I thought Ward had a bad game. Blind passes to the middle and turnovers most of the night. Willy and Beagle are looking ok and Chimmer made some plays...really liked the pass Ovie made to him on Brouwer's goal.
Erat is a good player. 20 assists now in prob not as much ice time as he should be getting.
What happened with Laich?
backstrom. did he get a repeat of the rene bourque cheapshot elbow to the head? did he not get it in the head? meaning did the guy miss and get him a little lower or did he get backy in the head and not damage him? suspension coming?
Gearing up for Sochi. I am sure no one is surprised and all remember the best stretch by our team ever 4 years ago. No one tell Green that he is not going. TSA will let him know. What's in the bag.
And it's not that Ovi can't pass, it's often that he shouldn't. He has about the best shot in the league.
That pass to Erat on the PP, he ripped it like a shot and think it hit a dman, a nice catch by Mouthpiece Marty. About Erat never scoring, he doesn't look to score. On our team he brings his passing hat and is likely told to do by Oatsie. We lack creativity so badly when Ovi makes a nice pass everyone feels the need to announce it. If we aren't on the PP our passing is largely atrocious. Hate all you want but Erat is a hard working creative player racking up assists.
A Capitals win, so it's only appropriate to note the negatives:
Too much "spectatoring" at times last night by some players:
- Sabres first goal, both Erskine and Ovechkin allowed Sabres to have several whacks at the puck while it sat on the door step of the Caps goal. Standard lacrosse play in such situations was one player shouts out man and the other ball or in this case puck, that is one player goes to check the opponent while the other goes for the puck. In this case both players should have gone for the opponents and let Holtby get the puck. Clear the crease please!
- One of Mike Green's better games this season but it wouldn't be Mike Green without a bone head moment. Called for penalty and he stops playing in order to plead his case to the referee while the opponent is still playing/possessing the puck in close proximity to the Caps goal. Fortunately no harm done on this one. However
- Jason Chimera like Mike Green is called for a penalty and he reacts like Green did and forgets about staying with the play or the player but goes to argue with the referree while the Sabre player in this case Cody Hodgson maintains puck possession and goes directly to the goal and lifts the puck over Holtby for the goal.
Lack of focus and discipline at times last night by some Caps.
Oh could you ****ng stop with your Holbty love.
Ovechkin bodied Ehrhoff. Ehrhoff is a left handed ****ing shot. Holtby has to kick the puck out of the crease. Ovechkin held Ehrhoff, but Moulson was also right there.
Holtby ****ed up, once again and was terrible.
Instead the 2 guys that bailed him out are the ones you attack.
Oh could you ****ng stop with your Holbty love.
Ovechkin bodied Ehrhoff. Ehrhoff is a left handed ****ing shot. Holtby has to kick the puck out of the crease. Ovechkin held Ehrhoff, but Moulson was also right there.
Holtby ****ed up, once again and was terrible.
Instead the 2 guys that bailed him out are the ones you attack.
Bailed him out? Do you mean Ovechkin and Erskine?
Nice job bailing him out when both of them left their guys wide open right in front of the goal. It's goalies job to stop the initial shot, he stopped that and stopped the Moulson shot too. He could have stopped that Ehrhoff shot too but for god sake it's defenders job to get to the rebound, they failed to do that twice and it cost them.
To put all the blame on Holtby for any one of the 4 GA is stupid
To put all the blame on Holtby for any one of the 4 GA is stupid
To put all the blame on Holtby for any one of the 4 GA is stupid