Third Period Open Thread
Late-period goals are killers...hopefully that one wasn't. Caps in a 2-0 hole with one period to go.
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looks more like soccer, slows and boring
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by BetterOffWith28 on Jan 20, 2012 8:42 PM EST up reply actions
Calm down everyone. I have no idea what’s going on with Hunter’s strategy either, but we’re only down by two and this is only one game in a long season. Saying it sucks over and over doesn’t help.
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Well, this game is over, but we can have hope for the future ones.
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I’m not sure the game is over. Not optimistic, but I recall a game in Columbus recently where they looked just as bad.
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Carolina isn’t Columbus.
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No – but they’re in the same zip code.
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haha
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by BetterOffWith28 on Jan 20, 2012 8:50 PM EST up reply actions
psstt, you’re thinking out loud again ,, :P
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by BetterOffWith28 on Jan 20, 2012 8:43 PM EST up reply actions
I shouldn’t have sold my lungs on e-bay.
by Rather Bengt on Jan 20, 2012 8:44 PM EST up reply actions
We’ve been saying that for how long?
Dale, the...
by Penguin Hunter on Jan 20, 2012 8:44 PM EST up reply actions
I’m just becoming increasingly convinced that he’s not a good NHL coach. Unfortunately. Though I still have a certain level of hope that it’s due to the difficulty of changing systems mid-season.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 20, 2012 8:47 PM EST up reply actions
SME – you cannot judge after such a short period of time.
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No, it’s certainly difficult. But I have yet to see a very great change in defensive performance (full disclosure: don’t know the stats off the top of my head), and the offense has completely dried up. The Caps weren’t a great possession team before his tenure, but 20+ games of getting dominated territorially is not exactly something I consider inspiring. Though I haven’t completely written him off yet.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 20, 2012 8:50 PM EST up reply actions
Nothing said on this message board helps anything really. That shouldn’t stop anyone from venting though.
And seriously, do you really think this is “one game” in a long season? Sure – on the surface it is – but really what it is is another game played like too many before this one with this core group of playerrs.
2011-2012...here we go again.
Yes, and that’s what’s so frustrating. I don’t see any progress. If the Caps had some pressure; some semblance of offense I wouldn’t be as irritated.
These games to get some room on top, to get the team playing cohesively, aren’t happening.
Still, one never knows what the future brings.
My old Caps could come back down 3 in Chicago and win.
Let’s Go Caps!
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Can we stop with the lectures? This performance is horseshit so why can’t we say so?
by ShootTheBullets on Jan 20, 2012 8:45 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
why you think we cannt say so?
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by BetterOffWith28 on Jan 20, 2012 8:46 PM EST up reply actions
Who is saying that the performance isn’t horseshit? It is, but repeatedly saying how much they suck is aggravating to me.
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I get what you’re saying. . .but it’s also pretty aggravating to have legitimate negative criticism dismissed constantly.
Which sort of feels like what you’re doing.
Opinions are like assholes.
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by Hang a Laingtern on Your Problems on Jan 20, 2012 8:50 PM EST up reply actions
Also, keep in mind 19 & 52 are out, that’s about 38% of the team not playi9ng
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by BetterOffWith28 on Jan 20, 2012 8:47 PM EST up reply actions
Because saying over and over again “this sucks this sucks this is stupid Dale sucks the team sucks” is not productive. It’s way more productive (relatively speaking, because the bar is pretty low) to remind ourselves that we’re fans and it could be worse.
Honestly, I like this place – wouldn’t contribute if I didn’t – but reading those kind of comments on repeat makes me wonder why you guys even bother typing it out. And it wears me out and makes me wonder why I even watch hockey and spend so much time/money/energy on this team if it sucks so much.
The definition of being a Caps fan is watching the same team over and over and expecting different results.
But you half-full guys seem to think that your way of thinking is the only way. Isn’t it possible that the constant viewing of this team through rose colored glass is just as annoying?
2011-2012...here we go again.
I assure you, the rose-colored thinking almost always comes out – or at least gets ramped up – in reaction to the increase in negativity.
The definition of being a Caps fan is watching the same team over and over and expecting different results.
Maybe, but it goes both ways.
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by Killer_Carlson on Jan 20, 2012 9:03 PM EST up reply actions
And for those of us that see the same issues repeatedly with the team, and are negative about it, seeing a lot of the unsupported optimism on repeat makes us wonder why you even bother typing it out.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 20, 2012 8:53 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Fair enough.
First, and foremost, I see good goaltending. That’s a start. I know that we’ve been beaten in the past by goaltenders alone. I’m hopeful.
Second, we’re missing 19 and 52. Thus, I’m not willing to give up on the season.
Third, I like the defense overall. Low GAA lately.
Fourth, I’m hoping, perhaps against hope, that they’ll figure out the offense. I’ve got nothing else to hang my hat on.
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And see? If the negative comments were detailed and thought-provoking like that, I wouldn’t mind them as much. Hell, if the positive comments (mine included) were as detailed and thought-provoking as that maybe others wouldn’t mind them.
The definition of being a Caps fan is watching the same team over and over and expecting different results.
Also you characterize every negative comment as categorically being useless and lacking substance. Apparently only people that agree with you can post thought provoking statements.
What kind of fool looks for deep thought provoking insight in GDT where there’s 400 posts a minute? The GDT is for in the moment reactions.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 20, 2012 9:01 PM EST up reply actions
The same kind of fool that thinks this team isn’t deeply flawed?
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by Killer_Carlson on Jan 20, 2012 9:05 PM EST up reply actions
I can get with all that too – but not when we’re down 2-0 to Carolina – at home – after two periods with the visitors outshooting the good guys 25-15.
On Sunday, I’ll sit in front of the TV and watch with optimism once again.
2011-2012...here we go again.
I am far from happy tonight. I am very frustrated.
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Yes, in about five minutes, and doubtful. I’ve got my one goal. I’m good.
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Well good news, the Caps aren’t losing 2-0 at home, and the home team is outshooting the visitors. Optimism!
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by Killer_Carlson on Jan 20, 2012 9:07 PM EST up reply actions
Come on man, no need to flirt with being a Trolly McTrollington.
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 20, 2012 9:08 PM EST up reply actions
Twas just a joke. I apologize.
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by Killer_Carlson on Jan 20, 2012 9:09 PM EST up reply actions
S’all good, I’ll just guilt Rob into free beer when I go up there next time.
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 20, 2012 9:12 PM EST up reply actions
I’ve got no issue with supported optimism, as you are wont to bring, Spidey. I generally agree with your points other than 4 (and to a lesser extent 3).
I don’t like that in the d-zone the Caps have an awful tendency to get hemmed in for long periods of time and have a lot of trouble on the breakout.
And considering how long it’s been since the Caps were good offensively that I’ve long lost hope that they just need to get the bounces.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 20, 2012 8:59 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t agree with your third point. The GAA is low lately because the goalies have been awesome. The D has largely looked like clownshit. They can’t clear the zone and are giving up a ton of scoring chances. For example, the Caps aren’t still in this game because the D has been good.
Release the Mackan!
by Killer_Carlson on Jan 20, 2012 9:09 PM EST up reply actions
John Cars hasn’t been very good, that’s for sure.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 20, 2012 9:10 PM EST up reply actions
Anyone else notice Hunter at the timeout? They showed the bench for most of the TO and Hunts didn’t say a word to the team. He just stood there, looking out to the ice. Even though the TO was only called to get a breather, he still needs to be talking to his team every chance he gets. It’ll keep the team focused and maybe get some shots out of them!
My view, as well, but I know some people think not talking in that situation is a positive.
Of note, I was bothered a few games ago during a home game when there was a goal review for the opponent in the later part of the third period and from my viewpoint Johnson and Hunter weren’t talking to the players. I was confident it was going to be a goal from what I had seen and Caps had already used their timeout, so couldn’t figure out why they weren’t coaching/drawing up scenarios. I think it was the TBL game and the Stamkos goal.
Florida game still hasn’t started. Must be a wrench in the works there.
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Blizzard is delaying puck drop.
Dale, the...
by Penguin Hunter on Jan 20, 2012 8:47 PM EST up reply actions
not going to get but a little bit in the DC area, rgiht?
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A bit of ice, maybe a sprinkling of snow, but that’s about it.
Dale, the...
by Penguin Hunter on Jan 20, 2012 8:50 PM EST up reply actions
freezing rain tomorrow morning :(
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glass half full
get your skates out!
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unfortunately, I have to drive to bloody Wheaton in the morning.
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Time to go bitch-slap Gringrich for a while. at least I know why he bites.
by ShootTheBullets on Jan 20, 2012 8:50 PM EST reply actions
Good evening everyone, I had a crapy day in the ER so I need a Caps win. I am going to channel good thoughts and hope the Caps come out on fire and score some goals.
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by caps_shutterbug on Jan 20, 2012 8:51 PM EST reply actions
oh man oh man, crazy shit going down on my street right now. lots of cops, guys getting hauled out of SUVs, pump-action shot guns being taken out of the back seat…..
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Much more interesting that what’s going on right now.
Dale, the...
by Penguin Hunter on Jan 20, 2012 8:53 PM EST up reply actions
damn, be careful,
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by BetterOffWith28 on Jan 20, 2012 8:53 PM EST up reply actions
there’s like 8 cops per guy getting cuffed. this is nuts. whole neighborhood is out watching (and freezing).
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was it a car chase that ended there, or a naugthy neightbor?
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by BetterOffWith28 on Jan 20, 2012 8:56 PM EST up reply actions
neither, although they are trying to talk their way into one of the houses across the street. Another neighbor saw the whole thing. Said undercover car followed the SUV onto the street and pulled them over, and then all the sudden 4 regular cars come screeching up with lights on. Sounds like the cops must have been tipped off about the guns and tailing the guys and didn’t pull them over until they had a lot more cops ready to pounce.
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In all seriousness, hope you’re alright.
Dale, the...
by Penguin Hunter on Jan 20, 2012 8:55 PM EST up reply actions
I’m fine. Situation looks under control by the cops. they’re putting the guys in cars now.
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and now 4 of the 5 cop cars are gone.
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I just switched over to watch Shark Tank. Where has this show been all my life?
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I initially read that as “skank tank” and wondered to myself “where has that show been all my life?”
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 20, 2012 8:55 PM EST up reply actions
skank tank sounds like a couple of college bars I know
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Maybe I’ll go watch game 5 of playoffs vs Rags. That was fun
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what is it going to take to score a freaking goal?
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The small hard, black, plastic thing has to go inside the arched metal posts with the net.
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They’re allowed to do that.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 20, 2012 9:01 PM EST up reply actions
Apparently so, but someone should tell them.
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I keep yelling at my TV trying to get them to hear me, but they never listen.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 20, 2012 9:02 PM EST up reply actions
remember when they would go entire games and it looked like they didn’t listen to Boudreau? Yeah, I kind of wish they would do that with Hunter. “Screw this trap, let’s score!”
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darn, vokes doing the beach towel pose save
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by BetterOffWith28 on Jan 20, 2012 8:59 PM EST reply actions
Both the kids on D have been passed/skated around a few times this game. Also, what’s Wideman’s TOI?
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Less than 60, but not by much.
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The Caps need a good bounce. They must have pissed the karma gods off somewhere. Ghost of Pierre Turgeon?
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So remember when the shot count was 17-15? And they were only being outshot by 2? Well, it’s 28-17; getting outshot by 11. So much for score effects.
But that’s what happens when you are not able to get the puck out of the zone or maintain any consistent O-zone pressure.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 20, 2012 9:04 PM EST reply actions
Actually, ahem, the shots were 15-15.
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Even worse. But they were also 17-15.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 20, 2012 9:05 PM EST up reply actions
Canes have a three man forecheck; we send one guy in deep wtf?
by ShootTheBullets on Jan 20, 2012 9:05 PM EST reply actions
This boards game just doesnt fit the Caps
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by BetterOffWith28 on Jan 20, 2012 9:05 PM EST reply actions
#NeedsmoreCanadianteams
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by Hang a Laingtern on Your Problems on Jan 20, 2012 9:08 PM EST up reply actions
The Canes look like they were sick of losing every game this season to the Caps. I’m not surprised that they’re the ones playing like they have something to prove tonight. They’re bringing their forecheck and they are pouncing on every single mistake. Good for them. Just wish we weren’t letting them get away with it.
is it possible for a team’s puck luck to be below zero?
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Can Ward stop blocking everything? It’s bad enough the puck won’t go in with open nets, but then Ward goes and stops shots.
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Awesome defensive play by Alzner after Chimera put him in a tough position with a bad turnover.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 20, 2012 9:11 PM EST reply actions
Vokoun certainly deserved better than tonight, given his play recently.
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Alzner needs to get that shot off instead of letting the goalie reset
by ShootTheBullets on Jan 20, 2012 9:12 PM EST reply actions
Man, that Boston game next week is going to be a straight up laugher.
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not looking forward to it. Not with my Bruins-loving mom and brother in tow.
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As long as they were die hard bruins fans before last year, that at least makes it a little ok.
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by KillerTestudo on Jan 20, 2012 9:16 PM EST up reply actions
my brother hoped on the bandwagon in 08. my mom, although she his from Boston, didn’t really become a devout Bruins fan until that time as well. They act like they’ve been waiting for the Cup with forever. hardly.
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The Caps are doing the same thing they’ve done for years, which is not show up for lesser opponents. They may not beat Boston, but I bet they don’t look this bad.
I don’t know, if we can’t get any zone time against Carolina, who is in the tops as far as shots allowed is concerned, we will be lucky to even get any shots against the B’s.
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by KillerTestudo on Jan 20, 2012 9:17 PM EST up reply actions
let me be the first to predict Caps wins by one or tow goals, they just play better w/ better teams.
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by BetterOffWith28 on Jan 20, 2012 9:16 PM EST up reply actions
getting down to panic time
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It was over when Canes got the shortie.
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by KillerTestudo on Jan 20, 2012 9:15 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, right.
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by KillerTestudo on Jan 20, 2012 9:18 PM EST up reply actions
let’s try to not give up any shorthanded chances this time, mmmmmkay?
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WTF
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by BetterOffWith28 on Jan 20, 2012 9:19 PM EST reply actions
At least Staal didn’t score…
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 20, 2012 9:19 PM EST reply actions
Tonight’s everything has been pretty dreadful.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 20, 2012 9:23 PM EST up reply actions
Good backcheck by the Ginger Ninja.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 20, 2012 9:22 PM EST reply actions
alright, good night guys/gals
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by BetterOffWith28 on Jan 20, 2012 9:24 PM EST up reply actions
Ginja power.
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by The Moose on Jan 20, 2012 9:26 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
courtesy call to Ovi. You’re need at the fucking rink
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His TOI must be astronomical. Hunter appears to be triple-shifting him.
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this is embarrassing. combined with that awful showing against NYI the other night, the Caps goal-scoring success on Wednesday looks like a fluke.
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That game is going to be SO infuriating.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 20, 2012 9:24 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t care who they play, they should show the hell up.
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You’d think so.
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by KillerTestudo on Jan 20, 2012 9:25 PM EST up reply actions
for the love of………….
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Good night guys/gals
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by BetterOffWith28 on Jan 20, 2012 9:25 PM EST reply actions
How pissed is everyone else going to be when they play balls out against Pittsburgh on Sunday? complete opposite of what they’ve displayed against New York and Carolina..
They won’t, they didn’t play balls out against Pitt the last time. Vokoun did, no one else did.
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by KillerTestudo on Jan 20, 2012 9:26 PM EST up reply actions
Okay, nevermind. That Tlusty goal was too fitting.
Release the Mackan!
by Killer_Carlson on Jan 20, 2012 9:27 PM EST up reply actions
Ok. I’m out.
This is worse than a "Skins game.
All teams love to play the Caps.
Everything I’d say after this is just “fuck this and fuck that”
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good for him, i think the game is lostr, trying to spark somethingk
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by BetterOffWith28 on Jan 20, 2012 9:27 PM EST up reply actions
Showing the rest of the team the kind of play he’s been getting in support tonight.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 20, 2012 9:27 PM EST up reply actions
amen
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by BetterOffWith28 on Jan 20, 2012 9:28 PM EST up reply actions
May I say this to the lecturing class – reality is a bitch. Get used to it.
by ShootTheBullets on Jan 20, 2012 9:26 PM EST reply actions
Because that’s constructive.
Reality is they didn’t show up tonight or on Tuesday. They did show up last night, and the 3 games they won on the 4-game home stand.
Tonight sucked. A lot. But extrapolating that all is lost after tonight would be as bad as considering the Cup won after last night, and just as irrational.
You’ve warned about that before publicly, want a private one now?
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by Bald Pollack on Jan 20, 2012 9:31 PM EST up reply actions
Poorly played all around.
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by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 20, 2012 9:26 PM EST reply actions
I'll be the knee jerk fan after a loss:
I hope we miss the playoffs so they blow this freaking roster up.
The season isn’t over yet.
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I am still very confident that the Caps will make the playoffs. But I have zero confidence that they will go anywhere. But a couple playoff home games oughta be good for Ted’s bottom line.
Release the Mackan!
by Killer_Carlson on Jan 20, 2012 9:30 PM EST up reply actions
Anyone else thinking about how many firsts and seconds we could get if we trade Wideman, Vokoun, and Semin at the deadline?
by Flash in the Pan on Jan 20, 2012 9:28 PM EST reply actions
OK I for the third I had a stop watch going to keep track of what I call Time on Attack. For this it means time we had control of the puck in their zone until the puck goes out of the zone or the other team clearly has it. Anyone want to take a guess as to the Caps ToA in the third?
4 mins.
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by KillerTestudo on Jan 20, 2012 9:30 PM EST up reply actions
I had 4:06 but most of it was in little 3-6 second chunks, only twice did we have shifts that had more then 20 seconds and our PP only had 20 seconds over the two minutes.
What do I win?
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by KillerTestudo on Jan 20, 2012 9:32 PM EST up reply actions
65 seconds?
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by caps_shutterbug on Jan 20, 2012 9:30 PM EST up reply actions
more than the first and second periods put together? (in the flurry before the too many men on ice)
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Thanks to the ubiquity of online adult material, this loss can be erased from me thoughts.
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You’ll definitely see more shots.
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by KillerTestudo on Jan 20, 2012 9:30 PM EST up reply actions
Minor league effort- play Schultz; maybe he's a good lunch charm
by ShootTheBullets on Jan 20, 2012 9:30 PM EST reply actions
Im losing faith in Hunter Hockey really, really quickly.
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you still have faith to lose?
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One, two, three, four, FIF
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by BetterOffWith28 on Jan 20, 2012 9:30 PM EST reply actions
Red Birdie, if you’re still around, I promise a $20 dollar donation for any remaining Caps games this year where they can win after giving up the first goal. I promise.
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I’ll add you, thanks.
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May for Coach.
"I'd have to say Russian girls over American girls. They have much better fashion sense, I think." -Semyon Varlamov
or assistant coach, goalie coach, trainer phyassist … whatever puts him on the locker room
What doesnt kill you makes you stronger.
by BetterOffWith28 on Jan 20, 2012 9:36 PM EST up reply actions
No way, no how.
"My favorite fan base in D.C. Is United's. Period. The end." - Steinberg
Which DC sports team has the Most Valuable Players? That would be DC United, a team being pushed out by the city. Help Keep United in DC so they can receive a fair deal on a lease and help develop a path to build a stadium with local investment and incentives.
by Bald Pollack on Jan 20, 2012 9:37 PM EST up reply actions
Can’t we let the raging fan emotions flow for just a little while?
"I'd have to say Russian girls over American girls. They have much better fashion sense, I think." -Semyon Varlamov
by KillerTestudo on Jan 20, 2012 9:37 PM EST up reply actions
How about May for color analyst? Please?
Once you take the fisting element out, it's not romantic anymore.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Jan 20, 2012 9:38 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Over Locker? God yes.
"My favorite fan base in D.C. Is United's. Period. The end." - Steinberg
Which DC sports team has the Most Valuable Players? That would be DC United, a team being pushed out by the city. Help Keep United in DC so they can receive a fair deal on a lease and help develop a path to build a stadium with local investment and incentives.
by Bald Pollack on Jan 20, 2012 9:45 PM EST up reply actions
Giving up a shortie as the first goal of the game on the VERY first power play is a VERY bad way to start. And then again, their track record when giving up the first goal has been very poor under Hunter. (At least they can hold onto leads when they get the lead but when they give up the first goal.
Rocking the Red for teams on the banks of the Potomac and at the Gateway Arch and Singing the Blues about Hockey.
JC,
You are now officially fired from the PP unit — for the time being.
(Okay, I’m being snarky here. And, in the past, I have advocated putting Carlson on the PP at the point. But it may be time to put someone else there, until he gets his act together.)
Rocking the Red for teams on the banks of the Potomac and at the Gateway Arch and Singing the Blues about Hockey.
Ravens and Giants need to go down hard…I’m not feeling generous.
by ShootTheBullets on Jan 20, 2012 9:35 PM EST reply actions
Fooey! And is Malkin single handedly carrying the Pens on his back as usual?
Rocking the Red for teams on the banks of the Potomac and at the Gateway Arch and Singing the Blues about Hockey.
Sad to say, I sometimes wonder if the Caps would have been better off had they chosen Malkin instead of Ovi. The fact that Malkin’s a center and we’ve been so hurting in centers in recent years.
But I doubt if Malkin could have energized the Caps fan base as Ovi did from 2007-2010. I don’t think he has anywhere near the charisma.
Rocking the Red for teams on the banks of the Potomac and at the Gateway Arch and Singing the Blues about Hockey.
CSNY won’t allow truthful critiques in text msgs
by ShootTheBullets on Jan 20, 2012 9:41 PM EST reply actions
Recap’s up. Fresh ice.
The definition of being a Caps fan is watching the same team over and over and expecting different results.
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