Series Discussion: Caps vs Hurricanes

[Alexander the Gr8]

Last time we were in the 2nd round we lost game 1 at home as well...

Yep, and the last time we faced Carolina, we lost the series in 7 despite winning G1 and G2 at home. The series has just begun, not hitting the panic button yet

 

[bacchist]

Look at how OKC responded to losing game 1 at home by 1 score.

 

[John Price]

 

[CactusCap]

Let OV develop a lower body injury. You heard it here first from Ovechkin’s #1 fan.

 

[Mr Nogatco]

Any watch parties going down for games 3 & 4? Either at Verizon center or elsewhere?

Or is that not a thing until the ECF

 

[Booker T]

Rooting for Ovi, even as a Pens fan. Show them boys how’s it’s done.

 

[Lou Sassole]

Let OV develop a lower body injury. You heard it here first from Ovechkin’s #1 fan.

We need to separate Ovie and Strome on the road, they are too slow and are gonna get targeted. I would roll Ovie with PLD and Protas, then put Strome with CMM and Wilson. Or some other variation.

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

No chance im breakinig up our shut down line for Ovie.
Very happy coach finally benched 8 for the end of the game. I think we all have wanted more limited min for Ovie.

 

[RandyHolt]

Very happy Carbs benched Eller's line for the games final 10 minutes.

I think our collective heads exploded giving up that 3 on 1 late but unsung stud TVR saved the day. .

 

[tycoonheart]

Very happy Carbs benched Eller's line for the games final 10 minutes.

I think our collective heads exploded giving up that 3 on 1 late but unsung stud TVR saved the day. .

We looked like the 3 stooges on that play. Everyone just slipping and falling on themselves.

 

[Misery74]

Very happy Carbs benched Eller's line for the games final 10 minutes.

I think our collective heads exploded giving up that 3 on 1 late but unsung stud TVR saved the day. .

As great as last night was, Lars Eller is an absolute liability. I’ve tried to get on board with him being a great player, but it is a fallacy.

We need a Conclave to fix this problem.

 

[Lou Sassole]

No chance im breakinig up our shut down line for Ovie.
Very happy coach finally benched 8 for the end of the game. I think we all have wanted more limited min for Ovie.

It's not breaking up that line for Ovie, because Strome is having issues too, along with the 3rd line. On the road, you can't have 2 lines that are basically unplayable defensively.

 

[Praetorian Caps]

Amped from last night's win!

 

[AlexModvechkin8]

Splitting at home was good for them. This is a more workmanlike group than in the past and this version of the Caps can’t rely on ridiculous offensive talent to overcome deficiencies. They need to be reminded that they need to skate and hit and sacrifice the body and forecheck hard and all of the other hockey cliches in order to be successful.

Carolina could still blow their doors off and win the series but I think you’ve seen why analytic models love them but they always fall short… they get a lot of shot volume but they’re also content to take most of those initial shots from the perimeter and hope to cause chaos in the aftermath. Must be a grind to play that way the entire season and when teams start tightening up defensively and blocking shots in the playoffs, scoring goals is harder for them to come by.

We’ve likely seen Carolina at their best or at least close to it in G1. Washington still has another gear or two to hit, and they’ve gotten nothing from the top line or the third line, and PLD has been poor defensively. They should feel pretty confident even with splitting at home.

 

[zappa4ever]

CAR 1st goal g1: 9:42 3rd pd
CAR 1st goal g2: 9:27 3rd pd

Clearly, we should be taking our timeout 9 min.s into the 3rd and we'll be popping off Shutouts left and right

 

[marcel snapshot]

Carolina could still blow their doors off and win the series but I think you’ve seen why analytic models love them but they always fall short… they get a lot of shot volume but they’re also content to take most of those initial shots from the perimeter and hope to cause chaos in the aftermath. Must be a grind to play that way the entire season and when teams start tightening up defensively and blocking shots in the playoffs, scoring goals is harder for them to come by.

It's as if Rod and his acolytes had some data analysts confirm his view that offense/goals in hockey are mostly random - tips, hitting legs, lucky bounces onto sticks around the net, etc. - so we'll bet on the randomness of hockey when we have the puck, and we'll make everyone, Fs and Ds, commit to first being responsible defensive players and second to being shot volume robots.

No wonder Rantanen didn't want to play there. And his performance against the Avs and G1 vs Winnipeg is the quintessential refutation of hockey being random. One guy does not "randomly" take over 3 hugely important playoff games in a row.

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Seasons over... There goes Ovies spicy cheetos lol

 

[Calicaps]

Seasons over... There goes Ovies spicy cheetos lol

 

[zappa4ever]

Courage and moral character: the most foreign concepts to all Billionaires

 

[Lou Sassole]

Splitting at home was good for them. This is a more workmanlike group than in the past and this version of the Caps can’t rely on ridiculous offensive talent to overcome deficiencies. They need to be reminded that they need to skate and hit and sacrifice the body and forecheck hard and all of the other hockey cliches in order to be successful.

Carolina could still blow their doors off and win the series but I think you’ve seen why analytic models love them but they always fall short… they get a lot of shot volume but they’re also content to take most of those initial shots from the perimeter and hope to cause chaos in the aftermath. Must be a grind to play that way the entire season and when teams start tightening up defensively and blocking shots in the playoffs, scoring goals is harder for them to come by.

We’ve likely seen Carolina at their best or at least close to it in G1. Washington still has another gear or two to hit, and they’ve gotten nothing from the top line or the third line, and PLD has been poor defensively. They should feel pretty confident even with splitting at home.

This, Carolina basically tries to play "playoff" hockey all season, which is great for the analytics and wins a lot of games, but that means they're playing at like 95%+ intensity level all year. Most other squads are probably at 85 to 90 most of the season, so every year in the playoffs we've seen them make it and get through a round, but run into one of these teams with more finish, who've now ramped the intensity level up to 95%+ too, and they just don't have much room to match the improvement. It's gotta be a f***ing grind playing for Rod all year and then try to give more in the playoffs.

 

[Langway]

This is all just a Curb Your Enthusiasm episode is it not?

 

[usiel]

It's as if Rod and his acolytes had some data analysts confirm his view that offense/goals in hockey are mostly random - tips, hitting legs, lucky bounces onto sticks around the net, etc. - so we'll bet on the randomness of hockey when we have the puck, and we'll make everyone, Fs and Ds, commit to first being responsible defensive players and second to being shot volume robots.

No wonder Rantanen didn't want to play there. And his performance against the Avs and G1 vs Winnipeg is the quintessential refutation of hockey being random. One guy does not "randomly" take over 3 hugely important playoff games in a row.

I do think the Carolina system is a good one for a team that doesn't have elite talent and more has 'good' talent. Is it a system that will allow one to sign elite offensive free agents I don't know. In the playoffs just not sure if it can win a stanley cup barring a magical goalie run.

 

[g00n]

Seasons over... There goes Ovies spicy cheetos lol

Chicky might enjoy all the roadkill, tho

 

[usiel]

Seasons over... There goes Ovies spicy cheetos lol

 

[TRASHCAT]

who amongst us hasn't chainsawed the head off a whale, stuck it on the top of thier car and drove home?