Pardon my French, but this is baloney. The Caps came out (how much was Reirden, how much was the players putting their nose to the grindstone I can't say, of course) with a plan that was fundamentally different from what they traditionally do. Their (reported) hitting was more than it's been in virtually all games this year. They put basically a shot a minute on goal. That IS more than they've done all season and probably top 10 in their history, and contrary to their philosophy of setting up to get the best possible shot at the expense. They came out with gusto against a team that has been on fire all year, when they were in the back half of a back-to-back and Tampa wasn't. To say that this team gave "no effort" in allowing 5 goals is NONSENSE!!! Pure and utter NONSENSE!!! There's no crying in hockey. The team DID man up and the top 3 D all played extra minutes, with Kempny out and Orpik/Jensen not playin all that much. Where's your evidence of crying??? Sometimes the result isn't what you want, but stop ragging on these guys for no rational reason. They showed grit in keeping at it until the end, tied it in the last minute, and lost in the OT, which doesn't mean anything for the playoffs anyway because you don't see 3-3 then. Please quit trying to shoehorn what actually happened on the ice into your distorted
view of reality.
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.
