GDT: Caps vs Lighting 7PM Mar 30

[twabby]

That faceoff loss by Backstrom. He’s in the tank!

 

[mad4comp]

All you had to do was bench backstrom and oshie... instead you went with this rofl.

 

[SecretaryofDefense5]

Yep, all hope is lost. New coaches, other new players, a healthier Wilson and Backstrom, none of it will matter.

I think you just applied hyperbole to what I said. I never said all hope is lost. I’m on a hockey board chatting about a possible scenario and trying to gauge other people’s thoughts. Holy over reaction Batman.

 

[Calicaps]

Tanking is hard, every time we get a scoring chance I’m looking for the goal. Then I’m like wait

Always root for success. The tank is about not being disappointed by--and recognizing the potential benefits of--the losing.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

So let’s say that the following forwards are back next year:
Ovechkin
Backstrom
Wilson
Strome
Milano
Dowd
Oshie
Kubel
Protas

Defense:
Sandin
Carlson
Alexeyev
Carlson
Jensen
TVR
Fever

That assumes Kuzy and Mantha are moved and Sheary is not resigned.

Are they really going to be that much better of a team? There could be more turn over but if not I would be hard pressed to believe the results would be drastically different.

With 3 possible good additions not listed here? Sure….they could be.

 

[Calicaps]

I think you just applied hyperbole to what I said. I never said all hope is lost. I’m on a hockey board chatting about a possible scenario and trying to gauge other people’s thoughts. Holy over reaction Batman.

Honestly, it's just exhausting. The team is having a bad year. They're working on it, but every day, 100 times a day, there's hopeless posting. It's a drag.

 

[shtorm2005]

What a shot by Stamkos

 

[StrikingDistance]

I think you just applied hyperbole to what I said. I never said all hope is lost. I’m on a hockey board chatting about a possible scenario and trying to gauge other people’s thoughts. Holy over reaction Batman.

Me thinks your sarcasm detector is kaput!

 

[SecretaryofDefense5]

Honestly, it's just exhausting. The team is having a bad year. They're working on it, but every day, 100 times a day, there's hopeless posting. It's a drag.

Exhausting to chat about whether the roster will be better next year or not? Seems like the right forum to post a question like that.

 

[Calicaps]

Exhausting to chat about whether the roster will be better next year or not? Seems like the right forum to post a question like that.

Of course you're not just asking whether they will be better. You're strongly implying that they won't/can't. But that's fine. I'm just gonna try to use the GDT to discuss the game.

 

[Langway]

Are they really going to be that much better of a team? There could be more turn over but if not I would be hard pressed to believe the results would be drastically different.

Seems like they may need Wilson to be a 60+ point player and their most consistently effective forward next year. I guess we'll see if he's that guy and whether they do well enough elsewhere to make it close. They probably need two pretty decent top six forwards (actual play drivers) and a capable LD to have much of a shot.

 

[SecretaryofDefense5]

Of course you're not just asking whether they will be better. You're strongly implying that they won't/can't. But that's fine. I'm just gonna try to use the GDT to discuss the game.

Right, typically when you engage in a discussion one gives their opinion and then you ask others their opinion.

I literally ask that question in my post. Notice the question mark.

 

[twabby]

I can’t envision a scenario where Backstrom is playing significant minutes next year and the team is competitive.

Even if you assume a full offseason of rehab helps him it’s hard to see him contributing much because he is literally the worst forward in the NHL when it comes to GAR as it relates to ES offense. How much higher can an offseason realistically take him from “literally the worst”? Maybe he ascends to replacement level, but again simple aging is also working against him.

I still contend that LTIRetirement is their most realistic path to contention next year.

 

[SecretaryofDefense5]

Seems like they may need Wilson to be a 60+ point player and their most consistently effective forward next year. I guess we'll see if he's that guy and whether they do well enough elsewhere to make it close. They probably need two pretty decent top six forwards (actual play drivers) and a capable LD to have much of a shot.

I would agree. Someone will have to step up their production in a sizable way.

 

[Langway]

I would agree. Someone will have to step up their prosecution in a sizable way.

Guilty! Guilty!

 

[SecretaryofDefense5]

Guilty! Guilty!

 

[usiel]

Damn Backstrom muffed an easy tap in there.

 

[Brian23]

 

[Calicaps]

Damn Backstrom muffed an easy tap in there.

Yeah, and whiffed on the pass behind the net, too.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

I would agree. Someone will have to step up their production in a sizable way.

Like replace Kuzy with a capable producer? Add a top-6 wing with speed that can drag Backstrom’s old ass around the ice?

 

[SecretaryofDefense5]

Sounds like he is not on the bench.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Yeah, and whiffed on the pass behind the net, too. :/

He’s looked especially bad tonight….it’s not his movement….it’s like he’s lost his hands….

 

[SecretaryofDefense5]

Like replace Kuzy with a capable producer? Add a top-6 wing with speed that can drag Backstrom’s old ass around the ice?

That would be a good start.

 

[twabby]

Oshie injured?!?!

 

[usiel]

Did Red Tank call Oshie in the middle of the game?