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GDT R1G4 Capitals @ Blue Jackets 2018-04-19 7:30pm EST NBCSWA, USA
Devise:
--- Quote from: justwincaps on Thursday April 19, 2018, 10:35:44 PM Eastern ---Did Vrana get hurt, or is he just in Trotz’s doghouse? He barely had over 6 minutes of ice time - by a wide margin the least of any Cap
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Was covered in the open. He's played a fine series offensively, however Tortorella has been line matching that second line to force a grittier play. While Vrana has shown good back checking and speed, he doesn't go to the walls or to the front of the net. Ultimately he's a better positional defensive player than he is in board battles, so Trotz put Stephenson with Backstrom/Oshie instead and put Vrana with Beagle/Chiasson. Since Chiasson and Beagle both kill penalties, and we took a bunch, not much opportunity for Vrana to be on the ice.
RavenCp:
--- Quote from: justwincaps on Thursday April 19, 2018, 10:35:44 PM Eastern ---Did Vrana get hurt, or is he just in Trotz’s doghouse? He barely had over 6 minutes of ice time - by a wide margin the least of any Cap
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doghouse
justwincaps:
--- Quote from: Devise on Thursday April 19, 2018, 10:39:45 PM Eastern ---
Was covered in the open. He's played a fine series offensively, however Tortorella has been line matching that second line to force a grittier play. While Vrana has shown good back checking and speed, he doesn't go to the walls or to the front of the net. Ultimately he's a better positional defensive player than he is in board battles, so Trotz put Stephenson with Backstrom/Oshie instead and put Vrana with Beagle/Chiasson. Since Chiasson and Beagle both kill penalties, and we took a bunch, not much opportunity for Vrana to be on the ice.
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That explains it - thanks.
Maacoshark:
--- Quote from: justwincaps on Thursday April 19, 2018, 10:35:44 PM Eastern ---Did Vrana get hurt, or is he just in Trotz’s doghouse? He barely had over 6 minutes of ice time - by a wide margin the least of any Cap
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Stephenson was playing on the Backstrom line to shut down Panarin. Vrana played on the 4th line and lost some time on defensive zone faceoffs. Obviously Trotz doesnt trust him in those situations. It was a good decision by Trotz.
ArJunaZ:
--- Quote from: alta on Thursday April 19, 2018, 10:17:25 PM Eastern ---
I suspect everyone tuned out expecting the expected, but dare I say this team found an extra gear?
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I thought we played pretty well and controlled much of the play the first two games, but just came up short because of a few mistakes. I was pretty confident this team COULD take these last two games if they put it all out on the ice. They did and the result was exciting.
I don't see why anyone would tune out after the first two because we came close. The Caps can be frustrating and I've been tempted many times in the past to tune out, sometimes tempted to tune out permanently. This year post season we are seeing this team really learn quickly. They cleaned up the mistakes and are now dominating.
This is the "extra gear" we all knew they had in them, but rarely saw. They just had to ALL put it in gear at the same time for the entirety of the games. If they keep this up I actually see us having a decent chance at winning the 2nd series if we stay healthy. If they do that and build confidence, maybe more.
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