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Talk about Capitals hockey & more! => Washington Capitals & Other Hockey Discussion => Topic started by: alta on Tuesday April 09, 2024, 05:56:39 PM Eastern
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April 9 vs Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena
Time: 7:00
TV: ESPN
Radio: 106.7 FM, Capitals Radio 24/7 dot com
Washington Capitals 36-30-11
PP% 20.6(18th) PK% 78.5(18th) Faceoff% 46.3(30th)
Detroit Red Wings 38-31-8
PP% 23.1(9th) PK% 79.6(14th) Faceoff% 50.5(14th)
Caps anticipated lines:
Ovechkin(C) 8 - McMichael 24 - Oshie(A) 77
Protas 21 - Strome 17 - Wilson 43
Pacioretty 67 - Lapierre 29 - Milano 15
Malenstyn 47 - Dowd 26 - Aubé-Kubel 96
Fehervary 42 - Carlson(A) 74
Alexeyev 27 - Jensen 3
van Riemsdyk 57 - Iorio 2
Lindgren 79
PP1:
PP2:
scratched:
Kuemper 35 - backup
Sgarbossa 23
Miroshnichenko 63
Johansen 46
Sandin 38 - upper body - day to day
LTIR:
Backstrom 19 - hip - season
Bear 25 - player assistance - indefinite
Wings anticipated lines:
Perron 57 - Larkin 71 - Raymond 23
DeBrincat 93 - Compher 37 - Kane 88
Fabbri 14 - Copp 18 - Fischer 36
Veleno 90 - Czarnik 21 - Sprong 17
Chiarot 8 - Seider 53
Edvinsson 77 - Petry 46
Maatta 2 - Gostisbehere 41
Lyon 34
Reimer 47 - backup
tonight’s zebras:
Wes McCauley 4, Dan O’Rourke 9
Andrew Smith 51, Brad Kovachik 71
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-start-critical-trip-in-detroit (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-start-critical-trip-in-detroit)
scoring summary
1st period:
no goals
2nd period:
Strome(27) from Fehervary(13) at 17:47
Ovechkin(30) from Oshie(12) at 19:52
3rd period:
Kane at 19:58
Caps win 2-1
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ESPN
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Hey.
Not looking forward to this game. We've tanked / thrown the last half dozen.
All we had to do was get through to the playoffs, then all bets are off and we had as much chance as anybody else. That's how we got the CUP last time. We had no chance then, did we..........
This tanking on purpose really rubs me up the wrong way. (In case you hadn't noticed :raspberry: )
I supose the only hope is for Ovi to score.
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Can we get some puck luck tonight for fucks sake?? Ok?? Fuck! :raised-eyebrow:
Mornin Lil. :hearts:
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Aaaannd .....
If we knew we were going to have to tank, why leave it till now, when there is no possibility of a top draft pick?
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I wish I had your optimism Lil.. If they were trying to tank at least it'd make sense. lol These dopes just stink. :-(
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got a late start on the GDT today, was doing yard work
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Site seems to be working okay tonight. :)
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I wish I had your optimism Lil.. If they were trying to tank at least it'd make sense. lol These dopes just stink. :-(
See..... optimism......... :raspberry:
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:yawn:
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Another period we got fucking smoked. Doubled up on shots. Over passing. Charlie doing a 1 handed headstand for 20 minutes. Carbery needs to lose his shit on these guys one time.. >:(
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Ya know what? I'll keep watching as long as I can stay awake. In the vain hope that Ovi might break another record, 'cos that's pretty much all there is to hope for now.
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Another period we got fucking smoked. Doubled up on shots. Over passing. Charlie doing a 1 handed headstand for 20 minutes. Carbery needs to lose his shit on these guys one time.. >:(
YEAH BABY! :angry:
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Aaannnddd breathe...........
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Yea, time to mix a stiff drink. :snicker: These guys though.. Oof. lol
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Hey, Micky, you given up on giving up luv?
Dont see no :poop: on anbody so far tonight.
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Dont see no :poop: on anbody so far tonight.
They've only played 20 minutes.. :rofl: McMike and Lapi both were about to get one. Fuckin dopes! :raised-eyebrow: Are youngins are getting worse as it goes. Nobody wants (is able to) be the guy. :-(
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Anybody know why Cherry ain't about tonight?
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At least Capitals aren't behind, yet?..... yep that's about all I got right now. :(
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I wish I had your optimism Lil.. If they were trying to tank at least it'd make sense. lol These dopes just stink. :-(
I don't know if I'd use the pejorative term "stink" Mick, but looking at the lineup Alta posted tonight, it's unreasonable to think that this team could be competitive with the better teams in the league.
o They're playing basically with two rookie centers (McMichael played wing almost all last year.) And McMichael, while he's produced something is not (yet? ever?) a #1 center.
o Ovie has finally turned into just another guy scoring-wise. Had to happen sometime.
o Desperate for scoring and with little cap room, the Caps plucked Pacioretti out of the bargain bin, hoping for half a year of a top 6 scorer. Didn't happen.
o I think Protas can be a useful piece, and may eventually take over as #4 center post Dowd. But he ISN'T a top-6 forward.
o On defense, Jensen and TVR seem to have regressed this season. It happens to 30-somethings a lot. You just don't know what something the drop-off will occur.
o The Caps thought they could develop something with Sandin. He looked great the first 10 games or so after he was acquired last season, but hasn't given us anything remotely like that since. So tonight, in what is arguably the most important standings game of the season thus far, he's benched in favor of Hershey call-up Iorio. I don't disagree with this, but shoving Iorio cold into a game of this magnitude isn't what you'd really want to do.
o Lindgren, the backup goalie, is carrying the load because Kuemper has been decidedly uninspiring.
Add it up. IT DOESN'T ADD UP TO ANYTHING. I'm amazed the team kept in playoff contention this long.
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Am I the only one who sees flashes of Holtby in net sometimes......
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Anybody know why Cherry ain't about tonight?
Cherry?
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Miroznchknezneo
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Miroznchknezneo
He's scratched too. Carbery thinks he needs a reset? He hasn't shown much the past few games, I don't think.
Tonight's game is VERY unusual in one way. I was looking at the shifts and TOI. Among the forwards, as of when I looked, Ovie had the most shifts, but the LEAST TOI of any of the forwards. He's usually at or near the top on TOI and usually takes longer shifts. Is he being protected because of some kind of injury or something? If he's playing with some kind of injury, of course nobody's saying anything about it.
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I kind of want to hate you for saying this, but I kind of agree also. :(
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pp time .
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:huh: Okay........ that was hooking?
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:huh: Okay........ that was hooking?
All I'm thinking is that's a spurious call and the refs are going to do a make up :bs: when it least suits us.
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Add it up. IT DOESN'T ADD UP TO ANYTHING. I'm amazed the team kept in playoff contention this long.
Oh I agree we're not supposed to be any good. But were playing the fucking Redwings. And getting dominated.. :-\
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He's scratched too. Carbery thinks he needs a reset? He hasn't shown much the past few games, I don't think.
Tonight's game is VERY unusual in one way. I was looking at the shifts and TOI. Among the forwards, as of when I looked, Ovie had the most shifts, but the LEAST TOI of any of the forwards. He's usually at or near the top on TOI and usually takes longer shifts. Is he being protected because of some kind of injury or something? If he's playing with some kind of injury, of course nobody's saying anything about it.
A little too much too soon for Cherry, you think?
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GOOOAAALLLL
STROME
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The Strominator!!!!!!!!!
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GOOOAAALLLL
OVECHKIN
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PROPS to the Wings fans for flooding the seats with red. :clap:
I bet they don't have a stupid marketing team to design boring blue new kit or them, huh?
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Nothing else matters!! OVI!!!!!
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Wha?
:lmao:
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Bada Bing Bada BOOM Ovie gets his goal too!
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:banana: :banana:
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https://twitter.com/NHL/status/1777857275069161751 (https://twitter.com/NHL/status/1777857275069161751)
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Nothing else matters!! OVI!!!!!
You could have made a LOT of money at the halfway point of this season betting on Ovie to reach 30 goals.
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You could have made a LOT of money at the halfway point of this season betting on Ovie to reach 30 goals.
I told Rich at one point he was gonna be lucky to get 15. He's had quite the 2nd half!
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..... and for those people who think WE'VE been tanking, you haven't been watching the Flyers lately.
They're getting smoked tonight by MTL 6-0, still in the 2nd period.
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There is a split screen photo of goalies when Gretzky played and when Ovi played. Huge difference in goalie size and padding size. Also if you look at goals per game when Gretzky played versus Ovi, there is a big difference and again, Ovi would be substantially ahead of Gretzky had he played in that era.
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Wow! PK Subban. Looking good. One of my absolute top favourite 3 Ovi moments EVER was that up and over in open ice. A thing of beauty. Subban always came cross as a gobby little shit, but he actually took that really well. He went up in my estimation after that.
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..... and for those people who think WE'VE been tanking, you haven't been watching the Flyers lately.
They're getting smoked tonight by MTL 6-0, still in the 2nd period.
Can't wait to see Tortz in the post-game presser!
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Oh I agree we're not supposed to be any good. But were playing the fucking Redwings. And getting dominated.. :-\
This seems to be a little bit of a strange post, given that Detroit's goal differential on the season coming into this game is +3, while ours is -41.
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Can't wait to see Tortz in the post-game presser!
I wonder if he's coming to the end of his shelf life with the Flyers. He tends to have a limited shelf life wherever he goes.
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This seems to be a little bit of a strange post, given that Detroit's goal differential on the season coming into this game is +3, while ours is -41.
I've been watching the last month+ though. We didn't look like the bad news bears for a good stretch.
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Charlie saved our bacon, but we could have had a couple more bounce in off the post. I think Lappy will get one in the last period!
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I wonder if he's coming to the end of his shelf life with the Flyers. He tends to have a limited shelf life wherever he goes.
He appears to be too abrasive in the locker room, especially when the team isn’t doing well.
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This seems to be a little bit of a strange post, given that Detroit's goal differential on the season coming into this game is +3, while ours is -41.
Dude, you need to be a regular GDT participant to appreciate the sentiment. ;) There are things that go on during games that stats can't justify.
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lame penalty call
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Can't wait to see Tortz in the post-game presser!
:snicker: :snicker: :snicker:
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That's a Horse :poop: too many men call.
* Nevermind.. Ovi's slow ass was still on the ice.
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All I'm thinking is that's a spurious call and the refs are going to do a make up :bs: when it least suits us.
Better now than later, maybe
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ESPN showed a still shot of 6 guys on the ice, but that happens all the time in a game. They needed to show more context.
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I would just like to say how wonderull it is to have so many non regular GDT poster here tonight. (ie not Alta, Micky and me)
:wow:
Welcome to our mad GDT world. ;D
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ESPN showed a still shot of 6 guys on the ice, but that happens all the time in a game. They needed to show more context.
:huh:
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premature octopus on the ice
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And the Oscar goes to.........
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Exhibit A for why embellishment kicks ass. There's little downside and a ton of upside! If he didn't sell it there would certainly be no penalty called.
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Detroit gets another pp
lame ass call
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I was quite expecting this to be a very boring game and evening. Glad it's not been so. ;D
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empty net for Detroit
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Caps kill a 6 on 4
Detroit net stays empty
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empty net for Detroit
An empty net is an inviting target, as I always say.
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Oh man. You know the're going to try to force it to Ovi. ::)
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Detroit gets one at the horn
no shutout for Chuck
:raised-eyebrow:
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Caps win
:) :clap:
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8-0 NO NO NO N NO
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8-0 NO NO NO N NO
Caps won that's all that matters.
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:goalie: :goalie: :goalie:
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8-0 NO NO NO N NO
Hey, we don't want to shave two off our terrible goal differential if we can keep it to one.
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Couldn't get the :goalie: for Charlie.. :-( 2 pts though and Ovi scored. All's well in the hood for tonight. :)
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Caps won that's all that matters.
No. No its not It matters more that we have a decent goalie. That onceagain got let down.
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All the shots Chuck fought off and that shit gets in with a second to play. Sooo Caps hockey.. Im actually surprised that wasn't the equalizer. We've grown fond of the late PP GA.
Thursday 7pm..
Last 20 games, need 11-8-1 to have a chance. Currently 7-7-2 W1
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Caps in Buffalo Thursday night
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Hey, we don't want to shave two off our terrible goal differential if we can keep it to one.
:raised-eyebrow: Youre a stats guy, huh?
If you haven't guessed by now, I'm more of an emote. :lmao:
I find your posts very informative. Clinical and lacking opinion or emotion. Opposites attract, right?
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have a chance. Currently 7-7-2 W1 [/font]
I feel your pain luvvie
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:raised-eyebrow: Youre a stats guy, huh?
If you haven't guessed by now, I'm more of an emote. :lmao:
I find your posts very informative. Clinical and lacking opinion or emotion. Opposites attract, right?
In fact, my professional career was as a mathematical statistician in the U.S. Federal Government (been retired for 17 years and 9 days, but who's counting?). So yes, I am very much a stick to the facts type of guy.
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Caps in Buffalo Thursday night
And it's as crucial as this one. Detroit and the Pens play on Thursday, so one of them will have 86 standings points at the end of the evening; the other, 84 or 85.
This is when you DON'T like your competitors who you are neck and neck with to be playing each other, because one of them has to win.
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In fact, my professional career was as a mathematical statistician in the U.S. Federal Government (been retired for 17 years and 9 days, but who's counting?). So yes, I am very much a stick to the facts type of guy.
No shit Sherlock. :lol: :hearts:
Ooooh, wait.... are you a spy now? Meh. Just beeen watching a re-run of "Spooks" 8) :snicker: Sorry.
I'm not averse to a conspiracy theory though.
So why would we win this game? What would be the point
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I'm not averse to a conspiracy theory though.
So why would we win this game? What would be the point
:huh: late nights getting to the Lil
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Redwings are a better team than the Caps right now IMO. Caps record is just way better than they actually are. Redwings are about at their level; a possible WC team.
AND...the Redwings are 8th from the bottom in salary cap and they have a total of 3 forwards over 30 years old; two are 35 (Kane and Perron) and one 31 (Czarnik - who is a UFA playing on minimum contract). I expect they will get better next year.
Its nice to see Ovi get 30, and Strome is one guy actually competing and producing for the contract he signed.
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Shit, we made the Redwings look like the Avalanch last night. Chuck was the only reason they didn't blow us out. I don't even remember what the SOG's were, but Im sure they easily doubled us. Think they had nearly 40 with 10 minutes to go in the 3rd? :-\