Speculation: Caps General Discussion (Coaching/FAs/Cap/Lines etc) - 2021 Regular Season Part 1

[hb12xchamps]

Happy for Protas. Will be real interesting to see if all of those guys get into the lineup at once. There hasn’t been that much youth since the Bruce era

 

[tenken00]

Good to see some actual non-first rounders make a difference for once

 

[tenken00]

For a bit of fun since this board is the no fun board :

Caps Halloween 2021

T.J. Oshie and his wife Lauren did their best Regina George and her mom in 'Mean Girls'

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Ilya Samsonov, Evgeny Kuznetsov and their wives went as characters from the hit Korean Netflix show 'Squid Games'

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Tom Wilson and his fiancée Taylor went as characters from the movie 'The Replacements'

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Nic Dowd and wife Paige as Megan and Air Marshall John from the hilarious movie 'Bridesmaids'

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Dmitry Orlov and wife Varvara went as King and Queen of Sparta

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Nick Jensen and wife Jenner dressed up in their best WWE attire as Ric Flair and Macho Man Randy Savage

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Trevor van Riemsdyk and his wife Annie along with their dog Dwight dressed as a scarecrow, farmer and a cow

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Justin Schultz and wife Jillian did a great cosplay of Moira and Johnny Rose from 'Schitts Creek'

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Vitek Vanecek and his fiancée Kristýna went as boxers

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Martin Fehervary and his girlfriend went as a wizard and witch and Connor McMichael and his girlfriend went as nerds

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Conor Sheary and wife Jordan dressed as the TikTok famous twins The Island Boys

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Hendrix Lapierre dressed as his namesake, Jimi Hendrix

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[tycoonheart]

lol @ Jimi.

Tommy as Shane Falco is great.

 

[895]

Oshie's costumes are always oddly emasculating...

 

[tenken00]

Oshie's costumes are always oddly emasculating...

I noticed that it's kinda weird that he has nipples showing on his boobs.

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

May dress....

Under NHL rules, an 18 or 19 year-old prospect may dress in up to nine NHL games at age 18 or 19 before it triggers the player’s entry-level contract for the full duration of the season.

Playoffs do not count correct?

 

[895]

Tj and his wife must be very adventurous

 

[DWGie26]

 

[DWGie26]

Vanny is goal tonight. Will be interesting to see what the lineups look like. I am hoping to see Sheary-Protas-Leason as 4th (sheltered line). Jimi to popcorn as his possession stats are not good.

 

[searle]

This is turning out to be a fun season.

 

[txpd]

Playoffs do not count correct?

I dont know. Playoff games dont count toward anything else. The stats dont count. The games played dont count. They dont get paid.

 

[Raikkonen]

so Jimi it is. noted.

 

[tenken00]

I admit, I liked Nick Jensen's costume the best. Going as Macho Man "Randy" Savage totally fits his new on-ice persona and gravitas.

 

[SherVaughn30]

Does Samsonov and Kuznetsov share a women with their wives or something?!

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Lol I was wondering who the extra girl was

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Posted this in the GDT but it’ll get locked soon so reposting here. After last night’s performance, Vanecek has a .906 save percentage on the year. Save percentages for his last three outings: .885, .880, .765; all losses for Washington.

He’s a nice backup and spot starter but Vanecek is not good enough to be this team’s #1. They need Sammy to figure it out or they need to make a trade.

I hope BMac is calling the Kings about Quick. He’s got one more year after this one at a $5.8M cap hit which is doable with retention and some salary going back. No idea if he’s available but Quick has been the best player on an injured and bad Kings team and they shouldn’t be spending another year hoping these guys figure it out.

 

[tenken00]

Posted this in the GDT but it’ll get locked soon so reposting here. After last night’s performance, Vanecek has a .906 save percentage on the year. Save percentages for his last three outings: .885, .880, .765; all losses for Washington.

He’s a nice backup and spot starter but Vanecek is not good enough to be this team’s #1. They need Sammy to figure it out or they need to make a trade.

I hope BMac is calling the Kings about Quick. He’s got one more year after this one at a $5.8M cap hit which is doable with retention and some salary going back. No idea if he’s available but Quick has been the best player on an injured and bad Kings team and they shouldn’t be spending another year hoping these guys figure it out.

I'm no goalie expert and don't claim as such, but is it the goalies or is it Scott Murray? He's entering his 5th season here now, and I don't remember any goalie doing well under him. Even Holtby is having a little renaissance at the end of last year (edit: I thought I read that Holtby played somewhat decent sometime last year but I guess the numbers don't really check out now that I look at it) and so far this year. I have no idea, but the numbers for all goalies haven't been all that great here.

Maybe we do need a vet goalie that is playing well now to come here that doesn't need to be worked on by Murray, who has no prior history of success.

 

[Misery74]

Posted this in the GDT but it’ll get locked soon so reposting here. After last night’s performance, Vanecek has a .906 save percentage on the year. Save percentages for his last three outings: .885, .880, .765; all losses for Washington.

He’s a nice backup and spot starter but Vanecek is not good enough to be this team’s #1. They need Sammy to figure it out or they need to make a trade.

I hope BMac is calling the Kings about Quick. He’s got one more year after this one at a $5.8M cap hit which is doable with retention and some salary going back. No idea if he’s available but Quick has been the best player on an injured and bad Kings team and they shouldn’t be spending another year hoping these guys figure it out.

I don’t know if Quick is the answer, but I was surprised VV got the start last night. Sammy was coming off a shutout. Granted, against the awful Coyotes, but a shutout nonetheless.

Sammy should be playing these tougher games, to see if we do need to look elsewhere. But if you win a game, you should keep playing.

 

[g00n]

Posted this in the GDT but it’ll get locked soon so reposting here. After last night’s performance, Vanecek has a .906 save percentage on the year. Save percentages for his last three outings: .885, .880, .765; all losses for Washington.

He’s a nice backup and spot starter but Vanecek is not good enough to be this team’s #1. They need Sammy to figure it out or they need to make a trade.

I hope BMac is calling the Kings about Quick. He’s got one more year after this one at a $5.8M cap hit which is doable with retention and some salary going back. No idea if he’s available but Quick has been the best player on an injured and bad Kings team and they shouldn’t be spending another year hoping these guys figure it out.

That .885 from last night is .923 if not for that goal on the 2-man advantage.

What about his first 3 games?

The only really bad game was CGY and that was the matinee where everyone looked flat in the 1st, and VV was pulled.

Too soon to be throwing dirt on him. He's faced tougher matchups this year than Sammy who is .904 on the year:

Maybe VV is only a backup, who knows. But I'm not shitting on the guy yet.

 

[g00n]

Regarding Quick:

He's .908 right now, 35 yrs old, and hasn't had a really good season since the Caps won the Cup. Is he an upgrade over VV or Sammy?

 

[txpd]

Posted this in the GDT but it’ll get locked soon so reposting here. After last night’s performance, Vanecek has a .906 save percentage on the year. Save percentages for his last three outings: .885, .880, .765; all losses for Washington.

He’s a nice backup and spot starter but Vanecek is not good enough to be this team’s #1. They need Sammy to figure it out or they need to make a trade.

I hope BMac is calling the Kings about Quick. He’s got one more year after this one at a $5.8M cap hit which is doable with retention and some salary going back. No idea if he’s available but Quick has been the best player on an injured and bad Kings team and they shouldn’t be spending another year hoping these guys figure it out.

Vanecek's even strenth SV% is .933. I couldnt find his regulation SV% I would guess that is in the same neighborhood. Take the 2 overtimes off his sheet and he looks just fine. We have all seen how awful the team has looked 3 on 3, so lets not dump that result in Vanecek's lap. He had the one game where he gave up 3 and got pulled. I dont know anyone here that didnt think the team in front of him wasn't stinking up the show that day.

 

[txpd]

I don’t know if Quick is the answer, but I was surprised VV got the start last night. Sammy was coming off a shutout. Granted, against the awful Coyotes, but a shutout nonetheless.

Sammy should be playing these tougher games, to see if we do need to look elsewhere. But if you win a game, you should keep playing.

Sammy should be playing to see if we need to look elsewhere. You mean that we know that Vanecek isnt up to it? Ok.

 

[Kranix]

Why is Mantha on PP2? Fantasy question lol,
You can show me the door if this is out of line
Much love.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

We lost a one goal game against the 2x defending champs in their barn, outmanned and outshot.

The goalie situation needs to play out naturally still IMO. No reason VV should be under assault by the fans today IMO.