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Series Discussion: Capitals vs Islanders
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francaisvolantsparis
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Playing as poorly as we are, this matchup is our best option IMO.
Coin flip series.
Coin flip series.
My prediction: Caps in 6. Caps get stronger as the series goes on and the Isles don't have the offensive horses to win the series.
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This is one of the few teams I think the Capitals match up well against. Columbus, Carolina, and even Montreal are strong puck-possession teams with good forechecks and those types of teams typically give the Capitals fits. The Islanders have good structure but they're not really dominant on the puck and I think the Capitals have enough creativity and talent to break them down. If Holtby can keep up his solid run of play I think this is a team they should be solidly favored against.
I'll say Capitals in 7 mainly because I don't know the status of Carlson yet. If he was healthy I'd say Caps in 6.
I'll say Capitals in 7 mainly because I don't know the status of Carlson yet. If he was healthy I'd say Caps in 6.
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Really hoping Fehervary gets consistent ice time this series. The defense is struggling to move the puck up ice, and his skating would be a lot more useful towards fixing that than either of Gudas or Siegenthaler.
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After the last two games Fever must have passed Gudas on the depth chart.
No chance he plays over Seigs though, not this year with this coaching staff. They haven't wavered in support for Siegenthaler all year.
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Seeing how many weight this series on Holtby, im once again suspicious on letting him go on agency. Can we really be comfortable next season saying that we can win anyone as long as Samsonov is playing as good as he can be?
Anyways. Islanders. Not sure how this will play out. Our system was created by the Wizard of TrOz, and now the apprentice will Have to take head on against the beast. Heavy game vs heavy game. Islanders will rally on winning this one for Barry. They will be all fired up. And they know their defence. And they know our ”secrets”. Its going to be tough to score on them. Fortunately they dont have our talent so if we play our A game they wont be scoring all that much either. But its harder to sell this series in our locker room than in the opponents, so we might be in for a long and frusfrating series.
I still take Islanders over the Canes. They will play us with our own style and we just need to be better at that. May the best team win. May it be us.
Anyways. Islanders. Not sure how this will play out. Our system was created by the Wizard of TrOz, and now the apprentice will Have to take head on against the beast. Heavy game vs heavy game. Islanders will rally on winning this one for Barry. They will be all fired up. And they know their defence. And they know our ”secrets”. Its going to be tough to score on them. Fortunately they dont have our talent so if we play our A game they wont be scoring all that much either. But its harder to sell this series in our locker room than in the opponents, so we might be in for a long and frusfrating series.
I still take Islanders over the Canes. They will play us with our own style and we just need to be better at that. May the best team win. May it be us.
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I am already effing tired of the Trotz vs. Caps storyline.
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