- Mar 26, 2007
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Nobody plays balls-to-the-walls for 60 minutes every game over the course of an 82 game schedule. Nobody. Not in this era...or any era. Expecting a coach to get that out of his team is like expecting every player to learn to shoot like Ovechkin. It’s not gonna happen.
At the same time, playing 20 minutes a night ain’t gonna cut it. Not by a long shot. I think we can all agree on that.
The Caps are in a slump and the improvement has to come largely from within. I expect and want a significant deadline add, but am not naive enough to think it will cure everything that ails this team.
I think they’ll get this sorted out in the next ten games or so, and a nice boost at the deadline will be just what the doctor ordered. They’ve got as good a chance to go on a run as any Caps team in the last 40 years.
Barring a total collapse, this team will get to prove themselves in the playoffs. That’s when I will be whining and crying with everyone else. Like a big, sniveling, goofy baby.
At the same time, playing 20 minutes a night ain’t gonna cut it. Not by a long shot. I think we can all agree on that.
The Caps are in a slump and the improvement has to come largely from within. I expect and want a significant deadline add, but am not naive enough to think it will cure everything that ails this team.
I think they’ll get this sorted out in the next ten games or so, and a nice boost at the deadline will be just what the doctor ordered. They’ve got as good a chance to go on a run as any Caps team in the last 40 years.
Barring a total collapse, this team will get to prove themselves in the playoffs. That’s when I will be whining and crying with everyone else. Like a big, sniveling, goofy baby.