Washington Caps-Carolina Hurricanes GDT

[usiel]

F this team. Shooting their long term future in the foot.

Time to jump on Bullets bandwagon. Now there's a team that knows how to tank.

Haha, well played.

/me team blue tank.

 

[stephenball]

On the AA thing, my concern with it is the impact on Carlson. If someone isn’t playing much, someone else has to take the extra time, and that especially applies to defensemen. And it seems like it’s all falling on Carlson. He’s been a workhorse for his whole career, but he’s not a young man anymore and I think fatigue is definitely setting in in the form of defensive mistakes. Obviously at this point every game counts so much, but you can’t expect Carlson to push this many minutes every night.

 

[max21]

I’m one drunken night away from buying a Strome jersey, I swear I’m not scared

 

[Empty Goal Net]

On the AA thing, my concern with it is the impact on Carlson. If someone isn’t playing much, someone else has to take the extra time, and that especially applies to defensemen. And it seems like it’s all falling on Carlson. He’s been a workhorse for his whole career, but he’s not a young man anymore and I think fatigue is definitely setting in in the form of defensive mistakes. Obviously at this point every game counts so much, but you can’t expect Carlson to push this many minutes every night.

And for a team that lacks the luxury of resting players in one of the final few games before the playoffs - absent something like winning 9 of their next 11 - managing minutes becomes even more critical. Having your best/better players limp into the playoffs out of breath is not a recipe for success.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Haha this game is drunker than @AlexBrovechkin8

Honestly I gave the game a run for its money but at some point I had to throw in the towel. Just too strong of an opponent.

 

[Ridley Simon]

I’m one drunken night away from buying a Strome jersey, I swear I’m not scared

yes! Feel it ….. it’s good

 

[HecticGlow]

Alexeyev shows some good signs at times but still isn't trusted to play 15 min a night. Let us be real, Caps can't have 6 D in their lineup but only go with 5 of them the majority of the game. If Alexeyev can't consistently give 15 mins a game, then you have to dress someone else.

I’m not comparing 1-5D with their 2018 counterparts, although it’s worth the remembering we won a cup playing Djoos at 6D at those kind of minutes. A lot of the time success is more about the ability of a small number of guys to take on a disproportionate amount of responsibility and minutes successfully, than to have a ‘complete’ lineup.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

I’m not comparing 1-5D with their 2018 counterparts, although it’s worth the remembering we won a cup playing Djoos at 6D at those kind of minutes. A lot of the time success is more about the ability of a small number of guys to take on a disproportionate amount of responsibility and minutes successfully, than to have a ‘complete’ lineup.

We had 3 good workhorse D doing the heavy lifting then (Carlson, Orlov, Niskanen)…..not so much now…

 

[Ridley Simon]

We had 3 good workhorse D doing the heavy lifting then (Carlson, Orlov, Niskanen)…..not so much now…

And Orpik!

Edit — Orpik (17+) and Kempny (16+) contributed some good minutes. It was a pretty balanced effort all around

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

And Orpik!

Edit — Orpik (17+) and Kempny (16+) contributed some good minutes. It was a pretty balanced effort all around

Not quite the minute eaters (Orpik and Djoos in the Finals were ~78 mins each, Kempny 90, Orlov 115, Carlson and Nisky 120+), but yes…my point is, we don’t have the luxury of sheltering a guy very much now with today’s D corps…

 

[DWGie26]

I just went and looked. Have 5 Dee averaging close to 19 minutes or more. Even Alexyev is averaging 12. So maybe they will start giving him more minutes again.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

I just went and looked. Have 5 Dee averaging close to 19 minutes or more. Even Alexyev is averaging 12. So maybe they will start giving him more minutes again.

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TOI/G	PROD
Fri 3/22	vsCAR	W 7-6 SO	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	7:59	0:00
Wed 3/20	vsTOR	L 7-3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	10:28	0:00
Mon 3/18	@CGY	W 5-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	10:38	0:00
Sat 3/16	@VAN	W 2-1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	10:16	10:16
Thu 3/14	@SEA	W 2-1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	12:05

Trending in the wrong direction at this point of the season….

 

[toolboyy]

$19 get yourself a 19 oz sierra nevada torpedo .. 9.2%, tastes good, hits hard.

Cutwaters at 12.5% but Id need a cup of ice and thats probably extra

or just drink some beers before hand.

Im never too pressed to drink during games .. but I also am a beer snob and it has to be good beer, within 45 days fresh etc.

I went with the Elysian Space Dust.