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Title: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: ArJunaZ on Saturday January 12, 2019, 04:58:11 PM Eastern
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  Game 44:  58-27-12-4 (PTS-W-L-OT)   Streak - W3
  Sat January 12, 2019   Columbus Blue Jackets @ Washington Capitals
  Place:  Capital One Arena
  Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
  TV: NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
  Radio: 106.7 The Fan, Caps Radio 24/7 (http://tunein.com/radio/Caps-Radio-247-s231201/)
  NHL.COM (https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2018020692) for Live Box Score
  Last Game: Thu January 10 Capitals Won 4-2 against Bruins
  Next Game: Mon January 14, 7:00 pm ET Blues @ Capitals

:spacer50pix:  8-Ovechkin :spacer50pix: 92-Kuznetsov :spacer50pix: 43-Wilson
:spacer50pix: 13-Vrana :spacer50pix: 19-Bäckström :spacer50pix: 77-Oshie
:spacer50pix: 10-Connolly :spacer50pix: 20-Eller :spacer50pix: 72-Boyd
:spacer50pix: 18-Stephenson :spacer50pix: 26-Dowd :spacer50pix: 25-Smith-Pelly
:spacer50pix: :spacer50pix: :spacer50pix:   6-Kempny :spacer50pix: 74-Carlson
:spacer50pix: :spacer50pix: :spacer50pix:   2-Niskanen  :spacer50pix:  9-Orlov
:spacer50pix: :spacer50pix: :spacer50pix:   44-Orpik :spacer50pix: 34-Siegenthaler
:spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix: 70-Holtby (starter)
:spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix:  1-Copley

                                                      -- SCRATCH --         
:spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix: 65-Burakovsky
:spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix: 23-Jaskin
:spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix: 22-Bowey

                                               -- INJURED RESERVE --         
:spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix::spacer50pix: 29-Djoos (Thigh Surgery, many weeks before return)


                                            -- 1st Powerplay Unit -- 
    :spacer50pix: 92-Kuznetsov     :spacer50pix: 19-Bäckström     :spacer50pix: 77-Oshie
    :spacer50pix: :spacer50pix: 8-Ovechkin     :spacer50pix: :spacer50pix: 74-Carlson


                                         -- 2nd Powerplay Unit --         
    :spacer50pix: 13-Vrana     :spacer50pix: 20-Eller     :spacer50pix: 43-Wilson
    :spacer50pix: :spacer50pix:  2-Niskanen     :spacer50pix: :spacer50pix: 9-Orlov

:spacer50pix:  Referees:   Tom Chmielewski (#18),    Graham Skilliter (#24)
:spacer50pix:  Linesmen:   Pierre Racicot (#65),    Kory Nagy (#97)



                           Blue Jackets LINEUP
       
          Artemi Panarin - Pierre-Luc Dubois - Cam Atkinson
              Nick Foligno - Boone Jenner - Josh Anderson
      Oliver Bjorkstrand - Alexander Wennberg - Anthony Duclair
              Lukas Sedlak - Kevin Stenlund - Riley Nash

                        Seth Jones - Zach Werenski
                      Dean Kukan - Markus Nutivaara
                     Scott Harrington - David Savard

                                Joonas Korpisalo  (Starter)
                                Sergei Bobrovsky
                         
Scratched: Ryan Murray (ill), Gabriel Carlsson


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1st Period
01:00 Jackets GOAL Atkinson, assists Nutivaara & Dubois   1-0 CBJ

2nd Period
None

3rd Period

18:54  GOAL 92-Kuznetsov, assists 74-Carlson & 8-Ovechkin   1-1 TIE

OT

03:30  Jackets PP GOAL Panarin, assist Jones   2-1 CBJ

FINAL:    2-1 CBJ





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By Peter Hassett (@peterhassett) on January 12, 2019
Caps vs Blue Jackets pregame: Let it snow!
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Headline photo: Unknown

The division-leading Capitals host the third-place Columbus Blue Jackets tonight at Capital One Arena, weather permitting. Pals, we got white stuff on the way.

The puck drops a few minutes after 7 PM. Tune in on NBCSWA or stream that badboy via the My Teams app on your connected device. A highly ranked Chris, Chris Cerullo, has recap duty.


Storylines
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Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: Mickstix on Saturday January 12, 2019, 05:14:24 PM Eastern
So, think they're gonna play tonight or postpone? Seeing on my facebook a lot of NoVa already getting snow (flurries)?
I want snow flurries!!!  :'( lol
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: alta on Saturday January 12, 2019, 05:17:20 PM Eastern
Hunsty is on the t v! right now I'm watching the 67s vs the London Knights on the NHL channel
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: Mickstix on Saturday January 12, 2019, 05:28:55 PM Eastern
Hunsty isn't on the t v! right now I'm watching the 67s vs the London Knights on the NHL channel
:huh: dowhatnow?
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: BlackIce on Saturday January 12, 2019, 05:44:30 PM Eastern
So, think they're gonna play tonight or postpone? Seeing on my facebook a lot of NoVa already getting snow (flurries)?
I want snow flurries!!!  :'( lol




You ARE kidding, aren't you??  Of course they'll play the game.  The precipitation is just getting started.  The weather won't have any effect now.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: alta on Saturday January 12, 2019, 06:01:17 PM Eastern
:huh: dowhatnow?


 (Ō_ƆŎ)  fukin auto correct added an n't
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: ArJunaZ on Saturday January 12, 2019, 06:01:26 PM Eastern
So, think they're gonna play tonight or postpone? Seeing on my facebook a lot of NoVa already getting snow (flurries)?
I want snow flurries!!!  :'( lol

Up here in Gaithersburg the cars, grass, and sidewalks are just beginning to be covered, but the roads are still clear, even the back streets. I think the game will go on.

Let's hear some other reports from the area.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: alta on Saturday January 12, 2019, 06:03:55 PM Eastern
there is no way the game doesn't get played, as noted the snow isn't much yet and the teams are already at the arena. The only only thing this little bit of snow will do is keep some fans at home


just walked the dog, got a little over an inch on the grass and the streets are just now starting to turn white, close enough to Dulles I can hear the planes warming up inside the house which means they are taking off heading west
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: alta on Saturday January 12, 2019, 06:07:57 PM Eastern
Hunsty is on the t v! right now I'm watching the 67s vs the London Knights on the NHL channel


this was a 2-1 game at 2nd intermission, it's now 5-3 Knights with 1:00 to go
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: BarfingMonkey on Saturday January 12, 2019, 06:08:30 PM Eastern
Let's go CAPS!
Anyone going to the game tonight?
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: ArJunaZ on Saturday January 12, 2019, 06:12:36 PM Eastern
I have special news to report. I bought my first beer in about 20 years.  I just cracked it for the game.  It's a Guinness Draught Stout.  I just had two small sips and I already have a nice buzz.  This was always one of my favorites. I love the taste.

(https://www.origlio.com/sites/default/files/beverage/guinness_draught_stout-can.png)
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: BarfingMonkey on Saturday January 12, 2019, 06:18:07 PM Eastern
I have special news to report. I bought my first beer in about 20 years.  I just cracked it for the game.  It's a Guinness Draught Stout.  I just had two small sips and I already have a nice buzz.  This was always one of my favorites. I love the taste.

(https://www.origlio.com/sites/default/files/beverage/guinness_draught_stout-can.png)




Celebrating?
Celebrating?
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: Mickstix on Saturday January 12, 2019, 06:20:54 PM Eastern
I have special news to report. I bought my first beer in about 20 years.  I just cracked it for the game.  It's a Guinness Draught Stout.

Nice!
Well, Im fresh out of Jack Daniels, till I get to the store.. So I have to mix my coke with Evan Williams tonight..


.. And yes I was serious!! I've been away from NoVa for 21 years, I don't know how snow-flakish the place has become?!?!  :uh-huh: :snicker: 
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: ArJunaZ on Saturday January 12, 2019, 06:28:47 PM Eastern
Celebrating?
Celebrating?

No celebration. I just thought about a Guinness yesterday and decided to get a four pack. I gave one to my son and he loves it. He said he always thought these were too bitter, but is now a Guinness fan saying he'll have to get these again.  I do not intend to keep doing this. I really don't like what alcohol does to the brain. Once every blue Moon will probably not hurt.  It's weird. Four sips in and Everything sounds strange I have a fairly intense buzz. We're talking 4 ounces of beer doing that. I guess I'd be a cheap date.   :uh-huh:
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: alta on Saturday January 12, 2019, 06:37:27 PM Eastern
they should just dump Bura at this point, they need the cap space
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: ArJunaZ on Saturday January 12, 2019, 06:37:33 PM Eastern
Nice!
Well, Im fresh out of Jack Daniels, till I get to the store.. So I have to mix my coke with Evan Williams tonight..


.. And yes I was serious!! I've been away from NoVa for 21 years, I don't know how snow-flakish the place has become?!?!  :uh-huh: :snicker:

Gentleman Jack was my favorite spirit for a long time.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: alta on Saturday January 12, 2019, 06:51:44 PM Eastern
just heard Bob is not starting for the Jackets, so what ever he stepped in Thursday is still on his shoes
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: Surreylily on Saturday January 12, 2019, 06:58:39 PM Eastern
Hi all.
Little bit of the white stuff getting you dow, heh? Since when???    :raspberry:
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: ArJunaZ on Saturday January 12, 2019, 07:02:17 PM Eastern
From an hour ago.

https://montrealgazette.com/sports/hockey/nhl/ottawa-senators/garrioch-sunday-we-havent-heard-the-last-of-bobrovsky-and-the-blue-jackets-saga/wcm/27a33324-d7ef-4471-9a90-eb4810ba8c8e (https://montrealgazette.com/sports/hockey/nhl/ottawa-senators/garrioch-sunday-we-havent-heard-the-last-of-bobrovsky-and-the-blue-jackets-saga/wcm/27a33324-d7ef-4471-9a90-eb4810ba8c8e)

So, what’s next for Sergei Bobrovsky and the Columbus Blue Jackets?Both sides have moved on since an incident in Tampa Bay Tuesday night when the club’s top goaltender was pulled by Columbus coach John Tortorella and Sunday night Bobrovsky is expected to return  to the net against the New York Rangers after serving what was effectively a one-game suspension.
Scheduled to become a unrestricted free agent on July 1, the trouble in Tampa started after Bobrovsky didn’t return to the bench when he was yanked with 8:53 left in the third period after allowing four goals on 19 shots in the Jackets 4-0 loss.


Read the rest at the link
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: ArJunaZ on Saturday January 12, 2019, 07:04:32 PM Eastern
Hi all.
Little bit of the white stuff getting you dow, heh? Since when???    :raspberry:

It just started an hour, maybe two ago.  Could be anywhere from 3-9 inches or 8-22cm for those in most of the world.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: ArJunaZ on Saturday January 12, 2019, 07:11:14 PM Eastern
 :O=
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: alta on Saturday January 12, 2019, 07:20:47 PM Eastern
weak ass penalty
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: alta on Saturday January 12, 2019, 07:23:37 PM Eastern
From an hour ago.

https://montrealgazette.com/sports/hockey/nhl/ottawa-senators/garrioch-sunday-we-havent-heard-the-last-of-bobrovsky-and-the-blue-jackets-saga/wcm/27a33324-d7ef-4471-9a90-eb4810ba8c8e (https://montrealgazette.com/sports/hockey/nhl/ottawa-senators/garrioch-sunday-we-havent-heard-the-last-of-bobrovsky-and-the-blue-jackets-saga/wcm/27a33324-d7ef-4471-9a90-eb4810ba8c8e)

So, what’s next for Sergei Bobrovsky and the Columbus Blue Jackets?Both sides have moved on since an incident in Tampa Bay Tuesday night when the club’s top goaltender was pulled by Columbus coach John Tortorella and Sunday night Bobrovsky is expected to return  to the net against the New York Rangers after serving what was effectively a one-game suspension.
Scheduled to become a unrestricted free agent on July 1, the trouble in Tampa started after Bobrovsky didn’t return to the bench when he was yanked with 8:53 left in the third period after allowing four goals on 19 shots in the Jackets 4-0 loss.


Read the rest at the link


the prior game between the Jackets and Bolts Bob was on the losing end of an 8-2 game, so I don’t think it happened overnight
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: ArJunaZ on Saturday January 12, 2019, 07:27:07 PM Eastern

the prior game between the Jackets and Bolts Bob was on the losing end of an 8-2 game, so I don’t think it happened overnight

I thought it was the fact that he left the bench when he got pulled that caused the problem. I could be wrong.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: Mickstix on Saturday January 12, 2019, 07:32:01 PM Eastern
Another game where they look like ass to start..  :poop:
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: ArJunaZ on Saturday January 12, 2019, 07:47:57 PM Eastern

A truly pathetic 1st period.  I hope Ovie is OK.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: alta on Saturday January 12, 2019, 08:01:29 PM Eastern
team just announced OV will return for the 2nd
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: Mickstix on Saturday January 12, 2019, 08:01:49 PM Eastern
Team says Ovie be back for 2nd period.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: apace41 on Saturday January 12, 2019, 08:12:07 PM Eastern
Kuzy fucking stinks right now.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: alta on Saturday January 12, 2019, 08:12:45 PM Eastern
they had Forsyth on the radio during the intermission, he said “the team forgot what time the game started”
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: ArJunaZ on Saturday January 12, 2019, 08:15:52 PM Eastern
This is where some solid hitting will give the Jackets second thought before mugging our guys on the boards. I guess we used our physicality quota for the month up in Boston.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: apace41 on Saturday January 12, 2019, 08:18:32 PM Eastern
God, we look awful. Really sad.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: ArJunaZ on Saturday January 12, 2019, 08:18:58 PM Eastern
Atkinson smashed Holtby in the face with his stick.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: alta on Saturday January 12, 2019, 08:22:14 PM Eastern
what a bullshit call
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: apace41 on Saturday January 12, 2019, 08:23:12 PM Eastern
what a bullshit call


I’m close to done with this shitty league. These refs fucking suck balls.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: ArJunaZ on Saturday January 12, 2019, 08:23:29 PM Eastern
The cheapest of the MANY cheap calls we've had this year.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: alta on Saturday January 12, 2019, 08:24:12 PM Eastern
this is 2 points this team needs tonight, they better start suckin smelling salts and 5Hour energy's
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: Surreylily on Saturday January 12, 2019, 08:26:09 PM Eastern
Tough to watch so far.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: apace41 on Saturday January 12, 2019, 08:33:51 PM Eastern
Stanley Cup champs?  Really?
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: alta on Saturday January 12, 2019, 08:34:04 PM Eastern
Tough to watch so far.


pathetic so far
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: apace41 on Saturday January 12, 2019, 08:36:36 PM Eastern
Perhaps the worst 2 periods I can recall.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: alta on Saturday January 12, 2019, 08:41:21 PM Eastern
Kuzy should've passed it around there, had the D dead tired
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: ArJunaZ on Saturday January 12, 2019, 08:41:29 PM Eastern
What the heck happened?  Where was that the entire game? Suddenly awake on that shift.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: zerofox on Saturday January 12, 2019, 08:42:04 PM Eastern
Why does this team still suck?
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: alta on Saturday January 12, 2019, 08:42:37 PM Eastern
this game makes me wish I had gone to the alphabet store today
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: Mickstix on Saturday January 12, 2019, 08:44:50 PM Eastern
Looks like somebody stole the spark plug wires..  :poop: Need to open a can of "give a fuck"..  :-\
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: apace41 on Saturday January 12, 2019, 08:48:17 PM Eastern
Looks like somebody stole the spark plug wires..  :poop: Need to open a can of "give a fuck"..  :-\


I just don't get how you can be playing one of the teams hot on your heels in the standings and come out for two periods with absolutely no motivation, no drive, no interest.  I'm so sick of fucking Kuzy who got paid and now is reminding me more and more of Alex Semin every day.  When was his last hard check or last drive to the net.  Enough with the fucking Icecapades.  Play some goddamn hockey!
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: Mickstix on Saturday January 12, 2019, 08:48:33 PM Eastern
this game makes me wish I had gone to the alphabet store today



You spelled Dispensary wrong..  :snicker:
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: Mickstix on Saturday January 12, 2019, 08:50:20 PM Eastern
I'm so sick of fucking Kuzy who got paid and now is reminding me more and more of Alex Semin every day. 



It's definitely time to get Jaskin a sweater.. "All" our centers are playing like shit.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: ArJunaZ on Saturday January 12, 2019, 08:54:56 PM Eastern
At least we know from that last shift that there's not been a mass drugging of the team.  I was starting to think Carlson dropped a lude in everyone's Gatorade bottle.
Did we even have a single tape to tape pass before that last shift?
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: apace41 on Saturday January 12, 2019, 09:04:39 PM Eastern
This is a backup goalie we are making look like Patrick Roy.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: apace41 on Saturday January 12, 2019, 09:08:11 PM Eastern
This is like pee wee hockey. 44 smh
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: apace41 on Saturday January 12, 2019, 09:16:45 PM Eastern
Why do they love Siegenthaler?
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: BlackIce on Saturday January 12, 2019, 09:16:53 PM Eastern
I have other things going on tonight so I haven't been following the game.  But if the team is due a stinker, they're due a stinker.  You all DO realize that they are 15-1 in their last 16 Conference games, right?


I know what the problem is.  The team is lost offensively with Burakovsky out of the lineup!!!
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: ArJunaZ on Saturday January 12, 2019, 09:18:11 PM Eastern
       
        :1stop: :uh-huh:
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: apace41 on Saturday January 12, 2019, 09:18:13 PM Eastern
Niskanen still hurt. He should sit.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: apace41 on Saturday January 12, 2019, 09:23:09 PM Eastern
I have other things going on tonight so I haven't been following the game.  But if the team is due a stinker, they're due a stinker.  You all DO realize that they are 15-1 in their last 16 Conference games, right?


I know what the problem is.  The team is lost offensively with Burakovsky out of the lineup!!!


A stinker is fine.  Lack of effort in the first 40 isn't.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: apace41 on Saturday January 12, 2019, 09:24:22 PM Eastern
I thought they had figured it out last year that when teams stack the neutral zone they need to dump, chase and hit and wear the other team down.  Trying to carry in is playing into their hands.  You can't play "beautiful hockey" when the other team is playing defensive hockey.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: ArJunaZ on Saturday January 12, 2019, 09:26:41 PM Eastern
On top of lazy play we have had really bad puck luck this game.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: ArJunaZ on Saturday January 12, 2019, 09:35:23 PM Eastern
(https://galactichub.com/caps/Capitals_mascot-Blue-Jackets.png) :B:


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Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: apace41 on Saturday January 12, 2019, 09:35:38 PM Eastern
About time Kuzy!
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: alta on Saturday January 12, 2019, 09:36:21 PM Eastern
holy flirking schnit, there is a hockey game!!
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: Surreylily on Saturday January 12, 2019, 09:37:08 PM Eastern
OMG!!!!!!1  Did not see that coming!    8-0 :clap:

Luckily neither did their goalie. 
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: alta on Saturday January 12, 2019, 09:39:05 PM Eastern
Caps seem intent on giving it away
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: alta on Saturday January 12, 2019, 09:40:59 PM Eastern
looks like Willy wants a word with someone, I don't believe I've ever seen a fight in a 3v3 OT
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: apace41 on Saturday January 12, 2019, 09:41:28 PM Eastern
Gotta love getting a point tonight when we didn't earn it.  If we get two it will be highway robbery.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: BlackIce on Saturday January 12, 2019, 09:43:23 PM Eastern
looks like Willy wants a word with someone, I don't believe I've ever seen a fight in a 3v3 OT




It may not be a coincidence that the Caps have had an "off game" on a night when Tom Wilson didn't fill up the scoresheet, even though he played as much as any other forward.  Was he generally invisible tonight? 
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: Surreylily on Saturday January 12, 2019, 09:43:34 PM Eastern
Not the best outing.  Lucky to get that point.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: alta on Saturday January 12, 2019, 09:47:03 PM Eastern
they had a 3 on 1 and sat on it  (Ō_ƆŎ)
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: alta on Saturday January 12, 2019, 09:48:23 PM Eastern



It may not be a coincidence that the Caps have had an "off game" on a night when Tom Wilson didn't fill up the scoresheet, even though he played as much as any other forward.  Was he generally invisible tonight?


no, Willy wasn't any more, or less, invisible than the rest of the team
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: apace41 on Saturday January 12, 2019, 09:49:00 PM Eastern
Every fucking night the fucking zebras fuck us over.  I can't stand watching this shit.  They beat the crap out of us all night long with no goddamn calls and then in OT they call that shit?  Really?  Fuck this league.  Horseshit.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: alta on Saturday January 12, 2019, 09:49:05 PM Eastern
officiating in this league is a fukin joke
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: apace41 on Saturday January 12, 2019, 09:49:49 PM Eastern
they had a 3 on 1 and sat on it  (Ō_ƆŎ)


Kuzy was out for over a minute and was dead tired.  He should have gone to Kempny in the middle.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: apace41 on Saturday January 12, 2019, 09:50:45 PM Eastern
officiating in this league is a fukin joke


It really is hard to stomach night in and night out how they call these goddamn games.  The call on OV was perhaps the most ridiculous call of the season.  He's trying to put his skate out to regain the blue line and that's interference?  Fuck that noise.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: ArJunaZ on Saturday January 12, 2019, 09:51:47 PM Eastern
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Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: Surreylily on Saturday January 12, 2019, 09:51:50 PM Eastern
Serves us right.   :(
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: ArJunaZ on Saturday January 12, 2019, 09:52:59 PM Eastern
(https://washingtoncapitalsfanforum.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fgalactichub.com%2Fcaps%2Fscoring_summary.gif&hash=a5539380153e9a0902e0b6fc1ce40d49d66becf2)

1st Period
01:00 Jackets GOAL Atkinson, assists Nutivaara & Dubois   1-0 CBJ

2nd Period
None

3rd Period

18:54  GOAL 92-Kuznetsov, assists 74-Carlson & 8-Ovechkin   1-1 TIE

OT

03:30  Jackets PP GOAL Panarin, assist Jones   2-1 CBJ

FINAL:    2-1 CBJ
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: Mickstix on Saturday January 12, 2019, 09:54:27 PM Eastern
Another burn the tape game.. Felony larceny on the 1 point.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: Surreylily on Saturday January 12, 2019, 09:54:38 PM Eastern
Night night peeps.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: ArJunaZ on Saturday January 12, 2019, 09:55:47 PM Eastern

It really is hard to stomach night in and night out how they call these goddamn games.  The call on OV was perhaps the most ridiculous call of the season.  He's trying to put his skate out to regain the blue line and that's interference?  Fuck that noise.

Yeah, then Oshie gets so obviously tripped and no call late in the third. Then they call that weak ass call on Backy in OT. It's truly remarkable how inconsistent the refs are.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: ArJunaZ on Saturday January 12, 2019, 09:56:56 PM Eastern
Night night peeps.

Good night Lil.  Say your prayers for Monday's game.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: Mickstix on Saturday January 12, 2019, 10:03:56 PM Eastern
Yep, not much to discuss after that one.. Oh, faceoffs.. Another reason they suck is our centers get thrown from the dot about 75% of the time it seems.. Anyway, shits getting old.. They're getting outworked much too often lately. Catch you folks Monday! Enjoy the snow!!
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: alta on Saturday January 12, 2019, 11:55:12 PM Eastern
per the post game, as much as I could stomach anyway, Holtby is day to day with an "upper body" injury. Will release an update tomorrow



Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: richkrt99 on Sunday January 13, 2019, 12:29:46 AM Eastern
Holy cow fair weather fans. You should go back and read your posts from the first period. It would be comical if it wasn’t negative ALL THE TIME
You’d think the Caps were last in the league and had lost 12 of their last 15 games.
Certainly not our best game but better than one would think reading all the hatred on these boards.
Make sure all you guys that are fed up with this team don’t watch any more games...especially when we get into the playoffs. Afterall, the Caps suck and have no chance so you might as well not waste your time watching this train wreck of a season. (27-12-5)


For the first time in I can remember, the Caps outshot opposition and won more face offs. I thought they were sluggish but also very patient and did not panick. OT is always a crapshoot and the penalty was lame, but overall the refs swallowed the whistle the third period. (Should have been a call in Oshie trip but meh...there were several times Caps could have been called near the end and weren’t.


Lighten up peeps. I’ll take the point.


Go Caps.



Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: 4 Caps on Sunday January 13, 2019, 09:41:19 AM Eastern
Well said richkrt99, both teams played a very defensive style of game.  DC should have loved it.  Both teams did a good job of keeping play on the perimeter except of course for Columbus’ goal, but other than that there was not a lot of quality chances for either team.  There is a good chance that we will play Columbus in the playoffs so we need to get use to playing this type of game.


Look on the positive side, we picked up a point and Pittsburgh lost.  We need to beat St Louis on Monday and get back to our winning ways.


For those who live in the D.C area hope everyone survives the snowstorm and are safe. 
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: waynerivers on Sunday January 13, 2019, 01:52:50 PM Eastern
The Caps seem to put up these rather uninspired efforts at home where they either play flat footed or get leads and then think the game is over (Anaheim and Nashville games come to mind).  They seem much more focused on the road.  This is something Rierden needs to address.  When you start seeing 70' stretch passes instead of controlled breakouts, that's lazy hockey and lazy hockey leads to losses.  They also need to fix the PP in short order or they aren't going to beat the better teams.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: Mickstix on Sunday January 13, 2019, 02:51:35 PM Eastern
When you start seeing 70' stretch passes instead of controlled breakouts, that's lazy hockey and lazy hockey leads to losses. 


That's exactly what it is.. Lazy! They're playing like they expect it's gonna be easy..
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: alta on Sunday January 13, 2019, 03:58:38 PM Eastern
Holy cow fair weather fans. You should go back and read your posts from the first period. It would be comical if it wasn’t negative ALL THE TIME
You’d think the Caps were last in the league and had lost 12 of their last 15 games.
Certainly not our best game but better than one would think reading all the hatred on these boards.
Make sure all you guys that are fed up with this team don’t watch any more games...especially when we get into the playoffs. Afterall, the Caps suck and have no chance so you might as well not waste your time watching this train wreck of a season. (27-12-5)


For the first time in I can remember, the Caps outshot opposition and won more face offs. I thought they were sluggish but also very patient and did not panick. OT is always a crapshoot and the penalty was lame, but overall the refs swallowed the whistle the third period. (Should have been a call in Oshie trip but meh...there were several times Caps could have been called near the end and weren’t.


Lighten up peeps. I’ll take the point.


Go Caps.


yea, so when they interview a coach during intermission and he himself says the team forgot to show up, the fans should just ingnore that because they are 27-12-5, won more face offs than other team for what seams like the first time this season and the PP is now 2-37  :huh: . The Caps are damn lucky they got a point against a team they needed 2 from.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: alta on Sunday January 13, 2019, 04:25:39 PM Eastern
Holts practiced this mornin  :thumbsup:


https://russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2019/01/13/braden-holtby-practices-says-vision-has-improved-a-lot-since-suffering-eye-injury-against-blue-jackets/#more-313947
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: Mickstix on Sunday January 13, 2019, 07:52:34 PM Eastern
won more face offs than other team for what seams like the first time this season and the PP is now 2-37


Im just gonna take his word for it that we won more faceoffs than Columbus, but I'd of lost a good sum of money had someone wanted to bet.. I recall maybe 2 we won. lol


Holts practiced this mornin  :thumbsup:


 :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: ArJunaZ on Monday January 14, 2019, 03:28:29 AM Eastern

Im just gonna take his word for it that we won more faceoffs than Columbus, but I'd of lost a good sum of money had someone wanted to bet.. I recall maybe 2 we won. lol

I just checked the stats. The Caps won 53% of faceoffs against Columbus. In fact, only one guy on our team, Dowd, was under 50% for faceoff wins.  I noted during the game that we seemed to do OK on faceoffs. The numbers bear that out.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: ArJunaZ on Monday January 14, 2019, 03:55:17 AM Eastern
Holy cow fair weather fans. You should go back and read your posts from the first period. It would be comical if it wasn’t negative ALL THE TIME
You’d think the Caps were last in the league and had lost 12 of their last 15 games.
Certainly not our best game but better than one would think reading all the hatred on these boards.
Make sure all you guys that are fed up with this team don’t watch any more games...especially when we get into the playoffs. Afterall, the Caps suck and have no chance so you might as well not waste your time watching this train wreck of a season. (27-12-5)


For the first time in I can remember, the Caps outshot opposition and won more face offs. I thought they were sluggish but also very patient and did not panick. OT is always a crapshoot and the penalty was lame, but overall the refs swallowed the whistle the third period. (Should have been a call in Oshie trip but meh...there were several times Caps could have been called near the end and weren’t.


Lighten up peeps. I’ll take the point.


Go Caps.

I would not accuse the majority of people on this forum of being fair weather fans. I've noticed that like myself people tend to get down on this team when they feel the effort is simply not being made by the players.  I've never had any difficulty watching us lose when we play our hearts out. I do get tremendously frustrated when the team seems to not care to make the effort needed to compete. We've seen a few games lately where the Caps as a whole lacked the motivation to play with the same effort as their opponents. The Boston game was an example of a great effort. Had we lost that game I would not have come away feeling we played poorly. It has been my observation that most people here feel much as I do.  I will also note that the sentiments expressed here are very often repeated in the post game shows by the talking heads like Alan May, Joe B, Locker and others. They often  mirror the same words we use to describe the Caps effort or lack thereof.

With regards to the Columbus game we did not really deserve a point. For the first 40 minutes our guys looked pathetic. Our lack of battle for the puck and careless giveaways were the most notable.  We did hold up defensively pretty well, but much of that credit goes to our stupendous goalies.

I think the hockey IQ here is pretty high and folks usually focus right in on what ails us as well as what we do right. I don't knock anyone for calling out the Caps when they drop turds. I mean who wants to support a team that appears to care less than their opponents?


I hope the game is on for later today. I don't know what it's like in other parts of town, but up here in Gaithersburg we got at least a foot of snow at my house. My wife has been living and teaching downtown and she said said they have a snow day tomorrow and called off classes at the National Defense University, which is not far from Capital One Arena.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: ArJunaZ on Monday January 14, 2019, 04:09:07 AM Eastern
Damn!  I just saw that the Islanders smoked the Lightning 5-1.  Barry has gotten that team on track. They are coming up fast in the standings.  Among many other tough teams on our schedule for the rest of this month we get the Islanders at home this Friday.  The rest of this month is going to be huge for us one way or another. It's time to come to each game ready to play a full 60min.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: PUCKNRUSH on Monday January 14, 2019, 07:40:47 AM Eastern
Gotta say I’m siding more with Rich and 4Caps view of the game.


I was at the game, as well, and due to the potential snowfall, predicted by the end of the game, I kept the drinking to a minimum, and saw, (and can recall), LOL,  what I observed from section 105.


Game was played quite conservatively, by both teams! First interesting point to mention is that both teams scored in an almost IDENTICAL, yet reciprocal, manner!  That is to say that;
Columbus scored in the FIRST minute of play, and the Caps held them scoreless for the next 59 minutes of regulation!
The Caps were held scoreless for the FIRST 59 minutes of regulation, and scored in the LAST minute of play!!


Neither team wanted to take too many risks against the other! It seemed more to me like a first round playoff game, where both teams are more concerned, early on, with trying to figure each other out, and there is no “must win” urgency yet!!


Jackets goalie had an above average  game. This happens sometimes. Holtz/Copley played well also!
Both teams missed a few good chances, and neither seemed super hungry, although Columbus did out hustle the Caps in the first period!


Mostly even statistically. Caps with more SOG, and slight face off edge. Jackets with almost half the number of giveaways as Caps. All else was nearly even in regulation, including hits, penalties, and both teams going 0/2 on the power play.
A rather ho-hum game, if you were looking for a lot of glitzy hockey!  Either team played both good, and bad enough, to win or lose. Yeah...one of those, IMO!


Rush


Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: BlackIce on Monday January 14, 2019, 08:00:20 AM Eastern
Damn!  I just saw that the Islanders smoked the Lightning 5-1.  Barry has gotten that team on track. They are coming up fast in the standings.  Among many other tough teams on our schedule for the rest of this month we get the Islanders at home this Friday.  The rest of this month is going to be huge for us one way or another. It's time to come to each game ready to play a full 60min.




And I'll bet that if one had watched that game one might have come away with the impression that the Lightning just weren't motivated to play.  EVERYONE has off games once in a while, even the Lightning, who are head and shoulders above the rest of the league right now. 


If the Caps are just not motivated all that much and way too inconsistently, and yet at this point are still at the top of the Division standings, does that mean that everyone else is motivated even less than we are?  And don't give me the argument that the Caps are so insanely more talented than everyone else that they'd win virtually all the time if they put forth an honest effort.   That just isn't true.  The Caps have their talent -- and so do LOTS of other teams. 


Now the Islanders DO have the look of a team that is playing above their talent level, and I'm sure that Trotz is using the motivation "We were a mid-level team recently that just lost its top player, but y'know, I have more faith in this team than that." 


I get the feeling that Trotz is one of those guys who, even as long as he has been in the coaching business, has gone to another level as a coach in recent years.  He is still learning and growing from his extensive experience.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: richkrt99 on Monday January 14, 2019, 05:01:50 PM Eastern
Sorry I am always SO late with responses...


In reference to my previous rant.....
SO I watched the game HOURS after it was played and didn't post my fan-hater rant until the next day when I started reading the thread..which was entirely more negative than my perception of the game.


Couple things:


1)  Don't intend to be implying that EVERYONE (Or anyone, for that matter) is a Caps hater.  (or A FAIR WEATHER FAN, as previously stated)
2)  I think original intent of my post was that.....reading the game day posts the day after.....I noticed the posts seem entirely more critical than the game I watched.  I know we all get down on our team when they do NOT put forth the effort, and maybe WE as Caps fans are more sensitive to that since it SEEMED to be their tendency to do just that....NOT PUT FORTH THE EFFORT  for years and years of disappointment - especially playoff wise.
3) I realize that all the original posts are "real-time" and in the heat of the moment, but reading the culmination of them the following day probably makes them seem more harsh that at the time of the play(s).




No offense to any of my board buddies, but I did not think the game or the Caps effort was as bad as one would perceive from the posts on THE Caps Fan board.


Not the most exciting game, but sometimes they just aren't.  I really can't see how we can complain with the current OVERALL performance this year.


Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: ArJunaZ on Monday January 14, 2019, 05:07:20 PM Eastern
I like to think of it like when you see a child not living up to their potential, not even really trying.  It can be frustrating.  The Caps have had a few good stinkers lately and clearly were not putting in the effort at times. After some of these games even Alan May and company spoke much as we did about their effort or lack thereof. Heck, even some players and the coach said as much. I'll have to go back and reread the thread sometime, but I always though the posts were commensurate with what we were watching.
Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: richkrt99 on Monday January 14, 2019, 05:08:48 PM Eastern
I'm a little surprised nobody mentioned the BJ's "celebration" after the GWG in OT.  I mean it was obviously a taunt directed ad Kuzy.
I thought it a bit much for the whole team to be doing it (on OUR ice)


I mean a lot of Cap fans said Eller deserved his beating for "celebrating" his FIRST GOAL OF THE SEASON in the FIRST game of the season.  I saw nothing wrong with it and did not think he was taunting Boston bench at all.


I mean the BJ's won the game and I have no problem with them showing enthusiasm for the OT win, but they were no doubt mimicking Kuzy.  It's not like they have a PENS type record against us in years of playoffs or something.


Thoughts?



Title: Re: GDT#44 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Jan 12 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-O
Post by: alta on Monday January 14, 2019, 05:59:28 PM Eastern
I'm a little surprised nobody mentioned the BJ's "celebration" after the GWG in OT.  I mean it was obviously a taunt directed ad Kuzy.
I thought it a bit much for the whole team to be doing it (on OUR ice)


I mean a lot of Cap fans said Eller deserved his beating for "celebrating" his FIRST GOAL OF THE SEASON in the FIRST game of the season.  I saw nothing wrong with it and did not think he was taunting Boston bench at all.


I mean the BJ's won the game and I have no problem with them showing enthusiasm for the OT win, but they were no doubt mimicking Kuzy.  It's not like they have a PENS type record against us in years of playoffs or something.


Thoughts?


they were made fun of, Kuzy said its nice to know someone is watching me and Willy said "I guess it's a rivalry now and I will leave it at that". It was a classless move by a team that has not gotten past the 1st round of the playoffs against the team that sent them packing last season. I expect retaliation of a similar vein in their barn. I'd bet money that CBus doesn't have the balls to do something similar in front of Boston