Talk about Capitals hockey & more! > Washington Capitals & Other Hockey Discussion
R1G6 Caps vs Panthers @ 7:30pm
Surreylily:
--- Quote from: waynerivers on Sunday May 15, 2022, 06:06:14 PM Eastern ---Regarding Oshie, he's fine as a 3rd liner on a real good team. When he's the guy pulling the cart, you have big problems. The team, to be precise, is too old, too slow, too small on the blueline and has sub-par goaltending. Oh, and the coach is a retread who's been passed around like an old dish rag from team to team. We have to be able to do better. Keeping the same tired crew also does nothing for Ovie's quest for the goal record despite what some people think. If that's all they're interested in then what's the point?
If I were running this team the first thing I'd do is unload Carlson. I don't care how many points he has because he's a defensive liability of huge proportions. There were two times in the series where he tried to play a puck on the rightwing boards and totally whiffed leading to odd man rushes and Panther goals, one around center and one at the right point. That aside, he's just awful in our own zone, I mean really bad. No doubt we could sucker somebody to pick up his contract and probably get a couple good players and/or draft picks in return.
As far as the rest of the defense, I'd keep Orlov and Fehervary. The other guys would be available in the right deal. As I said, they need size on defense which is one reason I was surprised they traded Dillon before the season started. Size and skating ability is even better.
Up front, I'd keep Ovie, Kuz, Wilson, Hathy, Dowd and Sheary. Oshie probably earned another year based on his playoffs. Everybody else can go if there are takers. Mojo won't be here anyway so we basically gave away Sprong for nothing. I'd give ALL the young guys a real thorough trial next year and see who looks like they can do it over the long haul. I gravely doubt we'll be in playoff contention so we might as well start to make the changes right away.
As for goaltending, both guys look great at times but are horribly inconsistent and let in weak goals at the worst times. If I had to take one guy, I think it would be VV. Sammy lets his head take over too much IMO once he has problems and failure becomes self fulfilling. That aside, a true #1 goalie is a must if they ever plan on making any noise in the coming years.
--- End quote ---
I would be fine keeping Kuzy, Sheary, Eller and Dowd and yes, Orlov and Fever.
The rest.... meh! I wouldnt bust a gut trying to keep them. I thought Mojo played pretty well once he settled in. He's improved since he left, in many ways, especially attitude, but I can't see him here next year.
My "kill" list would be all the coaches, with perhaps the exception of the PK coach. The Toilet has to go.
As do both our goalies. Neither is up to the task, especially with our weak D. Maybe a couple more seasons in Hershey will improve Sammy, but hes not good enough yet. Neither is VV.
No matter what, we definitely need to get a decent goalie coach in.
alta:
on D, TVR, Orlov and Fever are definitely worth keeping. Need to dump mr norris, just to clear some salary. He’s been over paid ever since this contract was signed.
Mickstix:
I don't dislike Jensen either.. He moves the puck well and can skate. We're not gonna get 6 studs on D, no matter how bad we want it.
Ted says they'll make the necessary adjustments to keep contending.. They'll probably move Eller and think that's the key. lol
Surreylily:
I think we need a Poll! :uh-huh:
Keepers
Dumpers
On the fence.
waynerivers:
--- Quote from: Mickstix on Monday May 16, 2022, 07:33:24 PM Eastern ---I don't dislike Jensen either.. He moves the puck well and can skate. We're not gonna get 6 studs on D, no matter how bad we want it.
Ted says they'll make the necessary adjustments to keep contending.. They'll probably move Eller and think that's the key. lol
--- End quote ---
I don't dislike Jensen but, to me, he and Orlov are sort of the same guy except that Orlov can lay a good open ice hit when he decides to do it. Having them teamed up is the wrong pairing, IMO. They need somebody back there like Orpik to make opposing forwards think twice and look over their shoulders any time they go into the corners. Two guys like that would be even better. Right now, our defense doesn't scare anyone from a physical standpoint and that is a liability, especially in the playoffs. Tampa has gotten away without a real physical defense but when you have Hedman, McDonoagh, Sergachev, etc. you can do that. We don't have that talent level.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version