GDT #65 Caps vs Blues @ 7pm

[Surreylily]

Serves us right for wearing that bloody awful colour kit.   

[Mickstix]

4 whole shots on goal that period! 

[alta]

down by 2 after 2


Caps got ‘em right where they want ‘em

[Surreylily]

I'm finding this hard going tonight.
 

[alta]

not much Vtec could on that last one when his own guy is playing flounder on him

[Mickstix]

We schtink again tonight.. 

[Surreylily]

We schtink again tonight.. 

Time for you to do some puckering up, luv.   

[Surreylily]

Who's hidden Ovi's Big Boy pants?

[alta]

might be time to show the puppies


 

[alta]

that’s that


 

[Surreylily]

Yep.  That's me done.
Night night all. 

[Mickstix]

Fart noises.. See ya'll Friday.

[Beaglefan2]

Two guys that normally play well - Orlov and Sheary - had lousy games tonight. I guess it happens.


Mojo just pretty much skated around like Backstrom - zero impact.


Kempny - boy, I hope we get TVR back and Kempny's time in a Caps uniform is done.

[alta]

Caps were skating slow all night, the outcome wasn’t a surprise. I was hoping Kempny would be better overall than he has been, but hard to say if he just needs regular reps or he’s done.

[waynerivers]

The Blues are big and pushed the Caps all over the ice.  Our midget defense can't do the job when it comes to playing teams like this.  The complete lack of any physical play by the forwards doesn't help either.  This team won't last long in the playoffs.

[Mickstix]

Once they get some bodies back, they need to try Mojo as the 3C and scratch Eller or play him on the wing.. He creates nothing, does little to nothing and pretty sure he doesn't know how to win a faceoff either.. Another 3 million dollar penalty killer!! 

[richkrt99]

Well the Mantha to Willy goal was nice.  That's a whole lot of freight hauling up the ice on that 2 on 1
Big Tony Ray Ray got better wheels than I thought.


And never thought I'd say this, but we miss TVR on D .  I really didn't expect much(or know what to expect) from TVR, as last year he mostly didn't break the lineup and I was worried how he'd be having to rely on him full time, but he has been pretty solid this year.  Kempny is done I believe.  He's been playing in Hershey or watching from the press box, but he needs to go back to one or the other. Too bad for him, but I don't think he can cut it anymore.


And on a brighter note....MOJO - if he ends up 3c like Mick wants....has about a .40 faceoff win percentage 


Ugly game.  Probably more to follow.

[richkrt99]

Caps trail Boston by 3 pts in the standings.  Does it make any difference if Caps end up in 7 or 8?  (actually Boston and Toronto both have 83 pts)

Top team in the Conference draws #8 (ahem....Caps)  The other division winner plays #7 (Boston)


So Caps are going to play Florida or Carolina...depending on who wins the Conference.  I think I'd rather play Carolina - for some reason we manage to be able to beat them on occasion.  I don't know though, Carolina is SO stingy on allowing goals.


Ho hum....the doldrums of being fans of a mediocre team.

[richkrt99]

Once they get some bodies back, they need to try Mojo as the 3C and scratch Eller or play him on the wing.. He creates nothing, does little to nothing and pretty sure he doesn't know how to win a faceoff either.. Another 3 million dollar penalty killer!! 

For what it's worth....


Eller wins 49.6% of faces offs  (total career and this year's is 49.6)
Mojo wins 41.3%


not that we grabbed MOJO to win face offs, but it'd be nice if someone could.


Ovi needs 10 goals in final 17 games to reach 50, which is right about the pace he is on.  Hope for his sake he makes it.  He's been shorted a couple-three short seasons in his career.  one more 50 ties him with Gretzky and Bossy with 9

[Beaglefan2]

And never thought I'd say this, but we miss TVR on D .  I really didn't expect much(or know what to expect) from TVR, as last year he mostly didn't break the lineup and I was worried how he'd be having to rely on him full time, but he has been pretty solid this year.  Kempny is done I believe.  He's been playing in Hershey or watching from the press box, but he needs to go back to one or the other. Too bad for him, but I don't think he can cut it anymore.

I've been converted on TVR as well. The game he played when he got hurt was the best of his career.  Looked like he had a ton of confidence.


We have the start of a decent defenseman group with Fever, Orlov, Jensen and TVR.  Fever can lay out some decent hits and Orlov is good for a sneaky blow-up, but our overall lack of size is a problem.  We do have one guy with size but he refuses to get physical and just likes to watch guys skate around him.


We need two big tough defensemen to pair with Fever, Orlov, TVR and Jensen.  Doesn't look like we have anybody on the farm and we will have no dollars for decent free agents over the next two years, so I guess we will just have to live with it.