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It seemed like listening to a cbj broadcast..in ot they said cbj just had their 3rd line change...both teams had just had their 3rd line change
Post-Game Talk: Preseason Game #87: Bloog @ Caps | 4/21/18 | 3:00pm EST
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Alexander the Gr8
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That's the biggest mismatch in the series. PLD + Wennberg is not close to Kuzy + Nick.
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He might be the most skilled player in the NHL. Its too easy for him. So easy that sometimes I'm not sure he always puts in the effort. Which is why you sometimes see him make a lazy mistake. I'm glad we have him though.
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I gotta be honest. I'm not a huge fan of Eller. He puts in the effort and makes some good plays but he takes some selfish penalties and quite often makes poor decisions with the puck. While he is a good possession player I think he hangs onto the puck too long and usually ends up turning it over. How many times has he taken the puck from behind the opposing net to the blue line and turn it over instead if getting it back deep.
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Not nearly as many times as he's worked his man in the corner and dished the puck to an open man, or held it practically indefinitely until a change could be made. Guy is on it and playing well right now overall, occasional mistakes aside (everyone has a few).
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He has some talent. Just needs to play smarter. He would never be a 6.7M 2nd line center.
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He is a good player and puts in the effort. Makes poor decisions at times.
BTW I'm not convinced we need him in the future. I think Stephenson could be our 3rd line center in the near future. He is a better skater, better defensively and probably better on faceoffs.
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In the post game interview Trotz didn't sound happy with the first line. When asked about Kuzys play all Trotz said was we had some work to do with that line.
That was the line that seemed to always get hemmed in our zone. That line also made a very odd line change when they did clear the zone but only got it to center. Columbus was bringing it back in the zone and one of the forwards skated right by the guy and let him enter the zone unchallenged. Not sure which guy it was.
That was the line that seemed to always get hemmed in our zone. That line also made a very odd line change when they did clear the zone but only got it to center. Columbus was bringing it back in the zone and one of the forwards skated right by the guy and let him enter the zone unchallenged. Not sure which guy it was.
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I know.
F n Ray Ferraro and whoever he was paired with were so obviously pro Cbus/ anti Caps.
Inane lines like late in the game didn't one of them say - Columbus is one goal from taking the series lead !
Yeah, so were the Caps.
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Well Columbus has never won a playoff series but they haven't had good teams. This might be there best team.
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the 3. period though... i never seen anything like that. it reminded me of a basketball game where the away team hits a 3 pointer to silence the crowd, exept it was way bigger, like an elephant on the ice xd
you could feel the nervousness in the crowd and i am not sure if it spread to the players or the other way around. they were about to lose the game there, i hope they talk about this in a meeting or something... u cant just freeze for 20 mins.
you could feel the nervousness in the crowd and i am not sure if it spread to the players or the other way around. they were about to lose the game there, i hope they talk about this in a meeting or something... u cant just freeze for 20 mins.
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What was the deal with that Linesman who kept getting in the way at the end of the game? He did it at least 3 times
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Well he was the capitals second round pick in the 1994 nhl draft lol
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That was odd. He did it to Wilson and Carlson. Wilson looked like he had a hard time pulling up and not trucking the guy.
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A bit surprising for Columbus. They haven't had many playoff games. I believe this is only their 4th series and 2 have come against the Pens.
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We struggled getting the puck out if the zone and when we did we would only get it to center ice. I would put most of the blame on our forwards. No puck support. Need to improve on that.
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It all evens out in a seven game series. I have no idea what the outcome of the this series will be but I am 100% positive the team that played the best overall will win.
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First goal was lucky. I'm glad he was able to bounce it off the goalie's back and into the net, but that's entirely random once it leaves his stick. Ovie tried the same and it didn't go in. Equivalent effort, but only Nick has something to show. His secondary assist on the PP was the result of Oshie's tip and Carly's shot. He made a nice pass to set up the shot, but had plenty of time and no opposing players in-between. I'm glad he stepped it up in OT.
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