Post-Game Talk: Flyers v Never Gonna Get It

[Ridley Simon]

....my new Stanley Cup Motto....and my first ever game day thread. lets get it out of the way now

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[ovikovy817]

Hope Oshie will sit this one. Don't want thim to play against a dirty team.

 

[g00n]

I think 3 of our guys got injured last game vs Philly due to some dirty play.

Let's see some physical presence.

 

[hockeykicker]

Oshie is in per caps

 

[txpd]

I think 3 of our guys got injured last game vs Philly due to some dirty play.

Let's see some physical presence.

Niskanen was kneed/Gudas
Oshie got run without the puck/Schenn
Orpik...but not sure the Flyers had anything to do with that.

Oshie with Eller and Wilson with Backstrom please...Backstrom v Giroux....Giroux hunted by Wilson.

 

[g00n]

Niskanen was kneed/Gudas
Oshie got run without the puck/Schenn
Orpik...but not sure the Flyers had anything to do with that.

Oshie with Eller and Wilson with Backstrom please...Backstrom v Giroux....Giroux hunted by Wilson.

Ovechkin also hit with that Gudas slapper at point blank range

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

I'd like to thank Mr. Gudas. Without him being a dirtbag, Shattenkirk probably isn't playing for the Caps today.

 

[The Instigator]

I'd like to thank Mr. Gudas. Without him being a dirtbag, Shattenkirk probably isn't playing for the Caps today.

Haha that's a bit of a stretch.

 

[Khomutov]

The question is, will Ovechkin ever score again?

 

[Jacoby4HOF66]

I guess that means **** ice tonight.

 

[usiel]

I guess that means **** ice tonight.

Yep it is going to suck but at least it is cold and dry weather today that helps VZ ice indirectly.

 

[Jacoby4HOF66]

Yep it is going to suck but at least it is cold and dry weather today that helps VZ ice indirectly.

It is friggin cold today. Good call.



I dig the confidence.

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Haha that's a bit of a stretch.

Not that much of a stretch actually. Niskanen getting injured showed that the defense is a lot worse without him in the lineup. When asked what he wanted at the TDL, GMBM said: "Insurance". Shattenkirk is insurance for Nisky and Carlson.

It is friggin cold today. Good call.



I dig the confidence.

I think Vrana will develop faster than Burt. He doesn't have Burt's confidence issues, Vrana has a lot of swagger.

 

[HecticGlow]

I think Vrana will develop faster than Burt. He doesn't have Burt's confidence issues, Vrana has a lot of swagger.

He's also been getting scratched from Hershey games without a clear sense of what he's doing wrong. Confidence can go both ways with young players.

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

He's also been getting scratched from Hershey games without a clear sense of what he's doing wrong. Confidence can go both ways with young players.

It further proves my point. Getting scratched here and there doesn't faze him.

 

[troyerlaw]

I dig the confidence.

Me too. Caps need a dose of that.

As for when 8 will finally score again, yes, i wonder same thing, but fellow Caps fans at HF Boards & RMNB helped re-orient my thinking on that topic in a more positive direction.

As long as the team is winning and advancing toward the ultimate goal, that really is the only thing that matters.

Ovie will heat up again at some point. He always does. And he is always amped up and giving full effort in playoffs. I don't worry about that.

So it just boils down to the team. Is the team winning? If yes, I am happy, regardless of how we get there.

 

[txpd]

Ovechkin also hit with that Gudas slapper at point blank range

oh yea...totally forgot about that "accident"

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Haha that's a bit of a stretch.

Hmm, I don't think it's a stretch at all. Neither does GMBM.

A collision between Gudas and Capitals defenseman Matt Niskanen in Wednesday’s game caused Niskanen to miss the next three games with an undisclosed “lower-body†injury. Brooks Orpik was also out of the lineup with an injury, and Washington General Manager Brian MacLellan started to consider what would happen if this were the playoffs. Niskanen and John Carlson were the team’s only right-shot defensemen, so while the team had blue-line depth, it wasn’t of the top-four variety. Until that point, MacLellan said, he didn’t think his team had any holes to fill before the trade deadline; he was content standing pat.

“You watch your team when Niskanen and Orpik are out, and it doesn’t look the same, which would make sense,†MacLellan said. “It just reinforces what an injury can do to your lineup.â

 

[AtNightWeFly]

Speaking of confidence I feel like 19 might be coming around some. First cursing out Nash for diving, then hitting Hall with an open ice hit like "what!" now if he finally punches Giroux in the face tonight that will be just fantastic going into the playoffs.

Tired of his neutral-ness. He needs dig down inside and find the next level.

 

[txpd]

The question is, will Ovechkin ever score again?

sure. he scored a legit goal in the last week that he lost to an offside review. he's fine

 

[txpd]

Speaking of confidence I feel like 19 might be coming around some. First cursing out Nash for diving, then hitting Hall with an open ice hit like "what!" now if he finally punches Giroux in the face tonight that will be just fantastic going into the playoffs.

Tired of his neutral-ness. He needs dig down inside and find the next level.

Backstrom. Next level. Playoffs.

 

[AtNightWeFly]

Backstrom. Next level. Playoffs.

Dude. Its been like 8 years of neutral. Those few instances don't change **** for me. He needs to have a monster game or two in order for the Caps to take the next step.
It amazes me how everybody gets blamed for choking except him.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Dude. Its been like 8 years of neutral. Those few instances don't change **** for me. He needs to have a monster game or two in order for the Caps to take the next step.
It amazes me how everybody gets blamed for choking except him.

 

[txpd]

1. he has been called out for bad playoffs in the past.

2. he shut down Giroux and had a 3 point game. he shut down Crosby and had a 2 point game. his only nhl hat trick was in the playoffs, I think.

 

[g00n]

Odd how this thread has drifted. Well whatever.

I don't think any long-time Caps player has been immune to criticism when it comes to playoff failures.