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GDT#72 Capitals @ Lightning 7:00pm Sat Mar 16, 2019 NBCSWA, NHLN, SUN
Beaglefan2:
--- Quote from: justwincaps on Saturday March 16, 2019, 10:46:50 PM Eastern ---What does TR do with Kuzy - lackadaisical play and dumbass penalties. Don’t know where his mind is soemmetimes.
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I think our coaches, including Trotz, have done a horrible job with Kuzy. He has the talent to be a 30 to 40 goal scorer and they continue to let him skate around and look to make passes. If they just sat him down every time he passed when he should shoot, that would fix the problem. If he got aggressive on his shooting, then teams would adjust and the passing lanes would open up more.
zerofox:
I know it sounds terrible, but I'm just happy Ovi scored. I don't give a shit how the Caps do. Why? Because honestly I know there's 0% chance that the Caps win the Cup this year, so winning or losing games is irrelevant. Caps suck, period. They lose against bad teams and they lose against good teams. Granted, they have the talent on paper to win the Cup, absolutely. But with TR and the mental retardation / lack of effort from key players, we aren't in Cup winning mode.
And as such, asking for an Ovi 50+ goal season and Rocket Richard is really the only "consolation prize" we can get. And his 8th would be a special one, as it puts him in the record books as having the most goal scoring titles in NHL history. So if we aren't getting a Cup anyway, might as well root for the next best thing we can get.
ArJunaZ:
--- Quote from: Beaglefan2 on Saturday March 16, 2019, 10:48:18 PM Eastern ---
Maybe I was in a bad mood, but I saw a lot more effort from Tampa. I don't care about the lucky bounces and the calls that went against us, I would just like to see our guys be committed and aggressive for the whole game. My comment on the under-performers, was for tonight, but moreso for the season. I just think that we have guys that won the Cup and figure they can coast until they get in the playoffs, Maybe they are right....
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I understand. I've had games where I felt like that when it wasn't justified. We'll see how they do next week. The trajectory of the team is inarguably upwards. I saw good effort from 90% of our guys tonight.
Pavel095:
--- Quote from: ArJunaZ on Saturday March 16, 2019, 10:31:32 PM Eastern ---Except for the Kuzy and Holtby remark I couldn't disagree more. We played well. Jensen lost his balance there and I guarantee that won't happen again. Bolts had a couple really lucky bounces and they had three dives, two of which got them power plays. Refs definitely benefited the Bolts with typical crap calls. We also had some bad luck on good chances.
I will say it again. I liked this game and it could have gone either way.
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I agree, the team played well if not a couple unlucky goals and uncertain play by Holtby in 1 period we could have a win tonight.
zerofox:
--- Quote from: ArJunaZ on Saturday March 16, 2019, 11:10:13 PM Eastern ---I understand. I've had games where I felt like that when it wasn't justified. We'll see how they do next week. The trajectory of the team is inarguably upwards. I saw good effort from 90% of our guys tonight.
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The sad part is that "good effort from 90% of our guys" and "put up a fight against TB" is pretty much the high point of the season. That's good enough to do well in the regular season, but not good enough to win another Cup. We need to be firing on all cylinders. Last year we had some serious luck going for us. This year a lot of the key reasons why we won a Cup (for instance, Kuzy is trash right now) are not likely to come back unless they magically appear just in time. I agree that the team is trending upwards, but I fear it is too little too late. We had our "miracle on ice" last year, I wouldn't bet on it going in our favor again.
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