Coldplay619
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2016-17 General NHL Fan Talk - Part the Third (News n' Scores n' Stuff)
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Demandedace
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How can you guys say the Conn Smythe is going anywhere but Rinne at this point? Lol, have you watched the games? Rinne has been the difference maker all playoffs long at this point, I can't see him not winning it if the Preds win the cup
SpinningEdge
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Caps have no one to blame but themselves.
Best thing would be we open up on the road in Nashville with Trotz our coach and Nashville raises the banner
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Probably not - but the desperation and relentlessness they play with as a group - plus Rinne - can make up for a lot
Alexander the Gr8
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Filip Forsberg has reached the SCF with Trotz's former team. Meanwhile, CSN is legitimately asking us if we should cheer for the Pens.
http://www.csnmidatlantic.com/video...l&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Masochism has reached a new level, it feels like the universe is constantly trolling Caps fans. The only two things that are Penguins fans at home are my mother (Damn it mom!) and my wallet for putting $20 on them in my office playoff pool.
Very tough time to be a Caps fan, I'm just looking forward to this summer to see if GMBM will actually dare to touch the core of this team.
I want Subban to win the Cup. No player deserves it more than him in the league. He went through so much crap here in Montreal while providing Norris level defense in the regular season and playoffs.
http://www.csnmidatlantic.com/video...l&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Masochism has reached a new level, it feels like the universe is constantly trolling Caps fans. The only two things that are Penguins fans at home are my mother (Damn it mom!) and my wallet for putting $20 on them in my office playoff pool.
Very tough time to be a Caps fan, I'm just looking forward to this summer to see if GMBM will actually dare to touch the core of this team.
I want Subban to win the Cup. No player deserves it more than him in the league. He went through so much crap here in Montreal while providing Norris level defense in the regular season and playoffs.
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Subban going to pull a Kessel
They don't stand a chance against the Pens unfortunately.
Ottawa is the only chance.
Alexander the Gr8
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Subban going to pull a Kessel
They don't stand a chance against the Pens unfortunately.
Ottawa is the only chance.
They can. As much as Nashville's forwards look meh on paper, I think the difference between the Pens' D and Preds' D is huge. If Rinne keeps playing like this, they have a good chance to win.
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So, the season where the Caps had their most complete team and their best chance is about to lead to:
"The Stanley Cup finals, Forsberg vs. Pens, narrated by McGuire".
(followed by McPhee taking another Caps player)
Might as well marvel at reaching these depths -- will be hard to repeat, lol.
"The Stanley Cup finals, Forsberg vs. Pens, narrated by McGuire".
(followed by McPhee taking another Caps player)
Might as well marvel at reaching these depths -- will be hard to repeat, lol.
Capitals40
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Well, before the playoffs started I thought the one team that had a match up advantage over the Caps possibly from the West was the Predators..of course that is a joke now but congrats to the Preds..not a surprise.
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Subban going to pull a Kessel
They don't stand a chance against the Pens unfortunately.
Ottawa is the only chance.
Couldn't disagree more..think the Preds have an excellent chance and are the better team.
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I'd like to remember that Nashville is a WC2 team. So the window is never closed for the Caps.
We just need our players to be red hot during 2 months starting in the middle of April
We just need our players to be red hot during 2 months starting in the middle of April
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Nice
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Never said it was. I am rooting for the Preds. I'm just saying it sucks a big one that we're going to either watch the player who should have been the heir apparent to Ovechkin raise his first Cup or we're going to watch Crosby raise his third. Sucks big time.
But, hey, good for those two franchises. Both franchises made bold decisions with regards to their roster make up and coaching choices and are being rewarded. Hopefully one day we can say the same thing about the Caps.
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For us to have won the Scoresberg trade, we needed to win the cup that year. It's that simple. Laich's groin was swiss cheese and George wanted a top 6 winger. Of course a normal GM would have someone, anyone at F, ready to help down on the farm. But not us, and its been that way for years now.
I wish we could somehow force George to take Erat or Latta when he comes to pluck a player off of our roster.
I wish we could somehow force George to take Erat or Latta when he comes to pluck a player off of our roster.
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We're definitely the "no soup for you" team (city you could argue). Painful indeed. However teams like Nashville convince me it's not a core issue. They have injuries galore and secondary guys step up and produce. Subban was a "core guy" who had little SC success in Montreal, goes to a new team and is in the finals.
People keep saying "been through multiple coaches so it an't be coaching". Well, going through multiple coaches who haven't proven anywhere else that they can have playoff success isn't exactly convincing that coaching isn't the issue. We have had 4 coaches. Two had no previous experience, one of whom was a coaching nutcase, the other was very rigid and left after less than a season. The other two are famously early round exiters year after year with multiple teams. Have we actually tried a proven playoff winner yet?
People keep saying "been through multiple coaches so it an't be coaching". Well, going through multiple coaches who haven't proven anywhere else that they can have playoff success isn't exactly convincing that coaching isn't the issue. We have had 4 coaches. Two had no previous experience, one of whom was a coaching nutcase, the other was very rigid and left after less than a season. The other two are famously early round exiters year after year with multiple teams. Have we actually tried a proven playoff winner yet?
The Caps moving forward will likely still be a perennial playoff contender for at least the foreseeable future. A team with Backstrom, Kuznetsov, Burakovsky, Ovechkin, Niskanen, Carlson, Orlov, Holtby, etc will still compete for a spot in the dance. For how long remains to be seen. That will be determined by coaching and personnel decisions. But yeah, their days of dominance and being a popular preseason Cup favorite are likely over.
That said, this could easily mark the descent. It's entirely possible, and increasingly probably, that in five years Ovechkin and Backstrom are gone and the Caps are left to wonder how they failed to capture a Cup with two of the best players in franchise history. Tough, franchise-defining decisions are on the horizon.
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