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Well, sure, I was just remembering and stuff.
Yeah remembering things is awesome. I'm remembering the ovechkin broken nose game right now. Punched his ticket to Valhalla right there.
Well, sure, I was just remembering and stuff.
Stephen Weiss?Brooks Laich, C 24 3 2 5 -10 6 17:52
Five freaking points in 17:52 second-line minutes per night including some PP.
That is a fact. Find another guy who consistently plays 18 min a night on the second line and has five points. Go ahead find him. To boot he is -10. Fact. No hyperbole.
Except he hasn't actually walked the walk, ever. If the amount of smoke he blew about working on his skating or going to the bakery correlated with his on ice play he'd be Crosby 2.0. As things are he's always remained an average skater, always sucked along the boards (hallmark of a "walking the walk player") and aside from a couple years has been a non-factor as a net presence. Chimera and Ward walk the walk more than he does.
I guess for some people talk is all they need, it's how McPhee still has a job.
I can't remember who it was but a few games ago I noticed a team playing Ovie more or less in a soft man on their PK. Ovie didn't adjust. Then another team did it and Ovie started moving around more, first down low then up high, etc.
The Leafs just took it to the extreme and the new counter seems to be to just stay low for the most part.
I don't know how effective this will be. Percentage-wise it seems like too many bodies in the way vs the number of times a good screen is set up and the shot gets through. Just standing to the side with a man between him and the net isn't really creating a screen or achieving position for anything but a wide angle rebound.
I wonder what would happen if Ovie and the Cap playing the middle of the 1-3-1 started rotating or switching positions. Create what used to be called the "flex" offense in basketball, and even apply this switch to the low and high position to really keep the PK guessing.
I think the only way to stop teams from doing that is to ensure the trigger man at the point scores. Carlson has let some good shots rip but hasn't taken advantage.
Again if teams continue to do this then we have to get production from the point man who is WIDE open to let it rip.
Personally I feel Green is far better in that role than Carlson.
If so, then Joel Ward definitely didn't walk the walk before this season. Before past 15 games actually.
What have you done for me lately it's called.
But the man responsible for the point is not always responsible for Ovechkin. A good point threat only keeps the high man honest, not the other PKers.
You don't see this a lot in hockey but you see it in other sports. If someone is playing a man-to-man defense on you the way to beat it is with motion and picks. Picks aren't legal in the NHL, so you're left with motion.
I'm back to watching primarily to see if Ovechkin scores.
Unfortunately, that's perfectly fine with Ted and this organization.
So while I understand the sentiment, it inadvertently rewards the organization's emphasis on marketing personalities over building a hockey team that can succeed in the playoffs.
So marcel are you boycotting the team? Are you not watching the games? Are you not following them in any fashion that could indirectly reward the team?
Chances are you're not. You're a fan and a Caps fan at that. You enjoy pain and demoralizing losses and have for years and years now.
I wouldn't say I "enjoy" pain and demoralizing losses. It's been pretty frustrating watching it become customary with this organization.
What the team has lacked for sometime is a player/group of players that get seriously offended by -- really fuggin pissed about -- not having what it takes to win in the playoffs, and take it as a personal mission to get the team over the hump. Really, the only guy I see who might have that attitude is Holtby.
I recall the "24/7" from 2 years ago when it involved the Rangers and Flyers, and the Rangers had a game right before the Winter Classic in which they lost to the Caps. And Tortorella met with the Rangers the next day, and basically cut them a break, saying it was the first game in a long time in which they were unprepared, blah blah.
But he also said of the Caps: "That team was there to be taken," and then he just shook his head and said "That team, that team. . . ." And it was clear that he had little respect for the Caps' overall compete level/determination.
This organizational attitude issue has been a problem here for so long, and it's clear Hunter was brought in to fix it - he did, to a degree (but at too great a cost, apparently), and since his departure there is no player or organizational figure that knows how to instill a winning culture - nor does there seem to be any recognition that Ovy, Backstrom, Green, Laich et. al., notwithstanding their skills as hockey players - aren't the guys to instill that culture. And so we basically tread water - not because our players aren't talented, but because there aren't enough guys that know how to win, which starts with taking an attitude that losing (and excuses for losing) isn't acceptable.
I watch still sure, because I love hockey. But the act, and the refusal/inability to change, is definitely getting stale.
The first Avs game is was when the opposition first shadowed Ovi on the PP. Thought it was funny that Roy would do that, but it seemed to work. When teams do that Ovi should move around more. Drift through the slot, etc. make the other team weave through the traffic with him and open up the slot guy. Hell, Ovi and the slot guy should do a quick overlap/swap to the far post when the puck goes down low to the goal line. Someone else scoring bang-bang back door plays will make coaches reconsider the shadow.
Stephen Weiss?
Cap hit 4.9 mln, 3 pts in 19 games. Not 18 min, just 15:15. But he doesn't play PK as much as Laich does (0:59 vs 2:57) and has slightly more PP time.
If so, then Joel Ward definitely didn't walk the walk before this season. Before past 15 games actually.
What have you done for me lately it's called.
But the man responsible for the point is not always responsible for Ovechkin. A good point threat only keeps the high man honest, not the other PKers.
You don't see this a lot in hockey but you see it in other sports. If someone is playing a man-to-man defense on you the way to beat it is with motion and picks. Picks aren't legal in the NHL, so you're left with motion.
Except he hasn't actually walked the walk, ever. If the amount of smoke he blew about working on his skating or going to the bakery correlated with his on ice play he'd be Crosby 2.0. As things are he's always remained an average skater, always sucked along the boards (hallmark of a "walking the walk player") and aside from a couple years has been a non-factor as a net presence. Chimera and Ward walk the walk more than he does.
I guess for some people talk is all they need, it's how McPhee still has a job.
To be fair he had back to back 20g+ 50pt+ seasons in 08-10, culminating with 25/59. That's not walking the walk to you? Remember his salary those two years?
He's not the only Capital to get handsomely rewarded for the success of the Boudreau offense, so why the singular hate for Brooks?
But let me get this right..........you earn a raise and then become a slacker?
Not hate, but my dislike is lack of production now and his mug always in front of a microphone.
But let me get this right..........you earn a raise and then become a slacker?
Not hate, but my dislike is lack of production now and his mug always in front of a microphone.
But let me get this right..........you earn a raise and then become a slacker?