GDT #64 Caps at Sharks @ 6pm

[Surreylily]

Was just about to post that we we're halfway through the game with like 8 shots on goal. Then they exploded! Bout time! Good for the kids from Hershey! Good for Ovi, Good for Smith! Hope they keep it rolling Monday night. 10:30pm est..

I missed the first period.  They were waiting for me to turn up      

[richkrt99]

It took the Caps about half the game to get oriented, what with 3 new defensemen on the ice.  Sandin apparently made quite a difference the last 30 minutes.


But Anaheim and San Jose are two of the least competent teams in the league.  Los Angeles tomorrow is a few steps up, so we'll see what happens.  For that matter, the following two games are against NJ and the NYI.  We will know more about the results of the deadline at the end of this week than we do now.


Interestingly, when Carlson returns, all of a sudden the defensive roster looks pretty full:


Carlson
Fehervary
Jensen
Sandin
Alexeyev
TVR
Carlsson (who has had previous NHL experience)
Iorio (only 20; likely needs more seasoning in Hershey, but you never know)


and this is without counting Irvin, who may not be resigned.

I wasn't expecting us to get more competitive at the deadline, but rather to dump FA's.  I suspect Mantha with the injury and the salary was just too expensive to move.


We have plenty of D at the moment, but most of these guys need a contract.  I think I heard they were talking with TVR?


Van Riemsdyk - FA
McIlrath - FA
Irwin - FA
Alexeyev - RFA
Fehervary - RFA
G. Carlson - RFA


I expect we are seeing a lot of McIlrath and Alexeyev and G. Carlson to see what they want to do with their contracts in the offseason.  (That, and Jensen is hurt)
I fully expect they will keep Fever, and I sure as hell hope they keep Alexeyev.  Haven't seen that much of the other two
McIlrath is 30 and has played a total of 72 NHL games so not sure where he will land.  Although...he is 6'-5", 230lbs.  I didn't realize he was that big.
Irwin I think they like very much as a utility fill in at a bargain price and will sign him to another 1 year deal unless someone else wants to pay him much more.  The team seems to like him very much and they all praise his ethic and attitude.

[alta]

It’s G. Carlsson, two S’s. Just sayin..

 

[BlackIce]

Yes, the Caps supposedly have every intention of resigning TVR.


I must say, that goal by Ovechkin off Iorio's assist was the prettiest play I've seen in a long while.  Iorio with a crisp cross-ice pass through traffic to Ovie near the left circle, after which he immediately heads toward the right post.  Ovie has no shot, so he returns the puck to Iorio through traffic, near the goal line.  Iorio cuts behind the net while Ovie drifts down into an open patch of ice near the left post and taps his stick on the ice, calling for the puck.  The instant Iorio clears the back of the net he puts the puck on Ovie's stick and it's in the net.  It was an absolutely beautiful and imaginative set of passes, hardly something you'd expect from a rookie playing his first game.  It's that type of play that makes hockey the game that it is.