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mikerocksthered · #1 12-21-2010, 04:42 PM

Hi everyone. I am fairly new to the forum and brand new to fantasy hockey this year. I am a die hard Caps fan, and hope to share everything Caps that I can get my hands on. I am 31, and live in Arlington, VA, just a few blocks from Kettler Capitals Iceplex where the Capitals practice. I have been urged by some of the members to represent all things Caps in this forum. Thanks to GMGates for the go ahead!

I will try to post lines prior to puck drop, injury updates, random articles, and updates from practices and morning skates.

Here are some of the pages I follow to get my info:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalsinsider/

http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/

http://www.japersrink.com/

I also follow a lot of Caps bloggers on twitter. My twitter is @mikerocksthered and although I have not been much of a tweeter, I will start retweeting line ups that I get before puck drop, as well as any injury related info.

Enjoy!

newper114 · #2 12-21-2010, 04:48 PM

Nice loooking forward to hearing more. not a caps fan but we all carry a few of them on our fantasy teams. ANother thing i would love to see is recap of some games also. seems like alot of other sections do this. that is if they can watch the game. always great to get as many teams covered as possible.

as your a caps everything i would love to hear your thoughts on two things if you have time:

1) the deal that sent fleischmann out. he seems to be really connecting in colorodo and i am wondering is he that good (70ish point pace guy) or is it just being on a new team. what happened to him in washington.

2) My favorite debate of all time. who is the glue that makes this team score boat load of points (aside from this weird slump). Which is the true Alexander the great. Semin or Ovechkin. I alway ssay that it seems to be semin. whenever ovech and backstrom seem to struggle semin gets put on there line and bam they all combine for 10+ points the next game. so yeah just curious??

again welcome.

valec · #3 12-21-2010, 04:59 PM

Can't find you on twitter.

Dean Youngblood · #4 12-21-2010, 05:50 PM

I am glad to see you took my advice to represent the Capitals. You have did a great job in the forums so keep up the good work.

mikerocksthered · #5 12-21-2010, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by valec

Can't find you on twitter.

TWITTER

I changed my twitter name today, so according to twitter it may take a few days for me to show up in search. I will let everyone know once I am showing up in the search.

EDIT: You should be able to find me on twitter now!

mikerocksthered · #6 12-21-2010, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by newper114

Nice loooking forward to hearing more. not a caps fan but we all carry a few of them on our fantasy teams. ANother thing i would love to see is recap of some games also. seems like alot of other sections do this. that is if they can watch the game. always great to get as many teams covered as possible.

as your a caps everything i would love to hear your thoughts on two things if you have time:

1) the deal that sent fleischmann out. he seems to be really connecting in colorodo and i am wondering is he that good (70ish point pace guy) or is it just being on a new team. what happened to him in washington.

2) My favorite debate of all time. who is the glue that makes this team score boat load of points (aside from this weird slump). Which is the true Alexander the great. Semin or Ovechkin. I alway ssay that it seems to be semin. whenever ovech and backstrom seem to struggle semin gets put on there line and bam they all combine for 10+ points the next game. so yeah just curious??

again welcome.

Great questions and I don't consider myself a hockey expert by any means, but hear are my thoughts.

1. Fleischmann was just too buried in the depth of the caps forwards. I am very glad to see him doing so well in Colorado and wonder myself if the same thing would happen if someone like Knuble, or Fehr would have been sent to the Av's. When you have a line consisting of Ovechkin, Backstrom and Semin, it is easy for the other guys to be overshadowed. Being the new guy on the team, Fleischmann has to prove himself and work even harder than usual, and he has done that with flying colors!

2. People might give me a bunch of crap for this, but I think Mike Green is the glue that hold the team together. He has not been doing very well this year, especially during the slump. This is very evident when Mike Green is sick or injured. I can't find the exact numbers but will continue to look for them. Since Mike Green leads the team in time on the ice, it would make sense that he is the guy that everyone feeds off of. If he is slumping then everyone on the team will be on the ice with him throughout the course of the game. I do agree that Semin and Ovie tend to go back and forth with one being "on" and the other being "off". The annoying part of that, is Semin tends to have a lot of stupid offensive penalties in the worst possible times when he is "off".

newper114 · #7 12-21-2010, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by mikerocksthered

Great questions and I don't consider myself a hockey expert by any means, but hear are my thoughts.

1. Fleischmann was just too buried in the depth of the caps forwards. I am very glad to see him doing so well in Colorado and wonder myself if the same thing would happen if someone like Knuble, or Fehr would have been sent to the Av's. When you have a line consisting of Ovechkin, Backstrom and Semin, it is easy for the other guys to be overshadowed. Being the new guy on the team, Fleischmann has to prove himself and work even harder than usual, and he has done that with flying colors!

2. People might give me a bunch of crap for this, but I think Mike Green is the glue that hold the team together. He has not been doing very well this year, especially during the slump. This is very evident when Mike Green is sick or injured. I can't find the exact numbers but will continue to look for them. Since Mike Green leads the team in time on the ice, it would make sense that he is the guy that everyone feeds off of. If he is slumping then everyone on the team will be on the ice with him throughout the course of the game. I do agree that Semin and Ovie tend to go back and forth with one being "on" and the other being "off". The annoying part of that, is Semin tends to have a lot of stupid offensive penalties in the worst possible times when he is "off".

great points. yeah ive noticed that with semin but to me that just makes things even better. and makes him so much more important. ofcourse i am talking more fantasy related as thats how i look at things. when he isnt scoring i love those games he adds like 6 SOG and a ton of PIM. i guess from a team perspective thats a bad thing.

sorry most of us here have a fantasy hockey mind!

mikerocksthered · #8 12-21-2010, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by newper114

great points. yeah ive noticed that with semin but to me that just makes things even better. and makes him so much more important. ofcourse i am talking more fantasy related as thats how i look at things. when he isnt scoring i love those games he adds like 6 SOG and a ton of PIM. i guess from a team perspective thats a bad thing.

sorry most of us here have a fantasy hockey mind!

I wouldn't mind the PIM's but I am killing my league in the category and could really use goals and assists, especially assists. We don't count SOG, just SH%.

I am hoping to catch Green out at one of the bars he his know to frequent to ask him "If you had yourself in fantasy hockey, would you still be on your roster, or would have you dropped yourself? (since no one in my league seems to want him in a trade!

mikerocksthered · #9 12-21-2010, 06:46 PM

I have to apologize in advance for not being available today to post the starting lines once I get them.....I am heading home to spend the next few weeks with my dad who just got out of the hospital today....should be back on line sometime in the 1st period. Once my twitter account gets straightened out this won't be a problem anymore!

mikerocksthered · #10 12-21-2010, 07:14 PM

(12/21) Tonights lines!! (I can post from my blackberry!!!) http://wapo.st/dFKQe9

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