Nhl 2013-2014

[Baz]

Sweep! Figures when I root for the Pens, they blow it.

Philly swept the weekend, not the season series.

Saw this coming 2 miles away. Early Saturday/Sunday afternoon starts + Flyers = Penguins crapfest. Hopefully this stumble causes them to regain some focus. Sleep walking through March isn't a good way to set up for a playoff run.

 

[JoeR]

Philly swept the weekend, not the season series.

Saw this coming 2 miles away. Early Saturday/Sunday afternoon starts + Flyers = Penguins crapfest. Hopefully this stumble causes them to regain some focus. Sleep walking through March isn't a good way to set up for a playoff run.

Got that right. For whatever reason nationally televised weekend games vs the Flyers never end well. Got one more game against Philly(2nd to last game). Hopefully it will be a meaningless game when it comes to the playoffs and we can rest some important players. Don't trust the Flyers when it comes to cheap shots. Also looks like Latang and Bennett might be back sooner than expected. Both cleared for full practice.

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...ng-Bennett-fully-cleared/stories/201403170085

 

[Baz]

Got that right. For whatever reason nationally televised weekend games vs the Flyers never end well. Got one more game against Philly(2nd to last game). Hopefully it will be a meaningless game when it comes to the playoffs and we can rest some important players. Don't trust the Flyers when it comes to cheap shots. Also looks like Latang and Bennett might be back sooner than expected. Both cleared for full practice.

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...ng-Bennett-fully-cleared/stories/201403170085

That's some unexpected good news about Letang. Didn't expect to see him in practice this soon and figured he'd be out the rest of the season. Would be nice to see the injury report empty out by the playoffs.

 

[Hank]

Philly swept the weekend, not the season series.

Saw this coming 2 miles away. Early Saturday/Sunday afternoon starts + Flyers = Penguins crapfest. Hopefully this stumble causes them to regain some focus. Sleep walking through March isn't a good way to set up for a playoff run.

Bums

 

[Chris0nllyn]

Hell of a game last night....at least what I could stay up and watch.

 

[Hank]

Hell of a game last night....at least what I could stay up and watch.

Yeah, I am definitely happy with Halak in net and their defense is better with Hillen healthy. He is a solid player.

 

[Chris0nllyn]

Yeah, I am definitely happy with Halak in net and their defense is better with Hillen healthy. He is a solid player.

Halak had a few amazing saves.

Caps were outshot big time, and he stepped in when needed.

Passing and overall puck handling skills were fantastic last night, by everyone.

And how about Joel Ward? Wardo is on fire!

 

[Hank]

Halak had a few amazing saves.

Caps were outshot big time, and he stepped in when needed.

Passing and overall puck handling skills were fantastic last night, by everyone.

And how about Joel Ward? Wardo is on fire!

And Brouwer...

 

[Hank]

This was at the end of the game... Ovie took Matty down.

http://www.russianmachineneverbreak...cal-with-mathieu-perreault-and-its-weird-gif/

 

[Chris0nllyn]

And Brouwer...

And Wlson...

they just need to keep it up. these next 2 games are going to be tough.

 

[OldHillcrestGuy]

Very good game last night lets have 2 more like that. Damn Flyers keep winning, and against teams they could have easly lost too. Pens and Blackhawks. Not getting alot of help from other teams either, only moved up to tie Columbus with the win last night.

 

[Hank]

Yo Bazzy! What up with all the turmoil in Shittsburgh? Just in time for playoffs!

 

[Baz]

Yo Bazzy! What up with all the turmoil in Shittsburgh? Just in time for playoffs!

Things in Pittsburgh are fine. They went on a 3 game losing skid, which is rare for them...So concerns needed to be addressed. Have since won 2 and should secure the Metro division shortly . Look to be the #2 seed.... Boston has been tearing it up.

How 'bout those Caps? Sure are taking their time locking up a playoff spot.

 

[OldHillcrestGuy]

Doesnt look like the Caps will be around in the first round this year for some team to beat them and send them home in 4 or 5 games. If for some reason they should sneak in, they will probably end up playing a #1 or #2 seed who will send thm packing. I thought Oates was going to be a good coach, but he and McPhee need to go. Time for baseball GO NATS and O"s

 

[Chris0nllyn]

I'm starting to wonder about Oates also.

I know he's switching the lines up to see who can do it, but the 3rd line (Brouwer, Ward, Fehr, etc) have been propping this team up. They've scored something like half the goals for the team in the past month or so.

Time to bump those guys up.

 

[Hank]

"Multiple sources confirm that Capital boss George McPhee is on the hot seat.”

— hockeyrodent.com, circa . . . 2003

Seriously, I looked it up.

McPhee also was on the “hot seat” in 2002, according to a, uh, reliable Washington Post report. In 2007 a Baltimore TV station claimed “Caps GM George McPhee is squarely on the hot seat,” which sounds so scorching.

There was also this ominous warning just 14 months ago from Japers’ Rink : “His 15th season could also be his last.”

Boy, we sure know how to read Ted Leonsis like a cheap novel.

Since he was hired to build the Washington Capitals into a Stanley Cup champion in 1997, McPhee has outlasted every NHL architect but Lou Lamoriello (27 years in New Jersey) and Carolina’s Jim Rutherford (20 years), who have won a combined four Cups compared to McPhee’s none.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...1e0818-b67d-11e3-a7c6-70cf2db17781_story.html

 

[jg21]

Boy, watching the game tonight was painful. That was about as bad as I've seen them play in quite a while. Watching Ovi drifting through the neutral zone as his man flew by him on that one goal was infuriating. I'm still ticked that no one took Clune out after he demolished Wey the other night. Soft, soft team.

 

[Hank]

It's over Johnny!

 

[Chris0nllyn]

Still only 2 points out, but chances are slim....

I give up.

 

[Baz]

Yo Bazzy! What up with all the turmoil in Shittsburgh? Just in time for playoffs!

You're questioning me about the Penguins???

How's this:

"But new faces or even a new direction won’t be enough to cure what ails this organization.

Its culture needs a reboot.

And that starts with ripping the C off the sweater of captain Alex Ovechkin.

There are 70 million reasons why that’s the tough call — one for every dollar that remains on the contract that pays him $10 million per year through the 2020-21 season — not to mention that embarrassing your franchise player is a seriously risky move.

But there is one very compelling reason why the Capitals have to do it anyway. For all his charisma and once-in-a-generation scoring touch, Ovechkin has shown time and again that he’s just not cut out for the role of team leader."

http://nhl.si.com/2014/04/03/alex-ovechkin-washington-capitals-captain/

How many coaches have been through the Caps since Ovi's been there??? He's a lazy floating powerplay specialist costing your team about $10 mil/year. Try to trade that away.

Your only hope of the Caps being good is if Ovi bolts to the KHL.