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It wasn't Callahan that Torts kept out, it was McDonagh. He was at the end of a 3+ minute shift when he committed the DOG penalty.
It wasn't Callahan that Torts kept out, it was McDonagh. He was at the end of a 3+ minute shift when he committed the DOG penalty.
His point was.....in OT, McDonagh has already had a long shift when Torts called a timeout. Torts went ahead and put him back in there and Oates chose to roll the 3rd line, knowing that Torts would either have to keep a gassed McDonagh out there when he went with his 1st line OR give the caps a favorable matchup...
Ovie's bound to have a monster game, given how he's played. I think it's tonight.
5-2 Caps, Ovie with 2+2.
It wasn't Callahan that Torts kept out, it was McDonagh. He was at the end of a 3+ minute shift when he committed the DOG penalty.
I wouldn't expect Rags to fold regardless of the score. It's one thing to lose, but they know if they stop playing hard the NY media will tear them to pieces and Torts will put them through a Theon Greyjoy dungeon experience. Also, being scrappy currently seems to be the full 10% of their team identity (the other 90% being Lundquist, ofc), so yeah, you'd expect them to keep scrapping.
Thanks Bob and Nobody. Greenberg did mention Callahan's name though, a few times.
Without over thinking it, I would say three scoring lines, no checking line, is almost the definition of run and gun. Defensemen actively joining the rush, all of them, is the icing on the cake.
We have a real life breakout folks.
Under Bruce, it was the home run pass to Ovi or bust, sometimes a hard around to a cap at the center line on the wall.
Under Dale, it was a small right angle chip off the boards towards a would be cap. Epic Fail.
Under Oates, guys are flying out with speed. Dmen often have 2 diagonal options to hit in stride. Sometimes the offside Dman is way up ice.
We are definitely getting on our horses moving up ice quick
The term "run and gun" in just about every sport usually signifies an absence of a "system" and a lack in defensive effort. We do neither. If there is one team in the playoffs running the run and gun its Pittsburgh.
We are very structured. Even when the D pinches up, one of the forwards is always covering for them. We lacked these little things under Bruce, IMO, and that is usually what did us in.
Stephen Whyno @SWhyno 39m
Torts semi-talkative today, thanks to @ChuckGormleyCSN's questions. Did say writers have "your head stuck in your computers."
Tonight, I think, I feel an Eric Fehr goal coming. It's already 1-0 in my mind. Seriously--he seems very determined right now and is doing pretty much everything else right, y'know, as well as he can. The hockey gods are just about to reward him.