OT: Around the NHL: And you get a hat trick, and you get a hat trick...

[Shrimper]

RIP Johnny Bower

 

[66-30-33]

Well, they don't play until tomorrow but they might as well just forfeit right now since they haven't shown up all season anyway, save themselves some gas money that way.

Oops tomorrow.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Watch us STILL lose tonight to them. At that point this team would then have reached full ******.

Oh we will lose. It'll be hilarious like always.

 

[Shrimper]

The camera angle in the Canada v USA game is horrible.

 

[Clare2904]

TRADE

Devils - Lack
Flames - Prout

 

[Tom Hanks]

TRADE

Devils - Lack
Flames - Prout

It’s starting to open up for JR

 

[66-30-33]

TRADE

Devils - Lack
Flames - Prout

I read that as

Devils - Lack
Flames - Pout

 

[Tom Hanks]

Schneider and Lack together again.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Schneider and Lack together again.

Might actually work out for Lack, I'm sure Shero consulted CS about him and then made the move, wouldn't shock me. Lack was promising and then just completely lost his way in Carolina and Calgary.

 

[Clare2904]

Such a joy to watch Montréal and Ottawa turn to shit.

 

[Tom Hanks]

Such a joy to watch Montréal and Ottawa turn to ****.

Hopefully the Blues get over Carolina. Sadly that’s why I look at the standings, to watch If Metro teams have lost.

 

[Clare2904]

They need to change up the divisions, give us a few shit Atlantic teams

 

[Tom Hanks]

They need to change up the divisions, give us a few **** Atlantic teams

Sadly it wouldn’t make a difference. We are a bottom 10 team in the NHL right now.

 

[Clare2904]

Well it could be worse, we could be Montréal or Ottawa

 

[Corvidae]

TRADE

Devils - Lack
Flames - Prout

lol what a garbage shuffle

 

[Clare2904]

A jersey thrown onto the ice after the whistle in Ottawa

 

[66-30-33]

Sadly it wouldn’t make a difference. We are a bottom 10 team in the NHL right now.

Bottom 12, we are 12th to last. Lottery pick+Sprong for Kane.

 

[Tom Hanks]

Bottom 12, we are 12th to last. Lottery pick+Sprong for Kane.

and 4 of those teams could leapfrog us if they get some points in their games in hand

 

[66-30-33]

and 4 of those teams could leapfrog us if they get some points in their games in hand

Then we just keep Fahlin for Dahlin.

 

[Tom Hanks]

Then we just keep Fahlin for Dahlin.

The good-ish news is we only have to get past one of the NY teams (or Jersey if they fall) and we play them enough times to keep destiny in our own hands.......for now.

 

[Pete Gas]

Caps did an excellent PR spin this offseason to take some pressure off the team. The caps made it sound like the team would be completely different and be fighting for the playoffs when it’s pretty much the same team. They lost Alzner Johansson and Williams. The pens lost Cullen Bonino Kunitz Daley Hainsey. As per usual Caps they are in their dominant regular season mode.

 

[66-30-33]

Caps did an excellent PR spin this offseason to take some pressure off the team. The caps made it sound like the team would be completely different and be fighting for the playoffs when it’s pretty much the same team. They lost Alzner Johansson and Williams. The pens lost Cullen Bonino Kunitz Daley Hainsey. As per usual Caps they are in their dominant regular season mode.

Caps will probably always be a good regular season team, but nothing more. They also lost their best Dman of the post season in Schmidt.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Caps did an excellent PR spin this offseason to take some pressure off the team. The caps made it sound like the team would be completely different and be fighting for the playoffs when it’s pretty much the same team. They lost Alzner Johansson and Williams. The pens lost Cullen Bonino Kunitz Daley Hainsey. As per usual Caps they are in their dominant regular season mode.

They've also been promoting from within, which is a good thing, they're fun to mock in the playoffs, but in the regular season, I'm actually shocked they are as good as they have been this season. Let's be honest here, no one thought they'd be playing this well with THAT roster.

This is the Caps Bottom 6:

Connolly-Eller-Wilson
Stephenson-Beagle-Chiasson

Connolly and Chiasson are former 1st & 2nd rounders that were cast offs around the time the Caps picked the up.

We could "have" this for our bottom 6:

Aston-Reese, Sheahan, Hornqvist
Simon, Rowney, Rust (inj)

But that 4C is pretty bad for us.

 

[Tom Hanks]

They've also been promoting from within, which is a good thing, they're fun to mock in the playoffs, but in the regular season, I'm actually shocked they are as good as they have been this season. Let's be honest here, no one thought they'd be playing this well with THAT roster.

This is the Caps Bottom 6:

Connolly-Eller-Wilson
Stephenson-Beagle-Chiasson

Connolly and Chiasson are former 1st & 2nd rounders that were cast offs around the time the Caps picked the up.

We could "have" this for our bottom 6:

Aston-Reese, Sheahan, Hornqvist
Simon, Rowney, Rust (inj)

But that 4C is pretty bad for us.

Rowney would do ok with those 2. Rust is fast and likes to carry the puck. Really good downlow. Simon’s got the skill to make plays and shoot. Rowney is the **** disturber to do the bashing and crashing. He creates pressure. Solid line defensively. Offensively ok for a 4th line depending if Simon can chip in a bit more.

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

They've also been promoting from within, which is a good thing, they're fun to mock in the playoffs, but in the regular season, I'm actually shocked they are as good as they have been this season. Let's be honest here, no one thought they'd be playing this well with THAT roster.

This is the Caps Bottom 6:

Connolly-Eller-Wilson
Stephenson-Beagle-Chiasson

Connolly and Chiasson are former 1st & 2nd rounders that were cast offs around the time the Caps picked the up.

We could "have" this for our bottom 6:

Aston-Reese, Sheahan, Hornqvist
Simon, Rowney, Rust (inj)

But that 4C is pretty bad for us.

With DiPauli back now, the Pens could have a hell of a fourth line if they wanted to...

DiPauli Blueger Reaves

Those two replace Rowney and Kuhn on the PK as well, so it's a mix of skill and speed replacing two plodders only in the lineup because they can PK...

Won't happen though unless injuries occur, but it's an example of what they could do simply using the farm.

Best we can hope for is a trade for a third pivot, and that bumps Rowney out of the lineup. Rust coming back would knock Kuhn out, assuming Sprong doesn't show too much flair...