The way it was hanging it wouldn’t surprise me. Could have been a collarbone issue as well.Unless it’s already been reported, pretty sure I read Iorio’s lips as “it popped”, as he was leaving the ice.
Separated shoulder?
The way it was hanging it wouldn’t surprise me. Could have been a collarbone issue as well.Unless it’s already been reported, pretty sure I read Iorio’s lips as “it popped”, as he was leaving the ice.
Separated shoulder?
I'm only suggesting 11f 7d because of 3 separate incidents of losing a d-man in a game, where a penalty on the opponent could have been called. It's becoming too common we end up going down to 5 d-men in a game. You go with 7 d, with one of them acting as a rover forward.I’m not a big fan of jumping right to 11/7. It’s not something the Caps have done once all season long and you are still likely going to have one of Carlson, TVR, or MF, eating the brunt of the hard d zone draws and PK.
I don’t have a good answer other than taking 67 out. If the concern over Ivan and Sgarbossa is turnovers/out of position it shouldn’t matter because of how bad 67 was. Upside is speed and effort.
I’m also keep Mac in over AA fwiw. He didn’t look out of place at all. AA bad penalty stopped moving his feet and played the 4th goal breakaway terrible. Should’ve gone forward not backwards.
At this point it doesn't matter what exact injury Iorio has. His availability is done for the series and frankly they weren't giving him enough mins because they were so worried about him making too many mistakes.The way it was hanging it wouldn’t surprise me. Could have been a collarbone issue as well.
or at worst only 3 more painful games to deal with. Rangers put on their Broadway show for their fans in Game 1, so Caps just need to mess that show up for Game 2!I didn't think we were going to sweep them anyway...
They really needed the 4 days off, even though historically that has been bad for this team over the years. I'm really not happy the NHL schedules back2back games to end the season! That shouldn't happen for any team.well, that was a truly insipid performance
you could argue we have nothing left after just trying to make the playoffs, but after 4 days off? Maybe we throw everything we have at them for game 2, but in a 1v8 it should have been for game 1
what you got Carbs
Since you appear to have not read my comment, I'll try again:Dude calm down and think a little. Even if you get Sandin/Jensen both back, they are not 100% and will be targeted. If one of them goes down in-game again, then the D will get fatigued again. We are not getting offense from 4 lines anyway, so having a 7th d-man and one less forward is not necessarily a bad thing.
Dude Malenstyn doesn't embellish. He always plays hard. He had the most direct line to that puck off the faceoff and Rempe stands there but has his elbow a bit outward. Malenstyn is pursing the puck! You could either call interference or elbowing on that play. This is not the NFL with a deflected pass so no pass interference. The shot ramping up the players stick has no relevance.100% disagree, Beck embellished, there was nothing much in it
may not have mattered as the shot ramped off a stick? play hockey Beck and stop trying to milk a penalty
I don’t think he embellished, he took a solid bump in the mush..but I have no issue with that contact to be honest. The contact wasn’t egregious.100% disagree, Beck embellished, there was nothing much in it
may not have mattered as the shot ramped off a stick? play hockey Beck and stop trying to milk a penalty
You got it all wrong, you can’t plant the seed of doubt too early! We must wait, strike when they let their guard down. This is the wayand all we did today was fill the Rags with confidence
they will not have any doubts whatsoever after that game, which is the exact opposite of what we wanted to begin the series
I didn't think Strome or especially McMichael showed enough. PP1 was awful. Rough game for all of them more or less. This off-season may need to be a decision point re: McMichael. They've yet to extend him--unlike some others--and may just as well give that role to Lapierre. Is he better than Milano at LW? Hard to say yes for sure. Could definitely see him part of a package for a bigger fish.Yeah, disappointing game from Ovi, Oshie and Dowd. They're the ones that need to set the tone. Kids looked alright. Protas was the best forward. Lapierre looked good. CMM and Strome looked okay too.
Whimpe won't score again. Mcllrath needs to pound more hits on Whimpe! When Whimpe ran into Mcllrath, Whimpe was a bit surprised like he hit a wall and he backed off like a sissy! Whimpe scoring a goal reminds me a lot of Reaves scoring his only goal in Game 1 of the '18 Cup Final. Keep Mcllrath in lineup, deploy him more strategically and watch Whimpe not have as much of an impact!Carbs can do a better job of telling the players what the refs will do. Sunday game they will ALWAYS come out with their whistles in their asses blowing em early and often god fearing overtimes. Then predictably back off calling all those weak f***ing calls for the 2nd period. Gotta work the refs for every advantage possible. At minimum get our moneys worth on lame duck calls. Take instigator vs a hold on the boards. Not long ago charges were never called in game 1. Run those f***ing D.
Caps need to hit early and often starting with Willy Ovi and the DMen . Dictate vs playing on our heels reading reacting and chasing. I think I saw Protas log a hit on his first shift but was invisible and can help out Ovi and Willy.
The offense needs to do more than pass the puck to ourselves on the boards.
I think this was a feeling out game of sorts but not if Carbs doesn't adjust in G2.
Dagger to see Whempe score.
Too many passed up shots hoping for better offensive plays that never were there. Simplify and shoot the puck when there is an open lane and go for rebounds, tips and redirects. If the Caps pump more shots and Shesterkin still comes out on top, then hats off to him for great goaltending! I don't care who the goalie is, you have to make them work for saves and think a little bit more!Carbs can do a better job of telling the players what the refs will do. Sunday game they will ALWAYS come out with their whistles in their asses blowing em early and often god fearing overtimes. Then predictably back off calling all those weak f***ing calls for the 2nd period. Gotta work the refs for every advantage possible. At minimum get our moneys worth on lame duck calls. Take instigator vs a hold on the boards. Not long ago charges were never called in game 1. Run those f***ing D.
Caps need to hit early and often starting with Willy Ovi and the DMen . Dictate vs playing on our heels reading reacting and chasing. I think I saw Protas log a hit on his first shift but was invisible and can help out Ovi and Willy.
The offense needs to do more than pass the puck to ourselves on the boards.
I think this was a feeling out game of sorts but not if Carbs doesn't adjust in G2.
Dagger to see Whempe score.
Any chance the Rags will play another team first so we can catch them on the backend of a b2b and make it seem like we're sort of good?
NYR's are 11-1 on 2nd night of back to back games
My bad, everyone. I didn't even think to take the Oshie jersey off until it was 0-3.Also, we had to pack light, so I only brought one jersey: my black reverse retro Oshie jersey. Normally, during the playoffs, if things weren't going well at the end of a period, I'd switch jerseys. So I really hope this one ends up being a good-luck jersey.