GDT R3G5 Capitals @ Lightning 2018-05-19 7:15pm EST NBC, CBC, TVAS

[Maacoshark]

I would genuinely enjoy beating the absolute shit out of Pierre.

   He could probably kick your ass.

[ArJunaZ]

Does it really matter at this point?


Writing is on the wall. We made it to the third round, which is great but that is as far as we are going.

You are tempting me to bring back the negative likes or dislike button. 


Of course it matters if a trip is not called and it leads to a score for the opponent.
 

[OldHat]

Yeah I wonder if it's mental fatigue more than physical? It's not as if the guys aren't still showing skating bursts and energy, it's more it appears their reads are a hair too slow, and it's creating situations where the Bolts player are chasing to loose pucks just before we are. We end up looking "slower" but it's just the read and react time that is just off.

On the first goal Kuzy was gliding to the puck... taking his time to try and do something fancy.  He got out hustled.  Plain and simple.

[Devise]

Bench....Brett...Connolly

[alta]

WTF Conno??

[ArJunaZ]

I don't see how that's a penalty on us. The idiot couldn't stay on his feet.  This basically means all you have to do is stick your leg out in front of an opponent coming by, then fall down and you got a free penalty. BS.

[DC_1908]

Bench....Brett...Connolly

Bench... Cut/Give Away . . . Brett...Connolly

[OldHat]

Would anyone feel that much better if caps were up 2-0?

[ArJunaZ]

Bench.... Cut/Give Away Brett...Connolly

I watched that back. That was not a penalty IMO. It's to easy to move your feet three inches into a skater coming buy and fall down. Connolly had as much right to be there as anyone.

[DC_1908]

Well at least Buras scratched


I wonder if Trotz has to tell GMBetaMale and Dickless that his “injury” is acting up 🤣

[Maacoshark]

Eller us a fucking idiot. We are trying to make a line change and instead of getting it deep he turns it over on a toe drag entering the zone.

[newtoCapsparty]

I'm not sure but it looks like Holtby is doing cartwheels in the net trying desperately to block shots and the defenders in front of him look confused?  slow? 

[zerofox]

Well guys and gals, looks like that's it for the Caps. Practically a must-win game 5 to prevent TBL from getting into series clinching position, and we can't even come out playing. We're flat as usual. Pathetic 2 shots on goal this period. Fuck this team. Hope it gets blown up.

See ya guys in the off season

[OldHat]

On the bright side they didn't give up a late period goal...

[OldHat]

Well at least Buras scratched


I wonder if Trotz has to tell GMBetaMale and Dickless that his “injury” is acting up 🤣

I really wonder what Patrick's influence is on this team...

[Maacoshark]

Well we got 4 shots on net. The last 2 were from outside the blue line. Did we even get a scoring chance in that period?

[apace41]

This team has finally hit bottom.  You get over your arch rival and then take a 2-0 lead on the road and now you are on the verge of getting blown out to go down 3-0.  I thought once we beat the Hens it would be "house money" and I wouldn't care all that much how we did, but they drew me in and fucked me up the ass one more time.  I gotta hand it to the Caps.  Just when you think they outperformed expectations and I have to be happy, I'm as pissed off as I ever have been in one of our awful season-ending losses.  To come out not ready and to have Orlov, who's been our best defender this series, commit two turnovers for goals, just really is as fitting as it gets.

Fuck this team.

[apace41]

Well we got 4 shots on net. The last 2 were from outside the blue line. Did we even get a scoring chance in that period?

No.  Maybe the Vrana chance.  Just awful.  Game is too tough for our centers.  Kuzy and Backy way too soft.  Eller too dumb.  Just a total fucking embarrassment.  They are skating circles around us.  If not for some good saves from 70 we are down 4 or 5.

[zerofox]

This team has finally hit bottom.  You get over your arch rival and then take a 2-0 lead on the road and now you are on the verge of getting blown out to go down 3-0.  I thought once we beat the Hens it would be "house money" and I wouldn't care all that much how we did, but they drew me in and fucked me up the ass one more time.  I gotta hand it to the Caps.  Just when you think they outperformed expectations and I have to be happy, I'm as pissed off as I ever have been in one of our awful season-ending losses.  To come out not ready and to have Orlov, who's been our best defender this series, commit two turnovers for goals, just really is as fitting as it gets.

Fuck this team.

Yep, my thoughts exactly. I never expected them to even get past the 1st round. Once they did, I never expected them to beat PITT. But they did and I was ecstatic that we at least beat our demons and were playing with house money. Never expected us to get a 2-0 lead over TBL, but once we were in that position, I actually started thinking "could this be our year???" I guess once those thoughts came, the Caps in typical dipshit Caps fashion disappointed all around.


And again, the fact that fucking Las Vegas with a team built from the ground up over the course of 1 season is likely making it to the finals and has a good chance to win it all in their first year, without many real stars, makes me even more salty.

[apace41]

You could see that as the series has been wearing on TB has picked up speed in their game and we have slowed down.  It would be too easy to blame it on us having played more hockey than they have in the first 2 rounds (by a lot), but that doesn't help.  We just look discombobulated, like we haven't been playing together all season.  Bringing 19 back has caused new unfamiliarity that was not present before this. Just not a good enough effort from top to bottom.  You can't play this game like a bunch of scared pussies and we are.