; Boyd Gordon; Quintin Laing; Milan Jurcina; Shaone Morrisonn. Jose Theodore is out for a few days and, of course, Michael Nylander is deciding where he wants to play. It is funny. That is about $20 million in payroll not in the lineup.

We have back to back games this weekend. We will play both of our young goaltenders. We will play John Carlson on defense. He is 19 years old.

Let the games begin.

And I want to do another shout out to Matt Bradley, the epitome of a hockey player. Matt is one of my favorite people in the locker room. He is so upbeat and so grateful to play in the NHL. He loves his teammates and our fans. He plays every game like it should be played.

Matt’s performance at MSG was a great one. I enjoyed reading this piece on him in the DC Sports Bog. Check it out.