Post-Game Talk: (Wash)Launch vehicles at (B) Payloads Game 3

[tenken00]

Wait what? Noooooo

 

[crab]

I would be surprised if Oshie doesn’t play tonight. Guy is a warrior.

 

[caps4cup]

Sprong skating with the extras. Looks like Eller, Kuz, and Oshie will be a go. Guessing:

8-92-43
39-19-77
73-20-17
62-26-21

 

[kicksavedave]

Sprong skating with the extras. Looks like Eller, Kuz, and Oshie will be a go. Guessing:

8-92-43
39-19-77
73-20-17
62-26-21

This has always been the ideal lineup.... over under on how long this line combo can last?

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

This could be telling.

 

[Hivemind]

Sprong involved in two scoring opportunities in his first shift of game 2 alone, yet still sees his ice time cut and maybe a healthy scratch in game 3. Did he run over Lavi’s dog? Dude has more than earned his playtime, particularly with so many of the other Capitals skilled forwards hurt or underperforming.

 

[txpd]

This could be telling.

Sprong is scratched. Shock

 

[TheLegendOfPatPeake]

If he plays Daniel Carr over Sprong I’m going to fuc*ing lose it.

 

[kicksavedave]

Sprong involved in two scoring opportunities in his first shift of game 2 alone, yet still sees his ice time cut and maybe a healthy scratch in game 3. Did he run over Lavi’s dog? Dude has more than earned his playtime, particularly with so many of the other Capitals skilled forwards hurt or underperforming.

It comes down to a simple question, if all the players are healthy, who do you sit, Raffl or Sprong? I think its a fair question, but Lavi has his preferences and when they differ from ours, it just is what it is, he wants different things out of certain players. Also specifically he says Sprong needs to be in a top 6 role, he's clearly not a defensive stalwart who will be playing on a shutdown 3rd line trying to stop Boston's perfection line. So which top 6 player do you demote to make room for Sprong?

With the top 12 F's all healthy, Sprong is the 13th. More specifically, with the top 6 all playing, Sprong has no place where he fits well.

 

[txpd]

Sprong involved in two scoring opportunities in his first shift of game 2 alone, yet still sees his ice time cut and maybe a healthy scratch in game 3. Did he run over Lavi’s dog? Dude has more than earned his playtime, particularly with so many of the other Capitals skilled forwards hurt or underperforming.

Raffl has been checking Pasternk effectively. Sheary is on that line too. The Dowd line has been money. Lavy thinks he needs more d than offense. Sprong doesnt make the defense better. Scratch Mantha for Sprong? Ovechkin?

 

[Neil Racki]

So is McMichael travelling to Boston? Samantha said no 23 hours ago but then said team is still deciding whose going 22 hours ago.

I guess we wait.

No Oshie, no Eller, no VV .. no problem.

 

[Calicaps]

Sprong involved in two scoring opportunities in his first shift of game 2 alone, yet still sees his ice time cut and maybe a healthy scratch in game 3. Did he run over Lavi’s dog? Dude has more than earned his playtime, particularly with so many of the other Capitals skilled forwards hurt or underperforming.

Sprong also killed 2 grade-A chances last game. And his D play is suspect. He's just not gonna get a sweater over guys with a more complete game.

 

[txpd]

So is McMichael travelling to Boston? Samantha said no 23 hours ago but then said team is still deciding whose going 22 hours ago.

I guess we wait.

No Oshie, no Eller, no VV .. no problem.

Lavy said in his presser yesterday that McMichael was not traveling with the team. He said "Our team is traveling." and said that the taxi and black ace guys werent in that group

 

[amjay13]

Is Copley not a better option than Anderson? Copley played more games than Anderson this year and seemed fine the year he backed up Holtby. If Anderson is bad tonight and Samsonov is not ready, I'd consider Copley for game 3. Not what we envisioned 6 months ago.

 

[caps4cup]

Sprong involved in two scoring opportunities in his first shift of game 2 alone, yet still sees his ice time cut and maybe a healthy scratch in game 3. Did he run over Lavi’s dog? Dude has more than earned his playtime, particularly with so many of the other Capitals skilled forwards hurt or underperforming.

I mean I don’t think Raffl has been great the first 2 games, but that 3rd line with Eller was fantastic in the regular season and Lavi obviously likes them as a checking line. I would see how the next few games play out, but the team needs to be better defensively right now,not offensively. Raffl helps that.

 

[kicksavedave]

Lavy said in his presser yesterday that McMichael was not traveling with the team. He said "Our team is traveling." and said that the taxi and black ace guys werent in that group

Well McMichael is skating with them today so maybe he took Uber to get there on his own?

 

[crab]

Sprong is scratched. Shock

Yea not very surprising. How about Kuznetsov though? I thought he was going to be banished per you connecting the dots that we couldn’t?

 

[twabby]

Ovechkin and Backstrom are going to need to be much better in Games 3 and 4. You have to believe that they will be seeing much more of the Bergeron line given that the Bruins now have last change. They need to be able to break even with those guys at 5v5 and allow the depth of Washington to perhaps win the rest of the battles.

Also if Carlson is playing poorly they need to immediately address it. Jensen needs more minutes and IMO will thrive in a matchup role if called upon.

 

[Misery74]

Is Copley not a better option than Anderson? Copley played more games than Anderson this year and seemed fine the year he backed up Holtby. If Anderson is bad tonight and Samsonov is not ready, I'd consider Copley for game 3. Not what we envisioned 6 months ago.

No chance. Anderson let in one bad goal.

 

[crab]

Ovechkin and Backstrom are going to need to be much better in Games 3 and 4. You have to believe that they will be seeing much more of the Bergeron line given that the Bruins now have last change. They need to be able to break even with those guys at 5v5 and allow the depth of Washington to perhaps win the rest of the battles.

Also if Carlson is playing poorly they need to immediately address it. Jensen needs more minutes and IMO will thrive in a matchup role if called upon.

I agree on Carlson but that won’t happen. They will continue to lean on him significantly.

 

[um]

On the ice doesn't mean they'll definitely play. For Kuzy and Sammy it may just be another conditioning stint. For Lars it may be him testing things out. I think it's a great sign that Lars feels good enough to be on the ice but don't count the chickens before they hatch.

How much conditioning does Kuzy need?!?! Just play him.

 

[txpd]

Well McMichael is skating with them today so maybe he took Uber to get there on his own?

For sure. He told a fib. Imagine

 

[um]

Sprong involved in two scoring opportunities in his first shift of game 2 alone, yet still sees his ice time cut and maybe a healthy scratch in game 3. Did he run over Lavi’s dog? Dude has more than earned his playtime, particularly with so many of the other Capitals skilled forwards hurt or underperforming.

I think Lavis strategy is to use the Eller line to shutdown you know what.

Against most teams I’d sit Raffl but I understand in this case.

 

[txpd]

Yea not very surprising. How about Kuznetsov though? I thought he was going to be banished per you connecting the dots that we couldn’t?

Banished? Did I say that?

 

[EroCaps]