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Rake the Leafs!

Saturday, December 23, 2006

The day has dawned gray and...surprisingly warm in Toronto. It's Hockey Night in Canada! Tonight's game should be an interesting one, what with the Caps and their lack of defensemen (or should that be defencemen, today only) and their loss last night, and the Leafs, the loss of Peca (waaah), and their loss last night. Of course there was no shortage of TVs showing THAT game, so we were able to watch Bondra's 500th goal over some beer and poutine. There was even a guy in the Chicago crowd holding up a red retro Capitals Bondra jersey- very cool. I was pleased to see that the Chicago fans, even though they have no ties to him beyond this season, were appropriately appreciative.

I was glad to see this in Tarik's recap of the game. After all, they showed a clip of a Caps fan wearing a mirrored visor on CBC Sports here (it's news, or something):

Hundreds of fans wore sunglasses in protest of Brodeur, who reportedly complained to the league's competition committee about mirrored visors, such as the one Ovechkin wore to much fanfare as a rookie. Brodeur's issue was that the flashy visor, which has since been banned, gave Ovechkin an advantage because it obscured his eyes. The fans also taunted Brodeur with chants of "fear the visor" during warmups.

Great job guys!

posted by DCSportsChick @ 8:31 AM

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At 10:04 PM, Eddie C said…

Raked!!!!

Fantastic freakin' victory for the Caps tonight. That's a fabulous 2 points.

Of course, DCSC, this means you have to go to every road game now - you're good luck. :)

Happy Holidays!