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R1G1 Caps at Rangers @ 3pm
richkrt99:
Sorry to say, this is about what was expected was it not? The very best (record) team vs a team that got in by the skin of its teeth. A really really good team vs a mediocre team. Pretty much what it looked like too. I certainly hoped for more, but honestly the Caps look tired as well as out-matched.
Officiating sucked in both the calls they made and the calls they didn't, but i don't think special teams would make a difference for the Caps. Rags are #3 in both PK and PP, so we don't really want to go down that road. Honestly this game could have been a total blowout; Rags had some great chances that just didn't go in. I can't say that about the Caps.
Hockey is a funny game though. Maybe we get some puck luck and we steal a game or two.
justwincaps:
--- Quote from: Beaglefan2 on Sunday April 21, 2024, 06:06:44 PM Eastern ---I'd like to see Sgarabosa get a start in the next one. He brings energy. I'd love it if they put him in for Pacioretti, but they won't disrespect a highly acclaimed vet like that - they should, but they won't.
--- End quote ---
If not Sgarbosa, then give Miro some playoff experience. At least the kid looks excited to play. Plus, he can't do anything more stupid than Pacs robbing the Caps of a n early PP chance with a dumbass, unnecessary crosschecking.
Surreylily:
My chagrin about the game was not the loss, but the total lack of effort by our boys.
First game of the playofffs and we're playing half - arsed for a reg season game.
That's just really, really not good enough to me.
Look, we squeaked in on a wing and a prayer and I wasn't expecting us to blow the Rags out of the water, but I was expecting some level of compete, or pride. Some heart.
For a few of our guys, this is their first taste of the NHL playoffs. They take their lead and cues form our old guard and they're not setting a very good example so far.
Ovi ignoring an open net to pass instead. Oshie, usually strong on the puck, being a total turnover machine. Soft, lazy passes from everybody. Our only player who seemed to give a shit was Chuck and the rest of the team let him down immensely, imho.
It's like Kuzy pissed in all their water bottles and infected them all with his attitude.
Beaglefan2:
Good post - I agree on everything and you are absolutely right that the lack of effort was really, really disappointing. I didn't expect to win, but thought we would fight a lot more. There was one point that I thought Ovi was going to engage as he tried to make a big hit, but that was it. He looked old, slow and disinterested.
Maybe they will show up next game. That has somehow happened in the past.
Beaglefan2:
I still don't get that there has been no discussion of what I thought was a nasty boarding of Iorio. That could easily, and in my opinion should bave been a 5 minute major and a hearing on a suspension. Iorio has a couple feet from the boards and leaning and the guy pushed him headfirst - that could have ended really badly.
I hate to use the "if that had been Tom Wilson" thing, but it is a fair comment in this case, and if it had been Wilson, there is no question in my mind he would have been penalized, thrown out of the game and suspended.
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