GDT: Caps @ Wings. 1/31/14. 7:30pm

[troyerlaw]

and by astounding, i mean totally predictable

 

[troyerlaw]

good PK!

 

[amjay13]

this is a legit bad hockey team. not a team playing bad, they are just bad. stunning how quickly they went from the greatest show on ice to this.

 

[SimplySensational]

Finally a good PK instead of clearing attempts that are better passes then their actual passes.

 

[troyerlaw]

best Backstrom hit I've seen since the reverse-hit he laid on Anisimov against NYR

 

[amjay13]

looks like it got a piece of chimmer

 

[InfernalDark*]

gayser

 

[troyerlaw]

i'm surprised 8 didn't make a stronger move to get around that last D-man in neutral zone. he had all the speed and momentum. why did he try the dinky one-handed, touch-it-around-him move?

 

[OviTaughtMe]

Game

 

[troyerlaw]

Alert: Ovie was not on the ice for that GAA!

 

[Corby78]

nothing like a late goal to make you feel good heading into the lockeroom

 

[troyerlaw]

Hilarious. Beninati says Carlson 'can gamble now' that he is rushing puck up ice w/ 7 seconds left in period, and Carlson promptly chips a soft dump-in

 

[Corby78]

If only we had Ryan Miller in net. We are soooooo close

 

[Fallschirmyager]

Bellvue has more stable patients than this team.

 

[troyerlaw]

Game

Yeah sorta. Unless they really sack up and show some life, they are definitely trending toward a 4-1 loss here. Zip, snarl, and confidence were in short supply that period. From our team.

 

[Langway]

This team is right up there with Buffalo & Edmonton in being an utter **** show.

They're ****ing god awful.

 

[g00n]

This has been a bottom of the conference team all year. It was easy to see they were propped up by streaky goaltending, the PP, Ovie and the shootout. Those are mostly gone, and so are the points, which now reflect their status as a team.

Something has to change.

 

[Corby78]

rooting for the Islanders right now. We are getting very close to a top 5 pick.

It is a little frustrating to see guys listed as possible trade options for teams looking to make a run, and they never show any caps. How much worse do we need to be before they consider us sellers?

 

[Ovechkin]

New team motto from management: "we just need to try harder....yet again."

 

[NobodyBeatsTheWiz]

Anyone been to an Oates practice?

Does the team do any passing drills? How about breakouts?

I envision 45 minutes of PP work and 15 minutes taking a knee watching Oates on the whiteboard.

 

[Capathetic]

rooting for the Islanders right now. We are getting very close to a top 5 pick.

It is a little frustrating to see guys listed as possible trade options for teams looking to make a run, and they never show any caps. How much worse do we need to be before they consider us sellers?

Nobody wants these players.

 

[Fallschirmyager]

This has been a bottom of the conference team all year. It was easy to see they were propped up by streaky goaltending, the PP, Ovie and the shootout. Those are mostly gone, and so are the points, which now reflect their status as a team.

Something has to change.

If it doesn't start with a new GM what's the point. Another rookie coach to waste another year of Ovechkin and Backstrom and watch the prospect vine whither even further.

 

[troyerlaw]

If only we had Ryan Miller in net. We are soooooo close

I want Miller only if the price is right.

Let's give them Laich, Brouwer, Erskine, Holtby, and Erat.

 

[Capathetic]

****** passing and decision making tonight.

 

[g00n]

Watching that first Wings goal on replay from the other end of the ice, MJ90 was absolutely useless. Floating...floating...could've helped but instead watched Beagle, Ovie and Orlov try to do everything.