GDT: Washington Bullies invade Montreal: Part 1

[ovikovy817]

Pity to lose

Too many costly errors on several goals.
Whining by whole Canadiens media/organization/fans during 4 days paid dividends in game 3
Re focus on G4. When Capitals are in it they can easily come back (the 2-3 minutes response after a goal I love it)
Hope LT is ok.
Would be a shame to not go deep in PO because of key injuries in the time of the year when it maters most.
Fehervary a big loss. Alexeyev won't be trusted to play 18+ minutes per night and it's affect the whole D.

 

[AlexModvechkin8]

You knew the Bell Center would be rocking. Bad game all around, move onto the next. Caps in six was my prediction going in and nothing I’ve seen this series makes me think otherwise, unless LT is done.

 

[MW6]

1. No team finish the playoffs 16-0
2. A 3-2 OT loss is worth just the same as a 6-3 loss
3. It was the first playoff game at the Bell center for a lot of players, next game won’t be.
4. If Caps clean up their part of last nights mess they’ll be victorious.
5. I liked the odds of the Thompson-Montembault matchup, and I like the Lindgren-Dobes matchup. I guess it remains to be seen which matchup it’ll be.
6. Protas is close, which will improve Caps line matching ability, Forecheck and PK.
7. The referees couldn’t handle the pressure of the Bell centre, like expected. Caps can’t let that get to them and stay focused on what they can control.

 

[Misery74]

You get outshot a lot when you cough up the puck constantly for no good reason

oh and when you have to PK 5 power plays (and only have 2 of your own)

oh oh...and about half their shots were from ONE LINE. Guess which one? Caufield had ELEVEN shots by himself.

So let's recap: 2 pp goals agains on 5 PPs, only 2 unconverted PPs for ourselves. Almost all the goals against were on bad, stupid giveaways by our guys. Their 3 top players are responsible for half their shots and ONE GUY took over 25% of their total shots.

DOOOOOOM

Wait, I’m sorry. Let me get this straight, you don’t think they got curb stomped last night?

In no way did I declare the series lost, but I hope they pull their heads out of their assess for game four.

Last night was a shit show.

 

[marcel snapshot]

Habs were hyped, crowd was juiced, some sketchy calls, Caps looked jittery, bench brawl after 2nd takes Tommy off, . . . And yet. 3 minutes into the 3rd period we tie it up 3-3. A great spot to be in after the first 2 periods. But instead of becoming more composed, calming the game down, more shots on Dobes . . . we unravel. Teachable moment for Carbs IMO

 

[pman25]

The problem is obvious.

All those creepy AI images

AI will continue until morale inproves

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Wait, Thompson's hurt?

Well, Hershey's ****ed

 

[zappa4ever]

have we flipped the switch yet?
ouch. not even sure what I witnessed last night

details and effort went down the shitter down the stretch of RS
now we're scrambling and can't keep it together for any long stretches and offense hasn't been clicking much and failing to finish on tons of high-danger chances

We handed over Momentum like halloween candy [/Dale Hunter-bad-bad-bad]

Gm4 hope Big Pro is back and Carbs gets this team playing together

 

[RandyHolt]

It's very odd to see our own players beating up our own G as much as we did last night.

 

[Hacketts]

 

[kicksavedave]

He's supporting his brother, he hasn't signed with the Caps yet, so this is item number 973 on the list of things for Caps management to worry about right now.

 

[BallardEra]

Dale Hunter-bad-bad-bad]

Gm4 hope Big Pro is back and Carbs gets this team playing together

It's going 7 for sure if Caps lose tomorrow.

 

[marcel snapshot]

Think we’re really missing Marty. Best skating defenseman, good puck mover, hits, blocks shots, good PKer - he’s the best-suited D guy to go against the Habs 1st line smurfs and beat their forecheck. We miss him

 

[ahmedou]

 

[TheSmokingMan]

It’s his brother, of course he’s there supporting him.

If you’re going to troll, try harder.

 

[crab]

He's supporting his brother, he hasn't signed with the Caps yet, so this is item number 973 on the list of things for Caps management to worry about right now.

It will be funnier in the end when the Habs fall apart because no one wants to sign there

 

[g00n]

Wait, I’m sorry. Let me get this straight, you don’t think they got curb stomped last night?

In no way did I declare the series lost, but I hope they pull their heads out of their assess for game four.

Last night was a shit show.

It was a tie game into the 3rd period DESPITE all the things I pointed out, and with Wilson in the box for 12 min. We could've won that game despite shooting ourselves on the foot.

They are a one-line team and we are making stupid mistakes in our own end.

These things can be fixed and we were not "curb-stomped" unless you count being stomped by your own boot.

 

[Hacketts]

It’s his brother, of course he’s there supporting him.

If you’re going to troll, try harder.

credit to you guys for being reasonable fans, I would of been annoyed.

 

[IafrateOvie34]

1. No team finish the playoffs 16-0
2. A 3-2 OT loss is worth just the same as a 6-3 loss
3. It was the first playoff game at the Bell center for a lot of players, next game won’t be.
4. If Caps clean up their part of last nights mess they’ll be victorious.
5. I liked the odds of the Thompson-Montembault matchup, and I like the Lindgren-Dobes matchup. I guess it remains to be seen which matchup it’ll be.
6. Protas is close, which will improve Caps line matching ability, Forecheck and PK.
7. The referees couldn’t handle the pressure of the Bell centre, like expected. Caps can’t let that get to them and stay focused on what they can control.

Nobody believes that, but a sweep wasn't impossible for the Caps yet they made it difficult. The frustrating thing is listening to US markets pumping up Montreal and we shouldn't have to mute the play by play. The Caps can beat anyone when focused. Absolutely on Protas. He will give them problems, especially on the PK. I haven't seen the latest on LT's update, but I am comfortable with Chuckie. I want to see more Leonard and not Raddysh going forward.

 

[IafrateOvie34]

Think we’re really missing Marty. Best skating defenseman, good puck mover, hits, blocks shots, good PKer - he’s the best-suited D guy to go against the Habs 1st line smurfs and beat their forecheck. We miss him

Big loss. The hurtful part is it happened really late with nothing in the regular season to fight for.

 

[wickedwitch]

Small thing for these playoffs but big thing long term: look at how Leonard handled Hutson in game 3 vs game 2. Obviously, it's a different situation, but it's really satisfying to see him learn from his mistakes in such a short time span.

 

[Cappy76]

It's very odd to see our own players beating up our own G as much as we did last night.

Sandin got him in the head but Suzuki got him straight in the chest as well

 

[thelebaron]

You knew the Bell Center would be rocking. Bad game all around, move onto the next. Caps in six was my prediction going in and nothing I’ve seen this series makes me think otherwise, unless LT is done.

man I hope LT is just shaken and needs a day or two but it really didnt look good with him being helped off the ice

 

[kicksavedave]

credit to you guys for being reasonable fans, I would of been annoyed.

We got much bigger things to be annoyed by, like our team's play.

 

[Calicaps]

Nobody believes that, but a sweep wasn't impossible for the Caps yet they made it difficult. The frustrating thing is listening to US markets pumping up Montreal and we shouldn't have to mute the play by play. The Caps can beat anyone when focused. Absolutely on Protas. He will give them problems, especially on the PK. I haven't seen the latest on LT's update, but I am comfortable with Chuckie. I want to see more Leonard and not Raddysh going forward.

Nobody believes that BUT, lots of folks here freak out over every bad play and any loss. And it’s exhausting.

Agree on the broadcast. It’s unbearable, but what else is new?

The Caps were objectively terrible last night. But even while playing awful vs a Habs squad giving their best, we were in it until late. And most (all?) of our problems were self-inflicted, largely around failing to skate hard enough to outpace their forecheck. If our guys play consistently at even 3/4 of their ability for 60 minutes they get a different result.