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Playoffs around the league for 2018
DC_1908:
--- Quote from: Devise on Wednesday April 18, 2018, 09:16:28 PM Eastern ---
We still at times attempt to employ that system, but we also can't do five man systems all the time with our personnel. But ultimately what happened this year is our core got older and our depth got worse, for the most part. Trotz has to do what he can with what we have, and I don't really think he should be the one on the hot seat even though I recognize he is, but I just think that is atypical of struggling franchises. Management doesn't want to admit it was their fault when things go bad so they put it on the coach, especially if it's been a few years of said same coach.
The players almost never take the brunt of the responsibility in these situations, and it's starting to become a bit tiring. Because for us, it is mostly on the players, and then the personnel decisions second imo. For me Trotz has proven that it wouldn't matter if it was Babcock or Guy or Gerrard in here. You can't make players find a playoff gear. You can't make them adapt to the harsher conditions. It's not like your going to "teach" John Carlson to not panic under the fire of playoff hockey pressure.
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Exactly! It comes down to orginizational philosophies and agendas. The intelligence, ability and chatecter, or the willingness to follow a system like this, or be coached to, is simply not a high priority for Monumental.
It’d be nice to think it did. . . But look at the VGK/LA and Caps/CBJ side by side. . .particulary the fact we fired the VGK GM for not making the playoffs, who went made an elite team out of cast offs with low contracts that other teams practicly didn’t want, so GMGM knows how to win, we look god-awful in the playoffs every year . . . its simply orginizational.
richkrt99:
Looks to me like PHilly should have worked a little less in the last few games of the regular season and drawn a different opponent in round 1. [size=78%]Really hoped they would have taken some starch out of Shittsburgh. Why does the copy size change?[/size]
Not that it would matter as far as the Caps are concerned.
Also thought Toronto would hold up a little better against Tampa Bay.
Who knows...we'll see.
waynerivers:
Still gotta like the Pens in the East. TB is good but susceptible to teams that play a physical game which would mean trouble with Boston who they were 1-3 against during the season. I don't think the Caps can beat Pittsburgh (when do they ever?) assuming they advance, and neither can Boston. In the West it's a bit dicier. Nashville will have all they can handle with Winnipeg which probably plays the most physical game in the league. They absolutely mauled Minnesota. SJ-VGK should be a good series as both play a swarming, attacking style in the offensive zone. From what I've seen, I like VGK in that series. So, either VGK-NSH or VGK-WPG in the West. Hard to say who comes out on top. I see the Cup winner coming out of the West, regardless of who it is.
Maacoshark:
--- Quote from: waynerivers on Saturday April 21, 2018, 12:40:30 PM Eastern ---Still gotta like the Pens in the East. TB is good but susceptible to teams that play a physical game which would mean trouble with Boston who they were 1-3 against during the season. I don't think the Caps can beat Pittsburgh (when do they ever?) assuming they advance, and neither can Boston. In the West it's a bit dicier. Nashville will have all they can handle with Winnipeg which probably plays the most physical game in the league. They absolutely mauled Minnesota. SJ-VGK should be a good series as both play a swarming, attacking style in the offensive zone. From what I've seen, I like VGK in that series. So, either VGK-NSH or VGK-WPG in the West. Hard to say who comes out on top. I see the Cup winner coming out of the West, regardless of who it is.
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The teams in the west are getting a lot more rest. The Jets are looking very good. Either that or the Wild suck. Probably a bit of both. Colorado is giving Nashville a run and Nashville isn't looking so good defensively in this series. I'm not overly impressed with the teams in the east other than the Bruins. The Pens are dynamic offensively but don't bring it every game.
In our series we are easily the better team but we are tied at 2 against van offensively challenged team. All they have up front in Panarin and Atkinson. Never paid much attention to Atkinson before. Didn't realize he was such a floater.
Mickstix:
And here I thought our D was bad.. Oof.
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