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Team: 2017-18 Washington Capitals
Initial Creation Date: Feb. 16, 2018
Published: Feb. 16, 2018
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23$75,000,000$68,092,606$4,978$715,000$6,907,394
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UFA - 3
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UFA - 1
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UFA - 1
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Feb. 16, 2018 at 12:08 p.m.
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Hard no for Oilers
Feb. 16, 2018 at 12:30 p.m.
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Yeah I agree, I don't think anyone wants to take Orpik. Unless the Caps take Lucic or Russell of their hands, I can't see them taking this.
Feb. 16, 2018 at 12:46 p.m.
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Why do Caps fans always pick a defenseman to hate? Let's see Larry Murphy got his own obnoxious cheer, got traded away for too little, knocked Washington out of the playoffs, and won the Cup with Pittsburgh.

Gonchar got Murphy's whoop for a season, got traded away, knocked the Caps out of the playoffs, and won the Cup with Pittsburgh.

Jeff Schultz got universally bad reviews, wasn't re-signed, left to play in the minor leagues, got called up by LA in the playoffs and won the Cup with LA.

Orpik knocked the Caps out of the playoffs and won the Cup. Now Caps fans want to give him away for nothing.....

What could possibly go wrong?

As a Caps fan since the early '90s at least, I'd really like to put a stop to this idea that bandwagon fans know more than the team's general mangers, one of whom got booed out of town for only collecting great defensemen, checking forwards, and one or two good offensive forwards, and just went to the Finals with that plan, and the other of whom is currently leading the NHL in the regular season.

If you think you understand hockey better than MacLellan, ask yourself: did I know Jeff Schultz could win the Cup? Did I know Sergei Gonchar could win the Cup? Do I remember Orpik winning the Cup? Did I see how well Poile's team played last year in the finals? Do I have any idea what kind of magic George McPhee is working in Vegas?

MacLellan was hired after telling Leonsis to stop crowdsourcing quite so heavily. There are definitely a lot of accounts on here dedicated to the proposition that Brooks Orpik should not play in Washington. I wonder how many of their IP addresses are even in the Washington area.
Feb. 16, 2018 at 12:49 p.m.
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But the problem with this roster, aside from sticking Niskanen on his weak side, is that it still doesn't have sixty minutes of left defensemen, even with him over there.
Feb. 16, 2018 at 1:22 p.m.
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I would look into buying Larson later and see if he does better
Feb. 16, 2018 at 1:28 p.m.
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Quoting: Eli
Why do Caps fans always pick a defenseman to hate? Let's see Larry Murphy got his own obnoxious cheer, got traded away for too little, knocked Washington out of the playoffs, and won the Cup with Pittsburgh.

Gonchar got Murphy's whoop for a season, got traded away, knocked the Caps out of the playoffs, and won the Cup with Pittsburgh.

Jeff Schultz got universally bad reviews, wasn't re-signed, left to play in the minor leagues, got called up by LA in the playoffs and won the Cup with LA.

Orpik knocked the Caps out of the playoffs and won the Cup. Now Caps fans want to give him away for nothing.....

What could possibly go wrong?

As a Caps fan since the early '90s at least, I'd really like to put a stop to this idea that bandwagon fans know more than the team's general mangers, one of whom got booed out of town for only collecting great defensemen, checking forwards, and one or two good offensive forwards, and just went to the Finals with that plan, and the other of whom is currently leading the NHL in the regular season.

If you think you understand hockey better than MacLellan, ask yourself: did I know Jeff Schultz could win the Cup? Did I know Sergei Gonchar could win the Cup? Do I remember Orpik winning the Cup? Did I see how well Poile's team played last year in the finals? Do I have any idea what kind of magic George McPhee is working in Vegas?

MacLellan was hired after telling Leonsis to stop crowdsourcing quite so heavily. There are definitely a lot of accounts on here dedicated to the proposition that Brooks Orpik should not play in Washington. I wonder how many of their IP addresses are even in the Washington area.


https://www.japersrink.com/2018/2/14/17010868/brooks-orpiks-atrocious-season-capitals
Feb. 16, 2018 at 5:51 p.m.
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Exactly what I'm talking about. But I already explained why this article is meaningless in comments on another nonsense Orpik trade yesterday. Feel free to scroll back through Caps armchairgm rosters and find it. Reply to me if you have any questions.
Feb. 16, 2018 at 6:48 p.m.
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whatever,I'll copy it:

"It's a hit piece by a humorous blogger. I love JP, but he's not presenting himself as a journalist or any sort of a scientist This article doesn't mention that Erskine's zone starts were 50/50, in the 14 minutes per game he played that year (https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/e/erskijo01.html) whereas Orpik starts 43% of his shifts in the offensive zone, and the rest behind the red line, and plays 20 minutes a night (https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/o/orpikbr01.html). Orpik plays the toughest minutes of anyone on the Caps this year. Last year, when Alzner played the tough minutes, and the Caps had better checking wingers like Williams and Winnik, Brooks was +32. He's a workhorse.

The Caps are 4-0 in games when Brooks Orpik plays more than 23 minutes. They are 1-0 in games when he tops 27 minutes of time on ice. Since playoff games keep going until someone scores, every team needs a couple defensemen who are okay playing a half hour or more, and can just coast through keeping the other team from scoring goals.

If you're going to hate Brooks Orpik, hate him because he's violent, and a danger to every opponent he plays against. Not because he's taking on the toughest workload of any Caps defenseman since Langway in his prime."
--me

I'll add that in games when Christian Djoos plays15:00 or more,the Caps are only 4-4-2, so while this slideshow seeks to assert that the problem is Orpik, the problem is a lack of team defense. Orpik is the best answer they currently have. While he could use another experienced, defensively solid left defenseman to share the job with, getting rid of Orpik is a serious loss to the Caps right now.

Hockey coaches, like other managers, try to promote their employees to the level of their inompetence. For Djoos, that limit is about 14 minutes, with mostly offensive zone starts. Much beyond that, and the Caps become a .500 hockey team instead of division leaders. For Orpik, the limit has not been reached yet.

That is impressive enough on its own, but even more impressive when you consider exactly how much older John Erskine is than Brooks: three months.
 
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