Yeah, not a big Nordstrom fan, uhg. But, watched a few Caps games last year and tonight they played their *** off, good on them.
Blaming Nordstrom for the poor PK is like blaming Crow!
42 was the reason for the 1st goal- great hustle keep in. He played fine.
The PK sucked because they were vs. the best (or one of the best PP's in NHL).
2ndly- the Hawks were way to deep/unaggressive, bcuz Oates understands how to attack a 2-2 Zone PK!
Hopefully the Hawks coaches learned from the best. I posted on HF about a week ago-
the Hawk's PP (any PP) needs to get to the middle of the PK's 2-2 zone and attack from there- to create/force the defense collapse/ or draw 2 d-men- leaving wide open O players.
Hawks scored on PP when Hossa skated into the heart of the 2-2 zone.
The Hawks refuse to go to 1-3-1 set that Caps used to exploit Hawks. Caps forced Hawks to collapse to respect Brouwer in Middle (1st Goal 16/42 covered Brouwer) leaving wide open 8.
Until Hawks use skater/cutter vs. 2-2 zone or simply set up in 1-3-1, there PP will continue to be crap.