GDT#55 Panthers @ Capitals 7:00pm Sat Feb 9, 2019 NBCSWA, ESPN+, FS-F

[apace41]

Played like shit. A point is a gift.

[Surreylily]

 

[ArJunaZ]

4-1 in power plays on our ice. Fucking refs.

We deserved this one. Stupid penalty, especially so late. It was completely unnecessary.

[zerofox]

Even if we somehow win I wouldn't be happy. This team is a fucking pile of hot steaming pig shit. We shouldn't be so tightly matched against a bottom feeder team like the Panthers. We're not going to make the playoffs if we can't beat basement teams in convincing fashion.

[Mickstix]

Shit for brains penalty.. I don't care how many goals he scored, he should get a scratch next game. These guys are already the worst at taking penalties and that's the decisions they're making? Anyway, like Apace41 said, the point is a gift..

[Surreylily]

Meh.   

Night all.

[ArJunaZ]

 

A well deserved LOSS!

[apace41]

Deserved to lose but Willy got tripped twice on one shift with no call. Total crap.

[apace41]

Hard to believe that’s our best effort against a mediocre team. A soft team like FL needs to get hit all night and we played a wuss game

[zerofox]

Yep garbage game by a garbage team.

We should seriously call Coach Q. I don't know what Ted is fucking waiting for. Waiting for us to miss the playoffs and for some other team to get to Q first?

Top lines are garbage. We won't survive without them playing better. AO needs to play like he's worth his contract, he's been brilliant at times but fucking cold lately and that's not helping. I give 0 fucks that Bura was on the scoresheet this game. He's garbage and we should get rid of him. For every 1 good game he has, he also has 40 garbage games where he's a liability. Ship the fucking loser out.

Reirden must be getting kick backs from every major country club in the DC area because he's coaching like he wants to send his entire team to a summer-long golf outing.

[ArJunaZ]

The only thing worse than the Caps right now is this POS "My Teams" app from Comcast.

[ArJunaZ]

1st Period
12:55  Panthers GOAL Vatrano, assists Trocheck & Ekblad   1-0 FLA
13:30  Panthers GOAL Yandle, unassisted   2-0 FLA

2nd Period
05:02  GOAL 10-Connolly, assist 65-Burakovsky   2-1 FLA
09:17  Panthers GOAL Scevious, assist Ekblad   3-1 FLA
19:19  GOAL 20-Eller, assists 26-Dowd & 10-Connolly   3-2 FLA

3rd Period
00:07  Panthers GOAL Brassard, unassisted   4-2 FLA
06:12  GOAL 10-Connolly, assists 65-Burakovsky & 20-Eller   4-3 FLA
16:54  GOAL 92-Kuznetsov, assists 9-Orlov & 8-Ovechkin

OT
01:31  Panthers GOAL Hoffman, assists Yandle & Barkov   5-4 FLA

FINAL:    5-4 FLA

[alta]

      

[zerofox]

4-1 in power plays on our ice. Fucking refs.

Yeah the refs suck. Gary Bettman's butt buddy, Sidney Crosby, frequently gives him the big ol' puppy dog eyes and asks Buttman to bribe NHL refs to fuck us in the ass just like Gary and Sid do to each other.


But you know what? We shouldn't be in a position against a basement team where bad reffing is even a factor in the game. Our play should be strong enough where we can overcome that sort of shit. The Panthers currently have a cap hit that's $10 million less than ours. They beat our asses and still have enough "fuck you money" to build a giant gold statue of all 30 other NHL head coaches running train on Toddy boy.


I hope Reirden has his vacation tickets booked for April 7th because he sure as hell isn't going to be doing any work after that date.

[Beaglefan2]

Yep garbage game by a garbage team.

We should seriously call Coach Q. I don't know what Ted is fucking waiting for.

That would be a move Pittsburg would make. Ted will never do it beacause it would cost him money and because he doesn’t lhave the stomach for tough moves and aggressive changes. In this case he knows if he fires Reardon, it will ruin his career. Maybe that’s fair and you can argue it’s all on the players, but teams that win a 2nd and 3rd Cup know when to make aggressive moves.

[BlackIce]

Back from the game.


Actually, Florida played well, and it was one of those games where guys got fortunate on tips and such.  The puck was ping-ponging around a lot.  Sometimes you have to tip your hat to the other team, or realize that the predominance of fortunate bounces is on their side.  Holtby actually had a pretty good night, though the results don't say it.  Of course, Kempny's blown tire was just an unfortunate footwork issue.  I have to give the team credit though; they stuck with it even though they were chasing the game the whole night and did manage to pick up a standings point.  As tight as things are, every point counts.


It's true that the top 2 lines were pretty much invisible almost the entire game.  It got better in the 3rd when Reirden switched Vrana and Ovechkin.  A lot of people are saying that Ovie/Backstrom/Oshie is too slow for a top line in today's NHL, and it did look better when they split up the speed.  The Eller line was by far the best, and for that matter, Burakovsky was the best forward on the ice for either team tonight.  For whatever reason, he was really on his game, and he was having puck luck, in that the puck was getting to him in places where he could do something with it.  He has skills of course, but he never seems to be able to free himself to use them.

[PUCKNRUSH]

The only thing worse than the Caps right now is this POS "My Teams" app from Comcast.

I canned that app after sorely trying it for 3 weeks. Followed it with a sizzling-ass letter, too! Let em have it!
I am realistic, as the letter just made me feel good, as there is ZERO expectation that the young, millennial, marketing, fuck, that I emailed it too, actually read the thing. The first three-syllable word he came to, that he didn’t recognize, started the automatic, index finger, muscle synapse twitch, that presses the all to familiar delete button. Further insuring his boss never gets the complaint! A well rehearsed move, that guarantees the survival of that SHITTY MY TEAMS APP!  Well at least for 90 days, which is an eternity to that aforementioned millennial marketing fuck! LOL😂🤣


Rush

[DC_1908]

I canned that app after sorely trying it for 3 weeks. Followed it with a sizzling-ass letter, too! Let em have it!
I am realistic, as the letter just made me feel good, as there is ZERO expectation that the young, millennial, marketing, fuck, that I emailed it too, actually read the thing. The first three-syllable word he came to, that he didn’t recognize, started the automatic, index finger, muscle synapse twitch, that presses the all to familiar delete button. Further insuring his boss never gets the complaint! A well rehearsed move, that guarantees the survival of that SHITTY MY TEAMS APP!  Well at least for 90 days, which is an eternity to that aforementioned millennial marketing fuck! LOL


Rush

Well Rush,  I guess all of us real men are “to slow for today’s NHL”  huh?

I mean “in today’s NHL”,
if any thing that Dorthy Hammel couldn’t program is to sophisticated for new fans, so q simple app is to much for “today’s NHL” programmers and IT staff,why the hell do they still allow goalies? 
i mean goalies are slow and slow down the game after all, so why don’t Mr Bettman and Mr Leonis just get rid of them? After all,it will speed up the game and up the scoring 

[zerofox]

Back from the game.


Actually, Florida played well, and it was one of those games where guys got fortunate on tips and such.  The puck was ping-ponging around a lot.  Sometimes you have to tip your hat to the other team, or realize that the predominance of fortunate bounces is on their side.  Holtby actually had a pretty good night, though the results don't say it.  Of course, Kempny's blown tire was just an unfortunate footwork issue.  I have to give the team credit though; they stuck with it even though they were chasing the game the whole night and did manage to pick up a standings point.  As tight as things are, every point counts.


It's true that the top 2 lines were pretty much invisible almost the entire game.  It got better in the 3rd when Reirden switched Vrana and Ovechkin.  A lot of people are saying that Ovie/Backstrom/Oshie is too slow for a top line in today's NHL, and it did look better when they split up the speed.  The Eller line was by far the best, and for that matter, Burakovsky was the best forward on the ice for either team tonight.  For whatever reason, he was really on his game, and he was having puck luck, in that the puck was getting to him in places where he could do something with it.  He has skills of course, but he never seems to be able to free himself to use them.

Yeah Bura had a strong showing but I wouldn't want BMac to let a good game here or there convince him to keep the dead weight. I'd bet money that Bura's just going to try to play strong up until the trade deadline to save his livelihood in DC and then he's going to play like shit once he's "safe" and doesn't have a fire under his ass.


I'm a bit worried that BMac thinks that just because Bura has a few good games and "the 3rd line is clicking" that he'll want to keep the line together for the playoffs. Well, with Todd at the helm we shouldn't be worried about the playoffs.

[alta]

I hate to say this, but last night when they showed Reirdens face in the 3rd it was the first time I thought this guy doesn't have a clue. I hope I'm wrong.