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R1G1 Islanders @ Capitals 3:00pm ET Wed Aug 12, 2020 NBCSWA, NBCSN, SN, TVAS, MS
alta:
--- Quote from: RavenCp on Wednesday August 12, 2020, 09:16:35 PM Eastern ---I've missed the game, anything positive?
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they played a great 1st period, and half of the 2nd. After that they couldn’t do much right
the PK was good at 4-4, but the PP needs work at 2-7
Mickstix:
--- Quote from: Surreylily on Wednesday August 12, 2020, 06:36:10 PM Eastern ---Am I the only one who is not totally in love with Kovalchuk?
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There's quite a few of em' Im not totally in love with at the moment.. :snicker: But yea, they're not paying him anything and he's playing like it.
Down 2 centers is gonna kill em' 5 on 5. Add in a little sloppy D and some shoddy goaltending and well, you know, the thing.. :rofl:
Beaglefan2:
Have to slam our entire defense. Carlson standing around as usual with his minus 3. Kempney was horrible, especially since he is supposed to be healed now from his injury. Orlov stunk as well and got steamrolled a couple times. As for Dillon, I'm not in love with him either. Yes, he brings some toughness but he is less than average defensively. I hope we don't resign him.
So, with such stellar play, why not start Fehrevary? He was our best defenseman the other day.
richkrt99:
--- Quote from: Beaglefan2 on Thursday August 13, 2020, 08:13:25 AM Eastern ---Have to slam our entire defense. Carlson standing around as usual with his minus 3. Kempney was horrible, especially since he is supposed to be healed now from his injury. Orlov stunk as well and got steamrolled a couple times. As for Dillon, I'm not in love with him either. Yes, he brings some toughness but he is less than average defensively. I hope we don't resign him.
So, with such stellar play, why not start Fehrevary? He was our best defenseman the other day.
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Kempney was the only other -3 on the night for either team...shocker.
Our D is suspect at times....Times like WHEN WE ARE MISSING OUR 2 BEST 2-WAY CENTERS who shore up our D. Without them, the D is left to their own and...well you allow 4 goals in a playoff game.
Eller gets no love on these boards, but he is greatly needed on THIS team. I don't think we have a Cup without him because he really shined when Backy was out during that run. Not comparing him to Backy, but Eller fills some big roles. He will never put up great O numbers, but he is an excellent value at a 3c who fills lots of roles when needed. Scored some big goals during the run, but I don't really count on him for too much in that area - more so of an all-around 3C kind of guy. Kills penalties, can be 2C fill in, sometimes back checking, sometimes grinding in the O-zone. He doesn't dangle like Kuzy and can't pass like Backy, but....that's why he's a 3C.
Holtby needs to be better., but then so does most of the team.
Same team, different year...if they played the whole game like they played the 1st period (or like they played for most of the SC run) then we'd have something to get excited about, but I'm not feeling it.
Islanders don't impress me...(neither did the Caps), but I think the Caps have a little more potential
I'm hopeful for the future with some of our young D (Ziggy, Fever) but who knows. Team is aging. I was hoping this would be the year Willy REALLY broke out on the offensive side. Such a weird year. I think they should have just bagged it and prepped for a normal Fall season, but you know all that lost revenue and such. Now they are just F'n up next season. Is anybody going to really care about this years SC winner?
Caps, please prove me wrong...WTFU and play some great hockey and get me back into this.
richkrt99:
just re-read my post and pretty much what I said in ranty paragraphs was a repeat of what Mick, Alta and Beags already said in one sentence each. :raspberry:
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