In his early years, Bergy was a deadly hitter. I'm sure that he still knows how to light someone up.
Post-Game Talk: Game 66: Caps win in OT 2-1 - We're on to Florida
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In his early years, Bergy was a deadly hitter. I'm sure that he still knows how to light someone up.
RedeyeRocketeer
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I was in a bar with no sound so I can't be sure, but on the 5 on 3 did they hit 2 posts? Looked that way.
Hali33
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Can't really be mad about anything that was in their control last night.
Both the efforts in the games against Hawks/Caps and taking 3 unexpected points out of those games leaves me pretty happy.
Both the efforts in the games against Hawks/Caps and taking 3 unexpected points out of those games leaves me pretty happy.
Pia8988
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I'm not exactly sure what people wanted as a response last night. No one on the team big enough to actually hurt Ovi could realistically catch him to hit him hard enough.
Did you want McQuaid/Chara to try and Thornton him and get suspended so we lose them the same time we lose Miller?
Would Lucic being around to shove Ovi a little harder than Brad would make people feel that much better?
The best thing they could have done to him is get 2 goals while he had to sit in the box, they got close and Grubauer was excellent as well as them hitting a few posts.
The real sad thing is being allowed to board and injure a guy and still get to finish the game as long as it wasn't his head that got injured. Miller could have gotten a tiny cut from his visor and Ovi is ejected. Sad by the NHL.
Did you want McQuaid/Chara to try and Thornton him and get suspended so we lose them the same time we lose Miller?
Would Lucic being around to shove Ovi a little harder than Brad would make people feel that much better?
The best thing they could have done to him is get 2 goals while he had to sit in the box, they got close and Grubauer was excellent as well as them hitting a few posts.
The real sad thing is being allowed to board and injure a guy and still get to finish the game as long as it wasn't his head that got injured. Miller could have gotten a tiny cut from his visor and Ovi is ejected. Sad by the NHL.
LSCII
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They sat back in the third period and didn't even try to sustain an offensive push. Part of that was Washington, but they were passive after dominating the second period so much, yet failing to score. Not sure if it was them being gassed or what, but the difference between the two periods was stark. They carried the play in the second, and that's not even taking the 5 on 3 into consideration. They were skating and creating chances at the other end. I didn't see that in the third. They looked like they were sitting back.
LSCII
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Yep. Most of the comments I have are really nitpicking, tbh. They gave a solid overall effort. Should have converted on that 5 on 3, and the first PP unit hasn't been good in a while now. Probably have to shake things up to get it going again. Most of that is really due to Krejci disappearing, IMO.
Pia8988
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Teams have also put the focus mostly on Bergeron content to letting them setting with shots from the outside that are frequently blocked as well.
KrejciMVP
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KrejciMVP
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wish some could explain floating, krejci was active and making mistakes. Thats not floating, it more of him not playing well.
LSCII
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Which he's been doing since December. He needs to be the guy we saw at the start of the season if this team wants to win at least a round in the playoffs.
KrejciMVP
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Love Krejci when he is on top of his game. He can be elite. He was far from that last night and for many games since the all star break. Maybe he is injured? I don't know. But he has to play like a 7 million $ player.
If he keeps playing like this, we won't BE in the playoffs for him to step up!
He's gotta get it together. We need him. I think what's encouraging about this team is that our D has stepped it up in terms of intensity. We've been solid. Some errors but LOADS better than what we've seen the past 2 years. Its encouraging. I hope they keep it up.
Though Clode needs to stop putting Chara out on 3vs3. He's not made for that. Get speed out there. Spooner. Pasta. That's that way you gotta do it.
missingchicklet
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That's exactly right. Ovi has been making hits like that his entire career, quite a few this year in fact. There are a ton of players in the league that would love nothing more than to tee off on him. It's almost funny at times watching them try to do so. You just cannot catch him the vast majority of the time to exact revenge for the hits he pulls off. He's too smart and fast. He knows players are aiming to "get him" so he keeps his head up always and has a great sense of staying out of positions on the ice where he is vulnerable. And, yeah, good luck jumping him and taking an instigator. Have fun with the suspension the NHL would lay on someone for jumping its best offensive player, not to mention it would be hard to hurt him by doing so anyway since he's pretty flipping strong.
KrejciMVP
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If he keeps playing like this, we won't BE in the playoffs for him to step up!
He's gotta get it together. We need him. I think what's encouraging about this team is that our D has stepped it up in terms of intensity. We've been solid. Some errors but LOADS better than what we've seen the past 2 years. Its encouraging. I hope they keep it up.
Though Clode needs to stop putting Chara out on 3vs3. He's not made for that. Get speed out there. Spooner. Pasta. That's that way you gotta do it.
I'd say nearly a PPG player is having it together.
He made a wonderful play in the Chicago game to assist on Loui's great goal. We all need to calm down.
13 points in 14 games in Feb
2 points in 3 games in March,
yes that is struggling for Krejci, but all players go through it
missingchicklet
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As long as Krejci brings it in the playoffs I'm fine with him. I don't think he gets enough credit for his contributions on defense this year. I agree that he seems to play like ass for stretches offensively, but plenty of good players do that. I've been appreciative of how effective he has been in the defensive zone this year. We all know that the defensemen on this team are below average, but I'm not sure some folks realize just how bad they are. Guys like Krejci, Bergy, and Loui have covered up a lot of warts with their effectiveness on defense. Take away the excellent defensive play of some of our forwards, Krejci included, and this team is not even thinking about making the playoffs. It's actually fairy impressive how well the system itself and the defensive play of the forwards has been able to compensate for utterly crap defensemen who make an insane amount of basic mistakes and some of whom get out of position on a regular basis.
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RedeyeRocketeer
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LSCII
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Could be. He certainly doesn't look very comfortable out there. He's either hurt or in the middle of one of his patented "who gives a ****" stretches where he just goes through the motions...
TwineTickler
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Tough loss but they played real good against a very good team and deserved better. Miracle that the puck stayed out on the 5 on 3 and that overturned offsides goal was ********. Keep it up boys.
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