Caps WIn!!!!

Damn, working at home with afternoon games on TV kicks ass. Caps came back from 2-1 to win 3-2. Jagr got pummelled, Ovechkin scored…..a good way to avoid work for a while.

I can't wait till the World Cup. Productivity levels will sink to near zero.

Ovetchkin looks like the real deal.

question for caps fans:

i'm looking to get 2 lower level seats for the lightning game next sunday as cheap as possible … what do you think are my best options?

last year (before the lockout), the caps were so bad that i could just walk up to scalpers outside MCI around game time and score lower level seats for REAL cheap … is it still the same scene? i've been trolling craigslist and finding some deals there, but nothing as bargain-basement as i'm really looking for

ideas?

I'd go the scalper route especially on a Sunday. Even when teh Skins are on the road they crush attendance at everything else, I bet there will be lots available for the Bolts game.

BTW, did you get the last PM I sent you about the 22nd?

i was crushed when the pens lost the ovechin lottery

i'll go to a couple games this year, i imagine

on saturday i'm going to the pens/lightning game in pittsburgh. our seats are 4 rows from the glass, on the side the pens shoot at twice.

I think that the scalper route is still your best bet. During the last NHL season, I had a pair of lower bowl tickets for a Red Wings/Caps game and couldn't even get half of face value for them. I'm sure plenty of regular people (not scalpers) will be trying to get rid of tickets and will be happy to get some nominal amount for them.

i'm not a caps fan, but i was there on friday in a neat little box. i practically thought i was watching tennis :cool:

I have never dealt with the scalpers since i have season tickets, but i cant imagine they raise the price too much, and i am sure you can even get a deal sometimes.

i'll be in good ole section 411….

I was so happy when the Pens lost the Ovechkin lottery, since that meant the Caps got him!! I got to meet him at the 2004 draft and he was the real deal off the ice and after seeing him play in the opener, he is the real deal on the ice.

My Prediction:

Ovechkin hoists the Calder Trophy, but thats all he'll ever hoist.

Crosby will hoist the Stanley Cup, but not until Hillary Clinton is President.

Time will tell…

Originally posted by sonickteam, forum nice guy:
I have never dealt with the scalpers since i have season tickets, but i cant imagine they raise the price too much, and i am sure you can even get a deal sometimes.

i'll be in good ole section 411….

two years ago i was regularly able to get $80 seats for $40 or so from those guys outside of MCI, hopefully the market is similar this year =)

i'm not sure if i've told this story on here, but the last lightning/caps game i went to at MCI … it was late in the season and the caps were horrible, i think the bolts were up by a few goals and it was a pretty ugly game … i was a bit drunk and had been pretty vocal throughout the game … at some point in the third period after a long power play for the bolts spent exclusively in the caps zone, the caps finally cleared the puck … i stood up and did this really sarcastic cheer for the caps clearing the puck, and someone threw a beer at me from behind … it was hilarious =)

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:

Originally posted by sonickteam, forum nice guy:
I have never dealt with the scalpers since i have season tickets, but i cant imagine they raise the price too much, and i am sure you can even get a deal sometimes.

i'll be in good ole section 411….

two years ago i was regularly able to get $80 seats for $40 or so from those guys outside of MCI, hopefully the market is similar this year =)

i'm not sure if i've told this story on here, but the last lightning/caps game i went to at MCI … it was late in the season and the caps were horrible, i think the bolts were up by a few goals and it was a pretty ugly game … i was a bit drunk and had been pretty vocal throughout the game … at some point in the third period after a long power play for the bolts spent exclusively in the caps zone, the caps finally cleared the puck … i stood up and did this really sarcastic cheer for the caps clearing the puck, and someone threw a beer at me from behind … it was hilarious =)

Err, sorry about that! ;)

The Leafs Win!!!!!!!!!!!! I guess if we don't play Ottawa everyday, we have a chance.

Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
The Leafs Win!!!!!!!!!!!! I guess if we don't play Ottawa everyday, we have a chance.

too bad we all dont get to play more games against the Philadelphia Overrated Flyers…

is it me or is Pittsburgh the only team in the NHL not to win a game…..

looks like it.

Originally posted by sonickteam, forum nice guy:
too bad we all dont get to play more games against the Philadelphia Overrated Flyers… [/QB]

So what's your opinion on this? I know it's a year or two late. But do you like the fact that the losing team in an overtime loss gets a point? I still haven't gotten used to that. I think I like the old rule where a loss is a loss and zero points. Am I in the miniority here?

I think that if the game is tied after regulation time…..both teams get a point a piece, then each team selects one player to represent them to have a dropped gloves, helmets off, good old 1970's style fight in the centre circle, the winner of which earns two extra points for his team.

Would help attendance numbers if nothing else. :D PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET !!! PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET !!! PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET !!!

Originally posted by Rob_Gee:

Originally posted by sonickteam, forum nice guy:
too bad we all dont get to play more games against the Philadelphia Overrated Flyers…

So what's your opinion on this? I know it's a year or two late. But do you like the fact that the losing team in an overtime loss gets a point? I still haven't gotten used to that. I think I like the old rule where a loss is a loss and zero points. Am I in the miniority here? [/QB]

I am with you (for once). its stupid. I thought the NHL was going to get rid of the confusing scoring, but this OTL thing is lame.

you LOST , no other sports gets points for losing. perhaps one should get 1/2 point for being ahead or tied after the 2nd period?

this new NHL thing doesnt look too different other than that instead of Pittsburgh losing 3-2 every night, now they lose 7-6.

Stupid rules in sports…I'll give you stupid rules in sports…

October 29, 2003
OFFSIDE RULE - NEW FIFA GUIDELINES
FIFA has circulated soccer's national associations with new recommendations on how referees should handle offside decisions.The proposals have already been tested this season on an informal basis in Italy's Serie A. Assistant referee's will now have to wait until the end of a move before signaling a passive player off-side. The new guidlines mean that offside will not be signalled for uninvolved players who do not directly block the vision or restrict the movement of an opponent and who do not touch the ball. This is not a rule change but an attempt to define more precisely what is meant by 'interfering with play.' The new guidline states "that offside for interfering with play means - playing or touching a ball passed or touched by a team mate." And that offside for interfering with play means,"preventing an opponent from playing or being able to play the ball, for example, by clearly obstructing the goalkeeper's line of vision or movements" or "making a gesture or movement while standing in the path of the ball to deceive or distract an opponent." A player will be deemed to have gained an advantage from an offside position if he "plays a ball that rebounds off a post or the crossbar having been in an offside position" or "plays a ball that rebounds off an opponent having been in an offside position". FIFA hopes that these new guidelines will improve the game by allowing more attacking play.

Okay, back to hockey, the other beautiful game.