GDT: Lloyd vs Canes

[SherVaughn30]

Whatever was done in practice in those 6 days, was not ramped up enough!

 

[TRASHCAT]

carb needs a cattle prod behind the bench

 

[pman25]

Canes have room to improve as well, they also seemed a bit clunky. Next time, those Canes hit the net instead of like 5 posts and it’s a blowout.

Which brings me back to my original point. It’s over, we need to be freaking out rn

 

[Dr John Carlson]

They were beaten to every loose puck and lost almost every 50/50 battle. Wild that they looked so tired after almost a full week off.

Carolina's just really good, and the only way Washington wins the series is if they convert on their chances in tight games... and that's one opportunity already slipped away.

 

[SherVaughn30]

Need to split at home and away now…minimum…

No, stop getting ahead of everything! The focus is playing smarter/better in Game 2 and push hard to win the game, and not think anymore ahead!

 

[bacchist]

I just need to know

 

[CactusCap]

Caps played like a team happy to win their first series in a while. Canes played like a team on a mission for the Cup.

 

[twabby]

Once again I blame the fans for this loss. Didn't will their team to victory in a time of need.

But for real, I think they need to play Protas all game and Dubois/Wilson need to have more of an impact.

 

[RedRocking]

I don’t mean to overreact to one game. But as a bigger picture point - this why I get tired of drafting bad skaters and hoping to fix them.

Then acting shocked when facing teams that beat you to every spot. Again, it’s one game, and it’s not just skating obviously - need faster/better decision making, and better firmness on the puck.

The Canes system isn’t some mystery, it’s basically a 2-1-2 forecheck. Our guys just have to be faster and smarter getting out of our zone.

 

[SherVaughn30]

Canes have room to improve as well, they also seemed a bit clunky. Next time, those Canes hit the net instead of like 5 posts and it’s a blowout.

Which brings me back to my original point. It’s over, we need to be freaking out rn

Unless you are using some kind of reverse psychology here, just don't leave and stop posting such negative crap after just R2G1!

 

[TRASHCAT]

Which brings me back to my original point. It’s over, we need to be freaking out rn

Ill pass

 

[Ridley Simon]

They were terrible. Looks like a sweep.

I need to step away for a few days. That was too upsetting

 

[Langway]

This is where that quiet deadline bites them I think. I mean, I get it. Does this group really have the stamina at this stage regardless? Realistically, probably not.

It's alright. It's just the normal sorting process. They either lock in or don't but the lack of physicality in this one again suggests IMO that they may not have The Juice. Plenty of time for them to respond but there are definite limitations up front 5v5 in terms of quality creation and explosiveness in uphill situations where they're not turning the screws on teams. I don't think they can even try to be a hunker down counterpunch type team. They do score in transition, sure, but against this team they've got to put up more of a fight controlling the puck.

 

[mad4comp]

lol f***ing A man

We are really doing this

Lose game 1 in OT and its franchise altering

We got this

It should be... hutson/cristall/miro can't get here fast enough. This team is slow and unskilled. Shooting at a 30% clip every game is not feasible. Even the habs exposed them... if not for the physicality aspect, we'd have lost those games as well. Still waiting for that switch to be "turned on"

 

[caps4cup]

I don’t mean to overreact to one game. But as a bigger picture point - this why I get tired of drafting bad skaters and hoping to fix them.

Then acting shocked when facing teams that beat you to every spot. Again, it’s one game, and it’s not just skating obviously - need faster/better decision making, and better firmness on the puck.

The Canes system isn’t some mystery, it’s basically a 2-1-2 forecheck. Our guys just have to be faster and smarter getting out of our zone.

I mean, I would say Protas, Leonard, and McMichael had the most jump of anyone on the team and those are the most recent draftees that played tonight. Strome is slow. Ovechkin and Carlson have never been fast and are getting old. Dowd (foot speed) and Eller (taking way too long to make decisions with the puck) stood out like sore thumbs for different reasons. But as someone alluded to previously, Staal is pretty slow but looked fast compared to other guys because they played decisive as a team while the Caps looked extremely hesitant.

Carolina is fast in general, but the Caps made them look that much faster because they couldn’t handle pucks, weren’t winning battles, and were very slow in their decision making. Their last matchup of the regular season looked much different. Not taking anything away from Carolina as they played well, but the Caps were also just atrocious. They have a few system things they can tweak, but the effort needs to improve more than anything.

 

[Nice]

Wingers looked scared to get the puck on half boards almost every breakout. Just hoping not to cough up the puck. Lack of Fever was glaring too

 

[bacchist]

I mean, I would say Protas, Leonard, and McMichael had the most jump of anyone on the team and those are the most recent draftees that played tonight. Strome is slow. Ovechkin and Carlson have never been fast and are getting old. Dowd (foot speed) and Eller (taking way too long to make decisions with the puck) stood out like sore thumbs for different reasons. But as someone alluded to previously, Staal is pretty slow but looked fast compared to other guys because they played decisive as a team while the Caps looked extremely hesitant.

Carolina is fast in general, but the Caps made them look that much faster because they couldn’t handle pucks, weren’t winning battles, and were very slow in their decision making. Their last matchup of the regular season looked much different. Not taking anything away from Carolina as they played well, but the Caps were also just atrocious. They have a few system things they can tweak, but the effort needs to improve more than anything.

Did you just say Ovechkin was never fast?

 

[IafrateOvie34]

I'm not too worried about it. They get paid millions of dollars and that kind of effort was an insult to fans who paid big bucks for those tickets. In life we make mistakes and learn from them. The Caps haven't learned to clear pucks and every team faces injuries in the playoffs. I wasn't too into the game at the start due to Spring chores and got more into in the 2nd. It looked like the heavy Caps in the 2nd. Next game I'm going to watch from my building or garage while I do work out there. They can't say they didn't get chances with the PP either. They had them and kept doing the same old slingshot and lazy stuff. I do feel for LT and the Canes deserved that win. The only positive for me was the PK kills and LT. To watch that game and the those Game 7s out West was like watching pee wee hockey to me.

 

[Coldnwindy]

I'll save my hot takes for when the series ends. Just glad that the team is playing in round 2 for the first time in years.

 

[EroCaps]

They looked way too ponderous in this game and the Canes were on every breakout pass. They need to make quicker decisions and hit or this will be a short series.

Weird effort.

 

[NoVaCapsFan]

Coach Carbery will have ideas about what to fix and how. The team is resilient and finds ways to respond after a loss. I think they have earned some trust from us fans. So let’s not freak out …. Still much hockey to be played.

 

[Corby78]

That reminded me of the last time we played them in the playoffs. Hanging on for dear life. Need an answer in game 2 or this is over

 

[wickedwitch]

I mean, I would say Protas, Leonard, and McMichael had the most jump of anyone on the team and those are the most recent draftees that played tonight. Strome is slow. Ovechkin and Carlson have never been fast and are getting old. Dowd (foot speed) and Eller (taking way too long to make decisions with the puck) stood out like sore thumbs for different reasons. But as someone alluded to previously, Staal is pretty slow but looked fast compared to other guys because they played decisive as a team while the Caps looked extremely hesitant.

Carolina is fast in general, but the Caps made them look that much faster because they couldn’t handle pucks, weren’t winning battles, and were very slow in their decision making. Their last matchup of the regular season looked much different. Not taking anything away from Carolina as they played well, but the Caps were also just atrocious. They have a few system things they can tweak, but the effort needs to improve more than anything.

There have been a lot of odd takes on this game but saying Ovechkin was never fast might be the oddest. It's objectively false.

 

[thelebaron]

poor passes, errant passes, slipping and trips and self sabotage, its like they just got back from summer vacation and thompson was the only one who did the summer reading

 

[wickedwitch]

The Caps played terribly, but it's still just one game.