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Cartoon Man posted:Kuemper owns and stole us a point last night in a game the Caps had no business being in a position to win. Lavy hates Connor McMichael so much he put him on the second line and then just didn't play the second line and the few minutes they got they were totally caved in. Protas also sucks but he gets all kinds of ice time?
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DJExile posted:https://twitter.com/IneffectiveMath/status/1587524998457135110 Why are the Caps leading the Metro in point projections? They'll be lucky to be a wild card...
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Caps again lucky to steal a loser point from a better Vegas team. Almost exactly like the Canes games, actually. Outside of the fourth line, they have really trouble getting through the neutral zone. You don't really see controlled zone entries at all (even on the powerplay!) and they just rarely sustain possession in the offensive zone except for usually one period a game. It's not hard to see the problem. Kuznetsov has zero goals this season and has looked liked dogshit. And they're now missing Backstrom, Wilson, Hagelin, Oshie, Brown and now even Beck Malenstyn, who took a clapper to the nuts. Even so, they were winning after two periods! Because where they are good right now is goaltending and defense. Both Kuemper (.922) and Lindgren (.919) have been great. Dmitri Orlov is probably the best player in a Caps sweater this season and he's getting more and different looks now that Carlson is out. Nick Jensen has looked really good and Fehervary and TVR haven't buckled playing 20+ minutes a night. I'm still baffled by those point projections though.
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Mind_Taker posted:I don’t know how they can really address this problem. It really just seems like they are old as poo poo and that this is the end of an era. It’s hard to find good top 6 forwards especially when it’s starting to make less sense to part with futures given they likely are also-rans at best. It also doesn't help when you keep your former first-round picks in the press box or else refuse to play all the young guys (who don't have super high ceilings granted) more than 10 minutes a night. I don't really get the sense Lavy is on the hot seat right now. Their results are pretty much what you'd expect for the roster. But it's really not hard to see them going on a bad losing streak at some point.
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Nov 2, 2022 16:34
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The Capitals are catpiss trash. 1-2-2 in their last five. Mantha and Kuzy can't score. Lavy still won't play the kids.
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HookShot posted:Fire Lavy. I would be happier with losing if they could put together a line with Ovi that could consistently score 5v5. I think the best they have is going with Strome and Sheary but... woof, that's not a very scary first line. Chad Sexington fucked around with this message at 15:02 on Nov 4, 2022 |
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T-Bone posted:e: Devils/Oilers shots were 43-37 in regulation last night I grew up a Devils fan and only transitioned to the Caps around 2008 or so after living in D.C. for a few years at the beginning of the Ovi era. But it's incredibly convenient for me that the Devils' star seems to finally be rising as the Caps' is waning. I have no intention of changing allegiances again and I don't even really have a legal way to watch the Devils live at the moment, but man is the quality of the entertainment product shifting fast. Watching the Caps this season it's like 90% grinding defensive battles punctuated with Joe B and Locker yammering about Ovi reaching some new meaningless scoring milestone nobody ever spoke of before that night. Then I pop on the Devils recaps on YouTube and it's all quick transition game, dekes and seam passes. I also like seeing Vitek do well. I think he got a bad rap in D.C.
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Nov 4, 2022 17:32
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That game was the Caps season in a nutshell. Random Ovi goal milestone, team's best defenseman gets injured, blow two goal lead to lose to the Coyotes.
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Mind_Taker posted:They can lean on injuries if they want an excuse but I think I’ve seen enough of Laviolette to know he isn’t the guy going forward. Too much focus on Playing Hard and a lovely offensive zone system that relies way too much on the defensemen and doesn’t create any quality opportunities in front of the net. Their goaltenders have been good to great and they are still only 5-6-2 and just lost to Arizona at home. OTOH with all the injuries it's not as though there's a strong enough group there to do a post-firing surge. There was a question whether they had the roster to make the playoffs with just Wilson and Backstrom out. Now... I guess it depends how seriously Orlov is hurt.
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Aphrodite posted:A literal Office joke. I don't need a judge to tell me to keep my community bully-free. But he did though, right?
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Thank you to the Edmonton pk for reminding me what fun hockey looks like Big man still got it https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1589825630501490688?t=Cv-geDUrPjkT1Jwjz50_Sw&s=19
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big black turnout posted:Hello NHL thread I moved last year to a city with a hockey team, went to a game, and fell in love with watching sports for the first time in my life. Unfortunately for me that team was the San Jose Sharks It's actually not the worst time to start watching them. The GM has signaled that they may do a tear-down this year looking towards a rebuild. This is a great draft year, so stocking up on draft picks might make for an exciting offseason. Since they suck, it's likely that tickets on the secondary market will drift down in price for a while. And in the meantime, you get to watch Karlsson resume his world-breaking form (albeit probably temporarily) even as they lose. Nothing wrong with buying low.
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Nov 8, 2022 14:17
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Caps-Pens was a pale facsimile of its former glory, though it did get nasty in a way that was on-brand I guess. The Caps were injuring Pens quickly enough to get them down to 3 D at one point and still couldn't score. And Kuemper finally had a stinker of a game. It's not easy to get hyped for a team with $40M on the IR and running out Sonny Milano and Nicolas Aube-Kubel on the regs. (And no McMichael!)
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Aphrodite posted:They're sister organizations. 
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T-Bone posted:There's not a single line combination on there that surprises me (ok maybe that Cogliano line), although there have been some headscratchers on the D side. Carlson is supposed to be back tonight. Orlov should be back soon Oshie is skating but time table unclear. Wilson will be back in December if all goes well. January at latest. Backstrom is a total question mark. Might not come back at all. Brown is out of the season. Hagelin might be cooked for good
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Cartoon Man posted:Tonight’s match penalty is brought to you by brand new Cap claimed off waivers Nicolas Aube-Kubel. He's a disposable scrap-heap player who made a really shithead play. Caps should have just let the Bolts have him instead of risking injuries fighting. I don't know what is wrong with Tampa, but the Caps curbstomped them at 5v5. And they've been dogshit at even strength most of the season.
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Mind_Taker posted:
I mean they did just smoke Tampa the game prior and mostly at 5v5. Maybe I'm less annoyed because I tuned the game out when they went down 4-0. Still seems mostly injuries keeping them from their true forecasted mediocrity. I think they're too good defensively to get a proper Bedard lotto ticket.
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DJExile posted:https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1592201637925650432 I badly want that jacket but I'm guessing it's going to be listed for $200 or something stupid.
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Nov 14, 2022 21:52
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T-Bone posted:Islanders fans are the scum of the Earth and the best fans in the NHL tho Isles fans are as savvy and cool as Rangers fans think they themselves are, but are also human trash. They are amazing and I hope never change.
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Mind_Taker posted:lol I think the Caps are constitutionally incapable of standing down. Like they have never really done anything other than try and win since Ovi joined the team. They have so many contracts coming off the books after this season that they really could do a minor tear-down at the trade deadline and shoot for a high draft pick. But just lol at a Lavy team ever, for example, punting on Lars Eller and Marcus Johansson so they could actually give McMichael ice time.
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Mind_Taker posted:I think they need to consider this year lost at this point and proceed accordingly. Who do they realistically pass to make the playoffs this year? Carolina is a lock, New Jersey is legit great so far, NYR is playing well and just getting some poo poo luck now, and Pittsburgh even with their bad start still has much better underlyings than Washington. And then they have to hope the Islanders fall back to earth as well. And even if they do scrape into the playoffs they'll be one-and-done again. I agree with you on Carlson, but I don't think they're going to touch the core and like it or not he is core. I only watched part of the game last night, but holy poo poo does he look slow. Him trying to back-check on the Barkov breakaway... embarrassing.
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Legit contemplating getting ESPN+ so I can watch the Devils instead of just the Caps.
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Mind_Taker posted:I know the Capitals came back to lose in the SO but they were playing a tired team and they were absolutely unprepared to start the game. I hope they don’t spin this into a positive but rather see it as unacceptable to go down 3-0 that quickly. Carlson was being slow and bad on those first two goals, as per usual. He did have a few rush chances and two goals... my mans seems to only get hyped playing offense. Chad Sexington fucked around with this message at 14:16 on Nov 18, 2022 |
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Conversely Washington has had one of the hardest strengths of schedules and I have no confidence they will come out any better after finally playing some of their division games. I legit look forward to watching Devils highlights and kind of dread watching the Caps.
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th3t00t posted:How long before Dahlin "loses his love for the game" and gets traded away for pennies on the dollar? And then goes on to win a Norris, Smythe and Cup for his new team the very next season. Is there some kind of experimental surgery he can hold out for?
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Caps sent McMichael to Hershey. Finally let the kid play a little bit. I am confident they are eventually going to shoot him into the sun to join the long list of young talent they have given up on prematurely. Forsberg, Stephenson, Siegenthaler. Arguably Vrana, though with his trubs that trade is still a push. Chad Sexington fucked around with this message at 15:56 on Nov 21, 2022 |
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I'm not usually a gambling guy, but sport betting just became legal in Maryland and instead of doing work I'm trying to figure out how to use all the promo offers to take both sides of some moneylines. Was looking at Stanley Cup odds and was a lot gobsmacked to see the Devils are currently tied for No. 5 with Toronto at +1300.
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Aphrodite posted:When Bergeron played game 1000, he bought the entire team and team staff gifts. Can he just retire already so I can stop liking Boston players?
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Good Reaves take imo https://twitter.com/rmnb/status/1595508217513390080
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DJExile posted:Beginning to think this might not be the flyers’ year! The Caps are dogshit garbage for needing a comeback and OT to beat those turkeys.
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Also while Wilson will be back soon, he likely won't be a factor because the Caps ain't making the playoffs.
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Koopa Kid posted:So has anyone noticed that the Kraken are somehow not abysmal this year They just hosed up my parlay last night so yes.
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The Devils are such fun I barely noticed they were stomping my team. Well, that's not true, I started betting against the Caps halfway through the game and it paid. Jersey crowd was feeling it though.
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DJExile posted:https://twitter.com/nhl/status/1597117084680433665?s=46&t=8La8czMJOYtTtkdY-pW62g Sick play. Also love to cover up a corner of the screen where the puck is with a stupid logo.
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I actually think this Rangers group (excepting Captain Elbows) is the most likable of my lifetime, but it still brings me great joy when they lose.
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T-Bone posted:Caps played great against the Devils last game tbh. Not sure if that's repeatable or they're starting to look healthy but after that game I'm a little more in "they might stick around" camp. Yeah, the Caps top two lines looked good and I'd expect them to perform better against the Canucks. And then the Canucks have scored 4 or more in their last six games and Lavy is for some reason sticking with the Gustafsson-Carlson pairing despite them getting caved in, so I think the Canucks will be scoring a lot. I bet the over, is I guess what I'm saying.
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