Good post. The growing pains of a young defenseman. Every player has their moment and had he connected, the Caps would have won. He's been a beast overall.
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Good post. The growing pains of a young defenseman. Every player has their moment and had he connected, the Caps would have won. He's been a beast overall.
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Agreed it looks like Ovi's pass put Orlov in a tough spot. Look at the Carolina box, they were loaded to stop that exact pass. Excellent defensive position to goad Orlov into going to try to bail out his fellow countrymen.
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The greatest passes are unexpected. Seriously, did you ****ing even think before you posted?
Some of the worst passes are the unexpected ones that put teammates in bad spots, spring odd mans which lead to game winning goals. Against.
I thinked.
bonzaibondra12
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I'm surprised Oates hasn't tried Ovechkin at center or Mike Green at wing yet.
Mybe he will if Erat gets traded.
Mybe he will if Erat gets traded.
Well at least Ovechkin was on the right side of the ice and met all handedness qualifications. Orlov also met handedness qualifications by being on the left.
That's all that really matters so I'm okay with another loss as long as everyone was on their handy side.
That's all that really matters so I'm okay with another loss as long as everyone was on their handy side.
Obviously it was just one game and the Caps didn't get 2 points out of it but I was very encouraged by their 5v5 possession play last night. For a team that has been a 47/53 5v5 possession loser over the course of the season as a whole so far to win that battle 59/41 is definitely a positive.
Now if they can keep that much better 5v5 play up and figure out a way to stop giving up goals right after scoring themselves I could see a steady upward trend in their fortunes in their future...
Now if they can keep that much better 5v5 play up and figure out a way to stop giving up goals right after scoring themselves I could see a steady upward trend in their fortunes in their future...
Mickstix
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Was it the line changes or the Canes, that let us possess the puck that much better than usual? I'm skeptical anyway, of most anything positive they do this year, so I hope we get a chance to see those lines again Saturday..
I just wish Wilson knew who to pay, to get a couple shifts on a better line..
I don't know. Carolina is currently the 14th best 5v5 road possession team in the league at 49.5% and they are a 50.3% 5v5 possession team overall so they are ok usually.
No enough information IMO to make a determination. I guess we'll have to wait and see if they can keep this up or not because one game really doesn't mean much overall.
Carolina is 25th in the league in Fenwick (47.3%) and 21st in Corsi (48.7%) in close situations. (The Capitals are 26th in both categories, 47% and 47.6%.)
Now break that down by home and away please as that appears to make s difference as there are only 10 teams at or above 50% 5v5 corsi on the road and only 8 teams below 50% 5v5 corsi at home, one of which is the Caps, and extra skater doesn't seem to do that for me.
Hivemind
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Orlov was indeed open, but the pass was a lazy pass to the open ice about 15 feet in front of Orlov.
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Oates calling out the players, especially the veterans:
''Just mistakes. Mistakes. The guys that are on the ice are veteran guys,'' Oates said. ''We talked about the things we talked about this morning, the icing. Stupid icings when we don't have to. We took a too many men penalty when we don't have to. You know, one of the goals - (John) Erskine went in the zone and no one covered for him. That's mistakes by veteran guys. They know better.''
Vets aren't doing what you tell them, eh? Everything would be OK if players would just stick to The System, right? This always ends well. Good luck.
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''Just mistakes. Mistakes. The guys that are on the ice are veteran guys,'' Oates said. ''We talked about the things we talked about this morning, the icing. Stupid icings when we don't have to. We took a too many men penalty when we don't have to. You know, one of the goals - (John) Erskine went in the zone and no one covered for him. That's mistakes by veteran guys. They know better.''
Vets aren't doing what you tell them, eh? Everything would be OK if players would just stick to The System, right? This always ends well. Good luck.
Signed,
Ron Wilson, Bruce Cassidy, Glen Hanlon, Bruce Boudreau, Dale Hunter
troyerlaw
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He must be slow on the uptake. You just tell your agent to make public demand for trade. Seemed to work for Orlov and Erat anyway. (Poor Neuwirth must be telling his agent, 'Wait a minute, you said that would work...')
I'd have to look at the Erskine play again but if IIRC Erat was on the ice. Center covers the pointman?
Maybe put players in their proper positions?
When the owner and GM are both complacent and on record downplaying the significance of playoff success and they hire a players' coach and two former ex-Caps it's not a ****ing shocker the players are lazy with no sense of urgency.
They're on tenure from sell outs.
They're on tenure from sell outs.
So if we make the eastern final or win the Stanley Cup are you still out?
Sport is so random. One minute you're up and the next down. Plus, lots happens in the playoffs so it's not over until it's over.
Hivemind
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Yeah it is hard to decide who's approach is worse, the guy with the 20-15-6 team or the guy with the 3-13 team...?
Roughing
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Considering the Wizards, and where the Caps would be w/o AO, Ted is right there with Dan, he's just a much nicer human being.
Roughing
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He should try Green in the press box, or better yet, playing for another team.
Roughing
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I mean, all this. It starts with failure from the owner and goes throughout the org. This team needs a new GM to fix the roster and a veteran coach (I'd take Laviolette in a second). Ted doesn't give a **** though so... whatever.
I believe the Wizards are 1 game under .500. That is a long way from 3-13.
I understand that many want to run down Leonsis but to equate the state of the Caps to that of the Redskins is absurd.
