GDT: Capitals and Isles | 1/16/23 | 7:30p ET

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Would prefer a win over a loss tonight. Eller scratched.

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[BallardEra]

Interesting. I thought Sheary would be out.

 

[Misery74]

Interesting. I thought Sheary would be out.

I thought it would be Milano.

 

[Misery74]

Would prefer a win over a loss tonight. Eller scratched.

All those lines look better, we’ll see. Would also have loved to have seen AA in for Irwin.

Time for some goals.

 

[StrikingDistance]

With Lavi rotating people in and out is appears he's doing mid-season try-outs. Lines looks a lot better except I'd swap Irwin for AA or even AAA.

 

[ovikovy817]

Where is this is happening gif (Eller healthy scratch)

We need a convincing W so Lavi can use the same lineup

 

[DWGie26]

I like Eller, but this is the right move for a game as the lines get shuffled. This lineup gives us more speed and some scoring punch.

I’d like to see us put up a five spot tonight. Get things rolling!

And yes, please put Alexyev back in. Give him a stretch of games.

 

[WanderingCapsFan]

Just FYI, it's 7:30 PM.

 

[tycoonheart]

I'm glad the working top line is back. Hoping that all the shuffling doesn't make them lose the chemistry they had developed.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Just FYI, it's 7:30 PM.

Thanks. Updated the thread title.

 

[Marshall]

brb, gotta go see if I've been scratched.

 

[marcel snapshot]

I think Milano is next in the scratch rotation. Marcus and Sheary could be in the press box rotation as well. Kuzy almost certainly won't be because it may backfire and he's an artist. Honestly, against the Isles, I'd consider taking Eller over Kuzy, because I think Eller can be more productive against a suffocating team than Kuzy can.

 

[shtorm2005]

Sucks for Eller, I like him.

brb, gotta go see if I've been scratched.

 

[Ridley Simon]

Doom?

Gloom?

Or BOOM?

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Doom?

Gloom?

Or BOOM?

This place will be tough either way. Win or lose there will be a bunch of “I told you so’s.” Welcome to the internet.

 

[Jags]

This place will be tough either way. Win or lose there will be a bunch of “I told you so’s.” Welcome to the internet.

I dunno. Both sides generally agree on what the lines should be, so the result won't really prove anyone right. The disagreement was over how odd those last 3 lineups were, and I think we mostly agree that they were pretty wild, just not whether there was any real justification for it.

The bottom line is that none of the disparity there was worth anyone getting that cantankerous. Reacting to the coach seemingly playing Yahtzee with the lineup isn't unreasonable, but going immediately to the "Fire Lavi" extreme IS unreasonable, and gets some folks fired up.

So overreacting to lineup changes is dumb, but so is overreacting so harshly to the overreactors, and also overreacting to the people that overreacted to the overreactors.

 

[Devil Dancer]

Since everyone likes the lines, they'll probably lose 5-1.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Might as well put some $ on Strome/Caps I guess!

 

[twabby]

Since everyone likes the lines, they'll probably lose 5-1.

But they’re gonna win the xG battle 3:1 tonight.

And in the end isn’t that all that matters? The answer, is no.

 

[ovikovy817]

From a standings pov it's a must win game. And if possible in regulation.

 

[PlushMinus]

But they’re gonna win the xG battle 3:1 tonight.

And in the end isn’t that all that matters? The answer, is no.

More importantly, is the laptop fully charged and ready to crunch the numbers?

And what are you drinking this evening?

 

[twabby]

More importantly, is the laptop fully charged and ready to crunch the numbers?

And what are you drinking this evening?

No more local crunching. Everything is done in the cloud now! I can do everything I need from my phone!

The past few game nights I’ve been drinking some more “experimental” meads and leaving the solid meads on the shelf. I had a peach cobbler mead which didn’t turn out great. I also had a blueberry melomel which barely tastes like blueberry (this was when I thought 1 lb of blueberries per gallon was sufficient, when you really need 3-4 lbs to get a good flavor). I had a orange blossom mead which was fine, but nothing special.

I’m not going to overthink it tonight, so I think I’m going to go with a Florida Everglades traditional mead tonight. The Everglades honey I got at the farmers market is incredibly dark and tastes half like normal wildflower honey, half like molasses. It’s like a milder buckwheat honey, which lends itself perfectly to a traditional mead.

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

OK, finally some lines that make sense. Hopefully we win convincingly tonight and next game, and Lavi can put an end to his experiments

 

[Ridley Simon]

No more local crunching. Everything is done in the cloud now! I can do everything I need from my phone!

The past few ganenights I’ve been drinking some more “experimental” meads and leaving the solid meads on the shelf. I had a peach cobbler mead which didn’t turn out great. I also had a blueberry melomel which barely tastes like blueberry (this was when I thought 1 lb of blueberries per gallon was sufficient, when you really need 3-4 lbs to get a good flavor). I had a orange blossom mead which was fine, but nothing special.

I’m not going to overthink it tonight, so I think I’m going to go with a Florida Everglades traditional mead tonight. The Everglades honey I got at the farmers market is incredibly dark and tastes half like normal wildflower honey, half like molasses. It’s like a milder buckwheat honey, which lends itself perfectly to a traditional mead.

The bolded. We can all stop wondering why the Caps hit a rough patch.

Silly twabby jinxed them by trying to Lavi his meads.

We reap what we sow, twabby. Get it together tonite, will ya???

Stick with what works!!! Damn, son!!!!!

 

[PlushMinus]

No more local crunching. Everything is done in the cloud now! I can do everything I need from my phone!

The past few game nights I’ve been drinking some more “experimental” meads and leaving the solid meads on the shelf. I had a peach cobbler mead which didn’t turn out great. I also had a blueberry melomel which barely tastes like blueberry (this was when I thought 1 lb of blueberries per gallon was sufficient, when you really need 3-4 lbs to get a good flavor). I had a orange blossom mead which was fine, but nothing special.

I’m not going to overthink it tonight, so I think I’m going to go with a Florida Everglades traditional mead tonight. The Everglades honey I got at the farmers market is incredibly dark and tastes half like normal wildflower honey, half like molasses. It’s like a milder buckwheat honey, which lends itself perfectly to a traditional mead.

Jeez enjoy, Mr Fancy Tastebuds!

I'll just chug a few beers and maybe have a CC and dry or two

Who's on first?? Oops I mean who's in goal? Hoping for Lindgren but guessing it will be Kuemper?