Obviously the larger the gap is with stats like goal differential, the more telling it becomes. I mean, you can't really be lucky or unlucky for an entire 82-game season. It's really an anomaly that the Caps are where they are with a goal differential as lopsided as theirs. A player's +/- can be unr...

Trifecta. What a turn of events. Everything is going our way right now.

Two big games tomorrow, Capitals @ Hurricanes and Flyers @ Sabres.

Huge games. Obviously the best outcome is Caps lose in regulation and the Flyers vs Sabers simply ends in regulation.

I really like the Pens game tonight for the most part, but make no mistake: this game is 3-1 right now because we have the better goalie.

Dave Andreychuk

He's one of the best coaches in the league. I believe that. It's also true, however, that every coach eventually has his day. During that awful stretch right after Jake was traded, I thought it might be time to seriously consider moving on if they would have kept playing that way until the end of th...

I never even considered going back in time to shame the Pirates. Haha, well, no shame at all in winning a world championship.... no matter how ugly it is. The stats in that series do prove mikey's point, though. Give me the guy who wins four out of seven games, no matter how ugly the three losses a...

Great point about averaging stats. One of the best examples of this was the 1960 World Series, in which the Yankees outscored the Pirates 65-27 and by every possible statistical measure, should have swept that series in a blowout... except for the fact that the Pirates won several games by very smal...

It's a pretty darn good position to be in when you've got two very good goaltenders, plus a young guy with potential waiting in the wings. So, as I said, for next season I would keep both Jarry and Ned. Part with one only when/if Blomqvist is ready. The trade market for goalies is such that you woul...

Well, I certainly agree with mikey that he's in the top 10 starters in the NHL and has a comparatively low cap hit. It's hard to argue that. My biggest concern with Jarry going into this season was his durability, as injuries caused them to turn to CDS way too often last season and it cost them a pl...

Yes. This has been the best season of goaltending this team has gotten since the two Cup years. I'd like to keep it that way.

Keep them both for next season. Give them both 35+ games. Blomquist will be ready by that time, and then you can reevaluate the position after that.

You figure 90 points gets you in... maybe

7 games left, they'd need 11 points.

5-1-1 is a tall order, but they can go 4-3 if all 3 losses are loser points. It's...not impossible.

Ned making big time saves. Might be Dubas best signing. I'm curious what he'll be looking for as a FA. Love having him on the team, but goaltending can be a premium on the market depending how much you like a guy. He'll be looking to start, at least as part of a tandem. His play has earned him that...

What a gritty performance! Looking back on all the saves Ned made when they were trailing.

BTW the replacement cost is another $5M player. I think some of us, myself included, would have entertained moving jake for two top-9 forwards before last season to lengthen the lineup. So we effectively achieved this and added 4 futures in the process. This is exactly where I'm at. It's not for no...

The way I see it is this: you get Bunting, who is a pretty darn good hockey player, and you take the difference in salary between what he makes and what Jake gets next season on the open market, and you can go sign another player. Plus, you get the prospects and the pick they got in the trade. So, f...

Trump is basically "house poor." His wealth (the amount of which is subject to much debate, and has likely dropped precipitously given the current commercial-real-estate market) is mostly in the form of real estate, which is illiquid. Bonds on appeal are for the purpose of making sure that if the a...

Just rewatched GB Afterlife. Choked up at the end again. My wife was crying her eyes out. Forgot how fun that movie is overall. Will be seeing Frozen Empire tomorrow. Don’t care what critics think to be honest. As pure entertainment value goes, I really enjoyed it. (No spoilers) I'm a long time GB ...

Yes. We couldn't have really asked for more this year from Jarry and Ned. There were a lot of games in which they deserved better.

These losses are hard to watch. But, this is the inevitable flip side of being great for so long. There are some things that still should not happen, even if your team isn't very good. Blowing big leads and collapsing emotionally on a frequent basis is not one of them. If this team were a bit scrapp...

That awful stretch of games also played into the whole "they quit on Sullivan" narrative, although their efforts the past several games would suggest otherwise.

Theyre also highly compensated professional athletes. Quit being b*tches. I say this not because of the media hoopla but because I watched them play in the game or two before the trade and the 3 or 4 games after it and their disinterest/malcontent was palpable. Well said. It's a business, and at th...

What a great period.

Shea down, St. Ivany up.

Hmph. Another Boston College product. Might as well see what he's got, I suppose.