Mike Green and Donald Brashear Suspended for Game 7?
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Mike Green and Donald Brashear will be suspended for Game 7 at the Verizon Center, according to reports from the Washington Post, as reported moments ago on ESPN’s SportsCenter. However I can’t find any information related to this on the Post’s website. I assume they are still working on the report. Brashear was involved in a huge hit of Blair Betts at center ice in Sunday afternoon’s contest. There were also allegations that Shaone Morrisonn bit Rangers center Brandon Dubinsky. Maybe it was really Green? I guess we’ll soon find out. This article will be updated once more details are available. However as of writing this, I cannot find any confirmation from NHL.com or TSN.ca concerning a Donald Brashear or Mike Green suspension being handed down. So considering the lone source of ESPN at the moment, take this with a grain of salt.
More, including ESPN’s retraction, and then a retraction of the retraction, after the jump.
TSN does report :
Washington Capitals forward Donald Brashear has a 1pm et hearing with the National Hockey League to discuss his actions in Game 6 against the New York Rangers. Brashear will face supplemental discipline for both his exchange with New York’s Colton Orr in the warm-up prior to the game and his late hit on Rangers forward Blair Betts in the first period.
** UPDATE : ESPN just retracted on SportsCenter, stating that Mike Green and Donald Brashear have not been suspended, yet. However they both now have a hearing at 1pm today. This is according to ESPN’s Pierre LeBrun. They also quoted George Mcphee, whose phone must have rung off the hook after to the previous report. The biting incident with Shaone Morrissonn is alleged to have happened after Dubinsky boarded Green, so Green would have been on the ice, and involved in that scrum. Is it possible that he bit an opposing player?
I am fairly certain this isn’t the worst bit of misreporting that the World Wide Leader has ever had, but its pretty big. Green is a Norris candidate, and one of the best young players in the league. To report that he will be suspended for a Game 7 in the playoffs, and then to later retract is a pretty big error. At the moment it isn’t even clear that they have the right player. There is some speculation that they really meant Shaone Morrissonn, unless having a bad haircut is a suspendable offense. We’ll keep on this story, and report again this afternoon on the results of the hearings. In other news, the Capitals are dominating the series, and the Rangers are doing more whining than winning.
**UPDATE #2 : ESPN has now retracted their retraction, stating that Mike Green is NOT under consideration for suspension, nor is Shaone Morrissonn. The only player to have a hearing today at 1PM will be Donald Brashear. ESPN states that Brashear’s hit on Betts is the reason for possible suspension, while Capitals Insider reports that it is actually the pregame incident that is under review. Seriously ESPN, why do you even try to report on the NHL?
AHHHHHHHHHHHHH, we don’t need distractions going into game 7 !!! But… keep the faith! we shall win!!!!!! and one more exclamation point for ya !
April 27th, 2009 at 8:29 amThe hit that Brash gave was a bit questionable. Maybe he was a bit late. Not sure that it deserves a suspension though. Green? C’mon. He’s a clean player and I don’t remember seeing anything he did as deserving a suspension. Give him his minor penalty and be done with it.
April 27th, 2009 at 8:30 amHey Caps Fans:
April 27th, 2009 at 8:53 amRangers sign Marty McSorley for game 7!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnP18StCoHA
April 27th, 2009 at 8:58 amThis better be Colton Orr playing the part of McSorley tomorrow night!
April 27th, 2009 at 9:00 amhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnP18StCoHA
TD…
Are you serious?
“The hit that Brash gave was a bit questionable. Maybe he was a bit late. Not sure that it deserves a suspension though. Green? C’mon. He’s a clean player and I don’t remember seeing anything he did as deserving a suspension. Give him his minor penalty and be done with it.”
How high/stupid are you?
April 27th, 2009 at 9:03 amso true joe. Hey TD…do you think McSorley’s hit didn’t deserve a suspension either?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnP18StCoHA
Wow..wish you had Colin Campbell’s job before that Tortarella decision.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:06 amYES, I am serious. If 4 officials on the ice cannot see that hit on another of the ‘cleanest’ players in the game as being illegal, then he should be dealt with by the players. no need to get the league involved, but its probably best brashear stays off that ice tomorrow night.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:07 amI had to make sure I read your comment correctly TD. ‘a bit questionable?/ im sure you are a newly found fan to the NHL after being one of the worst teams in the league and being ‘awarded’ the best player a few years back.
Smoke on that
April 27th, 2009 at 9:09 amYou guys are losers, i wonder if you guys would defend your team or even care if they won if they end up beating the rangers and possibly playing the bruins in the ec finals. i bet you losers would just turncoat to the brooooons. you insult avery, wait till that scumbag chara and lucic take cheap shots on your guys, i wonder if brashear will stick his tail b/w his legs and take it in the heinie.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:09 amDUPA,
how long have you been a caps fan,
1 year?? 2 years?? cant be 3.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:10 amJJ
April 27th, 2009 at 9:11 amDealt with by the players? Isn’t that what Tod Bertuzzi did? How would you like Colton Orr to end Oveckin’s career? So you are ok with that kind of one-ice policing?
“YES, I am serious. If 4 officials on the ice cannot see that hit on another of the ‘cleanest’ players in the game as being illegal, then he should be dealt with by the players. no need to get the league involved, but its probably best brashear stays off that ice tomorrow night.”
Oh please, I’m a huge caps fan…don’t try to say that the officials didn’t miss it…They’ve missed 10 plays that Avery made that would have him suspended for a year, I wouldn’t put it past them to let this one go too.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:12 amDUPA,
that broad in the picture, do you stick it in her poopa, oh wait, you look like a queer, or bill mcqueery.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:12 am1994,
you are an idiot. NY players are selfish, for me for me for me. colton orr isnt going to risk his career to end Ovechkin, that would be the smart thing, but NY players take it in the heinie.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:14 amDonald Brashear deserves the same slow, painful death that Gary Bettman does.
So far this series Rangers 3, Capitals 1, Referees 2
April 27th, 2009 at 9:16 amI am a huge Caps fan and have been for 15 years. I hate the Rangers and would love to beat them after being down 3-1.
With that being said…It is kind of obvious the NHL is trying to create an all-superstar series between us and the pens. The calls have been pretty one-sided in key parts of the games in favor of us.
Anyway…not complaining now but you know one day there will be another team the NHL will be rooting for and we won’t like it.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:17 am“I am a huge Caps fan and have been for 15 years. I hate the Rangers and would love to beat them after being down 3-1.
With that being said…It is kind of obvious the NHL is trying to create an all-superstar series between us and the pens. The calls have been pretty one-sided in key parts of the games in favor of us.
Anyway…not complaining now but you know one day there will be another team the NHL will be rooting for and we won’t like it.”
case closed.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:19 amgreenhawk,
why do you hate the rangers, because mike milbury ran into the stands to beat on rangers fans, why not hate the scumbag bruins. if you face the bruins, milan lucic will strip the pants off ovechkin and insert his miniscule manhood into the heinie of Ovechkin and get away with it. I’d hate the bruins, not the rangers, but then again, youve probably liked the caps for a year at most.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:21 amWhy suspend Green? He didn’t bite anyone. Dubinsky seems to be a clean player, so something must have happened for him to lose his cool like that. As for Brashear, he likely ended Betts’ career as a Ranger. The hit didn;t look that bad, it just caught Betts off guard. Why would Brashear goon it up at that point in the game ? Wasn’t it only 3-1 at that stage?
April 27th, 2009 at 9:22 amStay classy New Yorkers.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:23 amsam ,
NY players take it in the heinie? And you are calling me an idiot?
With players like Ovechkin, Green, Semin and Backstrom you know you don’t want on-ice policing. Your pet watchdog Brashear can’t be on the ice every shift.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:23 amYeah it felt good, and I’d do it again in a heartbeat!
April 27th, 2009 at 9:26 amStay classy New Yorkers,
Just like Washington fans who abused our bench and used foul language around children. At least I dont hate the Capitals for the sake of hating them. Theyre not worth me hating them. I hate the Bruins because they sent their goon mike milbury into the stands and he beat my little son who will never be the same.
I’d love onice policing and id love if aaron voros, who has no skill, would sacrifice his career to hurt varLAmov, as those losers on NBC had to continue pronouncing his name. Only a perverted pig goes by varLAmov.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:27 am“The hit didn;t look that bad, it just caught Betts off guard.”
I wonder why he was caught off-guard? Maybe it had to do with the fact that the puck had been gone for multiple seconds?
April 27th, 2009 at 9:29 amYou are right Sam. Our fans were inexcusable and despicable for what they were doing behind the Rangers bench. It works both ways, though. What do the Bruins have to do with this.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:33 amWhatcha talkin bout Willis?
April 27th, 2009 at 9:33 amYour dumb n#$%!r ended Betts’ season, he has a broken orbital bone.
Is that the only way the Caps could win, to deliberately injure the Rangers best penalty killer and then go on to score two PP goals in the same game, a game in which that ape shouldn’t have been playing to begin with because of his warm-up antics.
Have fun without your ape in the lineup tomorrow and Colton Orr dressing for the Rangers. Just you watch.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:34 am‘Why would Brashear goon it up at that point in the game ? Wasn’t it only 3-1 at that stage?’
hmm, maybe bc he is a good who has no clue of how the game should be played!
April 27th, 2009 at 9:37 amAgreed, voros or orr should sacrafice their career for the sake of the team in Game 7. it’s probably the last year either of them will play anyway.
The Brashear hit on Betts was unfortunate, but I could hardly classify it as head hunting or intent to injure. Brashear merely did what every other player does in the league who is in the same role as him, hit anything that moves. Betts had the puck, and dumped it in, Brashear saw that and moved in to finish the check. Yes he was a bit late, but late hits happen all over the league, multiple seconds after the puck has left the stick. I don’t think Brashear intentionally hit Betts in the head (I watched the replay several times, and it is unclear to me what parts of his body made contact when) but I would not be surprised if he was suspended for one game. In my time watching hockey, I have seen far worse go unpunished both on the ice, and by the league. If Brashear gets suspended, then so be it, but to claim that he was trying to take Betts out of the game or the series, or that he wanted to injure the player, that is a bit over the top. Shit happens. Move on and play hockey.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:37 amJust you watch what, Jeff. As another New York fan on here pointed out, Orr will not do anything, and if he does, he will get a 5 minute major, handing us the victory. Watch that!
April 27th, 2009 at 9:38 amclean hit that breaks a guys orbital bone……ummmmmmmmm no! Late high viscous elbow.
Below is a transcript of the NHL hearing to come:
Gary Bettman: Wait….he is not wearing number 16 on his back. Let’s let him play.
Colin Campbell: Maybe we can suspend Jim Ramsey, the Rangers Medical trainer?
Donald Brashear: Whatcha talkin about Willis?
April 27th, 2009 at 9:38 amclean hit that breaks a guys orbital bone……ummmmmmmmm no! Late high viscous elbow.
Below is a transcript of the NHL hearing to come:
Gary Bettman: Wait….he is not wearing number 16 on his back. Let’s let him play.
Colin Campbell: Maybe we can suspend Jim Ramsey, the Rangers Medical trainer?
Donald Brashear: Whatcha talkin about Willis?
April 27th, 2009 at 9:38 am‘Why would Brashear goon it up at that point in the game ? Wasn’t it only 3-1 at that stage?’
Dude…The Rangers biggest asset has been their penalty kill. why would you take out the Rangers best penalty killer with a late elbow…..ummmmmmmmm to win.
He should be suspended 5 games. After all, repeat offenders are often given harsher suspensions right?
April 27th, 2009 at 9:41 am“hmm, maybe bc he is a good who has no clue of how the game should be played!
Agreed, voros or orr should sacrafice their career for the sake of the team in Game 7. it’s probably the last year either of them will play anyway.”
JJ, its just a shame that Betts may have played his last shift as a Ranger as I think he’s a UFA and could be considered damaged goods now with post-concussion like symptoms from a cheap hit. What is Orr’s status, is he a UFA?
April 27th, 2009 at 9:41 amPhil you are right. The Rangers will retaliate but the Refs won’t ignore that one. They will hand down their 5 minute major and hand the caps the series just like they hoped.
But what if something happens before the game starts in warmups? Hmmmmmmmmm…
April 27th, 2009 at 9:42 am“Dude…The Rangers biggest asset has been their penalty kill. why would you take out the Rangers best penalty killer with a late elbow…..ummmmmmmmm to win.”
Pierre, the Rangers biggest asset so far has been the Caps mistakes. How many goals did they earn after the goalie change for game two? Thank Jeff Schultz for the game one victory. Thank Varlamov for mishandling the puck for the game four victory. The only goal the Rangers have earned came on a 5-on-3 during mop up time in game six.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:45 amOrr is an UFA
April 27th, 2009 at 9:45 amMore importantly…Brashear will be suspended 1 game today and has played his last NHL game. He is a UFA and when the Caps get knocked out tomorrow will not have a team to play for.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:49 amI heard the NHL is suspending Blair Betts.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:50 amJoe and Chris – If you read my statement, you’ll see that I said the hit was questionable (as in being a late hit), but doesn’t deserve a suspension. Oh, and we weren’t talking about McSorely so I didn’t comment. I didn’t know you were breaking down every hit of the game and determining who should get a penalty or suspension. Man, I can only imagine what the discussions are like between you and your buddies… I’ll bet you guys sit around with your big beer guts, huffing and puffing ’cause your out of shape, and pushing your 65 IQs to the limit!
April 27th, 2009 at 9:57 amTD…Keep it classy.
The late elbow deserves a suspension. If you or any of fan of any other team says otherwise you just don’t know hockey.
Hard to call the hit “questionable”. It was dirty. Accept it and move on.
April 27th, 2009 at 10:01 amTD,
Hard to argue with a suspension when it comes. We were lucky to have not been shorthanded for 5 minutes. That was a really stupid thing for Brashear to do. That could have changed the complexion of the entire game.
April 27th, 2009 at 10:05 amBleedBlue – I agree, playing dirty isn’t acceptable in any sport, not just hockey. The league will deal with it and whatever they decide, it will be the right call and we’ll all accept it.
April 27th, 2009 at 10:16 amTD…
I’m the one with the 65 IQ, yet you don’t even know when to use YOUR and YOU’RE.
April 27th, 2009 at 11:01 amI read somewhere else the Rags fans are whining, not winning. Seems to fit here. Their team is in the process of blowing it and they know it.
The Caps owned them this season, completely. And tomorrow night will probably be no different. As for Brashear, yeah ok, he made what appeared to be a cheap shot. Lets be sure, like good little Rags fans, you complain about EVERY single cheap shot EVERY player on EVERY team makes, even your poster child for birth control: Sean Avery. A cheap shot is a cheap shot is a cheap shot.
Oh, for the record, does it really matter how long someone has been a fan of a particular sport? I hear this crap all the time and I have to laugh. It’s like you have some right to complain more bitterly than the next person because you’ve endured more?
Grow up already.
April 27th, 2009 at 11:05 amHow come everyone is saying the Rangers are whining, yet after every whistle Ovechkin has something to say to the officials… AFTER EVERY WHISTLE…
April 27th, 2009 at 11:17 am“How come everyone is saying the Rangers are whining, yet after every whistle Ovechkin has something to say to the officials… AFTER EVERY WHISTLE…”
I think you’re confusing fans with players which doesn’t surprise me.
April 27th, 2009 at 11:18 amI think you’re confusing the Capitals with a franchise that people care about.
April 27th, 2009 at 11:22 am“49. Joe Says:
I think you’re confusing the Capitals with a franchise that people care about.”
Out of ammunition again I see.
April 27th, 2009 at 11:30 amAs a Bruins fan…Sam you’re an idiot and a coward. The hit was late, high and dirty. Lucic got suspended for less. It deserves a 1 game suspension and then the series is over. I hate to see it happen as it will probably end Betts’ career. Seeing Patrice Bergeron go through the same thing I can say that the penalties they give are ridiculously subjective. I just wish there was a specific written set of guidelines that they posted, because no one seems to play by the same rules and if you have a superstar on your team you’re golden. Ove is a huge diver and is dirty player, but he can shoot 50 pucks at the net a night and get 2 goals a game so he is immune, same thing with Crosby. NY has no superstars so it has to be reviewed…
April 27th, 2009 at 11:34 am“49. Joe Says:
I think you’re confusing the Capitals with a franchise that people care about.”
Hmmm… I think 18,000 plus people in red screaming tomorrow night will beg to differ about this statement.
April 27th, 2009 at 11:39 amSAM,
Besides licking my balls like your mom does when I deep throat her, you can also kiss my ass! Looks like 1 person is man enough to have a picture up… and this guy right here has been going to caps games for 20 years.
Brash hit him within 1 second of Betts having the puck… and too bad he didn’t hit him hard enough so that some of their fans could feel it too. Maybe the next guy he de-skates can get it a little rougher!
Signed,
April 27th, 2009 at 11:45 amYOUR DADDY!
oh and Sam, #11, #14, #15, #19, etc.
You seem to make mention of sticking things in the “heinie” an awful lot…. I think your message that you are trying to get across is loud and clear buddy. Whatever floats your boat!
April 27th, 2009 at 12:08 pmI have to admit that fan support had been lackluster up until a few years ago. However, after being a fan since the mid to late seventies with ownership that didn’t understand or really care about Hockey fans and having a region that wasn’t conducive to Hockey coverage it’s twice as difficult to generate any real support.
Thats all changed now. Next season has sold out 2/3rds+ of the available seats. People are talking about it but face it, Hockey is a niche sport and will never garner the coverage the other major sports do.
It’s difficult for the lay person to understand and more amazing when the knuckle dragging Rags fans that show up here. They’re hurt and ashamed their “king” Hank has had his defenses breached now and the flood gates have opened. Hell, he’s been benched twice this series. That bodes well for a certain other team.
What makes me laugh the most is the constant whining from Tortellini during this series. Whining about the legality of faceoffs? Here’s a protip Torts; Hire some players that can win faceoffs.
I still predict it will be a hard hitting game and if Brashear isn’t suspended he will take a great deal of flack from the frustrated Rags team when it would be better spent going after the best player in Hockey today, Ovechkin. Caps win tomorrow, 4-1.
April 27th, 2009 at 12:41 pmDupa,
How do you add a profile pic?
April 27th, 2009 at 12:53 pmletsgoranggers: Check here: http://en.gravatar.com/
Sites that support the Globally Recognized Avatar will display yours if you sign up for the free account and upload an avatar.
April 27th, 2009 at 1:09 pmthanks IPDaily
April 27th, 2009 at 1:21 pm“Looks like 1 person is man enough to have a picture up… and this guy right here has been going to caps games for 20 years.”
Dupa, Now that I have your girl as my profile pic…..am I a man?
April 27th, 2009 at 1:22 pmThe only time I’ve seen fans in the Verizon (MCI) center in the last 10 years is when the CAPS are winning. DC/Baltimore is a very fair weather fanbase except for the perennial “next year is our year” fans of the Redskins.
Although I do like the fact that I could get good seats more easily in the past it is nice to go to a game and see fans there before midway through the 2nd.
April 27th, 2009 at 1:30 pma thought on this:
Maybe this is because the population base has a big turnover every 4 to 8 years.
April 27th, 2009 at 1:31 pmWow, I can’t believe that nobody is commenting on how terrible of a person that guy Jeff is. Who the hell uses the N-word? What a dumb piece of white trash Jeff must be. Go suck on Avery’s dirty d*ck you toothless honky f*ck.
By the way, if they find out that Dubinsky was lying about getting bit by Morrisonn (which looks like is the case), he should get a huge suspension. Dubinksy is a piece of crap, and he’s merely an average player who cries too much when he doesn’t get his way.
April 27th, 2009 at 1:32 pmAgreed this racist speech is absolutely deplorable and he should be banned from this forum.
April 27th, 2009 at 1:35 pmDidn’t know the Caps were BITERS!
April 27th, 2009 at 1:45 pmGO RANGERS
This just in Caps sign Mike Tyson to one game contract to cover for suspended Brashear. Rangers guard your ears.
April 27th, 2009 at 1:47 pmNate,
We all know Dubinsky can Eat a Wang. No one was sure he was getting a misconduct yesterday but I knew he was pissed when he slammed his helmet to the ground leaving the ice. I can’t find any reference to contracting Tetanus from a bite.
As for the clown dropping the “N” word, just ignore him and he will go away.
April 27th, 2009 at 1:47 pmAnyone who even tries to compare a hit on Betts to a hit on Ovie is clearly crazy! The Rangers would kill to have a real power scoring forward – your penalty killer got hurt, which may be sad for you since you spend so much time in the box.
The whining out of New York astounds me since I listen to the Ranger fans being foul and rude in the VC every time they are here. So it seems to me that you all dish it out, but you can’t take it.
Brash should be suspended – agreed. The NHL will do what it needs to and then the series will continue hot and crazy tomorrow night. It is anyone’s game – I love playoff hockey!
April 27th, 2009 at 1:47 pmIPDaily,
I agree. “N” word guy ain’t worth the pixels.
The whole “tetanus shot” deal is a load of crap. The Rangers sure do complain a lot. They’re starting to remind me of Sidney Crosby.
April 27th, 2009 at 1:53 pmBrashear is a FILTHY APE that belongs in the zoo. 100% he doesn’t do anything if Orr dresses for the game – proves how much of a bitch he is too by pulling it when he knows he won’t be around to get his shit pushed in game 7.
I hope someone on NYR takes their stick like a bat to OV’s grill and ends his career, then maybe Tort’s can say “hey it seemed clean when we watched it in between periods”
Oh and tell Brashear Wizards try outs are next month…
April 27th, 2009 at 1:55 pmWow, I hope you Rangers fans are happy. This will be the only way you get your way this postseason.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=420354
I hope it feels good getting jacked off by your buddy Colin Campbell.
April 27th, 2009 at 1:57 pmColton the “Great”,
Wow, you really are a worthless piece of crap, aren’t you? It takes a special kind of coward to say racist things on an internet forum. I’m sure you’re so proud of yourself.
I hope the Caps win, and I hope your alcoholic father takes it out on you.
April 27th, 2009 at 2:06 pmNate,
Hahha you’re a joke – A) Campbell HATES the rangers for how they got rid of him and for the whole website thing.
and B) No, I think it takes a coward to blast a 4th line center with an elbow when he’s not looking since you have no athletic ability whatsoever.
Oh and I wish I had an alcoholic father – would have a lot more in common
Enjoy rooting with the other bush league fans down there with your bush league fat boy coach and bush leage APES for players…
April 27th, 2009 at 2:18 pmColton the “Lesser”
You are the type of fan everyone hates – any team, any city. You are a big man behind a computer – probably couldn’t last 5 minutes in one period of a hockey game with real men.
As for the 6 game suspension – I think that is BS. 1 game for the pre-game contact, fine, but 5 more for the hit? Colin is being a total douchebag and letting the whining from NY get to him. Betts needs to pick his head up and pay attention, this isn’t jr hockey! 3 games at most should have been the punishment. Hell – Avery punched our goal and got nothing. Looks like the Rangers can’t call “favoritism” for the Caps the reason for their woes.
April 27th, 2009 at 2:22 pmWow Cat…you got me…
I mean all the caps fans here who talk badly about NYR are stand up individuals who have never played hockey and hide behind their comps too then, just like you! Glad to see that worked itself out…
Brashear deserved more than 6 as this isn’t the first incident and league rules state that that’s to be considered when handing out a suspension.
And CLEARLY you have never played hockey because there’s a difference between picking your head up and watching the puck since he got rid of it a good 15 seconds before he got hit you moron.
Avery retaliated for Erskine pretending to be tough yet again – and also Avery at least tries to throw off skilled players, not intend to injure 4th line penalty killers. Avery has never once gotten an intent to injure suspension, and also was a hair away from getting tossed from the league just for making comments!
And listen to your fellow caps fans above when they say it’s pretty clear that the NHL wants OV as far into the playoffs as possible. I would to if I ran the business but I wouldn’t pretend it wasn’t true you clown
April 27th, 2009 at 2:45 pmOh and also – series is tied 3-3
So the caps “woes” are the same as the Rangers so keep pretending like you have everything all locked up – you’ll get a repeat performance of your team last year
April 27th, 2009 at 2:46 pmCat,
You are awesome! Keep it up!
Colton the Chump,
You wish you had any of our young and awesome players. Seriously, for being fans of a team that features Sean Avery (and I actually like Avery most of the time), you Rangers fans do not stop bitching when somebody cheap-shots one of your players. A one game suspension I can buy, but don’t penalize a guy 6 games because your lousy 4th line center has a glass face.
Do you know I was saying when the Caps were down 3-1? I wasn’t blaming the series on the refs, or the Rangers. I was wondering when the hell the Caps would wake up and play like they can.
You call our players bush league now, but you know damn well that if you suddenly got Mike Green, or Alex Ovechkin, or Nick Backstrom on your team, you’d embrace him just like you did with Gomez. Who wouldn’t? After all, any of the Cap’s 4 or 5 best players would instantly be the best skater on your team BY FAR. I’d be doing back flips if the Caps ever got King Henrik. He’s the ONLY reason you’re even in the series.
Stop being an ignorant turd with all that ape shit. I know you probably come from a long, proud line of dumb racists, but it’s just not cool. Your mother has spaghetti in her mustache.
April 27th, 2009 at 2:47 pmBy the way, I play ice hockey 3-4 times a week. Just because we’re in the DC/Baltimore area doesn’t mean we don’t know hockey.
April 27th, 2009 at 2:53 pmCaps Fans…
The series is tied 3-3. You haven’t won anything yet. You STILL have to play the game. Just ask the 18-1 New England Patriots.
April 27th, 2009 at 2:56 pmTrue, the game must be played. Hats off for a great series so far. You can’t ask for much more than this….By the way, that Giants Patriots Super Bowl was amazing! My favorite since the Giants beat the Bills in XXV.
April 27th, 2009 at 2:59 pmDoes anyone moderate these comments? (See comment #28.)
April 27th, 2009 at 3:04 pmAnyone?,
I commented about that on comment 66 and 71. Blows my mind!
April 27th, 2009 at 3:05 pmOf course I wish I had some of your young players – I mean granted that’s what happens when your franchise was a joke forever excluding the past 3 years – get a lot of good picks.
The hit 100% deserved at least 5 games which is what he got – 1 game for pre-game incident. If you don’t hit him with at least 5 games he’ll just keep doing it, and that’s when people like McSorley have to blast him in the head with their stick. if they don’t police the game the players will and more of this will happen.
No one in NY even likes Gomez so good analogy – the guy is forever a devil. And I would take 3 or 4 rangers over backstrom (not OV or Green)
NYR wouldn’t come close to the playoffs with Hank let alone be in the series that’s pretty obvious.
And Brashear is absolutely an APE that doesn’t belong in the league because he has no ability whatsoever it’s an embarrassment. Guy has 4 points with a minus 6 rating and you guys are crying because he’s not playing – probably a blessing in disguise for you
And congrats I didn’t know the DC gay and lesbian club had a hockey team sweet man
April 27th, 2009 at 3:06 pmWow, a racist and a homophobe. I’ll bet I can guess what political party you’re affiliated with.
The reason you don’t like Gomez has nothing to do with him being a former Devil. I’m talking about you specifically here. You just don’t like the color of his skin.
The Caps have done a great job re-building the franchise over the past few years. Just a glance at their AHL team shows how deep they are, and how bright the future is for them. I went to two Hershey Bears games this season, and they won by a combined score of 17-1. They are destroying everyone they play. It’s a great time to be a Caps fan, regardless of what happens this season.
I still think it’s tough to win in the playoffs when all of your best players are under 24 years old, but in a few years, they will certainly be the team to beat.
You still haven’t said anything about whether or not you play ice hockey. I’m assuming the answer is a big fat “NO”.
April 27th, 2009 at 3:15 pmYup, she’s a cougar
April 27th, 2009 at 3:17 pmNate,
You just have to ignore those comments. Shouldn’t be made and is in no way a reflection of Ranger fans. Not even worth acknowledging.
April 27th, 2009 at 3:21 pmI hear you “letsgorangers”. Probably not a reflection of a certain political party either, so that was unfair for me to say.
I hate to focus on it, I just think it’s unnecessary.
April 27th, 2009 at 3:24 pmAlthough I can’t do this for the rest of the day like yourself I’ll respond 1 last time – A) the caps will 100% win a cup within the next 5 years and I agree that they have done a great job building the franchise B) I’m a democrat just hate brashear because he’s a joke C) skin color has nothing to do with it scott gomez will always be a devil – the guy scores more empty net goals than anyone in the league and has had only 1 20+ goal season in his “illustrious” career.
And yes I do play hockey still although that really isn’t relevant given the topic – especially how many times I play a week
April 27th, 2009 at 3:35 pmGood for you! Now go play World of Warcraft!
BTW, I agree about Gomez. He is overrated.
Brash is one of the most skilled goons in the league. He’s just not the most agile guy out there.
April 27th, 2009 at 3:41 pmAlso, you were the one who made playing hockey a relevant issue. You kept saying that we’ve never played hockey and whatnot.
April 27th, 2009 at 3:42 pmThe childish lashing out about the old franchise is so relevent it made me pause in my response – NOT! Look at the Rangers stats – they have had their “down” years, they have simply been around longer than DC so they have had a chance to have more “up” swings. What we “were” is not what we are! I am not a fairweather fan, they have my support whether they suck or whether they finally bring home a Cup. We have a team that is being grown with every game, every playoff series and with every moment of time Boudreau invests in these boys. He will make them the next big thing – in some ways he already has.
Anyone who makes racist nasty comments for shock value has no value as far as I am concerned. Coming at the world on a blog with a vicious tongue makes others just think you are the moron – not me. I am all for the back-and-forth of blog rumblings as long as there is something worth challenging one another with. I love it – it educates, challenges and provides different points of view. I welcome the challenge – but apparently don’t have the sense of mind to let it go when someone takes it too far. Fair enough shame on me…
At the end of the day – if Avery had done this the Rangers would be celebrating in the street! Hell fans threw coins and LED bulbs on the ice during a game in NY and could have greatly injured any player including Rangers. I am not saying all Caps fans are great, not all people are great – but the Rangers outright, holier-than-thou attitude shows that they think they are better than us. F that!
Nate – I brought up the playing hockey vs. not playing hockey because I believe only a small, insecure, inconsequential person would think it is fun to post racist ignorant comments. I think “the Lesser” would cave under the pressure of being on the ice with real hockey players instead of being behind his computer with a smart mouth and a bad attitude. Hell – I am a girl who would crumple under a hit from the weakest NHL player, I have respect for what they do and I have brains enough to know that the “sin bin” wasn’t created because everyone is “nice” in hockey. There would be no need for suspensions if Brash is the only naughty player on the ice.
April 27th, 2009 at 4:35 pmI see the local Klan academy let out in NY today and a few children came running to post.
Brash got 6 games. So be it. They won with him and they won without him. The complete and utter domination of the Rags in game 5 and 6 without Donald’s rather lackluster and ineffective play states rather clearly they don’t need him to win.
The ignorance shared amongst some of the more vocal Rags fans really demonstrates the sordid state of their local school systems. It’s nothing to be proud of, really.
Domination will end the Rags’ season tomorrow night, 4-1.
April 27th, 2009 at 5:06 pmdo we know which orbital bone was broken?
April 27th, 2009 at 5:55 pmIPDaily wrote on Post #66: “We all know Dubinsky can Eat a Wang.”
And you are talking about Rangers fans ignorance? If you read more of the posts above there were many “vocal” Rangers fans posting constructive points about relevant topics.
There are ignorant people everywhere. And if you want to play the “reverse” game… Had Brashear been on the Rangers and a 5 minute major penalty was missed, knocking out a key Cap I am sure this post would have had its share of posts from ignorant caps fans.
April 27th, 2009 at 7:32 pmletsgorangers Says:
IPDaily wrote on Post #66: “We all know Dubinsky can Eat a Wang.”
And you are talking about Rangers fans ignorance? If you read more of the posts above there were many “vocal” Rangers fans posting constructive points about relevant topics.
There are ignorant people everywhere. And if you want to play the “reverse” game… Had Brashear been on the Rangers and a 5 minute major penalty was missed, knocking out a key Cap I am sure this post would have had its share of posts from ignorant caps fans.”
Actually that argument is irrelevant to this and yes I was referring to ignorant Rags fans.
We aren’t reversing roles here. As for the ignorant people, again, yes there are ignorant people everywhere but as I said before I’m not comparing them to other fans.
I will say this, lets hope Avery plays tonight. His lack of discipline as well as Tortellini’s should bode well for the caps.
As for the Brashear suspension it was over the top and meant to make an example of him. I wonder if Dubinsky’s boo boo has healed.
Look for ugliness from the Rags if they’re down a bit near the end of the game. Given their track record of incessant whining and crying this entire series I wouldn’t put it past them to continue their head hunting as they prepare for Golf season.
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April 28th, 2009 at 6:49 amI think its pretty sad that all of you are going back and forth lashing out with stabs back and forth at each other, ok fine so you’re teams are playing in the playoffs, cheer for them and stop acting like little freaking kids talking about each other.
I’ve been a Caps fan for years, but I’m sad to say with the way all of you are acting I’d hate to claim any of you as fans for my team NY or Caps……no reason to act like little kids. Enjoy the fact that your team was great enough to make it this far….grow up!
April 28th, 2009 at 7:12 pmHEY LETSGORANGERS !!!
HAVE WE WON ANYTHING YET NOW??? LMAO! ENJOY THE OFF SEASON!!!!!!!
April 29th, 2009 at 10:42 am