Posted by ArJuna (had to restore the board back to 7pm last evening and this post got deleted in the process.
From Rush Reply #3 on: Yesterday at 10:40:09 PM
1. If so, how many Ranger fans were there? :o
2. More or less than usual?
3. How many did you punch in the face?
lol.. Sorry, couldn't resist.. Great new site! Hope I get a chance to hang out during a game! I honestly felt Barry would be gone by now, but he's held em' together and they don't look half bad lately! Maybe they'll draw me back in..
LMAO, Mick! Good to have ya!
I've been a Trotz supporter, since he arrived. The start of THIS season, by it's very nature, set up for all of us fans, a situation where things had been stripped down enough, and, thus, would give us more raw answers, because the overall team performance, was much more dependent on EACH INDIVIDUAL, having to do their part, both coaches and players! Illuminating much brighter, the deficiencies, or successes of all involved!
Just remember at the start of the season, there were SO many deficiencies exposed, so convoluted, that you couldn't even define where to BEGIN the problem solving process! By the 15-game mark, I started to think Trotz was losing the locker room, as well! NOW, there is no argument SOMETHING has changed! The question is if it's here to stay for any length of time through this season! Seasoned Caps fans, are correct to be suspicious, and slow to be "drawn back in", as your post well states! I say this is a GOOD thing, but in the same breath, I absolutely have to give Trotz a lot of props, for the growth that has, at least, occurred, right before our eyes, ever since the bad Colorado loss in Nov!
I'm not going to even entertain playoff hopes at this point, in any meaningful way! Don't get me wrong, I feel we are a playoff caliber team, right now, I'm just not gonna dwell on it, because I'm just in the here and now with the caps, feeling grateful for the recent advances, and relieved that we're not that crap-production, of a hockey team, that we were in early October. Just kinda realizing that we have come a LONG way, in a short period of time!
Good to see you here!
Rush