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GDT#61 Capitals @ Maple Leafs 7:00pm Thu Feb 21, 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, TVAS, TSN4
richkrt99:
I thought it a pretty solid game by the Caps. They looked energetic.
Holtby definitely saved the game for the early. Liked what I saw overall though. Love seeing Willie score, and his "home town". Man he has some wheels. I can't imagine what it feels like to be freight trained by him at full speed.
I was going to make some smartass comment BEFORE the game about how much time the players spent at the Hall of fame and such....and maybe they should be practicing, but maybe it woke em up a bit.
Let's hope so.
Go Caps
zerofox:
--- Quote from: richkrt99 on Friday February 22, 2019, 07:49:56 PM Eastern ---I thought it a pretty solid game by the Caps. They looked energetic.
Holtby definitely saved the game for the early. Liked what I saw overall though. Love seeing Willie score, and his "home town". Man he has some wheels. I can't imagine what it feels like to be freight trained by him at full speed.
I was going to make some smartass comment BEFORE the game about how much time the players spent at the Hall of fame and such....and maybe they should be practicing, but maybe it woke em up a bit.
Let's hope so.
Go Caps
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Well, I made a comment before the game expecting a blowout (like 7-0) loss. Glad I was wrong.
PUCKNRUSH:
--- Quote from: zerofox on Friday February 22, 2019, 08:39:09 PM Eastern ---
Well, I made a comment before the game expecting a blowout (like 7-0) loss. Glad I was wrong.
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Hey Zero.
This EFFORT thing is exactly what I’ve been mentioning in my last few posts!
I totally agree, in that WE DID see a REAL effort for damn near, just short of the entire 60 mins!
It’s amazing, the difference in how this team behaves every week, hell, every other game! LOL!
Said in a different way, (paraphrasing from a recent Carlson postgame quote), where he talked about having to give a real effort, again, saying guys just can’t show up and play, “when they feel like it”!!
This issue is a two-edged sword, that holds our emotions, as fans, “hostage”, in a way. WHY?? Because I don’t like the natural, emotional, ups and downs, that occur when our team WINS or LOSES, being predicated on whether a few guys didn’t “FEEL LIKE PLAYING” at a professional level, that night!
Lack of talent, a speedier, quicker opponent, goalie has a bad night, injuries....all WAY BETTER reasons for accepting a loss more easily! DIDNT FEEL LIKE IT!!! (at the money they make)....Fuck off, then!!
Lack of effort, once in a while, is even hard to tolerate, but as often as it happens this year, it has the sense of cheapening the fan/team/player relationship!
As if we’re supposed to feel FORTUNATE, when they ALL come together, and play with good effort, that we already know they’re capable of!!! When they DO, we fans KNOW, they are one of the leagues best!
IMO, it’s collectively POMPOUS, as a team, to possess the real talent, and show that you CAN bring the effort, then, start coasting in and out of CHOOSING to bring it, at the fans emotional expense, because your good enough, to have the choice, and remain in playoff contention!
CHEAPENS THE WHOLE DAMN THING!
This Leafs/Caps game was great to watch. Hands down!
We are left, with the remainder of this season, with only the hope, that they will CHOOSE to bring the effort, that we know they can! YES, I said CHOOSE!!
(Wasn’t that long ago, that as professional sports players, this CHOOSING crap, wasn’t even a subject to be discussed, AND the coaches NEVER tolerated lack of effort)!
Lombardi would have put a Riddell, coaches shoe imprint, on the back of your ASS!!! GEEZ ALERT!!LOL 😂
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