Series Discussion: (M1) Washington Capitals vs (WC1) Carolina Hurricanes, Category 2

[tenken00]

Seriously. We are a 1 line team right now

 

[Blitzkrieg365]

Said it before and I'll say it again, you don't let your Championship winning coaching staff walk like that. Such a Caps thing to do.

 

[HandsomeTom43]

I'm so f***ing disgusted. That's it. Not mad, not jealousy, just disgust. Pathetic effort by the coach and most of the team. Definitely got outplayed most of the series. Typical Caps too, another loss at home game 7, no pun intended--par for the course.

 

[895]

As with every year except last year, Ovechkin deserves better.

 

[AussieCapsFan]

Give the Canes Todd as their coach. How far out of the playoffs are they?

That really doesn't make any sense.

 

[bur and 666 others]

well, that was a good run

 

[Ovie's Neighbor]

We almost score at the end of regulation, Vrana hits the post, Eller doesn't spot Kuzy wide open. Winning a cup is about those plays going your way and this year they didn't.

 

[Twinsmagic]

I am both a Nucks and Caps fan. I feel like losing both Oshie and Kempny were just too much. They look really gassed throughout the entire OT and most of 2OT. It feels like they were getting close to no zone time in OT and they could barely get the puck out of our own zone. We really miss Oshie and his high energy especially towards the end. We need to get faster and probably move on from Orpik this offseason.

 

[BackToTheBasics]

Kuznetsov should use this as a lesson to not just f*** around all regular season and expect to turn it up in the playoffs. I don't buy the injury excuse one bit. He's been this bad for most of the season.

 

[Capsman]

Forsythe is worse than Reirden. Lived on one particular power play set up, notoriously bad at making adjustments and coaches an
extremely static PP.

Reirden got completely and utterly embarrassed by Brind’Amour. It took Trotz years to figure out how to coach playoff hockey and when he does you let him go for someone better suited to be an assistant coach. Huge mistake Maclellan.

 

[StrikingDistance]

Let's Go Blues!

Canes/Aisles series will be ratings nightmare for the NHL.

 

[IafrateOvie34]

Funny how winning a cup changes emotions. I don't even hurt and look forward to GMBM making some tweaks. It's by far the craziest playoffs in a long time. Goes to show you can't ever underestimate an opponent and just make it in. With this older crew, I want to just make it in, no more division titles.

 

[sbhatt]

My takeaway was this: they didn't play like a team that deserved to win this game from the 1st intermission on for the most part. Shocking to see a veteran defending champion team coast for such long stretches in an elimination game...it seemed like the Canes were the home team constantly attacking, and the Caps were just cautiously trying to hang on far too many times.

 

[Calicaps]

Only 1 team has won back to back cups in over a decade. It’s really hard to do. Our guys played a ton of hockey since Oct. 2017. Rest up. Regroup. Come back next year.

Lol at the calls to rebuild. Get a grip.

Let’s Go Caps!

 

[Brucelenok]

On the positive note though, if some of you think the window has closed, I am telling you it is not. If Selanne won his first Stanley Cup by the age of 37, Ovi will be turning 34 upcoming season and already has a cup under his belt. The core is young too: Backy, Oshie, Kuzy, Carlson. Some of them are not even 30 years old yet. I see two more seasons for chasing 2nd Stanley Cup.

 

[IafrateOvie34]

Let's Go Blues!

Canes/Aisles series will be ratings nightmare for the NHL.

I don't think I'll watch any East games, maybe Cbus and Boston due to the team matchups.

 

[Capitals40]

Isles will stomp them in 5

 

[Dr John Carlson]

The only guy I feel totally let down by is Vrana... even 92 came through to some degree tonight despite his softness on Carolina's second goal.

 

[Blitzkrieg365]

This one is on Holtby. Will be interesting what Samsonov brings to the table next season.

 

[AussieCapsFan]

Seriously. We are a 1 line team right now

We're a zero line team! Time to break out the golf clubs!

 

[IafrateOvie34]

On the positive note though, if some of you think the window has closed, I am telling you it is not. If Selanne won his first Stanley Cup by the age of 37, Ovi will be turning 34 upcoming season and already has a cup under his belt. The core is young too: Backy, Oshie, Kuzy, Carlson. Some of them are not even 30 years old yet. I see two more seasons for chasing 2nd Stanley Cup.

Yeah folks saying the window is closed will be surprised next year.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

If 92 doesn’t have a remarkable next season, I’m entertaining thoughts of a hockey trade.

 

[Sword]

Canes did it without 2 of their best forwards, they were hungrier and won the majority of the puck battles. They did a very good job forechecking and preventing us from clearing the puck from our zone.

Caps were never in it, I thought Connelly and Vrana would be difference makers in these playoffs after how great they've played during the regular season, but they were no-show.

 

[Corby78]

Carolina 5-0 in game 7s, some things just don’t seem right

 

[OviTaughtMe]

It’s always about getting breaks. No breaks this year. Credit Carolina

Still proud of my team.

Let’s make some upgrades and try again next year