| :spacer50pix: 8-Ovechkin | :spacer50pix: 19-Bäckström | :spacer50pix: 77-Oshie |
| :spacer50pix: 13-Vrana | :spacer50pix: 92-Kuznetsov | :spacer50pix: 43-Wilson |
| :spacer50pix: 65-Burakovsky | :spacer50pix: 20-Eller | :spacer50pix: 10-Connolly |
| :spacer50pix: 18-Stephenson | :spacer50pix: 26-Dowd | :spacer50pix: 72-Boyd |
| :spacer50pix: :spacer50pix: :spacer50pix: 6-Kempny | :spacer50pix: 74-Carlson |
| :spacer50pix: :spacer50pix: :spacer50pix: 9-Orlov | :spacer50pix: 2-Niskanen |
| :spacer50pix: :spacer50pix: :spacer50pix: 34-Siegenthaler | :spacer50pix: 78-Lewington |
| :spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix: 1-Copley (starter) |
| :spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix: 70-Holtby |
| :spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix: 23-Jaskin |
| :spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix: 25-Smith-Pelly |
| :spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix: 22-Bowey |
| :spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix: 44-Orpik (Knee Surgery, should return soon) |
| :spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix: 29-Djoos (Thigh Surgery, many weeks before return) |
| :spacer50pix: 92-Kuznetsov | :spacer50pix: 19-Bäckström | :spacer50pix: 77-Oshie |
| :spacer50pix: :spacer50pix: 8-Ovechkin | :spacer50pix: :spacer50pix: 74-Carlson |
| :spacer50pix: 13-Vrana | :spacer50pix: 20-Eller | :spacer50pix: 43-Wilson |
| :spacer50pix: :spacer50pix: 2-Niskanen | :spacer50pix: :spacer50pix: 9-Orlov |
| :spacer50pix: :spacer50pix: :spacer50pix: 34-Siegenthaler | :spacer50pix: 78-Lewington |
My friend, who worked for Verizon center, said you can pick up the hat trick hats the next day or two IF the player hasn't taken it for themselves already. But I'm glad they guy got his hat back, what a jerk whoever took it off his head and threw it.
Morning chaps.
Morning chaps.
Armpit. :-(
mornin, you back in Surry yet, or still in the arm pit?
only reason it’s 2-0 is Copley
Loving this Willy special!!
Is Siegenthaler and Lewington really our 3rd pair? They have a "combined" 9 NHL starts? And Lewington contributes none to that total. :wackysmile:
so Lewington got a point on his first NHL shift?
this guy in Ottawa must not have seen Willy’s last fight :lmao:
this is nice, but the Sens are rebuilding, officially
How great is it that all our lines can score these days.? :clap:
This isnt a very exciting game.
It beats losing going into the Christmas break. I like seeing how sharp our passing is. What I really don't like is the job our defense is NOT doing in front of Copley. Without Copley's great play this would be more exciting I suppose.Funny thing about Copley is that he is making good saves but he hasn't controlled many rebounds. Some of the scoring chances he could have prevented himself.
Willy: did you see my last fight?
Tchuk: yea
Willy: ok
Stopley'd :huh:
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Stopley'd
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*just stop* :snicker:
The Copper had a game! Bummer Ovie's gone cold.. Guess Lewington/Siegenthal did pretty good!!
Anyway, Merry Christmas Caps fans! See ya Thursday!
It's a great time to be a Caps fan. Long time coming and I and so many others are really savoring every minute of it.
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What’s you’re point?
Eh, DC would say that we are playing crappy pond hockey and the team is obviously headed for a fall, and certainly won't do anything in the playoffs.
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I can't wait to hear that on a broadcast. There have been several terms over the years that originated on the fan board
What’s you’re point?
Did you find five Cuos in the past 10 that we didn’t hear about in your statical “analysis”?
So you see the pond hockey your so in love with has not won us 5 cups? That you did some analysis and saw we hadn’t been past the second round in 20 years? During that time we won three Presidents Trophies, without getting past the second round. Yet, they do it once against players and coaches that have beat them regularly, and assume it’s the result of talent and style and not an anomaly?
I'm sorry DC, but I know only two languages: English and some French. This post is neither, so I can't interpret it.
So you see the pond hockey your so in love with has not won us 5 cups? That you did some analysis and saw we hadn’t been past the second round in 20 years? During that time we won three Presidents Trophies, without getting past the second round. Yet, they do it once against players and coaches that have beat them regularly, and assume it’s the result of talent and style and not an anomaly?Well DC if you want to get technical. We didnt win a cup playing pond hockey. We were definitely a pond hockey during most of the regular season but the playoffs we a very different system. It was defensive play, goaltending and hitting that won us the cup. We played the game the way it was meant to be played.
You just like your entertainment, and have little awareness about the game.
You know some French? Where are you from?
I'm sorry DC, but I know only two languages: English and some French. This post is neither, so I can't interpret it.
I think DC would admit that the Caps are playing well. We are still giving up way too many high danger chances.
Eh, DC would say that we are playing crappy pond hockey and the team is obviously headed for a fall, and certainly won't do anything in the playoffs.
So you see the pond hockey your so in love with has not won us 5 cups? That you did some analysis and saw we hadn’t been past the second round in 20 years? During that time we won three Presidents Trophies, without getting past the second round. Yet, they do it once against players and coaches that have beat them regularly, and assume it’s the result of talent and style and not an anomaly?
You just like your entertainment, and have little awareness about the game.
Well DC if you want to get technical. We didnt win a cup playing pond hockey. We were definitely a pond hockey during most of the regular season but the playoffs we a very different system. It was defensive play, goaltending and hitting that won us the cup. We played the game the way it was meant to be played.You and I know that (which is my point), but some zealots clearly think that our 18 players just go out to score goals and if they score more then their 18 we win.
We’ll have to wait til the Caps get 10 more Cips😁
The Caps have a 3:1 ratio of presidents trophys to Cups, that's just about Red Wing territory,
just sayin ;D
Lewington got sent back to Hershey today, while not surprising it is disappointing that he only got one startHe didnt look out of place. I would have like to see him in more games.
He didnt look out of place. I would have like to see him in more games.He’s one of the throwbacks us “dinosaurs” who won’t grab our ankles and welcome woman’s rules have been wanting here.
He’s one of the throwbacks us “dinosaurs” who won’t grab our ankles and welcome woman’s rules have been wanting here.I'm not sure he will have much of an NHL career. He is pretty much a younger version of Orpik. I dont think that's a bad thing but the league seems to be going another direction.
He’ll probably have a great career, but unlikely it will be here
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Merry Christmas bitches!!! :P Hey, it could be worse!! You could be fucking Redskins fans too.. Now that's some depressing shit.. :uh-huh: :-\
Im still lost on the pond hockey stuff? I'll readily admit my memory is shot, but did we ever lose playoff series' because we were playing some lose defense, all offense, slop game? Our GA one playoffs was like < 2 wasn't it? :huh: I was sad when they let Alzner walk too.. And Beagle.. But I can't be bothered to be worrying about what "might" happen.. We won a fucking cup! We're leading the fucking division! We've won 14 of the last 17 fucking games! Cheer the fuck up already!! :raspberry: :snicker: Merry Christmas bitches!!! :P Hey, it could be worse!! You could be fucking Redskins fans too.. Now that's some depressing shit.. :uh-huh: :-\
Im still lost on the pond hockey stuff? I'll readily admit my memory is shot, but did we ever lose playoff series' because we were playing some lose defense, all offense, slop game? Our GA one playoffs was like < 2 wasn't it? :huh: I was sad when they let Alzner walk too.. And Beagle.. But I can't be bothered to be worrying about what "might" happen.. We won a fucking cup! We're leading the fucking division! We've won 14 of the last 17 fucking games! Cheer the fuck up already!! :raspberry: :snicker: Merry Christmas bitches!!! :P Hey, it could be worse!! You could be fucking Redskins fans too.. Now that's some depressing shit.. :uh-huh: :-\We were a pond hockey team when Boudreau was here and we are going in that direction again. It was beginning last season already. Thank god we changed our system in the playoffs.
We were a pond hockey team when Boudreau was here and we are going in that direction again. It was beginning last season already. Thank god we changed our system in the playoffs.
The team is playing better recently. We still give up too many high scoring chances because we aren't playing with structure. And is pretty much what pond hockey is.
I definitely agree with you, Maaco, about the Boudreau style is like pond hockey! I see him as one of the coaches that was thought to be “cutting edge”, as far as the new direction that NHL hockey started taking, and becoming what it is today! I actually consider that as a negative on Boudreau, and believe his softer, speedy, offense oriented teams, will never win a cup! (Although haven’t followed Minnesota)
Despite all the times we have disagreement, Maaco, it’s kinda funny to realize, sometimes, just how much I have in common with your basic hockey philosophy, or at least what I gather from your posts and our private conversations we’ve had. I’ll include DC also, in the same way!
I do, however, differ with you and DC on the current pond hockey direction of the Caps! Or at least in one aspect of it! I’ll try to explain.
I’m more with Mick on this, in that, I’m not really seeing any obvious pond hockey either! I see a high scoring game sometimes, with some seat-of-the-pants type playing, going on, but this is prevalent in ALL of NHL hockey! Not Capitals specific.
I also see nights where we hustle, show more defensive responsibility, and win dominantly with a 2 or 3 goal game.
What I’ve MAINLY seen though, from the Caps team, over the last 5 or 6 weeks, is a quality that ALL coaches revere highly, and that is, an ability to “find a way to win”, while facing all kinds of different situations, week to week.
I’m talking about finding a way, whilst playing through injuries, suspensions, PK and PP issues, defensive issues, road stretches, home stretches, goalies thrown under the bus, goalies not having a good game, resets and line rotations, etc. You get my drift!
In short they are absolutely finding a way to “get ‘er done”!!👍
So I’m a happy Caps fan, presently! I’ve always been a FAN, just not always the happiest! But especially happy ever since we won the cup!
Oddly, I do “get” a lot of what DC says about the Monumental marketing stuff. I’m not at the same level of disgust that he is with it, but as a season ticket holder, I feel, FOR SURE, the pinch of the way they bastardize the crap out of it! I just try to separate out that part of the business, away from what happens on the ice!
Softer, pussified, less physical, wimpier, lower grit, less fundamental, more randomness, hockey, is what I see, like a plague, across the ENTIRE NHL, bar none!! THIS is where WE are totally aligned with each other!!
Pond hockey, to describe the direction that our Caps team is heading toward?? Not really there with it, fellas.
Merry Christmas folks!
Rush
Pond hockey, to describe the direction that our Caps team is heading toward?? Not really there with it, fellas.
Merry Christmas folks!
Rush
Did you forget some of the games that we gave up 5 or 6 goals. What about the game against the Ducks when we blew a 5-1 lead. And we have had several games that looked good on paper because we only gave up a goal or 2. But it was our goaltending that was good. Not our defense.
Sounds like you are buying into the offense first system.
Those games we gave up a bunch and blew the lead, were also partly because the goaltending was poor and the PK gave up multiple goals.. I can't really argue that we've given up high scoring chances, but I don't see it as a product of pond hockey.. In todays game you have to score, which other teams are gambling to do as well. We give as good as we get, imo, on the scoring chances. Hopefully it calms down and gets more structured as the season goes, but with the way their calling games and goalie equipment getting smaller, more skilled players, etc. it's a product of "is what it is" imo.. Im just hoping we can cure the special teams issues. I see that as more an issue than the style of game we're playing.
Not what I'd prefer, but not gonna fret about it.. We da Champs! :wackysmile: :uh-huh:Yes we are and I am damn proud of it. I have followed this team from its beginning and winning the Stanley Cup last season was beyond anthing I could imagine. Even if we win another in my lifetime it will never top last season. All the frustation from years past just evaporated.
Not what I'd prefer, but not gonna fret about it.. We da Champs! :wackysmile: :uh-huh:And the chances of us staying champs are vanishing if we continue to sacrifice the goalies for stats and marketing.
And the chances of us staying champs are vanishing if we continue to sacrifice the goalies for stats and marketing.
Yes we are and I am damn proud of it. I have followed this team from its beginning and winning the Stanley Cup last season was beyond anthing I could imagine. Even if we win another in my lifetime it will never top last season. All the frustation from years past just evaporated.
which would explain our strellar PK and roster moves to support it 😡
I don't know, I'm still pretty damn frustrated with the officiating