GDT: Capitals RedWings 7pm

[Capitals40]

Great shift by the Caps, lots of great touches and high-low zone play

like I said Miro probably isn't worth keeping just yet but holy smokes he's not far off looking like he belongs in the NHL already in spot duty, made some nice touches on that shift and played within himself

Depending on injuries, might see him quite often this season for the Caps

 

[John Price]

wtf

It was 4-1.

 

[Hivemind]

46 on the ice again

 

[SecretaryofDefense5]

Lujo ain’t making the team I think.

 

[HTFN]

46 on the ice again

Man I really put the voodoo on that dude, what a mess

 

[Block]

Lindgren doesn't look sharp.

 

[twabby]

Seems like Alexeyev might have the upper hand in the battle to replace Edmundson.

 

[SecretaryofDefense5]

Seems like Alexeyev might have the upper hand in the battle to replace Edmundson.

Maybe. I liked what I saw from Aktell

 

[Hivemind]

I would like to see HHA get another pre-season game. Steady, selectively aggressive on smart zone denials, but I'd like to see him do more with the puck.

Kuzy trying a new move

 

[Hivemind]

What a dart by McMike

 

[twabby]

I'm seeing double...4 wins!

 

[HTFN]

What a dart by McMike

yeah that was a bullet, barely even saw it

 

[BallardEra]

How did Backstrom's skating looked compared to last season?

 

[um]

Nice to see McMichael finally get PP time.

 

[Cush]

Would like to see Cristall get another game. Put him with Oshie and McMichael

 

[HTFN]

welp, that's enough winning for my sports teams, time to dissociate through the rest of the Packers game and then watch the Mariners lose again

How did Backstrom's skating looked compared to last season?

I thought it looked a half step quicker, like his brain no longer has to think about the safest and least-painful way to make pivots. He's not fast out of nowhere, it's still Backstrom, but he was making much more confident and sharp motions and managing to stay a step ahead of his reads like he used to

 

[IafrateOvie34]

Miro with 2 assists. Happy Night for me.

 

[Cush]

 

[Langway]

Oshie seems slower than Backstrom now. Shrug.

Advantage AA/HHA for sure.

 

[HTFN]

Oshie seems slower than Backstrom now. Shrug.

Advantage AA/HHA for sure.

Interesting to see Cristall with a negative offensive impact. Granted, I didn't see him doing a lot of positive offensive zone stuff and thought a lot of his best work was in the neutral zone, but I wouldn't have expected a net negative.

real positive signs from Backstrom and Kuznetsov compared to last year, though none of these impact stats should matter at all for those guys without full NHL rosters, never know if they're carving AHL guys to make the stats look better but the eye test matched the graph for both of them, they looked much more reliable and dynamic.

 

[PlushMinus]

I had no idea that Alex Lyon was already 30. Guess it makes sense given that he went the NCAA route. But I remember that brief period where Flyers homers thought he'd be their next big thing in net.

Well yes, but "Flyers goaltending" has been an oxymoron for years

 

[The Instigator]

God I love those two top lines, even just for a pre-season tune up game.

 

[Cush]

Postgame | Ovechkin and Miroshnichenko | Washington Capitals

Alex Ovechkin and Ivan Miroshnichenko meet with the media after Ivan's first NHL preseason game

www.nhl.com

 

[Holtbyisms]

Oshie seems slower than Backstrom now. Shrug.

Advantage AA/HHA for sure.

Lol Lujo wrecks Iorio in Hershey a lot too. He was brutal tonight. I'd say he blew any chance he had to make the team out of camp. AA and HHA probably split the games until Ed returns from injury.

 

[YippieKaey]

So if Kuzy and Bäckström look like they can be as good as we know they can, do we have..................hope?