GDT: Game 1: Caps vs. Blue Jackets

[kogeh]

its funny that after last year i still dont really care when we lose

 

[Skrudland2Lomakin]

Pros:

• I completely was wrong about DSP, he plays amazing tonight. Even in OT I saw a guy bust his ass from glass to glass to stick check a pass and I was like "Who is moving that quick?" and it was DSP
• Vrana is the key. Christ, if I said it once I said it a bajllion times, we will not beat CBJ by playing their game. We need to embrace the speed. At the times we fed our speed we looked dangerous. Drop Chiasson, add Gersich, keep Stephenson, and lets play with some damn legs!
• Bura apparently save it all season for the first period. I was blown away by his performance first period, I felt like he was a man on fire, he faded in the second though.

Cons

• We probably played 1/6th of this game on the PP and we did very little with that.
• Ovechkin was absent all game.
• Carlson is still thinking this is regular season hockey.
• We are at best a push in 5 v 5 hockey. If we play like we did tonight for the rest of the series I give it to CBJ in 6.

 

[Calicaps]

Eh, I'm just happy it didn't take too long one way or the other, all those OT games took a bite out of the Caps last season in round two.

Not that I think the Caps are getting to round two.

Sucks we have to wait until Sunday for game two and it's a day game to boot, that never goes well for the Capitals.

Oh yeah and now we have to listen to an extra day of, "the Jackets did what they needed to do, at least a split on the road". There is no sport on this planet where home ice/field means less than the NHL in the playoffs.

Sunday isn’t a day game.

 

[PB12]

Gruby did fine. With Holtby in net, caps would've been down in the 1st.

This doesn't work in that situation. You wanted Grubby you got him for the playoffs, but now you can't use the Holtby excuse.

Knowing Trotz, if the Caps go down 2-0, he probably tries Holtby game 3.

 

[IafrateOvie34]

Pros:

• I completely was wrong about DSP, he plays amazing tonight. Even in OT I saw a guy bust his ass from glass to glass to stick check a pass and I was like "Who is moving that quick?" and it was DSP
• Vrana is the key. Christ, if I said it once I said it a bajllion times, we will not beat CBJ by playing their game. We need to embrace the speed. At the times we fed our speed we looked dangerous. Drop Chiasson, add Gersich, keep Stephenson, and lets play with some damn legs!
• Bura apparently save it all season for the first period. I was blown away by his performance first period, I felt like he was a man on fire, he faded in the second though.

Cons

• We probably played 1/6th of this game on the PP and we did very little with that.
• Ovechkin was absent all game.
• Carlson is still thinking this is regular season hockey.
• We are at best a push in 5 v 5 hockey. If we play like we did tonight for the rest of the series I give it to CBJ in 6.

Kind of hoping they'll play the youth personally.

 

[BackToTheBasics]

I also noticed a few times late in the 3rd where Vrana was being benched in favor of Connolly. Does this guy ever learn?

 

[MrGone]

Its the coaches fault...

 

[AtNightWeFly]

I also noticed a few times late in the 3rd where Vrana was being benched in favor of Connolly. Does this guy ever learn?

#no

 

[Capsman]

You can literally see the brisk passing stop, the serious forechecking stop with a lead. No goals unless there is a great individual play.

Trotz has ridden individual play all season. Anyone who is not his freaking relative can see that. He makes the game so easy for opponents.

 

[Capitals40]

Why is it that our veterans stunk so bad this game..Nisky, Carlson, Ovie, etc..Backy, Oshie, had ups and downs..definitely not good for playoffs..why does this happen? Different coaches same thing. As a general rule not enough from the veterans every playoffs..keep trying to blame the secondary guys but that isn't the problem.

 

[Skrudland2Lomakin]

Sometimes I wonder if you guys watch the games. A lot of you seem to use this time to just further your personal player agendas.

I'll admit when I'm wrong about players. I thought 65 and DSP vastly exceeded my previous assumptions, they were largely part of the reason we were competitive. Vrana was dangerous at times, but also a liability too, he has so much potential though.

Carlson and Ov disappointed me. Ov was distant, and any time you're putting Carlson on the ice for that long and he's not shooting you're up shits creek.


I would keep Grubi next game, he played well. He gave up 2 PP goals, 1 ES, and 1 in OT. The ES was on a flukey play where the defense completely busted. He didn't really have the opportunity to make any freaky saves.

 

[Melkor]

Really cant blame all top-6 much. Oshie definitely showed up, was engaged almost every shift. Backstrom as alwaysuseful and also two assists. Burakovky despite dumb penalty was one of our best forwards all night. Kuzy with two goals. Wilson with a great PK. The only question mark is Ovechkin. Looked heavy and puckhandling was brutal. Brooks Orpik-level brutal.

 

[bur and 666 others]

Ovie said on the press conference that they need to fix errors??? and they win. f***, how about to create scoring chances? no team can play error free game, you need to be opportunistic and create your own chances. when Columbus were very timid during the overtime, the caps instead of pressing and creating chances, decided be sleepy as well and timid. It's just to wait for other team to create an oppotunity

 

[RandyHolt]

May talking up Bowey over Djoos. I was thinking that back in the 1st period. But I think its a broken nose for Kempny and maybe he plays. But the beak will be tender.

 

[MrGone]

You can literally see the brisk passing stop, the serious forechecking stop with a lead. No goals unless there is a great individual play.

Trotz has ridden individual play all season. Anyone who is not his freaking relative can see that. He makes the game so easy for opponents.

When have they not ridden individual play? BB made a career out of it here.

 

[Calicaps]

When have they not ridden individual play? BB made a career out of it here.

Isn’t BB a coach? Why would you think he beats any responsibility?

 

[Sam Spade]

I haven’t been a proponent of breaking the core up, but should they lose this series I think it may be time.

What does this even mean anymore? The"core" is gone, only Ovechkin and Backstrom are left, although I guess you can count Carlson, but he's probably gone this summer.

Marge, Alzner, Green, Chimera, Brouwer, whoever was part of the previous core is gone. Unless you mean guys like Beagle (gone) Orpik (more than likely bought out), Niskanen, Orlov as the core guys? They aren't moving Ovechkin, Oshie or Backstrom and they've flipped 2/3 of the forwards last off season.

 

[Sam Spade]

Sunday isn’t a day game.

Oh, well that is a victory right there.

 

[maacoshark]

Bruh, you serious? High stick side? What are you supposed to do on that?

Cut down the angle and challenge the shooter. If he was better technically that puck would have hit him. It shouldn't have been a tough save from that angle.

 

[Capsman]

Are you new to the team? They have always been this way.

Maybe another new coach can get them to play hard for 60min?

Nothing to do with playing hard and everything to do with strategy. If you think they made a conscious decision to take it easy you’re kidding yourself. Even May is saying they went into a prevent. Teams eventually reflect their coach.

Trotz is awful.

 

[EroCaps]

If this group doesn't get by now not to turtle with the lead, they never will.

They're LOO-HOO-HA-SERS.

 

[Capitals40]

They should've fired him months ago.
Instead he turtled all the way to a division title. The story of his life.

It's a shame the coach has to be a prick to his star players to motivate them..Trotz can only be a prick to the young guys..that is his major fault.

 

[illpucks]

Ovi was garbage today. Coach needs to focus on the fastest players on the team
-Vrana
-Kuznetsov
- Burakovsky
- Orlov

And have those 4 guys as the game breakers.

 

[maacoshark]

Maybe. But give credit where credit is due, he was flying on a off angle and put it in a area the size of the puck

He turned Orlov inside out and it was a good shot but Grubauer did not play it well. I didn't think the played Vaneks pp goal very well either. Thought he should have blocked the pass. I need to take another look at it.

 

[Sam Spade]

its funny that after last year i still dont really care when we lose

Me too, zero cares given.

I enjoyed this year, the team was fun to watch. My biggest/only disappointment will be the kids not getting games/ice time in these playoffs. I want Gersich in, Djoos, Barber even, eh, it is what it is.

But once Trotz isn't re-signed that should change next season, although if it is Reirdon who knows.