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GDT R1G2 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 2018-04-15 7:30pm EST NBCSWA, USA
RavenCp:
Do we keep Holt as a goalie for the next game? Probably.
Devise:
--- Quote from: apace41 on Sunday April 15, 2018, 11:12:25 PM Eastern ---
I wish it were that simple. He will be fired along with a bunch of the team, but this has been through multiple coaches over multiple years. It's with different casts of characters. It's not Ovie. I hate to say it but I really do believe in curses at this point. This franchise has gotten the big fucking voodoo doll shoved right up its collective asses. The Hockey Gods have taken a big, fat permanent shit on the Nation's Capital and we are just here to enjoy the stench.
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It's not a curse. Playoff consistency comes from understanding what makes good playoff hockey teams. Good GM's understand that, and Trotz is a good playoff hockey coach doing the best he can with the tools he's given. Brett Connolly doesn't ice on a roster that is playoff ready. It's as simple as that. Neither does Vrana, or Jerabeck, or likely Kempny. Hell Stephenson even though he's had some hustle, was playing with Nicky/Oshie during that stretch.
Like did people not see this when we gave up third and fourth line grit like Chimera, Ward, etc to upgrade to Kuzy? We lost important ingredients to gain in another area, that isn't how you do this. Your not going anywhere with that mentality. Plugging holes by making holes has never worked for GMGM when he was here or BMGM now. Yet it's the principal strategy. The problem is this franchise is SUPER worried about overpaying in trades for the type of players we need. Like really other than Forsberg for Erat, when was the last time we traded a valuable prospect to upgrade our main roster? You know why you do that? By trading a valuable prospect, your giving away future assets, not making holes today.
But the franchises wants it all. It wants presidents trophies, high scoring, long term future, good prospects, and to try and hustle and win every trade or deal. We'll overpay in FA of course, when it's just salary that hinders us more from making deals if we need to. But ultimately it puts us in the position we are in now. We needed at least two more wingers heading into the playoffs so that the Vranas, Connolly's and Stephenson of the world could be our injury replacement. We needed two more D upgrades too that we never got.
Our timely bad goaltending (Holtby was great when he came in but in general) hasn't helped matters. But our roster is inflated because our top six and top 3 in the D departments are all rather solid. Depth however has always been important. But this organization thinks "names" are better than real depth, and it's why this shit keeps on happening again and again and again.
ArJunaZ:
--- Quote from: RavenCp on Sunday April 15, 2018, 11:19:04 PM Eastern ---Do we keep Holt as a goalie for the next game? Probably.
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I'll be surprised if we don't
RavenCp:
--- Quote from: apace41 on Sunday April 15, 2018, 11:15:19 PM Eastern ---
Yes. 4. High likelihood of a sweep at this point. Team has very little resilience and these two games will have taken what they have. Sad but true but it will put Caps fans out of our collective misery.
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I think we'll win next two games!:)
RavenCp:
--- Quote from: ArJunaZ on Sunday April 15, 2018, 11:20:10 PM Eastern ---I'll be surprised if we don't
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Sure! Just a reality check!
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