Post-Game Talk: Kovi's Komrades VS the Winlesspeg Thrashers - 8pm

[txpd]

Well they need to disappear or it’s going to be very tough to do anything in the playoffs. The neutral zone defense and getting 3 forwards caught low constantly is a systematic problem that needs to be fixed. The defensive zone has been better lately, hopefully they can fix this as well.

I don't think the system is calling for 3 forwards down low. I think that is poor and uneven reads from the forwards. Something they don't do when playing well. There is nothing wrong with the Caps Xs and Os

 

[caps4cup]

I don't think the system is calling for 3 forwards down low. I think that is poor and uneven reads from the forwards. Something they don't do when playing well. There is nothing wrong with the Caps Xs and Os

It very well may be poor reads and they have been trailing a lot recently which definitely leads to more aggressive play and that situation arising more. The neutral zone however is 100% an X and O’s problem.

 

[Kuznetsnow]

Trap game, caps had less than nothing to play for after winning the first home game while the Jets were hongre.

Fire Forsythe though

 

[Raikkonen]

My eyes tell me Kulikov's shot hit Caps player (Backstrom I think) and then landed exactly in the corner. Kind of NOT the same devastating goal Holtby loves to give up sometimes.

 

[ALLCAPSALLTHETIME]

*Ugh* Oh well...

Get ‘em next game.

 

[AussieCapsFan]

Watched half of it on replay - didn't miss much. I do find it frustrating at how often Ovie does the no look couldn't care less where it's going pass. You'd think after all these seasons and so many games
that he would have a higher passing IQ....

 

[trick9]

Jets had a 93.3% PK in the february coming in and they didn't have an answer. They had some chances but overally a pretty bad showing again. Lost 4 in a row on the road now after their great road performances.

Maybe this will get more effort out of them. Atleast it happened now and not during the Playoffs.

 

[Capitals40]

This is not a very good team. A head coaching change will not be made in my lifetime because they would be admitting they were wrong in letting Trotz walk.

 

[tycoonheart]

This is not a very good team. A head coaching change will not be made in my lifetime because they would be admitting they were wrong in letting Trotz walk.

A change needs to be made after the season is over. Management needs to swallow it's pride and admit they kept the wrong coach.

 

[Coldplay619]

Watched half of it on replay - didn't miss much. I do find it frustrating at how often Ovie does the no look couldn't care less where it's going pass. You'd think after all these seasons and so many games
that he would have a higher passing IQ....

Ovi always goes for the Hail Mary pass.

 

[txpd]

My eyes tell me Kulikov's shot hit Caps player (Backstrom I think) and then landed exactly in the corner. Kind of NOT the same devastating goal Holtby loves to give up sometimes.

The TSN camera angle showed it didn't hit anything. The disc flight never wabbled off its spin.

 

[txpd]

This is not a very good team. A head coaching change will not be made in my lifetime because they would be admitting they were wrong in letting Trotz walk.

No? Who in the core needs to go? Who in the top 9 and one guy isn't going to fix not good. Who on the defense needs to go? Just Jensen dosent fix not good?

 

[sk8ersublime]

This is not a very good team. A head coaching change will not be made in my lifetime because they would be admitting they were wrong in letting Trotz walk.

in 2018 everyone was calling for Trotz head as well.....he has ONE season of post season success.

 

[kmart]

the positive thing is, if the caps lose the gdt are always entertaining.

it was a good game, they run into a hot goalie.

- the pp produced high quality chances. u had carlson shots, oshi one timer from the slot, ao and kovi with great looks. the goals will come
- samsonov played well
- overall great physical play.
- the negativ thing for me were risky turnovers in the own end... they increased once they had to take chances.

 

[Rayquaza64]

I don't understand why people think we would be doing so much better if we had trotz at the helm. His team isnt doing any better than we are right now and we wanted to fire him too in 2018

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

A change needs to be made after the season is over. Management needs to swallow it's pride and admit they kept the wrong coach.

maybe they did, but Trotz chose to quit.

his shelf life was essentially done. The Cup may have extended his usefulness a few years tops....not 5 at that pay rate.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

I don't understand why people think we would be doing so much better if we had trotz at the helm. His team isnt doing any better than we are right now and we wanted to fire him too in 2018

I’m sure there’s a clinical term for it, but I think of it as fondness for what you once had.......aka.....”living in the past”.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

This is not a very good team. A head coaching change will not be made in my lifetime because they would be admitting they were wrong in letting Trotz walk.

Ah yes, more of this. If only we had the coach who wasted the best roster in hockey for two years here by getting outcoached in the playoffs, who was almost fired (twice) his last season here because the team looked terrible for long stretches at a time, who has coached his teams out of the second round once -- once -- in his 20+ years as a head coach, and whose current team has lost six out of their last eight and is hanging on to a playoff spot by the skin of their teeth, that would cure all.

As for the game last night, the Caps were the better team in every statistical category -- shot attempts, shots, scoring chances, high danger scoring chances, expected goals percentage, etc -- but got Hellebuyck'ed.

 

[4thTierSport]

I really wonder if some just check the box score before spouting off nonsense? Still a short sample size but the team has been playing better over the past couple games. They were the better team last night. They got prime scoring chances against a PK that put up unsustainable numbers for the month. Not many other teams were going to beat that goalie last night.

 

[StrikingDistance]

It took all of 2 mins to find what this board generally thought of Trotz in 2017/2018.

Feb 2018 Fire Trotz HF poll:
Should the Caps Fire Barry Trotz (February 19th)

Nov 2017 Fire Trotz HF poll:
Will Trotz Be Fired? (poll added)

and then there's this gem from Japers:
The Capitals Should Fire Barry Trotz

 

[ovikovy817]

It took all of 2 mins to find what this board generally thought of Trotz in 2017/2018.

Feb 2018 Fire Trotz HF poll:
Should the Caps Fire Barry Trotz (February 19th)

Should the Caps Fire Barry Trotz? (February 19th)

Poll closed Mar 22, 2018.

1. Yes.
   
   46 vote(s)
   78.0%
2. *
   No.
   
   13 vote(s)
   22.0%

I'm happy that I was in the "No" category.

 

[RandyHolt]

Hockey is so unpredictable.

We won the cup when our stud goalie got benched. I always am the first to say tending is HUGE. I mean, you cannot make this stuff up. Holt had great playoffs year after year, at least stat wise, and we didn't do DICK.

He has an off year gets benched, comes back and we win the cup. Goalie play is always a big factor in games but he didn't steal games as much as our offense took off. And the difference to me was Kuzy and Wilson dominating, and Orpik on the backend slamming opponents and the door shut. At one point in the loffs I think Wilson had the most ESP/60 or some shit.

Too much weight is put on what we see in the regular season. Its why I refer to it as the preseason. Preseason are actually exhibition games. Friendlies.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

It took all of 2 mins to find what this board generally thought of Trotz in 2017/2018.

Feb 2018 Fire Trotz HF poll:
Should the Caps Fire Barry Trotz (February 19th)

Nov 2017 Fire Trotz HF poll:
Will Trotz Be Fired? (poll added)

and then there's this gem from Japers:
The Capitals Should Fire Barry Trotz

The quote below, from @twabby, is gold. Swap "Rierden" in twabby's quote w/ Laviolette, Gallant, etc and it's literally verbatim as to what people are saying right now.

They are a .500 team since January. And they’re lucky to be .500 since then. They’ve been dreadful and disorganized and they are playing beneath their talent level. And they are being led by a guy with no track record of playoff success.

Now’s a perfect time to see what Reirden has. If he stinks it up too then they can look for someone else in the offseason.

 

[kicksavedave]

Too much weight is put on what we see in the regular season. Its why I refer to it as the preseason. Preseason are actually exhibition games. Friendlies.

Yep, one thing that is predictable, the physicality ramps up in the playoffs every week. The Caps are built for the playoffs. Doesn't mean we will get the goaltending, but it does mean we're going to lay some wood on anyone that wants to get past us.

Can't f***ing wait! The RS has grown mostly boring to me.

 

[StrikingDistance]

Should the Caps Fire Barry Trotz? (February 19th)

Poll closed Mar 22, 2018.

1. Yes.
   
   46 vote(s)
   78.0%
2. *
   No.
   
   13 vote(s)
   22.0%

I'm happy that I was in the "No" category.

I was, and still am Pro-Fire Trotz. I'd fire him right now if I could.