Series Discussion: Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins

[AlexBrovechkin8]

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[Index]

Showtime

 

[aonb]

Caps in 3 you hear it first

 

[hockeykicker]

game 1 will be saturday most likely

 

[WcRoenick97]

 

[shtorm2005]

I think I'll stay here. Mainboard thread is crowded with pens trolls.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

I don't know how to add a poll but I'm red hot in GDTs so maybe making the Series thread will help?

 

[Chukcha]

i want the caps to play ALL games on the road. Pathetic effort at home.

 

[hockeykicker]

I don't know how to add a poll but I'm red hot in GDTs so maybe making the Series thread will help?

i can add the poll if you want or you can do it at top of page by clicking on thread tools and add poll

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

i can add the poll if you want or you can do it at top of page by clicking on thread tools and add poll

Cool, thanks. Poll added.

 

[RandyHolt]

Bura back bench Bing?

Officially and annually, f*** shits burgh. We just need PPGs B6 goals and solid G play to get passed those f***ers.

 

[g00n]

Caps in 7. HF melts.

 

[IafrateOvie34]

I picked Caps in 5. Why? Pens are too confident and they don't have Bonino or Cullen this year. Those two killed us. It's nice not having pressure of President Trophy seasons and winning a series on the road. Hope Wilson devastates a Pen player.

 

[Lindemann]

Keep Bura on the bench

Can we please break the curse

 

[PensandCaps]

4-0 when Djoos plays.

 

[CapsJunkie]

I love the Wilson villain av's

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

4-0 when Djoos plays.

Your username... how.

 

[AtNightWeFly]

I think I'll stay here. Mainboard thread is crowded with pens trolls.

I saw one of those fools on insta trying to crap on the Caps and had the nerve to misspell a Pen's players name.

 

[Brian23]

This series will live and die over whether we get late Cbus Trotz or game 5 3rd period Trotz.

If he makes them play aggressive and up tempo, I think we can make a series out of it. If we try to eek out one goal wins and play a sound defense the devils luck the Penguins have is gonna eat us alive.

 

[Langway]

Still not sure this team makes enough plays at the pace that's going to be required but you've got to like Holtby's form coming into this one and how their team defense improved. Part of that was just how top-heavy CBJ was with fatigue making it easier to defend them but the Caps didn't make it overly easy. Stephenson turning into a fast, composed, versatile player is a real bonus for the top nine. Hopefully they're able to add Burakovsky's speed at some point. They're likely to need him just to be able to better roll four lines given that it seems like neither Vrana nor Chiasson will play much. Trotz also needs to figure out how to play Djoos a bit more just to get his playmaking ability out there at times.

They're going to need to be way better to prevail obviously. The dead zones of passive play aren't going to cut it.

 

[hockeykicker]

well ticketmaster and capital one arena site say thursday is game 1

 

[ALLCAPSALLTHETIME]

You username... how.

Indeed.

It’s like oil and water. They don’t mix.

 

[ALLCAPSALLTHETIME]

Well, it’s that time again. The Caps against the wretched Pens.

All bad things must come to an end. Caps will get the bounces and outwork the Pens. The glass cannon Pens with their formidable offense and weak defence will implode.

Caps in six.

 

[MaximusT]

In terms of match ups, would it be safe to assume that the Backstrom line goes up against Crosby?

 

[artilector]

Still not sure this team makes enough plays at the pace that's going to be required but you've got to like Holtby's form coming into this one and how their team defense improved. Part of that was just how top-heavy CBJ was with fatigue making it easier to defend them but the Caps didn't make it overly easy. Stephenson turning into a fast, composed, versatile player is a real bonus for the top nine. Hopefully they're able to add Burakovsky's speed at some point. They're likely to need him just to be able to better roll four lines given that it seems like neither Vrana nor Chiasson will play much. Trotz also needs to figure out how to play Djoos a bit more just to get his playmaking ability out there at times.

They're going to need to be way better to prevail obviously. The dead zones of passive play aren't going to cut it.

Yes, Holtby (especially) and Stephenson are big pluses right now. Also DSP has that Ward playoff vibe going. And the defense is showing some good signs... man, it would've been cool to see one of Orlov, Schmidt, Djoos on the ice at all times...

Pretty amazing how Stephenson has fit in with Backstrom so far, after so many other wingers (including fellow Swedes!) have not really meshed, and Stephenson himself couldn't really stand out in limited bottom-6 time.
Definitely opens up more options to field a deep bottom-6, too. But tbh, one can see Trotz riding Eller, Beagle and DSP now -- and it's hard to see how Bura or Vrana might fit there. Again, what's the identity?
I don't think it will be enough for Caps' bottom-6 to be solid -- they need to be able to put the Pens on their heels somehow.

These Caps don't quite look like championship material, but they seem to be relatively close to dialing in their "puncher's chance" mode.