Post-Game Talk: Caps @ The Powerhouse - 12:30 EST

[effen]

ADA with a much too soft clear. Come on dude you're bottled up.

 

[Rempe73]

That shift was sooooo bad

 

[will1066]

Caps are taking away all of their time and space this period and we haven't had an answer yet. Really rough period after a pretty decent start.

Cant get out of our zone

 

[Vinny DeAngelo]

We need to be better

 

[Rempe73]

ADA with a much too soft clear. Come on dude you're bottled up.

I think he meant to pass it

 

[Mac n Gs]

They’ve turned it on, they’re not ****ing around. Trying to put us away but Georgie has been solid.

Even that last shift was rough- for every good play we made to break it up, we shot ourselves in the foot by either giving it right back to the Caps or not having a stick in a lane. Woof.

 

[Crease]

We need to be better

Be Best.

 

[Vinny DeAngelo]

ADA with a much too soft clear. Come on dude you're bottled up.

Tried the indirect pass to kreider and kreider got beat to the puck

 

[effen]

Caps are overloading hard because they don't respect the Rangers ability to move the puck, and they're absolutely right. Stop blind slapping it places, use your eyes numbskulls.

 

[Dijock94]

Not sure what the rule is in the NHL, but in a lot of sports you're not allowed to play with blood on your uniform as it's considered a biohazard (in soccer and basketball they make you change your jersey before returning). I wonder if the spray is actually more of a bodily fluid neutralizer.

Maybe ammonia

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

Just to get a rough idea:

Pionk has been on the ice for 23 PP goals against in 154 minutes.

This isn't perfect, but assuming most of them are two minutes penalties, that makes Pionk about 23 for 77. Of course, when he gives up a goal, it ends, but let's give him the full two minutes.

The Rangers as a team are 46 for 204. 204 - 77 = 127. 46 - 23 = 23.

Pionk on - 70%
Pionk off - 81.8%

Again, that's an estimation, but are we surprised? And as you can see (23, 46) he's been on the ice for half of them, that's a stone cold fact.

Thanks yeah so it’s bad. The fact that he keeps getting used there just makes no sense to me. This coaching staff’s handling of him overall makes no sense to me. It’s like there’s a large gap between what the player is and what they think he is.

What’s crazy about Pionk is the eye test completely matches his poor analytics. Break it down stat wise and you see he’s awful on the PK and you would draw that same conclusion even if you didn’t look up the stats and only watched him play. He’s small, poor positioning, weak and loses almost every battle. It’s staggering that he’s not being sheltered along as a 3rd pair sheltered minutes guy.

 

[Machinehead]

f***ing Skjei lol

 

[Rempe73]

Looked like we were on the PK there

 

[effen]

WHY IS THERE NO ONE WITHIN 40 FEET OF VRANA 5 ON 5 IN THE D ZONE

f*** ARE YOU IDIOTS DOING

 

[Mac n Gs]

Two 3-on-2s in a row and no shots on either. Quinn must be getting pissed.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

had to count the number of blue sweaters after that defensive zone draw...looked like a PP

 

[duhmetreE]

We have to lead the leauge in 'not getting shots off' in odd man rushes

 

[Gresch04]

Our inability to get a shot off from the slot is maddening.

 

[Rempe73]

BUCH

 

[Vinny DeAngelo]

ADA streak is born a new

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

Pierre: “Slick play with the stick by Orpik on Zibanejad”

Replay playing as he shows that shows Orpik slash Zibanejad directly on the hands.

Truly fantastic analysis.

 

[duhmetreE]

The guys nose is broken.. you can't let him play

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

oh hey buch finally scores

 

[CenturionOne]

Well, wow. Well done Chytil

 

[will1066]

Wow caps gotta be questioning why there was no icing before that goal. That's how we gained the zone