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GDT R1G1 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 2018-04-12 7:30pm EST NBCSWA, USA
RavenCp:
This is the first playoff for Grub, he is not exactly failed. If we'll change him and Holt also loose the next game it'll be easily to go into a panic mode.
ArJunaZ:
--- Quote from: alta on Thursday April 12, 2018, 11:04:09 PM Eastern ---
but if Holts was in net tonight I garandamntee it would've been his fault
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Naw, you didn't see the game. The Caps were self-defeating in a lot of ways. Grubs did a pretty good job. We missed so many chances at so many things. The sense was that we did not believe in ourselves. Ovie was almost totally unnoticed this game. It didn't help that we lost Kempny, but we appeared panicked. You know exactly what I mean; you've seen it too many times. Gruby did not let any goals through that made you say, "he should have had that". Our guys also largely forgot to shoot the damn puck at the actual goal. Our guys seemed panicked and could not even snag a puck two feet in front of them with no one within 8 feet of them, and when they managed to do so they passed it to a ghost or straight to a Jacket. This meant we had difficulty clearing the puck out of our zone too many times and for too long. We started well, but if it hadn't been for the huge 5 minute major in the first we would have been really awful. Now between those things I just said we had some great individual efforts and a few good team plays, but not overall impressive. I was half watching and making graphics because I was fairly bored. starting in the 1st period. You could just feel the positive energy wasn't there.
ETA
Hopefully the rest of the games will not have that lack of confidence.
Maacoshark:
--- Quote from: RavenCp on Thursday April 12, 2018, 11:33:47 PM Eastern ---
I think Holtby also for a number of years is not a hot goalie in playoffs. Yes he kept us in the games most of the time, but wasn't exactly "steal one game or two".
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Have you seen his playoff numbers? He has been lights out in the playoffs until last season. He didn't get any goal support at all.
RavenCp:
--- Quote from: ArJunaZ on Thursday April 12, 2018, 11:53:25 PM Eastern ---Naw, you didn't see the game. The Caps were self-defeating in a lot of ways. Grubs did a pretty good job. ...
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It's good to hear. I watched form the end of second period, as I understood from the worst part of the game.
ArJunaZ:
1st Period
17:52 PP GOAL 92-Kuznetsov, assists 19-Bäckström & 74-Carlson 1-0 WSH
18:21 PP GOAL 92-Kuznetsov, assists 19-Bäckström & 74-Carlson 2-0 WSH
2nd Period
04:48 Jackets GOAL Wennberg 2-1 WSH
3rd Period
01:31 Jackets PP GOAL Vanek 2-2 TIE
05:12 GOAL 25-Smith-Pelly, assists 13-Vrana & 74-Carlson 3-2 WSH
15:34 Jackets PP GOAL Jones 3-3 TIE
OT
06:02 Jackets GOAL Panarin 4-3 CBJ
FINAL: 5-3 WSH
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