Post-Game Talk: Capitals win game 1, lead series 1-0

[ViD]

Demidov should not have talked.

Woke the beast in Ovie.

You think his tongue is out like Jordan’s is a coincidence? Same mentality there, don’t give him fire

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Even with his awkwardness, Laine is our best PP player. And he’s our worst 5 on 5 player. How do you solve that problem?

He's not our best PP player. He's litterally just a pylon with a cannon shot.

 

[GrandmaCookie]

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Brutal night for the second line

 

[Kennerback]

He's not our best PP player. He's litterally just a pylon with a cannon shot.

That’s good enough. Teams have a one-timer on each half-wall. We don’t. There’s no deception possible.

 

[MXD]

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Well this does back up my claim from the thread that Carrier was the best Hab tonight. The parallel with Matheson is striking.

This is much worse than expected for Struble, who I thought was ultimately nothing special but not awful.

 

[Marioesque]

Yeah I though it was a hard crosscheck, but that's embarrassing..and he literally couldn't get up afterwords yikes!

It's either not an icing (if Laine touched it) and if he didn't touch it then it's a textbook interference that was just called against Guhle last game (hitting a guy who didn't have puck yet)

If Laine touched the puck, the icing call was wrong. If he didn't, then he was clearly interefered with.

Falling or not falling has no meaning here. You're missing the whole point

 

[Schooner Goon]

The game ended due to a lost faceoff and a subsequent poor defensive coverage.

That Forward line and D pairing was only out there taking that face-off because of a botched icing.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

We might have to go with 5 lines.

Caufield - Suzuki - Slafkovsky
Anderson - Dvorak - Gallagher
Laine - Evans - Heineman
Armia - Dvorak - Demidov
Caufield - Suzuki - Newhook

Double shift Suzuki & Dvorak up the middle. Move Newhook to wing. He seems to help open up ice for Caufield & Suzuki when he plays with them.

Line 4 isn't playing so great that they can't be broken up. Only the Suzuki & Dvorak lines are going, so you might as well mix up the 4th line & the 2nd line.

 

[dinodebino]

That last OT sequence reminded me of the OT loss against Carolina, where Michou had Lindsay at centre instead of Perreault at the dot. We lost the draw and bam! Lost the game.

This coaching staff was probably shitting bricks seeing who was on the ice for the FO.

 

[holy]

We might have to go with 5 lines.

Caufield - Suzuki - Slafkovsky
Anderson - Dvorak - Gallagher
Laine - Evans - Heineman
Armia - Dvorak - Demidov
Caufield - Suzuki - Newhook

Double shift Suzuki & Dvorak up the middle. Move Newhook to wing. He seems to help open up ice for Caufield & Suzuki when he plays with them.

Line 4 isn't playing so great that they can't be broken up. Only the Suzuki & Dvorak lines are going, so you might as well mix up the 4th line & the 2nd line.

Ahhh seeing those 3 names on 3 separate lines hit me like some lemonade on a hot day.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

That’s good enough. Teams have a one-timer on each half-wall. We don’t. There’s no deception possible.

That does not make Laine our best PP player. A good PP is dynamic and moves the puck to move the box. Laine does none of that.

 

[expy]

That last OT sequence reminded me of the OT loss against Carolina, where Michou had Lindsay at centre instead of Perreault at the dot. We lost the draw and bam! Lost the game.

This coaching staff was probably shitting bricks seeing who was on the ice for the FO.

Only thing that comes to mind when thinking Carolina and playoffs, is the missed high stick on Koivu, and said player scoring the winner.

 

[le_sean]

Well this does back up my claim from the thread that Carrier was the best Hab tonight. The parallel with Matheson is striking.

This is much worse than expected for Struble, who I thought was ultimately nothing special but not awful.

Would make sense to make the switch with Arber

 

[Prettyisland]

We were a few in game adjustments from winning that game in regulation.

The 2nd line is portly constructed and slafs leash on the first line is too long.

You had 82 games to groom. Time to make hard decisions on the fly

 

[Gravity]

Demidov should not have talked.

Woke the beast in Ovie.

You think his tongue is out like Jordan’s is a coincidence? Same mentality there, don’t give him fire

Thanks for the contribution

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Well this does back up my claim from the thread that Carrier was the best Hab tonight. The parallel with Matheson is striking.

This is much worse than expected for Struble, who I thought was ultimately nothing special but not awful.

Matheson was only terrible offensively. Defensively, he was on the positive side.

I think we can all agree that Matheson was awful in the offensive zone tonight. He bubbled every puck in offensive zone & either missed the net by 10 feet or hit the shins of a Caps player.

 

[TRG]

In Re Demidov : Not surprised at all. Reg Season Int'l rink size to NHL Playoffs NA rink size is a sizeable adaptation, especially when you're game is at least somewhat cerebral.

SKA and most KHL do not play in Int'l size rinks anymore

 

[dinodebino]

Only thing that comes to mind when thinking Carolina and playoffs, is the missed high stick on Koivu, and said player scoring the winner.

I was there. That and the yellow jacket cost us that series.

 

[Gravity]

The good news is that Montreal just needs a 2nd line and they're a contender.

They have 1/3 of a 2nd line. Really need a 2C though.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Ahhh seeing those 3 names on 3 separate lines hit me like some lemonade on a hot day.

Those 3 should not be playing together. Both Laine & Demidov need defensive support. Newhook is OK defensively, but he's no center.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Dress Jackeye you f***!

He won't do anything except take a lot of penalties.

 

[HabsMD97]

It's either not an icing (if Laine touched it) and if he didn't touch it then it's a textbook interference that was just called against Guhle last game (hitting a guy who didn't have puck yet)

If Laine touched the puck, the icing call was wrong. If he didn't, then he was clearly interefered with.

Falling or not falling has no meaning here. You're missing the whole point

That play happens 300 times every game in the regular season and it has never been called, the habs do it too. The whole point is Laine has played almost a decade in the NHL, he played hard this game but his play there was baby soft.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Best goal scorer in NHL history. Laine doesn't deserve to speak his name.

Who thew hell cares. he should have said that pos should have been booted from the NHL long ago.

 

[le_sean]

Demidov should not have talked.

Woke the beast in Ovie.

You think his tongue is out like Jordan’s is a coincidence? Same mentality there, don’t give him fire

I mean he didn’t say anything other than he modelled his game after Malkin rather than Ovechkin.

 

[HabsMD97]

Demidov should not have talked.

Woke the beast in Ovie.

You think his tongue is out like Jordan’s is a coincidence? Same mentality there, don’t give him fire

"Woke the beast" are you talking about the guy who just became the highest goal scorer in NHL history 2 weeks ago? Yeah i'm sure he was sleeping LMAO