Post-Game Talk: Game: 3 Caps vs. Leafs (Leafs fans read note in Post #1)

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Puck 2nite.


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[g00n]

Win it for 443!!!

 

[Lindemann]

Yeah not really sure what to think and expect for this one

Kinda numb

I ask for 2 small hockey 101 things from this game

Win a damn faceoff and hold on to your f word sticks. My god how many sticks have been dropped by is the last 2 games? Going to go put stick-em on all their sticks and gloves before the game tonight

 

[OviTaughtMe]

Make a ****ing statement.

Win big.

 

[Khomutov]

Another tight game, 3:2 Caps in regulation, Kuzy will score a goal.

 

[QuadrupleDeke]

3+ goal margin for this one. Hope it's the the good guys on right side of that.

 

[NoLookPass]

Away game after a loss I think is the best thing for the Caps. Settle down, do your job. Also, punish the defense every damn chance.

 

[ovikovy817]

Will watch this one on the next morning. Don't want them to ruin my sleep again.

 

[g00n]

Well game 1 was supposedly the "wake up call" so I suppose game 2 was the maids knocking to turn the room. Game 3 will be the front desk reminding them of check out time, which could be in a few days.

Just ****ing show up and be professionals, god damnit.

 

[RandyHolt]

Pound the D. Target that weasel Connor Carrick. I guarantee he cannot handle it mentally and takes a penalty if Ovi and friends target him early and often.

Or go full aerial assault, and don't be afraid of an offensive showdown. Some may say we have already done that, but I call bunk. We have grounded our own offense by playing safe hockey starting with keeping everything safe on the boards on defense.

One of my favorite plays in hockey is a full line change in the offensive zone, followed by a goal. That Backstrom goal was a thing of beauty. That is the type of play we should see more than once a series with the top team playing the worst.

#FreeNate

 

[peterthegreat12]

The captain needs to be a presence every shift tonight if they are going to win.

 

[pedis]

3+ goal margin for this one. Hope it's the the good guys on right side of that.

Yes hopefully team russia prevails!

 

[Tweedsuitcase]

full credit to this Leafs team, but they look like a team that gets picked apart by the Penguins, right?

 

[trick9]

full credit to this Leafs team, but they look like a team that gets picked apart by the Penguins, right?

You'd think but it depends on Andersen. Apart from the few bad goals in G1, he's stood on his head.

Leafs play a bit similar style that the Penguins do. I think the Penguins would pick them apart rather quickly because they match up to that speed -style of game much better than the Capitals and their top players are better than the Leafs ones.

That being said i still think Capitals will win this series.

 

[um]

full credit to this Leafs team, but they look like a team that gets picked apart by the Penguins, right?

every team except the Penguins looks like that.

hopefully the Caps show up tonight, these are not cheap tickets.

 

[Vaive50]

full credit to this Leafs team, but they look like a team that gets picked apart by the Penguins, right?

2016/2017 regular season series, Leafs record against the Pens 2-1-0. Who knows though, Pens are different in the Playoffs but then so are the Leafs. Leafs did finish the regular season with a 12-5-1 record.

 

[peterthegreat12]

every team except the Penguins looks like that.

hopefully the Caps show up tonight, these are not cheap tickets.

Kudos to you for braving watching a game with that crowd. They are sure to be loud tonight.

 

[PB12]

Shoot the puck if you got an open space between yourself and the goalie. Stop trying to make the extra pass. I feel like that has been a problem for the last 2 years.

 

[crazy8888]

Well game 1 was supposedly the "wake up call" so I suppose game 2 was the maids knocking to turn the room. Game 3 will be the front desk reminding them of check out time, which could be in a few days.

Just ****ing show up and be professionals, god damnit.

It hurts too much to watch Pitts play because as much as i hate them i have to give them respect, that team knows how to play playoff hockey. No top defenseman. Some forward missing too. Up 3-0 on a team that was supposed to give them a lot of trouble.

NO DAMN WAKE UP CALLS NEEDED

Our dear overachievers can't get by a 8 seed with half the team playing their first year.

This year will be just like all the other ones. No way in hell we are getting by Pitts by having "wake up calls".

 

[Jacoby4HOF66]

If the Caps put together a solid three periods of hockey they should win.

Having said that, when was the last time they did that? Last game at ACC?

 

[SpinningEdge]

Toronto crowd should be insane.

Must hold them off the first period.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Score first and make the Leafs break up their structure. The Leafs are very content right now to absorb pressure, break-out and counter quickly, and then forecheck like mad men. They haven't had to play from behind for more than three minutes the entire series. Make them chase the game and take chances and put their defensemen in vulnerable positions. Holtby also needs to outplay Andersen.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Score early, get the crowd out of the game.

3-1 good guys.

 

[2017WashingtonCaps]

A little perspective...

Why we don't need to panic:

2016 playoffs, Penguins win SC
1st round, tied 1-1 after 2 games, won series 4-1

2015 playoffs, Chicago wins SC
1st round, tied 1-1 after 2 games, won series 4-2

2014 playoffs, LA wins SC
1st round, down 2-0 after 2 games, won series 4-3

 

[SpinningEdge]

First two games I had a lot of excitement/nervousness/etc. Now I'm just like "ehh, whatever" for tonight for some reason. It's probably bee cause Caps haven't done one thing to make me excited these playoffs again I guess...