Series Discussion: M1: New York Rangers, a subsidiary of Tom Wilson Real Estate, Inc vs WC2: Perpetrators of Horrifying Acts of Violence

[DWGie26]

Had to go back to my old Avatar now that we are down 3-0. Need to change up the mojo.

I sure hope the Caps bring some grit and energy in Game 4! But i fear they are just going to play Lady Byng hockey.

 

[HTFN]

It is what it is.

They're not supposed to be here. Punch in, punch out. I really don't care, this team was never winning four series.

The whole point of this year and this run was to give guys like CMM, Lapierre, and Protas a firsthand look at what it really, really means to throw down in the playoffs so that they can go train in the offseason and become little freaks.

Might happen, probably won't the way I dream it, but this is a group of guys still getting used to seeing daily NHL minutes who just got a healthy dose of how the playoff game f***s with what's real and what isn't compared to the 82 game season... We take that. Those guys aren't going to be happy with being swept if that's the case either, which only gives them more to draw from.

 

[Roshi]

we killed ourselves in this series. With our special teams play.

5v5 in g2 and g3 was a tie. We got more powerplays and got scored twice by shg, and we are lucky with that because they could have scored like 5 shgs.. we did get 2 ppgs but either of those were really a product of powerplay, both were rush plays.

Basically id say our 5v5 gameplan was fine and getting results. Not a bad achievement vs President Trophy winners. Ill take that as a consolation.

Hopefully this is a turning point when they finally have balls to change both, the personnel and strategy for PP. Its been haunting us for a few years now.

Its not a suprise we got beaten by the Rangers and im still happy we made it to the playoffs. Take it as a lesson and continue developing through the Hershey model. Make adjustments. And we can be here next year too, maybe with some more fight to deliver.

The younger guys did their part this time. Give them a bigger part of it for next go.

Id also say Laviolette did great job recognizing our weak points and hitting them hard. Rangers didnt need to be at their A game in this series, they were mostly ”timely” and optimistic. As we should have been to make this a series. We havent really cracked any weaknesses from them and havent been able to use our momentums.

 

[PlushMinus]

Rags fans have vaulted up there with sPitt fans for me. Their "oh it was clean, you just don't know hockey" crap about Rempe's hit is classless. Not rooting for any career ending injuries but wouldn't shed a tear if any of their guys have postseason ending injuries. NY can go cry after missing out on the Cup again.

Their fanbase are assholes. I added them to my list a couple of seasons ago.

Pens
Boston
Rangers
Isles (tier 2 assholes - these ones ^^^ are top tier)

 

[g00n]

Caps frustrated by Rempe's hit on van Riemsdyk

Capitals players and coaches are frustrated with Rangers rookie Matt Rempe for his questionable hit on Trevor van Riemsdyk in Game 3 of their series on Friday night.

www.espn.com

Shocking.

 

[tycoonheart]

Rags fans have vaulted up there with sPitt fans for me. Their "oh it was clean, you just don't know hockey" crap about Rempe's hit is classless. Not rooting for any career ending injuries but wouldn't shed a tear if any of their guys have postseason ending injuries. NY can go cry after missing out on the Cup again.

All NY sports teams fans are awful. NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB. All of them. Insufferable.

 

[RandyHolt]

Not even a good talking to for Rempe. So Caps defensemen should expect that to happen again and aggressively crosscheck anyone that tries to run them right in the chops and protect themselves.

 

[usiel]

Before the series began in the poll in the mains thread I selected Rangers in five but it doesn't look like that will even happen. I guess Ted makes out of this the best with two playoff games to cash in on. I've watched hockey too long to have much patience for really rooting a not good team down the stretch that sucked just enough less than other teams to slip in on the last day of the season. After watching the first game of the series nothing has been surprising tbh.

Edit: Had picked Rangers in 6 must have been drunker than normal.

 

[g00n]

Before the series began in the poll in the mains thread I selected Rangers in five but it doesn't look like that will even happen. I guess Ted makes out of this the best with two playoff games to cash in on. I've watched hockey too long to have much patience for really rooting a not good team down the stretch that sucked just enough less than other teams to slip in on the last day of the season. After watching the first game of the series nothing has been surprising tbh.

I can understand how the first 2 games went.

I don't understand the lack of response in game 3.

 

[RandyHolt]

We have seen it so many teams. A team comes out flat yes even in playoff games. Game 2 we looked like we cared but 1 and 3 were just like 2 preseason games especially with all the kids in there.

Start Darcy fresh off winning a cup.

 

[DWGie26]

I don’t know… I feel like we are going to win tonight! gotta have some moxi and win one. Then we’ll go on to the next one. But gotta leave it all of the ice today. And that starts with taking some bodies and not worrying about taking a penalty!

 

[Hivemind]

At least game 4 was mildly entertaining and Lapierre showed some passion. But this was a wet fart of a series where the franchise got embarrassed by the coach they just fired.

 

[hb13xchamps]

The majority of the Rangers fans on this board are either 12 years old or have the same mental capacity of a 12 year old

 

[g00n]

At least game 4 was mildly entertaining and Lapierre showed some passion. But this was a wet fart of a series where the franchise got embarrassed by the coach they just fired.

The same people who blamed everything on Lavi are now shocked that he beat us, and now blame the new coach who has an even worse roster.

HF Caps in a nutshell

 

[IafrateOvie34]

At least game 4 was mildly entertaining and Lapierre showed some passion. But this was a wet fart of a series where the franchise got embarrassed by the coach they just fired.

Kind of easy when you have a Vezina and Norris trophy winner on the roster and guys not over 35.

 

[DWGie26]

The same people who blamed everything on Lavi are now shocked that he beat us, and now blame the new coach who has an even worse roster.

HF Caps in a nutshell

I’m not surprised. Lavi is a good coach. Didn’t work here. But i love Carberry. I think he will bring in 1 or 2 of his guys. I think Love and mueller could go.

 

[g00n]

This series was like watching the Globetrotters vs the Generals and yelling at the tv when the ref lets the Globetrotters do whatever the hell they want all game long. Then do that for 4 games.

 

[marcel snapshot]

Lavi’s PK strategy of aggressively attacking any Cap with the puck - especially Ovi - was certainly borne of his knowledge about the team (especially minus a semi-healthy Nicky and a semi-engaged Kuzy). Lappy - and Strome at times - we’re the only Caps to show poise with the puck. It was hand grenade city otherwise

 

[g00n]

Lavi’s PK strategy of aggressively attacking any Cap with the puck - especially Ovi - was certainly borne of his knowledge about the team (especially minus a semi-healthy Nicky and a semi-engaged Kuzy). Lappy - and Strome at times - we’re the only Caps to show poise with the puck. It was hand grenade city otherwise

Yes and this is especially true because the PP is designed to flow in predictable patterns that eventually funnel the puck to Ovie for the one-timer, or Oshie in the slot or the point shot from Carlson at probably a 60/20/20 split. That means you can usually pressure everyone else without worrying about the guy nearby filling any gap.

The book on them has always been to not let them set up, but when they do they can be more easily broken down as the older guys are less able to deal with pressure.

 

[NoVaCapsFan]

Yes and this is especially true because the PP is designed to flow in predictable patterns that eventually funnel the puck to Ovie for the one-timer, or Oshie in the slot or the point shot from Carlson at probably a 60/20/20 split. That means you can usually pressure everyone else without worrying about the guy nearby filling any gap.

The book on them has always been to not let them set up, but when they do they can be more easily broken down as the older guys are less able to deal with pressure.

And don’t forget the part about not being able to get into the zone. Holy crap that was painful to watch. Just once I wanted to hear, “The Capitals decline the penalty.”

 

[RandyHolt]

We make suck

At least Fever got a good shot on Rempelstiltskin to make me feel better about the futility of the series. Fever may be our Orpiker aka best hitter on D - when he wants to be. We needed PPGs to have a chance but instead gave up shorties. f*** Fox that little embellishment queen punk should have been squashed in game 1. See y'all at Dev Camp in July. Or tomorrow.

 

[VaCaps Fan]

Plus we didn’t fire Lavi, just let his contract expire.

 

[legionista]

No surprises this series, except I thought Caps would at least get one at home but here we are.

We need to get a couple centers that can really pass the puck around in the off-season, not only to get Ovie to beat the record but the creativity of a Kuzy like guy or two would make such a huge difference, especially on our fledgling PP.

The big names aside from Carlson disappointed, but I'm also disappointed in guys like Protas. He's a big body and it just seems he's always slow and predictable on the puck, he's 23 and hopefully develops but who knows.

GO Bears!

 

[g00n]

And don’t forget the part about not being able to get into the zone. Holy crap that was painful to watch. Just once I wanted to hear, “The Capitals decline the penalty.”

Yeah that's part of not letting them get set up. It was painful.

 

[BiPolar Caps]

I’m not surprised. Lavi is a good coach. Didn’t work here. But i love Carberry. I think he will bring in 1 or 2 of his guys. I think Love and mueller could go.

Agree. When Laviolette departed after last season I said that he was a good coach but just not the right coach for the team. Carberry is the right coach for this team as it moves on.