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GDT#79 Capitals @ Penguins 2018-04-01 7:30pm EST NBCSN
DC_1908:
--- Quote from: Maacoshark on Sunday April 01, 2018, 10:56:30 PM Eastern --- I have a question. Why was it a bad decision to not dress Gersich? It was the right decision and now that we have clinched the division I'm sure Trotz will get him in the lineup.
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First, in his one game, he outperformed those we would be in competition with namely Bura, Varna, and Connolly. That would be a previously unseen if not unheard of message to this team.
If you do not do that, the message to rookie, young player, or vetern becomes, (spoken or not), either “to get ice time, play like those three”, or worse “doesn’t matter what so do, I won’t get ahead of them”.
Given the Caps history and lack of prospect depth, not rewarding the ones who play better to keep “the sane ones” is a deadly mistake
justwincaps:
--- Quote from: ArJunaZ on Sunday April 01, 2018, 11:28:32 PM Eastern ---I've been watching that tip goal in by Wilson over and over. Willy had his back to the goal and could not have made a more perfect no-look tip in. He took that high speed shot by Niskanen out of mid-air and facing away from the goal tipped it at a sharp angle into the narrow crease above and between Murray's shoulders and the pipes. It's got to be a top ten highlight goal of the year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36Kxv81Qf9k#t=6m16s
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Can you imagine if Crosby had done that? It would be all over the GOTY threads.
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Maacoshark:
--- Quote from: DC_1908 on Monday April 02, 2018, 11:46:22 AM Eastern ---First, in his one game, he outperformed those we would be in competition with namely Bura, Varna, and Connolly. That would be a previously unseen if not unheard of message to this team.
If you do not do that, the message to rookie, young player, or vetern becomes, (spoken or not), either “to get ice time, play like those three”, or worse “doesn’t matter what so do, I won’t get ahead of them”.
Given the Caps history and lack of prospect depth, not rewarding the ones who play better to keep “the sane ones” is a deadly mistake
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I'm fine with Gersich not dressing for that game. We really don't know how he would have played but it would be a risky move for such an important game. If he was dressed and made a critical mistake, Trotz would have been crucified. I'm sure if he was dressed he would have been sheltered though.
I think he will dress for the final 3 games and we will get a chance to see what he can do.
IDontGiveaChuk:
Any updates on Beags ?
BlackIce:
This whole discussion about Gersich puzzles me.
The kid is brought up, plays in one game, a little less than 9 minutes ice time. He plays reasonably well (though to a +/- of -1) and certainly doesn't look overmatched. But in playing 4th line time he was obviously protected. This was just a game to get his feet wet. There is no reason that I can see to expect that he is now going to be inserted in the lineup consistently. He could get a couple more chances to play this week given that the Caps are fixed into their playoff position so he can't "do much damage" even if he does mess up. But we have no indication at this point that he can provide some sort of significant jolt to the lineup through his presence.
I find rather strange Detroit's comments earlier in this thread trying to use Gersich to reflect badly on other Caps whose games he doesn't like. In the earlier Gersich thread Detroit sort of took a sideswipe at him as the type of undersized, nonaggressive player that GMBM prefers (which of course isn't true, but whatever) and now after 9 minutes all of a sudden he's seen as a potential better option to other lineup regulars? The fact is that Gersich is a 5th round draft choice with some tools, but he isn't going to take the position of some regular or other. It isn't as if we're trying to integrate some dynamite player here -- he's a role player that may have some use, though probably in the longer rather than the short term.
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