Post-Game Talk: Frightening the Lightning 7:07pm

[Sam Spade]

Side note. Black unis. Awful. The Pens are black and gold and they are fine. Maybe the Kings. The teams that have black alternates are stupid. End rant

They look like special edition warm up jerseys.

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Side note. Black he unis. Awful. The Pens are black and gold and they are fine. Maybe the Kings. The teams that have black alternates are stupid. End rant

i liked the caps old black jerseys with the building logo

 

[JayBeagleFanAccount]

Top line and 4th line are dominant and Orlov and Jensen look great. Samsonov is looking like the real deal.

 

[koalabear9301]

I’m not convinced a super productive OV is waiting in the wings. Maybe he’s injured, I don’t know. The need for this depth may be the new reality.

He's had a lot of good opportunities the past few games. He'll be fine.

 

[francaisvolantsparis]

I'm wondering how they will view Samsonov down the road if he gives up 10 tonight..

 

[txpd]

i liked the caps old black jerseys with the building logo

Oh, come on. The Jolly Roger logo? Nobody would guess that a team called the Washington Capitals would be wearing a black pirate uniform. That was just stupid

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

2pt nite. Now it’s time for Team USA to win the President’s Cup!

 

[Sam Spade]

Top line and 4th line are dominant and Orlov and Jensen look great. Samsonov is looking like the real deal.

While I don't think he should win it today, Samsonov definitely deserves some Calder consideration.

Tied for rookie wins lead with Blackwood, leads in save percentage and goals against.

 

[txpd]

Win all the games.

 

[Sam Spade]

Really impressed with Reirdon and MacLellen this off season and so far this season.

They are honest about what we needed, said there would be "tweaks", and the PK needed to be fixed. Went out an did just that.

They know Samsonov HAS to get games in the NHL so they can confirm what they think they know, he is the goalie next season, and they don't just give him stinker games. Starts against the Isles, Stars, Leafs, and Bolts.

Outside of Siegenthaler, who I don't think has it at the moment, the team is basically perfectly constructed.

 

[twabby]

What a pleasure to watch this team

 

[Blitzkrieg365]

Our Russian goalie > theirs.

 

[AussieCapsFan]

One of our new fans trolling the Pens GDT with multi-quote madness...

Or....wait...could he actually be a fan of the Caps AND the Pens? I've never seen such a thing....

 

[TRASHCAT]

One of our new fans trolling the Pens GDT with multi-quote madness...

Or....wait...could he actually be a fan of the Caps AND the Pens? I've never seen such a thing....

theres a dude named pensandcaps who at least pretends to be a caps fan

 

[Bladerunner]

Early this season when they gave up some leads in the 3rd to lose, I thought age might be catching up on the Caps.

What a superb season they're having so far, leading the entire NHL
Has easily exceeded my expectations !

I don't believe in the PT jinx, but I'm fine if they don't win it and they rest some of their older stars and have a good playoff run.

 

[Sam Spade]

Early this season when they gave up some leads in the 3rd to lose, I thought age might be catching up on the Caps.

What a superb season they're having so far, leading the entire NHL
Has easily exceeded my expectations !

I don't believe in the PT jinx, but I'm fine if they don't win it and they rest some of their older stars and have a good playoff run.

It's really cool that most of the good NHL teams this season are the older ones.

NHL: Roster Breakdowns by Age

 

[Sam Spade]

Man that pick off of the pass by Orlov in the neutral zone, and then the pass to Panik that lead to the Eller goal was so nice.

 

[kicksavedave]

It's really cool that most of the good NHL teams this season are the older ones.

NHL: Roster Breakdowns by Age

This list doesn't seem accurate, but if it is, the team with the youngest "oldest player on the roster" is the Caps with Ovi at 34.2. Every other NHL team has an older player than Ovi.

 

[Sam Spade]

This list doesn't seem accurate, but if it is, the team with the youngest "oldest player on the roster" is the Caps with Ovi at 34.2. Every other NHL team has an older player than Ovi.

From the Athletic, pretty much the same:

 

[kicksavedave]

From the Athletic, pretty much the same:

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The reason it doesn't seem accurate is that Hughes isn't shown for the DEvils and Kakko isn't shown for the Rags as their youngest players. Some oldest players don't look right either. Not questioning the math, but the roster make up.

 

[tycoonheart]

Ovi is the last person I'm worried about. He is in the "checked out" phase of the season, dude does this every year. He will get it going as always, I bet.

 

[Devil Dancer]

What a game for Orlov. If he and Carlson can keep peaking through the playoffs, watch out world.

Jensen was pretty good tonight as well, and I'm usually not a fan.

That is a reduced TBL team though.

 

[Langway]

What a pleasure to watch this team

...and Oshie in particular lately. As a skeptic re: his extension, what a gamer.

 

[Sam Spade]

Really sweet:

 

[kicksavedave]

Really sweet:

This guys trails Holtby significantly in the beard department, but everywhere else, I trust him to be the Caps goalie in 2020/21.