GDT#R1G1 Hurricanes @ Capitals 7:30pm Thu Apr 11, 2019 NBCSWA, MSG+

[ArJunaZ]

Crap. Game 2 on Saturday is ONLY on NBC. They fucked us out of one of our first round games by the home town crew.

[Surreylily]

Apologies for the language tonight.
Every time!   They do it to us EVERY time.   

Still, 1 game up.  A little warning there towards the end, methinks, to not take things so lightly.   

[Surreylily]

Nice they held on after the stupids set in.. Not liking Orpik playing with Carlson down the stretch. That'll "probably" work against Carolina.. Probably.

  I thought Dylan and Hooks worked pretty well together.

[apace41]

To be fair, the 3 goal lead is the toughest one in hockey.  LOL.

You can't go into a shell like that.  TB proved it last night and we tried to replicate what they did. 

At the end of the day it's 1-0 in the series and that's all that matters.

[Mickstix]

I thought Dylan and Hooks worked pretty well together.

Oh, they looked fine vs Carolina! Hooks is a 3rd pair guy for a reason though..
And watch that language, will ya!!! 

[ArJunaZ]

Oh, they looked fine vs Carolina! Hooks is a 3rd pair guy for a reason though..
And watch that language, will ya!!! 

He's on the 3rd pair because he's aging and they wanted to minimize his ice time and save him for the playoffs. Now that we're here it's time to use him up. The beatings he gave tonight will affect the rest of this series. I thought they played him smartly tonight. More than a few Canes are smarting as a result.
 

[Mickstix]

His age and durability is a concern, but how slow he is, is mine. IMO, the time is now to let Carlson roll on his off side and get comfortable playing with Jensen and only have 1 pair playing with new partners.

[richkrt99]

The game pretty much went as I figured....We won it with our special teams.      Too bad our "top line" didn't show up and do anything to help the team last night.
Orpik was a beast with the hits.  Old and slow, but he's earning his $1mil and more with hits and leadership.  I think this is likely his last year and he played like it last night.  It certainly did not look like he wasn't saving anything for the future last night.

When our stars outplay their stars we win.  Especially against an opponent with much less talent.  Holtby was sharp.

We got outplayed 5 on 5 though.  We had some scoring chances that could/should have been goals, but overall the Canes controlled most of the game offensively.  Although the Caps pretty well stifled them in the second period.

It wouldn't be our beloved Caps if they didn't make us need heart meds and/or alcohol well before the game was over.

I'll take the playoff win...no matter how it comes.  Hope to see better play 5 v 5 on Saturday.  5 v 5 was really where we have been strongest all year.  Not liking us getting outplayed.....by Canes, no less.

Hate 3pm Saturday Starts.  Thanks NBC.


GO CAPS

[richkrt99]

Anybody want to give a premature grade to Rierdon's (and staff) coaching last night?


I hate to see Jake get moved from line two, but don't disagree that Hagelin is better defensively against top lines.


Powerplay and PK looked better.  Not sure if that is coaching, opponent, effort, or luck.


thoughts?

[richkrt99]

Where is everyone?  Last night's game must have taken a bigger toll on sanity than I thought.


Go Caps

[Mickstix]

I think Reirden did "ok".. He (I assume) wanted a more conservative approach on O so they could play responsible D?? I think Hagelin hobbles the 2 line as far as being an offensive threat.. I dont really see Vrana as a reliability on D.. He's no Hagelin, but he's not bad, imo.. I like Orpik responsibility on the top D pair, but again he doesn't pass or break out particularly well, so again hobbling the O.. And he's slow. So, we'll see.. I loved the PP looks! Looked totally different in where they lined up with Nick out front instead of Kuz behind.. I like that he didn't just go with the status quo.. Hopefully we get by NC and can work through some stuff in the process.. And we did win, so there's that.. C+ for everybody in game 1.

[DC_1908]

Where is everyone?  Last night's game must have taken a bigger toll on sanity than I thought.


Go Caps

Well, . . . I’m Detroit nursing a mild hangover from last night with fresh KBS at Founders Brewery 😁

[DC_1908]

I think Reirden did "ok".. He (I assume) wanted a more conservative approach on O so they could play responsible D?? I think Hagelin hobbles the 2 line as far as being an offensive threat.. I dont really see Vrana as a reliability on D.. He's no Hagelin, but he's not bad, imo.. I like Orpik responsibility on the top D pair, but again he doesn't pass or break out particularly well, so again hobbling the O.. And he's slow. So, we'll see.. I loved the PP looks! Looked totally different in where they lined up with Nick out front instead of Kuz behind.. I like that he didn't just go with the status quo.. Hopefully we get by NC and can work through some stuff in the process.. And we did win, so there's that.. C+ for everybody in game 1.

I only caught the lasr few minutes, but from the highlight, Juicey did not have a good gane. . . and box score looks worse: a Dman with a -2 with 7and change ice time in a 3-2 game?   . . .  and 0 PIMs so it’s not like he got a miscondu or was in the box, . . . A D played only 8 mins and got beat for both goals against.      Yikes.


It’s good they where trying to tighten up but hard to do when a D is -2 in 7min

[richkrt99]

I only caught the lasr few minutes, but from the highlight, Juicey did not have a good gane. . . and box score looks worse: a Dman with a -2 with 7and change ice time in a 3-2 game?   . . .  and 0 PIMs so it’s not like he got a miscondu or was in the box, . . . A D played only 8 mins and got beat for both goals against.      Yikes.


It’s good they where trying to tighten up but hard to do when a D is -2 in 7min

Juice did look lost on the one goal and I did see him get pushed around ALOT but Canes were physical with everyone.  His size/strength has always been my peev with him, but his positioning is usually pretty good.  His size is a problem, but we knew that already.  He does usually play with good awareness and uses his strengths to try and overcome the size issue.....I just don't think you can in the NHL.  Not ragging on the guy, and he usually performs better than his size.


Can't really judge anybody on one game either.  Could have been someone else's fault on both goals too...I haven't gone back and watched, but I remember him basically in a position to do NOTHING on the one goal.


GO CAPS

[richkrt99]

Well, . . . I’m Detroit nursing a mild hangover from last night with fresh KBS at Founders Brewery 😁

Not sure I want to know DC's definition of a "mild" hangover 


Let's play multiple choice;  DC's "Mild" hangover:


a)  A hangover resulting from imbibing a not quite adequate amount of alcohol in one or many forms, resulting in a headache the next day
b)  A hangover resulting form imbibing multiple alcoholic beverage to an extent you are still semi-conscious, and do not pass out (for very long)
c)  A hangover resulting from imbibing multiple alcoholic beverages, are totally shitfaced, can't walk or talk or type, passed out, but woke up somewhere, but not in jail; hence "mild"
d)  still breathing the next day, although wish you weren't
e)  all of the above


 

[BarfingMonkey]

ArJunaZ
Are you by chance saving these games again, like you did last season?

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Not sure I want to know DC's definition of a "mild" hangover 


Let's play multiple choice;  DC's "Mild" hangover:


a)  A hangover resulting from imbibing a not quite adequate amount of alcohol in one or many forms, resulting in a headache the next day
b)  A hangover resulting form imbibing multiple alcoholic beverage to an extent you are still semi-conscious, and do not pass out (for very long)
c)  A hangover resulting from imbibing multiple alcoholic beverages, are totally shitfaced, can't walk or talk or type, passed out, but woke up somewhere, but not in jail; hence "mild"
d)  still breathing the next day, although wish you weren't
e)  all of the above


 

in my misspent youth, nursing a mild hangover meant warm beer in captain crunch. These days it's gatoraid and excedrin

[HoustonCapsFan]

Hangover, hell I've got a musty Holtby jersey that I now can't wash since it was lucky last night.  I forgot that i had left it stuffed in one of those clear plastic stadium bags after going to the game in Dallas back in January.  I pull it out and it is funky.  But we won so I can't wash it now.  That is almost as bad as a hangover in my book.

[richkrt99]

Hangover, hell I've got a musty Holtby jersey that I now can't wash since it was lucky last night.  I forgot that i had left it stuffed in one of those clear plastic stadium bags after going to the game in Dallas back in January.  I pull it out and it is funky.  But we won so I can't wash it now.  That is almost as bad as a hangover in my book.

So.......I watched the game necked for good luck.  Does this mean I can't wear clothes again til mid June?





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So.......I watched the game necked for good luck.  Does this mean I can't wear clothes again til mid June?

good luck with that in town