Post-Game Talk: Montreal @ Washington | 2/20/20 | 7p ET | NBCSN/NBCW

[kicksavedave]

OK... NOW he's -2.

 

[SherVaughn30]

Caps got what they deserve falling behind 3-2!

 

[Fallschirmyager]

Nice to see they worked some stuff out at intermission.

 

[Ovie's Neighbor]

Why is Oshie all the way down in the low slot there. Just horrible positioning in the D zone.

 

[SpinningEdge]

I mean we are at home and supposed to be a desperate team - and getting badly outplayed by the Canadians.

Things are so bad right now

 

[Capsman]

Our breakouts are so disorganized, so poorly planned, that this is inevitable and will comtinue ie to be so.

 

[SpinningEdge]

It’s not just being in a slump - it seems like teams are playing easy against us. First time I’ve seen this Caps team where even bottom of league opponents seem comfortable playing vs us where we seem so easy against.

 

[AussieCapsFan]

Holy crap Ouellet got smoked

 

[SpinningEdge]

Vrana no goals still. If he doesn’t get one tonight that’s 10 straight games

 

[WcRoenick97]

This team needs a shake up at the deadline.

 

[Firsov99]

Vrana has had a couple of good looks tonight. Just not scoring unfortunately.

 

[AussieCapsFan]

If I can sit at home on my fat lazy ass and be this angry why the f*** can't our team???

 

[WcRoenick97]

Laughable. They all look drunk.

 

[Capsman]

Wilson should come off the top line. He is a huge negative right now.

 

[mad4comp]

Get all the defensemen you want... the coach is the problem.

 

[max21]

This team needs a shake up at the deadline.

I think we tried that already lol

 

[Raikkonen]

Wilson is kinda where all offense goes to die lately.

 

[Capsman]

Laughable. They all look drunk.

I don’t think they look drunk. They look like a team coming off summer break that hasn’t practiced in 3 months.

 

[SherVaughn30]

This is so frustrating to see what the players are doing. Bad coaching has put them in a position to fail. We all know this roster can play a lot better when they are given proper coaching. This fricken coaching staff are amateurs!

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

The top six, minus Oshie and Wilson (somewhat) are all ass. Kuznetsov is butter soft, Vrana is pulling a Burakovsky, and Ovi and Nick look old and slow. They’re a much bigger problem than the D corps right now.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Wilson is kinda where all offense goes to die lately.

it isn’t just him.....Vrana wheels out of his own zone with speed, immediately chooses a poor risk pass and loses it.....lots of dumb.

 

[Devil Dancer]

Agree that Wilson looks pretty bad in the O zone right now. He's missed a few passes that wrecked scoring chances.

At least Orlov is playing some good hockey.

 

[Ovie's Neighbor]

The top six, minus Oshie and Wilson (somewhat) are all ass. Kuznetsov is butter soft, Vrana is pulling a Burakovsky, and Ovi and Nick look old and slow. They’re a much bigger problem than the D corps right now.

I actually think the forward core is a bigger problem right now. They can’t sustain pressure in the O zone, continually turnover the puck, are late to back check. Its no wonder our defenseman struggle to get the puck out.

 

[Capsman]

Honestly I would be happy with Cashman being shown the door as a start. The man has done an abysmal job individually with the defensemen.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

This is so frustrating to see what the players are doing. Bad coaching has put them in a position to fail. We all know this roster can play a lot better when they are given proper coaching. This fricken coaching staff are amateurs!

Stop blaming the coaches here. They’re not perfect but most of this is due to execution, or lack thereof. They’re losing most board battles, they can’t connect a pass, they’re out of position constantly, the forechecking level has been subpar... coaching and systems only do so much, the players have to do their jobs too and they’re failing.