Series Talk: [M1] Washington Capitals vs [WC2] Montreal Canadiens (WAS Leads 3-1)

[CapitalsXTC]

you are all arguing over the hit and personally I don't care about the hit. I care that the refs let the play continue. There was a player in distress and the puck was in the Washington end of the ice. It should have been blown dead.

I get it, it went against The Habs so the haters throw a party but those are same guys that will be here crying in the next round if/when it happens to your team.

so a hockey player that just got wrecked, gets up and skates to the bench under his own power is a player in "distress"? Bro, you are either a complete homer with blinders on or maybe soccer is a better sport for you to be watching. Its not only hockey but PLAYOFF hockey...suck it up

 

[Ray Mercer]

Wilson is a literal unicorn

It's definitely hard to find guys like Wilson. They are far and few between and perfect for the playoffs. He's better than a young prime Lucic and not as good as a prime Cam Neely. I wish the Habs had him.

 

[Gamimenos]

But if hes not back to scoring next season, theres no way you can invest in such a player unless its short term for relatively cheap.... Tell yourself Hutson and Demidov = ~$20M cap hit in a few years, and they already have $24M from the first line. Gotta spend wisely going forward even with the cap going up.

Hell, even if he does score on, say, a 30 goal/55 point pace next season, I think hes going to badly age with his injury history. Especially being tall, it doesnt help.

You're absolutely right. His height and injury history don't do his case any favours, and knee injuries are problematic even for younger players to get through (Dach is an example of this).

If we need to decide between keeping other pieces like Hutson and Demidov, vs paying Laine, I'm dropping Laine like a hot potato.

 

[BallardEra]

Why is the Wilson hit even still being debated? Move on.

Where is the penalty, disciplinary hearing or the fine almost 24 hours later if the league had an issue with it?

Blows my mind how some fans are such homers.

 

[teamfirst]

and to think I basically had no opinion of habs fans before this series. Just crazy.

Cool, now you have an idea of what the 5 to 6 millions Habs fan are like just by reading this thread......amasing

 

[CostaRica]

Didn't we used to call these blindside hits? I think it was predatory and he should get a call at least.

I would prefer he gets put down like Putins dog!

Whining like Hasek is probably why you can’t see a powerful and legal hit.
Wipe away the tears and watch it again, clearly a good hockey hit!!

 

[bud12]

It's definitely hard to find guys like Wilson. They are far and few between and perfect for the playoffs. He's better than a young prime Lucic and not as good as a prime Cam Neely. I wish the Habs had him.

Wilson is definitely not better than a prime Lucic. Not even close in fact.

 

[Fatass]

Wilson is definitely not better than a prime Lucic. Not even close in fact.

Wilson is the far superior skater. Lucic was great, but not for his skating. The era he played at his best suited his game.

 

[bud12]

Wilson is the far superior skater. Lucic was great, but not for his skating. The era he played at his best suited his game.

Yes, Wilson was a far better skater and a better shit disturber. That's about it.

 

[Fatass]

Yes, Wilson was a far better skater and a better shit disturber. That's about it.

It’s a huge advantage to have a big, mean, tough as hell, guy playing top line minutes. Lucic played that role and Wilson does now. These are unicorn players.

 

[Habs13]

Love the nastiness in this series... wish Habs had played Xhekaj in the first two games but we have a stupid twit for a coach. We ain't done yet! (I hope)

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

Habs have been an extremely resiliant team this season.
Don't expect the caps to win a 4th game easily

 

[Habitant#1]

Yes, Wilson was a far better skater and a better shit disturber. That's about it.

I don't know about Wilson being a better shit disturber.

As a Habs fan, I f***ing *loathed* Lucic down to by bones. Wilson is a premier pest, but I think he goes down too gently for me to respect him enough to actually hate him. Say what you will about Lucic, but at least he didn't dive.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Lucics prime was maybe 3-4 years. He was done in 2014 when dale weise made a clown of him

 

[pezpunk]

I don't know about Wilson being a better shit disturber.

As a Habs fan, I f***ing *loathed* Lucic down to by bones. Wilson is a premier pest, but I think he goes down too gently for me to respect him enough to actually hate him. Say what you will about Lucic, but at least he didn't dive.

lol he isn’t after your respect.

 

[Dr John Carlson]

Yes, Wilson was a far better skater and a better shit disturber. That's about it.

Wilson is clearly superior defensively, mostly thanks to his skating. Also logs tons of PK minutes, unlike Lucic.

 

[bud12]

Wilson is clearly superior defensively, mostly thanks to his skating. Also logs tons of PK minutes, unlike Lucic.

Still doesn't come close to prime lucic.

 

[John Price]

Big hitter.

 

[Ray Mercer]

Wilson is definitely not better than a prime Lucic. Not even close in fact.

This year Wilson surpassed Lucic's best year point total with 33 goals and 32 assists. Lucic had some great early years in Boston but he was horrendous in Calgary and should have performed much better in Edmonton with the talent he was playing with. I think if you were to put Wilson right now with Mcdavid and Draisaitl he would be putting up some big numbers.

 

[pezpunk]

The thing about Wilson is he can actually play extremely good hockey. Dude put up 30 goals this year! When other teams are searching their scratch list for goons to counteract him .. man that’s exactly what we want. Go ahead, make your team slower and dumber just to chase a fight that’ll never happen and wouldn’t affect the outcome if it did.

 

[PlushMinus]

Amidst all of this discussion regarding the hit, reffing, etc, I just want to say I really do hope Carrier is okay and is able to recover. He looks like he's been a great player for the Hab and I would hate to see him miss time.

The dude has been hit 20 times in this series. They showed the stats before the final hit by Wilson.

I doubt he will be back.

 

[teamfirst]

The thing about Wilson is he can actually play extremely good hockey. Dude put up 30 goals this year! When other teams are searching their scratch list for goons to counteract him .. man that’s exactly what we want. Go ahead, make your team slower and dumber just to chase a fight that’ll never happen and wouldn’t affect the outcome if it did.

A game changer that's for sure.......still hate him

 

[CapsSkins]

Whining about the officiating should be a suspendable offense (for either team). It makes these threads completely unreadable. Maybe there ought to be a contained thread for all officiating-related discussion so the other threads can breathe and cover anything/everything else.

Anywho, hoping Protas comes back for Game 5. He's arguably the Caps' best player and can cover for Ovechkin's defensive deficiencies in a way Beauvillier won't, not to mention he's a big part of our PK.

I picked Caps in 5 before the series started and feeling good about the prediction headed into Wednesday. We're back at home where Carbery has last change and can play the matchup game, also the physical game should start paying real dividends in the series.

Hutson is a very talented young player but he's been directly responsible for multiple Goals Against and has been a bit soft this series. "Welcome to the playoffs" moment for him. And Dobes doesn't look too confident between the pipes.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Still doesn't come close to prime lucic.

Which year was “Prime Lucic”? I mean production wise Wilson just beat Lucic’s best.

 

[the paisanos guy]

just so happy as a Habs fan to see how far the team has come in a short period of time. And the series has a perfect amount of heat to it, what a blast to watch. Hoping to win 3 in a row but we could lose tomorrow and I'd still come away feeling excited for the future