Post-Game Talk: Exhibition: Caps vs Canes | Wed, 7/29/20 | 4:00p ET | NBSCN/NBCSW

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Hockey's back. Feels good.

Vanecek will be the backup and will play the third period. Gudas and Boyd are the healthy scratches. Projected lines from NBCSW:

Alex Ovechkin - Evgeny Kuznetsov - Tom Wilson
Jakub Vrana - Nicklas Backstrom - T.J. Oshie
Carl Hagelin - Lars Eller - Ilya Kovalchuk
Richard Panik - Nic Dowd - Garnet Hathaway

Michal Kempny - John Carlson
Brenden Dillon - Dmitry Orlov
Jonas Siegenthaler - Nick Jensen

Braden Holtby
Vitek Vanecek

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[John Price]

 

[strungout]

4-3 Caps!

 

[twabby]

Based on yesterday’s games I’d expect the intensity to be at the level of a regular season game which should be good for the team.

I’ll be looking at Kuznetsov, Kempny, Jensen, and the power play in particular today. Kuznetsov needs to be motivated for them to succeed. Kempny returning to form and Jensen continuing where he left off would make for a deep blueline unlike last postseason. And the power play really needed a reset so hopefully the execution is there going into the postseason.

 

[txpd]

A thought for the day.....

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Hockey!!!

 

[txpd]

Based on yesterday’s games I’d expect the intensity to be at the level of a regular season game which should be good for the team.

I’ll be looking at Kuznetsov, Kempny, Jensen, and the power play in particular today. Kuznetsov needs to be motivated for them to succeed. Kempny returning to form and Jensen continuing where he left off would make for a deep blueline unlike last postseason. And the power play really needed a reset so hopefully the execution is there going into the postseason.

Jensen is the most important of the 3. They really dont have a plan B there. I think 2018 Kuzy is a thing of the past and I certainly wouldnt expect to see that in a game that doesnt count.

You can make a fair case that if they have put any new wrinkles into the PP you wont see them today or in the round robin. If i was looking for something on the PP it would be for Carlson to become the primary shooter. Pks are prioritizing taking Ov away and the best way to beat that is for Carlson to shoot it a lot. I expect we will see Backstrom and Kuznetsov attacking the net themselves as PKs are giving that to them but dont expect to see that til the games count.

 

[Frenchy]

the GDT is live

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Sounds like Copley is now 3rd on the depth chart

 

[Raikkonen]

Sounds like Copley is now 3rd on the depth chart

Does not matter much

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Does not matter much

Could matter for next seasons backup job

 

[Raikkonen]

Could matter for next seasons backup job

Doubtful. They need Khudobin type to be 1b goalie, not another unknown quantity.

 

[txpd]

Doubtful. They need Khudobin type to be 1b goalie, not another unknown quantity.

Why? The 1B goalies isnt a legit cup caliber goalie. The Caps are going to go where Samsonov takes them. A back up that can carry a solid back up goalie load is probably the way to go. My view is that Samsonov isnt ready and that next season is flushed regardless.

 

[txpd]

Does not matter much

Somebody needs to be ready to play. Holtby could just miss a period after having concussion protocols and could lose a series as a result. Otherwise they could go for the zamboni driver

 

[TheLegendOfPatPeake]

Let's GO CAPS!!!

 

[895]

Gudas is the 7th D? Eh....not sure how I feel about that.

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Gudas is the 7th D? Eh....not sure how I feel about that.

His physical play maybe needed down the road

 

[max21]

I’m sitting on the beach in Nags head and just had 2 people in caps gear walk by our little setup. Let’s go caps baby.

 

[John Price]

 

[kicksavedave]

Gonna get this in early: #FireToddReirden (unless they win)

 

[max21]

Gudas is the 7th D? Eh....not sure how I feel about that.

Gudas didn’t really impress me this past year tbh. I was hoping for more after many posters from HF were claiming he played better than Niskanen last year. He didn’t bring the physicality I was hoping for. Hathaway brought more of that

 

[tenken00]

Gudas didn’t really impress me this past year tbh. I was hoping for more after many posters from HF were claiming he played better than Niskanen last year. He didn’t bring the physicality I was hoping for. Hathaway brought more of that

I don't know if people thought Gudas was an upgrade over Niskanen. It was more that Gudas was an expiring contract with only 1 year left to get out from under Niskanen's contract. Which actually seems like really good foresight now with a flat cap.

Anything that Gudas provided (which turns out wasn't much) was just an added bonus.

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

We made it. Hockey

 

[John Price]

 

[ovikovy817]

I can't even remember what was our D pairs at the last game in March.