Guest Posts
« Previous EntriesThe Caps’ Short Season in Five Awesome Pictures
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013Here with a quick season recap is Caps correspondent Brad Parker.
1. Shouldn’t a Man of His Advanced Age Know Better?
Caps fans loved Mike Knuble when he was in town. So when he returned to Verizon this year CSN quickly pointed out why GMGM let him go: He’s old. Also, he picks his nose all [...]
History Says Caps Winning Game 4 Means 40% Chance Of Epic Fail
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013Here to prep you for tonight’s Game 4 is Caps correspondent Brad Parker.
By now we all know the Caps have never won a game when having the chance to take a 3-0 lead in a best-of-seven series. (Twice they’ve swept a best-of-five series and in ‘85 blew a 2-0 lead on the Islanders and lost [...]
5 Reasons This Is The Caps Year
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013Caps correspondent Brad Parker is here to provide a counterpoint to, um, Brad Parker’s 5 Reasons The Caps Will Let Us Down … Again.
1. Adam Oates — Boudreau’s porridge was to offense-y. Hunter’s porridge was too defense-y. Oates’ porridge is just right! He makes the team responsible in their own end while letting the Ovechkins [...]
5 Reasons The Caps Will Let Us Down … Again
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013Caps correspondent Brad Parker is here to provide a counterpoint to, um, Brad Parker’s 5 Reasons This Is The Caps’ Year.
1. Henrik Lundqvist — We all know that a hot goalie can steal a game, or even a series (See: Halak, Jaroslav). Lundqvist has that kind of ability. In the 2009 series against NYR the [...]
Capitals 2012-13 Regular Season Winners & Losers
Monday, April 29th, 2013Back with another guest post is Caps correspondent Brad Parker.
Winners
Alex Ovechkin – In February he was lazy, past his prime and everything wrong with superstar athletes. Then he set the all-time NHL record for goals in April, led the NHL in goals for the season and tied Sidney Crosby in points. And unlike Sidney Crosby, [...]
Five Suggestions For The Capitals’ New Party Anthem (POLL)
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013Back with another guest post is Caps correspondent/DJ Brad Parker.
The trade deadline is a distant memory. Filip Forsberg is not coming to DC. Any significant changes the Caps make for the postseason (if we’re fortunate enough to make the playoffs) will not involve on-ice personnel. But that doesn’t mean it’s too late to do something [...]
How The Caps’ Forsberg-For-Erat Deal Got Stressful And Sad
Thursday, April 4th, 2013There are substantive analyses of yesterday’s Erat-Forsberg deal, and then there’s this, by Mr. Irrelevant Caps correspondent Brad Parker. Enjoy.
Most of you have lives, jobs, families and friends. For those and countless other reasons you probably didn’t spend Wednesday afternoon feverishly refreshing your Twitter feed for the latest NHL trade news. Luckily for you, I [...]
Alex Ovechkin Is Awesome Again
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013Here to collect the winnings for nailing his Redskins-Seahawks prediction four months ago is Ben Reed (AKA ThisGuy).
Lots going on in the sports world, so I don’t blame you if you haven’t noticed an exciting recent development: Alex Ovechkin is back, in a big way.
Dude has 10 goals in his last nine games. That’s a [...]
Jordan Crawford Ate Skittles During A Game (GUEST POST)
Friday, February 1st, 2013Wizznutzz is one of my favorite blogs of all time, but they don’t blog anymore, so this is a special treat. Here, with a dispatch from the Mothering Hut, are our mysterious friends the @wzzntzz.
“All the advantages ov Christianity and alcohol; none ov their defects.” -Aldous Huxley on Skittles in “Brave New World”
When JCraw palmed [...]
Your Reasons For Not Liking The Rafael Soriano Signing Are Invalid
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013Here to weigh in on the Rafael Soriano signing is Chris Needham from the once-great Nats blog Capitol Punishment.
So the Nats signed Rafael Soriano today. Wait, what? Why’d they need another closer? That’s right, you’ve blacked out Pete Farking Kozma. That’s why. Sorry to bring that up … but sometimes we need to confront our [...]