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DC_1908:
--- Quote from: IDontGiveaChuk on Sunday May 27, 2018, 09:52:47 AM Eastern ---
Try taking the blinders off. Or maybe decide on a team. Ever play the game yourself or do you just judge? The amount of your derogatory "contributions" trashing everyone within the organization is just pathetic. Get a new hobby, you pos.
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Why I would normally embarrass they hell out of you and deystoy you for even thinking you can talk to me like that, as a moderator I cannot do those things. Therefore I must remind you of the TOS rules against personal attacks and destroying threads with emotional nonsense caused by hurt feelings. (This was a polite warning by the way)
BlackIce:
Perhaps we can agree that in games 6 and 7 against Tampa, Carlson, Niskanen, and Orlov were equally effective (along with the other three!!)
To me, these two games are the wild card in the analysis of what might happen in the finals. The Caps seemed to tighten everything up with 5-man defense when they absolutely had to against the highest-scoring team in the league this year, and allowed nothing. To be fair, there was one play where the puck came loose in the crease in game 7 that Tampa should have scored, but other than that, Holtby had to make a handful of tough saves and that was it. If the Caps play anything like that in this series, it would be easy to envision them allowing no more than a goal or two a game to Vegas, which isn't a scoring juggernaut. That means they should be in every game and should be able to eke out a couple of wins at least. I still don't think they should be favored to win the series, but they have the capability to make it very tough for Vegas.
DC_1908:
--- Quote from: Devise on Wednesday May 23, 2018, 06:01:54 PM Eastern ---
One area I actively disagree with you on I think. Especially in some games these playoffs, really most, for Nisky. Orpik has by far been our physically effective D, but against Columbus and Pitt Nisky was stellar. Like stellar, defensively. He didn't looked panicked or rushed at all imo, and while he wasn't playing perfect hockey every single night, he had some amazing defensive plays that helped win us games. It's obviously been team efforts to in some cases, but I've seen some really good plays by him this post season, and from my vantage point he's bailed us out far more than he's hurt us this post season. Far more. Pitt and Columbus alone make up for the what 3 games he had bad this series?
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While harsh, I will say they where effective to good at times in these playoffs, particularly the mental aspect (at least in the wins). But this just a sample size. There is enough history to fairly assume it is unlikely that they will collectively maintain this level.
But they’ve done good
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