Real Estate Still Available on Washington Capitals Island

[LeafGrief]

Sorry, but I've got diamond hands for my Pittsburgh and Tampa stocks, I don't have the liquidity to invest in Washington and Ottawa.

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

It's also a half measure rebuild/retool. They're not going to be good enough to win anything, but not bad enough to get elite talent either. I'd rather bottom out tbh.

I’d rather have a semi-competitive team than to bottom out and not make the playoffs for 10+ years like Buffalo for example.

Bottoming out doesn’t guarantee future success and creates losing cultures more often than not.

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

Still early but I'll pat myself on the back in saying that I thought Washington had an excellent off-season and thought they would exceed expectations in a fairly tough division. Obviously there will be some fall off to some degree but no reason why this team can't be better than last year which just scraped into the playoffs.

 

[stephenball]

Yeah, I’m a Caps fan and I’m really happy with the way they’ve been playing, but this is a bit premature. They had a really good offseason, but as others have said, they don’t have true top end talent at this point, and you often need that to push to the next level. I expect the Caps to be in definite contention for a playoff spot this year.

This being said, I also think people have been a little off when they’ve said the Caps are a year away from being like, the worst team in hockey. Lots of young guys stepping up this year and in the next few years, the future looks fairly bright. But again, it can be tough when you don’t have true top end talent

 

[TheKrebsCycle]

Roy has also only played all of like 4min for us so far, he got injured in the first period of game one haha

Right my comment was more about the offseason moves to improve . But noted ; they might actually play better w him ( or not ) .

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

"And for my 10,000 post I think I'll be an attention whore... giggle!"
-Dr John Carlson

---this reply comes from a fellow Caps fan

For my 59, 415 post, I will say that I’ve had a lot of interactions with Dr John over the years due to a shared interest in golf, and I’ll vouch for him that he’s totally legit.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I’m not buying the team in the next two years. Ovechkin has to go before they can be good again. And their players are still like two years from that. I like some of their draft picks (Miroshnichenko, Chesley, Leonard, Cristall, Cole, Parascak) and Carbery is a good coach. I think he’ll help them. They are doing some good things. Still need to add some top picks, which they might struggle to do.

 

[fsanford]

Turns out playing guys in their natural spot with talented linemates/partners who fit their play style results in those guys being motivated and productive. Who knew?

The Kings went 16-4-3 with PLD in the first 2 months. PLD had 3 goals and 3 assists through Halloween

He actually played okay, then. But eventually did his Claude Rains.

 

[BonMorrison]

McDavid needs to step aside - MCMICHAEL has arrived.

 

[um]

This comment will not age well.

Will it age better than Rob Blake and Pierre Dorion's tenures?

Maybe shitty GMs are shitty at putting teams together.

 

[Beukeboom Fan]

Considering Caps made the playoffs last year and, I think we can all agree, got better in the offseason, it shouldn't even be that surprising. Just that their lack of exciting young talent means they don't get media attention.

I think it's fair to note that the Caps got some incredibly hot goaltending but somehow made the play-off with a -38 goal differential, and then proceeded to get absolutely worked. I do agree they potentially got better, but even improving doesn't guarantee them a P/O spot this year.

 

[Three On Zero]

I inquired about purchasing some real estate but was informed it had a poor foundation and would likely crumble within the year.

 

[Praetorian Caps]

Good post. I think our GM (Bmac) really nailed it in the offseason. He's had a few misses in the past but I think over the years his strike rate is about 80/20, maybe 70/30 if being unbiased.

I think the Caps org know they aren't a Cup threat, but you know the old saying: make it into the playoffs and you're playing with house money. Anything can happen.

imho - the goal was to make the Caps a competitive team during the final Ovie years. And that's what they've done. This year they already look way better than last season

Yeah, I think helping Ovie break the record in a Caps uniform is the biggest factor.

 

[cptjeff]

It’s just like Epstein’s Island except here young, fresh hockey fans are molested by the grotesque mediocrity of the greasy Washington Capitals organization.

Well, this is certainly one of the analogies of all time.

 

[NailsHoglander]

They looked better than the Canucks did against the Flyers until they took their foot off the gas at the end of the 2nd game. Completely suffocated them for the most part.

I probably won't buy but they're giving me FOMO vibes

 

[Ghost of Murph]

I already own real estate on the island and have been enjoying it, while at the same time realizing a destructive hurricane could happen between now and the playoffs. Sipping drinks on the beach, but stocking up on plywood. Early season means little.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Hot start for sure. Chychrun has been a great fit. At the end I think they’ll still end up right near that playoff bubble again.

 

[kingsholygrail]

they beat Dallas and Vegas on this streak too, both were undefeated. Also beat the Devils, who are in second place in the Metro.

You know who else beat Dallas? Buffalo.

 

[abj]

Hot start for sure. Chychrun has been a great fit. At the end I think they’ll still end up right near that playoff bubble again.

And Strome imposing in produce score.

 

[My3Sons]

I'll re-visit again at Thanksgiving. Calgary and Minnesota look like dynasty beaters right now too, but I ain't sippin the purple drink yet.

I think it's purple drank. Purple drink (also sometimes called drank was allegedly developed by Laffitte's Blacksmith Shop as a cocktail. Purple Drank is made with prescription grade cough syrup which I think is what you were going for? Signed, someone old enough to remember the scandal with Jamarcus Russell and Purple Drank.

 

[Canadienna]

I see Dubois has 5pts in 6 games. How do Caps fans like his game?

If he pans out that's a big time get for WSH.

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDo]

Well, this is certainly one of the analogies of all time.

Touche, most Cap fans aren’t young and fresh.

 

[Devil Dancer]

Oh boy, the Caps have taken the old Buffalo plan the parade in October mantle.

That always turns out well!

 

[Random schmoe]

I see Dubois has 5pts in 6 games. How do Caps fans like his game?

If he pans out that's a big time get for WSH.

If you'd looked at his stats yesterday this time he'd have 2 points in 4 games.

His on ice play has been good. Not $8.5M good, maybe more like $6M, but certainly not the suckitude the Kings fans experienced/reported.

But really, to my first point - check back in a month, see if he has maintained quality consistently.

 

[Marlowe Syn]

I think it's purple drank. Purple drink (also sometimes called drank was allegedly developed by Laffitte's Blacksmith Shop as a cocktail. Purple Drank is made with prescription grade cough syrup which I think is what you were going for? Signed, someone old enough to remember the scandal with Jamarcus Russell and Purple Drank.

Actually I was referring to the little flavored "juice" drinks that came in little, totally not recyclable, plastic bottles we'd have as a kid. Low grade kool-aid basically without all the mixing. So that was my word play reference on it. Maybe that was said as drank, but I grew up a suburb kid in the Twin Cities, so my lingo diction was not yet refined to proper levels.

I did not know the historical facts you referred, but I love those kind of hidden info treasures. Thanks for that.