Post-Game Talk: broons vs Caps 7:09. .GIF EDITON

[4thTierSport]

Orlov still has top 4 potential. Good news.

Yes! I was concerned about basically a year layoff, but he is getting pretty close to pre-injury form. Just a big fan of his play style. High ends skills but a physical player.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Orlov still has top 4 potential. Good news.

If he and 88 were only inches taller, but yeah.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Yes! I was concerned about basically a year layoff, but he is getting pretty close to pre-injury form. Just a big fan of his play style. High ends skills but a physical player.

It's a rare and exciting mix. Love the kid. I just want him healthy always so he can continue to blossom.

 

[4thTierSport]

If he and 88 were only inches taller, but yeah.

Huh… Just noticed they were both listed at 6'0". Been awhile since I've seen Orlov in person, but I do not remember him being Schmidt height at all. Usually get an extra inch or two, but I could have swore Schmidt was shorter.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Huh… Just noticed they were both listed at 6'0". Been awhile since I've seen Orlov in person, but I do not remember him being Schmidt height at all.

Look like 5'10 guys to me. Maybe they did them a favor and measured them in skates .

 

[RandyHolt]

They always round up. Always. A lot, as needed. 5'10 sounds about right. Orlov walked passed me at Kettler many moons ago. I think at the time he was no more than 5'10" if not less.

 

[Marshall]

Orlov's listed at 5'11" in the media guide, Schmidt at 6'0".

The media guide tends to be the most non-inflated list on height/weight, but Randy's got to be right - Schmidt is not 6'0".

 

[Roughing]

Great night in Chinatown.

The people hating on Niskanen don't know WTF they are talking about.

 

[Mothra]

Carlson is terrible at getting that pass to Ovechkin on the power play. The PP definitely misses Mike Green.

thats ridiculous....this team doesnt miss 52 at all. Not to mention Carlson has been the main PP guy there the last season or so and did a great job

 

[Mothra]

I'll count it when he actually shoots or it even goes off his stick. Until then.....

if you are even close to serious the hate you have for this player has skewed your thinking, badly

 

[Mothra]

Niskanen has been fine wtf are you even talking about?

Do caps fans think they live in a world where there are defenseman in the league who DON'T make mistakes every game?? it's getting ridiculous

Im starting to think that is the case

 

[Xaroc]

Orpik and Carlson were actually pretty bad in periods one and two. Overall they were out attempted while on ice badly and scoring chances for the game for those two were 5/4 for and TWELVE against. Only two against in the 3rd period so they cleaned it up but damn 10 scoring chances against the rest of the game is not good from our top D pair. They were brutal against the Rags too so hoping we aren't seeing a trend.

I will take the win obviously but I think they need to think about how they are deploying 44-74.

 

[Bure]

Carlson is fine but on numerous occasions failed to make a simple outlet break out pass on the pp. He'll be better. Just sloppy last game that's all.

 

[ChibiPooky]

I have a personal theory that Orpik's wrist isn't up to game strength yet.

 

[Xaroc]

I have a personal theory that Orpik's wrist isn't up to game strength yet.

If so they need to cut his minutes back and not try to ride him for 20+ a game.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

If so they need to cut his minutes back and not try to ride him for 20+ a game.

Probably just a strength thing. You ride your top players in pro sports, I don't see them cutting his ice time. 3rd pair with more games like last night will help them all.

 

[g00n]

Stars at 80% are often as good or better than the alternatives at 100%. And you rarely try to hide such dinged players by demoting them because it puts a target on their back. So you let them play their way back.

We won this game, right? Beat the hottest team in the league pretty soundly?

 

[Ajax1995]

Im starting to think that is the case

Starting to? This has been going on since day one on these boards IMO...

 

[Mothra]

Starting to? This has been going on since day one on these boards IMO...

seems worse than the general complaints....i mean saying the Carlson cant make a good PP pass and the team misses 52? thats bad....and although hardly perfect Carlson has proven he can play that role and is currently leading the team in PP points

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Figures it takes someone pining over Green for Mothra to appear.

 

[txpd]

seems worse than the general complaints....i mean saying the Carlson cant make a good PP pass and the team misses 52? thats bad....and although hardly perfect Carlson has proven he can play that role and is currently leading the team in PP points

I wouldn't blame Carlson. Its easy to blame him if you are just looking at the surface, but the facts are that the pk's this year have decided that Ov isn't going to score on the pp. Make the rest beat them.

What Carlson does doesn't matter to the pk. they have 8's options blocked off.

But....we are 12 games in to the season and Ovechkin has 0ppg's and 1 ppp. Caps are tied for 6th on the pp.

 

[Ajax1995]

Figures it takes someone pining over Green for Mothra to appear.

Yeah the usual complaints about every little thing that isn't perfect are fine but someone saying Green might have done something well? Now that is crazy talk...

 

[Corby78]

if you are even close to serious the hate you have for this player has skewed your thinking, badly

My post was in response to someone saying he finally scored. Yes he had good position in front of the net and yes it went in the net and counted. And yes I'm happy anytime the caps score. But he still hasn't used any offensive skill to score a goal, and he still has showed me nothing so far this season that he is turning a corner and at some point might be even remotely helpful offensively. I'm not expecting him to completely earn his contract, he is beyond that. But I want to see something. Some ability to put the puck on net, make a nice pass, do something. He signed the contract and is now not living up to it. I'm not going to now give him some breathing room because a puck happened to go off his shin.

 

[artilector]

I wouldn't blame Carlson. Its easy to blame him if you are just looking at the surface, but the facts are that the pk's this year have decided that Ov isn't going to score on the pp. Make the rest beat them.

What Carlson does doesn't matter to the pk. they have 8's options blocked off.

But....we are 12 games in to the season and Ovechkin has 0ppg's and 1 ppp. Caps are tied for 6th on the pp.

Hey, what do you think of Orlov this year?

IIRC, you were concerned about losing Mike Green, especially in light of Orlov's very uncertain injury recovery..?

 

[Calicaps]

I am absolutely not pining for Green, but it's hard to ignore how few PP shots Ovie's gotten so far. To these eyes this is largely due to too few pucks arriving in his wheelhouse. That was Green's job. Now it's Carlson's, and I don't think he's doing it well enough yet.

That said, 74 is doing his PP shooting job pretty well, so there's that. But losing the automatic Ovie PP goal is not a good thing, so they need that sorted out.