the non family friendly boredom thread for Rich

[Surreylily]

They need to be gone.  The sooner the better.

[Surreylily]

The both of them.

[Chaos43]

The both of them.

   Too much drama with these guys. I'd have no problem if we traded both.
I didn't even want Samsonov here. I was hoping we would have traded Sammy before he got North America and kept Holtby.
I don't think that would have worked either because Holtby has been pretty mediocre for the last 3 years.

[Surreylily]

And there was me thinikng yoo wree a Sammy fan.....

[Surreylily]

Oh wait.. flip flop, flip flop

[Chaos43]

And there was me thinikng yoo wree a Sammy fan.....

    Not really. But I think he has more potential than Vanecek. Whether or not he reaches that potential is another story. He proving that he might be a bit a of a head case.

[richkrt99]

What’s yuns doing here on an off night? 
Goal tending is our biggest question mark come playoffs.


I thought Sammy really had the better chance to be our best option for SC playoffs.
Now?....  meh who knows.  I don’t think either are really up to helping us win a cup.
Vitek has had some great games but he also has some fundamental lapses but then Sammy really has blown what was a gift wrapped opportunity to be solid #1 fir this team


Islanders are falling apart. They lost to Buffalo again tonight. They have lost to everyone except the rangers lately. Barely coasting into the playoffs

[Surreylily]

Sammy pretty much fucked himself up the arse with this last benching.  Totally his own fault   Lost his fight fot the "1! spot

[alta]

It will be interesting to see how the league handles the hens Pilly game, the way cynde acted he should get him a game of rest, at a minimum

Gosts will likely get in trouble though..

https://www.nhl.com/news/shayne-gostisbehere-to-have-nhl-player-safety-hearing/c-324367536

[richkrt99]

It will be interesting to see how the league handles the hens Pilly game, the way cynde acted he should get him a game of rest, at a minimum


Gosts will likely get in trouble though..


https://www.nhl.com/news/shayne-gostisbehere-to-have-nhl-player-safety-hearing/c-324367536

What did Cindy do?  I some some game highlights on NHL tonight, but they didn't show any mischief.  It was early though.

[richkrt99]

Caps need a win tonight.  If they aren't careful, they could end up in 4th and playing Pit in the 1st round (not that it matters much)


Islanders play NJ, NJ, Boston to finish the season, although they did lose to Buffalo in shootout last night and lost to Buffalo the last game. 
Boston lost in OT as well...to NJ


I'm not expecting a whole lot from the Caps come playoff time.  Unless we get a miracle goalie happenstance, we are toast.  We aren't good enough to win regularly without a great goalie performance.


Anybody heard anything about Ovie's injury?

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Crosby from last night against Konecny



you could make a highlight real of plays like this from Wilson, Crosby and Marchand. Willy’s video would be maybe 4 or 5 plays. Crosby and Marchands videos would be well over a half a hour long. But somehow Willy is the bad guy, and that narrative is enforced by the nhl. The league made up new rules just for Wilson so they could suspend him 7 games this year. Marchand got a polite warning from the league about licking everyone.

Gosts is getting a hearing today for a play from last night too, final play of the game...



the only issue I see with Gost is the whistle had blown, Gost hardly touched the guy, and I couldn’t help but notice Cynde’s head slam at about the halfway mark wasn’t in the highlights

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.......

Anybody heard anything about Ovie's injury?

yup, he’s injured, lower body


 

[Mickstix]

No Ovi, Kuzy, or Sammy tonight. Osh is back! Didn't hear anything about Schultz..


Tick Tock!!

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No Ovi, Kuzy, or Sammy tonight. Osh is back! Didn't hear anything about Schultz..


Tick Tock!!

I need to go shoppin


be back in about three hours

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early this season Willy got a late hit penalty for hitting a guy about a second after the puck left and the hockey world flipped out over it, that exact play happens multiple times every single game..

https://novacapsfans.com/2021/05/05/lars-eller-on-capitals-monday-scrum-with-rangers-i-could-find-you-several-clips-of-similar-situations-it-happens-frequently-but-its-not-being-put-into-context-in-this-situation/

I hope more of them speak out

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I'm not buying that it happened because the team is under achieving

https://novacapsfans.com/2021/05/05/report-rangers-fire-gm-jeff-gorton-and-president-john-davidson/

[richkrt99]

Damn those "central teams"...FLorida, Tampa Bay & Carolina are lighting it up.  I think those 3 are as tough as any team I'd wanna face.
Toronto is good, but Vegas and most of the west don't impress me all that much.

[Chaos43]

Damn those "central teams"...FLorida, Tampa Bay & Carolina are lighting it up.  I think those 3 are as tough as any team I'd wanna face.
Toronto is good, but Vegas and most of the west don't impress me all that much.

    Their records are inflated a bit because they beat up on the 5 shitty teams in the division.
     Records are going to be deceptive this year because we only played against our division.

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Gostisbehere got 2 games for that post whistle check against the Hens at the end the of game on 5/4


still waiting to hear how many games Buchnevich got for the cross check to the face of Mantha