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Talk about Capitals hockey & more! => Washington Capitals & Other Hockey Discussion => Topic started by: alta on Monday November 25, 2024, 12:42:42 PM Eastern
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November 25 vs Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena
Time: 7:00
TV: Monumental Sports
Radio: 106.7 FM, Caps Radio 24/7
Washington Capitals 13-6-1
PP% 17(23rd) PK% 84.6(5th) Faceoff% 48.9(22nd)
Florida Panthers 12-8-1
PP% 23.1(8th) PK% 81.4(11th) Faceoff% 47.6(28th)
Caps anticipated lines:
Protas 21 - Strome 17 - Wilson(A) 43
McMichael 24 - Dubois 80 - Raddysh 16
Lapirre 29 - Eller 20 - Mangiapane 88
Duhaime 22 - Dowd(A) 26 - Miroshnichenko 63
Chychrun 6 - Carlson(A) 74
Sandin 38 - Roy 3
Fehervary 42 - van Riemsdyk 57
Thompson 48
Lindgren 79 - backup
PP1: Strome, Wilson, McMichael, Chychrun, Carlson
PP2: Dubois, Mangiapane, Raddysh, Miroshnichenko, Sandin
scratched:
Vrana 13
Alexeyev 27
McIlrath 52
IR:
Ovechkin(C) 8 - lower body
LTIR:
Milano 15 - upper body
Backstrom 19 - hip - season
Oshie 77 - lower back - season
Panthers anticipated lines:
Rodrigues 17 - Barkov 16 - Reinhart 13
Luostarinen 27 - Bennett 9 - Tkachuk 19
Verhaeghe 23 - Lundell 15 - Samoskevich 25
Greer 10 - Nosek 92 - Boqvist 70
Forsling 42 - Ekblad 5
Mikkola 77 - Kulikov 7
Schmidt 88 - Balinskis 26
Knight 30
Bobrovsky 72 - backup
tonight’s zebras:
Wes McCauley 4, Gord Dwyer 19
Kyle Flemington 55, Tommy Hughes 65
https://scoutingtherefs.com/2024/11/46374/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-11-25-24/ (https://scoutingtherefs.com/2024/11/46374/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-11-25-24/)
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-kick-off-mentors-trip-in-florida (https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-kick-off-mentors-trip-in-florida)
scoring summary
1st period:
Mikkola from Bennett and Verhaeghe at 7:00
Eller(5) from Chychrun and Lapierre at 17:49
2nd period:
no goals
3rd period:
Chychrun(6) PPG from Strome and Wilson at 1:18
Eller(6) ENG from Dubois and Chychrun at 18:32
Miroshnichenko(1) ENG from Roy at 19:37
Caps win 4-1
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maybe we should let the mentors play :-|
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they are playin hockey, not makin shine
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Unless the Panthers had a lot of sell off, they will (try to) grind us into ice chips with their forecheck.. >:( Hope our boys packed a lunch! :cross:
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Raddysh on L2 is a waste. He's got stonier hands than Mantha. He works and I like him in a 4th line role, but I'd rather see someone else there on a scoring line who might actually score. I'd put Miro up there - the kid has a desire to score and he SHOOTS THE PUCK. Hell I'd put Vrana up there before Raddysh.
Mangiapanne aint very big, but he gets scoring chances no matter where you put him. I'd give him a shot too
Also not sure I like moving Willy off L2 with the way they been playing.
Hope the boys show up tonight.
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Agree on Raddysh. I've been wanting to like him as he is relatively big and skates ok. He's gonna need to really work hard to keep his spot in the lineup.
I'd like to see Strome step it up while Ovi is gone and Willy as well. Those two have gone relatively quiet. All we pretty much have right now is McMike.
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Forgot to mention PLD. I really, really like the way that guy plays but man oh man does he not score. He has had a ton of chances and could easily have 10+ goals. Either he is just snake-bit right now and is going to breakout in a big way, or he just can't finish. I'd also like to see him drop the mitts and get meaner.
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MF'r makes 8.5m x 7.. He'd better finish!! :raised-eyebrow:
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Forgot to mention PLD. I really, really like the way that guy plays but man oh man does he not score. He has had a ton of chances and could easily have 10+ goals. Either he is just snake-bit right now and is going to breakout in a big way, or he just can't finish. I'd also like to see him drop the mitts and get meaner.
I agree...dude is playing awesome, but he starting to remind me of Mantha in his lack of scoring. I mean every other part of his game looks great, he just can't bury it. Im with you, hope his puck luck changes and he erupts for some serious goal scoring....NOW, would be a good time.
Willy needs to do something. He is zero threat to score right now. Stromer I think is still playing well, just not getting the points he was.
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:clown: :poop: Welp, that'll probably do it vs these guys.. :(
Wednesday 7:30pm. :smirk: lol
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:poop:
:clown: :O=
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Morning. :wackysmile:
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I'm here now. We can start playing.... :snicker:
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I'm here now. We can start playing.... :snicker:
you should probably dust off the onesie
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Uh oh. No improvement then.
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GOOOAAALLLL
ELLER
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Ta. :lmao:
:banana:
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Tie game now babies!
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5th goal of the season for Eller, 1st as a Cap
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1 to 1 after one
could be worse, could also be better
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Lars!!! Welcome back!!
FloridaMan with the DIME!!
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Some of it was pretty loosey goosey.
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We looked better than I anticipated, till the last couple minutes. Gonna have to keep up and be sharp the rest of the way.
We really miss Nicky and/or Oshie's leadership when the Captain can't go.
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OUCH! Thats gonna hurt. :sick:
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Thilly liddle puddy cat. :uh-huh:
Good call from the refs.
8-0
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More really sloppy, lazy passes. :stirringupshit:
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Caps just got called for unsportsmanlike from the bench
:huh:
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Caps just got called for unsportsmanlike from the bench
:huh:
:bs: :bs: :bs:
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PP time
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PLD, also known as "Beags" Oof..
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I don’t see an “A” on Stromes sweater
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Our passing is apppalling.
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nother pp . .
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Miro was on PP1 there are the end of the period
1 to 1 after two
Caps start the 2nd with 1:39 of PP time
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Thank goodness that period's over. Rubbish, again.
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I guess.. Need to finish with a full 20.
Miro was probably on PP1 cause Wilson was still smartin' on the bench.
So, who wants to play? How many (more) games till Ovi's back? I say 10. (13 total)
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what happened to all those players who were scoring at will a few games ago? It wasn't just Ovi. :raised-eyebrow:
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nother pp . . .
5 on 3
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PP GOOOAAALLLL
CHYCHRUN
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:banana: :banana:
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Chychi baby!!
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still on the pp
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Much better effort so far this period. Lets hope we can keep it up.
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Obviously not. :-(
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nother pp . . . .
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Dowd wearing the 3rd A.
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Just got a good shot of Dowd on the bench, he got an “A”
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:-|
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Dubois gets punched in the head right in front of the ref but Caps get the penalty
::)
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These refs man.. >:(
At least once or twice a game Locker gets the penalties dead wrong. lol
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This goalie, man.... :raised-eyebrow:
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These refs man.. >:(
At least once or twice a game Locker gets the penalties dead wrong. lol
even though they are at the game, they see most of it on a tv like the rest of us
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empty net ..
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Fuck yea Lars!!!! Nice skating bro!!
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GOOOAAALLLL
ELLER
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:banana: :banana: :banana:
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A much needed win. 🏆
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Miro!!
We turned the tables on these characters!! Forchecked em' into ice chips! Well done boys!!
Wednesday 7:30 vs Tampa!
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GOOOAAALLLL
MIROSHNICHENKO
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:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
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Caps win 4-1
:clap:
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Florida Man had three points against Florida
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That score does NOT reflect the game at all :P
Really happy for and with Eller. 8) Good job ThomCat. ;)
How is it we're so much better at away games?
Happy with the win. Not so much the way we played.
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Sweet - ish dreams peeps :yawn:
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Good effort. Another game where PLD could have gotten two or three easy! Getting more and more worried about hands of stone, but he has to have a breakout soon.
We take Dowd for granted. That guy makes an effort! That check where he just threw his body at that guy - you just don't see that anymore. Love that guy.
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That may of been the best 3rd period we played this year! Thompson made the saves when he had to and we didn't spend the last half of the period playing dump and defend. That on the road, vs the Cup champs who were also reeling, with a 3 game losing streak.
Of course their backup goalie channeled his inner Pat Roy (like they always do vs us) and we still found a way! Surprised and pleased at that one! (The dad's in the stands probably helped greatly) Either way, they now know they can play competitive hockey, even if Ovi isn't out there.
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Great game. Loved the forechecking in the 3rd. We really could have had 5-6 goals with all the chances generated. That's how you win games.
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Pretty well played...Caps outplayed them the last half of game, which is nice to see.
PLD is playing terrific, but damn if that dude doesn't have Mantha-itus.
McMike - that guy is on a whole new level this year...I can't recall McMike or PLD having a bad game this year at all.
Lappy had a pretty good game - was in the play and making plays
Chicklets is flat out my favorite new player. Don't know if he just having lucky run or what, but he is super solid on D and making nice plays to drive O.
Carlson....FFS needs to practice hitting the net - he must have sent 12 shots wide last night.
Raddysh actually had a good game on the wing. I didn't give him enough credit, but he did at least get in position and have chances to score.
Thompson was solid...he flops around now and then, but he also makes some sparkling game savers. I think he gives us a better chance to win, though both guys have been solid lately.
Love that Eller hustled/skated his way to the empty net and selfishly put it in, driving the needed nail into the FLA coffin. No fucking about, just bury it and the panthers hopes. Eller is a fantastic addition and really working at 3c. He has transformed that line from a catastrophic liability to a solid 3rd line. Mostly I think with him at C, the wingers can free wheel and do their own thing a bit more.
Miro - meaningless ENG, but like to see him hustle and outwork not just anyone, but none-other than big strong Barkov to muscle that puck into the net. Kid wants to score - we need that.
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Rich - as usual, your analysis is bang on. I too love Chykrun - just wish his contract was a few years as he is going to get a huge payday after this year.
PLD just has to get a few to go in sooner or later. The nice thing is that nobody is whining about his contract. We knew it was bad to begin with so hopefully, that is not an issue. Carbs and the team seem to love him and maybe that keeps his confidence up while he is struggling getting it in the net. If we could just get 20 goals/year out of him with his other play, that would be great.
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I whine about his contract! :snicker:
Bro makes 8.5m x 7 fucking years.. He's contributing with his solid play and play making, but at that amount, he needs to put the puck in the net at LEAST 20x a year. I didn't know his accuracy was that shitty. He missed the net by 3 feet the other night when he came out of the box, on a break away. :-(
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$8.5M x 7 years is a tad high for a 4th liner.
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2nd highest paid Cap on the ice. Highest paid Cap, per contract, by far.. :wackysmile:
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Ya - but we knew it was bad to begin with when they dumped Kempfer for him. I'm not thrilled with it and I hated the move when they did it, but I figure about 3 million a year of it was the cost of dumping Kempfer. But PLDs contract is longer which I don't like. Let's give him another month to get a few goals - and drop the gloves!!
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I've not done any recon on him. Has he always had stone hands or we think it's just a funk slump? Never knew he threw hands either? He's got the size for it! He skates really well. Good at the dot. Good on the boards and in both ends. Passes and makes plays fine too! Just needs to find that twine a little more frequently!
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I will take PLD at 8.5 over Kuzy for 8.5. That's basically who he replaced. Not really legit way to look at it, but...
He definitely needs to score more goals, but he is playing very very well. Can't say the dude has been a dud or a failure, just that he is overpaid. Only some of that is on the Caps, and like...(someone) said - a big chunk of that was going to be paid for moving Kuemper (one way or another)