GDT: Capitals @ Bruins | 2/11/23 | 3:30p ET

[Ridley Simon]

About midway through the 2nd, my wife asked if ESPN was using the Bruins announcers. What a terrible excuse for an "impartial" broadcast crew. Can't wait to hear them ruin the outdoor game next week. In other news, a great, but not pretty win that we really needed!

West Coast Feed (Bay Area CA) melded 2 broadcasts together for the last 30min or so. Was horrible. I couldn’t hear anything

 

[Calicaps]

So Caps win, Sabres get rolled, Isles get a loser point… Let’s go Kings!

 

[SherVaughn30]

So Caps win, Sabres get rolled, Isles get a loser point… Let’s go Kings!

Kings my 2ndary team, as I adopted them living there for 14 years now.

 

[lotty83]

So Caps win, Sabres get rolled, Isles get a loser point… Let’s go Kings!

Avs are up 2-0 on FLA as well

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Why not both?

Salary cap?

 

[twabby]

My game puck goes to Darcy Kuemper for saving 27 of 28, many of which were high quality chances (+2.53 GSAx)

Honorable mentions to Garnet Hathaway for the GWG and a 70% xGF%, Nick Jensen for a 71% xG playing 20+ minutes at 5v5, and Strome/Ovechkin for posting good possession numbers as well.

 

[Devil Dancer]

That's a Win Against Replacement game by Kuemper if I've ever seen one.

 

[ClevelandCapsfan]

What a marathon.

Definitely going to need another D to make life a bit easier for the top 4.

Actually need Orlov to start playing like a top 4 d-man.

 

[Empty Goal Net]

Little nugget from TSN:

Former NHL defenseman Zdeno Chara, who played for both teams, visited a few Capitals after the game.

The Canadian Press

 

[Raikkonen]

Little nugget from TSN:


The Canadian Press

Fever and Ovi are obvious ones

 

[Ridley Simon]

Salary cap?

Stop it? Mantha, Eller, Jensen = 66% or so of the salary? Retain and bleed futures?

 

[HeyMattyB]

Kings my 2ndary team, as I adopted them living there for 14 years now.

I've been living in Philadelphia for 13 years now, and... no. It's just never going to happen. And I've tried!!!

(It was incredibly easy to become an Eagles, Sixers, and Phillies fan, though. GO BIRDS!)

 

[ClevelandCapsfan]

Actually need Orlov to start playing like a top 4 d-man. Right now, extending Jensen is a higher priority than Orlov and it’s not even close.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Stop it? Mantha, Eller, Jensen = 66% or so of the salary? Retain and bleed futures?

Karlsson has an $11.5M cap hit for 4.5 more seasons. Timo Meier has a $6M cap hit. Not sure what the prorated cap hits look like since I’m not sure how many days are left in the season but I think at absolute best case they retain to make it an even $10M/year hit for EK, which again is highly unlikely given the term left but let’s just go with it.

For next season they’d need at least $19M for both players and that’s assuming $1.5M retention. That’s Kuznetsov + Eller + Mantha + Orlov (give or take), and that’s without discussing trade compensation.

 

[Ridley Simon]

Karlsson has an $11.5M cap hit for 4.5 more seasons. Timo Meier has a $6M cap hit. Not sure what the prorated cap hits look like since I’m not sure how many days are left in the season but I think at absolute best case they retain to make it an even $10M/year hit for EK, which again is highly unlikely given the term left but let’s just go with it.

For next season they’d need at least $19M for both players and that’s assuming $1.5M retention. That’s Kuznetsov + Eller + Mantha + Orlov (give or take), and that’s without discussing trade compensation.

Sharks will cover more. How can they not?

My totals were for this season only. Next season will take some gymnastics, for sure. But we have a team that has literally 3yrs left of the Ovechkin era. Karlsson at a number (let’s say at 3.5m retained) plus Timo at 8m = 16m. Mantha and Eller are 9m. Jensen is 3m. So, 12 of 16.

More would need to happen. But perhaps not a lot more.

 

[Corby78]

Good win

 

[SecretaryofDefense5]

Do you believe in Miracles? Yes, I do because the Caps beat the Bruins on home ice.

 

[IafrateOvie34]

Do you believe in Miracles? Yes, I do because the Caps beat the Bruins on home ice.

I was almost 5 years old and that introduced me officially to hockey. A friend my dad's recorded it on VHS and I used to watch it over and over.

 

[usiel]

Glad to be wrong in the early post of this GDT thread. There did appear to be a focus on getting back to brass tacks on the structured detailed front. We'll see if this sticks for the next few games.

 

[bacchist]

53% -> 72% chance of making the playoffs, per MoneyPuck. An unexpected win and some help from other games.

 

[hb12xchamps]

About midway through the 2nd, my wife asked if ESPN was using the Bruins announcers. What a terrible excuse for an "impartial" broadcast crew. Can't wait to hear them ruin the outdoor game next week. In other news, a great, but not pretty win that we really needed!

My favorite part of the broadcast was when they were adamant that Ovechkin scored the first goal, yet he was no where near the net lol. I even second guessed myself at the time and wondered if Ovi snuck down low and tapped the puck in to steal the goal. It was clearly Backstrom. That crew had to be drinking before the game. They were awful.