GDT: GM17: Lars SCWG Eller @ Vegas - 8pmish

[DWGie26]

I have season tickets. Have a couple of partners. I will make sure my ticket partners get tickets before they sell. I want my people to see it!

 

[aonb]

peaking too early? save some swagger for PO please
great game!

 

[RedRocking]

He's breaking it this year. My guess is it comes somewhere in this stretch?
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Might have to soft book some tickets to california and winnipeg!

I was already thinking about getting my DC crew together for the game at the Shark Tank in March. Tix are pretty cheap cause they’ve been an abomination.

Even if Ovi is just close, it would still be great to catch him on the stretch run. If he’s really close, maybe a road trip for the Kings/Ducks games would be in order.

 

[zappa4ever]

The 2024-25 Washington Capitals!
Feels good!

 

[Finnen]

Capitals projected lineup

Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Aliaksei Protas

Connor McMichael -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Tom Wilson

Andrew Mangiapane -- Lars Eller -- Jakub Vrana

Brandon Duhaime -- Nic Dowd -- Taylor Raddysh

Jakob Chychrun -- John Carlson

Rasmus Sandin -- Matt Roy

Martin Fehervary -- Trevor van Riemsdyk

Logan Thompson

Charlie Lindgren

Scratched: Dylan McIlrath, Hendrix Lapierre, Alexander Alexeyev

Injured: Sonny Milano (upper body)

Also gold candidates.

 

[Caps8112]

didnt watch, did eller look like he solved the 3rd C problem?

 

[ovikovy817]

Wonderful game
Ovi

 

[Praetorian Caps]

Get it this year OV! Run through the tape like bull!

 

[kicksavedave]

I wonder if that brunette was in the front row again….?

She and Bura are married now.

didnt watch, did eller look like he solved the 3rd C problem?

Yes. Very much so.

 

[zappa4ever]

2nd game in a row of Carbs not shortening the bench much
only Raddysh with an 8min gap in 1st and Vrana with 10min gap late in 3rd
Vrana/Eller/Mangia the only ones under 12min TOI 9:59/11:32/11:27
b2b with Utah coming may have some to do with it but basically this is having a dependable 3C in Lars not needing to be sheltered like Lapi/Sgar (and McMic3c last year)

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[DWGie26]

2nd game in a row of Carbs not shortening the bench much
only Raddysh with an 8min gap in 1st and Vrana with 10min gap late in 3rd
Vrana/Eller/Mangia the only ones under 12min TOI 9:59/11:32/11:27
b2b with Utah coming may have some to do with it but basically this is having a dependable 3C in Lars not needing to be sheltered like Lapi/Sgar (and McMic3c last year)

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Carbs is very savvy and vocal about how to get proper rest and recuperation when playing multiple games in short windows. He once again set caps up for success to play in second game of b2b.

 

[zappa4ever]

Horrible gm at the dot for Dowd, Strome not much better:
Dowd 4-18 (22%) incl 3-15 (20%) in D zone
Strome 4-13 (31%) 0-3 in D zone
Eller 8-15 (53%) but 1-5 in D zone
PLD 13-22 (59%) 7-14 in D zone

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Horrible gm at the dot for Dowd, Strome not much better:
Dowd 4-18 (22%) incl 3-15 (20%) in D zone
Strome 4-13 (31%) 0-3 in D zone
Eller 8-15 (53%) but 1-5 in D zone
PLD 13-22 (59%) 7-14 in D zone

I’m not one of those “face offs don’t matter” guys, but we got dominated at the dot and still won comfortably…..ponderous….

 

[ChaosLord]

I just saw that #8 scored 3. I'm just astounded.

It's been clear to Caps fans that Ovechkin has been a unique and special talent throughout his career, but I want to see the main boards and the Penguins fans aquiesce and admit that OV is a unique and special player in the history of the league.

You will bend the knee!

 

[zappa4ever]

I’m not one of those “face offs don’t matter” guys, but we got dominate at the dot and still won comfortably…..ponderous….

In general I'm the same, but in D zone losing 26 of 37 faceoffs is playing with fire, didn't get burned this game fortunately; if it was only 13 draws like what we had in the O zone (7-13), yeah not worth typing it out
over the course of a season it'll cost us at some point

and if you're using "ponderous" as a Casey Kasem reference... Awesome!

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

In general I'm the same, but in D zone losing 26 of 37 faceoffs is playing with fire, didn't get burned this game fortunately; if it was only 13 draws like what we had in the O zone (7-13), yeah not worth typing it out
over the course of a season it'll cost us at some point

and if you're using "ponderous" as a Casey Kasem reference... Awesome!

Is there any other reference?!!

 

[DWGie26]

We have lost the “box scores war” last several games. Shots on goals, hits, faceoffs often not in our favor. special teams have been good recently. Our style of play is just suffocating 5x5. Winning more faceoffs would be good though.

 

[kicksavedave]

I’m not one of those “face offs don’t matter” guys, but we got dominated at the dot and still won comfortably…..ponderous….

There are no "Face Offs don't matter" guys. There are some who question a direct correlation between overall faceoff percentage and winning percentage. Obviously some faceoffs are more important than others and therefore, they matter

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

There are no "Face Offs don't matter" guys. There are some who question a direct correlation between overall faceoff percentage and winning percentage. Obviously some faceoffs are more important than others and therefore, they matter

Pretty sure there were some in the threads on the subject in the Mains over the years.

 

[DWGie26]

Pretty sure there were some in the threads on the subject in the Mains over the years.

There has been here too. But the ones that generally scream that thinks it is as important as the sun rising. But many cup champions have been shitty at faceoffs. Face off percentage isn’t coreletive to winning as much as other things.

 

[kicksavedave]

Pretty sure there were some in the threads on the subject in the Mains over the years.

There has been here too. But the ones that generally scream that thinks it is as important as the sun rising. But many cup champions have been shitty at faceoffs. Face off percentage isn’t coreletive to winning as much as other things.

This^. I was knee deep in all those threads, but the position was always misrepresented by the "faceoffs matter" side of things as if anyone ever said they don't matter. What was said was the correlation between FO% and Winning% isn't there, and its not. Its not there over a season, or within a given game. That fact is not equal to, nor has it ever been suggested that it was the same, as a particular FO in a particular game situation isn't absolutely huge in that immediate context. Some faceoffs matter a lot, some are meaningless. Adding them all up together means very little.

 

[Midnight Judges]

didnt watch, did eller look like he solved the 3rd C problem?

I wouldn't go that far. He looked okay IMO.