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GDT R3G5 Capitals @ Lightning 2018-05-19 7:15pm EST NBC, CBC, TVAS
waynerivers:
--- Quote from: Maacoshark on Saturday May 19, 2018, 10:40:30 PM Eastern --- I wouldn't blame Holtby for losing these games. But as I've said before for us to advance Holtby needs to win it for us.
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Holtby is one of these guys who compile great overall stats but when you really need him to come up with a big save at a critical moment he doesn't do it. Fleury, OTOH, is a guy who does. That's the difference between guys who win in the playoffs and those who don't.
apace41:
--- Quote from: Mickstix on Saturday May 19, 2018, 10:25:10 PM Eastern ---And here we thought it was the Pens holding us back.. :rofl: :rofl: Unfortunately we need Holtby to not let in every mistake we make and lately he's not been doing that much... Can't/won't win a playoff series if the other teams goalie is better than yours.. :poop:
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Gotta call bullshit on that. We made a ton of mistakes in the first and Holtby saved a bunch of them. Vasi has been very good in the last 3 games but if you look at the goals scored -- very few Holts had a real shot at. The first one he didn't even get in the net before they were free in the slot. The second Niskanen went down to block and he couldn't possibly see and the third was the "punch-in" from McDonough after Strahlman undressed Niskanen. Hard to fault him for any of those. He saved a lot of other crappy plays. Our D sucked in the first and at other times.
waynerivers:
--- Quote from: DC_1908 on Saturday May 19, 2018, 10:41:39 PM Eastern ---The psyche/mentality of the franchise is entertainment for 82 games and market “have a chance” to the tune of $300 tickets in the 400 section.
Until Ted cleans out the front office, namely Dickless Patrick and GMBetaMale, the “we have a chance” and “participantion trophy’s mean we won something so that’s good”, ain’t gonna change
“But we made it past two whole rounds!”
:koolaid:
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It's up to the fans to show they've had it. If they lose on Monday, boo their asses off the ice. No stinking stick salute to polite applause.
apace41:
You guys blaming Holtby are fucked in the brain. Really. Without him we don't get out of the Columbus series and no way we beat Pittsburgh. To say he doesn't come up big is fucking ridiculous.
Maacoshark:
--- Quote from: apace41 on Saturday May 19, 2018, 10:41:04 PM Eastern ---
I said Niskanen and Orlov sucked this game, but Backstrom is not 100% and he's hurting the team.
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Backstrom isn't really hurting the team because isn't an offense only player. Sure he would be better offensively is he was healthy but he isn't a liability.
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