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May 23 vs Bruins at Capital One Arena
Time: 7:00
TV: NBCSW
Radio: Caps Radio 24/7, 106.7 fm
Bruins lead series 3-1
Caps anticipated lines:
Ovechkin 8 - Backstron 19 - Mantha 39
Sprong 10 - Kuznetsov 92 - Wilson 43
Sheary 73 - Eller 20 - Oshie 77
Hagelin 62 - Dowd 26 - Hathaway 21
Orlov 9 - Carlson 74
Dillon 4 - Schultz 2
Chara 33 - Jensen 3
Samsonov 30
PP1: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Oshie, Mantha, Carlson
PP2: Wilson, Kuznetsov, Eller, Orlov, Schultz
scratched:
Raffl
Carr
Fehervary
McMichael
van Riemsdyk
Anderson
Copley
Vanecek - day to day
Bruins anticipated lines:
Marchand 63 - Bergeron 37 - Pastrnak 88
Hall 71 - Krejci 46 - Smith 12
Ritchie 21 - Coyle 13 - DeBrusk 74
Kuraly 52 - Lazar 20 - Wagner 14
Grzelcyk 48 - McAvoy 73
Reilly 6 - Carlo 25
Tinordi - Clifton 75
Rask 40
scratched:
Frederick
Wolff
Vaakanainen
Swayman
Miller - day to day - hip check from Orlov G4
Lauzon - day to day
tonight's zebras
referees:
Chris Lee 28 Jean Hebert 15
linesmen:
Andrew Smith 51 Matt MacPherson 83
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-host-must-win-game-5-vs-bs/c-324927286 (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-host-must-win-game-5-vs-bs/c-324927286)
https://novacapsfans.com/2021/05/23/daniel-sprong-will-likely-replace-michal-raffl-in-capitals-lineup-for-game-5/ (https://novacapsfans.com/2021/05/23/daniel-sprong-will-likely-replace-michal-raffl-in-capitals-lineup-for-game-5/)
scoring summary
1st period:
no goals
2nd period:
Pastrnak from Reilly at 2:28
Bergeron from Reilly and Pastrnak at 14:05
3rd period:
Sheary from Oshie and Orlov at :11
OT:
Fuck Bettman
and Manfred
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Hey y'all. :wackysmile:
Not expeccting much from thiis game to be honest.
I want one thing and one thing only from this game
I want somebody to beat the bejeesus out or the rat. I want someboy, anyybody .. apart from Willly... to shove his big fat nose into his big fat mouth.hockey al together, so NOT him.
NOT Willy. If he did, he would probably be ejjected from the NHL and
SRUID TECHNOLOGY.........
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Technolo permitting....... gy I just want to say thank you Alta, for doing these GDT's :clap: :) :hearts:
THANK YOU.
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You'll probably be happy to know I'm almost out of wine.
however, my landlord has given me leave to nick a couple of beers... and cider.
:jake: :jake: :jake:
:snicker:
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Uh ohl Jean herbert? Not our friend historically.
Not that it matters much now.
I guess the only thing in this game is how stupid the refs want to look.
And how embarrassing the comms can possiby be.
:clown:
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Anyone got a Joe/Locker stream? :cross: These comms already got me feelin :O=
Mornin Lil!! :hearts:
Welp, one more for the road!! :hopslam:
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Looks like we're gonna show a light fire for 5-10 minutes before we fold up? :snicker:
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local programming change, the game is on 106.7, which sucks because it's always about 38 seconds behind the tv feed
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Anyone got a Joe/Locker stream? :cross: These comms already got me feelin :O=
Mornin Lil!! :hearts:
Welp, one more for the road!! :hopslam:
"My good stream" has hime comms ;)
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been a bust afternoon, haven't had a chance to start drinking til now
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OMG. i woud cream if Chara took out the Rat. :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
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been a bust afternoon, haven't had a chance to start drinking til now
ketchup luv. :wackysmile:
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ketchup luv. :wackysmile:
it won't take long either, haven't eaten since breakfast
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So I guess "matching minors" is gonna be a thing.. :clown:
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I hope the boys took their little blue pills before the game, they need to get this pp up
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Yo wish........ :lmao:
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So I guess "matching minors" is gonna be a thing.. :clown:
You got it?
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Kuzy makes me mad.
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Kuzy makes me mad.
:angry:
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This friendly face cleaning styuff is not doing t for me......
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Wait, you're allowed to move around on the PP?? :huh: I get trying to feed Ovi in the office, but we've got the laziest PP in the league..
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Holy shit! Period's barely half over and we already have 2 shots on goal! :)
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SOMEBODY JUST HIT THAT LITTLE FUCKKKKKL ALL READY
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Holy shit! Period's barely half over and we already have 2 shots on goal! :)
on pace fro 12 total!!
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Well this game looks a lot different than all the others so far :raised-eyebrow:
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Holy crap. i could play better than these ladies.
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Kuznetsov taking a month off fucked us.. Dude's a rust bucket.
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How is that a roughing Surely that's high stick
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If Forsythe is still the PP coach next year.. :clown:
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pathetic
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If Forsythe is still the PP coach next year.. :clown:
Seems he learned absolutely nothing from the goalie whisperer :(
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Grubs and the Aves have swept the Blues
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If Forsythe is still the PP coach next year.. :clown:
These coaches should all be canned. No changes and we can’t do SHIT on the PP. can’t even get in the fucking zone.
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Fuck, another PP.. :snicker:
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Decline it
Please
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Oh joy........... :wackysmile:
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Embarrassed to be a Caps fan. Like the good old days.
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Every zone faceoff lost = 25 seconds wasted. So what do we do? Lose every fucking one! :)
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Grubs and the Aves have swept the Blues
Good for Frubby.
Do you think we cn get him back
:P .
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pathetic
I dunno.. We may be playing good enough for an overtime loss! :)
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My typig os even worse tahn uaual :snicker:
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My typig os even worse tahn uaual :snicker:
Imbeeb ti if!! :wackysmile:
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You ttion, or committment that I have.ioknow what I stay up till stupid o'clock in the morning to watch and folow this team. I am disgusted that they don't have the dedica
Load of ikds pretending to wear big boy trousers.
:koolaid:
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:(
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WHATEVER.
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I am totally and utterly op for a fire sale. :-|
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Imbeeb ti if!! :wackysmile:
:lol:
At least you could tae a wild guess at wht I said meant.
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The fellas do lnow I'm watchng, right? They know they can score, right
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:clown:
:poop: :O=
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Oay,omising , but let' try this... so @m not very good at compromising How about we TRy to score...... :)
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FIRE SALE
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God damn it 👿
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:clown: :poop: :)
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What the hell WAS Jensen doing there?
Besides moving out of the way
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Why aren't we hitting anyvody?
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Caps do just look like this is a preseason scrimmage
Looks like they phoned this one in
And
Carlson has looked like warm doo-doo the whole series
Not unlike most of the team
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I think I . would keep our PK coach
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Actually at even strength I think we are outplaying them a bit.
But the multiple PPPP’s have been a waste if ice time
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I would keep Oshie.. Ove isgienpretty much a given.
FFS!
Meh.
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What the hell WAS Jensen doing there?
Besides moving out of the way
Same thing Dowd was, just firing it around the boards to nobody.. They just can't help doing stupid shit.
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And still mobody has cruhed the rat........
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Why the fuk do I contue, after all these years to support this tam and stay up till stupid o'clock in the morning, when they can rt even be botheered to turn up AT ALL.
STUPID ME
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Oh, wait. I Know.
It's you guys.. :wow:
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:clown: :clown:
:O= :poop:
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:clown: :poop: :)
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We definitely need to think about spending some money on a goalie.. They could trade Kuzy and Carlson and have some actual cap space..
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The only question is whether they will realize that the regular season and playoffs are different and they are not structured to win in the playoffs now. Too old. 3 guys under 30. Really? The first 3 games wore them down and they have nothing left.
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The only question is whether they will realize that the regular season and playoffs are different and they are not structured to win in the playoffs now. Too old. 3 guys under 30. Really? The first 3 games wore them down and they have nothing left.
And their style of play doesn't work in the post season. We can't control the puck at all. All transition or a lucky deflection. If teams play us tight and we can't play with open ice, we suck.
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What the fuck Sammy?!?!
His fuck-ups have all but coast us this series
& Fuck you again Queen Henry, else wed of been able to not nee Sammy & his Covid
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This sucks but it would be so much worse if we didn’t win that Cup.
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The crowd is so loud I can barely hear Brian Douche endlessly running his yap
:-|
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Lavi should put out Mantha Backstrom and Wilson.. See if we can't win a fucking shift with something other then our 4th line.
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kuzneznov needds ro be gone He is our "Sasha Semin".Now.
Sammy needs to go to Heshey untill his balls drop and he grows nto a real man. I rather suspect that Kuzy has influenced his countryman, Sammy and not in a good way.
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Tinordi has sure has proved everyone, mainly GMBM, wrong in that he "cant play". Hes been killin us
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I might keep Sprong.
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Lavi should put out Mantha Backstrom and Wilson.. See if we can't win a fucking shift with something other then our 4th line.
Why Bacstrom? he's done fuck all.!
Put out Oshie. At least he gives a fuck
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Well we knew going into the series our goal tending was suspect. Sammy has actually looked the best except for those lapses where he just hands over a goal
They should take all the Caps players mobile phones during intermission so they all can’t start making tee time reservations
Looks like they’ve decided winning one and going back to Boston to lose G6 just isn’t with the effort
This IS like the Caps of old. Ovi is in his 13th playoff. How many times has he NOT been out in the 1st round?
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Why Bacstrom? he's done fuck all.!
Put out Oshie. At least he gives a fuck
That'd work too! Nicky hasn't done shit, but he's still a better option than Kuznetsov. He's gotta try something, or maybe not. :snicker:
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That'd work too! Nicky hasn't done shit, but he's still a better option than Kuznetsov. He's gotta try something, or maybe not. :snicker:
you mst hve missed mu previous osts.
Kuzy is dead to me :uh-huh:
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Backus is a star, for sure, but e seems to hae everything that him that star. :(
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Well we knew going into the series our goal tending was suspect. Sammy has actually looked the best except for those lapses where he just hands over a goal
They should take all the Caps players mobile phones during intermission so they all can’t start making tee time reservations
Looks like they’ve decided winning one and going back to Boston to lose G6 just isn’t with the effort
This IS like the Caps of old. Ovi is in his 13th playoff. How many times has he NOT been out in the 1st round?
If we could score goals vs this team our tending would seem enough. They have forechecked hard and consistently in this series and it makes us look old old old. The cap limited roster moves, but I will join the chorus of others in calling for blowing up the team after this season. And is paying Ovi really worth it at this point?
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Honestly...I ust want this to be over now.
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GOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLL
SHEARY
:banana:
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And there’s life
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Sheary! :wackysmile:
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Sheary has been a pleasant budget player
A little surprised he competes as well as he does at his size
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We n/ed to get rid of the "BAD EGGS! in this tem e nedd to do it now.
Those peole tht thin they re "betterr", more "special!
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If only we could get something from Fat Tony Ray Ray
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Wha?
We scorred? :lmao:
I was already n the post moten.
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at least there are still some guys in red that don't want to lose
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ain't that the truth.
They'ren the onl ones i want on thi tem
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My typing isn't improing....... :snicker:
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I hate to say this because he's one of my favorite Caps, but the one guy who really looks super-old and super-slow in this series is 19. Not sure if there's something going on but he's been a beat behind on every play. He's not a factor at all.
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39 has been a huge disappointment this series.....
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I hate to say this because he's one of my favorite Caps, but the one guy who really looks super-old and super-slow in this series is 19. Not sure if there's something going on but he's been a beat behind on every play. He's not a factor at all.
He's not been fsctor in ny game so far Even pre plyoffs.
I sadly think he's done
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I might keep Halfway.... I like Hathawy.
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:poop: :poop: :poop:
:O= :clown:
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Whelp. That’s it then
At least we don’t have to suck thru an overtime loss
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:clown: :poop:
Damn it must be nice making a team pay for every fucking mistake..
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Thank you. It's ovee now. We're done.
I would like to say we played well and put u a good fight, but we didnt. We ere shit.
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GOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLL
ELLER
:banana: :banana:
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Jesus these announcers are some shit
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:lmao: Yeah, Id keep that frlla Ell aas well........... :P
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oh for fucks sake
put Kuzy on waivers tomorrow
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The red was addimant that it was a goal then he waves it off ?
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What was Sammy doing way out the net?
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Pffffffff
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What was Sammy doing way out the net?
Wht he aways does. goes to see the sifhts.
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Equipment manager fir the Caps was told not to sharpen any skates before the game...
And to just focus on replacing their golf spikes :raspberry:
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Trade Kuzy (not sure we get much for him now though)
Leave Backstrom and Oshie exposed and hope Seattle takes one of them.
Pay Ovie no more than 9 million and no more than 3 years. If not enough let him go.
Trade Carlson (they will never do it and probably were dumb enough to give him a no trade clause)
Get more guys like Sheary and Sprong that can skate and like to shoot.
Let Charra retire
Hire a new special teams coach
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Like the good old days when the other teams were moving on and we were getting the golf clubs shined up and ready for the season. They can't take 2018 away from us, but we can sure make it seem like we've returned the REAL glory years of first round exits.
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Hey, it's been another fun season with you guys and girls! I'll probably check in as the playoffs go on.. Hopefully Lavi has a different philosophy come next season! Gotta rid ourselves of Kuzy at the very least. He's a cancer.. Maybe Sammy gets better! But need to make some moves.. Anyway, good season people! Catch ya'll next time! :hearts:
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Hey, it's been another fun season with you guys and girls! I'll probably check in as the playoffs go on.. Hopefully Lavi has a different philosophy come next season! Gotta rid ourselves of Kuzy at the very least. He's a cancer.. Maybe Sammy gets better! But need to make some moves.. Anyway, good season people! Catch ya'll next time! :hearts:
My thought s xactly. Couldnt have said it better. :hearts:
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Hey, it's been another fun season with you guys and girls! I'll probably check in as the playoffs go on.. Hopefully Lavi has a different philosophy come next season! Gotta rid ourselves of Kuzy at the very least. He's a cancer.. Maybe Sammy gets better! But need to make some moves.. Anyway, good season people! Catch ya'll next time! :hearts:
yea, I thought that cancer was excised with the Vrana trade. I should've known better
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Gotta rid ourselves of Kuzy at the very least.
Maybe to isles.
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the bar stays open all year
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Well at least losing to Boston, we don’t take this pathetic team to lose to Fucking Shittsburgh again
We had a lot of guys underperforming in this series
Backy Kuzy, Mantha were invisible
Probably Ovie underperformed too, but he has 2 goals and 2 assists
Not sure what Willie did (1 goal?) but was gelded a few games before end of season so he wasn’t the physical presence he normally is
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have a great summer!!
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Maybe to isles.
Not sure coach Trotz would want him? Knows his antics too well already
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FIRE SALE!
All these years.. you hve never ever heard me say this.
Ovi ainn't going anyhere. End of.
I would keep Oshie
Hathawy and Sprong
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Kuzneov is the next Sasha
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AltaThanl you for keeping that fucing idiot away tonight. :hearts: :hearts:
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Even though we all knew . what would hapen. It still stings. :(
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I need a hug.
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Thank god thats over with. Night all. :yawn:
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Not sure coach Trotz would want him? Knows his antics too well already
He is a good coach, and Kuzy was progressing with him, it was amazing to see how he was playing. Trotz was developing players, even when we were loosing PO with him it was a decent team. Now it is just something embarrassing. Well maybe wait next 30 years to win another SC.
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Kuzneov is the next Sasha
Yes, he has to be traded to safe him.
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Yes, he has to be traded to safe him.
Do you thmki Trotz would take him?
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Do you thmki Trotz would take him?
its not the coaches choice. It's the GM, and the owner. I've not been overly impressed with GMs since Teds group bought the team. But at least we got the entire season on TV out of the deal.
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Look, I now that luvvie.
I ust wantesmebody old be d t no if anyone thought ..
pfffff
To take on the head guck that is Kuuy
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I kind of feel that Sammy is going the same way aready. All the talent.........
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A different generation it seems
Quick and easy.
As opposed to learning your craft.
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This season, and this team isn't a good judge of what Lavi can do. It's not not like with Reirdon were it was obvious from day one he was the wrong choice. Butt, the Caps do look like they need a new goalie coach and a new special teams coach. As well as dumping some overpaid talent.
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Do you thmki Trotz would take him?
I am sure about that, he knows how to use him and how to fit peaces.
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its not the coaches choice. It's the GM, and the owner. I've not been overly impressed with GMs since Teds group bought the team. But at least we got the entire season on TV out of the deal.
I am sure that a coach has a lot of influence.
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I am sure about that, he knows how to use him and how to fit peaces.
I can't tell you how much I hope you're right. So much talent. So much wasted..
I really, really liked Trot, good for him, better for us that If he can get the best out of them.... elsewhere.......
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I can't tell you how much I hope you're right. So much talent. So much wasted..
I really, really liked Trot, good for him, better for us that If he can get the best out of them.... elsewhere.......
He was the best coach for Caps for sure. I think we had a legit team, who can win SC at least for three seasons. From todays perspectives letting him go was such a blunder.
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This indeed could be a VERRRRRRRY interesting summer.
The Caps need to make a fundamental decision off the top: Are they now into age decline? If they are, what is to be done about it?
At the core of this is Ovie. Ted Leonsis made a pledge to him at the beginning of his career that he would do his best to build and keep a Stanley Cup contending team around him while he was here. Ovie kept up his end of the bargain, production-wise, and Leonsis kept up his end as well. Now one might not like many of the moves the team made to try to keep that promise, but there is no doubt that they made what THEY thought was a good faith attempt to do it (bad decisions, but good intentions).
The team has built a core that has aged, and they've generally gone with experience in bringing in complementary players, which has consistently kept them at or near the salary cap. IF the Caps see the need to get younger, it will almost inevitably come with some regression, because their own prospects are on the whole not that great, you can't trade for good young players without giving up an arm and a leg, plus the really good young players are highly paid also, so you run out of salary cap room before you fill out the roster.
So if we resign Ovie, he either has to give a team-friendly deal or we are going to be hamstrung with his new contract plus the need to keep trying to optimize the talent around him, which inevitably strains the salary cap and may not even be possible now. If we DON'T try to optimize the team around him, is Ovie going to want to be part of some kind of rebuilding process? That may depend on whether he is more concerned about moving up in the goal-scoring ranks or chasing after more titles. I suspect the latter is of more concern to him. And there is also the undeniable attraction of his homeland.
IF we do not resign Ovie, that makes the rest of a youth movement much easier to carry off. The problem is, if we don't resign him, and especially if it appears we don't make an honest effort to resign him, a substantial portion of the fan base may mutiny.
I personally vote for cutting ties with Ovie. I think the idea of trying to retool a legitimate Stanley Cup contender around a 36-year-old Ovie is unrealistic, certainly in the current salary cap circumstances. I don't think it makes any more sense than, say, a political party tying its future to a 75-year-old man who is overweight, out of shape, and has abominable eating habits.
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Smartest thing would be to let Ovi go. I'm a big St. Louis Cardinal fan and when the got outbid on Albert Pujols it was very controversial but turned out to be the best thing that could have happened. Ovi is clearly slowing down and with the pounding his body has endured, he could already be starting a very quick decline. However, there is absolutely no way that Ted will allow management to let him go.
Same thing for Backstrom. I just hated his playoff performance and lack of effort!
On the other hand, I think it is guaranteed that Kuzy is gone. I think the whole Covid thing was a smokescreen and they hoped they would never have to play him again.
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I don't see them letting Ovi or Nicky or Oshie go. But I think they can retool/rebuild along with those 3 contracts and still be ok. They obviously need to send Kuzy and his contract somewhere. I really don't see why they couldn't also move Carlson and his 8 million contract. Orlov can do what Carlson does, and play much better D in the process. Carlson racks up points due to who he's on the ice with. There's a few other larger contracts they could also do without, imo.. Dillon, Schultz, Mantha, Rafl all make a lot of money and (at least to my eye) don't bring anything out of the ordinary.. I just noticed Mantha makes more than fucking Tom Wilson.. Yikees.. I could live with losing anyone, but I just don't see them letting 8, 19 and probably 77 go. Praying Nicky was injured or something? If he ran out of gas that's not good.. But a whole bunch of them were invisible. I like our bottom 6. We have some young D.. Probably need a veteran goalie. Who knows, see what happens!!
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The salary cap freeze is probably a blessing in disguise for this team. The players know there aren't going to be any pay raises for a couple years, not big ones anyway. Then having Chara come in for not much above the league minimum just because he still wants to play must've made an impression on OV. The team still needs to dump salary big time though. Kuzy appears to be a cancer that should've been removed long ago. I think he helped Vranas attitude here, and Sammys. Caps clearly need to improve secondary coaching though, goalie coach, PP/PK coach as well.
Just getting rid of Kuzys cap hit won't be enough. I'd leave Carlson unprotected, and if that didn't work start looking for trade deals, primarily because of his cap hit. Having the two young goalies wasn't that big of a deal this year, and wouldn't be a consideration if the rest of the team played up to expectations.
I could see this team keeping OV until he retires, as long as OV realizes he needs to give up some cap space. He's just about achieved Michael Jordan status anyway, he makes about the same money if not more from endorsements. Plus he's still the kind of player that brings in other talent. Fan attendance will take a hit though, unless the team can keep winning without him.... and keeping OV wouldn't be nearly as bad as a political party inserting a 77 year old dementia patient into office.
:raspberry:
interesting note, Jagr is still playing at a level where he contributes. It's in the ELH(Czech league) and he owns the team, but still. So if push comes to shove I'm sure OV would do the same, in Russia obviously.
After the playoffs, we can start a discussion about the entry draft and what kind of team the Kraken have assembled. I'm guessing that will move Nashville to the east permanently.
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Ultimately they do care more about sales than trophies and letting go of Ovi would definitely hurt sales. I am ready for a rebuild, but they don't always go so well ( eh Sabes?).
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Ultimately they do care more about sales than trophies and letting go of Ovi would definitely hurt sales. I am ready for a rebuild, but they don't always go so well ( eh Sabes?).
there is something else going on in buffalo, Hall has been on fire since he left and that's not just from the talent around him
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We lost to probably one of the weaker playoffs team this year in Boston, but Boston did improve their squad near end of season so were better going into playoffs than regular season. Taylor Hall did make a difference for them.
Basically Boston showed up and theirs stars were stars. Ours didn't and it showed. Backy was invisible - wonder if he is ailing and not just old and complacent. Johnny Q. Norris was also invisible which is rare. We all (well I do) like to rag on him for his D but he is usually at least a plus on the scoring side. Our goaltending was less than average overall so we deserved to lose. When your 3rd and 4th lines are consistently your best lines on the ice night after night, and you goaltending is suspect at best....you are going to lose in the playoffs.
Hopefully we make some changes in the offseason. Hopefully they do not overpay Ovie, but I'll bet they do. Normally, I wouldn't care too much because he was the franchise and almost single handedly built hockey in Washington. But it would be selfish of Ovie now to demand top salary in current market conditions because it will FURTHER handicap the team's ability to get help to actually win. Dumping Kuzy is probably best in the long run, but we sure as hell can't succeed with Backy/Eller/Dowd/Raffl/Sgarbossa as the only centers. I like Eller at 3c, but we are going to need a top line center for sure. Maybe McMichael is ready - not sure how much development play he got this year. Might come to that with our salary cap issues.
I'm not all that enthralled with Chara, so I'd let him walk. We have enough other D less than 4 decades old. I'm still pissed about sending Ziggy packing. He was ready to play NOW and at a bargain cost. Most of the player movement decisions this team has made in recent years is directly due to the cap problem. Got to stop selling off the future to finance your over burdened cap. We knew this was coming. Next year is going to be worse I think - depending on what happens with Kuzy and Ovie.
Problem is the whole team is aging and that is just going to continue to decline the level of play. Ovie, Backy, Oshie have all seen their best days come and go. Some of the youngins need to be brought in to get some real chance to play. The whole current roster is getting old. ALL the D are about the same age 30-31. We don't have a single D under the age of 30?
Spronger and Big Willie are the only forwards under 30? Geez. No wonder we look old and tire - we ARE old and tired.
Goaltending is about the only place we have any youth.
Time to bring up some young talent and let them earn their spots. Fever and Alexeyev both look to be close to ready on D. McMichael, Pinho, Gersich, Pilon.....Bring em all up and let some old meat go by the wayside. Trade Kuzy and Orlov (cause the Caps aint letting Johnny Q Norris go) and use that cap space to bring in a 1/2C and let the youngins fill in the rest.
The youngsters glaring mistakes costing playoff goals can't look any worse than a bunch of old fucks too tired to compete.
Curious to see how much moving Caps actually do in the off season. Hopefully they make some adequate changes.
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Ovi aint going anywhere. Fact. End of. The rest are up for grabs, imho.
I would keep Oshie. For sure. Not just because of his on ice perfomances. I like the wa hpe crshes the net...sometimes.... , but his influence in the lockerr room.I woud b gine with letting most of the rest go. Although I do like Sprong and "Halfway!. I oud be okay wiggth eeping Willy, but I think he'kkryptonite now.
Willy is fucked. No matter what he doea. No matter wwht he doesn't's. Hes fucked.
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Boston had a major advantage this season with thier cap space, they were/are able to bring in multiple guys to fill in for injured players. The Caps were walking wounded when the playoffs started.
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Boston had a major advantage this season with thier cap space, they were/are able to bring in multiple guys to fill in for injured players. The Caps were walking wounded when the playoffs started.
Meh.... I would argue that Boston had two major advantages this year. The NHL and their refs.
Is it just me or do they seem to get worse avery year? I mean, is it just me, or were they especially bad this year...?
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Meh.... I would argue that Boston had two major advantages this year. The NHL and their refs.
Is it just me or do they seem to get worse avery year? I mean, is it just me, or were they especially bad this year...?
Boston was able to rest 10 of their starters for the final game of the season against the Caps. The Caps were lucky if they could bring up two replacements at a time, they played quite a few games with 11 and 6 on the ice because there wasn't cap space to bring anyone else in. The Caps were playing injured, not hurt. There is a difference.
As far as officiating goes... no, it didn't appear worse than normal. If you ignore the NHL picking on Wilson.
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Boston was able to rest 10 of their starters for the final game of the season against the Caps. The Caps were lucky if they could bring up two replacements at a time, they played quite a few games with 11 and 6 on the ice because there wasn't cap space to bring anyone else in. The Caps were playing injured, not hurt. There is a difference.
As far as officiating goes... no, it didn't appear worse than normal. If you ignore the NHL picking on Wilson.
O-O :bs: The refs allowed allowed the Bruins to beat the beeeeeeeejus out of us..
And how can you possbly ignore teeir treatment of Willy.
HERESY! Burn the witch!.
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How did we get on Joe Biden? I thought this was the Caps current disappointment thread...not the current political disaster thread :huh:
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and why are we arguing about refugees? :clown:
Wait? Joe is a refugee? From where? :wackysmile:
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How did we get on Joe Biden? I thought this was the Caps current disappointment thread...not the current political disaster thread :huh:
yep, if political FACTS want to be disused it can be done on the other side.
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How did we get on Joe Biden? I thought this was the Caps current disappointment thread...not the current political disaster thread :huh:
How did we get on Joe Biden? Let me review: I drew an analogy between the Caps hanging their hat on an end-of-career goalie and a political party hanging their hat on what by every right is/should be an end-of-career politician. Alta deflected to criticize a political party for putting a 77-year-old into office who he claims without evidence is a dementia patient. I replied that the American people put him in office, and there is no evidence that the current President is being treated for dementia. And on and on and on .....
And there is no evidence that Joe Biden is a political disaster. Things seem to be getting better on the COVID front, and the economy is doing OK. Nothing is falling apart except perhaps some of our infrastructure that no one seems to want to address in any way except as a political football.
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just about al that was wrong, but we could discuss it ON THE OTHER SIDE
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How did we get on Joe Biden? Let me review: I drew an analogy between the Caps hanging their hat on an end-of-career goalie and a political party hanging their hat on what by every right is/should be an end-of-career politician. Alta deflected to criticize a political party for putting a 77-year-old into office who he claims without evidence is a dementia patient. I replied that the American people put him in office, and there is no evidence that the current President is being treated for dementia. And on and on and on .....
And there is no evidence that Joe Biden is a political disaster. Things seem to be getting better on the COVID front, and the economy is doing OK. Nothing is falling apart except perhaps some of our infrastructure that no one seems to want to address in any way except as a political football.
I really don't want another political argument, but....
Just for the record....I did not say that Joe Biden was the current political disaster, but I can see how one would could easily come to that conclusion. I meant that the travesty of the entire state of politics in this country is a shameful disaster....on both sides of the isle.
"things getting better on the COVID front"? Are you saying Sleepy Joe is responsible for curing Covid? You are going to hurt Fauci's feelings. Funny how now that the hated Trump is out of office...the Covid crisis is over. Thank God for Sleepy Joe - We no longer have to worry about Covid (or science)