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GDT R2G5 Penguins @ Capitals 2018-05-05 7:00pm EST NBC, SN, TVAS
Devise:
--- Quote from: apace41 on Saturday May 05, 2018, 09:13:07 PM Eastern ---
The problem is that Kuznetsov and Backstrom are not playing hard enough or well enough and Crosby/Malkin are controlling the center. They have to play harder and better in the 3rd for us to have a chance. Ovie is playing hard but without Willy they are not going to be strong as a line if Kuzy doesn't play well. Oshie and Stephenson are playing well but they need Backstrom to step up in the 3rd. And Smith-Pelley needs a seat in the press box.
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Lars Eller been our best center all playoffs long on a consistent shift to shift basis. While you are right they aren't playing as strong, part of our problem is that Backy/Kuzy have to help out defensively so much. Backy especially. Our D has serious problems with their forecheck, especially Carlson and DJoos. C forward has to come in and help the breakout even if the Pens forecheck with 1 or 2 players. Our breakout has been trash all game because of it, and instead of focusing on just getting it up and dumping we spend time in our own boards passing it back and forth to fine lanes to break out.
Ovie had a few strong shifts but generally he hasn't worked the boards well enough. With Wilson out guys don't realize it's not just hits we lose out on, it's a great PK player and a great board player. We need everyone to step in to do that type of work now.
apace41:
--- Quote from: Devise on Saturday May 05, 2018, 09:11:29 PM Eastern ---
Connolly goal deflected off them in the first. That would be a bounce that went our way. The big problem is the Pens just roll with it and play their way. They dive, they whine, but they still play hard fast hockey. If they are down by 2 they don't hold their heads. We do. The refs may not help but when things don't go our way we can't look defeated. We don't need the refs to win a hockey game we need to play every shift like it's the last and we never have that sense of urgency. Or rarely. When we do we have strong shifts.
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Deflected goals happen all the time. Most of the Pens goals have been deflected. I don't think the Caps have hung their heads this series. Their responses have been great. Down 1 in the first they scored 2 times to go up 2-1. A late bullshit penalty and they started the second down a man. Then 3 calls against them wore down the team and they never got their players on the ice balanced out. When we kill penalties Ovie and Kuzy sit. I disagree that our attitude has not been good this year. Look at game 3 when we came back from a goal down 3 times to win at the end.
apace41:
--- Quote from: justwincaps on Saturday May 05, 2018, 09:14:20 PM Eastern ---Roenik nailed it on the second period intermission - said the "Pens just want it more." Said he doesn't know how the chance to beat the two time defending SC champs, at home, to take a 3-2 lead isn't enough to motivate this team. JR - welcome to our world!!!
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Regardless of how you get there (good calls or bad) it's hard to play your game when you are shorthanded 1/2 the period.
ArJunaZ:
On the radio they are saying the tripping call on DSP was TOTAL BULLSHIT and said the previous call was total BULLSHIT as well. So the experts are seeing it the same as most of did here. They said the man DSP supposed to have tripped actually fell down completely on his own. That's what I saw. I have very good eyes and am very rarely wrong in what I see.
This game has thus far been handed to the Hens.
justwincaps:
--- Quote from: apace41 on Saturday May 05, 2018, 09:16:10 PM Eastern ---
Deflected goals happen all the time. Most of the Pens goals have been deflected. I don't think the Caps have hung their heads this series. Their responses have been great. Down 1 in the first they scored 2 times to go up 2-1. A late bullshit penalty and they started the second down a man. Then 3 calls against them wore down the team and they never got their players on the ice balanced out. When we kill penalties Ovie and Kuzy sit. I disagree that our attitude has not been good this year. Look at game 3 when we came back from a goal down 3 times to win at the end.
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Exactly, Pitts first and third goals were deflections.
We're being told this is a "different Caps team" by the Caps Gametime crew before the puck drop. That "there's a confidence among the team" they hadn't seen before. Ok, let's see it. Let's come out in the third and take control of the series. Or, the Caps we all know and love, will turle up, tighten up, curl up, and be Pittsburgh little bitch. The choice is on the players to make a difference.
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