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GDT#21 Blackhawks @ Capitals 7:00 p.m. ET Wed Nov 21, 2018 NBCSWA, WGN
PUCKNRUSH:
Always glad to see any Caps player bury the biscuit! OF COURSE!!
Bura got #3 tonite, on a silver platter, slick-ass pass from Vrana! Happy for the Caps team, and glad he had the skill to sink it! Does nothing to raise his value, in my eyes. WHY? There’s just no other meat on the bone, for him!!
So let’s be real and admit his last two goals have been basically serve-up types, where all you have to do is sink it! Ok...great. FOR THE TEAM, mainly, but helping his individual “teamwork” issues, I don’t see much solace there.
His goals this year, so far, seem to have a “lonesome” feel to them, meaning he contributes little or nothing, being mostly uninvolved, in the puck movement process that leads to him having a great shot opportunity, in the first place!
That’s not necessarily a BAD thing, generally, but when you’re Bura, right now, you need to be showing consistent line INVOLVEMENT, that contributes to either you OR your linemates production!!
I compare it to an employee at work, who is on the verge of getting fired for low performance of their duties. Then, near the end of the month, comes in with a lucky, big dollar sale, that’s just enough to keep his employment, barely afloat, but management knows it’s just a matter of time, as he’s been written up numerous times prior, and hasn’t responded well too the extra training classes offered by the company!! Ask any manager, and they will admit to the large cloud of frustration surrounding the situation!!!
COME ON, TRADE DEADLINE!!
Rush
PUCKNRUSH:
--- Quote from: 4 Caps on Wednesday November 21, 2018, 11:17:05 PM Eastern ---Have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Caps did their part by winning and sending home all the Cap fans happy. We are playing pretty well especially since we are missing two top six forwards. I am really worried about Oshie, another concussion. That I believe is five. I believe he will be out awhile, in fact with his family history I wonder if we will consider calling it a career.
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Always appreciate the macro-view 4Caps!
We’re doing well overall! Especially sans Oshie and Kuzy!
Wilson is a great positive for us!
Happy Thanksgiving
Rush
PUCKNRUSH:
--- Quote from: BlackIce on Wednesday November 21, 2018, 11:32:06 PM Eastern ---Back from the game.
Chicago plays a different looking game from most teams. It seemed as though all their lines were doing a weave in their own zone after they got the puck, trying to generate lanes to skate through the neutral zone. They are a little quicker than we are, and hemmed us in from time to time, which explains the shot disparity.
Funny how Wilson simply can't avoid contact. Right after his goal he steamrolled Crawford, who was completely out of position setting up for what he thought was going to be an Ovechkin shot.
Face-offs were almost 50/50, which surprised the heck out of me, because it seemed to me as if we were losing 2 out of 3 in our zone. The refs are getting really picky on face-offs. One team or the other got a man thrown out on almost every one before a good face-off was executed.
I don't know why people are complaining about Burakovsky at this moment. His game was fine tonight.
Backstrom/Ovie/Wilson were on the ice almost all the time that Kane/Toews/Saad were.
Virtually no hitting in the game -- 14 hits total between the two teams.
Wilson led the forwards in ice time again tonight. The man is a beast -- pp now, pk, you name it. The rest of the lines were sometimes good, sometimes not. Because of the Kuzy/Oshie injuries there are a number of guys playing out of their comfort zone.
I was hoping to see Siegenthaler tonight, but no, it was Bowey and Djoos, I suspect because the Blackhawks are all shiftiness and virtually no toughness.
Bigger crowd than I expected for a Thanksgiving eve game.
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Hey Black!
Had to sell my tix tonite.
Agree with much of your analysis, especially with the weave stuff from Chicago. I thought Caps had a decent answer for most of it.
With Willie hitting Crawford, I only saw it once, but my thought was that Crawford was nearly half out of the crease, and may have been moving further out into Wilson’s path! Not 100% on that, though. I’ll look at it on highlights. Either way, Willie still would have known that SOME form of contact was going to occur, when he chose his final approach path! He does need to have that extra awareness etched into his brain, as he has already shown some marginal decision making since returning. He MUST be careful! Especially as we witness his ever increasing value to the team!
Was surprised to see face offs at 50/50 as well! The old eye test thought otherwise!
Finally, I just posted an anti-Bura message, just before reading your post that I’m quoting now!
Respectfully, I just disagree about #65!
I will say my opinion is HEAVILY influenced by the prolonged efforts of the past, to get him going! Injuries notwithstanding, for me, he’s at the point where his improvement needs to be OBVIOUS, and undeniable, in my book, in order to forge some realistic HOPE for him in the near future!
In my eyes, it’s just not there, being, at best, quite vanilla in substantive, observable improvement, not even mentioning that it would also have to be consistent for one season!
I’m going to try and make the Redwings game, Friday, but a 4pm start is tough!
Rush
Surreylily:
I'm so sorry. I fell asleep. :(
Mickstix:
I don't know all the rules about contacting the goalie, but he was right in the play with the puck and not even close to being "in the paint".. IMO, he should just be a regular player at that point? If he gets checked, run over, etc. that's on him? Now, if you get him when the pucks isn't around, sure it's interference, but that obviously wasn't the case last night. Seems like the consensus was that the call was correct, not to penalize Willie..
As for Burp.. His breath didn't stink quite as bad last night, but he better keep that tooth brush close by!! :uh-huh: :rofl:
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