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by IwoCPO on 12/17/07 at 06:59 PM ET
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Pepe Lopez cannot keep me down. Wings/Caps live blog here. I’d point you to the Caps blogs, but there are 273 of them. Unbelievable. See them all here at Japers’ Rink blog roll.
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Don’t worry about it, cementslinger - we all make typos on the internet! I’m just in a contrary mood because I have to bake an oreo cake for work as soon as the game is over and I thought I had another day to get it done. 
Sweet goal from Zetterberg.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 12/17/07 at 08:21 PM ET
We’re going to see just how tough Aaron Downey is tonite. When he fights Brashear, if he even comes close to a draw, he’s going to reach hometown hero status.
Great movement on the PP. It looked like a 5 on 2.
Posted by IwoCPO from Washington, DC on 12/17/07 at 08:21 PM ET
I swear… That friggin Hank! God love him, I know I do.
Posted by cementslinger from Midland MI on 12/17/07 at 08:22 PM ET
Did you see Downey on the bench after that hit by Brashear? He looked like he was ready to go. I say it will happen in the third
Posted by Aaron from Phoenix on 12/17/07 at 08:22 PM ET
Yeah, Brashear’s got a couple weight classes on Downey, but if Aaron’s smart about it....
He’ll get credit for even challenging the guy.
Posted by Matt Saler from Grand Rapids, MI on 12/17/07 at 08:22 PM ET
Pass has to be perfect to one time it. Nice one guys.
Posted by HockeyTownTodd from upset when blogs don’t live up to my expectations on 12/17/07 at 08:23 PM ET
Darren Garcia, watching in Denver, has already rewound Cleary’s interview 8 times.
Posted by IwoCPO from Washington, DC on 12/17/07 at 08:24 PM ET
He has a perfectly good excuse - he had to translate it from Babcockian to English.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 12/17/07 at 08:26 PM ET
If you’re easily offended by words, Baroque, it might not be a good idae to try to read Franzen’s lips on his way to the box.
Posted by Gabriel from San Diego, CA on 12/17/07 at 08:27 PM ET
Just misused words.
I think his language was entirely appropriate for the situation.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 12/17/07 at 08:29 PM ET
“Back with the Red Wings ‘Pee-Pee’ after this"…
I’m…
...horrified…
Posted by Gabriel from San Diego, CA on 12/17/07 at 08:31 PM ET
If THAT shows up on ebay, I don’t want to know about it!
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 12/17/07 at 08:32 PM ET
I wasn’t going to say anything other than a joke involving the Wii, my sense of humor deserted me.
Posted by Matt Saler from Grand Rapids, MI on 12/17/07 at 08:32 PM ET
I have to bake an oreo cake for work as soon as the game is over and I thought I had another day to get it done.
Just tell ‘em the dog ate your homework while you were watching the Wings. If they can’t accept that…
Posted by cementslinger from Midland MI on 12/17/07 at 08:33 PM ET
Have we got som new players that I don’t know about?
Posted by HockeyTownTodd from upset when blogs don’t live up to my expectations on 12/17/07 at 08:37 PM ET
It’s for the Christmas potluck. I promised.
Fortunately it’s an easy recipe - I’ll make something for coworkers, but not if it takes too long.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 12/17/07 at 08:38 PM ET
Is it just me, or is Lilja looking really good? Weird
Posted by scheisskopf on 12/17/07 at 08:38 PM ET
When did the Caps put cozing in the net?
Posted by HockeyTownTodd from upset when blogs don’t live up to my expectations on 12/17/07 at 08:39 PM ET
Lilja’s been solid lately. So much so that Mikael “The Streak” Samuelsson is now the most doghouse-worthy Wing.
Posted by Matt Saler from Grand Rapids, MI on 12/17/07 at 08:40 PM ET
A better period for the Wings, but like Iwo said, the Caps are better than advertised. Or at least better than their record indicates. I guess they’ve been getting better every night since the coaching change, but I wasn’t expecting this.
Posted by Matt Saler from Grand Rapids, MI on 12/17/07 at 08:43 PM ET
That’s what happens when the other conference might as well be on another planet. No frame of reference at all.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 12/17/07 at 08:46 PM ET
“Chris Lidstrom”....
This is getting pretty unbearable.
Posted by Gabriel from San Diego, CA on 12/17/07 at 08:46 PM ET
they look like a different team than the one I saw a few weeks ago live. more energy and much better in their own end.
Gabe, did they really say “chris”? I missed that. Oh, Dr. Engblom is on.
Posted by IwoCPO from Washington, DC on 12/17/07 at 08:49 PM ET
Look, I’m no fashion expert. And I really shouldn’t be talking about hair since I still have glitter in mine from Saturday night--don’t ask--but Engblom...my god, that is a disaster.
Posted by IwoCPO from Washington, DC on 12/17/07 at 08:52 PM ET
Thank the gods they aren’t doing a Dallas game - all the Finns would make them strangle on their own tongues if they can’t even manage “Nick Lidstrom.”
Or Toronto - Alexei Ponikarovsky!
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 12/17/07 at 08:57 PM ET
Yeah, there are very few situations in which a full blown mullet would be an improvement, but this definitely qualifies.
If I didn’t know better, I would assume that his hair puffs up when the camera comes on...like an act of aggression.
And yes, I heard “Chris Lidstrom” as they were cutting away from the interview. I hope I misheard.
Posted by Gabriel from San Diego, CA on 12/17/07 at 08:58 PM ET
Baroque, Chelios had a look of bewilderness.
Posted by IwoCPO from Washington, DC on 12/17/07 at 09:00 PM ET
Nice effort by Green to avoid blowing up the net there. Oh wait.
Posted by Matt Saler from Grand Rapids, MI on 12/17/07 at 09:01 PM ET
Bewilderment.
Why am I a smartass magnet?
(sigh)
ANOTHER penalty? This is getting ridonkulous.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 12/17/07 at 09:04 PM ET
I could do with a few more rushes like that from Filppula. I so wanted that to be a goal.
Posted by Matt Saler from Grand Rapids, MI on 12/17/07 at 09:13 PM ET
“Chelios staving off the advances of Nylander.”
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 12/17/07 at 09:14 PM ET
What was that about Samuelsson? Some misinformation fed to Versus, methinks.
Posted by Matt Saler from Grand Rapids, MI on 12/17/07 at 09:15 PM ET
That was an over the top reference on that All Star commercial. Did you catch that chief?
Posted by Aaron from Phoenix on 12/17/07 at 09:19 PM ET
Ugh. It’s bad enough seeing this Beninati guy on all the Capitals broadcasts, but now he’s infecting my Red Wings games. He can’t seem to say anything without using a metaphor.
I’m just glad that his play-by-play man from the Caps games, Craig Laughlin, isn’t with him...he’s even more irritating…
Posted by BuzzFledderjohn on 12/17/07 at 09:19 PM ET
Dammit Aaron. I missed that too.
Fledderjohn, I hear ya. Those two are definitely the worst...in the East. Nobody compares to the genius that is Crisp and Weber in Nashville.
Posted by IwoCPO from Washington, DC on 12/17/07 at 09:21 PM ET
MOVE THE COTTON CANDY OUT OF MY WAY, PLEASE!
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 12/17/07 at 09:21 PM ET
New least favorite non-Belle Tire commercial: this Philips Norelco swivel razor thing.
Posted by Matt Saler from Grand Rapids, MI on 12/17/07 at 09:24 PM ET
“when I put my mask on, it’s like I become a different person”
Posted by Aaron from Phoenix on 12/17/07 at 09:25 PM ET
Holmstrom has a hat trick!
Fortunately only one of them was in the wrong net.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 12/17/07 at 09:26 PM ET
Two really nice feeds for Pavel tonight. The set-up to Lidstrom wasn’t bad either, as it found him wide open on the backside. He’s making a good case for himself tonight.
Posted by Matt Saler from Grand Rapids, MI on 12/17/07 at 09:28 PM ET
That “puck over the glass” rule gets me angrified.
Posted by Aaron from Phoenix on 12/17/07 at 09:31 PM ET
Well, give them enough power-plays and it was bound to happen.
That was Washington’s seventh power-play.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 12/17/07 at 09:32 PM ET
Good pass, good shot, but Dom should have had that.
Posted by Gabriel from San Diego, CA on 12/17/07 at 09:32 PM ET
Bleh. That takes some of the luster off Pavel’s night…
Posted by Matt Saler from Grand Rapids, MI on 12/17/07 at 09:32 PM ET
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It’s hard to watch the game with all these Versus verbal oddities. I swear I heard the play-by-play guy call Lidstrom “Lindstrom” and I’ve had a hard time concentrating on the game ever since.
Posted by Matt Saler from Grand Rapids, MI on 12/17/07 at 08:17 PM ET