Speculation: Caps General Discussion (Coaching/FAs/Cap/Lines etc) - 2021 Regular Season Part 3

[twabby]

And I'm sure there will be more positives in the coming days, since these are all pre-Christmas!

 

[hb12xchamps]

Well Hershey’s even more f***ed now than ever. If they’re going to do the taxi squad thing again, there better be stricter quarantine rules that go with it

 

[twabby]

On the plus side, Kuznetsov and Backstrom have returned and could have some very temporary immunity over Lord Omicron. Like the invincibility frames after respawning in an old Nintendo game.

 

[Empty Goal Net]

They now have a 3 week window to find spots for games. It'll get done.

Three weeks includes the All-Star break, so either that game is in jeopardy or the actual window is shorter. Also, various sources have suggested the league will give all players a break of sorts to replace some of the downtime that non-olympians were expecting (e.g., Poile quote in next-to-last para of https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2021/12/22/nhl-olympic-decision-rosters-schedule/). And with more guys going into covid protocol all the time, there's a good chance that more than the 66 (?) games that have been delayed thus far.

 

[hockeykicker]

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Kempny!

 

[txpd]

This is awful

 

[marcel snapshot]

I have tickets to Wednesday's game, and no desire to go at all. Would be decent of the Caps to give fans an option other than go see a quasi-AHL team in a crowded indoor arena with thousands of other people while the most transmissible (albeit less severe for those of us who are boosted) Corona variant is tearing through indoor spaces, or piss away a couple of hundred dollars in wasted tickets. But I don't think that's how Ted rolls

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

I have tickets to Wednesday's game, and no desire to go at all. Would be decent of the Caps to give fans an option other than go see a quasi-AHL team in a crowded indoor arena with thousands of other people while the most transmissible (albeit less severe for those of us who are boosted) Corona variant is tearing through indoor spaces, or piss away a couple of hundred dollars in wasted tickets. But I don't think that's how Ted rolls

I had to sell my tickets for a loss the last game they had

Also I think DC has a mask mandate and need proof of Vax to get in

 

[crazy8888]

On the plus side, Kuznetsov and Backstrom have returned and could have some very temporary immunity over Lord Omicron. Like the invincibility frames after respawning in an old Nintendo game.

Kuzys immunity lasts about 5 minutes. All hope is on Backstrom.

 

[Corby78]

I have tickets to Wednesday's game, and no desire to go at all. Would be decent of the Caps to give fans an option other than go see a quasi-AHL team in a crowded indoor arena with thousands of other people while the most transmissible (albeit less severe for those of us who are boosted) Corona variant is tearing through indoor spaces, or piss away a couple of hundred dollars in wasted tickets. But I don't think that's how Ted rolls

To be fair, that’s the best looking lineup we have had for a while.

 

[Corby78]

I had to sell my tickets for a loss the last game they had

Also I think DC has a mask mandate and need proof of Vax to get in

I went to the Chicago game in Nov. and they didn’t require either. But that was a month ago.

 

[StrikingDistance]

This is awful

It is what it is. Think the loss of Jensen hurts the most. Oh well!

We have all 4 centers back, get a look at Kempny, although I think I would switch Proto with Hath but he also has 7gs so give him more minutes. Whatever.

3rd D pairing might kill us, but when hasn't that been a problem this season?

Hope Kempny has some good games and becomes a more permanent fixture.

 

[tycoonheart]

Sheary-Backstrom-Hathaway

I can't stop laughing at that line.

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

no practice today?

 

[txpd]

3rd D pairing might kill us, but when hasn't that been a problem this season?

I am sorry. You are comparing AA-Irwin to TvR-Schultz???

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

I would flip Kempny and Orlov on D
and make HDH a line again

 

[twabby]

I can't post in the NHL thread because someone got mad at me, but Marchand does have a good point here.

Taxi squads aren't going to do anything. It'll help teams send warm bodies on the ice, but it's not going to make a competitive or fair product. It's a cynical ploy by owners to continue lining their pockets instead of doing what's right: shutting the league down until COVID is under control.

 

[HTFN]

I am sorry. You are comparing AA-Irwin to TvR-Schultz???

Why do you constantly seem incapable of relative thought? It shouldn't need explained to you what's going on in that post.

 

[Ridley Simon]

I can't post in the NHL thread because someone got mad at me, but Marchand does have a good point here.

Taxi squads aren't going to do anything. It'll help teams send warm bodies on the ice, but it's not going to make a competitive or fair product. It's a cynical ploy by owners to continue lining their pockets instead of doing what's right: shutting the league down until COVID is under control.

If the owners don’t make money, then we don’t have a league. This socialistic approach you are taking doesn’t fly here, as these Pro Sports leagues aren’t a requirement, they are a privilege.

would you rather see less and less teams then?

and please humour me with the pro sports leagues that are doing *really well* under socialist or communist regimes?

 

[g00n]

I can't post in the NHL thread because someone got mad at me, but Marchand does have a good point here.

Taxi squads aren't going to do anything. It'll help teams send warm bodies on the ice, but it's not going to make a competitive or fair product. It's a cynical ploy by owners to continue lining their pockets instead of doing what's right: shutting the league down until COVID is under control.

Today you learned professional sports is a business. Congrats!

 

[StrikingDistance]

I am sorry. You are comparing AA-Irwin to TvR-Schultz???

How is that a direct comparison? It's a general comment about our 3rd D pairings this year which has been a rotating wheel of AHL'rs. IIRC, Schultz was the D whipping boy on here until the last few games he showed some improvement.

Ok, go back to thinking the sky is falling 'this is awful'.

ps What HTFN said

 

[SpinningEdge]

Today you learned professional sports is a business. Congrats!

So is the nba but those players play in every olympics - and is a much bigger business.

 

[txpd]

Why do you constantly seem incapable of relative thought? It shouldn't need explained to you what's going on in that post.

I dont drink coffee?

 

[txpd]

How is that a direct comparison? It's a general comment about our 3rd D pairings this year which has been a rotating wheel of AHL'rs. IIRC, Schultz was the D whipping boy on here until the last few games he showed some improvement.

Ok, go back to thinking the sky is falling 'this is awful'.

ps What HTFN said

If a general comment about the 3rd pairing then, I dont get what you are getting at with TvR. I get that people hate Schultz, but I thought TvR was generally liked. To my eyes, and thats not saying a lot, TvR has been really good with his play on the left and his penalty killing has been quality. Call my comment a defense of TvR.