tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838666590787905449.post1432162303210388576..comments2023-09-28T01:37:31.398-07:00Comments on imbroglioh: eulogyimbrogliohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995178943546248170noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838666590787905449.post-81535936120098749842008-04-24T07:32:00.000-07:002008-04-24T07:32:00.000-07:00I was just kidding about Putin, although he has be...I was just kidding about Putin, although he has been flexing a lot lately. That would be wild if Boudreau coached the Russians--imagine Ovechkin translating for him during the pregame talks! I'm sure Federov and Kozlov could vouch for him too. <BR/><BR/>Check this out, it was posted on James Mirtle's hockey blog:<BR/>Goaltender Olie Kolzig removed his nameplate from his locker here at Verizon Center after tonight's 3-2 overtime loss to Philly. Kolzig declined to speak to reporters, but that gesture seems to say it all about his future with the organization.<BR/>— Capitals InsiderAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838666590787905449.post-58468182697707820282008-04-23T20:06:00.000-07:002008-04-23T20:06:00.000-07:00yea for some reason i noticed in game 7 the flyers...yea for some reason i noticed in game 7 the flyers crashing the crease and taking little extraneous jabs at huet more than any other point in the series. im sure it was constant throughout though. yea i think that interference rule, if it was called correctly, is silly in that you get the absurd result of kapanen getting the empty net there. do we want games, nay a whole series, to be decided on a play like that? i'd rather not. i think ov firing that shot over biron is a more interesting play than thoresen knocking morrison into the goalie. i know they all cant be pretty, nor should they, but it just doesnt seem like something we need to see more of. kudos to thoresen, he knew exactly what he was doing and he got the job done. interesting, i thought our 4th line played a lot better than theirs the whole series, yet they outscored us there. hockey's a heartbreakingly capricious mistress, id guess that's why we love her so.<BR/><BR/>not sure putin can do anything about that one, it's up to the nhl and iihf. they broke their nhl contracts to play in the rsl, and while there's no nhl-iihf transfer agreement involving russia, if they want to play in an iihf event, they gotta live by iihf rules. just had an interesting idea today, i'd love to see boudreau coach the russian team at the 2010 olympics. dont think it's going to happen, but think the russians are going to need a north american coach to do well in that one. obv ovechkin and semin could vouch for bruce on that one, but the russian federation has never listened to its players before, and they probably never will.imbrogliohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14995178943546248170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838666590787905449.post-67146519536990467652008-04-23T15:03:00.000-07:002008-04-23T15:03:00.000-07:00yeah--tough to see the caps lose like that. i agr...yeah--tough to see the caps lose like that. i agree that the goalie interference issue needs to be revisited. in my opinion, any sort of interference on the goalie in the crease, direct or indirect, should be called--they've got to amend that one. semin and federov should both 'feel shame' for spending so much time in the box but they were obviously key ingredients to the team's success. overall a good season and an incredible turn-around for the caps.<BR/>i didn't know about the russian players being banned from the world championships. maybe putin will flex his muscle on this one?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com