GDT: Caps at Isles

[Mr Misunderstood]

I can't believe there's people annoyed that he broke the record against us. A record no one believed would ever be broken, a Gretzky record, was broken in our building. Idk if you guys realize this, but that's the most memorable moment at UBS history so far in 5+ years. Not a Robert Bortuzzo 2OT goal to stave off a sweep. Says a lot about the success (lack thereof) of our own team in that span.

I'm delighted it happened in our building, our fans got to see history firsthand, and would sign up for it again a thousand times.

Agreed.

But that was Barzal's goal

 

[Bones45]

Two in one game - that's pretty good. Hip-checked some little kid out of the way to get those?

sexual favors for Joe Duerr.....

 

[Green]

not so sure those things will be worth "a bundle"?

There is a handful of them on ebay but most want like 10k+ for them, only 1 of them as bids and it is current at 1k

CAPITALS WARM UP PUCK vs islander 4/6/2025 ALEX OVECHKIN 895th GOAL GRETZKY RARE | eBay

Experience the thrill of hockey with this rare Capitals Islanders Warm Up Puck, featuring the iconic Alex Ovechkin. On April 6, 2025, Ovechkin recorded his 895th career goal, joining the legendary Gretzky in the history books.

www.ebay.com

 

[Green]

I still have 1 puck that I caught during a game (Bob Kelly of PHI shot and Chico blockered it into the stands, right to me - didn't even hurt ). That one had an Isles logo on it.

I have a handful of pucks from warmups, but in the old days they had various markings, I think Cosby Sporting Goods most common. Do they now mark them with dates or something?

Yea, starting about 6 years ago all teams in the NHL have the date of the game and the logos on the warm up pucks, most teams will sell them after warm ups are done, some try and make money on it and some donate the money to charity, Isles donate it to charity (Islanders foundation) but they normally charge $25 for them and yesterday expecting increased demand they charged $375 for them

The bigger joke is the Capitals apparently confiscated a good amount of the warm up pucks as they wanted to sell them in auctions (in case Ovi broke it) so in warm ups they were using all kinds of random pucks and they still wanted to charge $375 for them

 

[doublechili]

Yea, starting about 6 years ago all teams in the NHL have the date of the game and the logos on the warm up pucks, most teams will sell them after warm ups are done, some try and make money on it and some donate the money to charity, Isles donate it to charity (Islanders foundation) but they normally charge $25 for them and yesterday expecting increased demand they charged $375 for them

The bigger joke is the Capitals apparently confiscated a good amount of the warm up pucks as they wanted to sell them in auctions (in case Ovi broke it) so in warm ups they were using all kinds of random pucks and they still wanted to charge $375 for them

Thanks. You should sell yours before the frenzy wears off, or they start importing knock-offs from China. Oh wait, never mind that last part.

 

[periferal]

For those telling us that Lou doesn't have a hand in the PR department...

God damn it he is controlling the tweets now!!! And then he somehow had no idea the PR department rolled out a f***ing carpet for him.

Oh I 100% know the orders from that ceremony did not come from Lou. Just like Lou did not tell that PR Department to make that tweet about the Capitals scoring.

I was deliberately making an obtuse point to show how ridiculous it is that Lou is telling the team what to tweet.

@YearlyLottery

If you haven't listened to the latest episode of "32 Thoughts" this week you will probably find it enlightening. In summation Elliotte Friedman said in regards to the Tweet above, "It was as if Lou Lamoriello wrote the tweet and clicked send himself. That was such a perfect Lou Lamoriello team tweet."

So now you can add Elliotte Friedman to those out there who are keenly aware that even if Lou doesn't actually do every aspect of a franchise's job, he still involves himself in pretty much every aspect of team operations - Including the PR/social media team. The guy cares about player's facial hair for Christ's sake. Of course he's going to care how the team is presented to the public and the message being conveyed in anything released.

 

[YearlyLottery]

@YearlyLottery

If you haven't listened to the latest episode of "32 Thoughts" this week you will probably find it enlightening. In summation Elliotte Friedman said in regards to the Tweet above, "It was as if Lou Lamoriello wrote the tweet and clicked send himself. That was such a perfect Lou Lamoriello team tweet."

So now you can add Elliotte Friedman to those out there who are keenly aware that even if Lou doesn't actually do every aspect of a franchise's job, he still involves himself in pretty much every aspect of team operations - Including the PR/social media team. The guy cares about player's facial hair for Christ's sake. Of course he's going to care how the team is presented to the public and the message being conveyed in anything released.

I never said I did not think he was heavily involved in the organization. I'm not sure how you can read that and genuinely believe Friedman thinks he tweeted it or is running interviews for the PR Department.