GDT: GM31: Caps @ Hawks - 8:38pm EST

PlushMinus

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They deserve this loss as they did yesterday’s. Yesterday it was trying to be too fancy, today it was being lazy. They had one period and then they could rest. Shout out to Carbury adding his mark to the crap show by not pulling the goalie when they had offensive zone possession with under 2 min left. Really?
As soon as the Caps play badly good old Capsman is back to shit on the team!

sorry I am just channeling @CapitalsCupReality
 

twabby

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Some would say twabby's Game Puck means nothing in a losing effort.

Not me. In fact, I'd say a win means nothing without a Game Puck.

PLD gets tonight's game puck for a goal and an 85% xG share. Martin Fehervary gets the sole HM.
 

wickedwitch

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Well that was a team loss deserved by everyone.

Onto the next game.

(Also, I wonder what someone like Lappy "learns" from games like these. Is he just consistently told "not like that" or is he supposed to look for good things?)
 

SherVaughn30

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Yuck. I said they needed to play a good game the right way. They didn't. I'll look at the highlights...

These back2back games against Stars/Hawks, special teams has not been good enough.
 

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Well that was a team loss deserved by everyone.

Onto the next game.

(Also, I wonder what someone like Lappy "learns" from games like these. Is he just consistently told "not like that" or is he supposed to look for good things?)
You learn more from your losses than your wins. So i hope Lappy (and others) learned. I’d also say we develop players better than most orgs. It’s a process.

I always liked when my kids “lost”. Need to go through it. I don’t like losing. Neither do my kids. But you have to kiss that devil if you want to do more than average.
 

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You learn more from your losses than your wins. So i hope Lappy (and others) learned. I’d also say we develop players better than most orgs. It’s a process.

I always liked when my kids “lost”. Need to go through it. I don’t like losing. Neither do my kids. But you have to kiss that devil if you want to do more than average.
Lappy didn't play? Maybe he should have...
 

twabby

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Way too much fancy play. They need to get back to basics with a few garbage can goals. Gotta get scrappy and spend more time in the dumpster. Need to get uncomfortable and visit the landfill more frequently. Step outside their comfort zone and take residence in the port-a-potty. Don't be afraid to get dirty and catch dysentery, they have to start swimming in the raw sewage.
 
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Embarrassing effort, even given the travel circumstances. McMichael, Strome, Eller, Carlson particularly bad, LT didn't cover himself in glory either. PLD the lone bright star.

Would really love to see the top 6 reworked next game, particularly splitting up Strome and McMichael
 
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Embarrassing effort, even given the travel circumstances. McMichael, Strome, Eller, Carlson particularly bad, LT didn't cover himself in glory either. PLD the lone bright star.

Would really love to see the top 6 reworked next game, particularly splitting up Strome and McMichael
IF I’m reworking the top 6, I might take a flyer with Miro on top line and move Raddysh to 4th line. Not an indictment of Raddysh but more I’d like to get our fourth line together again. And it gets our second line back together with McM-PLD-Wilson. Current third line has potential.
 
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SherVaughn30

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Shorty Hawks goal was a hell of a backhand top corner. 2nd goal I'm not sure on from LT's point of view. The late goal, I would have liked to see LT use his stick to poke-check the puck, but also his angle in tight on the left post seemed he allowed Danato too much room to come across the crease like that.

That is only the 8th regulation loss for them in 31 games so far.
 

SherVaughn30

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IF I’m reworking the top 6, I might take a flyer with Miro on top line and move Raddysh to 4th line. Not an indictment of Raddysh but more I’d like to get our fourth line together again. And it gets our second line back together with McM-PLD-Wilson. Current third line has potential.
You don't put Miro on the top line when his production has been minimal playing on lower lines. I think you go back to the lines when OV was still healthy and just plug-in for him.
 

SherVaughn30

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Caps had gone 9 games without having a regulation loss. In those 9 games they were 8-0-1. Before that they lost consecutive games 2-1 to the Avs and 3-2 to the Devils, both at home. And now they have the 2 consecutive losses on the road, 3-1 Stars and 3-2 Hawks, after winning 10 in a row.

#FreeMiro
Back to Hershey, where he can be a goal scorer again. He's 20 years old. There is no rush for him to stay in the Caps lineup.
 

SherVaughn30

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As soon as the Caps play badly good old Capsman is back to shit on the team!

sorry I am just channeling @CapitalsCupReality
Capsman doesn't obviously know what he's talking about. Carbs said he liked a lot how they played against the Stars, but did not get some bounces to go their way. Against the Stars they lost on some small details. The kind that can go either way when one good team plays another good team.
 

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You don't put Miro on the top line when his production has been minimal playing on lower lines. I think you go back to the lines when OV was still healthy and just plug-in for him.
Which is exactly what I am doing. Insert Miro in OV spot. Put Raddysh back on 4th line. All lines stay the same with Miro slotting in for OV.
 
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