Post-Game Talk: Sat jan 17, 2015 washington dallas 8:00 pm et *(MOD WARNING POST #2, EVERYONE READ)

[Ovechtrick89*]

One ****ing job to do Peters you *****: Don't concede 5 goals so we have a chance on a back to back. Should have just played Holtby, he would have let in 3 max.

 

[artilector]

Two very annoying losses. I guess they had it coming.
No crisis, Caps just need to refocus.. and get Holtby back in net.

Would help to have a steadier 3rd pair defender, and somebody more useful on the 2nd line. Though I cannot possibly imagine how these two things could be linked.

 

[ALLCAPSALLTHETIME]

welp, you need to stay out of the box, you have to stop more than 80% of the shots, and you have to play 60. We did neither of those.

To be fair, Peters had a .808 save percentage.

 

[Calicaps]

Caps deserved 4 pts from these two games. Peters is ****

No they didn't. Down 2-0 after one on two consecutive nights, you're not coming away win 4 points. Should beat the Preds tho.

 

[g00n]

Feels like we should have had at least 2 points these last 2 games.

 

[NobodyBeatsTheWiz]

Not the best defensive showing this weekend.

Good news is they've got some great medicine coming on Tuesday.

I'm increasingly worried about Hillen-Green. It seems to bring the worst out of 52.

 

[Capitals40]

Look at it this way we have earned some points we did not deserve so it evens out in an 82 game season

 

[artilector]

Not the best defensive showing this weekend.

Good news is they've got some great medicine coming on Tuesday.

I'm increasingly worried about Hillen-Green. It seems to bring the worst out of 52.

I say we trade for an elite vet to help him.

 

[IafrateOvie34]

I would have liked a point or two on the road, oh well. Time to focus on Edmonton and rest up for the break. The Dallas fan was jeering all night long.

 

[CapsJunkie]

that just looked like a game from the begining of the season, at least Holtby got his game together

 

[Acallabeth]

Yeah, smash the worst team in the league next game and rest up and refocus later.

 

[Capsman]

Those complaining about Peters, which goal do you think Holtby stops? Maybe the 5th as he gets across the crease faster than Peters. But the 4th was not his fault for sure.

 

[Ovechtrick89*]

Caps will put 6 past the Oilers. They showed in these 2 games they can hang and only mental errors and some bad puck luck stopped them from taking 4 points.

 

[ALLCAPSALLTHETIME]

Beat Edmonton and go into the AS break with some confidence. Then beat up the Pens.

 

[g00n]

Not the best defensive showing this weekend.

Good news is they've got some great medicine coming on Tuesday.

I'm increasingly worried about Hillen-Green. It seems to bring the worst out of 52.

I thought Green looked good as an individual but the pairing doesn't work. Hillen is heading for another collision. No vision on the ice and Green plays an intuitive game. Needs a partner who can see what he's doing and go with it.

 

[ALLCAPSALLTHETIME]

Those complaining about Peters, which goal do you think Holtby stops? Maybe the 5th as he gets across the crease faster than Peters. But the 4th was not his fault for sure.

Peters wasn't terrible. The skaters in front of him for the most part, were.

 

[EroCaps]

Dallas is bad. Sick of the back to back excuses.

 

[Efactor]

Laich, Brouwer, Chimera, Green, and Peters can all go. Play Latta, Schmidt, and what ever one player the trade returns. The team would be better off.

 

[g00n]

Those complaining about Peters, which goal do you think Holtby stops? Maybe the 5th as he gets across the crease faster than Peters. But the 4th was not his fault for sure.

Like I said earlier, maybe another goaltender doesn't make all those saves, either. But maybe a guy with better vision and lateral movement gets a piece of at least one of those. Peters wasn't even close to following the puck at times. He didn't look good, regardless of the goals. He made maybe 1 or 2 decent saves, imo. We see Holtby stand on his head almost nightly now and we're used to it.'

I'm not putting the loss on Peters. The team is to blame for that. fwiw Just didn't like what I saw overall

 

[IafrateOvie34]

Peters wasn't terrible. The skaters in front of him for the most part, were.

Some of those Dallas goals Dryden wouldn't have stopped. I hate playing Dallas.

 

[ALLCAPSALLTHETIME]

Some of those Dallas goals Dryden wouldn't have stopped. I hate playing Dallas.

Yep. That team has been poor to average for a while and yet they always seem to beat the Caps.

 

[NobodyBeatsTheWiz]

Laich, Brouwer, Chimera, Green, and Peters can all go. Play Latta, Schmidt, and what ever one player the trade returns. The team would be better off.

You'd break up the most consistent line in all three zones for what reason?

 

[Capsman]

Like I said earlier, maybe another goaltender doesn't make all those saves, either. But maybe a guy with better vision and lateral movement gets a piece of at least one of those. Peters wasn't even close to following the puck at times. He didn't look good, regardless of the goals. He made maybe 1 or 2 decent saves, imo. We see Holtby stand on his head almost nightly now and we're used to it.'

I'm not putting the loss on Peters. The team is to blame for that. fwiw Just didn't like what I saw overall

Yeah but here's the thing. As Tex has pointed out a few times, do we really want 1 and 1A? Is it possible tha Holtby doesn't get to where he is with a better goalie breathing down his neck? My feeling is that the team has more confidence in Grubes but wants him in the AHL developing. Come playoff time I think he's our backup.

 

[Carlzner]

Not the best defensive showing this weekend.

Good news is they've got some great medicine coming on Tuesday.

I'm increasingly worried about Hillen-Green. It seems to bring the worst out of 52.

He looks much better paired with Schmidt. I don't get why he got sent down in the first place, and now he's injured for awhile because of management's incompetence.

 

[Mickstix]

Oh well, who didn't see that coming? After being off for a million games I didn't think Peter's was really given any help at all from his team.. Coming off that mess last night it would of been refreshing to see the team actually man up and play a solid defensive game to help their #2 tender, but as we are reminded just about always, these are our Caps..

Great run they had with all the points, but it doesn't take long to lose confidence since we've been disappointed for 36+ years in a row.. Hopefully they don't stumble over Edmonton and completely let the wheels fall off.. They're still in a battle just to qualify for the post season..

* Thanks for the mod note in post #2! I'll abide and report as requested!