Post-Game Talk: Pens @ Caps, 7PM

[CapitalsCupReality]

But he is all over the ice. He is disrupting plays and hustling his ass off.

Seems like the minimal performance we should expect when he’s not scoring I guess.

Look at that....I speak and things happen.

Two point night!

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Vrana with the hustle to secure the 2 points. Nice

 

[Hivemind]

He plays with more pace than any other forward on the team, save perhaps Eller during the past few games. Wins races to loose pucks. Keeps the cycle alive. Plays rarely die on his stick. Able to beat defenders 1-on-1. The points will come in due time.

The time was due.

 

[ovikovy817]

Happy for Vrana. After his little mistake against Buffalo he makes a good play there

 

[hockeykicker]

Caps are now one point back of division lead

 

[Sam Spade]

Yep, he deserved that goal.

Happy for Vrana. After his little mistake against Buffalo he makes a good play there

Trotz HAS to stick with the kids. They will make mistakes but this team will be better in the long run for letting them find themselves.

Not playing them is a fireable offense to me.

 

[Corby78]

Chandler! Cheers to the youth movement

Now Vrana! I hope pens fans enjoy getting scored on by names they don’t recognize....

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Caps are now one point back of division lead

Fire Trotz! Trade Carlson! Unacceptable!

 

[Raikkonen]

They should have traded Carlson in the 2nd period methinks.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

LOB in 87 makes me chuckle. He’s like the Bizarro Crosby.

 

[Hivemind]

200 wins for Holtby? Cool.

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

LOB in 87 makes me chuckle. He’s like the Bizarro Crosby.

It's a known fact, if you wear 87 in the NHL you're a superstar. Liam O'Brien, Vadim Shipachyov and Sidney Crosby. I see no difference

 

[ovikovy817]

200 wins for Holtby? Cool.

Dryden was faster To 200 only by 8 games iirc

 

[Corby78]

That win makes me happy. Now we can go back to arguing about the cap crunched roster and who should be the coach........ carry on...

 

[Raikkonen]

Btw, Chorney wasn't noticeable much, was he? Kinda not bad.

 

[AtNightWeFly]

Fire Trotz! Trade Carlson! Unacceptable!

He should be fired. It took injuries and no cap space to give the kids some playing time.

 

[IafrateOvie34]

Blasted blackout and couldn't watch the game. Glad they won.

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Btw, Chorney wasn't noticeable much, was he? Kinda not bad.

It's a good thing if you don't notice him. It means he did his job.

 

[Calicaps]

At some point, that -17 goal differential for Pitt has to show up in the standings, right?

 

[maacoshark]

Dryden was faster To 200 only by 8 games iirc

And Dryden played for a stacked team in a watered down league. In that era there was 4 or 5 teams loaded with stars and the rest of the league was garbage. With the NHL expanding from 6 to 18 teams in a very short time period and the start of the WHA there wasn't enough talent to go around.

 

[Langway]

Kind of an interesting bind forming with Connolly & Graovac ready to return soon. Stephenson should stay in the lineup but in another two games will require waivers to be sent back down again. I prefer Stephenson's sense to Connolly's largely invisible play prior to getting injured but we'll see if the staff agrees.

LOB will be the easy first forward to send down and I guess Walker is next since they've been opting to play LOB instead.

 

[maacoshark]

It's a good thing if you don't notice him. It means he did his job.

His ice time was down but I didn't notice any bad mistakes by him tonight.

 

[Ovie's Neighbor]

Orlov was sensational tonight. I loved his game. Rest of the team showed up too and hopefully it continues.

 

[Sam Spade]

Toughest thing will be who gets waived when Niskanen comes back.

They HAVE to find a way to keep Bowey AND Djoos here.

Nisky
Orlov
Carlson
Orpik (playing fantastic by the way)
Djoos
Bowey

Chorney

 

[Ovie's Neighbor]

Toughest thing will be who gets waived when Niskanen comes back.

They HAVE to find a way to keep Bowey AND Djoos here.

Nisky
Orlov
Carlson
Orpik (playing fantastic by the way)
Djoos
Bowey

Chorney

Bowey in a heartbeat. He has been playing better but he is clearly the worst of the bunch.