Post-Game Talk: Game 2: USA Caps vs. Canada Syrup Foliage

[Jacoby4HOF66]

Naw, BMac has said he he's tied to Trotz. Trotz is gonna be around for a while. Unfortunately. lol.

Ok but I fail to see what that has to do with what I commented on. The idiocy that is wanting to fire a coach during the playoffs.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Calls for Trotz to be fired mid playoffs is a new low for this board. Give me a break.

Queue the panty twisting.

 

[Mickstix]

Oh well, that's 4+ hour of my life I can't get back. Oofah..

 

[Capitals40]

Kuzy and the second line combined for like 20 more ES minutes than the top line.

Ovi had as many minutes (maybe one more) ES TOI as Winnik, Beagle, etc. Can someone ****ing explain this to me???

Honestly Ovie has been beyond terrible so...

 

[SpinningEdge]

BMac adding Eller for "bottom six depth" has not panned out. He's awful.

The guy had one point in March.... and that was a empty netter.

 

[SpinningEdge]

Honestly Ovie has been beyond terrible so...

Nowhere as bad as the 4th line tonight.

 

[kmart]

And typical Caps playoff hockey.... we have very few ES goals in about 8 periods of hockey so far.

dont forget the typical coinflip outcome, its always 1 goal games

 

[BackToTheBasics]

Honestly Ovie has been beyond terrible so...

He actually had the majority of the chances to end OT but like usual, he can't score the big goal in the playoffs.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Thanks for ruining Easter Caps.

 

[EroCaps]

this team isn't beating the leafs!

Oh, they could lose this in 6 or 7.

If they get to Pittsburgh, I expect 5 games at most.

This Capitals team is stacked and has been outplayed by an inexperience team with a legitimately ****** defense.

 

[Jacoby4HOF66]

Queue the panty twisting.

This goes beyond panty twisty. This is curled up in the fetal position because someone called you a poop head.

 

[Capitals40]

Nowhere as bad as the 4th line tonight.

True..but he is paid many times more than the 4th line.

 

[Dr John Carlson]

Ovi had as many minutes (maybe one more) ES TOI as Winnik, Beagle, etc. Can someone ****ing explain this to me???

This would be a lot harder to swallow if 4 out of every 5 Ovechkin shifts weren't mediocre to garbage.

 

[Capsman]

BMac adding Eller for "bottom six depth" has not panned out. He's awful.

The guy had one point in March.... and that was a empty netter.

Eller has been very good for much of the season. When everyone slumps consistently at the same time every season, there's one place to look.

 

[tycoonheart]

Oh, they could lose this in 6 or 7.

If they get to Pittsburgh, I expect 5 games at most.

This Capitals team is stacked and has been outplayed by an inexperience team with a legitimately ****** defense.

lol. They were down to 5 Dmen with Polak out. And they still couldn't take advantage of the situation. Its seriously one of the dumbest DC area teams I've ever seen.

 

[illpucks]

Honestly Ovie has been beyond terrible so...

Ovie saved the game in 1OT. That was a clear break for Hyman and likely goal.

 

[artilector]

Well. Seems fair to be 1-1 after such performance. Next.

Yep.

It was a fun game to watch, despite the outcome.

In terms of how the Caps looked -- typical Trotz coin flip hockey. The current system and depth keeps them in games, but they'll need some great individual performances to get separation from teams. So far they're not quite getting that, hence the coin flips.

 

[EroCaps]

I see no scenario where they win 2 games in Toronto.

 

[Brian23]

Honestly Ovie has been beyond terrible so...

He has not been that bad. I think he needs to be force fed minutes. He's not a guy who can be used as a weapon in spots, he needs to get his engine rolling to be effective.

Also why the hell aren't we hitting? This has to be one of the softest Caps teams in a long time.

 

[Calicaps]

Anderson was good but not great. There were rebounds available but no one to cash in. Maddening

 

[EroCaps]

lol. They were down to 5 Dmen with Polak out. And they still couldn't take advantage of the situation. Its seriously one of the dumbest DC area teams I've ever seen.

They couldn't score on a 5-D team that features Connor Carrick and Marincin getting heavy minutes.

You know, it'd be one thing if Ovechkin was aging and slow and just couldn't contribute at even strength, but he looks apathetic.

 

[illpucks]

This team is on a new level of choke if they lose this series. Epic.

Nope. Same level in as getting 121 points and losing to #8 seed.

Get a proper playoff coach. Trotz sucks. Guess what? The higher seeded Wild are also down 2-0. Another Bad Playoff Coach.

 

[Jacoby4HOF66]

One positive is the Caps haven't been outscored 0-6 in two home playoff games like CHI has. If it was the Caps a number of people on here would be performing Seppuku.

 

[Capitlols]

Anderson was good but not great. There were rebounds available but no one to cash in. Maddening

Goals weren't the issue, complete lapses defensively were.

Guys wide ****ing open in the slot.

 

[tycoonheart]

They couldn't score on a 5-D team that features Connor Carrick and Marincin getting heavy minutes.

You know, it'd be one thing if Ovechkin was aging and slow and just couldn't contribute at even strength, but he looks apathetic.

The entire team looks apathetic. And my guess is because the coach breaches "business as usual". Except, in our case, business as usual means losing in the playoffs.

Good thing I expected this though. I'm not pissed, or frustrated or angry. This is status quo for this team.