Post-Game Talk: the beagster and his nucks vist the caps | 7PM EST

[marcel snapshot]

Get me that Ovie ENG please.

I'm kinda thinking the Ovie 5 on 6 indulgence needs to be phased out, and his spot at the end of games replaced by a soon to be acquired younger, faster Beagle-esque type

 

[BiPolar Caps]

They scored because they had 6 men and orpik dumped a guy into holtby. Not sure what Carlson did there

7 seconds remaining, Caps win face off and Carlson has puck and he opts to shoot the puck from his own blue line thus resulting in the icing call.

 

[maacoshark]

Pretty good 1st period. Nothing special after that. We got a couple lucky bounces to win this game.

 

[Calicaps]

Pens and Isles lose in regulation.

 

[kicksavedave]

Pens and Isles lose in regulation.

Pens shut out 4-0. Wonder if they are ready to fire their coach again?

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Pens and Isles lose in regulation.

Time to root for the Avs to beat CBJ.

 

[Calicaps]

Time to root for the Avs to beat CBJ.

yep. all tied up after 1.

 

[AussieCapsFan]

Good to see the Canes creeping up on the Blue Jackets. Anything that makes Tortorella angry is A ok with me!
And I'd like to see Carolina make the playoffs

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

7 seconds remaining, Caps win face off and Carlson has puck and he opts to shoot the puck from his own blue line thus resulting in the icing call.

Are you sure? I thought it was ovie who took the bad icing trying for the EN goal.

 

[AtNightWeFly]

Also glad Conn scored a goal finally. He was starting to get on my nerves!

 

[marcel snapshot]

Are you sure? I thought it was ovie who took the bad icing trying for the EN goal.

It was Ovie, at the end of a pretty stationary shift

 

[AussieCapsFan]

It was Ovie, at the end of a pretty stationary shift

Yes and I agree with your other comment: they need to stop leaving Ovie out there to give him freebies (empty netters). By all means let him have a normal length shift
near the end but don't leave him out there to the point where he's out of gas and (even more than usual) a defensive liability. I'm all for fun (okay not really) but let's play the full 60 and win the games.

 

[marcel snapshot]

Continue to think Jaskin deserves a regular spot in the lineup, the way he's playing. Seems to do all the little detail things well and consistently, and we don't have enough guys doing that. There's a lot more of our bottom 6+ guys deserving to be on the bubble than Jaskin.

 

[txpd]

2pts

 

[kicksavedave]

2 GAA in the 3 games since the break. Better than the football scores before the bye.

 

[Calicaps]

2 GAA in the 3 games since the break. Better than the football scores before the bye.

in before the "it's all Holtby posts"

 

[IafrateOvie34]

3-1 good guys

Ovi hatty and Beagle scores

Close on score

 

[Sam Spade]

Continue to think Jaskin deserves a regular spot in the lineup, the way he's playing. Seems to do all the little detail things well and consistently, and we don't have enough guys doing that. There's a lot more of our bottom 6+ guys deserving to be on the bubble than Jaskin.

Yep play about five games with Stephenson and Burka as the scratches just to see if what you have.

Eller, Connolley, Boyd
DSP, Dowd, Jaskin

 

[Sam Spade]

Good to see the Canes creeping up on the Blue Jackets. Anything that makes Tortorella angry is A ok with me!
And I'd like to see Carolina make the playoffs

Yeah, no. The Canes lost me at duck duck goose.

 

[txpd]

in before the "it's all Holtby posts"

Pretty sure they had a mandate by the boss. Cut down the goals against. First and foremost. As part of that stay out of the box or else.

 

[Devil Dancer]

Still don't like Jaskin. All you can say about him is he isn't a massive liability. He's an offensive black hole and only adequate defensively.

It's great that he battles and makes safe little plays, but guys like that are useless in the playoffs.

I'd rather aim higher.

 

[Langway]

Jaskin-Dowd-Boyd is probably the most deserving fourth-line configuration IMO. They just need the 3LW spot fixed and that may need to be a serviceable PKer if that fourth line can stick. It probably won't and they'll continue to give opportunities to the PKers that do awfully little positive 5-on-5. Hopefully it's not until or after the trade deadline that they find a lineup, stick with it and start to play better and more fluid systematically.

 

[Ovie's Neighbor]

I really did not like Ovechkin's play in the third. Super lazy, took shifts that were way too long that almost resulted in goals against. He should not have been on the ice with the empty net. Sends the wrong message.

 

[traparatus]

Jaskin-Dowd-Boyd is probably the most deserving fourth-line configuration IMO. They just need the 3LW spot fixed and that may need to be a serviceable PKer if that fourth line can stick. It probably won't and they'll continue to give opportunities to the PKers that do awfully little positive 5-on-5. Hopefully it's not until or after the trade deadline that they find a lineup, stick with it and start to play better and more fluid systematically.

The issue with that line was that not a single guy on it can kill penalties, makes it really hard to find ice time for them. Not exactly a defensive match up line, either.

 

[Bananas]

Still don't like Jaskin. All you can say about him is he isn't a massive liability. He's an offensive black hole and only adequate defensively.

It's great that he battles and makes safe little plays, but guys like that are useless in the playoffs.

I'd rather aim higher.

I’d say our bottom six looks like one of those that could go extremely cold come playoffs. I’d definitely fiddle with / add to it if I were Mac.