Post-Game Talk: Pens vs Holtbyism's laptop - 12:30 EST

[SkinsFan09]

Reirden is still a mediocre coach if he can't think to put the best player on the ice...on the ice.

 

[StrikingDistance]

Fix the PP Forsythe you walking monotone cue ball. You're screwing with my GDT record you tit-head.

 

[troyerlaw]

Best players for Caps today: Eller and Wilson

Agreed. And ‘high-event player’ of the game goes to 92, lol.

 

[Capsman]

That was absolutely great hockey from Caps in the third. Too bad we didnt get rewarded today but fortunately we dont desperately need the point either.

i guess that means Kevin from the Office fixed something in the second intermission? That was superb coaching?

Nah. Guys just decided it was enough of letting Pens do what they want and went out to dominate third period. If we have that gear, and we can switch it on when we really need it, its going to be a long playoffs run.

Eh, I don't necessarily buy that. We were down at the end of 1 and Pittsburgh was outplaying us. The time to make changes would have been between the first and 2nd period, not when down 3-1. That said, I don't pin this loss on Reirden, at least from a strategic standpoint. We didn't convert our chances. But on the whole the turnovers and defensive breakdowns are part of a larger problem, some of which can be traced to coaching. None of it would be a big problem if the PP was not abysmal.

 

[Omark]

Amazing hockey game. How tough is Tom Wilson he is unreal.

 

[troyerlaw]

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Murray better have been the number one star.

Murray was excellent

 

[max21]

Fun game to watch tho. Seems like we’ve been losing at home a bunch lately

 

[Melkor]

The thing with Reirden is he has his favorites who he has no balls or desire to bench. Backstrom didn't deserve to be out there for the last minute. But he was.

 

[SpinningEdge]

In a weird way - maybe it’s good caps lost today way they did.

with how they came back vs sharks and how they played in third today - if they scored it maybe would of kept them playing loose/like they can get behind

Seeing 2 goal third period comebacks are fun.... but they’re not realistic - especially in playoffs.

 

[bur and 666 others]

That third period made the loss sweeten little bit. Moral victory We need to clean up our game. All turnovers in the first period are unacceptable.

 

[Ridley Simon]

Typical Pens/Caps:

2 deflected cheesy goals for Pens? Check

2 hit posts AND 2 missed open nets for Caps? Check

and Caps lose by 1.

won’t even get into the refs. Not relevant.

I hope they win Metro, and we start on the road. Nothing about this game tells me we won’t beat them again in the Loffs.

lap it up Pens

 

[OVITOMMY]

samson is ok.experience

 

[EroCaps]

Good 20 minutes. Eller was fantastic. Everyone else looked like they had money on the Super Bowl.

Coaching needs to improve.

 

[SpinningEdge]

Caps lost today bc of missed opportunities, way too many dumb turnovers, and too many penaltjes again.

the good news is if they play this week Ofer 2 weeks this Pitt team is NOT beating the Caps.

Pitt is a team that in third period couldn’t handle all the physical play today. Imagine game 5, 6, etc... caps by then would have Pitt so wore down I think Caps win pretty easily vs them.

Physical play is still caps best weapon. Leipsic, Hathaway, Panik, Gudas, etc who all came here all play physical too.... and we obviously have a lot of other bruisers too.

 

[peterthegreat12]

I’ll be happy when I see the Caps defensive game improve. That is what wins in the playoffs.

 

[ALLCAPSALLTHETIME]

Typical Caps. Early start and they don't start really playing hockey until the third period.

Comeback bid falls short.

At least Eller was good, as always.

Anyway, beat the Pens next time.

 

[Portable Mink]

Lol. Have some more Powerplays ya clovers. Yawn.

 

[Ridley Simon]

Caps lost today bc of missed opportunities, way too many dumb turnovers, and too many penaltjes again.

the good news is if they play this week Ofer 2 weeks this Pitt team is NOT beating the Caps.

Pitt is a team that in third period couldn’t handle all the physical play today. Imagine game 5, 6, etc... caps by then would have Pitt so wore down I think Caps win pretty easily vs them.

Physical play is still caps best weapon. Leipsic, Hathaway, Panik, Gudas, etc who all came here all play physical too.... and we obviously have a lot of other bruisers too.

Caps need someone to replace Jensen & Leipsic. They are easily the weakest links.

 

[Raikkonen]

Leipsic is limited player. Surely he isnt doing much lately. Boyd is better IMO. So Kreider or smb like that would be nice

Jensen. Well, Crosby is not that fast nowadays. He owned him. That's the scary prospect before playoffs. If Jensen is 2RD - he will see a lot of guys capable of outmuscling him... and it's doom.

Kempny - again, at least, there is depth behind him.

 

[Raikkonen]

Anyway

GOOD The loss was written over it, and it's a perfect result for now

BAD 13 invisible, 19 mostly bad I think

 

[max21]

Wilson was laying the wood though, love it. Penguins hate him so much it’s awesome

 

[troyerlaw]

Caps need someone to replace Jensen & Leipsic. They are easily the weakest links.

Travis Boyd deserves a sweater. He has been consistently good this year. I’d like to see Fehrvary or Djoos over jensen. And a different head coach, as long as I’m making my wish list. (If we bow out of playoffs in 1st round again, which i am praying we don’t, i’d go in a different direction coaching wise)

 

[RVACapsFan]

Hot take: I’m ok with that loss. Two fluky goals for Pittsburgh (of course) but I don’t think they could hang with us physically in a 6-7 game series. We’d wear them down.

 

[Melkor]

Replacing Leipsic doesn't do anything for this team in the grand scheme of things. He's a 4th liner. He won't see the ice anyways in such games when they are down in score. Jensen is a different story. That position has TRADE AT THE DEADLINE written all over it.

 

[Ridley Simon]

Replacing Leipsic doesn't do anything for this team in the grand scheme of things. He's a 4th liner. He won't see the ice anyways in such games when they are down in score. Jensen is a different story. That position has TRADE AT THE DEADLINE written all over it.

Not arguing the Jensen piece — at all — but the Caps won their only Cup when their bottom 6 outplayed the other teams bottom 6’s. So YES, Leipsic is an issue.

I want an upgrade. Like, NOW