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GDT#74 Lightning @ Capitals 7:30pm Wed Mar 20, 2019 NBCSN
HoustonCapsFan:
Blah. Can't go 0 for 3 on the PK and expect to win. There were some high points, some low. Bottom line, I think this game should show that Tampa is not invincible. Gotta have better effort on the PK.
alta:
--- Quote from: Beaglefan2 on Wednesday March 20, 2019, 11:20:28 PM Eastern ---
I have to admit, it is tempting to rag on the refs, but I'm getting tired of it.
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The officiating was the typical crap last night, but that wasn't the reason the Caps lost. In an overall very good game, there were some serious defense lapses. That is what lost the game.
DC_1908:
--- Quote from: HoustonCapsFan on Thursday March 21, 2019, 11:19:29 AM Eastern ---Blah. Can't go 0 for 3 on the PK and expect to win. There were some high points, some low. Bottom line, I think this game should show that Tampa is not invincible. Gotta have better effort on the PK.
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Granted, this roster wasn’t built with the PK being a priority, but that isn’t the only reason the PK is pathetic. With almost a whole season of ingame experience, scouting and video review, it’s pretty damn clear teams have learned how to score on our PK.
Reidon and his staff need to go to back to the white board and come up with a better PK scheme before this gets any worse
HoustonCapsFan:
--- Quote from: DC_1908 on Thursday March 21, 2019, 11:37:13 AM Eastern ---Granted, this roster wasn’t built with the PK being a priority, but that isn’t the only reason the PK is pathetic. With almost a whole season of ingame experience, scouting and video review, it’s pretty damn clear teams have learned how to score on our PK.
Reidon and his staff need to go to back to the white board and come up with a better PK scheme before this gets any worse
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I'm fine with it not being a priority, you can't have everything. However, you have to be able to at least occasionally kill a penalty against a top flight unit like Tampa. I agree they need to do something with this god awful unit.
BlackIce:
--- Quote from: DC_1908 on Thursday March 21, 2019, 10:39:54 AM Eastern ---Like hell it is baloney! What’s baloney, no bullshit, giving this team and coach praise for allowing 5 goals because you are entertained by woman’s rules hockey, not to mention your, though amusing, is your continued attempts to challenge and disgrace me.
You do NOT know what you’re talking about when it comes to this sport, you only think and act like you do. You simply know your entertainment, and refuse to learn thing one hear because ya like to think you’re smartest person on here which is the only “distorted view of reality”
But hey, I’ll continue to lecture you, and give two examples, of which you should of already learned on here by now, of how this loss was on Reidon. So you pointed out that despite being down a D, Jensen and Orpik played 11:32, and 12:00 respectively while Orlov, know for mistakes, played 24:54 and committed 3 turnovers, allowed the GWG in OT, and should be praised for his effort. Now while in today’s Woman’s Hockey League it’s generally common when trailing to sit your defensive pair when trailing, being down a D can, and in a one goal game, (which indicates a possibility of pulling a goalie and a possible 3 on 3), and in a good position in the standings with the playoffs coming up shortly, can should and will change that. Now Hooks is aging, not particularly fast, and isn’t an offensive juggernaut, but is not completely useless in this case, yet instead of adjusting personnel and play calls, crossed of Kempys name and put Orlovs name in twice resulting in 25 min of ice time.
A second, though not the last,example is Kuzy. The best move Reidon did was swap Kuzy and Nick that kept Kuzy away from Stamkos and Now this will come as a surprise, but that is a terrible match up as aside from pretty skating and the occasional pretty passes, Stamkos is superior in every aspect. Let’s not forget Kucherev(?sp who cares), is also on that line. So good on Reidon for daring to change his line up card. However, Kuzy was again 33% on face offs, yet continues to take them. Believe it or not, there is a way to work around this, here’s how and the evidemce: You may not of heard of Dave Steckel, but when he was here he was an elite face off expert. What BB would do is send him out for the faceoff, after which he would head to the bench and the center he took the faceoff for would come on. This one person change is low risk as you more than likely as you typically have possession, if not you have a better defensive player on the ice until you do. BB, Hunter, Oates, and Trorz all did this with Steckel and/or Beagle. They even would have the Brouwer or Ward just take the faceoff regardless of what dot there on. So, why not do that with Dowd (75% last game), Stevenson or Boyd? No they aren’t even close to Steckel or Beagle, but they sure as hell better than Kuzy.
These two examples not only apply to the last game, but illustrate two examples of how Reidon fails to adjust (aka treating every game like any other game). Now Reidon is an NHL coach and ive said noyjknv hr hasn’t seen before. But these and other examples imply some combination of his over-confidence in his system, inability to get the players to execute adjustments, or just following orders.
Yes the players are on the ice, and score or allow the goals. But like any other team sport, the real war is between the coaches. Now you can “get by” and win some with weapons and some luck, but not for long.
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If you want to see someone who won't learn anything and doesn't know what he thinks he knows, there is a mirror on the wall over there.
Now I wonder why Reirden didn't play Orpik more? Could it be because, since he is slow, he simply can't handle Tampa's top lines consistently, so his exposure has to be limited? Frankly, after Kempny was lost, I bet if anything Reirden was sorry he hadn't started Djoos rather than Orpik as the 3rd LHD. Djoos can't move people, but he might be able to keep up with the waterbugs a little better.
Yeah, I've never hear of David Steckel. Right. My first Caps jersey was Steckel's -- he was my favorite player in the time he was here, though he was one of those soft players you don't seem to like. Sure, I remember seeing Steckel take the important face-offs and get off the ice, just like Beagle did in the past few years. I suspect the Caps would do that if they had someone they could depend on consistently in the face-off dot. But they don't. C'mon - you chide about overreaching on stats. One game of face-offs isn't a reliable stat for Dowd. Face-off stats bounce around from game to game for a lot of guys.
You really ought to get off your high horse and realize there are other opinions besides yours.
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