Post-Game Talk: Hockey game

[troyerlaw]

I dont agree with your evaluation but Vrana is a left wing. Kovy is not a left wing. Vrana is staying and Kovy is going.

Yes. Vrana so much better than Kovy. But also, Kovy actually is a left wing

 

[Bananas]

I actually like the idea of putting Ovie and Kovy on opposite circles on PP1. If they’re gonna shade Ovechking that hard you might as well tee up Kovy for a shooting gallery.

 

[troyerlaw]

The Caps are using him as a RW. Stop being a.....Fight with someone else. 17 is not going to the top 6.

Oops. Realized i pointed out same thing. Anyway, i fully agree with you re Kovy. Very meh overall. No business in our top 6

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

I actually like the idea of putting Ovie and Kovy on opposite circles on PP1. If they’re gonna shade Ovechking that hard you might as well tee up Kovy for a shooting gallery.

I thought of this but both are left wingers

 

[txpd]

Yes. Vrana so much better than Kovy. But also, Kovy actually is a left wing

Ok...He's a left wing. The Caps have no top 6 openings on the left wing

 

[troyerlaw]

Overall i thought Backstrom was mediocre, borderline invisible for most of qualifiers. I’m guessing maybe wrist is injured, based on missing practice the other day and letting Oshie take some faceoffs today

 

[troyerlaw]

I thought Boyd was excellent today. Very composed and better than others at keeping possession and gaining zone

 

[txpd]

I actually like the idea of putting Ovie and Kovy on opposite circles on PP1. If they’re gonna shade Ovechking that hard you might as well tee up Kovy for a shooting gallery.

The Caps had a little of that going on one late pp. 2 problems with it.
1. The only way it works is if Kovalchuk and Orlov switch spots. The PK does take away Ov and it leaves a shot straight down the center. But if there is a turnover Kovalchuk is your defenseman.
2. If you do that, the only legit puck mover on the power play is in the right wing corner.

 

[Melkor]

The Caps are using him as a RW. Stop being a.....Fight with someone else. 17 is not going to the top 6.

We'll see. It's not like you're Reirden so stop acting like you form the lines lol. It was just a suggestion.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

I thought Boyd was excellent today. Very composed and better than others at keeping possession and gaining zone

Boyd is very good. He'd be a fixture in the starting lineup on a different team but he's stuck in a numbers game in DC. I think he'd be a really nice fit in Buffalo or Detroit where he could lock in third line minutes with occasional PP time.

 

[Calicaps]

I dont really see the Bolts as a loss - the shootout and 3v3 hockey have no place in determining playoff seeding...

Au contraire! It has every place in determining playoff seeding. Because the RS determines playoff seeding. No matter what the NHL claims, the round robin has been RS hockey. The qualifiers have been playoff games. Whether the teams in the qualifiers get an advantage as a result is TBD.

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

I actually like the idea of putting Ovie and Kovy on opposite circles on PP1. If they’re gonna shade Ovechking that hard you might as well tee up Kovy for a shooting gallery.

Both left shots it won’t work

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

If no Carlson why not Ovie at the point. He can play D when he wants

 

[txpd]

We'll see. It's not like you're Reirden so stop acting like you form the lines lol. It was just a suggestion.

I am acting like I form the lines? I have a strong opinion on this subject. I think my view is the majority opinion

 

[Melkor]

I am acting like I form the lines? I have a strong opinion on this subject. I think my view is the majority opinion

I really don't think it matters if your opinion is the majority opinion. The only opinion that really matters is the one of the coach. You present yours as if it's impossible that my scenario would actually come true which is funny, I admit but not really as close to reality as you'd want to.

 

[marcel snapshot]

He's gonna fool someone into a brand new 7 year 56M deal. Watch it.

If that happens, it means we go a long way in the Bubble Hockey loffs, and I’m all for it

 

[txpd]

I really don't think it matters if your opinion is the majority opinion. The only opinion that really matters is the one of the coach. You present yours as if it's impossible that my scenario would actually come true which is funny, I admit but not really as close to reality as you'd want to.

My apologies if i presented my option as the only option. Your option is unlikely. Is that better?

 

[marcel snapshot]

My conclusion from the last week is that the qualifiers are spectacular and the round robin sucks.

 

[Melkor]

My apologies if i presented my option as the only option. Your option is unlikely. Is that better?

Yeah, much better. I accept the apologies, those are appreciated.

 

[searle]

Boyd is very good. He'd be a fixture in the starting lineup on a different team but he's stuck in a numbers game in DC. I think he'd be a really nice fit in Buffalo or Detroit where he could lock in third line minutes with occasional PP time.

I feel like the caps will end up trading him for a mid-late pick or losing him to waivers and looking very silly in doing so - looking that way for Stephenson already (though I wasn't one to defend keeping him with his play at the time)

 

[txpd]

My conclusion from the last week is that the qualifiers are spectacular and the round robin sucks.

Yea, i kind of thought the RR games would be more like pre season games. They kind of turned out like that

 

[maacoshark]

Not 2017 or 2019

Some seasons have been worse than others that's for sure but I don't think he is the reason we were eliminated an any playoff rounds.
However I am very sure that if we stuck with Grubauer in 2018 we would have been eliminated in the first round and we would still be searching for our first cup.