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GDT R1G4 Capitals at Canadiens W 5-2
richkrt99:
--- Quote from: Surreylily on Monday April 28, 2025, 03:24:36 AM Eastern ---One good thing from last night, Thommy looked fine. Unlike Dylan. He's getting worse and worse.
I'm glad we didn't get sucked in to their shenanigans this time. They tried very hard to get Willy and Dowd off the ice, but they didn't bite. :angel:
Also I think I need to apologise to the refs..... ;D
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I watched Carbs - game day press conf (i assume after morning skate), He talked to the team (and specifically Wilson) about NOT falling into the shenanigans. It only pumps up what is already an insane crowd, and it is usually the retaliation that gets called (especially in Montreal)
No apology needed to the refs - they have been bad, and unfair. They totally lost control of one game, and had way too much impact on this game.
5 interference calls in one game is ridiculous. Every time a Canadien had incidental contact and went down, its interference. THe slashing call when the guy just drops is stick needs to be fixed by the NHL - should be unsportsmanlike, just like diving. It detracts from the game. Don't let it become soccer, where the biggest drama queens get the calls.
alta:
--- Quote from: Beaglefan2 on Monday April 28, 2025, 08:57:12 AM Eastern ---Yes, the refs might have actually given us a couple calls last night. I think the Habs fans will be whining quite a bit and I am sure they will be calling for Willy to get suspended for a great hit.
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That hit reminded me of the Aston-Reese hit. It looked clean, the shoulder was the primary point of impact, but the guys head came down and also made contact. Carrier did not return to the game after that hit.
richkrt99:
So I've been watching some of the other playoff games as well. Kings and Oilers is very exciting to watch, but its completely different brand of hockey. It is like full throttle most of the game. Neither team is playing defense...especially Oilers. The Oilers D look slow, and give up TONS of odd-man rushes. But they do help drive the scoring and they live and die on their style of play. They were down the entire game last night and come back from 3-1 to tie, then owned the overtime and eventually score to win it.
I was thinking the Caps could never compete with one of these other teams because of the speed of play, but I'm not sure that is true. The Caps just play a different style. They are kind of slow, plodding and methodical, but the Caps do win this way. They aren't flashy like Edmonton. We don't have their top tier talent (and Carbs knows has said this). Also why the Caps are rarely ever out of the game...like last night. They just keep doing there thing, eventually, sometimes, it works. They haven't been overwhelming Montreal as we would like, but they are beating them. I would like to see more aggressive play and some more hitting by the Caps, but I will take the methodical wins as well as the exciting ones. The Caps can't run and gun with Montreal - we aren't fast enough, and that's not our game. Also, all the penalties makes this a special teams match up which is bad for the Caps, plus it takes them out of their slow plodding game style, where our slightly better than average 4 lines eventually overcome the opposition. Caps outscored Montreal 3-0 at 5v5 last night. Take away the special teams play and its not even close. I think Carbs knows this so he's trying to keep the team on even keel to play their style. Hard to do in Montreal with the refs giving in to the crowd and calling every tick-tack thing to make this all special teams. It's hard to find your rhythm with that (especially when your PP isn't working).
Caps have outscored Kings at 10-7 at even strength (13-7 if you count the empty netters) Montreal has 5 PPGs to Caps 1. Looks like we need to stay out of the box.
Oh, and thank God for Thompson. He has saved our bacon so many times this series.
Oh, and John Carlson sucks....just in case yuns didn't pick that up from nearly every one of my posts....or by watching the games :wackysmile:
Beaglefan2:
Good analysis and I was thinking the same thing - that we would get smoked by most of the top teams that play faster and have a more offensive game. Hopefully you are right and we can hang with them. And yes, it would help if Carlson had a clue. It just blows my mind that they keep giving him the PP and PK and all those minutes. He has just been beyond awful and Carbs has to see that - I just don't get it.
waynerivers:
It's amazing what happens when you start hitting. Willy's hit led directly to the Duhaime goal. As good as that was, we need to be hitting even more. Anytime Caufield and Suzuki touch the puck they need to be hit. You see these guys next to ours and they look like midgets. Nice pop by Ovie, too.
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