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If the Caps ultimately lose this series
IDontGiveaChuk:
--- Quote from: Maacoshark on Saturday April 14, 2018, 12:13:57 PM Eastern --- Especially after the league handed out a suspension to Doughty for a less violent hit.
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I agree. The player seemed to collide with Doughty as Doughty was turning away. It looked ugly but not intentional on Doughty's part in my opinion.
On the other hand, Kadri's hit was vicious. The guy he hit was on one knee facing the boards when Kadri hit him in the back of the head. Extremely dangerous play by Kadri!
BlackIce:
Well, so much for the tight-checking, low-scoring playoffs ......
OurLadyOfPatience:
--- Quote from: IDontGiveaChuk on Saturday April 14, 2018, 02:59:27 PM Eastern ---
I agree. The player seemed to collide with Doughty as Doughty was turning away. It looked ugly but not intentional on Doughty's part in my opinion.
On the other hand, Kadri's hit was vicious. The guy he hit was on one knee facing the boards when Kadri hit him in the back of the head. Extremely dangerous play by Kadri!
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It’s the dangerous play like that which puts teams in a position to hit or be hit, defend or be rolled over. A do or don’t conundrum. You could injure an opponent and get away with it, or get banned for important games. This is something DC & I often discuss as he is under the impression it is a proper tactic to use but I’m not always assured the payoff is a high enough percentage. Risk vs reward is not as solid as I would trust it to be, he will disagree. DC is content and can sleep if a player is hurt to the point they lose their life, that’s not something I can agree with.
alta:
"If(When) The Caps Ultimately Lose This Series"...
they will have gotten further than anyone had expected in September, even with the back to back hat tricks
OldHat:
--- Quote from: Beaglefan2 on Friday April 13, 2018, 10:01:52 PM Eastern ---The Caps core (Ovi, Backstrom, Carlson) just has never had the “win at any cost” mentality and they certainly aren’t leaders. Ovi has proven to be a very poor Captain. Backstrom is just plain passive. Carlson has zero intensity. A core like this rubs off on the rest of the guys. It is what it is.... we have at least three more years of this.
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What do you mean? Remember when Holtby got jumped. Carlson yelled a lot... :(
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