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richkrt99:
--- Quote from: BlackIce on Thursday August 27, 2020, 08:31:02 PM Eastern ---
I very much doubt that Adam Oates is a Quaker, but that's just me.
The championship window of the "Ovechkin era" is over. At this point, Alex Ovechkin is a player who seemingly still has a skill that is of particular usefulness in hockey success - putting the puck in the net. But he no longer is a player that can drive playoff success in a comprehensive way, and maybe he never was. At this point age is starting to catch up with him, and other than his uncanny ability to score (which wasn't really on display in the Islander series), he is really just another player out there on the ice now. If the Caps tree to win another championship in the "Ovechkin era," it will have to be with others doing the heavy lifting in all other aspects of the game besides scoring, and probably having to take an ever-increasing part of the scoring burden as well. It may still be the "Ovechkin era" in that he is still on the team, but it will not be the "Ovechkin era" in terms of his capability to drive outcomes.
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Pretty much agree on Ovi except I do think he can/does still drive some success in that when he is on and running full steam...OTHERS follow. His ability to do this is decreasing, but he is still a presence on the ice.
However, For THIS team to succeed, we need more from Kuzy and Willy and Vranna. Kuzy needs to be the super Kuzy we see flashes of. Vranna needs to score. Willy needs....hell I don't know. Needs to do what he does, but need to get a little more scoring out of his efforts. Ovi can still score goals, but like you said, someone else (Willy and Kuzy) need to do the heavy lifting.
Problem is, even is Kuzy is what he could be, and Wilson dominates every aspect, and Ovi...scores goals, you still have only one incredible line (if all three guys are fully functioning at the same time), so you need some other threats down the lines.
Vranna could pick it up, but Backy is a question mark, and Oshie...despite his never ending effort is also aging and both these guys could be one concussion away from retiring.
I like Eller for what he is, but that's a reasonably skilled 3c, and I don't expect that to change much (at least not in an upward direction).
For this team to have any real success, some of the yet unproven youngins are going to have to blossom...and do so quickly.
And then we still have holes on D
And the goal tending is a question mark. If we are talking future success....then Sammy is gonna have to mature very quickly...like THIS year and that only happens if Holtby is gone.
Not all that pretty a picture I think. Curios to see who we land for a HC.
GO CAPS
RavenCp:
--- Quote from: richkrt99 on Friday August 28, 2020, 08:52:45 AM Eastern ---My pick would be Babcock then Lavi, then Gallant
Although this is based on very little real knowledge of any of them.
Babcock just seems a bit more no nonsense hard nosed or fiery than the others which I think is needed for this squad. Need some culture breakdown and rebuild with a guy who demands enough respect that EVERYONE buys in.
Go Caps
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Agree. People stop talking nonsense about Alan May, he is just a hockey critic.
waynerivers:
--- Quote from: RavenCp on Friday August 28, 2020, 11:36:41 PM Eastern ---
Agree. People stop talking nonsense about Alan May, he is just a hockey critic.
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You can't talk knowledgeably about the game without knowing the game. May knows the game and the organization. God knows he'd have been a better pick than Reirden. I'd rather give May a shot than some guy who's already proven he can't go the distance.
DC_1908:
--- Quote from: richkrt99 on Friday August 28, 2020, 08:52:45 AM Eastern ---My pick would be Babcock then Lavi, then Gallant
Although this is based on very little real knowledge of any of them.
Babcock just seems a bit more no nonsense hard nosed or fiery than the others which I think is needed for this squad. Need some culture breakdown and rebuild with a guy who demands enough respect that EVERYONE buys in.
Go Caps
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Bein as I’m from Detroit & all, Babcock is the last one I’d take for this roster. Besides, given his insane instance on his “Eurotrash Passive Possesion” system, Ovie would be lucky to get 30 goals, Wilson would be a healthy scratch, and Kuzys & Carlsons worst days under Reidon would be their best.
Gallant could make Wilson far and away the most dominant player in the league, but would doubtfully gel with the rest of the roster for an extended period, to put it lightly.
But the bigger question is, what experienced Coach would want this job? Ted, Dickless, & GMBetaMale have provided unrealistic demands to win while babysittin & cajoling large percentages of the salary cap & marketing department, and if you manage to do the impossible, you don’t get extended.
The only real choice is find another that will get Ovie 50 and into round two within two years, rinse/repeat, til Ovie gets the record and/or hangs em up in the new arena
alta:
did anyone else notice where Rierdon is now an assistant coach :wtf:
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