I think it’s natural and something to talk about. It passes the time. Plenty of time for sure but there seem to be multiple pundits saying it’s unlikely they can trade either so it’s a little bit worrying. Could things change? Of course. But it sounds like the caps may be considering accepting their situation which is the troubling part for me at least.
Of course it's natural to talk about it, but why must everything be doom and gloom always here? And of course they're considering what happens if they keep those guys; they'd be negligent not to. But pundits say things for clicks first and foremost. So when they know nothing, they turn nothing into "no hope." It's a tried and true formula but it's not necessarily meaningful information.
You don't know until you try.
It’s hard to pivot mid season at that many positions should it go wrong. I don’t think they have the luxury of trying that out.
First, I dig your avatar. Cool animation.
on this point so I’ll stop lol.
I keep hearing this thrown out….but I can’t recall much real production from many of the youngsters who were just in Hershey. So what….they contributed some fresh wheels, a little spring in the step? Not enough…..we need a lot more from them and others next year to be competitive.
And why did the good coaching get worse once the "better players" arrived? For someone who loves reminding people Laviolette is gone you still defend him to the end even when it makes no sense.I keep hearing this thrown out….but I can’t recall much real production from many of the youngsters who were just in Hershey. So what….they contributed some fresh wheels, a little spring in the step? Not enough…..we need a lot more from them and others next year to be competitive.
I happen to think that streak was on other teammates and good coaching more than those few contributors, but I have not looked at the numbers closely to be sure. You would think our resident math nerds would have confirmed or debunked this by now….
ahem @twabby …..
I think it was just a hot streak and was unsustainable….just petered out….like I said….I would love to see a deep analysis by anyone suggesting that streak was because the of the call-ups/benched rooks.
), but I’ve seen that suggested at least several times during the debates.
don't agree with that at all, lots of players with plenty of their own to prove were getting regular minutes and never playing with Ovechkin at all, he's not really #1 for anyone in the lower lines who stepped up in that scenario. A good hype magnet maybe, leadership counts too I guess, but not the reason.
I think it warrants a true analysis to put it to rest. I don’t care about shitting on Lavi or defending the guy. Many seem to still care about shitting on him for whatever reason.
The non-stupid version of that argument is that they did start slipping as soon as returning vets were given full-time minutes out of the gates, and there was never an attempt to return to the winning form. "Winning is most important, we're here to win" is an argument that doesn't get applied evenly and is, you know, bad coaching.What’s stupid AF to me, is suggesting that if the youngsters had stayed in the lineup, we would have continued to have success. Not saying you…(because I can’t recall honestly, hell it could have been you
I’d just like to see all the numbers rather than this dickish opinion fest. That dance has been going on too long and is boorish and dull witted to me at this point.
Do you really need more than the roster and the win loss record by month to drag this out? It's not an opinion, we all watched it happen, but even if it was there's nothing more dickish than dismissing it offhand. I don't think you want to see the numbers at all because we've had this discussion mid-season when they were right there and it was just something else with you.
Yup.
