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My favourite Orlov goal
Not too many defenseman. Top 10 defenseman.Top 50 Cap for sure….
Orlov was the player for which we affectionately developed the pizzas/60 metric. He loved to deliver pizzas (bad turnovers in high-danger zones) and we used to joke on these boards that when you played Orlov a lot of times you were playing four forwards or that he played like a defenseman in beer league who was great at rushing the puck and then went for a line change when the puck was on defense.Was there was when he was drafted. Followed his development to becoming a full time NHL dman. Watched him lift the SC. Solid tenure as a caps player. I mean draft success here. That said I recall his early games in the NHL dman he was way more squirrely than Siegs/AA/Johan but had way more rope to learn the way compared to the last few years with Fever being the only one.
I mean, Madison Bowey is in that picture too...View attachment 655939
He is in this photo, therefore will always hold a special place in Caps history.
I’m wearing one of my Orlov jerseys today (all day) in tribute. It’s the road white 9. I thought about the red 81, but I wanted it to be more on point (and SC Proud).I've never felt more secure, or more faith, in a defensive pairing then the Orlov - Niskanen pairing. I was always sad he changed out of 81, but I'll look at my 9 jersey fondly. Sad it had to come to this, many other guys should have been shipped awhile ago before we had to get to Orlov.