bacchist
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Really need the Kings to take care of the Islanders now.
GDT: Sonny @ The Jets - 730PM EDT
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SherVaughn30
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Very sloppy game from the Caps, even in 1st period. They weren't fatigued yet and were already making a lot of dumb mistakes. This West time zone must have messed their timing up or something. A lot of East teams say going to Winnipeg makes road trip tough.
Yeah, I hope they can and not allow Patrick Roy to get them again, as a coach!
sycamore
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Chalk one up for the tank!
The month of March looks tremendous for the tank:
@ Edmonton
@ Seattle
@ Vancouver
@ Calgary
vs Toronto
vs Carolina
vs Winnpeg
vs Detroit
@ Toronto
vs Boston
That's as brutal a schedule as you could possibly ask for. Lottery pick here we come (hopefully)!
The month of March looks tremendous for the tank:
@ Edmonton
@ Seattle
@ Vancouver
@ Calgary
vs Toronto
vs Carolina
vs Winnpeg
vs Detroit
@ Toronto
vs Boston
That's as brutal a schedule as you could possibly ask for. Lottery pick here we come (hopefully)!
SherVaughn30
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Only Jets, Oilers and Canucks scare me. Thatcher Demko is out 2-3 weeks, so they will probably face DeSmith. We already shutout the Bruins once. Caps play better at home this season. Kraken are an inconsistent team and the Caps are capable of beating the Flames. Wings won't be playing us in their building on 2nd of back2backs. Leafs, if they aren't having fun with their offense, then they play less consistent. Caps should have a chip on their shoulder playing against Kuzy for the first time when he let the team down too many times with his drug use and attitude.
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TheSmokingMan
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I was thinking this exact thing while watching. This game was a Tom Wilson kind of game. They missed him a ton tonight.
We didn't have an answer for the their aggressive forecheck from the drop of the puck. I'm not really mad about this one, though. If we can find a way to squeeze 5 points out of the remaining 4 games on this road trip we'll still be in the playoff hunt.
SherVaughn30
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Up to the coaching staff to figure that out, convey it to the players and the players then have to execute. I didn't like the lines and I didn't like how the Caps weren't trying find ways to slow down the Jets. If the forecheck is not working, there are 3/4th's of ways to slow down a fast team. You can still slow down the neutral zone as that where fast teams hit their speed, stand up at the blue line and create good exits out of your D-Zone. Caps did nothing of the sort. Caps never had their legs in this game because they were playing very dumb, defending and chasing the game too much.
SherVaughn30
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PlushMinus
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Oshie on a line with Ovie would probably be the slowest line in the entire league...
Where is Twabby with the game puck?? Is anybody worth of the vaunted game puck?!?
Alexander the Gr8
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I didn't like it, but mostly because Ovi slowed them down. It's not a very good mix, I'd rather have Miro in that spot in a game like this.
Ovi had better looks in the brief amount of time he had with Strome, who plays at a similar pace.
Praetorian Caps
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The Canucks just laid a 5-0 beating on the team that just beat The Caps. So yeah that is going to be a brutal game. Oilers are inconsistent and play down to their competition, see The Sabers game.
SherVaughn30
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Lindgren! He was the only player on the team that showed up!Oshie on a line with Ovie would probably be the slowest line in the entire league...
Where is Twabby with the game puck?? Is anybody worth of the vaunted game puck?!?
Easy to asses that, but it wasn't tried. You have to give OV more experienced players on a line and not a couple young players that are still learning their way.Oshie on a line with Ovie would probably be the slowest line in the entire league...
Where is Twabby with the game puck?? Is anybody worth of the vaunted game puck?!?
zappa4ever
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WPG tonight reminded me of us in 2016? or 2017 when we shut down NYI in LI and held them to fewest shots in their history, like 11
Good game on their part, start to finish
Oh well, regroup and do it again
Good game on their part, start to finish
Oh well, regroup and do it again
SherVaughn30
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That 5-0 game means nothing for when we play the Canucks. Canucks came to Capital One and the Caps played them well, going 2-2 into OT until CMM made one of the dumbest mistakes of the season.
twabby
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A low bar tonight, but my game puck goes to Sonny Milano for a team-high 65% xG share while also not conceding a goal while on the ice. On a night like tonight, sometimes this is all that it takes to earn the highest honor a player can receive.
Honorable mentions go to Milano's linemates Dylan Strome and Ivan Miroshnichenko for also eclipsing the 50% chance share barrier while also not conceding while on the ice.
Orlov made way more bone head plays trying to it at the NHL level. Of course a rebuilding team young D get a longer leash and ultimately a faster evaluation if they are going to make it or not. Look at the home grown NHL D development-wise. Basically Carlson, Orlov, Alzner (before injury derailment). With caps being in long win mode rookie dman don't get the rope. Fever is an outlier just how fast he could establish himself.
Just finishing up this game other have said what the eyes seem. The other team was big, fast, and played as a unit. Caps in 2017/2018 regular season form the game would have been completely different, heh.
Miro impressed me some of the better forechecking and board work so far in my watching.
Caps D core needs more speed overall. Fever will help a bit. TVR has definitely slowed down. Carlson has slowed down a bit but he has good hockey sense and veteran Dness that allows some older D players to keep playing the game.
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RedRocking
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Yea, Miro was the only highlight tonight for me. Pretty tenacious puck hound at times. Always has a nose for the net, and fires off shots when he can. Solid grinding game from the youngster.
I hope there is still a spot for him with Oshie and Wilson back.
PlushMinus
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The bolded made me lol.
I was sure it would be Lindgren!
Professor Net Nerd will not be happy with you.
WanderingCapsFan
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Not like facing the Penguins, That's a real hockey team. Just confirms we're stuck in the middle.
Any other team than Winnipeg and Miro scores a goal. He had some good shots.
HTFN
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PlushMinus
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Sure he gave it to Lindgren for his shutout of the Pens?? a 39 save shutout is no small feat
zappa4ever
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g00n
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I only saw the first period and it looked like we were being dominated. I don't think it would've mattered that much unless Wilson turned the clock back a few years and blasted half the WPG team into the benches.
zappa4ever
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yeah I'm not suggesting they would've won
just wondering if they would've had a more even game or at least not stuck with the cycle of barely clearing it out > stuck in zone > barely clearing it out > play more D
just wondering if they would've had a more even game or at least not stuck with the cycle of barely clearing it out > stuck in zone > barely clearing it out > play more D
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