GDT: Grumpy Old Men vs Grumpy Old Men 7 pm EST

[twabby]

Not the statistically best player tonight, but I'll be damned if I don't award tonight's game puck to Ivan Miroshnichenko for the first NHL goal of his career.

Honorable mentions to the entire rest of the team.

 

[SherVaughn30]

I agree with Tom. No reason we can’t compete. I don’t know if we move patches or Dowd tomorrow. I still hope so. But regardless this group needs to learn to win! It feels good!

Any team seriously interested in Lindgren/Dowd are gonna have to pony up! I saw on trade board a thread that was indicating Patches strongest preference is going to the Panthers.

 

[Ridley Simon]

The style similarities are undeniable, but he doesn’t have the wheels and that smooth stride that Kuzy had.

Nor does he have the drug habit.

So there is that?

 

[bacchist]

Nor does he have the drug habit.

So there is that?

There's still time

 

[SherVaughn30]

Mantha playing his first game as a VGK, 4 min TOI and 4 mins Double Minor High-Sticking in just the 1st period!

 

[DWGie26]

Mantha playing his first game as a VGK, 4 min TOI and 4 mins Double Minor High-Sticking in just the 1st period!

Still hope he does well. Still reflects well on us if he does.

 

[stephenball]

AA clearly has a lot of good tools, hopefully he can keep developing them. He still can struggle a bit with his awareness, but hopefully more time can help him. Big defensemen historically can take some time to develop, and unfortunately he’s has injuries early in his career which has cost him some real key development time. I’m hoping more time really lets him grow, because he has potential for sure.

 

[ArmadilloThumb]

AA clearly has a lot of good tools, hopefully he can keep developing them. He still can struggle a bit with his awareness, but hopefully more time can help him. Big defensemen historically can take some time to develop, and unfortunately he’s has injuries early in his career which has cost him some real key development time. I’m hoping more time really lets him grow, because he has potential for sure.

Agree, have been impressed with recent play by AA.

 

[SherVaughn30]

AA clearly has a lot of good tools, hopefully he can keep developing them. He still can struggle a bit with his awareness, but hopefully more time can help him. Big defensemen historically can take some time to develop, and unfortunately he’s has injuries early in his career which has cost him some real key development time. I’m hoping more time really lets him grow, because he has potential for sure.

AA I think is only age 23, so he still has room to grow into a better player. Can't be making the same mistake like we did basically dumping Siegenthaler.

 

[WanderingCapsFan]

Mantha playing his first game as a VGK, 4 min TOI and 4 mins Double Minor High-Sticking in just the 1st period!

Don't really want to hate on that dude, but he never really looked like he was invested in the game.

He never really looked like he loved playing the game.

I guess we all have our things.

 

[zappa4ever]

What a satisfying domination in their barn
Crickets all night save for the boos, quietest I've heard there

Couldn't have scripted it better than a Wilson shorty and OV being the 1st 2 goals

Rakell and Puustinen were their best players, LOL
What an embarrassment

A Great night for Hockey!

 

[Hivemind]

AA I think is only age 23, so he still has room to grow into a better player. Can't be making the same mistake like we did basically dumping Siegenthaler.

He's 24.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

2 pts for Grampy!

 

[Corby78]

Well if we aren’t going with the red tank, humiliating the pens/Ovie goal/kids playing well/first career goal/chunky shutout is the way to go. Miro looked pretty excited after he scored.

 

[WanderingCapsFan]

Well if we aren’t going with the red tank, humiliating the pens/Ovie goal/kids playing well/first career goal/chunky shutout is the way to go. Miro looked pretty excited after he scored.

It's so confusing. But 6-0 vs the Pens will never get old.

 

[TheSmokingMan]

I had heard that the Pens had been playing awful, but never expected them to look this bad, especially against the Caps. That team is in serious trouble and I don't really see how they can turn it around with having essentially a bare cupboard when it comes to young players. About the only move they can make besides adding some free agents is a coaching change. They are completely boxed into a corner. Credit to GMBM for putting us in a much better position to inject youth in the lineup and actually have some roster options going forward.

 

[SherVaughn30]

It's so confusing. But 6-0 vs the Pens will never get old.

Caps hadn't shutout the Pens in Pissburgh since Holtby did it(12/27/2014) making 31 saves for the shutout in an 3-0 win. I fact checked my LOL and found out I was wrong about when it last happened and that Beaupre never had 33 saves but actually 26.

 

[trick9]

Great win.

Might aswell keep selling. Seems like the more vets we are missing from the line-up, the better this team is getting. 5+ goals scored in 4 of the last 7 games now. After reaching that mark how many times in the first 50 games?