Speculation: Caps General Discussion (Coaching/FAs/Cap/Lines etc) -- 2018-19 We Are The Champions Edition - Pt. 4
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Corby78
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I'm going to be honest, and please don't put me on ignore before you hear me out. I would like to see the caps take the NHL suspension and add a game on their own. I'm all for a team standing up for its players, and I feel they have done that in spades with Wilson. But right now I think Wilson thinks this is him vs the NHL. I think it would speak volumes if the team sent a message to him saying, "were paying you this money, we need you to play smart." If we act like he did nothing wrong he is going to keep doing it. I'm sure they are talking to him behind closed doors, but I would like to see a real message be sent.
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Walker Dowd out of shape DSP 4th line sounds a lot like 8 minutes of TOI the game before a back to back on the road. Not ideal
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CapitalsCupReality
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This is how you gut a team, not how you successfully try to teach someone a lesson. This is a player who defends his teammates every time and you think Managament piling on with an extra game is the way to go? Hell no.
Let the NHL handle the punishment and the team can support the players like always. And yeah, of course behind closed doors they’re telling him to pick his moments more wisely.
I don’t get some fans. Sorry.
Yeah they had 24 so I figured Megna was the odd man out here.
How sucky for Karl Alzner, healthy scratch tonight against the Leafs to break his ironman streak.
8 seasons in a row down the tubes. I also cannot believe Alzner only just turned 30 years old.
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Corby78
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A team can't punish its own players? How about what Wilson is doing to the team? Right now he is the one causing harm.
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Izzy said they aren't releasing him or loaning him to Hershey which might mean they are trying to configure LTIR to have the most workable space.
With the two on IR they only had 23.
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yeah i think it’s suggesting that they’re putting him on waivers but still keeping him up with the big club? (which implies that they aren’t releasing him— because wouldn’t he be put on unconditional waivers then?)
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Is the air thin up there on your moral high ground lol?
I’d wager no, they can’t “pile on” per the CBA.
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That only works if Wilson was not following orders from Trotz and now Reirden.
If they were/are complacent in Wilson's dangerous playing style, then they can't turn on him like that.
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CapitalsCupReality
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You know damn well the Caps want him playing his game. They also probably want him making better decisions in those moments.
He does most of the time....
He does most of the time....
CapitalsCupReality
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That’s not suspending him an extra game, but yeah, if they were fools and wanted to send a terrible message, they could scratch him for an extra game with pay. Do you really expect them to do that or welcome the player back with open arms right after the NHL suspension ends?
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Yes. It could definitely be the whole sneak him through waivers now when everyone's roster is full only to send him down before the 10 game 30 day mark. Also seems to suggest TW suspension is less than 10 games or that they plan to send him down and bring up Siegenthaler at some point before that suspension is done.
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It depends on if they want him to change his conduct, and if they have tried and failed to change him in the past, and how serious those efforts were.
Corby78
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No reason to get snarky. I agree a team should stand up for its players, but that doesn't mean blindly being ok with them doing the wrong thing. I have no idea what the CBA says on this, nor do I expect them to do anything. But the kid isn't getting it and HE is the one hurting the team. If a caps player got a DUI I wouldn't want them to blindly make excuses. Nor do I want them to defend a guy who continues to break the rules in regards to hits. If it takes the team to sit him down to fix the problem, that's what I want.
Corby78
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The Caps do, as do I. His game is very important, there is no denying that. I want him on the top line every night. But he has to learn to play smart to do that. Another suspension come playoff time will be much worse than last year. He could miss two entire series and it would be costly. Not to mention the cap hit we are eating for a guy suspended.
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They just signed him to a massive deal. I don’t think he’s on an internal plan to improve as an employee lol....
You talk to him about making smarter decisions, you show him video and you thank him for his service.
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There is almost no differenc between Ov at Wilson's age and Wilson. The level and ferocity of the hitting. The occasion bad decision that made for bad hits and discipline.
As Wilson gains experience those bad hits will be filtered out. Just like with Ov
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CapitalsCupReality
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To play his game, he’s going to cross the line occasionally....you just hope when he does, it’s not really bad.
I think you guys need to realize he’s not going to change much...maybe as he ages he’s not as physical, but I don’t see him backing off his style of toeing/sometimes crossing the line. That makes him a game changer. He didn’t get paid for point production.
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