GDT: Dumb and Dumber: Capitals @ Devils, 7:30 PM, NBCSN
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I hoped for years we'd get him and have the Parise/Zajac/Stafford all Sioux line, but we finally signed him like a decade too late.
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Funny comparison, as I think I once thought of him as Don Mattingly, only I know he isn't as good of a hockey player as Don Mattingly was at baseball. And Zajac has been on more playoff making teams than Mattingly, but I think you get the comparison.
Emperoreddy
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Ehhh even this depleted roster has played solid games against competition closer to their level.
Expecting them to be competitive against a team like Washington right now is asking a lot.
It seems bleak right now, but this is extended tryout time for NJ. I’d still rather watch this group than a bunch of old broken down players on bloated deals like DET. NJ will bounce back next season and the franchise is moving in the right direction even if the evidence of that is scant right now.
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He's almost the Shero version of some of the old washed up guys we had under Lou, back when we were saying ''That would have been a great 1st line 10 or 12 years ago!''.
Hell, we're barely competitive against the Caps when we're healthy.
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Poor guy, career ended too early. Right before the Yankees became a dynasty again.
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Better Call Sal
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Sometime last season probably. Although Zajac missed the start of the season.
But still we played harder in Canada last week. We didn’t try to hit them tonight at all. We had no talent on ice but also mailed it in.
I mean don’t get me wrong, these guys are trying for the most part. Under the circumstances, you really can’t ask for anything more. It just sucks that they’re in this position in the first place, I guess. It’s not this game, just the cumulative effect of everything that has gone wrong this season.
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I feel like this one wasn't that bad. I'm surprised the Capitals only had like 20 or 22 shots. I feel like the game was closely played, we just can't score, Blackwood allowed a couple he should have had and they scored a couple other opportunistic goals.
It is kind of crazy the extremes of the last two seasons. Last year it seemed like just about everything went right, and this year it seems like just about everything has gone wrong.
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you really dont think we could beat those guys? i get it but at the same time i dont. hope next season is better.
I’m not sure I agree. They got meh goaltending tonight and lost Palms early on. Players with subpar talent have to really dig deep to summon a big effort against better teams and without a belief they could win the game it’s hard to say they just mailed it in as opposed to had nothing to invest emotionally.
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Games like the last few weeks have been more torturous than watching Kinkaid (and pre-February Schneider) allow 90 soft goals. At least you knew (at least I did) that the team wasn't bad, but was being killed by street league goaltending.
Now, the team is depleted and mostly AHL guys and ironically, goaltending has been the only real strong spot of the last month or so in garbage time. Although, I don't think it was in this game.
Okay, maybe "barely competitive" was a bit exreme, but the Caps are like Boston where we seem to always struggle with them. Or at least it feels that way.
Well, Hynes is the Craig Anderson of coaching where he's good every other year.
Fair enough but it also felt like one of those classic low energy games even good teams have when coming off a 4 game western road trip. Probably both things.
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