Post-Game Talk: New Day, New Game, New Jersey @ Noon PST

[Roshi]

Turtled the W, Sammy with small reclamation. Im happy again.

 

[Eirikrautha]

Carlson just accidentally played defense having no intentions of doing so.

And this is different than normal how...?

 

[ovikovy817]

Carlson playing like ass

It was a Norris Trophy move

 

[Corby78]

It was going in. Carlson just accidentally played defense having no intentions of doing so.

Carlson had a good game today and made a couple key defensive plays. Why don’t you save your routine for a bad game at least.

 

[IafrateOvie34]

It was going in. Carlson just accidentally played defense having no intentions of doing so.

Yep, it's nice to have things go our way lol.

 

[BallardEra]

So what was the consensus on Sammy's play today?

 

[Eirikrautha]

So what was the consensus on Sammy's play today?

Well, he let in two routine pucks, and made a couple of difficult saves. So, drawing too much of a conclusion based on just this one outing, you can't trust him. And that's not good for a team. You have to trust everyone to do their job. When you can't, you start cheating on yours to make up for theirs. Not good...

 

[Holtbyisms]

So what was the consensus on Sammy's play today?

Shaky at first, seemed to settle down. Wasn't tested a ton. Both goals were stoppable but I don't expect him to pitch shutouts every night. Not bad for his 5th game in 6-7 weeks. Hard to say how hard the virus hit him either. I'm sure he's healthy enough for hockey or he wouldn't be playing but who knows if he really feels 100 yet.

 

[BallardEra]

Well, he let in two routine pucks, and made a couple of difficult saves. So, drawing too much of a conclusion based on just this one outing, you can't trust him. And that's not good for a team. You have to trust everyone to do their job. When you can't, you start cheating on yours to make up for theirs. Not good...

Just saw the two goals. I'd say the second goal looked worse than first one. Think the first one might have been touched by the stick from Caps player.

His first game back though so I'll take the W.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

It was going in. Carlson just accidentally played defense having no intentions of doing so.

I’ll take it...

 

[max21]

They did what they should have, get 4 points from the Devils. Have a few afternoon beers boys.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Just saw the two goals. I'd say the second goal looked worse than first one. Think the first one might have been touched by the stick from Caps player.

His first game back though so I'll take the W.

Both looked soft but were a bit more difficult than appeared at first. The Orlov deflection on the first shot changed trajectory and speed which made it tough. Jensen couldn’t have played the second goal any worse. He just let Sharangovich move uncontested into the slot and then didn’t get stick on pick. Both were leaky that speaks to his timing being off but that’s to be expected after so much time off.

 

[Devil Dancer]

Every year a young team or two makes the leap from bottom feeder to playoff contender.

Looks like it won't be NJD this year.

 

[txpd]

Carlson is 2nd in the league in defensemen scoring with 3 games in hand. The Caps pp is 4th in the league. He leads the team in minutes and the team is in first place. He was on the ice for the last shift protecting a win. I think he is earning his check just fine

 

[Roughing]

Carlson is 2nd in the league in defensemen scoring with 3 games in hand. The Caps pp is 4th in the league. He leads the team in minutes and the team is in first place. He was on the ice for the last shift protecting a win. I think he is earning his check just fine

All true. He also frequently looks like shit on D. I only care about the playoffs though.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Palmieri is a guy I wanted the Caps to potentially target as an acquisition in case their 3RW spot was a mess but he’s been awful. Looks washed.

 

[Ovie's Neighbor]

Carlson is 2nd in the league in defensemen scoring with 3 games in hand. The Caps pp is 4th in the league. He leads the team in minutes and the team is in first place. He was on the ice for the last shift protecting a win. I think he is earning his check just fine

Carlson has had an amazing Caps career and will go down as one of our best defensemen. But he simply isn’t a top pairing defenseman on most contenders. His skating has gotten so bad and his decision making is not great. He still has a super active stick and his breakout passes are great.

 

[Raikkonen]

Every year a young team or two makes the leap from bottom feeder to playoff contender.

Looks like it won't be NJD this year.

Fortunately Carolina and Tampa arent on the horizon. Chance for Caps.

 

[txpd]

All true. He also frequently looks like shit on D. I only care about the playoffs though.

Looks like. He is so bad at defense that he was on the ice for that last shift. Somebody in charge likes his defense.

 

[txpd]

he simply isn’t a top pairing defenseman on most contenders..

He was a minutes leading defenseman on a cup winner and the Caps have won their division 5 years in a row, going on 6. No point in going on about this. I wont change any minds. Pretty soon they will let fans back in the arena and you guys can bring back the whoop whoop

 

[max21]

Lol

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

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you still have to be in the right place to get lucky

 

[Corby78]

I honestly think the Norris talk last year really hurt some people’s opinion of Carlson. He has been a good defensive guy with great offensive skill. Now people have this bar that he should be the best defensive guy in the NHL. He has some shakey games this year, but he has also made some really nice plays on both ends. He is also going against the best lines most nights.
I like the Carlson/Dillon pairing

 

[Ovie's Neighbor]

He was a minutes leading defenseman on a cup winner and the Caps have won their division 5 years in a row, going on 6. No point in going on about this. I wont change any minds. Pretty soon they will let fans back in the arena and you guys can bring back the whoop whoop

I think he has regressed significantly in terms of his defense since the cup run. Which is fine. I have nothing against him. I just don’t think he is that good defensively.

 

[txpd]

I think he has regressed significantly in terms of his defense since the cup run. Which is fine. I have nothing against him. I just don’t think he is that good defensively.

Disagree. But I get it.

Meanwhile, is the window still closed? Was that a hard closed or was it more like a cold night where you close the window to keep the heat from escaping and you can reopen the window in the morning?