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So, when's football season start?? lol Not sure why Wilson didn't run Panarin. Rempe wouldn't of said no then. Not sure it'd of worked out for Willy, but I'd still like to see it. You can't just let guys get carted off to the room all the time w/o someone paying the bill.

At least the young players are getting a sniff of playoff hockey. Hopefully that transitions next year. Still hoping we can drag them to 5 or 6 games but it's looking awful bleak now. 

6 hours ago, capcrunch98 said:

We may or may not make the playoffs next week. But tonight is basically a Game 7 for our season.

Yup 

Not sure what happened to our spurt of scoring but it's definitely dried up again. Thought they were starting to find a groove last month, but maybe it was just luck and fools gold. And we pay an excessive amount in salary to defense that is bad at playing defense. We screen our own goalie at least 2 or 3 times every game. 😒

I've said before, they're missing the superstar factor. The Strome/Milano/McMichael types can get the job done on occasion (in their secondary points roll) but the superstar center/forward that can consistently put up point(s) per game is missing. No stud #1 center is also why they can't enter the zone very well a man up. 

Somehow in the offseason they need to find a legit replacement for 1 or 2 of Nicky, Oshie, Kuzy, Ovi, Carlson..  Was hoping Miro may step into a roll, but so far he's not got the "it" factor that superstars show. Hopefully in time, but the real ones you can usually tell from the drop.. 

14 hours ago, Fergasun said:

Are they still around?  That's Home Team Sports era.  Good for them. 

 

Oh yea, Joe and Craig still on top of their game. Smokin' Al as well. (Not sure about Mel and Phil, I think they've been replaced? But, I don't follow the Bullets much anymore) 

Sounds like April fools? JoeB and Locker are the best play by play/color commentator team in the league. And I don't even think that's a biased opinion? 

Eww. Only gave up 50 shots on goal. 😒

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Honestly, Im too old for this.  lol 

Unfortunately, no ramping involved. Wilson gonna pay the piper Im afraid. 

Game just got away. Hopefully we'll get better at that with time. And as said, Ovi x2. Could be worse! 

I'd of bet the farm we'd be in tanking mode by now, 8+ points out. But they just won't give up! Good to see. Still a long shot we pull off a playoff bid, but future looks encouraging. 

Who misses the 80's? 🖐️✌️

Only thing we're not "rebuilding" is top 10 talent. Tonight, out of 18 skaters, at least 11 will be considered "young" or prospects. Unfortunately we're just not bad enough to draft that special superstar talent. And I don't see us being there, even when Ovi is gone. We're the 1990-2020 Redskins of the NHL. 😒

Never knew Ozzy wasn't in the hall. Hell, Im surprised most of the names on that list aren't already in. Should add Boston and Bad Company to the list. (and many more) The hall is kindof a joke imo) 

Kuzy has been cleared to return from Player Assistance Program. Glad for him and his family! Now what? That eats greatly into the salary cap we had to play with. Not to mention roster spots, guys up from Hershey who can't be sent back w/o clearing waivers (Sgarbossa), team momentum.. Would not want to be Caps management this week. 

We're either good or bad, there is no in-between with these guys. lol Sucks for Charlie's GA but it's just a loss. Friday looms even larger now! 

McMike's 2nd goal was probably the prettiest goal by any Cap this season. Love to see the stick handle, double dangle plus finish! 

20 hours ago, PokerPacker said:

The Wilson high-sticking call was weak, given Newhook pushed the stick up into his own face.  Not to mention the Carlson penalty that lead to the Canadiens' 3rd goal was a phantom slash.

Im not sure they got a single call right last night? The high stick they called, then huddled up and decided it didn't happen. But it did. lol Just a poor night for the zebras start to finish. Im a firm believer, if they're going to waste time huddling up to decide something, they should just go to the monitor and see what really happened. 

6 points out and need to jump 3 teams to do it. Plus the Pens have 3 games in hand and they're only 1 pt behind us. 

Ovi scored again. That's all that really matters for the next 190 ish games. 🥴