Post-Game Talk: Qualifying Round Game 1: Caps vs Bolts | Mon, 8/3 | 4p ET

[CapitalsCupReality]

Well thank you Vasilevskiy for 2 goals lol

two howlers....

 

[txpd]

Reirden fired

 

[TRASHCAT]

more like ASSSilevski amirite?

 

[Carlzner]

HFBoards Doom & Gloom right before a Caps comeback.

Hockey really is back

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Holtby looked good for those 2 periods. Let's see what Vanecek has

Try to win the damn game

 

[Skrudland2Lomakin]

Do you really think TR tapped Oshie on the shoulder and told him to fight?

No, that's not how it works. I think the bench clearly was talking about how they needed a spark, an engaged coach would then tap someone like Hathaway and tell him to make it happen. When you're passive it allows for guys you don't want to step up like that. I don't fault Oshie, that's why he is the player he is. I fault Reirden for not having his pulse on the bench. Also, it's not unheard of for a coach to tell a player to not do that shit again. Listen to interviews with former enforcers and they talk all the time about how hot under the collar coaches would get if top talent would fight.

 

[GoCaps2004]

Holtby looked good for those 2 periods. Let's see what Vanecek has

is that the plan? can't imagine that they're risking anything and putting vanecek into a game that has some importance

 

[max21]

Kuzys stick looked kinda cool

 

[txpd]

two howlers....

That second goal. The shot was deflected. Wasnt it?

 

[marcel snapshot]

Thought their plan was to sit Holts after 2

 

[Skrudland2Lomakin]

come on....that’s on Oshie wanting that himself. Ideal no.

Why 21 isn’t doing that, who knows?

I don't fault Oshie, as you mentioned, that fire is why he's so likable. I fault TR for not instilling the roles in his players more. I well regulated team has guys knowing exactly what their job is and you see less of that type of stuff.

 

[artilector]

"If you want money, go to the bank. If you want bread, go to the bakery. If you want goals, go to the net." -- The Leader of Men

That quote really was the high point of the Laich era.

 

[Tweedsuitcase]

Yea...Oshie trying to get some momentum. Create some energy. Seems like actual rudder to me

seems like he did just what his team needed to me, too

 

[kicksavedave]

HFBoards Doom & Gloom right before a Caps comeback.

Hockey really is back

Its like we have forgotten that hockey games have:=

1. Periods of sloppy play
2. Periods of disinterested play
3. Greasy goals by skilled players
4. Fights by players who can also score
5. Changes in momentum

Demands to fire the coach after items 1-4.

 

[txpd]

Pre Oshie fight 2-0 TB. Post Oshie fight 2-2.

 

[Silky mitts]

Really? I wasn’t able to watch that much

Dillon and Orlov had corsis in the 70s, that line had corsis in the 30s

 

[hb13xchamps]

Yanni Gourde is the asshat who went after Vrana in the Kempny injury game. Might have been a little retribution there by Oshie

 

[twabby]

I’m not going to praise Oshie for fighting but I am going to praise him to be smart enough to at least make it a crappy fight with no real damage done

 

[kicksavedave]

Pre Oshie fight 2-0 TB. Post Oshie fight 2-2.

Reirden is a genius for sending Osh out there to take one for the team

 

[chilimac]

Tampa with zero SOG the last 11 mins of the second period.(I think)

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

I don't fault Oshie, as you mentioned, that fire is why he's so likable. I fault TR for not instilling the roles in his players more. I well regulated team has guys knowing exactly what their job is and you see less of that type of stuff.

True, but often a star player getting dirty sparks a team like no other. I don’t want it often, but it’s what I love about Oshie, the willingness to do anything for the team.

 

[twabby]

Yanni Gourde is the asshat who went after Vrana in the Kempny injury game. Might have been a little retribution there by Oshie

Yanni Gourde is also the guy who couldn’t bury the puck into a wide open net in Game 7 in 2018

 

[hockeykicker]

is that the plan? can't imagine that they're risking anything and putting vanecek into a game that has some importance

They said vanacek was gonna start one of the next 2 games

 

[txpd]

Why Oshie though? A top 6 player with a history of injury's and is second on our team in scoring? Why allow a player like that to "get some momentum" when you have guys in the bottom 6 who literally have fighting as a part of their arsenal.

Because that is Oshie. Remember the air going out of them when Oshie was injured last season. Schenn crosschecked Kuzy in the knee and Oshie was the guy that fought him. Fighting is part of Oshie's arsenal. You know that.

BTW....Wilson is top 6 too

 

[artilector]

I don't fault Oshie, as you mentioned, that fire is why he's so likable. I fault TR for not instilling the roles in his players more. I well regulated team has guys knowing exactly what their job is and you see less of that type of stuff.

Come on, mountain out of a mole hill. I think if anything, Oshie was trying to get himself going.

 

[Skrudland2Lomakin]

PP is Windows 95 slow with Kempny running the point. I never thought it would be so noticeable without Carlson QBing it.


Glad we got a goal, hopefully it relaxes the PP a bit. I think they're just trying to force it, they're gripping their sticks too tight and have basically no creativity, it's just "set up the Ovi thing". As much as Kuzy makes me bang my head against the wall, when you let him possess the puck a bit on PP and get stupid he can really pull the defense out.