Washington's Dmitry Orlov suspended for boarding. Video: http://t.co/jXtTlSIsP1
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) March 3, 2014
That's a nasty hit, and these types of hits needs to be removed from the game of hockey.
Washington's Dmitry Orlov suspended for boarding. Video: http://t.co/jXtTlSIsP1
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) March 3, 2014
English: #19 Nicklas Backstrom (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
New York Times --- A Swedish Olympic Committee spokesman told The Associated Press that Backstrom, 26, had tested positive for a substance found in an allergy medication he has taken for seven years. Backstrom, a top-line center, had four assists over Sweden’s first five games.Did the IOC expect him to suffer and not have him take his allergy medicine? Being a person that suffers from seasonal allergies, I would be miserable if I couldn't take my over-counter medication for my allergies. This is a rule that has to be looked at and then nuked.
The N.H.L. and the Capitals indicated in statements that Backstrom’s doping violation would not affect his status in the N.H.L. because the substance he tested positive for is not considered a banned substance by the league. Athletes competing in the Olympics are subject to tougher antidoping rules than those of the major professional leagues like the N.H.L.
The league’s deputy commissioner, Bill Daly, said, “We do not anticipate there being any consequences relative to Nicklas’s eligibility to participate in games for the Washington Capitals.”
Backstrom’s is the sixth known doping offense of the Sochi Games. The other athletes who failed drug tests were the cross-country skiers Johannes Duerr of Austria and Marina Lisogor of Ukraine; the men’s hockey player Vitalijs Pavlovs of Latvia; the biathlete Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle of Germany, who as a cross-country skier won two gold medals and three silver medals at previous Olympics; and the bobsledder William Frullani of Italy.
Tom Wilson's hit was called a "clean hit" by Oates and a "great hit" by McPhee. And yet he's gonna be suspended. This is why I hate Shanahan
— τhατ fly yοung lαχα (@flyyounglaxa) December 18, 2013
WSH's Tom Wilson has a noon ET hearing tomorrow with NHL for his hit last night on PHI's Brayden Schenn.
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) December 18, 2013
Bob Mckenzie is absolutely right... Nothing wrong with Tom Wilson's hit
— Kevin Groulx (@Grousy93) December 18, 2013
Good hit, didn't target the head from what I saw...just good hockey http://t.co/0BpR3qtDCE
— T Hype (@THypeSR) December 18, 2013
I find it funny how Flyer fans were all upset over Tom Wilson's hit. Clearly they've never heard of Bobby Clarke or Dave Schultz.
— Rob (@RobZ24) December 18, 2013
“@TheHockeyVines: Tom Wilson's hit last night: https://t.co/xGHQbxUVGO” This was so clean!!
— zachary rehm (@rehm_z76) December 18, 2013
Washington Capitals’ Tom Wilson Puts Huge Hit on Flyers’ Brayden Schenn: Although the final score read 5-2 in ... http://t.co/DUoAsqEOAl
— Fansided NHL (@FansidedNHL) December 18, 2013
Tom Wilson sent a text to Brayden Schenn apologizing for last nights hit. Schenn accepted his apology, and said... http://t.co/J81RpNrk9F
— Complete Hockey News (@CompleteHkyNews) December 18, 2013
Capitals Coach Adam Oates can appreciate the cool play, but sides with those who don’t see that type of goal as appropriate.Sure, Hertl is showboating, but he does score an amazing goal. I suppose during the old days, someone would have come up and pounded on Hertl, or not. I am not sure if the Capitals have the moral high ground either. Alex Ovechkin scored a goal and then dropped his stick and pretended it was too hot to pick up.
“I’m upset. I was just talking to George [McPhee] and he said all the kids do that nowadays, which I understand. But would he have done it on his first goal?” Oates said. “He hasn’t scored yet tonight and he gets a breakaway, is he going to do that
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Caps’ development camp group rosters http://t.co/SwVIpyAJZf #CapsYou can see by this link that UND senior goalie Clarke Saunders is attending the Washington Capitals Development camp.
— Capitals Outsider (@CapsOutsider) July 8, 2013
monumentalnetwork.com --- In the game’s final minute, Perreault was coming through the neutral zone when Philadelphia winger Harry Zolnierczyk checked the Washington center hard. Zolnierczyk was assessed a five-minute major for kneeing and a game misconduct, but Oates didn’t see anything wrong with the hit.
“I don’t think it’s dirty at all,” says Oates. “It’s the product of our whole game, quite honestly. There’s 30 seconds left, the game’s over and Matty [Perreault] thought that he could stickhandle through the team. That’s not what we do, all of us tonight. Guys are sitting there waiting for you and you get hit.
Ovechkin has made the big and cleah hit in the middle of the ice.
— Pavel Lysenkov (@plysenkov) September 20, 2012
CALGARY, AB – The Calgary Flames announced today that they have acquired and signed defenceman Dennis Wideman from Washington in exchange for Jordan Henry and a 5th round pick in the 2013 NHL Draft.
Wideman, a native of Kitchener, Ontario, has played over 500 career games with 67 goals, 184 assists for 251 points over the course of seven NHL seasons with time spent in St. Louis, Boston, Florida and Washington. Last season with the Capitals, Wideman had his second best offensive season tallying 11 goals along with a team high 35 assists for 46 points in 82 games which tied him for third in team scoring and lead all blue-liners with the Capitals.
Contract terms: 5 year contract with an Average Annual Value of $5,250,000
Eric Duhatschek The Globe and Mail --- What’s on display in these playoffs isn’t hockey, it’s pinball.You might be thinking the same thing that I am thinking? If you unclog the area around the net, the goalie is going to have a more un-obstructed view around the net and the goaltender is going to have a better chance of seeing the puck and you could end up with less scoring.
Seeking a way to enhance offence, Pagé proposed that the NHL introduce a modified version of basketball’s three-in-the-key rule. The rule states that an offensive player shall not remain in the key for more than three seconds. Pagé’s application to hockey would affect both offensive and defensive players, with the primary goal to keep the area in front of the net unclogged.
It’s an idea worth considering, given how established the shot-blocking trend is today. Teams all collapse back toward the goal, with every player instructed to get in front of shots, even if they happen to screen the goaltenders. Under the Pagé plan, hockey could create a zone in front of the goaltender that perhaps only three, or even two, players a team could enter at the same time.
Naturally, purists would hate this innovation because it would mean drawing more lines on the ice, but for the sake of argument, let’s say the NHL designated the area from the goal to the outer edges of the lower faceoff circles as hockey’s key. If you permitted only two defenders to enter that area at a time, you might see some creative plays down low instead of the gridlock we have now.
It even raises the larger question, which seems to have gone unasked in these playoffs. Is shot-blocking good for the game? Unquestionably, it takes courage to block shots. Nowadays, players can all rifle the puck, and as good as it is, today’s equipment cannot completely protect against the tiny gaps where the human body is exposed. If the puck hits you just right, it can do some serious damage. One of these days, a puck is going to deflect off a stick, into the face of a player and there will be a tragedy on the ice.Hockey is a contact sport where people are going to get hurt, if you don’t want to get hurt play tennis. One of the problems is that a lot of people that have never played the sport of hockey on any level tend to be the ones that write about hockey. These are the same people that want to take fighting out of hockey.