Speculation: Caps Roster General Discussion (Coaching/FAs/Cap/Lines/etc) | 2024-25 Summer Edition

[NoVaCapsFan]

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@Calicaps

I wonder if they’ll make those shirts available for purchase w/o a ticket, maybe for the STH community. I’d buy one but am not going to that game.

Also - welcome back Matt Roy!! Nice game last nite.

 

[895]

Is it crazy to say our window is open again because of Strome, Protas and McMichael?

Especially since Strome and Protas are signed very cheap medium term.

 

[qc14]

Is it crazy to say our window is open again because of Strome, Protas and McMichael?

Especially since Strome and Protas are signed very cheap medium term.

I'm not ready to go there yet. Would like to see Protas and McMichael keep this up over a full season first. I also think that as always Carlson's extremely good play has been lost in the start of this season. Tough to have a new window open when there's no one in the system that can replicate what he does

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Sandin made some very nice plays last night….stood out in a good way.

 

[Silky mitts]

Lots of teams struggling in the East, most thought it was going to be
FLA/TOR/TBL/BOS
NYR/NJD/CAR
as the Top 7 with
NYI/OTT/PIT fighting for the WC2

now:
WSH 10gp 16pts
TOR 11gp 12p
BOS 12gp 11p
NJD 14gp 16p
NYI 11gp 10p
OTT 11gp 12p
PIT 13gp 11p

NYI just got hit w/more injuries (Barzal/Pelech both 4-6 wks)

obv lots to like so far from Caps perspective, blowing points early is going to cost a cpl of these teams

Not me I called the top 7 teams 2 days after free agency and bumped the post last week

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

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[crab]

He’s kinda be flying under the radar due to other performances but TVR has really impressed as well.

 

[zappa4ever]

He’s kinda be flying under the radar due to other performances but TVR has really impressed as well.

yup, he's been asked to cover a lot of min.s with the D injuries so far

at this point it's much easier to list everyone who hasn't impressed, yes?
Lapi - prob his best gm so far last night, but that's not saying much
Milano - limited action, not much yet
Vrana - cpl good games, not much tho
Lindgren - last gm v CAR was best so far, has been just OK so far

I don't think I can really complain about much rn (PP1 I guess )

 

[Calicaps]

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@Calicaps

ok. who wants to gift me their shirt?!

 

[Calicaps]

yup, he's been asked to cover a lot of min.s with the D injuries so far

at this point it's much easier to list everyone who hasn't impressed, yes?
Lapi - prob his best gm so far last night, but that's not saying much
Milano - limited action, not much yet
Vrana - cpl good games, not much tho
Lindgren - last gm v CAR was best so far, has been just OK so far

I don't think I can really complain about much rn (PP1 I guess )

I do think Lapierre has looked better since returning to the lineup. Still needs to be better, but seems like the break suited him.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

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Hope this ages better than Plan the Parade

 

[Silky mitts]

Is it crazy to say our window is open again because of Strome, Protas and McMichael?

Especially since Strome and Protas are signed very cheap medium term.

If you drop Leonard into the 3rd line for the playoffs and they're healthy that is a wagon

 

[Calicaps]

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"pay off big dividends"??? is chatgpt writing HN's headlines now?

 

[Nogatco Rd]

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@Calicaps

Good late era show at the old Cap Center, 3/15/1990. Video starts at 3:30

That “easy to love you” brings a tear to my eye. Brent only had 4 months left at that point

 

[Calicaps]

Good late era show at the old Cap Center, 3/15/1990. Video starts at 3:30

That “easy to love you” brings a tear to my eye. Brent only had 4 months left at that point
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I was there!

 

[zappa4ever]

That “easy to love you” brings a tear to my eye. Brent only had 4 months left at that point
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Gotta be just about the best Brent pic out there, save for some of the great looks Jerry & he would throw each other onstage; a sharp contrast to the 7-23-1990 vid where you can see him doing something quite illegal right before the show started

 

[RedRocking]

Good late era show at the old Cap Center, 3/15/1990. Video starts at 3:30

That “easy to love you” brings a tear to my eye. Brent only had 4 months left at that point
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I’ve always been a huge Brent fan - just love his style, and the way he and Jerry played off one another. Most of my friends, however, hate his synths, lol.

Anyways, that’s a beautiful pic. I wish the Caps would just sell their Dead shirts to the public one of these years.

 

[usiel]

Good late era show at the old Cap Center, 3/15/1990. Video starts at 3:30

That “easy to love you” brings a tear to my eye. Brent only had 4 months left at that point
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Same year my metal band, Silence, opened up for Pantera on the Cowboys from Hell tour at the Bayou in Georgetown.

I don't think my brain was ever wired right to the whole Greatful Dead and related genres to ever appreciate the music unfortunately (along with raggae, ska, country pop). Also had a bit of the straight edge hard core thing in me even though I was on the metal side.

 

[marcel snapshot]

Gotta be just about the best Brent pic out there, save for some of the great looks Jerry & he would throw each other onstage; a sharp contrast to the 7-23-1990 vid where you can see him doing something quite illegal right before the show started

7-23-90 was his last show with the band. He ODed 3 days later

 

[Ridley Simon]

Sandin made some very nice plays last night….stood out in a good way.

I thought Sandin looked good. Fast, kinda “water buggy” with the puck as he skittered around people, and good hands w the biscuit.

I don’t see him as having reached a ceiling yet, which considering his age, shouldn’t be shocking to anyone

 

[RedRocking]

Same year my metal band, Silence, opened up for Pantera on the Cowboys from Hell tour at the Bayou in Georgetown.

I don't think my brain was ever wired right to the whole Greatful Dead and related genres to ever appreciate the music unfortunately (along with raggae, ska, country pop). Also had a bit of the straight edge hard core thing in me even though I was on the metal side.

Damn, you’re my hero, lol. I once met Dimebag Darrell at a Burger King before one of their shows at Nissan Pavilion.

We were kinda nervous and whispering by the entrance, and he looked at us and shouted, “hey! if I saw Eddie Van Halen at a BK, I’d f***ing say hi to him!” As a guitar nerd, that cracked me up. He was really cool and signed a bunch of stuff for me and my friends. RIP Dime.

 

[usiel]

Damn, you’re my hero, lol. I once met Dimebag Darrell at a Burger King before one of their shows at Nissan Pavilion.

We were kinda nervous and whispering by the entrance, and he looked at us and shouted, “hey! if I saw Eddie Van Halen at a BK, I’d f***ing say hi to him!” As a guitar nerd, that cracked me up. He was really cool and signed a bunch of stuff for me and my friends. RIP Dime.

I've already related this story here so the old heads will remember but the fun thing about that gig was that we were already huge fans of that album and had already started covering one of the songs from the album for our shows so we decided to use that song for our sound check. Now the Bayou's backstage rooms were on the upper level all the way in the back. So Pantera comes sprinting all the way down from the upper level to the main level in front of the stage as we played their song and I will never forget their expressions of joy and wonder seeing someone playing their tune (Silence was basically a really technical thrash band the skill chops on the instrument side was ridiculous so was easy to cover). After they said it was the first time ever they ever seen another band cover one of their songs. Seeing them live for the first time and how just amazing their stagecraft was as entertainers really helped my journey on that skillset side.

 

[RedRocking]

I've already related this story here so the old heads will remember but the fun thing about that gig was that we were already huge fans of that album and had already started covering one of the songs from the album for our shows so we decided to use that song for our sound check. Now the Bayou's backstage rooms were on the upper level all the way in the back. So Pantera comes sprinting all the way down from the upper level to the main level in front of the stage as we played their song and I will never forget their expressions of joy and wonder seeing someone playing their tune (Silence was basically a really technical thrash band the skill chops on the instrument side was ridiculous so was easy to cover). After they said it was the first time ever they ever seen another band cover one of their songs. Seeing them live for the first time and how just amazing their stagecraft was as entertainers really helped my journey on that skillset side.

That’s awesome. Again, you’re my hero, lol. If I may ask, what song was it?

I forget what you’ve said you play primarily - bass? Or also guitar?

Sry for the 20 questions,I just like talking shop and it’s been a minute since I’ve played out. My performing amp and giant MIDI pedalboard have been in my living room since COVID, ha.

 

[Calicaps]

7-23-90 was his last show with the band. He ODed 3 days later

I did that whole summer tour. Was in a hotel in Nebraska on our way to Oregon when we got the news. Spring and summer ‘90 were both just smokin’ tours. So much energy in that music. Devastating to have that happen right after. Jerry was never okay again IMO.

 

[g00n]

Same year my metal band, Silence, opened up for Pantera on the Cowboys from Hell tour at the Bayou in Georgetown.

I don't think my brain was ever wired right to the whole Greatful Dead and related genres to ever appreciate the music unfortunately (along with raggae, ska, country pop). Also had a bit of the straight edge hard core thing in me even though I was on the metal side.

Ah, the Bayou. I recall seeing Egypt there a lot, and Scatterbrain, and the rest is a blur.

My band was slated to open for Pantera in 1995 or 1996 on the Far Beyond Driven tour when they were with Type O Negative but they decided no local bands at the last minute. Lame. My future wife hung out with Dime and Vinnie at the mall, though.

I didn't get into the Dead until much later. It wasn't that my tastes weren't diverse, I'd just never done more than dip a toe. But when I got it, I got it.