GDT: Stars @ Caps - 4/1/2014 - April Caps Fan Day.

[SkinsFan09]

If Oates is not fired this offseason we will waste another season next year.

 

[Langway]

Grind. Grind. Grind. It's a grind, you know? Grind. Grind. It's a grind.

 

[maybam]

Oates has to be doing this on purpose. There is no other explanation. Surely GMGM must see that these lines are ridiculous?

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Lines are

Grabovski-Beagle-Ovi
Johansson-Backstrom-Brouwer
Chimera-Fehr-Ward
Penner-Kuznetsov-Wilson


#oates

 

[Devil Dancer]

Penner-Grabovski-Ovechkin
Kuznetsov-Backstrom-Fehr
Chimera-Johansson-Ward
Brouwer-Brown-Wilson

That's a good looking lineup.

 

[KevinM]

I think I've come full circle from anger to befuddlement to bemusement to apathy back to anger.

 

[foundhockey]

Lines are

Grabovski-Beagle-Ovi
Johansson-Backstrom-Brouwer
Chimera-Fehr-Ward
Penner-Kuznetsov-Wilson


#oates

Why is Beagle still on the first line?!

 

[Langway]

http://www.monumentalnetwork.com/videos/two-man-advantage-4-1-14

Chimera & Ward impersonating Vogel & Walton. Hilarious.

 

[NeilYoung]

You could randomly arrange those 12 forwards any other way and I'd probably like them better


Here Oates and Mcphee I may not be in the game but I could guarantee these lines would be better


Ovechkin-Grabo-Ward. (Ovechkin with two very strong 5on5 possesion players)
Kuznetsov-Backstrom-Brouwer.
Chimera-Johansson-Fehr
Penner-Latta-Wilson

Won't even do the D it's beyond ****ed

 

[Kcoyote3]

It's that stupid song that NHL tonight played a few years ago during EVERY playoff goals montage vid...it was during 2012 playoffs I think

You jerk...you just made me remember that atrocity.

 

[Kcoyote3]

Lines are

Grabovski-Beagle-Ovi
Johansson-Backstrom-Brouwer
Chimera-Fehr-Ward
Penner-Kuznetsov-Wilson


#oates

Can't find a source for those lines, but if that's true..wow.

Beagle has as many goals and points in 55 games (7) as Kuz does in 10 games but he plays with Ovechkin while Kuz gets the 4th line.

 

[BobRouse]

HaHa...........April Fool's from the coach.

Oh wait.........it's Oates, this is normal.

2 centers playing wing
2 wings playing center

hahaha

The insanity continues!! Oates is a trainwreck at this point.

I'm pulling for the Caps to win inspite of him. I think they've been doing just that these last 2 years. The guy is insane.

 

[PuckBuddy]

Grabovski-Beagle-Ovi
Johansson-Backstrom-Brouwer
Chimera-Fehr-Ward
Penner-Kuznetsov-Wilson

 

[capsfan528]

Beagle on the 1st line again eh..alright

whatever 3-1 Caps!!!

 

[Liberati0n*]

http://www.monumentalnetwork.com/videos/two-man-advantage-4-1-14

Chimera & Ward impersonating Vogel & Walton. Hilarious.

I don't have any idea why Chimera's yelling like that in the beginning but the rest of his impression is funny.

 

[BlockJockHalak]

You jerk...you just made me remember that atrocity.

Hey man, watching the caps play the way they have been brings back suppressed memories...mostly bad ones

 

[ChibiPooky]

Caps win 4-1. Calle Johansson is the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd star of the game. Go Caps.

 

[BlockJockHalak]

Caps win 4-1. Calle Johansson is the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd star of the game. Go Caps.

If they haven't done so already, now would a good time for CSN to throw a couple retirement offers at ol' Smokin' Al. His dementia is showing, haha

 

[BiPolar Caps]

Sit Marcus, play Calle.

Turn back the hands of time, wish it had been Johansson for Ribeiro back in '12 rather than Eakin and a 2nd. I'm sure it would have not gone over well with many on this board at that time, but now . . .

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Wait who are the D pairs with Hillen and Wey out?

 

[PRicci09]

Can't find a source for those lines, but if that's true..wow.

Beagle has as many goals and points in 55 games (7) as Kuz does in 10 games but he plays with Ovechkin while Kuz gets the 4th line.

https://twitter.com/kcarrera/status/450997774944043009

 

[ChibiPooky]

Wait who are the D pairs with Hillen and Wey out?

Hillen is skating. Dunno if he'll play.

 

[swimmer77]

Wait who are the D pairs with Hillen and Wey out?

Oates just totally messing with us on April Fool's Day.



Katie Carrera ‏@kcarrera 2h

Looks like one of the D will play on their off-hand side, though. Carrick, only spare righty, is going through scratches skate.

 

[malyk]

“I feel like we’re trying to change our identity every night. Some nights we want to score off the rush, other nights we want to try and grind it out and there’s just not that consistency in not just our game but in the style of our game,” Troy Brouwer said. “We’re kind of losing our way in between games and playing towards other teams’ [styles] and how they’re dictating the game, and as a result we’re not getting results.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...773f72-b8ff-11e3-80de-2ff8801f27af_story.html

Nail meet coffin.

 

[BobRouse]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...773f72-b8ff-11e3-80de-2ff8801f27af_story.html

Nail meet coffin.

Well the thing is that individually the Caps have more than enough talent to overcome this awful display of "coaching"

I wouldn't write them off just yet.