GDT: Caps @ Avs | 7pm MT | Mittelstadt Gets His Wings

dahrougem2

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Coaching staff has no answers. Players have no answers. Just keep doing what hasn't worked all game because that's the only way they know how to play,

Caps are playing a tight checking game using their speed and physicality to take away the Avs time and space. WE]e all know the Avs don't play well against teams that can play a tight checking game.
Sometimes you just don't have it.

I don't think there are many games this season despite the 9-8-0 record where the Avs didn't bring the energy, the skating, the work ethic.

Tonight was one of those nights. They looked lazy, they looked slow getting to pucks, slow getting to Capitals players both on the forecheck and in our own zone.

Bad night overall for every player not on the 4th line.
 
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This team at best right now is a bubble team, they need a goalie, there’s been lots of poor play but the goaltending has sucked the life out of this team. Our cup winning team eats this one 100/100 times. Hoping for a stronger effort from nuke drouin next game
 

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Sometimes you just don't have it.

I don't think there are many games this season despite the 9-8-0 record where the Avs didn't bring the energy, the skating, the work ethic.

Tonight was one of those nights. They looked lazy, they looked slow getting to pucks, slow getting to Capitals players both on the forecheck and in our own zone.

Bad night overall for every player not on the 4th line.
3 goals given up on 6 shots will do that. But the Caps had their A game going and I was impressed with their speed, physicality and positioning. Well prepped by their coaches.
 

expatriatedtexan

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I'm watching the games.. I'm watching him cough up picks left and right, giveaways, and getting out muscled... It happens multiple times a game regardless of what the stats are saying
I think you've got a hate on for him. It's been your scthick every time the team plays a bad game, you go and look for him and ignore everything else going on in the game. It just gets old sometimes so I just have to throw it back at you. Girard is NOT a terrible defenseman. And there is nobody on this team that is going to do his job better. Toews looks like absolute shit with Manson. While Makar and G actually somewhat works.
 
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AnimalMother73

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Maybe all coaches have kryptonite, teams they just can’t win against but feel the Avs struggle more than most because they can’t adapt to stronger defensive teams like at all ever. That’s on coaching and frankly wondering if a new voice is needed …along w competent goaltending.
 
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LOFIN

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It's kinda wild that having the guy that stabbed you in the back 2 seasons in a row back in the lineup didn't light a fire under this team.
To be honest, it's hard to even judge that when your goalie lets in two easy ones right from the get-go. Two soft ones go in, and the players know they have Miner on the bench, not even Georgiev.
 

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It's kinda wild that having the guy that stabbed you in the back 2 seasons in a row back in the lineup didn't light a fire under this team.
Actually, I thought that Nuke in the 3rd period brought what was needed to ice. He played physical, used his size and fought through checks and obstructions. It's to bad he did net one. But it showed me how little physically is in the cupboard with this team.

Not bad for a 1st outing IMO.
 

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Maybe all coaches have kryptonite, teams they just can’t win against but feel the Avs struggle more than most because they can’t adapt to stronger defensive teams like at all ever. That’s on coaching and frankly wondering if a new voice is needed …along w competent goaltending.
Agree but not even sure if it’s the coach at this point. Mack and Mikko are absolute hotheads and start bitching and sulking whenever things don’t go there way. Makar might be the only guy who’s not like that, out of our star guys
 

dahrougem2

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3 goals given up on 6 shots will do that. But the Caps had their A game going and I was impressed with their speed, physicality and positioning. Well prepped by their coaches.
No doubt. I think they were pissed losing to Pittsburgh and Toronto, and coaches likely challenged them tonight.

That said, the Avs were bad, bad, bad just 48 hours after utterly dominating a very similar Kings team with a clearly inferior roster iced.

I'm going to chalk this one up to rust and chemistry not there yet for the current group. Every line except the top line was changed.
 
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