Post-Game Talk: Caps/Bruins, 12/7/16, 8:00pm ET, Phone Booth

[Capsman]

OV's play is head scratching. Brutally bad, like he's playing drunk or something.

 

[Jacoby4HOF66]

Shots on goal:

BOS: 32
Caps: 16

 

[Jacoby4HOF66]

OV's play is head scratching. Brutally bad, like he's playing drunk or something.

He is on the wrong side of 30, isn't he?

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Save us now pp

 

[AtNightWeFly]

Shots on goal:

BOS: 32
Caps: 16

I actually want to lose this game so Barry can officially get on the hot seat.

 

[Hivemind]

Put 4 Johanssons and one Oshie on the top PP unit. Thanks.

 

[Turd Ferguson]

Trotz cant coach this team and burt/wilson are just names on a scoresheet. Sucks that Mojo having such a good start and this dumpster fire around em

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

What a joke refs

 

[Jacoby4HOF66]

Shouldn't be a PP.

 

[Skrudland2Lomakin]

People really calling for Trotz's job?

He won the Presidents Trophy last year. He won the Jack Adams last year. You're smoking crack if you want to fired him after a 14-7-3 start.

 

[hb12xchamps]

I hate that goalies can do that to stop play. Neuvirth did the same thing in the playoffs last year. Just sucks because that's a hard one to police

 

[4thTierSport]

That's still a PP. What do you expect from the crew that thought it was a Bruins D man that knocked it out though. How ****ing blind are you to not see it was the goalie?

 

[SpinningEdge]

People really calling for Trotz's job?

He won the Presidents Trophy last year. He won the Jack Adams last year. You're smoking crack if you want to fired him after a 14-7-3 start.

We aren't saying now... we are saying this is shaping up to be his final year possibly.

He's won with a lot of talent - but IMO has developed young talent poorly and hasn't fixed a lot of Caps issues that have haunted them for years.

Regular season doesn't matter for Caps fans anymore. That's why there's 5-10k empty seats for a team that's 14-7-3. The playoff failures are the story with this franchise & that hasn't changed with Trotz and isn't looking good this year either.

BMac I think deserves most of the blame though. I think he's a mediocre gm with no idea how to be great. I

 

[Jacoby4HOF66]

Holtby's mask this year is pretty sweet.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Read my post again. I never said the highest bidder always is the team that signs that player. I said outbidding the market is overpaying.



You can't insure a contract that was never signed.

You can insure against injury. You can insure almost anything if you pay for it. People insure body parts quite often.

Outbidding the market is establishing a new market value. Whatever...it's more interesting to watch you fumble with college football arguments.

 

[Hivemind]

People really calling for Trotz's job?

He won the Presidents Trophy last year. He won the Jack Adams last year. You're smoking crack if you want to fired him after a 14-7-3 start.

And he's not only failed to address the issues that cost them in the playoffs, he's made them actively worse. This team is listless and struggling to play a cohesive game. They have shown no signs of improving the breakout or transition play. Their special teams play is horrific currently. The offensive system he's attempting has actually made the depth scoring even worse.

You want to know who won the Jack Adams award before Trotz? Bob Hartley (fired), Patrick Roy (resigned), and Paul MacLean (fired).

The only thing keeping me from fully jumping on the fire Trotz bandwagon is the lack of good alternatives out there right now. But if a quality coach gets axed elsewhere, I'd almost certainly take them over Barry at this point.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

People really calling for Trotz's job?

He won the Presidents Trophy last year. He won the Jack Adams last year. You're smoking crack if you want to fired him after a 14-7-3 start.

Where have you been? It's been like this all year.

 

[Jacoby4HOF66]

Caps haven't looked very physical this year. Manhandled a lot this year. Tonight is no exception.

 

[hb12xchamps]

We aren't saying now... we are saying this is shaping up to be his final year possibly.

He's won with a lot of talent - but IMO has developed young talent poorly and hasn't fixed a lot of Caps issues that have haunted them for years.

Regular season doesn't matter for Caps fans anymore. That's why there's 5-10k empty seats for a team that's 14-7-3. The playoff failures are the story with this franchise & that hasn't changed with Trotz and isn't looking good this year either.

BMac I think deserves most of the blame though. I think he's a mediocre gm with no idea how to be great. I

BMac has displayed more balls than McPhee ever has and probably ever will. I don't think he's the problem

 

[Skrudland2Lomakin]

We aren't saying now... we are saying this is shaping up to be his final year possibly.

He's won with a lot of talent - but IMO has developed young talent poorly and hasn't fixed a lot of Caps issues that have haunted them for years.

Regular season doesn't matter for Caps fans anymore. That's why there's 5-10k empty seats for a team that's 14-7-3. The playoff failures are the story with this franchise & that hasn't changed with Trotz and isn't looking good this year either.

BMac I think deserves most of the blame though. I think he's a mediocre gm with no idea how to be great. I

Literally a 1/4 of the way through the season. For a franchise that annually (mod) in the regular season it's hilarious to see fans take up the narrative that what is true in December will be true in April.


There's 5-10K empty seats because this is Washington and it's a Wednesday. Let's not pretend that this is a great sports town the rewards its teams.

 

[Hivemind]

You can insure against injury. You can insure almost anything if you pay for it.

He can insure future earnings against his current $2.85M salary. He cannot insure against the raise he would be getting on his next contract. By not signing that higher value contract, he would be costing himself millions in future earnings (both the guaranteed contract and potentially the insurance value if he were to be injured).

Outbidding the market is establishing a new market value. Whatever...it's more interesting to watch you fumble with college football arguments.

You can argue with the economists that established the concept I referenced in the previous post. This is a known concept.

So you have to switch to another sport when you are thoroughly countered in every aspect of this debate?

 

[Calicaps]

WTH happened? I watched the first half of the first period and then went to work out. Now I get home and it's tied and people are ranting in the thread.

 

[AtNightWeFly]

And he's not only failed to address the issues that cost them in the playoffs, he's made them actively worse. This team is listless and struggling to play a cohesive game. They have shown no signs of improving the breakout or transition play. Their special teams play is horrific currently. The offensive system he's attempting has actually made the depth scoring even worse.

You want to know who won the Jack Adams award before Trotz? Bob Hartley (fired), Patrick Roy (resigned), and Paul MacLean (fired).

The only thing keeping me from fully jumping on the fire Trotz bandwagon is the lack of good alternatives out there right now. But if a quality coach gets axed elsewhere, I'd almost certainly take them over Barry at this point.

I want Darryl Sutter.

 

[4thTierSport]

WTH happened? I watched the first half of the first period and then went to work out. Now I get home and it's tied and people are ranting in the thread.

Refs are letting Bruins maul Caps. So much obstruction.

 

[Jacoby4HOF66]

Well I'd rather they struggle now with the hope they get in a groove in the 2nd half of the season then what happened last year.