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GDT R2G4 Caps at Hurricanes L 5-2
Rey Capalpatine:
--- Quote from: waynerivers on Monday May 12, 2025, 10:15:55 PM Eastern ---
They're better coached and just plain better. They have a lot more talent top to bottom.
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Yep. And The Caps are so hung up on how the Candy Canes are playing they forgot how to play their own style that got them in the big dance, in the first place. Good goaltending, big bodies winning battles, and a defense that was able to quickly transition and join the offense.
Carolina is a more talented version of The Habs but The Caps have beaten this style before.The coaching has not been good enough. When any team goes through a bad spell or slump, you have to get back to basics and work hard to get out of it. The coaching hasn't done enough to get this roster's resiliency up to par and playing good team fundamentals in this series.
Beaglefan2:
Everybody - including the hockey analysts on TV - always say the Caps are a big body "heavy" team. That is just not true. Other than Wilson and Duhaime, we have zero big guys that actually hit. Four of our biggest guys are Carlson, PLD, Protas and Raddysh. None of them hit at all - not a bit. Then you have our undersized crowd - McMike, Mangiopani, Sandin, and Leonard that get tossed around on a regular basis.
I'm tired of people saying how hard we are to play against, because we are generally very soft, which is why other teams can just continue to cycle in our zone. Other than Willy and an occasional Ovi, other teams skate through the ice with no fear.
We have to transition to more size, but size that is actually used.
waynerivers:
--- Quote from: Beaglefan2 on Tuesday May 13, 2025, 09:51:49 AM Eastern ---Everybody - including the hockey analysts on TV - always say the Caps are a big body "heavy" team. That is just not true. Other than Wilson and Duhaime, we have zero big guys that actually hit. Four of our biggest guys are Carlson, PLD, Protas and Raddysh. None of them hit at all - not a bit. Then you have our undersized crowd - McMike, Mangiopani, Sandin, and Leonard that get tossed around on a regular basis.
I'm tired of people saying how hard we are to play against, because we are generally very soft, which is why other teams can just continue to cycle in our zone. Other than Willy and an occasional Ovi, other teams skate through the ice with no fear.
We have to transition to more size, but size that is actually used.
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Agree 100%. Being big on paper is meaningless if it doesn't translate to the ice. We desperately need to get a couple of big, physical and MOBILE defenseman for next year. Sandin and TVR have to go at a minimum. Carlson should retire. We can only hope. We also need to get some bigger guys up front and guys who can generate some offense from the 3rd and 4th lines. Right now, those lines are utterly useless. As long as we're talking forwards, I'd be willing to part with anyone except Wilson, Strome and Protas. Of course, Ovie will be here. Any of the rest should be trade or cut material. Eller, Mangiapane and Raddysh should top the list but none of the others should be guaranteed anything. I thought McMichael was particularly weak and ineffective in these playoffs.
Agree 100%. Being big on paper is meaningless if it doesn't translate to the ice. We desperately need to get a couple of big, physical and MOBILE defenseman for next year. Sandin and TVR have to go at a minimum. Carlson should retire. We can only hope. We also need to get some bigger guys up front and guys who can generate some offense from the 3rd and 4th lines. Right now, those lines are utterly useless. As long as we're talking forwards, I'd be willing to part with anyone except Wilson, Strome and Protas. Of course, Ovie will be here. Any of the rest should be trade or cut material. Eller, Mangiapane and Raddysh should top the list but none of the others should be guaranteed anything. I thought McMichael was particularly weak and ineffective in these playoffs.
Agree 100%. Being big on paper is meaningless if it doesn't translate to the ice. We desperately need to get a couple of big, physical and MOBILE defenseman for next year. Sandin and TVR have to go at a minimum. Carlson should retire. We can only hope. We also need to get some bigger guys up front and guys who can generate some offense from the 3rd and 4th lines. Right now, those lines are utterly useless. As long as we're talking forwards, I'd be willing to part with anyone except Wilson, Strome and Protas. Of course, Ovie will be here. Any of the rest should be trade or cut material. Eller, Mangiapane and Raddysh should top the list but none of the others should be guaranteed anything. I thought McMichael was particularly weak and ineffective in these playoffs.
waynerivers:
--- Quote from: Beaglefan2 on Tuesday May 13, 2025, 09:51:49 AM Eastern ---Everybody - including the hockey analysts on TV - always say the Caps are a big body "heavy" team. That is just not true. Other than Wilson and Duhaime, we have zero big guys that actually hit. Four of our biggest guys are Carlson, PLD, Protas and Raddysh. None of them hit at all - not a bit. Then you have our undersized crowd - McMike, Mangiopani, Sandin, and Leonard that get tossed around on a regular basis.
I'm tired of people saying how hard we are to play against, because we are generally very soft, which is why other teams can just continue to cycle in our zone. Other than Willy and an occasional Ovi, other teams skate through the ice with no fear.
We have to transition to more size, but size that is actually used.
--- End quote ---
Agree 100%. Being big on paper is meaningless if it doesn't translate to the ice. We desperately need to get a couple of big, physical and MOBILE defenseman for next year. Sandin and TVR have to go at a minimum. Carlson should retire. We can only hope. We also need to get some bigger guys up front and guys who can generate some offense from the 3rd and 4th lines. Right now, those lines are utterly useless. As long as we're talking forwards, I'd be willing to part with anyone except Wilson, Strome and Protas. Of course, Ovie will be here. Any of the rest should be trade or cut material. Eller, Mangiapane and Raddysh should top the list but none of the others should be guaranteed anything. I thought McMichael was particularly weak and ineffective in these playoffs.
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waynerivers:
--- Quote from: Beaglefan2 on Tuesday May 13, 2025, 09:51:49 AM Eastern ---Everybody - including the hockey analysts on TV - always say the Caps are a big body "heavy" team. That is just not true. Other than Wilson and Duhaime, we have zero big guys that actually hit. Four of our biggest guys are Carlson, PLD, Protas and Raddysh. None of them hit at all - not a bit. Then you have our undersized crowd - McMike, Mangiopani, Sandin, and Leonard that get tossed around on a regular basis.
I'm tired of people saying how hard we are to play against, because we are generally very soft, which is why other teams can just continue to cycle in our zone. Other than Willy and an occasional Ovi, other teams skate through the ice with no fear.
We have to transition to more size, but size that is actually used.
--- End quote ---
As I was trying to say, I agree 100%. This team desperately needs a couple of big, physical and mobile defensemen. Sandin and TVR should go and, hopefully, Carlson will retire soon. Up front, aside from Wilson, Ovie, Strome and Protas, everybody else should be expendable. I think McMichael has been particularly weak and ineffective in this series. On the size issue, it doesn't matter how big you are on paper if it doesn't translate to the ice or if you are too slow, which the Caps emphatically are.
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