SpinningEdge
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What's happened to the Caps fans?
Absolutely no positive outlook just negative nelly's.
Who wants to read that ****?
The people who don't want to watch ****?
What's happened to the Caps fans?
Absolutely no positive outlook just negative nelly's.
Who wants to read that ****?
Was at the game till 10 left in the third period. The Caps looked really bad and uninspired for most of the game
-27/74 needs split up. They weren't good together at all
-Vrana looked lost and is going to get demoted for Sanford tomorrow
-The Wilson non call was atrocious. Clear head shot by Boychuk that went uncalled and Wilson was down in the corned for 15 seconds. Play should have been blown dead
-The Caps gave up a **** ton of odd man rushes. 2 on 1s, 3 on 2s you name it. The game could have gotten out of hand quick if the defense didn't make some nice defensive plays and pile checks
Hoping this was just a sloppy game on some bad ice (The puck bounced A LOT) but it looked like a giant cluster **** out there
Not saying 27-74 has been playing well (in fact they have been terrible together), but what other combination would you try? Carlson has been brutal with both Orlov and Alzner. Meanwhile Niskanen has in general looked better away from Alzner. I guess you could flip Orpik and Alzner but aside from that what is left to try?
So was I.I guess there's always a chance. But i'd bet on PIT, CBJ, and NYR to finish ahead of us. And flyers don't look half bad either. It's definitely not a year when you want to leave points on the table.
When we got 4 min of PP at the end of tonight's game, i was hoping we'd at least grab the loser's point.
What's happened to the Caps fans?
Absolutely no positive outlook just negative nelly's.
Who wants to read that ****?
Orpik-Carlson
Alzner-Niskanen
Orlov/Schmidt/Chorney combo
They could always try Niskanen or Carlson on the left side for a few games to see what happens.
2 - 74
27 - 9
44- 88
But what I've come to begrudgingly accept is that this team is more or less doomed to have a underwater top/shutdown pairing. ....
how does a guy going to a knee to block a shot then get crosschecked in the head and left to lay on the ice?
Where exactly is the physicality with this team? They seemed like a neutered version of last year's squad. Barely any hitting, 3 fights (I think) on the year, not too aggressive on the forecheck, etc. What's the message that Trotz is sending or teaching? Why the sudden change? This style of play has me VERY worried going forward. I'm usually not a pessimistic person, but I can't see this current version of the Caps team making it out of round 1. Something is off.
Where exactly is the physicality with this team? They seemed like a neutered version of last year's squad. Barely any hitting, 3 fights (I think) on the year, not too aggressive on the forecheck, etc. What's the message that Trotz is sending or teaching? Why the sudden change? This style of play has me VERY worried going forward. I'm usually not a pessimistic person, but I can't see this current version of the Caps team making it out of round 1. Something is off.
And yet they've fared no better against fast teams by and large and managed to give up a bunch of odd mans in this game. It always come back to hockey sense. Their focus on avoiding The Big Mistake just leads to making lots of little ones rather than great ones because it's not their approach. They don't even want to be great...they just want to be consistently good at a rudimentary level.I think a standard critique of the Caps playoffs last season was that they took themselves out of the play by finishing their checks. That their focus on being physical had them chasing the game.
I don't know about advanced stats (I'm not a fan of this thing) but on the eye test, Alzner was good.
Orlov was guilty on the 1st goal against, Niskanen on the 4th, Carlson on the 2nd but Alzner had a great recovery in the middle of the first period to prevent Clutterbuck score his second goal of the period.
It's called being blacklisted. Wilson's facepuncher, troublemaker reputation from 2-3 years ago still follows him around. He's the first guy the refs go looking for when the whistle blows and sticks come up.
It's a crime that Trotz hasn't done more to develop him offensively. If he starts scoring goals then this stigma goes away. As it is he's looking like a good PKer and forechecker, and possibly trade bait.
That's just defending. Defending doesn't count for a whole lot anymore
10. The Capitals pK continues to kick tuchus, going 4-for-4 tonight and maintaining a notoriously stingy penalty killing apparatus.
95% of goal diff production comes from forwards.
Dman have to abandon Defence of HD area to attack the opposition HD area.