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Talk about Capitals hockey & more! => Washington Capitals & Other Hockey Discussion => Topic started by: ArJunaZ on Monday March 26, 2018, 06:46:33 PM Eastern
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Mon. March 26 Washington Capitals @ New York Rangers
Place: Madison Square Garden
Time: 7:30 p.m.
TV: NBCSN
Radio: 106.7 The Fan, Capitals Radio 24/7
NHL.COM (https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2017021170)
New York Rangers 74-33-34-8 Last Game: Mar 24 Won 5-1 Against Sabres
Washington Capitals 95-44-24-7 Last Game: Mar 24 Won 6-4 Against Canadiens
8-Ovechkin 92-Kuznetsov 43-Wilson
65-Burakovsky 19-Bäckström 77-Oshie
13-Vrana 20-Eller 10-Connolly
18-Stephenson 83-Beagle 39-Chiasson
6-Kempny 74-Carlson
9-Orlov 2-Niskanen
44-Orpik 28-Jerabek
31-Grubauer (starter)
70-Holtby
-- SCRATCH --
25-Smith-Pelly
63-Gersich
29-Djoos
-- INJURED RESERVE --
-- 1st Powerplay Unit --
77-Oshie 19-Bäckström 92-Kuznetsov
8-Ovechkin 74-Carlson
-- 2nd Powerplay Unit --
13-Vrana 20-Eller 65-Burakovsky
2-Niskanen 9-Orlov
Referees: Kevin Pollock (#33), Jake Brenk (#12)
Linesmen: Justin St. Pierre (#53), Michel Cormier (#76)
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1st Period
02:50 GOAL 77-Oshie, assists 19-Bäckström & 28-Jerabek 1-0 WSH
05:13 GOAL 2-Niskanen, assists 92-Kuznetsov & 8-Ovechkin 2-0 WSH
08:54 PP GOAL 8-Ovechkin, assists 74-Carlson & 19-Bäckström 3-0 WSH
16:39 SH GOAL92-Kuznetsov, assist 39-Chiasson 4-0 WSH
2nd Period
13:16 Rags GOAL Andersson 4-1 WSH
3rd Period
04:26 Rags GOAL Zuccarello 4-2 WSH
FINAL: 4-2 WSH
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by Isabelle Khurshudyan March 26 at 1:41 PM
Braden Holtby progressing from injury, but Philipp Grubauer to make third straight start
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Washington Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby has started just four games this month. (Joel Auerbach/Associated Press)
NEW YORK — Goaltender Braden Holtby will be back in a Capitals uniform Monday night at Madison Square Garden. After an undisclosed lower-body injury made him a scratch for the past two games, he’s at least healthy enough to be Philipp Grubauer’s backup when Washington plays the New York Rangers.
“He’s healthy,” Coach Barry Trotz said Monday. “… We’ll practice tomorrow and see where he is for the next game, if he either goes in or we give him one more off.”
After Monday night, the Capitals have just six games left until the postseason, and Holtby has started just four games this month while Grubauer has been in net for eight contests. Trotz had intended to rotate Holtby and Grubauer for the final stretch of the regular season before Holtby got hurt last week, and while Trotz acknowledged he might make some changes to that rotation now that Holtby is healthy, Holtby now has just two weeks to prepare for the playoffs after he had a miserable February. Trotz has said his postseason starter will be the goaltender playing better at the time.
“He has a lot of games under his belt,” Trotz said. “I’m pretty sure he can pull it together. We’ll just take it one game at a time here and see where he is and our game and go from there.”
Said Holtby: “We’ve been making progress for a while now. You just continue on. I mean, I get a couple good practice days, a little extra work, and you know, still got a few games left here to keep improving and go into the playoffs on a good note.”
Holtby last played a week ago against Dallas, and he seemed to get injured on a collision with Stars forward Remi Elie in the third period. Holtby was slow to get up and then flexed his left knee several times. Holtby said he has dealt with this injury before, namely in the postseason two years ago when he hurt his knee late in Washington’s first-round series against the Philadelphia Flyers.
This season is poised to be the fewest games Holtby has played since 2013-14. Holtby went 2-5-2 with an .873 save percentage and a 4.62 goals against average in February, then was pulled for a third time in six starts against Anaheim this month. He didn’t start for more than a week after that, which Trotz said was a “reset” for the 2015-16 Vezina Trophy winner to work on his game. Holtby then got back in net for two games, winning both while allowing three goals in each. Then this injury came at an unfortunate time, disrupting what seemed to be positive momentum.
“It’s better timing than before,” Holtby said, referencing the 2016 playoffs. “It’s an opportunity where you get to let it heal and make sure you don’t aggravate it more. We’ve been winning games in that span, so that’s a good thing.”
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I went to check the MLB run boards, they've been shut down. Maybe NHL will do the same, only a couple teams use them
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Awesome, the NHL reversed themselves again and awarded Jerabek that goal that they originally credited him with the last game, but then credited to Oshie. They gave it back to Jerabek.
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why does the NHL feel the need to phuck the fans with these horrible commentators
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:77z:
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why does the NHL feel the need to phuck the fans with these horrible commentators
Granted, they are bad, but I find them more tolerable than the usual goon squad of:
Liam McHugh
Mike Milbury
Keith Jones
Pierre "Penis" McGuire
Mike "Doc" Emrick
Eddie Olczyk(glad he beat cancer)
Jeremy Roenick
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Rags don't look good tonight
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not used to this kind of start
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Rags don't look good tonight
they look bad alot of nights
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Aww, I thought Chaisson had that for the fourth goal!
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they look bad alot of nights
Hi Maaco,
How's the spring coming up in the Great White North?
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:92z:
SHORTY!!!!
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lol a shorthanded goal by Kuzy. Never thought Id ever see that
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isn't hockey on Saturday and Sunday, then curling all week??
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isn't hockey on Saturday and Sunday, then curling all week??
Eh !?!?!?!?
Curling watched only during intimate moments. It gets them worked up with all the excitement. ;)
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Caps are getting sloppy
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Grubs is really playing well. With only 6 games left Holtby is going to have to be flawless if he is to hold onto #1 spot during playoffs.
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why are guys making fun of Canada?
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Caps are getting sloppy
They are up by 4 goals. What did you expect, a killer instinct or something?
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Jesus Connolly that was humiliating
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Jesus Connolly that was humiliating
Connolly isnt known for his defense. He gets embarrassed on a regular basis.
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They are up by 4 goals. What did you expect, a killer instinct or something?
or something would be nice
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Connolly isnt known for his defense. He gets embarrassed on a regular basis.
Yep, far to often to be getting a sweater, I don’t care how many goals he has
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The Rags look like they’re playing all of the sudden
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Yep, far to often to be getting a sweater, I don’t care how many goals he has
he has a quick shot and nothing else. He needs to work on the rest of his game.
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he has a quick shot and nothing else. He needs to work on the rest of his game.
And time for that is running out if it hasn’t already
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Eh !?!?!?!?
Curling watched only during intimate moments. It gets them worked up with all the excitement. ;)
Are you guys done making fun of Canadians?
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Eh !?!?!?!?
Curling watched only during intimate moments. It gets them worked up with all the excitement. ;)
Hey doesn’t like watching a hot chick with sweeping the floor with a broom?
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Are you guys done making fun of Canadians?
Please tell me you did not take offense at the funny cartoon I posted. No intention of offending. I just thought it was funny.
Where does all this ultra-sensitivity come from. You claim to be too old to be a snowflake.
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he has a quick shot and nothing else. He needs to work on the rest of his game.
Of all the games to miss the first period - watched it on DVR and wondered who that team in white was. Can’t remember a start like that in a loooooong time.
Unless Grubs collapses, or Holtby throws some shutouts, the pressure to start Grubs in the playoffs is going to be immense.
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Please tell me you did not take offense at the funny cartoon I posted. No intention of offending. I just thought it was funny.
Where does all this ultra-sensitivity come from. You claim to be too old to be a snowflake.
I thought the Tim Hortons this exit, and every one after was funnier. Reminds me of the over saturation that is Starbucks
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I said it before, this team would be better of missing the playoffs
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Here we go again. We are just the greatest fucking thing since sliced bread. We only have to play one period. We are god. We are the Capitals. We think we are really good but we really suck.
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Please tell me you did not take offense at the funny cartoon I posted. No intention of offending. I just thought it was funny.
Where does all this ultra-sensitivity come from. You claim to be too old to be a snowflake.
no. just wondering what started that
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. . . Well this turned around >:(
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Here we go again. We are just the greatest fucking thing since sliced bread. We only have to play one period. We are god. We are the Capitals. We think we are really good but we really suck.
but they don't suck, talent wise. There is plenty of talent on this team. For almost 10 years now they have had an apparent crappy attitude
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I said it before, this team would be better of missing the playoffs
Agree completely
You can’t win playoff series like this
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. . . Well this turned around >:(
Yep and it surprises ......... no one.
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Hey doesn’t like watching a hot chick with sweeping the floor with a broom?
There are some hot women curlers. The Russians have a couple of smoking hot curlers.
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Holtby with a save on the bench!
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he sure does, but when the poke check fails his bag o tricks is empty
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Are they trying to blow this game?
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The only way we could try harder to give this game away is to pull the goalie for the duration and not attack with an extra man.
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It doesn't take much to fluster the Capitals. Though I did see an actual forecheck for a minute on that last shift.
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Nimestnikov [or however you spell his name] should’ve made this 4-3.
Maybe they want it close so someone can get an empty netter.
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It doesn't take much to fluster the Capitals. Though I did see an actual forecheck for a minute on that last shift.
I axed you a question on the other side so as not to corrupt a GDT ;D
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And there’s the obligatory dumbass Orpik penalty. Ugh!!!
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And there’s the obligatory dumbass Orpik penalty. Ugh!!!
Seriously. How fucking stupid is he when it comes to taking dumbass penalties?
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4-0 up in the first period and we'll be lucky to get the 2 points. That's just awful.
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It's another dORkPIC penalty ???
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Sweet BEagle!!!!!!!!!
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Very good play the last few minutes. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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2 points is 2 points this late in the season, but this was much closer than it should’ve been.
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only the Caps can take a 4-0 after 20 lead and give opponents hope
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They made us sweat through it, but at least they won. The last 5 minutes was how they need to play when they have a good lead. I'm happy with two points. The first period was good stuff. I really like that a lot of players are contributing lately.
Caps are always bad for my heart. :P
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4-0 up in the first period and we'll be lucky to get the 2 points. That's just awful.
You guys are very negative fans. You guys seem to forget that there is alot of parody in the NHL now. any team can win on any given night. Its not like the 74/75 Caps. Playing us back then was pretty much an automatic win.
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Some of you people can't take yes for an answer.
Meanwhile, the Lightning, who are now pursued more closely by the Bruins than we are by the Pens, just got wiped out 4-1 by ARIZONA -- at home.
I wonder if the Lightning fans are giving up on the playoffs already? Seems they should be, given the predominant attitude around here.
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1st Period
02:50 GOAL 77-Oshie, assists 19-Bäckström & 28-Jerabek 1-0 WSH
05:13 GOAL 2-Niskanen, assists 92-Kuznetsov & 8-Ovechkin 2-0 WSH
08:54 PP GOAL 8-Ovechkin, assists 74-Carlson & 19-Bäckström 3-0 WSH
16:39 SH GOAL92-Kuznetsov, assist 39-Chiasson 4-0 WSH
2nd Period
13:16 Rags GOAL Andersson 4-1 WSH
3rd Period
04:26 Rags GOAL Zuccarello 4-2 WSH
FINAL: 4-2 WSH
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I wonder if the Lightning fans are giving up on the playoffs already? Seems they should be, given the predominant attitude around here.
Hahaha. The Lightning have a Cup in 2004. We give up on the playoffs before the season starts because of how we play in them every year. The people on this board who are negative at times (myself included) are that way because we've been avid Caps fans for so many years and have been so deeply damaged by this team. You think we keep coming back here because we don't deep down love this team? If so, you are not very observant.
We are frustrated over the course of history but we love us our Capitals.
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You guys are very negative fans. You guys seem to forget that there is alot of parody in the NHL now. any team can win on any given night. Its not like the 74/75 Caps. Playing us back then was pretty much an automatic win.
First off, its "parity" and, second, of course the other team plays but if you didn't see us take our foot off the gas in the 2nd and start coasting then you don't get hockey as well as I know you do. To win in the playoffs you need to play the full 60 every game. I'd like to see us start doing that as we get closer to playoff time.
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Hahaha. The Lightning have a Cup in 2004. We give up on the playoffs before the season starts because of how we play in them every year. The people on this board who are negative at times (myself included) are that way because we've been avid Caps fans for so many years and have been so deeply damaged by this team. You think we keep coming back here because we don't deep down love this team? If so, you are not very observant.
We are frustrated over the course of history but we love us our Capitals.
Agreed, Tampa also made the Cup Finals and The Conference Finals the last three years, and by system alone make up alone are a superior playoff team to us, before you take the roster into account.
The bottom line is THIS IS NOT A PLAYOFF TEAM. Rather by incompetence, delusion, or utter disregard of logic, Dickless and BetaMale have made a video game team.
The amount of people who watch this team do the same thing and loose every year while toasting “We Have A Chance” with their Rock The Red Kool Aid is getting more and more disturbing.
Ted is an entertainer and marketer, the only way we’ll have a chance is for people to start seeing through this.
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First off, its "parity" and, second, of course the other team plays but if you didn't see us take our foot off the gas in the 2nd and start coasting then you don't get hockey as well as I know you do. To win in the playoffs you need to play the full 60 every game. I'd like to see us start doing that as we get closer to playoff time.
Haha thanks, I was going to correct him, parody means a joke, which is what this team is in the playoffs. Parity means that many of the teams in the league are just as good as each other, or close to it. :P
But I gotta agree with you Apace and DC, the sailent points DC made about the Lightning not just having the Cup win but also Conference finals and finals appearances in recent memory is a reason for their fans not to care about one stinker. They know their team is capable of going deep. Is our team capable of going deep? Maybe. The issue is it all comes down to match ups and stuff.
I think one the things the positive people can't fathom is our dissatisfaction with being a marginal playoff team. Like when someone makes the counter argument that the NHL has a lot of parity, I don't really think they recognize that most of us already know that. It's why we want to build a playoff team, not a "maybe we'll win the playoff" team. We build a team fully capable of making the playoffs but that doesn't buy in deep enough in one aspect or another to put ourselves in a position to go deep. When our roster has holes, we always fill some and then make others. There were seasons we had grit figured out but no secondary scoring, so we sacrified depth grit for secondary scoring, and now we have that hole. Teams like the Lightning don't do that.
See who they traded? A young, attitude filled sniper. Sure Drouin is a fully capable player and will one day be a good first liner for Montreal. That would be the equivalent of us trading Burk or Vrana, or Bowey. But you know us "you have to ice a team that makes the playoffs and one that has youth to think for the future." This we can have our cake and eat it to argument is irrelevant since the stats prove otherwise. The in the middle never works in the NHL. Detroit maybe I guess has the best example of that, but a big reason for that is while they were winning their scouts were so god damn talented that they found first like NHL talent and quality players in round 5 and 6 of the draft. They also developed strong. But even then after so many succesfful years that team is probably going to go through a rather long rebuild before they are back up and at em.
Nonetheless we aren't them. Ovechkin keeps getting older, Backstrom keeps getting older, Carlson will only be a relevant NHL defender so long as his main skillset is offensive positioning and speed, both of which become obsolete as more and more younger, smarter, faster, hungrier scorers flutter into the league. Nobody is implying the team didn't look alright to a degree in the win tonight either. They did. But seeing the same pyschological problems manifest and with no hope in seeing any sort of roster overhaul or changes at this point to change that is frustrating for us. Because if we don't get the match ups, or our goalies don't play great, or our offense doesn't suddenly become playoff crazy hot (which it won't, scoring always goes down in the playoffs unless your playing against an AHL goalie, and hell even then defense and physical play ramps up) the chances are we are due another 2nd round exit. We are sick of that. The team should be built every season we are trying to win, to win at all costs. And we just never do that.
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Haha thanks, I was going to correct him, parody means a joke, which is what this team is in the playoffs. Parity means that many of the teams in the league are just as good as each other, or close to it. :P
But I gotta agree with you Apace and DC, the sailent points DC made about the Lightning not just having the Cup win but also Conference finals and finals appearances in recent memory is a reason for their fans not to care about one stinker. They know their team is capable of going deep. Is our team capable of going deep? Maybe. The issue is it all comes down to match ups and stuff.
I think one the things the positive people can't fathom is our dissatisfaction with being a marginal playoff team. Like when someone makes the counter argument that the NHL has a lot of parity, I don't really think they recognize that most of us already know that. It's why we want to build a playoff team, not a "maybe we'll win the playoff" team. We build a team fully capable of making the playoffs but that doesn't buy in deep enough in one aspect or another to put ourselves in a position to go deep. When our roster has holes, we always fill some and then make others. There were seasons we had grit figured out but no secondary scoring, so we sacrified depth grit for secondary scoring, and now we have that hole. Teams like the Lightning don't do that.
See who they traded? A young, attitude filled sniper. Sure Drouin is a fully capable player and will one day be a good first liner for Montreal. That would be the equivalent of us trading Burk or Vrana, or Bowey. But you know us "you have to ice a team that makes the playoffs and one that has youth to think for the future." This we can have our cake and eat it to argument is irrelevant since the stats prove otherwise. The in the middle never works in the NHL. Detroit maybe I guess has the best example of that, but a big reason for that is while they were winning their scouts were so god damn talented that they found first like NHL talent and quality players in round 5 and 6 of the draft. They also developed strong. But even then after so many succesfful years that team is probably going to go through a rather long rebuild before they are back up and at em.
Nonetheless we aren't them. Ovechkin keeps getting older, Backstrom keeps getting older, Carlson will only be a relevant NHL defender so long as his main skillset is offensive positioning and speed, both of which become obsolete as more and more younger, smarter, faster, hungrier scorers flutter into the league. Nobody is implying the team didn't look alright to a degree in the win tonight either. They did. But seeing the same pyschological problems manifest and with no hope in seeing any sort of roster overhaul or changes at this point to change that is frustrating for us. Because if we don't get the match ups, or our goalies don't play great, or our offense doesn't suddenly become playoff crazy hot (which it won't, scoring always goes down in the playoffs unless your playing against an AHL goalie, and hell even then defense and physical play ramps up) the chances are we are due another 2nd round exit. We are sick of that. The team should be built every season we are trying to win, to win at all costs. And we just never do that.
There was a rumour that after Hunter “didn’t want the job”, that GMGM wanted to hire Cooper after the interviews, but Ted & Dickless overruled him and he had to hire Oates.
While this is just rumour and I can’t prove it, it seems very, possible and very likely.