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GDT#7 Panthers @ Capitals 7:00pm Fri Oct 19, 2018 NBCSWA, TVAS, FS-F
Mickstix:
Hard to feel robbed after that 1st period, but once we made the comeback the zebras took over.. Thought we stole both points, then they announced Ovie.. lol Dude really shouldn't be 3rd out, but whatever, Nick missed too..
DC_1908:
two points is two points, but if I was an FLA fan I’d be livid.
You don’t come back from a 3 goal lead, the other team blows it.
The Caps better change this entertainment based, pond hockey videogame bullshit real quick or this is gonna get ugly when they run outta gas and/or teams don’t fuck up and blow 3 goal leads
Maacoshark:
--- Quote from: DC_1908 on Saturday October 20, 2018, 07:04:11 AM Eastern ---two points is two points, but if I was an FLA fan I’d be livid.
You don’t come back from a 3 goal lead, the other team blows it.
The Caps better change this entertainment based, pond hockey videogame bullshit real quick or this is gonna get ugly when they run outta gas and/or teams don’t fuck up and blow 3 goal leads
--- End quote ---
There is a reason that Florida hadnt won a game before this. They have some talented players but they have to clean up the sloppy play.
And the Caps are playing the same way. Our personnel hasn't changed much but we do look different. This is more than just individual mistakes. When we are hemmed in our zone everyone is scrambling around. There is no structure. It doesnt even look like we are following any system. There have been some bad individual mistakes. We had some turnovers in our end. It seemed when we turnover the puck it ended up in our net all the time. Our forwards are all leaving the zone too early because we are thinking offense first. On the penalty that Niskanen took late in the 3rd period. The forwards all left the zone and even Orlov was leaving the zone when Niskanen passed it to him. It wasnt a tape to tape pass and it bounced away from Orlov resulting in a turnover. Niskanen who was alone in the defensive zone got caught flat footed and was forced to take a penalty. Plays like this are happening too often because we are thinking offense first. If it only happened when certain players were on the ice I would guess that it was on those players but it happens with all 4 lines. This is a coaching issue.
After the first intermission Alan May commented about the Caps forwards all leaving the zone early and we were relying on the stress pass and the Panthers were sitting in the neutral zone waiting to intercept those passes.
DC is correct. We are playing video game hockey. It looks like Reirden stole his system from EAsports.
Mickstix:
Panther announcers noted on the Carlson goal, he was out of position and about to be behind the play, but we got a fortunate turnover that allowed him to get deep in the O zone and score. Team is playing a high risk game. Need to tighten up!
alta:
thought I’d pull this back out since it was earned ....
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