Post-Game Talk: | Pens vs Caps | win | We won, but what did it cost us?

[Pancakes]

YES - THE STREAK IS BROKEN in two ways!

I am now 1-6-1 on the season

HURRAH!

Put Rakell on the 1st PP please!

I liked Ricky's game tonight but man was his shot off. Was getting glorious chances and not getting off the shots he normally would.

 

[Andy99]

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1-0-0 in the @Andy99 positivity era

The positivity only lasts one or two game lol…I fully expect them to lose against MTL for the millionth time..

 

[dogthateats]

Solid Sid interview

 

[AuroraBorealis]

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[BusinessGoose]

 

[vodeni]

I guess its OK, Caps may be the worst team they played so far, but win is the win, still don't like our game for the most part.
CDS was good
Rutta had a good game this could be big loss
Petry best game since the first two
Letang another awful game, he could not get the puck out of our zone, a dozen or more bad passes
L2 was good, very good, spent most of the time in their zone with Rakell with another great game, positionally, forecheck,
L1 got caved in way too much, Rust is now approaching that level that he actively is hurting team
L3 kept us in the game in the first and McGinn especially
Hallander did not play much but he could be our new Kuhnackl...

Still fire Sully for that attrocious PP, it actively is killing any momentum

 

[Empoleon8771]

Wait who all got hurt today? I saw they won but didn't see the injury results.

 

[Pancakes]

Wait who all got hurt today? I saw they won but didn't see the injury results.

Rutta and POJ.

Petry also got hurt but came back and did finish the game, so I fully expect he will be on LTIR tomorrow.

Jeff Carter took a shift on d when Petry was hurt. And did well at it lol

 

[Andy99]

I guess its OK, Caps may be the worst team they played so far, but win is the win, still don't like our game for the most part.
CDS was good
Rutta had a good game this could be big loss
Petry best game since the first two
Letang another awful game, he could not get the puck out of our zone, a dozen or more bad passes
L2 was good, very good, spent most of the time in their zone with Rakell with another great game, positionally, forecheck,
L1 got caved in way too much, Rust is now approaching that level that he actively is hurting team
L3 kept us in the game in the first and McGinn especially
Hallander did not play much but he could be our new Kuhnackl...

Still fire Sully for that attrocious PP, it actively is killing any momentum

I like a lot about Rakell as a player but he’s like a better Dom Simon…lol…man, does his finishing suck…

 

[Dessloch]

Wait who all got hurt today? I saw they won but didn't see the injury results.

Too many too recall...

 

[DearDiary]

Wow. That org went hard at letting Ovechkin become nothing but a marketing gimmick huh? They put the guy out with 10 seconds left in the game for a powerplay when they’re down 3 goals. Guy wasn’t involved in the play at all tonight except for late/high hits and being set up for his man advantage one-timers. He literally stands at the blueline waiting for his team to get the puck back and make it back into the offensive zone.

It’s f***ing embarrassing for the game.

I saw Ovechkin hold up several times on hits, expecially on Letang and Guentzal. Letang hit he cut his speed to like 1/3 and only bumped him

 

[StaalForOne]

Pretty balanced showing from the forward group as a whole. Sid, Carter, Rakell, McGinn and Genos line all looked good enough.

I thought Hallander was bigger, but I wouldn’t mind seeing more of him. I also like what Poehling has brought for most of the season. Lots of choices down the middle once Blueger is healthy

Letang looked better away from Dumo, Petterson continues to be solid

 

[Gurglesons]

Petry had a real nice game. Hopefully that isn’t because Washington is so slow.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Rutta and POJ.

Petry also got hurt but came back and did finish the game, so I fully expect he will be on LTIR tomorrow.

Jeff Carter took a shift on d when Petry was hurt. And did well at it lol

Sucks to hear about that but it's hilarious Carter played defense.

I'm hoping Rutta is healthy but I'm mostly indifferent on POJ. I'm fine to call up Smith for a couple of games if POJ's hurt for a bit.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

I missed the Rutta injury. Severity?

 

[HuskerTornado]

They're capable of it. No reason they can't.

They blew leads in almost every loss. They were capable of winning any and all of those as well. Maybe they'll figure out it's a 60 minute game.

 

[CascadiaPenguin]

Solid Sid interview

Biz does a great job breaking through Sid's deflector shields.

 

[DearDiary]

I missed the Rutta injury. Severity?

The only injury I saw was Ovechkin catching Rutta's head

 

[CascadiaPenguin]

I missed the Rutta injury. Severity?

Concussion protocol would be a reasonable guess. It was a huge, clean hit.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

They won but now it just gets Sully off the hook we wish he was on. I hope the next game they lose 10-1.

 

[Andy99]

Well we’re going to find out how much this win was based on the Caps sucking when we play our b2b this weekend …

 

[Pancakes]

Sucks to hear about that but it's hilarious Carter played defense.

I'm hoping Rutta is healthy but I'm mostly indifferent on POJ. I'm fine to call up Smith for a couple of games if POJ's hurt for a bit.

Carter honestly had his best game of the season imo. Was skating well and making good decisions with the puck. And was actually battling.

They blew leads in almost every loss. They were capable of winning any and all of those as well. Maybe they'll figure out it's a 60 minute game.

One can hope. They're not good enough to get by without doing that. Not the way the powerplay looks.

 

[Empoleon8771]

I missed the Rutta injury. Severity?

He got blasted by Ovechkin.



Totally clean hit but that's going to ring some bells.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

Concussion protocol would be a reasonable guess. It was a huge, clean hit.

Well, concussion is usually a shorter absence than some of the alternatives with huge hits like that at least.

 

[vodeni]

I like a lot about Rakell as a player but he’s like a better Dom Simon…lol…man, does his finishing suck…

point taken, but he is way more dangerous, even if he does not score there are rebounds, pressure, etc...he was a beast tonight