capcrunch98 Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 Hoping for the best for Oshie, but that sure looked like a concussion. If it is, he needs to think about his family and life after hockey. Not sure how much more his head can take. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCSaints_fan Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 3 hours ago, TradeTheBeal! said: Seems our boys really enjoyed themselves on T-Day. I call shenanigans with the scheduler. No fair playing a Canadian team after Thanksgiving, since they don’t celebrate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoDeep81 Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 Burn the tape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCSaints_fan Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 (edited) If we could just go ahead and score on the power play sometime this year https://images.app.goo.gl/LRSUW5CfeKZ1Gsb37 Edited November 28, 2023 by DCSaints_fan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoDeep81 Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 Anyone who stayed up for that Kings game saw Chucky put on an absolute goal tending clinic!! They had 39 shots on goal and I swear 30 of them were grade A. lol Us on the other hand buried 2 of our maybe 4 or 5 really good chances. We struggle badly creating offense, but will take the 2 points and run! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 Mantha opens up the scoring on his first shift of the game. And just like that the Ducks respond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCSaints_fan Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 9 minutes ago, PokerPacker said: Mantha opens up the scoring on his first shift of the game. And just like that the Ducks respond. Just saw the replay. That was like an 85 degree backhand by Mantha. Pretty sick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 Wilson with an unassisted breakaway goal to tie the game at 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 Another goal for Wilson on the PP stuffing the puck in on a blocked Ovechkin shot. And while I'm writing this up, the Caps pick-up another goal. Not sure who got the goal. Dowd? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCSaints_fan Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 Alot of penalties in this one 7 minors for the Caps 6 for the Ducks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 Wilson completes the Hat Trick on the Powerplay. Hats out there on the ice in enemy territory. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCSaints_fan Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 Our PP conversion must have went up by like 10% just from last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 8 hours ago, DCSaints_fan said: Our PP conversion must have went up by like 10% just from last night. I think we had 3 PP goals entering the night, so we improved our raw numbers with 67% more PP goals on the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long n Left Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Caps caught the early flight home from Phoenix. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 So much inconsistencies. Wish they would settle down and regain their championship ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hail2skins Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 47 minutes ago, turtle said: So much inconsistencies. Wish they would settle down and regain their championship ways. Others can speak to this better, but it seems like the Caps can be successful short-term, but it'll likely be with a different style then you are used to. Yes, teams go through dry spells every season, but throughout much of the Ovechkin era the team was top 10, if not top 5, pretty much every year in terms of goal scoring. Last year they were second from the bottom of the league, and they are so far this year. I was recently listening to a podcast with some dudes from the Athletic and they were talking about how the Caps were must-watch for hockey aficiandos for 15 years, but not so much anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted December 5, 2023 Author Share Posted December 5, 2023 (edited) sando performs e last night 😵💫 Edited December 5, 2023 by ixcuincle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c slag Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 This shootout loss really stings, thought they had that one ,especially with the huge save late in the third, and the extra man late in the OT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoDeep81 Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 3 leads plus an OT pp and still can't get 2 points. Oof. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capcrunch98 Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 On 12/4/2023 at 11:04 PM, turtle said: So much inconsistencies. Wish they would settle down and regain their championship ways. Sadly the Caps aren't going to be close to a championship team for many years. In fact, we didn't know it at the time, but their championship window pretty much closed in OT of Game 7 in 2019, when they lost to an up-and-coming but still very green Carolina team. Since then, they've been able to ride off their talent to have some good regular seasons, but they quickly get exposed as old and slow in the playoffs, when teams button up defensively, and they can't rely on getting 10 power plays per game. This season really stings. In the span of just a couple months, we've seen the end of Backstrom, and possibly Oshie. We've realized that Kuzy is likely going to be nothing more than a marginal player going forward, capable of a really good game or two, followed by a couple weeks of unmotivated crap. Carlson is no longer a top pairing d-man. And of course the toughest pill to swallow this year (I'd say more than Backstrom, because a lot of us saw last season that Nick was close to done) is seeing Ovi clearly lose a step. He's taught us many times to never count him out (at least as far as goal scoring goes), but we're 2+ months into the season, and I have never seen him so ineffective, even when he's been playing through injuries. Just wish they'd start the rebuild already, because we all know it's coming at some point. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 Great thoughts cap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCSaints_fan Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 7 minutes ago, capcrunch98 said: Sadly the Caps aren't going to be close to a championship team for many years. In fact, we didn't know it at the time, but their championship window pretty much closed in OT of Game 7 in 2019, when they lost to an up-and-coming but still very green Carolina team. Since then, they've been able to ride off their talent to have some good regular seasons, but they quickly get exposed as old and slow in the playoffs, when teams button up defensively, and they can't rely on getting 10 power plays per game. This season really stings. In the span of just a couple months, we've seen the end of Backstrom, and possibly Oshie. We've realized that Kuzy is likely going to be nothing more than a marginal player going forward, capable of a really good game or two, followed by a couple weeks of unmotivated crap. Carlson is no longer a top pairing d-man. And of course the toughest pill to swallow this year (I'd say more than Backstrom, because a lot of us saw last season that Nick was close to done) is seeing Ovi clearly lose a step. He's taught us many times to never count him out (at least as far as goal scoring goes), but we're 2+ months into the season, and I have never seen him so ineffective, even when he's been playing through injuries. Just wish they'd start the rebuild already, because we all know it's coming at some point. Unfortunately they won't go rebuild until Ovechkin retires. We do have some good youngsters that seem to be emerging, such as Strome If we had started the rebuild in 2019 its possible we could have gotten enough pieces to be contenders this year. Yes on Ovechkin it is quite sad. He did have a few down years of not breaking 40, not even counting the strike/COVID years. But I think at this point he probably doesn't break 30 goals again. Which is fine with me. Our PP is trash and that was always where Ovechkin shined. I think the decline and now retirement of Backstrom hurt him quite a bit. We need a better "QB" on the PP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 Its a shame the 2004 lockout and Covid basically cost Ovie the all time goal record. I'm not sure he gets it now. He's fallen off hard. Still the D.C. sports God King though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCSaints_fan Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 8 minutes ago, Warhead36 said: Its a shame the 2004 lockout and Covid basically cost Ovie the all time goal record. I'm not sure he gets it now. He's fallen off hard. Still the D.C. sports God King though. Nah he may still get it depending on how long he wants to play. Even at ~25 goal pace I think he only needs 2.5 seasons, which would make him 41. Wayne retired at 38 its true but other players like Jagr have lasted until their mid 40s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long n Left Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 2 hours ago, DCSaints_fan said: Nah he may still get it depending on how long he wants to play. Even at ~25 goal pace I think he only needs 2.5 seasons, which would make him 41. Wayne retired at 38 its true but other players like Jagr have lasted until their mid 40s Yeah, I think he can definitely get there in a little over 2 seasons, but I also think he needs to adapt his game a little to account for his age, and slowing down. During 5 on 5, he needs to be a bit more of a front of goal poacher, to get more deflections and tap ins, imo. He can still rip em from the office on the PP, but with his size and strength, and hand-eye coordination, he should be able to notch a few more of those poacher goals from in front of the crease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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