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R1G3 Caps vs Rangers @ 7pm
waynerivers:
--- Quote from: richkrt99 on Saturday April 27, 2024, 12:25:30 PM Eastern ---Oof. Not that we expected differently, but this hasn't been fun to watch. As soon as Rags tied it within a minute of JC's goal, I knew it was over, and that SHG just took any hope anyone had left.
Caps just don't have it. They spent everything they had in the tank just to get here, and it wasn't like they were "peaking" at the right time...it was just everything they had.
You have a mediocre team, playing above its talent level to get here, all its stars are aged, AND has 2 starting D out of the lineup (that was barely average to begin with), AND you're facing the best team in the league this year which just happens to be firing on all cylinders, AND you throw in terrible officiating, AND the bounces all go against you, and it adds up to lopsided hockey. Sucks to be on this side of it, but that's where this team is.
I'm not knocking our team or their effort...they just don't have enough to compete. :'(
It's over. The Caps won't win game 4. Get the brooms out.
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Yep. Fans just need to face the fact that the team is dreadful and is likely to remain so for a long time. You watch the other playoff games and see the speed and skill and immediately realize how bad they really are.
Iafrates Ghost:
Hello fellow Caps Fans!
New to this site and hoping we can win one tomorrow and also hoping to see Rempe get pummelled by Wilson!
Beaglefan2:
--- Quote from: waynerivers on Saturday April 27, 2024, 12:28:33 PM Eastern ---
Yep. Fans just need to face the fact that the team is dreadful and is likely to remain so for a long time. You watch the other playoff games and see the speed and skill and immediately realize how bad they really are.
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Yes - take a look at the Winnipeg-Colorado games for instance. The pace of those games have been amazing. Pretty much every other series has been played at a much fast pace with much more skill. The Rags look good compared to the Caps, but they are no where close to 5 or 6 other teams. I will enjoy watching them lose the next series.
Mickstix:
Welcome to the carnival Iafrates Ghost! lol Yep, still hoping we can stretch it to 5, but it's not looking good..
Beaglefan2:
The only way this team becomes competitive is with the burnoff of the Backstrom, Oshie, Ovi and Carlson contracts and the simultaneous development of their recent draft picks and the new draft picks coming up. They really need some of these kids to develop into top line talent and then use their coming Cap space to add some really nice players. Three years from now, they could be decent again.
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