Fan of the Washington Capitals - even though they piss me off.

The Washington Capitals are my favorite NHL team. I don't watch the NFL, NBA, MLB, or any other sport, for that matter. HOWEVER, I will watch the Dallas Cowboys, whenever they are on TV here in the Redskins Nation (whom I hate, btw.) Cowboys are my hometown team, as I was born/raised in Dallas.

So, back to the Capitals, and how they're pissing me off, as of late.
As most know, that follow NHL, Alex Ovechkin is injured with an upper body injury, and listed as week-to-week. I don't forsee him being out much longer than this week, but we'll see.

With AO out, the other guys really need to step it up. Last night's game against the NJ Devils, was a freaking joke. NJ was 1-4 at home this year, and there's no reason why we shouldn't have made it 1-5, other than we just didn't show up to play, and Alexander Semin took way too many penalties. I think he finished the night with 3 or 4, and them scoring on at least one of those. He needs to be the player he's shown he can be. It's contract year, for crying out loud!
Semin finished with three shots on goal on the night, but had none until the third period. He committed three offensive-zone penalties on the night, including two in the third period. On one glorious final-frame scoring chance, Semin was unable to lift the puck over Martin Brodeur, who was able to reject him with a pad-stacking block.

Later in the 3rd, Semin came out of the penalty box and went off on a breakaway, but couldn't get a good result from the shot.


Matthew Perreault made his rookie/first NHL game debut. Perreault turned in a strong performance, collecting two assists, two shots on goal, two takeaways and a +2 on the night with just 10:30 in ice time. He's a keeper, if he can do this, consistantly.
“He plays with a quiet confidence,” observes Knuble of Perreault. “He’s a steady guy in the center, good on pucks and good on draws. Obviously he’s a passer.”


Nick Backstrom launched his own website, which has tons of good info on it. for your own viewing pleasure, go to http://www.backstrom19.com and have a looksy.

Caps are now 8-3-4 with 20pts, leading the SE division over a 2nd place Tampa Bay Lightning, who are 5-4-4 with 14pts and 2 games in hand.

Caps are 2nd in the Conference, 4 points behind the Pittsburgh Penguins with their 24, and one point ahead of 3rd place Buffalo Sabres' 19 points. Buffalo has 3 games in hand, having only played 12, to Caps' and Penguins' 15 games.