Just one game. Cats lost too who apparently only have to wake up to win the East. We’ll be aiight. A wise man once said he wouldn’t be surprised if every game goes to OT.
GDT: Lloyd vs Canes
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SherVaughn30
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Not the scoreboard but the way this team played tonight, reminded me very similar to R1G3 in Montreal! The Caps adjusted for G4!
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I suppose Carbery didn't have them prepared for Game 3 in Montreal, as well?!
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Understandable to feel that right now given that the game and the ending just happened. Just give it a day or two and they'll be right back in it cheering on the Caps to crush their opponents.
People joke about cope and justifiably so. But coping is such a naturally human behavior. We all do it and we all do it in different ways.
Caps fans will be back and ready in time for Game 2 where we put on a much much better effort from start to finish.
SherVaughn30
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Just reflecting on moments of this game.
- Leonard was thinking too much/nervous on his breakaway chance. He had the right idea, but he was a split sec late releasing it off his back-hand.
- Tom Wilson shanked a back door pass to the right post. Andersen had no chance on it had Wilson got full stick blade on that puck.
- Earlier in this thread I said the 1st Canes goal was Protas/Alexeyev's faults. It was as this was Protas 2nd playoff game since coming back from the cut on his foot. Alexeyev, there is a reason he has been given limited minutes each game. He can't be trusted regularly like Fever would normally be. That type of play never should have been executed in the first place considering how high risk that sort of breakout from below the goal line is, plus the fact Alexeyev was trusted on that play(he's not a good enough of a d-man to complete a play like that so high risk).
- Leonard was thinking too much/nervous on his breakaway chance. He had the right idea, but he was a split sec late releasing it off his back-hand.
- Tom Wilson shanked a back door pass to the right post. Andersen had no chance on it had Wilson got full stick blade on that puck.
- Earlier in this thread I said the 1st Canes goal was Protas/Alexeyev's faults. It was as this was Protas 2nd playoff game since coming back from the cut on his foot. Alexeyev, there is a reason he has been given limited minutes each game. He can't be trusted regularly like Fever would normally be. That type of play never should have been executed in the first place considering how high risk that sort of breakout from below the goal line is, plus the fact Alexeyev was trusted on that play(he's not a good enough of a d-man to complete a play like that so high risk).
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I have been a serious fan since '87. My skin is thick enough that I don't give up on them like I did when I was much younger. They won a Cup already, so I'm a lot more relaxed win or lose in a playoff game. The way they played tonight, the team minus LT deserved to lose in OT. Caps had almost no offensive attack tonight, yet lost in OT and not regulation! LT played phenomenal and Protas scored his 1st playoff goal. Both positives tonight. The team will be a lot better next game. You think Andersen will do so well if he has to face a lot more than 14 shots?
I don't think Tom Wilson had much fun tonight.
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Don’t label me. Ever. I don’t do that to you. Check my posts, doom and gloom isn’t my thing.
They were horrible. If that happens again, they will get swept. I don’t feel good about their chances in Carolina. I just don’t.
They are already in trouble. They just are
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I was willing as hard as I could, but my willing skills were rusty (kind of like the caps). I think the next game the willing will be stronger and the rust will be less rusty.
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Maybe it's the system that Carbery has or maybe partially the type of roster, Caps are very much a team that needs to stay in rhythm. If you want to call it an excuse so be it, as the Caps don't play well at at all being 6 days of no games played. The Canes are different, as they are a better skating team that doesn't need to be in rhythm as much. Canes haven't changed for most part as their coaching philosophy is the same in the playoffs. They start out fast knocking out their 1st round opponent(Devils were very fragile), but 2nd and 3rd round they fizzle out, having goal scoring issues. Despite how bad the Caps played, minus LT, the Canes needed OT to finish us! Canes are probably thinking they don't need to change much other than finish some good scoring chances they had. For the Caps, they are not going to play any worse then they did in Game 1. This Game 1 reminded me a good deal of Game 3 against the Habs. The Caps have good leadership to bounce back in Game 2.
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Yeah, nothing ot do w/ fragility. I was there, first playoff game in years. I made a late post after getting home & a snack in the Caps-Canes playoff thread. You can look at it if you want.
Caps were outplayed from start to finish. In a few words, Caps were sloppy.
Caps need to get this to 2-2 (or better??). I'd root for them in any case, but there's little chance Caps would come back from 1-3. LT kept them in the game. Without his play it never goes to OT. PERIOD.
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They had the best spectator seats for this one.
Thompson was great, nearly stole this. Other than that? Yikes. Canes were the same team they always were, Caps were not themselves. They didn't get to their game at any point and i don't think they had a sequence where they had 5+ passes completed in a row. Puck was handled like a grenade and not only it took away all their speed but it got them in all kinds of trouble inside the D zone too. They couldn't get the puck out. Hell they couldn't even get the puck out on the PK where it's allowed to just shoot it down the ice.
Playing like a scared 8th seed that's just happy to be here. Canes will make a quick work of this if they can't find their game.
Thompson was great, nearly stole this. Other than that? Yikes. Canes were the same team they always were, Caps were not themselves. They didn't get to their game at any point and i don't think they had a sequence where they had 5+ passes completed in a row. Puck was handled like a grenade and not only it took away all their speed but it got them in all kinds of trouble inside the D zone too. They couldn't get the puck out. Hell they couldn't even get the puck out on the PK where it's allowed to just shoot it down the ice.
Playing like a scared 8th seed that's just happy to be here. Canes will make a quick work of this if they can't find their game.
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Shame to lose a game like this.
I don't know why everybody's is w***ing over their shoot volume. ESPN did that the whole game. The majority of shots I would even say "shots" are not dangerous.
If not an error by PRO/AA LT gets his shutout.
We miss Marty too much. We need the #6D to play at least 14 minutes.
I don't know why everybody's is w***ing over their shoot volume. ESPN did that the whole game. The majority of shots I would even say "shots" are not dangerous.
If not an error by PRO/AA LT gets his shutout.
We miss Marty too much. We need the #6D to play at least 14 minutes.
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The Majority of the Canes 33 shots were perimeter shots. Caps had 2 big mistakes, the botched Protas/Alexeyev pass exchange and the OT Slavin shot that wasn't blocked, which I think would be referred to as a 'seeing eye shot' in heavy traffic in front of LT. Caps lost this game because they were chasing and defending in their own end for the majority of the game.
I'm gonna spin this into a positive. It took the Canes OT to beat us, because there are some flaws in the Canes system! Every opponent they face, the Canes try to do the same thing which is to jump on the opponent fast, with high pressure and shots from anywhere. When it goes into their favor, it results in multi-goal leads for them. But when they don't have any goals to show for it, it has backfired on them. The Canes could have lost this game, but didn't because the Caps had poor execution from the opening faceoff.
The Canes have had this playoff issue many times before where they get no further than ECF(twice under Brind 'Armour). They always have had scoring issues, as they move onto the next round. They start the playoffs fast and slow down in each round after.
The Caps can look bad at times losing sprints, because they always play for the long game as that is how the team is designed. For some here they foolishly feel the Caps will get swept the way they lost in Game 1, but the series will end differently than a sweep. Since the Rags swept them last year in the playoffs, the Caps have proven all the naysayers/doubters wrong up to this point. I don't think they are about to appease to everybody now! With the way LT is playing, it would not surprise me if the Caps won 4 straight(I don't think that will actually happen, but this Caps team is far from over)!
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I agree with this. Canes aren’t perfect either, there’s a reason why they all throw the puck on net so much. I don’t think they have any line as potent as the Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovsky line we faced in round 1, but they’re a much deeper team than Montreal.
I have a lot of faith in Carbs and the players, it’s only one game. It’s never over until it’s over has been proven time and time again this year in multiple series.
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I am going to assume we had Protas on 4 for the entire week...
Because why again.
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He wasn't really the only one... the very few times where Caps managed to break out with speed and create a rush chance they actually really didn't end up with a SOG on many of those. Leonard thinking way too long. CMM on his own chance took the puck behind the net. Even Dubois early on took himself on a really bad angle and basically played himself out of the prime scoring areas so the D got in there to harass that pass enough.
They aren't going to get too many rush chances against the Canes who clog up the neutral zone like the best teams so when you get those few chances then just take the f***ing shot. All those players i mentioned, CMM, Leonard and Dubois. All of them have great shots. There is just no excuse not to use it, like Protas showed there on his goal. The Canes goalies are vulnerable, but if you end up missing the shots on great chances entirely and only have 14 shots then they aren't going to win a single game here.
Find, and simplify their game. Don't come out with your pants down and handle the puck like it's grenade again. This isn't last season and this team is filled with players who can move the puck, even under pressure. But if they have zero puck control during the game, they won't find their speed and they won't have chance to use their physicality and it's going to be more of the same we saw here. They need to muddy up the waters and make these games as painful as they can for the Canes. Canes forecheck is going to be relentless the entire time if the Caps can't control the puck at all. It's not really tiring for a team that doesn't need to defend other than go pick up the puck once in a while in your own zone when the other team dumps it in to get a change.
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I thought this was weird too. I couldn’t give less of a shit about shots taken, I’ve watched a billion Caps series where we lose with way more shots taken, shots get blocked in the playoffs.
Now they mythical SOG I care about but ESPN refuses to show that stat.
Overall, they sucked, worst game I’ve seen them play this playoffs, that said, even playing like ass they went to OT. It’s more of a testament that if we can right the ship we’ve got the talent.
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It’s one game fellas, it happens. This is probably going seven so hunker down. Positive vibes !
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And on home ice is the thing. Pathetic.
They looked every bit of their age. All of them. You have to credit Carolina for pretty constantly being in their grill, though.
This series comes down to second effort. Who on this team gives that? PLD? Protas? Maybe Wilson? Roy? It's not an overly long list so it's tough to love their chances unless every single player manages to be much better.
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