Post-Game Talk: Caps vs Hawks 8pm ET Dec 15
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Good pregame reading about Chicago, and why they're not a pushover any more:
How Derek King took the Blackhawks from the NHL's worst defensive team to one of its stingiest
Their defense is much improved under Derek King, though offensively they still don't generate a ton. This is going to be a tough game, and should be fun! I hope nobody gets COVID!
How Derek King took the Blackhawks from the NHL's worst defensive team to one of its stingiest
Their defense is much improved under Derek King, though offensively they still don't generate a ton. This is going to be a tough game, and should be fun! I hope nobody gets COVID!
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Ovi!!!
Just practicing for later.
Mathews and the shitty squirrel he's growing on his face are now tied with Ovi at 20.
Just practicing for later.
Mathews and the shitty squirrel he's growing on his face are now tied with Ovi at 20.
From time to time we discuss the Caps PP woes on this board, and lots of people have lots of ideas about schemes, coaches, movement, where Ovi should be... yada yada yada.
I've said before and will repeat, there is nothing wrong with the Caps PP apart from effort and effort is pretty much all they need to fix it. When this PP stinks its because they are standing around, not moving their f***ing feet, and being lackadaisical with the puck, losing board battles and turning it over at the blue line. All that stuff, when they are working hard, magically disappears. I see people wanting to fire the slingshot into the sun, but almost all teams employ the slingshot at some point including successful PP teams. Forsythe has coached the #1 PP or top 5 PP's several times in the past. He's not all of a sudden the problem here.
The problem is simple: More your f***ing feet guys!
Everything will be fine when they do that. Oh and Backie will help, as long as he moves his feet also!
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I'm very neutral, maybe even pro Forsythe and slingshot but even I'll say they need a new wrinkle to spark that engagement because right now they don't know what's going on. Maybe Backstrom is it, I've also mentioned that he's a wizard on the PP and is a big reason why that "whole league knows it's coming and can't stop it" thing exists but while he was out, they needed to do a new thing.
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I hope so, but I feel like Ovy's shot lost some accuracy on PP.
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The rule is you're not allowed to have more than one good centre at a time.
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Good lord. Kuzy out again. How does three times happen? Hopefully the test was just inconclusive but that still requires going into protocol.
Yeah, his shot comes and goes some times, he can be streaky... If everyone else is doing their part then the PP should be able to survive his variability. Teams still have to account for him even when he's just missing the net.
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WTF Hockey Gods...
Couldn't even give us 1 game with Center health and a small idea of what we'll look like 'relatively' healthy
I guess now we wait til after Xmas before the next chance to have most of the band back together (barring -- fingers crossed -- Omicrovid f'ing things up)
I guess the question is now, with Kuzy out, do you put Backstrom on the first line as center? Or do you still play him on second line to limit his minutes? Maybe Eller moves up to first line center as he has been playing better and scoring. Third option would be Protas at Center with Ovi and maybe Sprong. And Leason will now draw back in. Lots to think about but guess we won’t know until about 7:00pm
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