Confirmed with Link: Capitals hire Kevin McCarthy to coach defense. Rest of coaching staff stays

[Ridley Simon]

What I see from the stats point of view is that Ovechkin shoots much less on PP now. He do the same thing as he always do and he is a deadly goal scorer. But the four guys around him were unable to provide this season as much shoot and score opportunities as we had before.

Season	Ovechkins 5v4 PP Shots/60
2013/14	20.81
2014/15	25.74
2015/16	23.6
2016/17	19.53
2017/18	19.88
2018/19	19.29
2019/20	16.13

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

That is part of the defense too though, right? As well as the amount of power plays they get a game?

PK’s have seemingly done a lot more to prevent Ovechkin from teeing it up over the years, and of course the amount of PP shots is directly related to amount of PP minutes a player gets.

better stat would be Ovechkins shots per PP. what has that done over the years? Total shots/60 has far too many variables.

 

[txpd]

What I see from the stats point of view is that Ovechkin shoots much less on PP now. He do the same thing as he always do and he is a deadly goal scorer. But the four guys around him were unable to provide this season as much shoot and score opportunities as we had before.

Season	Ovechkins 5v4 PP Shots/60
2013/14	20.81
2014/15	25.74
2015/16	23.6
2016/17	19.53
2017/18	19.88
2018/19	19.29
2019/20	16.13

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

More and more teams are choosing to shadow Ovechkin and take him out of the play. They realize that neither Kuzy nor Backstrom will shoot often and neither can shoot a one timer. The result is that the pk stands the top player in Carlson's shooting lane and the right side guy in Ovechkin's shooting lane. They collapse the other 2 on Oshie. You can always see that the guy on the half wall can skate the puck straight to 15ft in front of the net before being challenged.

In the end those two guys need to score

 

[tenken00]

What I see from the stats point of view is that Ovechkin shoots much less on PP now. He do the same thing as he always do and he is a deadly goal scorer. But the four guys around him were unable to provide this season as much shoot and score opportunities as we had before.

Season	Ovechkins 5v4 PP Shots/60
2013/14	20.81
2014/15	25.74
2015/16	23.6
2016/17	19.53
2017/18	19.88
2018/19	19.29
2019/20	16.13

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Did the Caps PP shot totals overall go down? It did feel like we spent less in the offensive zone on the PP last year in general than any other year before, whether it was because we couldn't get into the zone in the first place to set things up or a lot of turnovers. That is just a gut feeling though, I dont have any numbers to back that up.

 

[GoldOnGold]

Good luck with this guy, hopefully he can do better coaching the Washington d-corps than he did coaching (more like destroying) our PP.

Really, y'all should thank McCarthy for even having Laviolette, since he was a big part of why Lavi got fired in the end.

 

[Kalopsia]

Did the Caps PP shot totals overall go down? It did feel like we spent less in the offensive zone on the PP last year in general than any other year before, whether it was because we couldn't get into the zone in the first place to set things up or a lot of turnovers. That is just a gut feeling though, I dont have any numbers to back that up.

There was a slight drop off, but nothing significant. They went from 50.55 SF/60 on the PP (17th in the league) in 18/19 to 49.84 (23rd) in 19/20.

 

[Bieronymus Trotz]

My impression was that they had a notably harder time setting up Ovechkin's shot this year. It seems like they've been generating way fewer shots from the Oshie spot for a couple of years now, but I don't know whether the numbers back that up.

 

[txpd]

My impression was that they had a notably harder time setting up Ovechkin's shot this year. It seems like they've been generating way fewer shots from the Oshie spot for a couple of years now, but I don't know whether the numbers back that up.

More teams are playing Ov 1 on 1 and effectively taking him out. They collapse on the bumper position and take away the Carlson shot as well. That gives Backstrom and Kuznetsov an open shot that the goalie knows is coming. Backstrom doesnt want to shoot a 25ft wrist shot. So they dont shoot it

 

[hockeykicker]

 

[hockeykicker]

 

[Todd Lazarchick]

Good luck with this guy, hopefully he can do better coaching the Washington d-corps than he did coaching (more like destroying) our PP.

Really, y'all should thank McCarthy for even having Laviolette, since he was a big part of why Lavi got fired in the end.

Cool beans! Thanks for stopping by....

 

[txpd]

Orlov Schultz
Dillon Carlson
Siegenthaler Jensen

 

[RandyHolt]

Kevin likes twigs on boards so I approve

Is that Forsythe over there?

 

[GoldOnGold]

Cool beans! Thanks for stopping by....

Sorry, I really did not like McCarthy by the end. But I do hope he's fine for you guys.

 

[Dr John Carlson]

Looks like Dillon-Orlov is a no.

 

[txpd]

Looks like Dillon-Orlov is a no.

With 4 right shot defensemen that....

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

With right left matchups on defense who is paired on third with Jensen assuming no more roster moves are made

 

[Rayquaza64]

With right left matchups on defense who is paired on third with Jensen assuming no more roster moves are made

siegenthaler is the 3LD

 

[Ridley Simon]

Orlov Schultz
Dillon Carlson
Siegenthaler Jensen

They’ve discussed this as well as:
Orlov - Carlson
Dillon - Schultz
Siegs - Jensen/TVR
Fever - Jensen/TVR

this is where the TVR or Jensen things comes into play.

what is LaDue?

 

[Raikkonen]

what is LaDue?

Someone said in another thread Fever-LaDue will be Hershey's 1st pair.

 

[IafrateOvie34]

More mellow Forsythe interviews during the upcoming season.

 

[Ridley Simon]

Someone said in another thread Fever-LaDue will be Hershey's 1st pair.

Oh good. Another RD

Jensen’s slot could easily be filled then. Interesting.

I’d deal Jensen + Hathaway for a winger for the top 9.

-Replace Hathaway w either a min vet winger or someone from Hershey.
-Replace Jensen in the starting lineup w TVR, and sign another vet RD to fill Jensen’s slot.

Should mean 3.25m for a winger. Either via trade of of the remaining FA’s

Ovechkin - Kuznetsov — Wilson
Vrana - Backstrom - Vet LW
Hagelin/Panik - Eller - Oshie
Hagelin/Panik - Dowd - Sprong/Hershey RW
Hershey F

Orlov - Carlson
Dillon - Schultz
Siegenthaler - TVR
Fever - Vet RW/LaDue
Vet RW/LaDue

Samsonov
Lundqvist

obviously Fever and LaDue are in Hershey, but that’s how I could see it looking.

I’d also like to mix the middle 6 a little bit to get more consistent scoring opportunities

 

[g00n]

More mellow Forsythe interviews during the upcoming season.

Mellow Forsythe should be a meme

 

[tenken00]

That is interesting that McCarthy singled out Orlov specifically. Maybe Orlov is about to have a career year (well for a weird covid year). At 29, Orlov should be in or hitting his prime now.

 

[Raikkonen]

That is interesting that McCarthy singled out Orlov specifically. Maybe Orlov is about to have a career year (well for a weird covid year). At 29, Orlov should be in or hitting his prime now.

Sell high!!! We need cap space.

 

[Rayquaza64]

Sell high!!! We need cap space.

yeah dude lets trade our best LD because we need cap space!!!!