Post-Game Talk: Caps/Sabres, 12/5/16, 7pm ET, Phone Booth

[Hivemind]

I was really hoping to stall out on any "Fire Trotz" declarations until after a coach I wanted to snap up got fired, but this team is doing their best to get Trotz outed sooner than that.

 

[g00n]

Wilson getting knocked around. The team stinking. Nobody standing up for anyone.

Reminds me of the scene in Slapshot where Dunlop tells 'em to play it straight.

 

[Devil Dancer]

I can't believe how bad this team is right now. It's starting to feel like the last days of BB.

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

We are only down 1.
I know it feels like 4-1 but we can still get these 2 points

 

[twabby]

Haha that's a penalty?

 

[Langway]

I was really hoping to stall out on any "Fire Trotz" declarations until after a coach I wanted to snap up got fired, but this team is doing their best to get Trotz outed sooner than that.

Iron Mike time!

 

[Coldplay619]

Wtf was that

 

[hockeyfan88]

Ovechkin is playing like a freaking 4th liner these days.

 

[troyerlaw]

That is a weak weak call. Still. I'm getting damn tired of seeing 8 in the box

 

[Corby78]

Wilson getting knocked around. The team stinking. Nobody standing up for anyone.

Reminds me of the scene in Slapshot where Dunlop tells 'em to play it straight.

The similarities are striking. Now all we need is Wilson to do a strip teas

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Someone needs to be traded, or someone needs to lose their job over this. This is professional hockey, players and staff must be held accountable.

 

[Hivemind]

Iron Mike time!

Might as well bring back Dale Hunter instead.

 

[Fondue]

Every team goes through a funk. It is a very long season.

Better now than coming into the POs. Just gotta take it in stride.

With that said, they're really bad this game. Holtby is probably fuming right now.

 

[aonb]

lol ristolainen looks like giant on blue line

 

[Corby78]

Honestly my biggest concern right now is losing holtby. If something doesn't get fixed the locker room could start going sour, and we already have seen holtby draw a line

 

[Jacoby4HOF66]

Excellent puck movement by BUF so far on the PP.

Wish the Caps did that.

 

[Capathetic]

I feel really bad for anyone who paid to see this game and is sitting in the stands. This is a garbage on ice product.

 

[Corby78]

5 bad teams in a row and we score 7 goals. This should have been an easy 8-9 points

 

[hockeyfan88]

As much as I like Buffalo, the Caps are getting destroyed by the worst team in the East decimated by injuries.

No excuses.

 

[Coldplay619]

 

[g00n]

Honestly my biggest concern right now is losing holtby. If something doesn't get fixed the locker room could start going sour, and we already have seen holtby draw a line

I think they're past that. Holtby didn't just speak out from a happy, cohesive locker room. There's probably something brewing and ready to boil over.

This does not look like a team that's all on the same page, or even reading from the same script.

 

[troyerlaw]

Every team goes through a funk. It is a very long season.

Disagree. I think we are 1 or 2 GA away from freefall.

Most of our roster has been in a funk all season long. Our offense has been dead for a long time.

Unles there is dramatic reversal in next few games, I think Trotz will be on hot seat in a big way.

May said during intermission Caps are just getting straight-up outworked.

Not that you need to be an NHL vet to see that.

Second goal is on Nisky primarily. But why did we leave Williams line out there after prior scrum & whistle? At this point i would double-shift Beagle line and find icetime for 13 too. Ovie and kuz could both stand to watch a few shifts. Hot mess, both of 'em

 

[Coldplay619]

Can't remember the last time Ovi threatened for a goal.

 

[troyerlaw]

Beagle has turned into so much more of a player than I ever expected.

 

[troyerlaw]

Can't remember the last time Ovi threatened for a goal.

This. It's not like he is snakebit or hitting posts or just getting unlucky. There is just no energy or zip or fire.

Then again, that's true for 90% of our forwards.