Post-Game Talk: G10: Bs @ Caps | 2/1/21 | 7p ET

[Rayquaza64]

so are we suggesting we just bench the russians for the rest of the year?

 

[DrewGl]

he wasn't to blame today but today he wasn't stellar or as good as he could have been.

I dont think we have a great goalie at this point. that's a problem.

 

[caps4cup]

I don’t know, I think I would have preferred Kuznetsov, Eller, and Schultz in the line up tonight.

Very SSS, but Kuznetov’s analytics were awesome to start the year. He should be much closer to the guy he was under Trotz (at least passable defensively) versus the tire fire he was under Reirden.

 

[illpucks]

Chara looks very fit for 43. He's looking more fit out there than Ovi is at 35.

 

[illpucks]

I dont think we have a great goalie at this point. that's a problem.

Vanacek is great but the team just stops playing

 

[DrewGl]

Vanacek is great but the team just stops playing

he's not really that good. huge caps fan but let's be real. he's an AHL goalie that has done ok at best.

 

[illpucks]

he's not really that good. huge caps fan but let's be real. he's an AHL goalie that has done ok at best.

I like his compete level. He's shown up every game and played hard despite not having great stats. But the team is just going soft after like 1.5 periods. When it was 4-3, someone needs to step up and tie that and get to OT even to take an OT loss.

 

[troyerlaw]

The team looked better without Ovi, Orlov in the lineup. Backstrom running the team with those injuries was just a better functioning team imo.

And running all four lines

 

[pman25]

My controversial opinion is that we should keep Ovechkin in the lineup

 

[pman25]

Very SSS, but Kuznetov’s analytics were awesome to start the year. He should be much closer to the guy he was under Trotz (at least passable defensively) versus the tire fire he was under Reirden.

Feels like the Kuznetsov hate is growing by the day and the dude hasn’t even been playing and he played well in the games he did besides the awful 5v3 dump in that led to a shorty against Pittsburgh.

 

[Hivemind]

this goaltending will not get it done. wish we had lundy.

Spoiler alert - Lundqvist would not have provided better goaltending than we’ve seen so far. He’s not the same player he was in 2015

 

[Devil Dancer]

Regulation loss? What is this?!?

 

[Hivemind]

Well yeah. Ovechkin and Kuznetsov are terrible defensively. Guys like Sgarbossa and Sprong/Sheary or whomever replaces them are much harder to play against and battle a lot harder.

I don’t think anyone is going to claim Ovie is a great defender, but if you’re suggesting 5’9” falls-over-on-his-own Conor Sheary and Daniel “my defensive lapses got me sent to the AHL” Sprong are harder competitors who make the team tougher to play against than Ovie....


One regulation loss and this place loses its damn mind

 

[TheLegendOfPatPeake]

First regulation loss. I’m OK with it. They have some issues to work on but given the injuries I won’t complain.

 

[AZ Caps Fan]

Step back from the ledge. Still pretty early in the season.

 

[zappa4ever]

Bruins are pretty good, if we don't play a hard 60 minute game, we can blow 3-0 leads like tonight

Dangerous part is we've blown a lot of leads this young season and came out mostly unscathed, ain't no fun being scathed

Need to cut down on the Jekyll and Hyde -- look great and unbeatable for chunks of the game, then sloppy, chaotic and outworked for other chunks

Fully confident in Lavi to get shit tuned up

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Seeing Ovi strip the puck off McAvoy at the blueline and not be able to create separation was incredible.

It was at the end of a 50 second shift, and McAvoy is their best defenseman. I noticed recently that he has longer shifts than other players. He really needs to cut down his shift duration to remain effective.

 

[AussieCapsFan]

he wasn't to blame today but today he wasn't stellar or as good as he could have been.

Jeez maybe he needs a rest? He's played about 7 games in a row, hasn't he?

I'd also factor in that he's never played at NHL level until now, and has been thrown in at the deep end. That's an awful lot of pressure to put on somebody. I think he's done a fantastic job in these circumstances, and certainly wouldn't criticise him for not saving his team's ass tonight. I don't think this loss is on him at all.

 

[francaisvolantsparis]

AHL backup guy is back to his normal mode. No joke can last forewer.

 

[DrewGl]

Spoiler alert - Lundqvist would not have provided better goaltending than we’ve seen so far. He’s not the same player he was in 2015

He's better than anyone we currently have.

 

[Melkor]

Watching the game right now. Some tips:
- it's funny but txpd will still come out one of these days and say that Jensen is a serviceable defenseman at the NHL level. What's even more funny: there were like 10-15 people just the other day liking posts about how he's been good for this team after a slow start in his Caps tenure. The guy barely can hold his equilibrium the moment someone touches him. I want to see the face of a man who told Maclellan it's a good idea trading for this guy and giving him a 10M bucks contract. Whoever that is he should be a janitor.
- Sprong needs minutes. I don't care about inconsistency, his defense and all this shit, people put up with it from Vrana and Kuzy, nobody gonna die if they'll give Sprong a chance to show what he got in top-6. The guy clearly has some serious skill and balls to pull some creative stuff off. How many of this typa young guys Caps have signed recently?
- Ovechkin needs to not be the highest paid player on this team for it to be relevant. I'll die on this hill.
- Vanecek has some technical deficiencies. Clearly the talent is there but there's obviously a work to be done there and he needs a good goalie coach, not that charlatan they have right now.
- Man I'm a fan of Carlo. B's sure know how to draft the D. If only they'd had that good an eye for forwards they would've already won the cup.
- The defense on all goals has been an absolute abomination. Pastrnak on his second goal could have also called his mom and asked what's for the dinner and still would be all alone in a deadly spot.

This team is like this nice and shiny carriage that turns into a pumpkin once everyone's convinced they're for real.

 

[francaisvolantsparis]

Watching the game right now. Some tips:
- Vanecek has some technical deficiencies. Clearly the talent is there but there's obviously a work to be done there and he needs a good goalie coach, not that charlatan they have right now.
This team is like this nice and shiny carriage that turns into a pumpkin once everyone's convinced they're for real.

100% correct

 

[francaisvolantsparis]

Dillon was awful too

 

[VaCaps Fan]

Why do you “follow” the Caps? Every post is about how they suck according to your rube-Goldberg numbers “system”....​

 

[Ovie's Neighbor]

Chara looks very fit for 43. He's looking more fit out there than Ovi is at 35.

He has always taken his conditioning extremely seriously and is known around the league as one of the fittest players