Post-Game Talk: caps @ avs

[WcRoenick97]

Most fun I’ve had watching the Caps in a while. Great third period.

 

[caps4cup]

That’s a much better effort. They need to carry that into Arizona and have another good game.

 

[Pizza!Pizza!]

Well, no goals for Ovi but a very fun and exciting game. Truly playoff caliber hockey with a Vezina caliber performance by Holtby. GG.

 

[ALLCAPSALLTHETIME]

Holtby was fantastic.

Yep. Hats off to him.

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

So by this standard, if a coach hasn't won a Cup in his first season as a HC, he should be fired? Or what exactly are you comparing TR's first 1.75 seasons to?

Trotz took what, 17 years to win his Cup?

How do you compare new coaches that get a roster that just won 2 presidents trophies and a Stanley Cup?

 

[kicksavedave]

Avs were 32-1-something when leading after 2.

 

[IafrateOvie34]

Caps needed this win and hats off to Holtby. A very entertaining regular season game. What's not to love about post Allstar game hockey?

 

[caps4cup]

Also Holtby wasn’t tested much later in the game but he was very good and made the saves the Caps needed him to.

 

[bur and 666 others]

wow Hotlby, what a performance. Rounding to the form.

 

[Capsman]

That was HUGE. Played like a different team the last 2 periods. I would have thought they would come out like gang busters after being embarrassed the past 2 games, but whatever...I’ll take it.

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

And if the public calling out coaches leads to them making changes im all for it

 

[kicksavedave]

How do you compare new coaches that get a roster that just won 2 presidents trophies and a Stanley Cup?

Good question. Do you fire them in February of the second season when they have been in first place for almost all year? Or is that just ridiculous.

People, slumps happen. You don't fire the coach over a slump.

 

[marcel snapshot]

That’s a 2 goal road comeback against a fast, dangerous team that skated us out of the building in the 1st period and where Grubby played a terrific game for them but still got out-dueled by Holtby. That’s a helluva win.

 

[max21]

So glad I can go to sleep now in a good mood

 

[TRASHCAT]

mitch korn is a hell of a coach

 

[GoCaps2004]

holtby needed this. also i think boyd should be playing over leipsic, they have similar offensive styles, but boyd is much more effective and better on the 2nd pp wave.

 

[ALLCAPSALLTHETIME]

Ovie with 7 shots. Vrana with 10!

 

[txpd]

where? Anywhere but just stand there and make yourself easy to cover.

He does move. Sometimes though, just stand there is the play. The Backstrom goal was all about Ov standing there on purpose

 

[caps4cup]

holtby needed this. also i think boyd should be playing over leipsic, they have similar offensive styles, but boyd is much more effective and better on the 2nd pp wave.

Leipsic fits much better on the 4th line, which has been great all season. If Boyd is playing he should have skilled line mates and power play time. When Kuzy comes back he would have neither.

 

[txpd]

OV has been effective in front of the net lately. On the PP plant him as screen/big body in front of the net. Either the Avs have to mark OV or match 4 vs 4 with the rest of the Caps players.

No...come on. He would NEVER touch the puck if you put him down there. There would be so much traffic with all for pk choking Ov. Getting shots thru would be really difficult. Not to mention do you really want Ov getting hit by the puck? No

 

[SherVaughn30]

This was a pleasant surprise. Can the Caps play all their remaining games on the road! It's baffling how this team plays like the worst team @ home and just about beats everybody on the road. There must be some kind of curse/bad karma @ Capitol One Arena(Maybe Ted's stink or something).

 

[SpinningEdge]

Positivity wins again

 

[txpd]

low scoring game. just what I was looking for.

 

[SherVaughn30]

low scoring game. just what I was looking for.

Holtby prevented that 1st period from being a nightmare, even falling behind 2-0. PK coming up big on that 5-on-3 might have been the turning point of the game. PP shockingly scored 2 goals working hard and not with pretty plays.

 

[SpinningEdge]

It was the checking and physical play that won this game. They came out fast and physical. That wore Colorado down.

Caps will always match up well with these type of teams when they want to bring the heavy game