Post-Game Talk: Caps 4, Pens 2 - And the Hockey Gods Give the Caps Life

[KIRK]

But why? To troll them . . . or to troll us?

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[MrBurghundy]

Collapsing to protect Fleury is appropriate.

If anything, we got too loose in the third going for the kill shot. Not unlike the Columbus series, where it became a trade off of chances and the Jackets got a little life.

Collapsing and protecting any of our netminders isn't our identity. We push the pace, not sit back. We aren't playing like the team we are supposed to be right now. I'm not saying trade chances. The forwards need to backcheck hard to prevent odd man rushes, but we need to be playing with the puck a whole ****ton more than what we've done so far. That's what won us a cup, not what we are doing now. Missing Letang is not an excuse.

 

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

worst ****ing 3rd in the sullivan era. that was embarrassing

 

[bathroomSTAAL]

Well we blew a game we should have won but last time we stole a game we had no business winning. Maybe it evens out.

**** I'm nervous now though.

 

[BHD]

Oh well, it happens. I'm not worried right now.

 

[Pancakes]

Win game 6 or go home I think. Hopefully we can have one more strong effort at home to close it out.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Ah well, so it'll end in 6. Finish this at home.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

Well the team as a whole was a mess and Fleury was due to not go totally god mode.

Meh. Get 'em monday.

 

[Shady Machine]

Collapsing and protecting any of our netminders isn't our identity. We push the pace, not sit back. We aren't playing like the team we are supposed to be right now. I'm not saying trade chances. The forwards need to backcheck hard to prevent odd man rushes, but we need to be playing with the puck a whole ****ton more than what we've done so far. That's what won us a cup, not what we are doing now. Missing Letang is not an excuse.

Nah we need to collapse while the Caps are set up in the zone. What we don't need is Hagelin not getting it out of the zone or Hainsey dropping to block the shot instead of stepping into Ovi.

 

[Hank Plank]

**** I'm nervous now though.

Tell me about it. Caps now have that belief they didn't, not good.

 

[ncm7772]

Please, someone make me feel better.

 

[SEALBound]

Caps are a good team. Not like this was the Avs beating us.

Get them at home. In the mean time, figure out how to properly clear the zone.

 

[hagelin1381]

This is probably closer to what the series should have been looking like.. If Holtby was even average the Caps would have at least 3 wins right now.. We've been getting bailed out by bad goaltending.. Hopefully they can come out and play a full 60 in Pittsburgh and finish these losers

 

[Killahpunk]

2 more chances to close this out.

 

[Hobodrifter]

Shake it off and finish Monday. Would be nice to see no Kunitz though, and Kuhn is just offensively inept.

 

[TimbitsHockey877*]

Caps played really good for like 2 minutes. Being aggressive with D, I hope they do that in Game 6.

 

[ncm7772]

Too good to be true to close it in 5.

 

[Coach Travis]

No one ever said it'd be easy. Sully will have these guys ready to roll on Monday.

 

[bathroomSTAAL]

Please, someone make me feel better.

In the grand scheme of things this is all completely meaningless, much like life. Does that help?

 

[Shady Machine]

We don't need to overreact. It was a bad few minutes and the Caps scored on their chances while Holtby came up big. The rest of the series was the reverse.

Having said that, Pens need to close it out in game 6. I don't like their chances in a game 7 on the road after blowing two games in a row.

 

[spcastlemagic]

They got so sloppy there and the Caps walked away with it. So many small mistakes with the puck. Malkin needs to pull his head out of his ass, what a crap game from him tonight.

 

[WayneSid9987]

worst ****ing 3rd in the sullivan era. that was embarrassing

This.
BUT it was bound to happen vs this WSH team in particular.

The Pens off the rush D with this group dressing is just not very good or quick footed. Hainsey and Olli in particular. Schultz is being asked to play too many minutes. And now Daley's down.
They'll constantly give you the line and expect the F's to cover on the back check.

 

[Coach Travis]

Too good to be true to close it in 5.

Yeah that's how I felt too. Beating the Caps in 5 seems unfathomable, yet, we had a shot and doing just that. 6 or 7 always seemed more likely.

 

[Pengyinz]

A couple lucky bonces led to caps goals.

 

[MrBurghundy]

Nah we need to collapse while the Caps are set up in the zone. What we don't need is Hagelin not getting it out of the zone or Hainsey dropping to block the shot instead of stepping into Ovi.

We are collapsing to the detriment of creating offense. Nobody is pressuring in our defensive zone. Because of that we aren't creating odd man breaks the other way. We are retreating too often in the offensive zone. We are respecting the caps offense so much that we aren't pushing our own. There's too much standing around flat footed.

I'm sorry, but this team is not the team that beat the Caps last postseason, and I don't mean personnel. We are only missing Letang. That is no excuse to play the way we're playing now.

edit: and I'm not overreacting to one loss. It's been like this all series long.