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GDT R4G4 Knights @ Capitals 2018-06-04 8:00pm EST NBC, CBC, SN, TVAS
Stealyerfaceoff:
Wowie Zowie, a win away from the big prize.
I actually read a comment from a whiny vegoose fan talking about the Caps having to play like thugs because they didn't have the finesse players to match the knites. Sheesh, get yer head outta yer ass.
I'm a bit upset that we missed the extra point.
Let's Go CAPS!!!!
newtoCapsparty:
--- Quote from: Stealyerfaceoff on Tuesday June 05, 2018, 07:50:14 AM Eastern ---Wowie Zowie, a win away from the big prize.
I actually read a comment from a whiny vegoose fan talking about the Caps having to play like thugs because they didn't have the finesse players to match the knites. Sheesh, get yer head outta yer ass.
I'm a bit upset that we missed the extra point.
Let's Go CAPS!!!!
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That's interesting. I would say the 'thuggery' started in Game 1 with Reaves pushing Carlson. Period. I'm glad we've given up the completely fancy passing game (beautiful to watch but clearly doesn't work in the playoffs) and shooting the puck from the perimeter all the time and I do not see us as a 'thuggish' team, either.
alta:
I don't remember who said it, was a sportswriter I think and may have been pregame. But they said that Vegas has great sports fans, but they don't know anything about hockey. If Vegas fans thinks the Caps are the dirty team I'd have to agree.
Maacoshark:
--- Quote from: DC_1908 on Tuesday June 05, 2018, 07:40:11 AM Eastern ---Oh what the hell ever. Carlson IS JUST A FOURTH FORWAD THAT CAN SKATE BACKWARD. Who FINALLY in his overrated career hasn’t lost us games and showed up. He shouldn’t even be listed as a defenseman, I don’t care what is “trendy these days”
Schioth is on their shutdown line because he actually plays defense, Carlson is on powerplays and not routinely against top scorers
So let me know when Carlson breaks up a two on one against two of the hottest scoress in the playoffs in a lost game
Until ten that bullshit you like like claim, “just isn’t so”. It’s just homer fandom lacking proper analysis, or just an attempt to agitate me.
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Sorry DC but I disagree with your assessment on Carlson. He has turned into a pretty solid dman, even in the defensive zone. He has had a good season and a good playoff. I have no issues with him.
As for Schmidt. He is good too but he isn't the stud people make him out to be. His strength is his skating. The rest of his game is nothing special.
DC_1908:
--- Quote from: Maacoshark on Tuesday June 05, 2018, 08:41:28 AM Eastern --- Sorry DC but I disagree with your assessment on Carlson. He has turned into a pretty solid dman, even in the defensive zone. He has had a good season and a good playoff. I have no issues with him.
As for Schmidt. He is good too but he isn't the stud people make him out to be. His strength is his skating. The rest of his game is nothing special.
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Sorry Maaco, but I think many have gotten so use to Carlson’s D being terrible to substandard at best, when he is effective, he just looks that much better.
Still, defense is not his strength, nor is he relied on to keep a top scorer off the score sheet. Yet Schmidt, playing against a the two top scorers in the playoffs, in a series when down 3-1 and out scored 6-11, is a -1, Now normally I hate that ‘stat’, but in this case it’s an efficient snap-shot to show he’s shutting them down even strength. (Carlson other hand is only a +1 with 3 ES points). This is all while Schmidts team is playing their worst, and Carlson and his team are playing their best ever.
So a comparison to a Dman that can and does shut down top players , along with playing a 200ft game, pretty much comes down to what a Dman is/should be.
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