GDT: CAPITALize on the Games in Hand!: Capitals @ Devils, 7 PM, MSG+

[NJDevs26]

Not bad considering he probably only gets something like 11:30*

*Going to bed and too lazy to take the 23 seconds to GOOG it.

Close enough, 12:17

 

[HenriquesJawLine]

Ben corsi god Lovejoy

Ben Lovejoy

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12:34

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[Bcap88]

Don't look now but Miles Wood is tied for 2nd on the team in goals .

His progression reminds me of the movie Bambi stepping onto the ice for the first time. I have no qualms with wood, once he figures it out he is going to be scary

 

[Patrik26]

Just got home from the game. I haven't had a chance to read any posts yet, so here's my take on the game. Let's start with Zajac. He blew chunks tonight. Absolutely AWFUL. Hard to gauge Kinkaid. The first and third goals weren't on him. The second? He was screened by his own man, but it still seemed a bit soft. Zajac SUCKED. Absolutely AWFUL. Taylor Hall is a beast. The PK did a nice job of keeping Ovechkin from teeing up from his top of the circle home. Tom Wilson is still a douche. Zajac was HORRENDOUS.

 

[Ripshot 43]

Just realized right now that we scored on 3 breakaways tonight. Damn, this team is fast.

 

[blood gin]

Wood right now kind of reminds me of a poor mans Chris Kreider. And I dislike Kreider a lot, he's dirty and reckless and the league has been soft on him because he's a Ranger, but they're both bull in a china shop physical presence guys. I don't know though if Wood will ever develop the hockey IQ of Kreider.

 

[Patrik26]

His progression reminds me of the movie Bambi stepping onto the ice for the first time. I have no qualms with wood, once he figures it out he is going to be scary

If we were told Wood would have 12 goals 44 games in, how many would have believed it?

 

[JimEIV]

Close enough, 12:17

If he remains top 5 in goals from the bottom 6 with that kind of time...

What do you think that contract is going to look like... I'm thinking every goal from here to the end of the season is worth another 150k...

 

[NJDevs26]

If he remains top 5 in goals from the bottom 6 with that kind of time...

What do you think that contract is going to look like... I'm thinking every goal from here to the end of the season is worth another 150k...

Josh Anderson's probably a good comp, he had 17 goals and 29 points in a limited role for Columbus last year (ATOI: 12:01)

Josh Anderson Stats | Hockey-Reference.com

He did have a long holdout before he signed for $1.85 million on a three-year deal.

 

[JimEIV]

Josh Anderson's probably a good comp, he had 17 goals and 29 points in a limited role for Columbus last year (ATOI: 12:01)

Josh Anderson Stats | Hockey-Reference.com

He did have a long holdout before he signed for $1.85 million on a three-year deal.

Seems like a reasonable comparable. But we are only half way and Wood is already already at 12 goals and 20 points.

 

[glenwo2]

They passed him(Wood) up so he likes to,show them up

Doesn't that go for every other team, though?

He’s an all situations beast already. If he hits his ceiling, he’s Pavel Datsyuk.

So if Nico is going to be Pavel Datsyuk, what is Jesper Bratt going to be?

(aside from a dancing unicorn)

 

[MadDevil]

Jesper Bratt is a Swedish hockey god. There is no comparable.

 

[glenwo2]

Jesper Bratt is a Swedish hockey god. There is no comparable.

EXHIBIT A(remember this one?) :

Oh yes....I forgot to put up the usual :

 

[JimEIV]

3 of our top 6 goal scorers are 22 years old or under. Wood, Bratt and Hischier. Add the contribution from Butcher and Santini and the youth parade is a big one.

Over on the main board a lot of praise is being heaped on Hall, much of it deserved. But I do take a bit of an exception that he's "Carrying the team" as one Corey Pronman tweet suggested.... My thought is without the injection of productive youth, Hall is just not moving the needle by himself. He didn't last year and never did in Edmonton. By no means is that in anyway a knock on Hall. It's more saying that this is a good team.

But I have to think that that thread is more or less to rub in the Larsson trade and not a lot of seriousness?

 

[Based Anime Fan]

Any video of that overtime goal?

 

[Nubmer6]

And... our obligatory Kinky victory tweet:

 

[Emperoreddy]

I think is the main board doesn't give Hall any love and Oil fans seemed to really enjoy trashing him too much.

I don't think our kids get enough love over there either. Rookie thread is just Isle, Bruin, and Canuck fans bickering and dismissing Nico and Bratt

 

[blood gin]

Larsson is playing well in Edmonton, thing is Hall is just taking off into the stratosphere here. He is a man possessed this year.

It was probably time for him to leave Edmonton anyway. Things had soured over there for him and he needed a change. Both parties needed a divorce

 

[Bcap88]

3 of our top 6 goal scorers are 22 years old or under. Wood, Bratt and Hischier. Add the contribution from Butcher and Santini and the youth parade is a big one.

Over on the main board a lot of praise is being heaped on Hall, much of it deserved. But I do take a bit of an exception that he's "Carrying the team" as one Corey Pronman tweet suggested.... My thought is without the injection of productive youth, Hall is just not moving the needle by himself. He didn't last year and never did in Edmonton. By no means is that in anyway a knock on Hall. It's more saying that this is a good team.

But I have to think that that thread is more or less to rub in the Larsson trade and not a lot of seriousness?

The biggest factor I think which has moved the needle is like you said Nico,Bratt Santini however cant discount the emergence of wood,coleman and partially Gibbons. A lot of credit goes to Hall who has predominantly been a 55-60 point guy now finds himself over a PPG pace

 

[blood gin]

Remember Dregers words after talking with Eakins

“It’s not one player. It’s the collection of players that make up the sagging work ethic and lack of culture. But if you had to put a face on it, or a name to it, that name would be Taylor Hall."

Hard to believe this is the same guy

 

[JimEIV]

And... our obligatory Kinky victory tweet:

This is what Kinkaid went to college for. His parents are probably really proud. I wonder if they hang that on the refrigerator?

 

[glenwo2]

Any video of that overtime goal?

If you noticed, Kinky was pretty damn fast there skating over to Hall from the left.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Wood- Zacha- Palms is really looking like a good line.

 

[BomaLightDevils]

Wood right now kind of reminds me of a poor mans Chris Kreider. And I dislike Kreider a lot, he's dirty and reckless and the league has been soft on him because he's a Ranger, but they're both bull in a china shop physical presence guys. I don't know though if Wood will ever develop the hockey IQ of Kreider.

Hockey IQ of Kreider!?!?!? You mean Chris Kreider from the NY Rangers.

Hes purely relying on physical abilities in my opinion, he's a no tool box hockey player. Not bad but imagine how dominant he could be if he could think the game.

Wood needs to learn this if he was to take he's game to a new level.

 

[JimEIV]

I'm most impressed with holding the Caps PP to 0/5 and under 20 shots for the game.