GDT: Round 1 Game 5: Bs @ Caps | 5/23/2021 | 7:00p EST

[John Price]

Riding train home from game 5

4 and 5 were just shit efforts

They kept it within 1 goal 1 2 and 3

Imploding 4 and 5 lost them the series. 2 straight losses in 5 is not acceptable.

People need to be held accountable. The game had a pp early (many in fact) and it couldn't do shit. I'd expect some assistant coaching shakeups and discarding some dead weight.

 

[troyerlaw]

And we just saw Kuznetsov's last game as a Cap, there it is!

God willing

 

[tycoonheart]

This loss was worse than the 2010-11 loss to Tampa where we got swept.

What a woeful display of coaching.

 

[Raikkonen]

People need to be held accountable. The game had a pp early (many in fact) and it couldn't do shit. I'd expect some assistant coaching shakeups and discarding some dead weight.

As it was in game 4 too.

 

[Gordoff]

Knew this was going to be bad when Lavi iced nearly a full lineup last game of the season, and the Bruins sent out an AHL practice squad, and we still struggled.

Do not discount the psychological and physical effect from that one move.

Exactly, it was very telling. I was really surprised that he'd do that. I always like Lavvy and thought that he was pretty savvy but this season he seemed to have lost his fastball. He did a mediocre job overall IMO.

 

[John Price]

As it was in game 4 too.

Yeah I didn't see that one. This one I saw in person take a 4 3 power play and go ice cold

 

[troyerlaw]

I’m as disappointed as the next with this team but there is no way they were even remotely healthy enough to compete with the bruins

That’s why they needed to use some of the black aces. Still a long shot, but at least you get some players skating full speed

 

[VaCaps Fan]

Hoping the injuries come out from our core that didn’t appear in the series.

 

[troyerlaw]

We've been over this. Trotz did not want to return. When asked to coach the final year of his contract without an extension, he made up his mind.

GMBM made up HIS mind long before Trotz. He thought TR was the future. There was NOTHING to stop team from tearing up Trotz contract and giving him a proper raise after winning our first Cup in 44 years. Instead, front office had made it clear all year long they didn’t see Trotz as the future. Abundantly clear. Trotz knew it, fans knew it

 

[maacoshark]

This board is obsessed with ex-Caps that were on the 2018 team. Trotz, Vrana and Burakovsky are gone, get over it already

And why does no one ever mention Stephenson? He is a better 2 way player than the other guys mentioned. He is doing very well with Vegas playing in all situations. I'd take him in a heartbeat.

 

[maacoshark]

GMBM made up HIS mind long before this happened. He thought TR was the future. There was NOTHING to stop team from tearing up Trotz contract and giving him a proper raise after winning our first Cup in 44 years. Instead, front office had made it clear all year long they didn’t see Trotz as the future. Abundantly clear. Trotz knew it, fans knew it

Agreed. It was clear that management wanted to go a different direction. It didn't work out very well for us.
Things may not have been any different if Trotz stayed. Who knows.

 

[John Price]

We've been over this. Trotz did not want to return. When asked to coach the final year of his contract without an extension, he made up his mind.

I've been saying this repeatedly on reddit. The amount of people forgetting this is disturbing

People just make excuses saying Ted lowballed trotz or other fiction

He literally told torts he wasn't coming back

 

[tycoonheart]

GMBM made up HIS mind long before Trotz. He thought TR was the future. There was NOTHING to stop team from tearing up Trotz contract and giving him a proper raise after winning our first Cup in 44 years. Instead, front office had made it clear all year long they didn’t see Trotz as the future. Abundantly clear. Trotz knew it, fans knew it

This. 100% this.

Remember the post cup win presser where Trotz said something to the effect of "we will find a way to get the contract done".

Doesn't sound like something someone would say if they were hell bent on leaving.

Management wanted him gone. They wanted Rierden.

 

[Ovie's Neighbor]

Because he had a contract and a clause in place that if he won a cup there was an automatic two year extension that kicked in. Ted wanted him to honor his deal. Made sense to me.

Would it have been possible for Ted to end that contract early and give Trotz a new one. Was there no way to be creative?

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

And why does no one ever mention Stephenson? He is a better 2 way player than the other guys mentioned. He is doing very well with Vegas playing in all situations. I'd take him in a heartbeat.

Yeah that’s actually one guy I miss. Not Vrana or Burakovsky.

 

[John Price]

That being said this team can reload for another run. But they need youth to contribute.

That mantha trade not only dealt vrana but draft picks. f***.

Hoping we can get some of the Hershey boys playing.

 

[Ovie's Neighbor]

That being said this team can reload for another run. But they need youth to contribute.

That mantha trade not only dealt vrana but draft picks. f***.

Hoping we can get some of the Hershey boys playing.

Which of the Hershey kids are actually ready? Anyone other than Fehervary? Is AA ready? The games CMM played he looked like he was totally lost. Did one season in Hershey really prepare him for the NHL? Whose spot would he take?

 

[TheLegendOfPatPeake]

Would it have been possible for Ted to end that contract early and give Trotz a new one. Was there no way to be creative?

I’m sure there was but when you sign a contract you should honor it.

 

[Ovie's Neighbor]

I’m sure there was but when you sign a contract you should honor it.

I mean if you believe the rumors Ted was about to fire Trotz before his contract was up so he wasn’t going to honor it…

 

[hb12xchamps]

Lmao we really gonna go down the Barry path again now too? Jesus people there’s probably thousands of thread pages going over that situation at this point. It wasn’t going to work out with Barry here. Just let it go.

 

[txpd]

GMBM made up HIS mind long before Trotz. He thought TR was the future. There was NOTHING to stop team from tearing up Trotz contract and giving him a proper raise after winning our first Cup in 44 years. Instead, front office had made it clear all year long they didn’t see Trotz as the future. Abundantly clear. Trotz knew it, fans knew it

All evidence I've seen over the years Ted hires the coach

 

[txpd]

I've been saying this repeatedly on reddit. The amount of people forgetting this is disturbing

People just make excuses saying Ted lowballed trotz or other fiction

He literally told torts he wasn't coming back

On live tv

 

[VaCaps Fan]

Trotz couldn’t save this team’s injuries and chemistry issues…

 

[StrikingDistance]

At least we're not the Oilers. hahahaha

 

[Brucelenok]

It may be a hot take but our core was brutal these playoffs except may be Ovy, he showed glimpses here and there, still not great even for 35 year old. I love Backy, but let's be honest for the most part of his career he underperformed in the playoffs or absolutely sucked. I wouldn't mind to trade him but we all know him and Ovy are untouchables; These playoffs probably was the worst for him.
Carlson, no words. No wonder he didn't win any Norrises, can wrack points only the PP, also disappears most of the time in the playoffs. Wilson, man I hope all this stuff that happened with him after Rangers didn't affect him mentally, but I think it actually did, kinda like Ovy after that Campbell hit in 2010 but more in a worse way actually. He wasn't that brutal of the force these playoffs at all, like almost it wasn't Willy we all know.

Mantha, absolutely terrible, I told then during that trade off and telling now, it will be the worst trade in franchise history after 05 lockout, yes even worse than that Erat-Forsberg trade. We needed speed today, and we didn't have it, Vrana would help a ton, and trade 2 first rounds picks for him?

As unfortunate as it sounds, but I think we can all officially conclude that that window is closed... and it sucks that Ovy most likely end up only with 1 Cup...