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richkrt99:
So much for Carlson's two good games.  He sucked this past game and that 1st goal is on him and Sandin.  It's never 100% on one player, but that was Johnny Qualude's man and he just stood there and let him jump on a faceoff that we actually won. Sandin guessed the wrong way thinking he would go behind the net - (who knows why) and just steps out of his way.  Thompson caught a little by surprise as well.  It's like nobody was prepared for us to win the draw.....or even for the puck to be dropped.  It happened very quickly and hard to react but damn that was just a shitty play...or rather a total lack of play on our part.
Carlson looked like doo-doo again later on the third goal when a guy just skates around him at the blue line and Carlson just lets him go...doesn't try and hit him can't keep up with him or stick check him or impede him in any way...like he was caught by surprise the guy was actually trying to go around him and go to the net.  You hope Thompson gets this one, but it was a wicked shot placement and to be fair...Thompson is way back in the net with another Cane standing at top of crease (all alone and unbothered) waiting on a tip in pass.  Chychrun tried to slide over and pick up the man or try and block the pass since Carlson got beat so badly, but the guy makes a good shot.  Roughly 3 minutes into the third, down 2-0, the game was already over, but this was a  BIG nail in the Caps coffin of this game.
All might have been different if Willy buries his breakaway early in the 1st or we get a bounce on one of our many chances the first half of the game, but we simply can not come from behind on the Canes.  Giving them a 2-0 lead is death.  We haven't competed with them for a full 60 minutes in any of the games and that doesn't work against a solid team like the Canes.  The fourth goal is a PPG where they get a fantastic bounce off the boards right to a guy with open net, but it was well over anyway.  The 2st goal is a ppg we'd like Thompson to have, but goals 2 and 3 are the Canes simply taking advantage of our weak D play.  Both goals are 100% on the D.  If Thompson isn't the #1 star of every game, standing on his head and making all the incredible saves, we will not win vs the Canes.  I didn't expect us to win this series, but these games are just ugly to watch.  It's sucks to be a Cap fan in the playoffs.  It has been so historically and it does again.  I fully expect to lose the next game in Carolina and come home for the series loss and exit in 5 games.

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