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GDT#19 Capitals @ Avalanche 9:00 p.m. ET Fri Nov 16, 2018 NBCSWA+, ALT
Maacoshark:
--- Quote from: richkrt99 on Monday November 19, 2018, 11:04:45 AM Eastern ---Holy Crap, Maaco's computer must be broken. He has not responded to Puck's blatant and obviously incorrect negative assessment of Johnny Goldenboy Qualude's defensive prowess.
It's been almost two days and nothing.
WTF Maaco?
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I'm not really in the mood for debating.
In all honesty I didnt read the entire post. Rush needs to learn shorthand. Rush if you think the sucks then just say that.
Beaglefan2:
Maaco - here is the shorthand. Carlson always has, and always will, make occasional boneheaded, lazy plays that infuriate fans that watch closely. Just when you get excited about his really nice play on offense and a little bit more physical play, he casually throws a puck up the boards for a bad turnover that leads to a goal.
BlackIce:
--- Quote from: Beaglefan2 on Monday November 19, 2018, 04:44:31 PM Eastern ---Maaco - here is the shorthand. Carlson always has, and always will, make occasional boneheaded, lazy plays that infuriate fans that watch closely. Just when you get excited about his really nice play on offense and a little bit more physical play, he casually throws a puck up the boards for a bad turnover that leads to a goal.
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When Carlson, or any other defenseman, is running out of time and throws the puck around the boards, he is doing it because THAT IS WHAT THE TEAM SYSTEM TELLS HIM TO DO. When in doubt, keep the puck out of the middle of the ice -- make the opponents make a play to get it there. You notice these "bonehead" plays when we make them, but virtually all teams in the league follow this rule, and you don't think about the times that the Caps intercept a puck thrown around the boards, keep it in and eventually score. THAT happens all the time too.
The real bonehead play that Carlson makes sometimes is when he throws the puck to no one in particular, or even worse, an opponent in the slot, thinking he can get it to a Cap exiting the zone. Niskanen has lapses in judgment like that too. And I've seen Orlov do more of it this year, after really cleaning up his game last season. That is why opponents sometimes lay off these guys a little bit, hoping to pick off an errant center pass when they think they see something that isn't really there. I'll tell you who I think is as good as any of our defensemen in avoiding those kinds of errors -- Bowey. Opponents tend to attack him rather than lay back when he has the puck because they think their best chance of getting the puck from him is to take it away from him along the boards. But give Bowey a little room and he seems to consistently make the right decisions about whether to take the puck and bring opponents to him before passing or pass it immediately because there IS a clear lane to someone exiting the zone.
Mickstix:
Plus Carlson is the lightning rod. He makes the big $ so he gets the attention and bulk of the comments.. Doesn't excuse the mistakes of others, or mean we hate him, he's just the one getting the attention.. (It's also a common move used by the left.. You criticize something, it means you HATE it!!!)
Ex: Looked like Ovie was loafing around instead of getting back on D that shift?? "H8ER!!" That was a dumb play by Carlson!! "WHY DO YOU HATE HIM???" Great, the game doesn't start till 7:30pm tonight.. "Why do you even watch if you HATE the NHL so bad??" (Ō_ƆŎ) :wackysmile: :raspberry:
Maacoshark:
--- Quote from: Beaglefan2 on Monday November 19, 2018, 04:44:31 PM Eastern ---Maaco - here is the shorthand. Carlson always has, and always will, make occasional boneheaded, lazy plays that infuriate fans that watch closely. Just when you get excited about his really nice play on offense and a little bit more physical play, he casually throws a puck up the boards for a bad turnover that leads to a goal.
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I already know all this about Carlson. Why would I argue? I agree he needs to be more physical. And I agree he makes some bonehead plays. I have noticed that the board is a lot harder on Carlson when he makes a mistake than they are on the other dmen. And I know people will use the excuse that he gets paid more. Things were no different last year when he was our 4th highest paid dman.
Anyway Carlson has been fine. Not sure why his name keeps coming up.
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