Post-Game Talk: Corona virus @ Lime Disease, 7:07pm

[marcel snapshot]

Holtby pretty dialed in. Break may have cleared some detritus buildup from his head

 

[chilimac]

Caps may want to work on the concept of putting players between the opposing players and their goal.

that would be refreshing

 

[AussieCapsFan]

Holtby is the only thing keeping us in this game. Not sure if he should thank his team mates after the game (for giving him the chance to play well) or yell at them.....

 

[Raikkonen]

Kovy doesnt look that bad to me, at least his hands are better than Ovi's
But Im watching sporadically. Anyone care to make an opinion on him and Petry?

 

[tenken00]

Did they just play Country Roads in Montreal?

 

[AtNightWeFly]

Holtby is the only thing keeping us in this game. Not sure if he should thank his team mates after the game (for giving him the chance to play well) or yell at them.....

The way he's been playing lately, he probably should just be quiet and hit the shower.

 

[895]

Nicky needed that.

 

[TheFountainhead]

Gimme dem points.

Good start from Holtby.

 

[marcel snapshot]

Nicky with the savvy empty-netter for the win

 

[Holtbyisms]

Good win for the boys, holtby's best game in months. No ovi no cry.

 

[peterthegreat12]

They won but man that defensive coverage has to improve.

 

[McVechkin]

Very solid game by holtby. Was left out to dry on the two goals. Came up big a lot during the game. Two hot goalies down the stretch would be a great thing

 

[hockeykicker]

5 page gdt? Jeez

 

[Bananas]

They won but man that defensive coverage has to improve.

It seems pretty crazy to have a contending roster and not add a final piece on D imo.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Yay for a decent Holtby game. How was Kovy....wasn’t watching closely...stat line looks pretty bare in 2o mins....

 

[AtNightWeFly]

Habs kept shooting wide all game long. A better team would've wrecked Holtby, let's be honest.

Good win nonetheless. I hope Ovie didn't eat all the nachos.

 

[txpd]

interesting ice time breakdown.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

It seems pretty crazy to have a contending roster and not add a final piece on D imo.

I’m starting to worry that the price to acquire (anyone impactful) might be too much, that they may have to just try it this postseason with what they have on D already.

 

[txpd]

I’m starting to worry that the price to acquire (anyone impactful) might be too much, that they may have to just try it this postseason with what they have on D already.

Impactful? To get a for sure top 4 defenseman that plays the kind of skating puck moving game that Reirden wants to play is gonna be way too expensive. They don't need a 3rd pair d. Both 33 and 34 are excellent in that role.

The Caps will get as far as they can with Jensen. Like it or not.

 

[Firsov99]

It seems pretty crazy to have a contending roster and not add a final piece on D imo.

Good point, but how are we going to add this final piece? We have just under 900K in cap space at the moment. Do we trade Holtby?

 

[tenken00]

Good point, but how are we going to add this final piece? We have just under 900K in cap space at the moment. Do we trade Holtby?

If it's a quality piece, we would be forced to ask for some of the salary to be retained by the other team, which in turn will drive up the price even more.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Impactful? To get a for sure top 4 defenseman that plays the kind of skating puck moving game that Reirden wants to play is gonna be way too expensive. They don't need a 3rd pair d. Both 33 and 34 are excellent in that role.

The Caps will get as far as they can with Jensen. Like it or not.

it’s going to be a failure, but maybe it would have been a failure either way.

Disappoints me that GMBM wouldn’t try to ice the best team....it’s too obvious, Jensen sticks out like a sore thumb.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Good point, but how are we going to add this final piece? We have just under 900K in cap space at the moment. Do we trade Holtby?

nope, has to be other assets.....besides, nobody is trading high value for Holtby.

 

[Firsov99]

If it's a quality piece, we would be forced to ask for some of the salary to be retained by the other team, which in turn will drive up the price even more.

Yep, so we shouldn’t really expect to get any reinforcements before the trade deadline.

 

[Firsov99]

nope, has to be other assets.....besides, nobody is trading high value for Holtby.

Right. And we, in turn, wouldn’t want to become the Detroit Wings after Ovi and Backy retire.