I just don’t know why people hate on JC74, He is elite!
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He will go down as the best all around defenseman to ever play for the caps. I would vote yes on #74 in the rafters, but he is under appreciated for some reason
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The 32Thoughts guys did their own lineups for the 4 Nations before the rosters were announced, and had David Amber on to do one too. All 3 of them picked Carly for team USA, but Amber a had a rant about how underrated JC74 is, said he has had a HOF career. Was nice to hear him get some respect from the Canadian media.
Then of course team USA passed him over.
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Somebody said something about playing down to the opponent today but I see a subtle difference that I think matters a lot.
In some of the powerhouse years they would come out, start slow, and then maybe take over on skill or otherwise lose. It wasn't "bad games" so much as just not taking the every day seriously. This year, outside of maybe two games, it's not been that they came out flat and didn't care, they've actually just had weird bad games or been contained by the other team.
We can say they played down because it was a close game but I didn't see a lack of effort, I saw a bunch of weird bounces and guys trying not to run into each other. Being out of sync is much better than being out of focus, and that's why they keep winning.
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Music is the Best!
2 squeakers in a row, but 2 pts is 2pts!
Miro had maybe his best game so far, kid needs to bury one and go on a bit of a heater
Our 3rd periods have been pretty much lights out excellent
Willy better be getting a Top 3 of the week NHL thingy for this week
Logan coming up big on odd man rushes again, love it
Signs we're running out of 5v5 steam, maybe it'll end up nice timing with OV coming back soon for a resurgence (despite the 8-0-1 run )
Miro had maybe his best game so far, kid needs to bury one and go on a bit of a heater
Our 3rd periods have been pretty much lights out excellent
Willy better be getting a Top 3 of the week NHL thingy for this week
Logan coming up big on odd man rushes again, love it
Signs we're running out of 5v5 steam, maybe it'll end up nice timing with OV coming back soon for a resurgence (despite the 8-0-1 run
)I’ve said before that Ovechkin retiring will obviously be a huge shift on and off the ice, but when Carlson retires it might actually be the bigger adjustment team wise. We’ve gotten so used to having a guy back there logging 25+ minutes a night playing in all situations for the past 15 years or so, it’s almost easy to take it for granted, but that’s not something easily replaced.
2 squeakers in a row, but 2 pts is 2pts!
Miro had maybe his best game so far, kid needs to bury one and go on a bit of a heater
Our 3rd periods have been pretty much lights out excellent
Willy better be getting a Top 3 of the week NHL thingy for this week
Logan coming up big on odd man rushes again, love it
Signs we're running out of 5v5 steam, maybe it'll end up nice timing with OV coming back soon for a resurgence (despite the 8-0-1 run
Carbery did acknowledge in the post game that 5on5 goals are trying up.
I'm very impressed of Miro so far. That one pass he made to Dowd, I think, was phenomenal. Would love to see how he would do in the top 6.
Re: Carlson. I’d say he’s the best Capitals D-man (career). Pretty easily.
The best defenseman to ever play for the Capitals? That’s harder, and some could easily argue Langway or better yet, Scott Stevens.
Mark Tinordi, Kevin Hatcher, Larry Murphy were all terrific defenseman too. But weren’t truly “Capitals” for their careers (Hatcher was close).
Heck, even guys like Gonchar, Iafrate, Housley had very good careers.
I’d probably take Stevens.
Anyway … my 2 cents.
The best defenseman to ever play for the Capitals? That’s harder, and some could easily argue Langway or better yet, Scott Stevens.
Mark Tinordi, Kevin Hatcher, Larry Murphy were all terrific defenseman too. But weren’t truly “Capitals” for their careers (Hatcher was close).
Heck, even guys like Gonchar, Iafrate, Housley had very good careers.
I’d probably take Stevens.
Anyway … my 2 cents.
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Looks like it's all downhill from here. Just wait until Ovi comes back. He's going to throw off the winning ways of this team and we'll be bottom feeders again.
Or
He'll come back and these close games won't even be close due to his offense.
So a 50/50 chance of the team improving, but only a 10% chance at that.
Or
He'll come back and these close games won't even be close due to his offense.
So a 50/50 chance of the team improving, but only a 10% chance at that.
