Does anyone want to talk about the Capitals

[tfwnogf]

Remember the narrative "caps aren't even trying to be good, they're just coasting on Ovechki's goal record, literally don't care about anything else" so much for that. Also nice to see PL Dubois redemption arc. He must have a wall of gold stars by now.

 

[Suntouchable13]

NJ vs. Washington in the 2nd round will be very interesting. But, can any of them beat Florida or even Tampa in the ECF?

 

[um]

NJ vs. Washington in the 2nd round will be very interesting. But, can any of them beat Florida or even Tampa in the ECF?

Florida has lost a lot of players, like every great team in the Cap era. Tampa is not particularly scary.

I’d say the East is pretty open, with Florida on top by default.

 

[Melkor]

Can confidently say that Dubois, Protas and Thompson are the three best players of this team at this point of the season. Expect from Strome, Ovechkin and Carlson to step it up a bit for them to be more solid come playoff time.

 

[DingDongCharlie]

Capitals were smart to target right hand catching goalies. NHL shooters simply would be more use to shooting on left hand catching goalies just by the vast disparity of left vs right. Capitals have 2 of only handful of them. Probably not by coincidence.

I think this a competitive advantage they have tapped into that is something that's been overlooked and not really talked about. We've seen a few teams run at points with 2 right hand goalies but typically both have been at a backup level of play, not both starters, with 1 torching the league. I don't think we've seen this, least not in decades. Correct me if wrong.

Thompson is a stud. That extension for his level of play was a great deal for Washington.

Capitals been a huge surprise to me this season. There's also the Ovie goal watch. Must be nice for Caps fans. I doubt many expected the team to be at this level right now.

 

[BallardEra]

Caps have only one regulation loss in their last 16 games.

10-1-5

 

[BelovedIsles]

I give credit when it’s due; that roster doesn’t scream second best team in the league and they pretty much maintained that throughout the season.

 

[Pablo El Perro]

I've heard they are a PDO team, which means they have too much goalie.