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Game 5 is just as much of a MUST win as game 3 was.
Maacoshark:
My comparison to Neuvirth is nothing new. I've been comparing him to Neuvirth since I joined this site. And I didn't compare their numbers because they played on 2 totally different style teams. Neuvirth didn't play in Trotzs system which was a lot better defensively than the system before that. I base the comparison by watching them play. I don't think either guy has what it takes to be a starting NHL goalie. Neither are great technically. There are adequate backups. Like I said I didn't jump on the bandwagon because I honestly thought it was just a flukey hit streak.
Sorry guys but I really don't think Grubauer is a very good goalie. If he can do it on a more consistent and more regular basis I might change my tune.
alta:
--- Quote from: BlackIce on Saturday April 21, 2018, 02:18:46 AM Eastern ---And in last night's games, neither Pittsburgh nor Nashville could close out at home. That very much surprised me. Now they will need to close out on the road or face a game 7. Watch out for Winnipeg, folks.
As for the Caps/Jackets series, frankly, if the Caps had started Holtby and he had not been the answer at the beginning of the series, I'd bet a lot of folks here would be yelling just the opposite -- "Starting Holtby was wrong; have to go with the demonstrably hot hand. What we've done for a decade hasn't worked, why didn't we try something different from the get-go?"
Armchair quarterbacking is so easy.
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I don't think armchair quarterbacking is all that easy, but Monday morning quarterbacking can make people either look like a genius or an ass, depending on how they present themselves
waynerivers:
Nothing like being benched to focus your mind and it seems like that may have happened with Holtby. He looked calm with a minimum of movement in both games in Columbus. Hopefully it continues. The Caps have grabbed the momentum and should really win the next two if they want to go into the Pens series on a roll. I expect the Pens will also focus their minds and dispatch the Flyers in Game 6.
Maacoshark:
Lol this is the one decision Trotz has made that I have disagreed with. People complained about guys like Burakovsky,Vrana, Gersich or Djoos not being in the lineup at times. Those decisions were fine by me because he was sitting a high risk player. With the goaltenders he went with the higher risk option. Unusual for Trotz to take chances like that.
In the end we really don't know four sure how things would have played out.
I'm gonna try and let this go but if the Caps do lose this series I doubt I will be able to do that.
alta:
--- Quote from: waynerivers on Saturday April 21, 2018, 12:31:58 PM Eastern ---Nothing like being benched to focus your mind and it seems like that may have happened with Holtby. He looked calm with a minimum of movement in both games in Columbus. Hopefully it continues. The Caps have grabbed the momentum and should really win the next two if they want to go into the Pens series on a roll. I expect the Pens will also focus their minds and dispatch the Flyers in Game 6.
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and that is the crux of the problem, I'd rather watch this team lose to CBus knowing they did far far better than anyone predicted in September than watch them lose to the filthy fowl yet again. But if they continue to play like G3 & G4, and can improve a bit, I can actually see a possibility
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