GDT: G3: Caps @ Senators - 7:00pm

[Coldplay619]

Losing your best defenseman in Orlov definitely has sped up the process.

 

[BallardEra]

No shots for Ovi two games in a row.

That is not a good sign for sure.

 

[Capitals40]

No shots for Ovi two games in a row.

He and Backstrom playing their age

 

[notDkristich]

No shots for Ovi two games in a row.

not shooting
not skating hard
handling the puck like a grenade

woof

 

[Langway]

Carlson's start one of the few bright spots in the early going.

 

[Ovie's Neighbor]

The only criticism of the coaching I do think is fair is that our PP looks the same. I would have hoped they spent the entire offseason and training camp working on a new system. Especially after all the talk about the new look. Someone help me understand.

 

[Holtbyisms]

Ovi breaks through, we lose 6-1.

I just about f'n nailed this one.

 

[PlushMinus]

Fart noises.

Check again - I think those are sharts

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

First time Ovechkin held shotless in back to back games……in his career…..the end is nigh!

 

[TRASHCAT]

well the wizards won at least

 

[BallardEra]

Easy 2 points against the Habs on Saturday night, right?

 

[ClevelandCapsfan]

Carlson's start one of the few bright spots in the early going.

How can Ovi be a net positive night? Asking for a friend.

 

[pman25]

Jensen in particular has been off to a bad start. Thinking we should have sold on him. Probably still can as a RHD. Good skater still but skating himself into bad positions

 

[twabby]

It's fine. They won a Cup and provided us with ~15 years of a winning team. I just hope they don't do anything dumb going forward.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

I agree sports is cyclical and you can’t be competitive forever. But management chose to extend players long term that were on the other side of their prime. The consequence of that is you delay the inevitable in exchange for longer periods of mediocrity. Something that smart organizations don’t do.

Tell me all the recent smart organizations who burned it down early by not resigning the aging, but core vets…..only to come back to win more Cups….Red Wings, nope, Pens, nope, Bruins, nope, Hawks, nah….we all require a painful rebuild at some point…

 

[Ovie's Neighbor]

It's fine. They won a Cup and provided us with ~15 years of a winning team. I just hope they don't do anything dumb going forward.

I agree. I’m not upset like I used to be. The cup changed everything. The only thing that frustrates me is I feel like I could see this coming with the deals they handed out to the vets and it’s becoming a reality. Oh well.

 

[Brian23]

Losing your best defenseman in Orlov definitely has sped up the process.

This team was bad last year with Orlov.

The defense stuff seems like they're struggling systemically, the offense seems much more like a symptom of skill degradation or effort.

 

[SecretaryofDefense5]

Somewhere Lavi is chuckling and saying..yep.

 

[Brian23]

Somewhere Lavi is chuckling and saying..yep.

Don't know why, he was the one who wasted the last of their prime years.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

How can Ovi be a net positive night? Asking for a friend.

Agree….eye test failed me if he was “good“ tonight by fancy stats standards….

 

[EroCaps]

Complacency. It looks like it’s set in with the fan base, also. As if winning one Cup means hockey is over and everyone can go home.

Precisely why this club underperformed for over a decade.

Let’s hope the lottery picks hit and things are fun again in 3-4 years.

 

[IafrateOvie34]

Not sure why folks surprised. Ottawa is my pick to win their division. A fast, young, and hungry team is going to blow out older teams. I don't like the results, but it's reality. The Toronto game is going to be worse.

 

[Langway]

And, of course, nothing on the PP. Re: the PP I just put it on the vets reverting back to their comfort zone rather than embracing the less familiar. I think that's the big challenge at this point. What can Carbery do if they're not truly receptive? How does he go about rewarding those that are receptive vs. those that aren't in a way that doesn't lose the later? Without full buy-in they're not going very far. Even if they get it they're so limited defensively that it's not going to be just that simple.

 

[Artie Fufkin]

First time Ovechkin held shotless in back to back games……in his career…..the end is nigh!

He hasn’t been the same guy since coming back after his dad’s passing.

 

[g00n]

I've seen countless shots of Ovie on the bench, huffing and puffing from a vigorous shift while still energetically wiping his visor, downing some coke, and maybe having a spit or two in between verbal jabs at someone on the ice.

Tonight when I saw him he looked like a regular guy pushing 40, gasping for air, and suddenly finding everything a lot harder than it used to be.

Starting to get a little concerned.