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GDT R2G6 Capitals @ Penguins 2018-05-07 7:00pm EST NBCSN, SN, TVAS
Stealyerfaceoff:
Well boy howdy the boys finally beat the hens to move on to the ECF!
I'm sorry I wasn't here to celebrate with you all last night. But here I am today!
Thanks Ovi, thanks Kuzy, heal quick Nick, and welcome back Willy!
Hell Yeah - CAPS WIN!!!!
waynerivers:
Well boys, what do you think? About time, eh? ;D I thought everyone played an extremely disciplined game and it was a well deserved win. Special kudos to the Eller-Oshie-Vrana line and the whole defense. Niskanen had an outstanding game, one of his best in years.
Now, no letdown against TB!! Keep it going! :wackysmile:
BlackIce:
--- Quote from: DC_1908 on Tuesday May 08, 2018, 08:52:10 AM Eastern ---Wow. . . You completely misconstrued everything I said.
Looks like I need to slow down for you. . . A main, if not the main factor we won is the weren’t the same ol Caps that they have seen, prepared for, and know how to beat, and beat regularly. On the opposite side we had to simply what we did as well, thus altering the scheme they prepared for over the last 10 years.
And no way in hell any player, coach or fan of The Hens thought they had a chance in hell of loosing that game, or the next.
No Backstrom, No Wilson, No Bura, in a second round against a team you have a historic playoff win percentage against? Everyone of those arrogant cunts thought they had the next two games. Why wouldn't they?
We simply did an excellent job of using an ad-hoc lineup, to take advantage of an overconfident and overrated enemy.
And yes, I did say they wouldnt win a game, and part of that was due to the Caps refusing to change. Well, they did and it worked.
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The Caps changed for game 6 because without Backstrom to help contain Crosby and company, they had to. Before that I really didn't see anything much different out of the team than the way they have generally played.
But I just don't buy the "Everyone in the Pittsburgh organization thought they had it in the bag" argument. That is NOT a fact. It is your opinion. Frankly, I think more of it may be that after 2 Stanley Cup seasons and some more work in this year's playoffs, the Pens may finally have run out of gas a little. Malkin made a sort of elliptical comment about that in the postgame last night. And their defense sure looked as if it was succumbing to battle fatigue at times out there.
As for the Tampa series, I agree, that will be a tough matchup. A big concern is that we aren't really sure what's wrong with Backstrom, and we'll never really know until after the playoffs are over, if then. The two most likely possibilities are a broken bone or a deep bruise, and neither is something that goes away in a few days. We really need our array of defensive centers in place against Tampa -- right now they are a lot more balanced scoring team than Pittsburgh was. And if the Caps manage to get by the 3rd round, there will be another tough matchup in the finals no matter who advances out of the West.
If the Caps can figure out a way to win the Cup this year, no one will be able to say that they didn't earn it.
4 Caps:
--- Quote from: BlackIce on Monday May 07, 2018, 10:51:13 PM Eastern ---
Who says that it is just the Organization that has been unsure whether Trotz would be returning? Maybe Trotz doesn't want to come back for some reason.
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That is a good point and I even thought of saying in my post “assuming he wants to come back”. There have been rumours that Trotz and MacLellan don’t get along but I question whether there is any truth to them. I expect to see Trotz back here next season.
RavenCp:
--- Quote from: Stealyerfaceoff on Tuesday May 08, 2018, 10:19:56 AM Eastern ---Well boy howdy the boys finally beat the hens to move on to the ECF!
I'm sorry I wasn't here to celebrate with you all last night. But here I am today!
Thanks Ovi, thanks Kuzy, heal quick Nick, and welcome back Willy!
Hell Yeah - CAPS WIN!!!!
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i'm still speechless. If someone told me will win without Backstrom, aftre loosing Wilson in an elimination game against Pens with Malkin and added Heglen.
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