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Tampa Bay Lightning at Washington Capitals, Mar 4, 2010 7:00 PM EST


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Hey kids. Another game, another team. This one’s on tv for me this time.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 6:40 PM EST reply actions  

Yeah – rampant Caps homerish. Gotta love that! :o|

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:00 PM EST up reply actions  

cassie are you a caps fan? living up there and all?

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by Meredith Qualls on Mar 4, 2010 7:01 PM EST up reply actions  

Uh…no.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:01 PM EST up reply actions  

just checking. you never know.

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by Meredith Qualls on Mar 4, 2010 7:03 PM EST up reply actions  

I like a lot of the players on the team, but I could never be a Caps fan. I had Varlamov’s girlfriend try to convince me to change over to the Caps one night, but I told her I just couldn’t. She agreed with me in the end that I should change teams just because I moved. ;o)

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:06 PM EST up reply actions  

that a pretty intense dislike for the place where you live. but i get it :) the caps have enough fans as is.

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by Meredith Qualls on Mar 4, 2010 7:10 PM EST up reply actions  

present

hello hello!

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by Meredith Qualls on Mar 4, 2010 6:58 PM EST reply actions  

Howdy, howdy!

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:01 PM EST up reply actions  

What? Beer? :o|

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:06 PM EST up reply actions  

Ooo! A root beer float sounds kind of good. Hmmm.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:10 PM EST up reply actions  

HOORAY BEER!!!

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 7:10 PM EST reply actions  

:oD

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:11 PM EST up reply actions  

And making sure I say good evening to you John...LOL

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 7:20 PM EST up reply actions  

So far, neither team as impressed me.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:12 PM EST reply actions  

Spelling = bad for me today. :o(

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:14 PM EST up reply actions  

Good evening everybody~

Got to find “alternative” means of watching the game. It’s not on gamecenter live because it’s apparently one of the VS games. But the VS game I got is NYR/Pit… which the Rags lead 1-0 early in the 1st.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 7:13 PM EST reply actions  

I never realized how much the Caps coach reminds me of the late Dana Elcar (an actor… He was in “MacGyver”)

9:12. Lights out. Raw Charge.

by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 7:13 PM EST reply actions  

And from the wayback machine... Blacksheep Squadron

With Robert Conrad as Pappy Boyington… And he does kinda resemble him…

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 7:14 PM EST up reply actions  

He’s hysterical in the local commercials. He should really go into acting. Wait – he already did! He was in Slap Shot.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:15 PM EST up reply actions  

oh my gosh. macguyver is my fave. the dana elcar reference is right on.

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by Meredith Qualls on Mar 4, 2010 7:15 PM EST up reply actions  

I always got a bit of a Nikita Krushchev vibe from the washington coach….short, balding and a bit frumpy

by Lightningfan7609 on Mar 4, 2010 7:29 PM EST up reply actions  

Hello. How are we all? I am working and lurking (as always).

Hopefully will be a good game, but with the latest streak I am not optimistic we can come away with some points.

by Sidicus on Mar 4, 2010 7:16 PM EST reply actions  

Hiya Jon

Glad you’re with us as usual

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 7:17 PM EST up reply actions  

We were okay up until a couple of minutes ago. Not you – Smitty letting in a goal. Hi, Jon! :o)

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:18 PM EST up reply actions  

Hi Jon...

O Ye of Little Faith….lol

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 7:18 PM EST up reply actions  

i’m with you jon. not optimistic.

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by Meredith Qualls on Mar 4, 2010 7:19 PM EST up reply actions  

Serious scrum in NY...

Cindy Crosby took a poke at Hank Lundqvist…and chaos ensues…

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 7:16 PM EST reply actions  

Fehr scores. Caps 1-0.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:17 PM EST reply actions  

the beginning of the end.

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by Meredith Qualls on Mar 4, 2010 7:17 PM EST reply actions  

Hey, hey, hey – it’s early yet!

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:17 PM EST up reply actions  

Smitty not off to a good start tonight...

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 7:17 PM EST reply actions  

Just saw video of the camo warmup jerseys the Caps wore… Um, no thanks…..

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 7:19 PM EST reply actions  

They’re too busy. Luckily, it was just for warmups. They’re not wearing them for the game.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:20 PM EST up reply actions  

Thankfully.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 7:21 PM EST up reply actions  

Lightning penalty. Caps PP.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:21 PM EST reply actions  

Who’s in the box? I missed it.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 7:23 PM EST up reply actions  

Fozzie, I think. For slashing.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:23 PM EST up reply actions  

foster for tripping

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by Meredith Qualls on Mar 4, 2010 7:23 PM EST up reply actions  

Or could be tripping, too. :oD

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:24 PM EST up reply actions  

Thank you.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 7:24 PM EST reply actions  

Some call it flopping...

..I prefer to think of it as being “acrobatic”. Glass half full and all….

by Lightningfan7609 on Mar 4, 2010 7:25 PM EST reply actions  

I thought in Fosters case it would be is the glass half broken….

by Sidicus on Mar 4, 2010 7:31 PM EST up reply actions  

ROFL +1

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 7:31 PM EST up reply actions  

I'm assuming "new guy" is on Vinny's line?

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 7:26 PM EST reply actions  

Looks like it. Everyone else has had a shot, why not Teddy?

by Lightningfan7609 on Mar 4, 2010 7:27 PM EST up reply actions  

Well, I hope the kid pans out. I saw where Purcell and Vinny went to the same High School (only about 8 yrs apart)…Notre Dame academy. Team mascot Hounds. So if Vinny and this kid click and play together we can always say “Unleash the hounds!”

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 7:30 PM EST up reply actions  

Yes, Purcell with Malone and Enzo

Haven’t gotten a chance to focus on him. He has appeared quick though. But so did Tanguay on the one shift of his I noticed…

9:12. Lights out. Raw Charge.

by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 7:29 PM EST up reply actions  

Why do they have a commercial for the NHL Awards in Vegas on now in March when it’s in June?

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:28 PM EST reply actions  

…Maybe?

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:30 PM EST up reply actions  

I wanna go!

Not necessarily to see the NHL awards, although that would be cool, but just to go to Vegas!

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 7:36 PM EST up reply actions  

Downie scores! All tied up at 1.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:29 PM EST reply actions  

Wow

a goal not scored by Stammer or Marty.

by FloridaownsFSU on Mar 4, 2010 7:29 PM EST reply actions   2 recs

It was bound to happen some time. Law of averages and all that, you know.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:30 PM EST up reply actions  

Yeah, but from the same line as marty and stammer…

by Lightningfan7609 on Mar 4, 2010 7:30 PM EST reply actions  

I want Fozzie re-signed.

Other UFA’s can walk. Bring back Fozzie

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 7:30 PM EST reply actions  

With the new owner they can afford the glass repairs, huh?

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:32 PM EST up reply actions  

Agree with that!

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 7:32 PM EST up reply actions  

I agree. I want Foster back next year.

Despite how he is currenlty playing, would like Nitty back but with up and coming talent and Smith wanting to be the top goalie don’t think thats very likely to happen.

by Sidicus on Mar 4, 2010 7:35 PM EST up reply actions  

Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if they trade Smitty this summer...

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 7:37 PM EST up reply actions  

I’m sure smitty was on the block yesterday and wouldn’t be surprised if he is moved (or released before the draft).. I agree with keeping Foster and honestly I wouldn’t mind them keeping Veilleux. I think he’s been misused a bit this year, when he’s been on the 3rd line and pk he’s been alright. Solid defensive forward.

by Lightningfan7609 on Mar 4, 2010 7:39 PM EST up reply actions  

They'd have to buy Smith out, not release him

His one year left on his contract would be spread out over a few years. I’d rather keep him then do that (hurt the cap over several years with his salary)

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 7:41 PM EST up reply actions  

From some of the scuttlebutt I heard, they were really close to dealing him yesterday, but I didn’t hear who it was that was interested. Someone suggested Chicago… but we’ll probably never know..

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 7:45 PM EST up reply actions  

Parrish to the box. Caps PP.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:31 PM EST reply actions  

Must be that new coach….

by Lightningfan7609 on Mar 4, 2010 7:34 PM EST reply actions  

One PK hard to judge the coach by

Is Johnson behidn teh bench this time, btw? Or still in the press box like Tuesday?

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 7:36 PM EST up reply actions  

Too bad the Purcell acquisition was so late

The guy can keep up with Vinny. Question is, can he finish?

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 7:40 PM EST reply actions  

I just hope he gets a fair shake to find out… put him on Vinny’s line and leave him alone…

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 7:41 PM EST up reply actions  

Good luck.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:41 PM EST up reply actions  

Well, I can hope….

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 7:43 PM EST up reply actions  

Good for the Lightning that they’re keeping up with the Caps so far.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:41 PM EST reply actions  

They played last night and had to travel from Buffalo. Maybe they’re just a step slow…

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 7:42 PM EST up reply actions  

I’ll take any advantage over them that is available.

by Lightningfan7609 on Mar 4, 2010 7:44 PM EST up reply actions   1 recs

Rec'd

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 7:45 PM EST up reply actions  

I think the name is French.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:48 PM EST up reply actions  

Ah – it’s Norman.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:50 PM EST up reply actions  

By the way, have I ever mentioned that I dabble in genealogy? :oD

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:50 PM EST up reply actions  

Only every single day.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:52 PM EST up reply actions  

She's lying, people

She hates talking to me. Avoids it at ALL COSTS!!

9:12. Lights out. Raw Charge.

by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 7:54 PM EST up reply actions  

uh, yeah right...LOL

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 7:55 PM EST up reply actions  

Well, I would, but I can’t seem to avoid you at all. You’re everywhere. I knew I should never have given you my phone number. The texts – dear god, the TEXTS! ;o)

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:56 PM EST up reply actions  

ROFL

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 7:56 PM EST up reply actions  

I admit it

…OK, I admit it.. Sending you “EAT AT JOE’S” at all hours overdoes it a bit. But Uncle Joe IS a great cook!!

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 7:57 PM EST up reply actions  

You traumatize me, John. :o|

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:58 PM EST up reply actions  

Only 24 hr diner we got is waffle house....

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:00 PM EST up reply actions  

Is that an offer? :oD

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:01 PM EST up reply actions  

Excuse me, I was busy with the last text reminder

Whee I offered to pay. Not that you ever take it up.

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 8:02 PM EST up reply actions  

Thought it was shortened

Thanks for the research :)

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 7:51 PM EST up reply actions  

No idea.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 7:49 PM EST up reply actions  

After one period, it’s all tied up 1-1.

Shots are 14-9 Caps; three players have two shots each. The Lightning have the edge on faceoffs, having won 57%; Stamkos & Lecavalier have identical stats – 4-2 (67%). The Lightning have out-hit the Caps 9-8; Smaby has four hits. Five different players have a turnover each, two players have a steal each, and Lundin has two blocked shots.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:47 PM EST reply actions  

OK, fine, have the Awards show in Vegas

But if you have another TSN produced show, hold it in Windsor instead. Last year’s awards show was a black eye on Vegas, it was so horrible.

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 7:50 PM EST reply actions  

I didn't bother to watch it.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 7:51 PM EST up reply actions  

I try to avoid it. It’s not a sophisticated production. Painfully so.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:53 PM EST up reply actions   1 recs

Speaking of which

You are watching teh pre-show for the Oscars right?

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 7:54 PM EST up reply actions  

I’ll watch the red carpet sometimes, but only if I remember. Why?

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 7:54 PM EST up reply actions  

just thinking of fashion and how you like that stuff

Not that you ever told me or anything… ;-)

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 7:55 PM EST up reply actions  

To be honest about every kind award show tends to put me to sleep.

by St Longo Drew on Mar 4, 2010 7:57 PM EST up reply actions  

I like seeing how badly people can do up actors and actresses and how the media tries to pass them off as stylish. Frankly, I’m in it for the train wrecks. I’d rather see a list of winners after the fact than slog thru the actual show, tho.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:00 PM EST up reply actions  

Only time I watched was the year that Marty won just about every award there was…

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 7:54 PM EST up reply actions  

2004

le sigh…

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 7:55 PM EST up reply actions  

They are always lame

But the producers out did themselves this time.

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 7:53 PM EST up reply actions  

Off topic of this game, but...

Penguins and Rangers DO NOT like each other…in case nobody noticed already…

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 7:51 PM EST reply actions  

off topic

does anyone else feel like the capitals, being located in the nation’s capital, should win? in other words, i feel kind of guilty when the nation’s capital loses….. not that i like the team or anything.

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by Meredith Qualls on Mar 4, 2010 7:58 PM EST reply actions  

Nope. Them losing doesn't bother me a bit..

I hockey anyway. Football is a different matter. I’m a Redskins fan. Always have been.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 7:59 PM EST up reply actions  

no

It’s completely different. This may represent the District of Columbia but it’s not treason to suggest you want their teams to fail.

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 8:01 PM EST up reply actions  

at this point I don’t feel bad if they lose. Too many bandwagon fans, a la post 2004 Red Sox fans. I grew up in Baltimore and remember when they had 5,000 people going to their games. I bet if you ask 10 caps fans only one or two would know who Mike Liut or Sylvan Cote were….

by Lightningfan7609 on Mar 4, 2010 8:04 PM EST up reply actions  

I used to refer to MCI Center/ Verizon center as...

“Tomb of the Unknowns Arena”. It was historically dead in that building. Especially with how the team was playing before Ovie showed up.

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 8:06 PM EST up reply actions  

I went to a practice the year after they went to the stanley cup (my parents lived in the neighborhood where their practice arena was, not only were there about 15 fans there, I couldn’t find any Caps merchandise to get signed. Not a cap, shirt, or calander to be found….

by Lightningfan7609 on Mar 4, 2010 8:10 PM EST up reply actions  

I was at their practice rink for the first day of training camp this season, and it was busy but not full. Nicest rink I think I’ve ever been in, tho.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:11 PM EST up reply actions  

I heard their new one was pretty sweet. The old one in Piney Orchard was pretty small, kind of a rec center feel to it. Their fans may be annoying (some of them), but their owner knows how to build a franchise….

by Lightningfan7609 on Mar 4, 2010 8:14 PM EST up reply actions  

This one’s in Alexandria, I think. Or maybe it’s Arlington. I get the two mixed up.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:15 PM EST up reply actions  

It’s perfectly patriotic to root against the DC team. I’d offer you a Teddy Roosevelt quote by way of an explantion, but we’re not supposed to talk politics here. So you’ll just have to take my word for it. :oD

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:02 PM EST up reply actions  

We're back

sorry we got all clique-ish here. Hockey time again.

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 8:03 PM EST reply actions  

Just in time for the Craps to score again..

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:04 PM EST up reply actions  

lame.

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by Meredith Qualls on Mar 4, 2010 8:04 PM EST up reply actions  

Knuble scores. PP goal, I believe. Caps 2-1.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:03 PM EST reply actions  

goodness we almost lost another one.

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by Meredith Qualls on Mar 4, 2010 8:06 PM EST reply actions  

How in the world

did AO not convert a breakaway?

Yikes.

by FloridaownsFSU on Mar 4, 2010 8:06 PM EST reply actions  

Think it rolled of his stick. Never got a decent shot…

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:08 PM EST up reply actions  

He held on to it for too long before he decided what he’d wanted to do with it, and by then he’d ran out of room.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:08 PM EST up reply actions  

Kinda like Vinny on shoot out tries...

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:09 PM EST up reply actions  

Yes indeedy.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:09 PM EST up reply actions  

Lightning PP.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:08 PM EST reply actions  

Knuble? Again? 3-1 Caps. Smitty is not happy, either.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:14 PM EST reply actions  

Think he thinks he was interfered with…

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:15 PM EST up reply actions  

Sorry. that was really bad grammar...

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:15 PM EST up reply actions  

Don’t Washington know it was our turn to score a goal? Someone should have words with them.

by Sidicus on Mar 4, 2010 8:14 PM EST reply actions  

What a tremendous pickup that was

for Washington with Mike Knuble. 25 goals now.

by FloridaownsFSU on Mar 4, 2010 8:15 PM EST reply actions  

ENZO!! THE BAKER!

Ends his six game goal-less drought

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 8:16 PM EST reply actions  

WOOOOO VINNY!!!!

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:16 PM EST reply actions  

Was that Knuble goal a shorty?

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:17 PM EST reply actions  

I don’t think so.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:19 PM EST up reply actions  

That was a power play goal by Vinny, by the way.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:19 PM EST reply actions  

good to see him shoot that puck and not try to pass it to a winger

by Lightningfan7609 on Mar 4, 2010 8:21 PM EST up reply actions  

what a great breakaway by downie!!

finally some momentum!

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by Meredith Qualls on Mar 4, 2010 8:20 PM EST reply actions  

Who is downh???

Who took that shot / hit?

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 8:20 PM EST reply actions  

Meszaros, I think.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:21 PM EST up reply actions  

Almost stepped on with a skate blade to the back, too.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:22 PM EST up reply actions  

Mez was having a bad shift then...ouch...

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:22 PM EST up reply actions  

He’s heading to the dressing room, too.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:23 PM EST up reply actions  

Boy that Vinny goal opened things up...

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:21 PM EST reply actions  

Sha-Sha

welcome to the party!

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 8:23 PM EST up reply actions  

vanity!

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by Meredith Qualls on Mar 4, 2010 8:23 PM EST up reply actions  

Hi Sha-Sha!

You survived the Olympics!

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:23 PM EST up reply actions  

But ya made it...that's the important thing...

survival is good.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:24 PM EST up reply actions  

Hello, Sha-Sha!

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:23 PM EST up reply actions  

Hi Cassie, but don’t have somewhere to be tonight?

by Dani Toth on Mar 4, 2010 8:24 PM EST up reply actions  

just joking….you don’t have to answer that

by Dani Toth on Mar 4, 2010 8:25 PM EST up reply actions  

After their last game, I decided to skip the drive to DC for this one. That, and I have to work tomorrrow. I’ll be there a week from tomorrow, tho. Don’t worry! :oD

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:25 PM EST up reply actions  

hello to you, I think we’ve only spoken by e-mail, but nice to see you on a GDT

by Dani Toth on Mar 4, 2010 8:28 PM EST up reply actions  

Hello, more people to yell and cheer, hooray. Game is less one sided than some people expected so that good (so far).

by Sidicus on Mar 4, 2010 8:24 PM EST up reply actions  

OK, as for Mesz

…um, just for the sake of asking, who is the first defenseman who the Lightnign would be able to recall from Norfolk?

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 8:24 PM EST reply actions  

Hale still hurt?

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:25 PM EST up reply actions  

WTH? I missed that one...

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:27 PM EST up reply actions  

yeah same here…

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by Meredith Qualls on Mar 4, 2010 8:27 PM EST up reply actions  

Lightning PP, by the way.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:26 PM EST reply actions  

Now 4-on-3 PP for the Lightning.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:27 PM EST up reply actions  

Fozzie’s injured.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:28 PM EST reply actions  

high stick

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:28 PM EST up reply actions  

Was that a double-minor?

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:29 PM EST up reply actions  

Marty's got the playoff beard working early this season,huh?

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:29 PM EST reply actions  

stammers was sporting a little stubble as well

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by Meredith Qualls on Mar 4, 2010 8:31 PM EST up reply actions  

HOW DID WE NOT SCORE.

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by Meredith Qualls on Mar 4, 2010 8:30 PM EST reply actions  

2 blocked shots by Backstrom

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:30 PM EST up reply actions  

As much as Foster hates them

I respect this crowd. And I usually HATE road crowds.

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 8:30 PM EST reply actions  

They’re not so fun to be in the middle of.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:30 PM EST up reply actions  

It was good for them. But I still hate 'em.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:32 PM EST up reply actions  

Whatever Malone is doing with his facial hair is NOT WORKING

by Dani Toth on Mar 4, 2010 8:31 PM EST reply actions  

Trying to copy Marty?

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:32 PM EST up reply actions  

looks like trying to emulate Jokinen

by Dani Toth on Mar 4, 2010 8:33 PM EST up reply actions  

Malone always looks like that.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:33 PM EST up reply actions  

No…it looks like there’s more jokinen handlebars going there…euch

by Dani Toth on Mar 4, 2010 8:34 PM EST up reply actions  

yuck.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:34 PM EST up reply actions  

You mean the Fu Manchu? Yeah, he’s been doing that for a long while now.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:35 PM EST up reply actions  

he was so well shaved on Team USA…..

by Dani Toth on Mar 4, 2010 8:36 PM EST up reply actions  

Was he? I didn’t notice. It seems to me that his face is often shaggy.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:37 PM EST up reply actions  

Varlamov is so keeping the Caps in this during this PK for them. (Lightning PP.)

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:33 PM EST reply actions  

One thing I noticed about the caps

they take the easy way out a lot, not exactly a hard working team. Don’t know if that bodes well for them come playoff time.

by Lightningfan7609 on Mar 4, 2010 8:35 PM EST reply actions  

I personally hope they flop and go out in the first round.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:36 PM EST up reply actions  

Not versus the west

I would LOVE to see a LA/Washington final… But most West teams will put them in a world of hurt.

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 8:36 PM EST up reply actions  

I don’t even want them to get a sniff of the finals. Goodbye in the first round…

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:37 PM EST up reply actions  

No problem with the Kings going. Especially since Halpy is there now.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:38 PM EST up reply actions  

I’ve been thinking that we’ll end up with a Washington-Chicago final.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:38 PM EST up reply actions  

I’m with you on that one….Washington is my team that makes it to the SCF

by Dani Toth on Mar 4, 2010 8:39 PM EST up reply actions  

Not ‘my’ team, but the team I have put money on

by Dani Toth on Mar 4, 2010 8:40 PM EST up reply actions  

wash is 4/1 to win the cup as are the blackhawks. vancouver is sitting at 10/1 – I kind of like that. Not that I partake in gamb….err short term investing.

by Lightningfan7609 on Mar 4, 2010 8:43 PM EST up reply actions  

I’m all over the gambling….we do with with a case of beer

by Dani Toth on Mar 4, 2010 8:44 PM EST up reply actions  

mmm beer.

the blackjack dealers get mad when I try to pay them with beer.

by Lightningfan7609 on Mar 4, 2010 8:52 PM EST up reply actions  

I’m thinking Washington/Vancouver.

But it’s already well known that I’m very high on this year’s Canucks team.

by FloridaownsFSU on Mar 4, 2010 8:40 PM EST up reply actions  

But I try not to bet on my own hometown team…too much dissapointment

by Dani Toth on Mar 4, 2010 8:41 PM EST up reply actions  

i think we're safe to do the same with the bolts.

that is, not count on them too heavily.

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by Meredith Qualls on Mar 4, 2010 8:42 PM EST up reply actions  

Oh, but I’m realistic with the Lightning, they play like shit.

by Dani Toth on Mar 4, 2010 8:44 PM EST up reply actions  

Gee, tell us how you really feel Sha-Sha. Don’t hold back. We can take it. :oD

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:44 PM EST up reply actions  

Well I’m just being realistic here. Vancouver has a legitimate chance at doing something, but their D is a little weak if Willie Mitchell doesn’t come back from his concussion.

But the Lightning, if they get in at 8th spot, will be ousted by Washington

by Dani Toth on Mar 4, 2010 8:46 PM EST up reply actions  

Anybody but Washington or Pittsburgh is fine with me. Or Montreal.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:39 PM EST reply actions  

Intermission

Ahem
“Let’s go out to the kitchen, let’s go out to the kitchen, let’s go out to the kitchen, and get ourselves a snack….”

9:12. Lights out. Raw Charge.

by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 8:42 PM EST reply actions  

AFTER the Vinny interview I will…

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:44 PM EST up reply actions  

Hey – no fair! I get a Knuble interview. Now I’m gonna pout. :o(

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:45 PM EST up reply actions  

oops. Sorry... :)

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:46 PM EST up reply actions  

I found the SunSports feed...

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:46 PM EST up reply actions  

He talked about you trying to add him to your friends list on FB...

And how upset he was. “It’s that Cassie woman. Ohlund was telling me aobut her…”

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 8:46 PM EST up reply actions  

Oh, you’re funny. ;o)

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:47 PM EST up reply actions  

After two periods, it’s 3-2 Capitals.

The Lightning are being out-shot 23-18; Lecavalier has five shots on goal. Tampa Bay has won 55% of the faceoffs; Stamkos is 6-3 (67%). The Lightning have out-hit the Caps 15-12; Stamkos & Ohlund have three hits each. Six players have a turnover each, Thompson has two steals, and Lundin has four blocked shots.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:44 PM EST reply actions  

another off topic...

Meredith… I saw the clips of the latest Unplugged they posted on the Lightning website. That was cool. Especially the little girl that asked if she could have a hug. That was adorable1

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:46 PM EST reply actions  

seriously. that little girl was the cutest thing ever. she had the whole crowd drooling.

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by Meredith Qualls on Mar 4, 2010 8:47 PM EST up reply actions  

I couldn’t tell, but she had to be all of what, 4 or 5?

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:47 PM EST up reply actions  

mmm yeah 3 or 4. she was little. and she totally demanded a hug from each one of them. it was super funny.

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by Meredith Qualls on Mar 4, 2010 8:48 PM EST up reply actions  

And she got one too. She was precious.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:49 PM EST up reply actions  

have to go

wish the lightning luck for me! !

lovely being here with you all !

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by Meredith Qualls on Mar 4, 2010 8:50 PM EST reply actions  

Later, Meredith!

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:51 PM EST up reply actions  

g'night Meredith!

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:51 PM EST up reply actions  

Rangers up 4-3 over Pittsburgh

that team is finally doing something offensively.

by FloridaownsFSU on Mar 4, 2010 8:52 PM EST reply actions  

Yeah…the Rangers have been pretty offensive all year…

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:53 PM EST up reply actions  

impressive because Gaborik is not playing

by Dani Toth on Mar 4, 2010 8:55 PM EST up reply actions  

I was referring to “offensive” as in stomach turning not scoring…LOL

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:58 PM EST up reply actions  

Versus just showed Halpy in a Kings uni...

it looked wrong… He’s wearing #22.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:54 PM EST reply actions  

It’s the first time he hasn’t worn #11 in the NHL

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:55 PM EST up reply actions  

from a washington caps twitter feed...

“Alex Ovechkin hasn’t scored a goal in 301:35 of Caps game time. "

by Lightningfan7609 on Mar 4, 2010 8:55 PM EST reply actions  

Oh lordy... Chief just said there's a problem with the lights....

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:57 PM EST reply actions  

Not again!

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:57 PM EST up reply actions  

Oh lord. 15 minutes til lights come back up to full power…

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 8:59 PM EST up reply actions  

They’re saying here that it could be up to 18 minutes until the lights come up.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 8:59 PM EST reply actions  

Should I be worried my livescore is still counting down?

I recon we got them running scared, needing only one goal to level the game.

by Sidicus on Mar 4, 2010 9:04 PM EST up reply actions  

Nah. They only delayed the game probably five minutes. They’re playing in dim lighting.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:05 PM EST up reply actions  

Lightning been doing that all season...

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:06 PM EST up reply actions  

Thanks, should think they are used to that by now.

All we need is a cameraman facing the Washington goalie, and taking flash photography was Tampa shoots.

by Sidicus on Mar 4, 2010 9:12 PM EST up reply actions  

Talk about being left in the dark...

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:01 PM EST reply actions  

Or in this case, playing in the dark…

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:01 PM EST up reply actions  

Slightly off topic

It looks like the two biggest restricted free agents are Downie and Lundin. How big of a raise do you think they will get and will anyone try to poach them from the Bolts?

by Lightningfan7609 on Mar 4, 2010 9:01 PM EST reply actions  

I think Lawton (or whoever is the GM at the time) will try to get them locked up.

At least I certainly hope so. But I’m also sure both will garner a lot of attention from other teams. Especially if they continue to play as well as they have so far.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:04 PM EST up reply actions  

He’s probably been helped by the fact that Tocchet is the coach. Similar styles and he’s certainly picked up his game this season.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:08 PM EST up reply actions  

Now the Caps are showing a feature on the new Lightning owner. Nice. They’re so…informative…here. :o|

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:04 PM EST reply actions  

They were saying that a new team president and GM would be announced by the Lightning.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:06 PM EST up reply actions  

There has been NOTHING ona new GM

A new PRESIDENT? Yes…

Not GM.

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 9:08 PM EST up reply actions  

Well, this is the Caps. Not likely they have the entire story. But, you never know.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:09 PM EST up reply actions  

Teddy P almost got himself a goal there!

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:05 PM EST reply actions  

I don't know why...

…but I’m happy to have someone on the team named “teddy”. Not enought “teddy’s” in the world.

by Lightningfan7609 on Mar 4, 2010 9:08 PM EST up reply actions  

Downie & Ovechkin – again? Still?

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:08 PM EST reply actions  

Still.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:09 PM EST up reply actions  

Frenemies.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:10 PM EST up reply actions  

It’s the beginnings of a bromance.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:11 PM EST up reply actions  

Makes me think of the quote: “To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” -Oscar Wilde. Don’t know why, it just did. :oD

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:14 PM EST up reply actions  

No, no, no...remember, his B/F is Stammer....

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:12 PM EST up reply actions  

We know too much about these guys. Seriously.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:15 PM EST up reply actions  

Between Down’s “crush” on Stammer and Bugsy’s bathroom habits, I’d say you were absolutely correct there….

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:16 PM EST up reply actions  

it won't happen...

the caps won’t let their captain fight someone who “doesn’t belong on the ice with Ovechkin”. Those aren’t my words…they come directly from the Caps owner.

by Lightningfan7609 on Mar 4, 2010 9:11 PM EST up reply actions  

I wouldn’t let Ovie fight Downie either if I was the Caps

by Dani Toth on Mar 4, 2010 9:18 PM EST up reply actions  

Seriously.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:19 PM EST up reply actions  

Nice D by Mez.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:10 PM EST reply actions  

I've seen every thing now..

Mezaros actually took some one out using his body….

by Lightningfan7609 on Mar 4, 2010 9:10 PM EST reply actions  

Well, he can’t skate, so he had to do something.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:11 PM EST up reply actions  

He actually skated hard to catch up…

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:11 PM EST up reply actions  

Walker scores. Caps up 4-2.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:17 PM EST reply actions  

And unwelcome

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:17 PM EST up reply actions  

Sweet goal by Vinny! 4-3 Caps.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:18 PM EST reply actions  

Oh come on

so that’s when the Lightning finally get the 3rd goal?

by FloridaownsFSU on Mar 4, 2010 9:18 PM EST reply actions  

Went to NHL GameCenter to watch this; it told me to put on Versus. So I dutifully switched to Versus, only to find the Rags-Pens.

Can’t win with this league.

by Donny Rivette on Mar 4, 2010 9:18 PM EST reply actions  

Found that out at the start of the game, unfortunately.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:19 PM EST up reply actions  

And welcome, by the way.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:20 PM EST up reply actions  

Hi, Donny. I guess this game’s also on NHLN?

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:20 PM EST up reply actions  

Indeed, Lady Cass…but Donny Got No NHLNy.

Won;t make that mistake next year.

by Donny Rivette on Mar 4, 2010 9:22 PM EST up reply actions  

This Versus tv deal seriously needs to be re-worked.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:24 PM EST up reply actions  

Yeah. Like take it off VS and put it somewhere else...

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:25 PM EST up reply actions  

Don’t think so.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:20 PM EST up reply actions  

Correction...yes.

Got one on Vinny’s 2nd goal.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:21 PM EST up reply actions  

Yes, he has.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:21 PM EST up reply actions  

He came up as assisting that last goal on the live-score, but its never 100% accurate.

by Sidicus on Mar 4, 2010 9:21 PM EST up reply actions  

Ok, its Vinny’s turn to get an (almost) hat-trick. (Stammers turn 2 nights ago).

by Sidicus on Mar 4, 2010 9:20 PM EST reply actions  

Good to be here…really need to get out more, ya know?

by Donny Rivette on Mar 4, 2010 9:23 PM EST up reply actions  

Don’t we all. Well, no, let me change that. Some of us really need to stay in more. ;o)

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:24 PM EST up reply actions  

Love the new hair, Cassie. If I may be so bold.

Oh, and yours looks terrific too, John.

by Donny Rivette on Mar 4, 2010 9:25 PM EST up reply actions  

Thanks! Tho it’s just up in a pony tail. I haven’t had my hair that short since I was a kid. :o)

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:27 PM EST up reply actions  

Was gonna ask you if you cut it….

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:27 PM EST up reply actions  

How funny. Guess I’ll have to put up another picture with my hair down again, huh? Don’t want to confuse anyone – more than usual, anyways.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:29 PM EST up reply actions  

Stamkos scores! 4-4.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:21 PM EST reply actions  

WOOOOO!! STAMMER!!

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:22 PM EST reply actions  

And now this game takes on a feel

very similar to the last game the Bolts and Caps played at the Verizon Center.

Hoping for a better result this time, of course.

by FloridaownsFSU on Mar 4, 2010 9:22 PM EST reply actions  

Walker scores. 5-4 Caps.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:22 PM EST reply actions  

and that faint bit of hope that the Bolts could get some points out of this game has been crushed. Like a paper cup being run over by a monster truck….

by Sidicus on Mar 4, 2010 9:25 PM EST up reply actions  

Now if Washington had just traded us Ovi for Nitty, it wouldn’t be this close.

by Sidicus on Mar 4, 2010 9:23 PM EST reply actions  

Well... Not what I wanted to see there!

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:23 PM EST reply actions  

Scott Walker used to be a decent offensive player

then again, that was about 10 years ago.

Walker has scored 40% of his goals on the season in the last 3 minutes. Not good.

by FloridaownsFSU on Mar 4, 2010 9:23 PM EST reply actions  

The Caps announcers have said that he’s within 4 goals of the NHL goal scoring leader.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:29 PM EST up reply actions  

Good for him!

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:30 PM EST up reply actions  

15

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:29 PM EST reply actions  

It would be nice...

…to see Malone get off the schnied and put one in the back of the net.

by Lightningfan7609 on Mar 4, 2010 9:30 PM EST reply actions  

Especially since he scored 3 in Vancouver.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:31 PM EST up reply actions  

He should do his best Parise imitation.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:32 PM EST up reply actions  

BTW

Rick Peckham is second only to Chuck Kaiton on my list of Broadcast Gods.

by Donny Rivette on Mar 4, 2010 9:30 PM EST reply actions  

I’ve always been partial to Jim Hughson myself.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:31 PM EST up reply actions  

Yes. I like both of them as PBP announcers too. Good delivery

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:32 PM EST up reply actions  

I vote Stamkos scores the game tying goal…. (the game is decided by Democracy right?)

by Sidicus on Mar 4, 2010 9:31 PM EST reply actions  

Sure. Sounds good to me.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:32 PM EST up reply actions  

Should've mentioned

this makes 5 straight games of 5+ goals allowed by Tampa Bay.

by FloridaownsFSU on Mar 4, 2010 9:32 PM EST reply actions  

Hard to win if you keep doing that. And I think our goal tending position is pretty good.

by Sidicus on Mar 4, 2010 9:33 PM EST up reply actions  

It is. But goaltending isn’t the only reason goals get scored.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:35 PM EST up reply actions  

What’s this thing called “defense” of which you speak?

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:33 PM EST up reply actions  

/sigh

maybe next year?

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:35 PM EST up reply actions  

I’ll let you know once I see who the new GM and coaches are.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:36 PM EST up reply actions  

defence is de fing you hand de gate on….

by Sidicus on Mar 4, 2010 9:36 PM EST up reply actions  

You watch American football, don’t you. ;o)

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:36 PM EST up reply actions  

ha ha, actually funny as my faince follows American Football, so I do so by default…. we seem to avoid all the sports that are actually popular in NZ.

by Sidicus on Mar 4, 2010 9:38 PM EST up reply actions  

Seems to be the difficult way of going about things, but at least you don’t buckle to peer pressure. :oD

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:40 PM EST up reply actions  

Stamkos to the box. Caps PP.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:33 PM EST reply actions  

That means he out of the race to get the game tying goal. Not a good start :(

by Sidicus on Mar 4, 2010 9:34 PM EST up reply actions  

I wasn't kidding

this game IS ending just like the last game the Bolts played at the Verizon Center. All the way down to the late penalty against the Bolts pretty much ending all chance.

by FloridaownsFSU on Mar 4, 2010 9:33 PM EST reply actions  

You’re like psychotic. I mean, psychic. Or something. :oD

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:37 PM EST up reply actions  

I thought psychotic described most all of us regulars in here...

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:38 PM EST up reply actions  

Shhh…! Don’t scare the lurkers. ;o)

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:39 PM EST up reply actions  

It's worse than you think

This is coming from a cop…

9:12. Lights out. Raw Charge.

by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 9:39 PM EST up reply actions  

now now... I resemble that remark...

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:40 PM EST up reply actions  

Oh...sorry...

NO WE’RE NOT A ROOM FULL OF PSYCHOS!!! (how’s that?)

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:40 PM EST up reply actions  

Uh…yeah. That was effective. After you let the cat out of the bag already. Thanks…. :o|

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:42 PM EST up reply actions  

You blend right in with the rest of us, Donny. Now what does that say about you? Huh? ;o)

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:43 PM EST up reply actions  

that was an inept attempt to get the puck in the zone

and equally inept closing attempt to score

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 9:34 PM EST reply actions  

And that’s all she (I?) wrote. Caps win 5-4.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:35 PM EST reply actions  

Not to sound biased or anything, but it was in regulation, yes?

by Donny Rivette on Mar 4, 2010 9:36 PM EST up reply actions  

Si.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:37 PM EST up reply actions  

Oui. C’est vrai.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:37 PM EST up reply actions  

Ok, then. Mine would be Si. Es verdad.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:38 PM EST up reply actions  

I hope they keep smitty in the net.

he might have given up 6, but they need to get him some constant starts to see if he’s the real deal or not.

by Lightningfan7609 on Mar 4, 2010 9:35 PM EST reply actions  

Well....poo.

But Vinny had a real good game. Maybe Teddy P will be a good fit for his line.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:36 PM EST reply actions  

Vinny was a man on a mission. He played like he had purpose. I hope he does. I hope his purpose is to drag this team into playoffs.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:38 PM EST up reply actions  

Ja ;-)

Vinny’s had two great games in a row. This time, he showed up on the scoresheet though

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 9:38 PM EST up reply actions  

Penguins/Rangers

this is pretty pathetic if I say so myself:

Shots on goal: Pittsburgh 50, New York 16
Score: Pittsburgh 4, New York 4

Rangers are getting outshot 3 to 1, and yet can still win in OT. Yikes.

by FloridaownsFSU on Mar 4, 2010 9:39 PM EST reply actions  

50? WTF? wow.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:40 PM EST up reply actions  

unfortunately true.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:41 PM EST up reply actions  

And to boot

the Rangers only had 1 shot in the 3rd period.

by FloridaownsFSU on Mar 4, 2010 9:41 PM EST up reply actions  

Better him experimenting on them and not us….

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:43 PM EST up reply actions  

Is Fleury in net? Because if he is, that’s an awful save percentage.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:41 PM EST up reply actions  

Thanks for stopping by!

Enjoyed the conversation.

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 9:43 PM EST up reply actions  

G'night

Y’all come back now, y’hear?

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:43 PM EST up reply actions  

Have a good night!

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:44 PM EST up reply actions  

Go Hank!

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:45 PM EST reply actions  

Nashville 2, Kings 1 end of 2.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:45 PM EST reply actions  

I cannot bring myself to pull for the Penguins....

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:46 PM EST up reply actions  

Rangers are a bigger roadblock for both of us than the Pens; but so what: New York got their Bettman Point out of it

by Donny Rivette on Mar 4, 2010 9:47 PM EST up reply actions  

Well, they just did.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:46 PM EST up reply actions  

55th shot on goal is the game winner.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:47 PM EST up reply actions  

Hank is pissed.

They showed him slamming his stick while walking down the hall

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 9:47 PM EST up reply actions  

He should be. He made 50 freakin’ saves, and they still lost. I’d be furious if I were him.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:48 PM EST up reply actions  

I was hoping the Rangers would win, frankly.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:47 PM EST reply actions  

Ditto.

Can't we all just get along?

by St Longo Drew on Mar 4, 2010 9:47 PM EST up reply actions  

Underdog

More than a standings thing

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 9:48 PM EST up reply actions  

I like the more of the players on that team. Lundqvist is one of my favorite goalies, I’ve always liked Prospal, and Torts is one of my favorite coaches.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:49 PM EST up reply actions  

And I didn't even know that

Malkin has his own 15 gamer going on? Sweet.

by FloridaownsFSU on Mar 4, 2010 9:47 PM EST reply actions  

That didn't take long...

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:47 PM EST reply actions  

I never did get around to congratulating you on that. I suppose it’s too late now, tho. Oh well. That’s too bad, really. ;o)

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:52 PM EST up reply actions  

I'm watching Kings/Preds.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:49 PM EST reply actions  

Wow the chat is still going….but I’m watching Kings/Preds too….

by Dani Toth on Mar 4, 2010 9:56 PM EST up reply actions  

Thanks again for the email. Got two separate paths I may wish to take

by Donny Rivette on Mar 4, 2010 9:50 PM EST up reply actions  

NP

I really should post something here

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 9:51 PM EST up reply actions  

Kind of ironic that I hear about Hockey Day in FLA through the Lightning network when two of the participants are the Panthers and affiliate Everblades.

by Donny Rivette on Mar 4, 2010 9:54 PM EST up reply actions  

What’s even sadder is that it comes out of a team in an ownership transition where things are even more muddled than usual.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:56 PM EST up reply actions  

I think the new ownership is the real deal. My two cents.

by Donny Rivette on Mar 4, 2010 9:59 PM EST up reply actions  

Yeah, that's the messed up thing

Also, I got email in the past from the Panthers PR people, more than a year ago… This instead of any communication coming from the Lightning. It was a joke.

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 9:55 PM EST up reply actions  

Stempniak already scored for PXH against COL. That worked out well for the NHL-owned Yotes

by Donny Rivette on Mar 4, 2010 9:49 PM EST reply actions  

At least you didn’t use PDX. Then you’d be in the wrong state. They only have a major junior team there, no NHL.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:51 PM EST up reply actions  

Dyslexic fingers?

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:51 PM EST up reply actions  

Always. I routinely mistake “Olli” for “Jussi”.

by Donny Rivette on Mar 4, 2010 9:52 PM EST up reply actions  

And I can’t spell either one…

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:54 PM EST up reply actions  

’Yotes went wild at the trade deadline… Good for them. I hope they make it into the playoffs and do well.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:50 PM EST up reply actions  

"Yotes went wild"

that sounds like a natural occurence for ’yotes.

by FloridaownsFSU on Mar 4, 2010 9:51 PM EST up reply actions  

LOL... guess it does...

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:52 PM EST up reply actions  

’Yotes makes me think of “yodel” whenever I see it or hear it.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:53 PM EST up reply actions  

Well, coyotes do howl…. Sorta like a yodel?

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:54 PM EST up reply actions  

That works too.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:56 PM EST up reply actions  

Wouldn’t that be Swiss?

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:56 PM EST up reply actions  

I like ABBA…..

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:57 PM EST up reply actions  

I am sorry

This is a no “Mama Mia!” Zone

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 9:58 PM EST up reply actions  

I was thinking more along the lines of “Dancing Queen”…LOL

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:58 PM EST up reply actions  

Do they yodel in Sweden too?

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:57 PM EST up reply actions  

The way they talk sounds sort of yodel-ish. Switzerland is famous for its yodelers. Or maybe that’s “infamous”? Goat herders! Haven’t you seen The Sound of Music?

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:58 PM EST up reply actions  

Doe a deer, a female deer....

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:59 PM EST up reply actions  

Seth MacFarlane wants to do a Family Guy “Sound of Music” parody. Amen.

by Donny Rivette on Mar 4, 2010 10:00 PM EST up reply actions  

Now I have that Lonely Goatherd song stuck in my head – thanks, Tina. :oÞ

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 10:01 PM EST up reply actions  

ROFL....sorry....

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 10:03 PM EST up reply actions  

What?

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 10:00 PM EST up reply actions  

Imagine hot Swedish women yodeling…. Nope, can’t. So, obviously, it wasn’t Sweden.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 10:00 PM EST up reply actions  

ok. I see your point...

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 10:01 PM EST up reply actions  

I know how men are. You say the word “beer” or “naked” in front of a guy, you’ve got their immediate and undivided attention. ;o)

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 10:04 PM EST up reply actions  

Problem is all the other clubs are paying for their acquisitions

by Donny Rivette on Mar 4, 2010 9:53 PM EST up reply actions  

Hopefully that'll change soon.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:53 PM EST up reply actions  

I mentioned this on Twitter earlier. It’s the chicken and the egg. You’ve got to win to make money, but you’ve got to have money to win.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 9:54 PM EST up reply actions  

NSH scored early in 3rd, 3-1 Preds.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 9:57 PM EST reply actions  

I can’t decide which team to cheer for….I’m so torn

by Dani Toth on Mar 4, 2010 10:00 PM EST up reply actions  

Kings.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 10:00 PM EST up reply actions  

I like them as the better team….but I carry a huge torch for Shea Weber

by Dani Toth on Mar 4, 2010 10:01 PM EST up reply actions  

Halpy plays for Kings now.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 10:02 PM EST up reply actions  

Meh….doesn’t become the deciding factor

by Dani Toth on Mar 4, 2010 10:03 PM EST up reply actions  

Does for me. But nothing against the Preds. Hope they do well and make playoffs.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 10:04 PM EST up reply actions  

and IF a GM is named that is not Lawton...

…I think I will actually respect Lawton more. He didn’t do something stupid draft day trying to save his own job.

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 10:02 PM EST up reply actions  

You mean, trade deadline day, right?

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 10:03 PM EST up reply actions  

yeah

The coaching thing did him in though…

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by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 10:04 PM EST up reply actions  

or both?

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 10:04 PM EST up reply actions  

Ah Brian…another talent the Whalers put their faith in a little too early

by Donny Rivette on Mar 4, 2010 10:03 PM EST up reply actions  

OH HELL NO....

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 10:05 PM EST up reply actions  

Not for the Bolts... not for the 'Nucks either.

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 10:05 PM EST up reply actions  

So is Doug McLean….but no thanks

by Dani Toth on Mar 4, 2010 10:05 PM EST up reply actions  

Doug will be at the christening of the new “Panthers Den of Honor” in a few weeks. Don;t miss it. I hear Gratton will be there, and I don’t mean Gilles.

by Donny Rivette on Mar 4, 2010 10:06 PM EST up reply actions  

I like Grats!

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 10:07 PM EST up reply actions  

I can give you at least 77 reasons why he MAY have been drafted a bit too high

by Donny Rivette on Mar 4, 2010 10:10 PM EST up reply actions  

You is mean ol’ boy, Donny.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 10:05 PM EST up reply actions  

I was a WHALERS FAN CASSIE…YEAH I’M BITTER.

by Donny Rivette on Mar 4, 2010 10:07 PM EST up reply actions   1 recs

Hey, I watched the Whalers at the Mall before they moved. Yeah, I was around for that. Crazy, ain’t it? Pronger was drafted there, I think. Seems right, anyways.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 10:10 PM EST up reply actions  

I was living in Westchester, NY, at the time – that’s where I was.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 10:11 PM EST up reply actions  

The airport is in White Plains. I lived over on the Hudson – Tarrytown.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 10:13 PM EST up reply actions  

IT was Brian Burke who drafted Prongs in 1994 for HFD. Swell job, Cassie!

by Donny Rivette on Mar 4, 2010 10:12 PM EST up reply actions  

See? I know things. Things of a hockey-like nature, even. ;o)

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 10:14 PM EST up reply actions  

Can we get a new coach too? I like John Stevens….pls and thx

by Dani Toth on Mar 4, 2010 10:06 PM EST up reply actions  

I don’t know how well Stevens would go over in Tampa, tho.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 10:07 PM EST up reply actions  

Who?

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 10:06 PM EST up reply actions  

Drew Doughty.

Watching the Kings/Preds

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 10:07 PM EST up reply actions  

Oh, okay. The name sounds vaguely familiar now.

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 10:08 PM EST up reply actions  

yepper!

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 10:06 PM EST up reply actions  

I may have got a Doughty shirt during the Olympics =)

by Dani Toth on Mar 4, 2010 10:08 PM EST up reply actions  

Heading to Dunkin Doughty for bagels tomorrow. It’s what American hockey runs on.

by Donny Rivette on Mar 4, 2010 10:09 PM EST up reply actions  

That sounds vaguely x rated…

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by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 10:11 PM EST up reply actions  

…Aaand on that note, I think it’s time for me to go be unconscious for a while. Later, everyone! Thanks for stopping by, Donny! Congrats on the milestone. :o)

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by Cassie McClellan on Mar 4, 2010 10:13 PM EST reply actions  

LOL... g'night Cassie. See ya Saturday?

I have come to a conclusion... Martin St Louis = waterbug on meth...

by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 10:13 PM EST up reply actions  

or rather, TALK to ya Saturday...

I have come to a conclusion... Martin St Louis = waterbug on meth...

by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 10:13 PM EST up reply actions  

Thank you and goodnight. Good but ultimately badly finished game but very active post-game thread.

by Sidicus on Mar 4, 2010 10:14 PM EST up reply actions  

G'afternoon Jon... Didn't know you were still lurking...

I have come to a conclusion... Martin St Louis = waterbug on meth...

by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 10:15 PM EST up reply actions  

Always lurking (ok sometimes lurking). Didn’t have much to contribute so reading and trying work. Not the best mix for concentrating on one thing at once.

by Sidicus on Mar 4, 2010 10:19 PM EST up reply actions  

Yeah, I don’t mean to do this to you guys but my butt is falling asleep here. I think it’s time to get up and call it a night on the thread

9:12. Lights out. Raw Charge.

by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 10:14 PM EST reply actions  

Why is your butt falling asleep John?

I have come to a conclusion... Martin St Louis = waterbug on meth...

by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 10:14 PM EST up reply actions  

ok. Then stand up. Or better yet, go lie down!

G’night.

I have come to a conclusion... Martin St Louis = waterbug on meth...

by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 10:15 PM EST up reply actions  

Thanks and good night to you as well John. The good new is your butt can sleep while the rest of you contributes to the thread / surfs the internet. It counts right?

by Sidicus on Mar 4, 2010 10:15 PM EST up reply actions  

I’m out as well. Always a pleasure and honor, folks!

by Donny Rivette on Mar 4, 2010 10:15 PM EST reply actions  

Thank you and goodnight.

by Sidicus on Mar 4, 2010 10:16 PM EST up reply actions  

Come on back and visit! G'night!

I have come to a conclusion... Martin St Louis = waterbug on meth...

by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 10:16 PM EST up reply actions  

Because I am lazy: To whoever is left, thank you for the entertaining commentary and game, it has been fun. Still at work so not going to bed quite yet though. :-)

by Sidicus on Mar 4, 2010 10:17 PM EST reply actions  

Hope the rest of your day is good. Talk to you next game.

I have come to a conclusion... Martin St Louis = waterbug on meth...

by Tina Robinson on Mar 4, 2010 10:18 PM EST up reply actions  

Lightning lose 5-4

Next game is Saturday but tomorrow is Vinik Day in Tampa.

Goodnight all.

9:12. Lights out. Raw Charge.

by John Fontana on Mar 4, 2010 10:17 PM EST reply actions  

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