GDT: Canes gonna bust da Caps in da ass

[MinJaBen]

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[JCLA]

 

[Wolfpuck]

Peters cares?

 

[Joe McGrath]

Caps have gone to OT in 5 of the last 7. Fingers crossed the Canes come away with at least a point in this one. The next 6 games are brutal, but after that its 12 winnable games in a row. The only team better than than the Canes they face is in that stretch is Vegas.

 

[garnetpalmetto]

New pads for Darling. Dare we hope that helps some of his glove issues?

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

So we have a 2nd line, a 3rd line and two 4th lines now?

 

[CandyCanes]

Bill Peters "If you guys don't stop playing like **** you're going to be forced to star in my next Kineteco Water Heater commercial"

 

[CandyCanes]

New pads for Darling. Dare we hope that helps some of his glove issues?

This might be a silly thought. But I always wondered if those bright red pads he wore helps the shooters see his five hole more easier? Wonder if white pads could actually make a difference for him haha.

 

[Joe McGrath]

So we have a 2nd line, a 3rd line and two 4th lines now?

Looks more like a 1b and 3 4th lines.

I don’t like splitting up Skinner and Williams because at least while they were together they were only f***ing up one line. Now they can immediately kill the offense of two separate lines.

 

[garnetpalmetto]

This might be a silly thought. But I always wondered if those bright red pads he wore helps the shooters see his five hole more easier? Wonder if white pads could actually make a difference for him haha.

There was that thought for awhile - that colored pads helped shooters more easily identify where to shoot. Somewhat famously, back when Marc-Andre Fleury wore his yellow set, an optometrist wrote him a letter opining that part of his issues was that yellow is the most sensitive color to the eye and not long after that he switched over to white pads and many goalies across the League followed suit. I honestly don't know how sensitive the eye is to that shade of red, but I don't think the color of his pads is the reason why he can't freeze the puck in his crease to save his life.

 

[GigaChad]

Dont go for a losing streak now!

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Looks more like a 1b and 3 4th lines.

I don’t like splitting up Skinner and Williams because at least while they were together they were only ****ing up one line. Now they can immediately kill the offense of two separate lines.

yeah...I was giving the McGinn, Ryan, Lindholm line the benefit of the doubt because none of them typically play on the 4th line where as Wallmark (only as he's a replacement for Kruger), PDG, and Nordstrom do.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

There was that thought for awhile - that colored pads helped shooters more easily identify where to shoot. Somewhat famously, back when Marc-Andre Fleury wore his yellow set, an optometrist wrote him a letter opining that part of his issues was that yellow is the most sensitive color to the eye and not long after that he switched over to white pads and many goalies across the League followed suit. I honestly don't know how sensitive the eye is to that shade of red, but I don't think the color of his pads is the reason why he can't freeze the puck in his crease to save his life.

Or that he can't catch a pop fly. Goalie play is as much, if not more, mental than physical so maybe he's just changing things just to try and get out of a funk. Can't hurt.

 

[vorbis]

go hurircanes beat the capitols

 

[geehaad]

New pads for Darling. Dare we hope that helps some of his glove issues?

 

[The Faulker 27]

Any context here? What effort is he not happy with, there's plenty to choose from. Although, lately the effort has been good enough for a string of wins.

It's gonna take more than a pad change to fix this guy, and he was playing much better with the same pads at the beginning of the season. That being said, screw it, it can't get much worse.

 

[the halleJOKEL]

i am hungry

 

[hockeykicker]

Likely no niskanen or backstrom tonight for caps

 

[Joe McGrath]

Likely no niskanen or backstrom tonight for caps

So Skinner’s noggin is a little safer than usual versus the caps.

 

[The Faulker 27]

5-1 loss

 

[JCLA]

Any context here? What effort is he not happy with, there's plenty to choose from. Although, lately the effort has been good enough for a string of wins.

No, I just assumed he meant at practice

 

[The Faulker 27]

No, I just assumed he meant at practice

I believe that's right. I read through the tweets to get context.

 

[StormCast]

Williams has been bad lately but good to see BP isn't playing favorites. Rask has earned his demotion.

 

[MinJaBen]

Or that he can't catch a pop fly. Goalie play is as much, if not more, mental than physical so maybe he's just changing things just to try and get out of a funk. Can't hurt.

I think this is the heart of the matter with him. If I recall correctly, his bad streak of games began with the game where he broke his original glove and then went to the new glove. Since that game, he has had a bit more problems with catching the puck along with the flubbed catch in that Rangers game. I bet the change of equipment got in his head and he has not been able to get comfortable with it yet.

 

[Lempo]

5-1 loss

That's a 'de-cap', not 're-cap'.