BobRouse
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Boyle and Dorsett in last game. Torts liked how they played. Yet we dominated their team even moreso than the prior game.
GDT: Capitals at Rangers Game 3
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Boyle and Dorsett in last game. Torts liked how they played. Yet we dominated their team even moreso than the prior game.
Five games? You're saying they're somehow going to lose in three in the second round?
You're just jealous of his #SWAG.
He's recovering from a concussion apparently, will be interesting to watch if he is as willing to throw his weight around.
ChibiPooky
Yay hockey!
Belay that, now Clowe says he's a game-time decision. I guess he hasn't really taken contact yet (has worn a full-contact jersey in practice, but apparently wasn't really a contact practice).
stanleycaps18
I cheer for laundry
NobodyBeatsTheWiz
Happy now?
ChibiPooky
Yay hockey!
LegendaryNumber5
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Work is going by so slowly, I don't like it one bit. I would love to see Clowe on the ice, and take hits every time he attempts to touch the puck.
ChibiPooky
Yay hockey!
Hivemind
We're Touched
Clowe's sudden burst of production post-TDL helped my fantasy team win my league. I like him for that. Otherwise, mash him until he regrets suiting up.
LegendaryNumber5
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I'm not saying Sedin him in the head... I would just like for him to hesitate whenever he goes near the puck.
txpd
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anyone remember how the rangers targeted mike green and nick backstrom's head last playoffs because they had recent concussions? just a reminder.
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Yeah I don't get it either. Bring on the best players, and let the Caps beat them when they're playing their best.
troyerlaw
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you don't even need to target the head per se. just target the guy for hard hits. i think that is both legal and effective. i wonder when teams will start doing it to 87 in these playoffs. he seems to be the third rail when it comes to hard hitting, post-injury. in his first game back, he got pushed softly to the ice near the boards, and it was immediately whistled as a penalty and Iginla came flying across the ice to avenge the push. it seems to me that if a team were serious about beating the Pens and doing it legally, you would hit 87 early and often, while staying away from the head. i don't know. maybe it's just not easy to do. maybe he is stronger and faster and doesn't present the same easy target as a D-man collecting pucks along the endboards.
but i digress.
2-0 series lead does nothing for my nerves. a series turns on a dime. and a dime was the width of the winning margin last game.
my attitude is, forget everything that has happened, including the current series score. just win the next shift. battle for everything. want it more.
we have good depth, good scoring, good goaltending. and FFS we should be hungry enough, after decades of near misses, can't misses, Can't-Miss-Kids, and this year's nauseating Milbury-led scorn for our future HHOF player, not to mention two recent years of Game 7 losses in 2nd round. stay hungry, stay in the present. let future match-ups take care of themselves.
but i digress.
2-0 series lead does nothing for my nerves. a series turns on a dime. and a dime was the width of the winning margin last game.
my attitude is, forget everything that has happened, including the current series score. just win the next shift. battle for everything. want it more.
we have good depth, good scoring, good goaltending. and FFS we should be hungry enough, after decades of near misses, can't misses, Can't-Miss-Kids, and this year's nauseating Milbury-led scorn for our future HHOF player, not to mention two recent years of Game 7 losses in 2nd round. stay hungry, stay in the present. let future match-ups take care of themselves.
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BrooklynCapsFan
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txpd
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strungout
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Could you imagine that big lug actually getting up a head of steam and trying to plow into someone?!
Yeah, me neither.
The fourth line hasn't really stood out much to me, but they've all done pretty well killing penalties. Speaking of PK, Coulda Had Getzlaf is 2nd on the team in SHTOI/G, but the one stat that stood out to me is that Backstrom is #1, nearly 1 minute more than Fehr per game.
BobRouse
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Their desperation is tangible and starts from the coach on down to the fans.
If the Rangers don't make this a series at the very least then I suspect Torts will not have a job next year so he will do whatever it takes to win.
He clearly doesn't care if his "goto" players are impaired/hurt/tired. He will send them out there just the same.
They are just frustrated fans lashing out. I would suspect there are a great deal of their fans who see things for what they are through 2 games. Sure the series isn't over but the play has favored the Caps more than the scores of either victory would indicate.
Most seem to be more sick of Tortorella and his "safe is the way to go!" scheme. Do those guys even try to score? Doesn't seem like it sometimes. No creativity.
Just like the Caps last year under Hunter. Many of us hated HunterHockey. Pretty much a mirror of what the Ranger fans have been subjected to in the last 5 or so years.
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