GDT#48 Capitals at Blackhawks 12:30pm Sunday Jan. 20 2019

[waynerivers]

Any takers on a bet that Rierdon tells us in the post-game how he was proud of the guys and how hard they competed to come back?  What a pathetic fucking effort against a shitty team.  I keep asking myself, "how on earth did this group of misfits and losers with the Cup last year?"  Hard to believe.

They had urgency last year and a coach who knew how to get the best out of them.  Now, they have no urgency and a coach with no clue at all.

[apace41]

Im curious how Reirden handles this. The time for "aw shucks we played hard and we tried new lines" has passed.. As I said before, 8-10 games from now we'll know.. (and he may no longer be employed) It's that bad.. 

Ted won’t fire him. He’s a pussy.

[zerofox]

Media: Todd, can you tell us why you think your defense was struggling this game, letting up 8 goals?

TR: Huh? Not sure what game you guys were watching but our defense scored 5 goals I thought they had a hell of a game. Actually scratch that. 6 goals, one of which counted for the other team for some reason. I tried asking the refs to explain that but they ignored me. In my mind, Carly and Orly both scored twice and they'll be rewarded as such.


Media: And what about getting blown out by the Blackhawks, the worst team in the league?

TR: You know, the Blackhawks are a great hockey organization. They've won 3 Cups in recent memory. I don't get all the comments about the Hawks being in last place. You don't win 3 Cups without being a really good team.

Media: But...you can clearly see in the NHL stand-

TR: Standings schmandings. Read my lips. 3 Cups.


Media: Okay...can you explain your rationale behind the Kuznetsov demotion?

TR: I wouldn't call it a demotion. Kuzy has been a strong player for us, I just wanted to give the 3rd line a much needed spark. When he tries to dangle through 5 defenders I take a video of it and post it on YouTube. Me and the other coaches get a kick out of it. It's pretty cool. Such a skilled player.


Media: And what about the team's Power Play woes? What are you and Blaine going to do about it?

TR: Everyone expects us to score on this so-called "power play." It's 5-on-5 just like the rest of the game how are we supposed to have a better chance at scoring?

Media: It's 5-on-4...

TR: We have 5 players on the ice, they do too.

Media: No they have 4 players plus 1 goalie on the ice, you have 5 players plus 1 goalie on the ice.

TR: Yeah but our goalie is all the way on the other end of the ice. So it's our 5 guys vs. their 5 guys. Even stevens.


Media: Um okay, moving on. Your team has lost five in a row now. What are you going to do to get the team back on track?

TR: I like to take the optimist's approach. My team didn't lose five games in a row. They got on the ice and had fun five games in a row. That's what counts. None of these guys have to play hockey. They do it for the love of the game.

[Surreylily]

Media: Todd, can you tell us why you think your defense was struggling this game, letting up 8 goals?

TR: Huh? Not sure what game you guys were watching but our defense scored 5 goals I thought they had a hell of a game. Actually scratch that. 6 goals, one of which counted for the other team for some reason. I tried asking the refs to explain that but they ignored me. In my mind, Carly and Orly both scored twice and they'll be rewarded as such.

Media: And what about getting blown out by the Blackhawks, the worst team in the league?

TR: You know, the Blackhawks are a great hockey organization. They've won 3 Cups in recent memory. I don't get all the comments about the Hawks being in last place. You don't win 3 Cups without being a really good team.

Media: Can you your rationale behind the Kuznetsov demotion?

TR: I wouldn't call it a demotion. Kuzy has been a strong player for us, I just wanted to give the 3rd line a much needed spark. When he tries to dangle through 5 defenders I take a video of it and post it on YouTube. Me and the other coaches get a kick out of it. It's pretty cool. Such a skilled player.

 
Unreal........

[Surreylily]

Reirden can bloody well join the queue for the volcano.   
What a croc.

[Surreylily]

TR: Standings schmandings. Read my lips. 3 Cups.




 

[alta]

there is a delayed post game because of the players only meeting currently in progress

[apace41]

there is a delayed post game because of the players only meeting currently in progress

There should be.  Figuring out how to "off" the coach?

Seriously, teams go on losing streaks.  That's not the issue.  The issue is a total and complete breakdown in all facets of the game at once.  It's really hard to fathom.

[alta]

the radio post game is far better than the tv post game, still have post game interviews coming up

[Surreylily]

Any updates on the post games?

[alta]

Any updates on the post games?

meh, Rierdon sounded like a politician and Dylan sounded like he was about to cry, basically "we've got to be better"


Dylan did say the passing has been an issue, like they’ve been tryin to all make highlight reel passes, which only explains half their passing problems

[ArJunaZ]

Crap!  I was wondering why my DVR was recording all afternoon!  I would have sworn this game was at 7pm.  Looks like I saved myself some grief by missing the game though.  At least we scored some goals.  Should I watch the continued carnage?

[DC_1908]

One last rant:  games like these, and the volume of games like these are why we me and so many others are cynical and negative towards this team.


Loosing is one thing, yeah a 2-1 even 4-2 loss sucks, but getting blow out and humiliated this man times, WITH AN ELITE GOALIE no less, this many times before Feb, is absolutely disgraceful and humiliating.


What is more worrisome is the last three games have shown Reidon and his system have been exposed  and solved.  This is gonna need to be fixed way more than just juggling the lines, and healthy scratches.

[justwincaps]

Brooks Orpik, despite being Brooks Orpik and missing so many games, has more even strength goals than Kuzy.

[ArJunaZ]

Wow!  That game was awful, and against the worst team in the NHL. Maybe we should switch our lines around, and by this I mean we should take our top two forward lines and make them the defensive pairs and move our defense to the top two forward lines.  That will mix things up.
 

[apace41]

What is more worrisome is the last three games have shown Reidon and his system have been exposed  and solved.  This is gonna need to be fixed way more than just juggling the lines, and healthy scratches.

Rierdon's system is the same as Trotz's system.  No difference whatsoever.  The difference is in film, preparation, discipline, and buy in by the players.  When things go badly they need a coach they believe in to be on the bench.  They don't have that.

[DC_1908]

Rierdon's system is the same as Trotz's system.  No difference whatsoever.  The difference is in film, preparation, discipline, and buy in by the players.  When things go badly they need a coach they believe in to be on the bench.  They don't have that.

it is a very vanilla version of Trotzs “keep Monumental happy” system, (not the one that won in the playoffs and that shut us out the other night), the difference is the other sets, adjustments and in game descisions before it gets to the players to execute,fuck up, or ignore.


They have relied on “talent”  and “won a Cup” all year, now what the Caps have counted on has been solved and  exploited, this is for the Coach to fix on the whiteboard first

[ArJunaZ]

1st Period
06:36  Hawks GOAL Saad, assist Kampf   1-0 CHI
07:56  Hawks GOAL Kane, assists Toews & Seabrook   2-0 CHI
14:25  GOAL 44-Orpik, assists 10-Connolly & 20 Eller   2-1 CHI
14:53  Hawks GOAL Toews, unassisted   3-1 CHI

2nd Period
02:30   Hawks GOAL DeBrincat, assists Strome & Keith   4-1 CHI
15:24  GOAL 9-Orlov, assists 2-Niskanen & 65-Burakovsky   4-2 CHI

3rd Period
03:09  GOAL 74-Carlson, assists 9-Orlov & 77-Oshie   4-3 CHI
03:45  Hawks PP GOAL Kane, assists Toews & Strome   5-3 CHI
07:20  Hawks GOAL Toews, assists Kane & Dahlstrom   6-3 CHI
10:38  GOAL 74-Carlson, assists 19-Bäckström & 77-Oshie   6-4 CHI
13:55  GOAL 2-Niskanen, assists 72-Boyd & 65-Burakovsky   6-5 CHI
14:57  Hawks GOAL Toews, assist Kane   7-5 CHI
18:11  Hawks GOAL Strome, assists DeBrincat & Kane   8-5 CHI

FINAL:    8-5 CHI

[DC_1908]

1st Period
06:36  Hawks GOAL Saad, assist Kampf   1-0 CHI
07:56  Hawks GOAL Kane, assists Toews & Seabrook   2-0 CHI
14:25  GOAL 44-Orpik, assists 10-Connolly & 20 Eller   2-1 CHI
14:53  Hawks GOAL Toews, unassisted   3-1 CHI

2nd Period
02:30   Hawks GOAL DeBrincat, assists Strome & Keith   4-1 CHI
15:24  GOAL 9-Orlov, assists 2-Niskanen & 65-Burakovsky   4-2 CHI

3rd Period
03:09  GOAL 74-Carlson, assists 9-Orlov & 77-Oshie   4-3 CHI
03:45  Hawks PP GOAL Kane, assists Toews & Strome   5-3 CHI
07:20  Hawks GOAL Toews, assists Kane & Dahlstrom   6-3 CHI
10:38  GOAL 74-Carlson, assists 19-Bäckström & 77-Oshie   6-4 CHI
13:55  GOAL 2-Niskanen, assists 72-Boyd & 65-Burakovsky   6-5 CHI
14:57  Hawks GOAL Toews, assist Kane   7-5 CHI
18:11  Hawks GOAL Strome, assists DeBrincat & Kane   8-5 CHI

FINAL:    8-5 CHI

wow, took a while to put that all together huh Arj? 🤣

[Surreylily]

What happened to Maaco?