Stanley Cup Playoffs 2010

[GusFrerotte]

Good win by the Caps. Coming back like that reminds me of the Wings during the title run years, although they never were down 4-1 in those great comebacks. I hope the Caps win the damn thing as the Wings are fading.

[GMScud]

Totally unreal game. The goaltending and defense need to be much better if we think we're going anywhere in these playoffs.

Bood's has a big decision to make on the netminder for game 3. Theo or Varly? What do you guys think? I'm stumped. I'm not really confident in either right now, although overall Theo has been playing more lately, and aside from today has been really good the past 25 or so games.

Man oh man, that would have been a SICK game to see live. That place was going ape shit.

[mlmdub130]

Originally Posted by GMScud

Totally unreal game. The goaltending and defense need to be much better if we think we're going anywhere in these playoffs.

Bood's has a big decision to make on the netminder for game 3. Theo or Varly? What do you guys think? I'm stumped. I'm not really confident in either right now, although overall Theo has been playing more lately, and aside from today has been really good the past 25 or so games.

Man oh man, that would have been a SICK game to see live. That place was going ape shit.

i'm really torn right now, while theo had a great run during the season he really hasn't looked that great recently and after two goals on two shots i think it was a good pull, but varly just doesn't have the experience.

i just hope we can step up or f-ing o and score some goals out of the gate and get a early lead, i'm sick of this playing catch up crap. we seriously look like the 8th seed and those shifty little canucks are skating around us like the number 1 seed

and seriously green better get his shit together he has no points and hasn't done anything besides sit in the box, carlson looks great though, that kid is flying around lookin to show he belongs, had a great goal last night

we have to win the first game in montreal, we really need to win both and send a message and get this team back on track cause they way they are playing they might not even make it past the first round

[hooskins]

Unreal is what I thought of it too. I am not a hardcore fan and I really cant stomach watching another DC team fail, so I changed the channel after the 2nd period. Hit up ESPN to see the score and I was shocked.

Split at home 1-1, but I am really worried. This isnt simply a tough matchup, caps need to figure stuff out fast. Tough road leg ahead.

[GMScud]

Is anyone else just finished with Mike effing Green? Sure, he's a great scorer for a defenseman, but that dude stinks up the joint in the playoffs, and his defense is awful. Just awful.

[mooby]

Yeah I'm sure Boudreau has a really tough decision to make right now. I was at Hard Times watchin the game last night and we just looked bad when we got down 4-1. Everytime we get into a big deficit we can't just sit there and think, "Alright guys lets turn on the offense and go win this" because it doesn't work like that. We got lucky, like really lucky. It's nice that we have such an offensively powerful team but in the playoffs you really have to be tight defensively and have good goaltending and we don't have either.

I think it's pretty much safe to assume this is the last we'll see of Theo unless Varly stinks up the joint again like in game 7 of the playoffs against the Pens last year. But really neither of our goaltenders is that great. I don't know what it is about the playoffs that makes Theo just not play that good but it's not enough to play great in the regular season anymore, you gotta be good in the playoffs too. And I'm not sure if Varly can be that shutdown goalie that we desperately need right now with all of our defensive breakdowns.

And it's just disappointing for me to watch Mike Green try to play defense. I'm sorry but for everything he gives us offensively defensively it's not worth it. If we get eliminated I'll go on the record to say that I don't think he'll be here next season. It's nice having so many players with offensive capability but right now I think we have enough offensive scorers and having a defender who is one right now is an extra luxury, but he stops being a luxury when he can't do the job he's actually supposed to do which is play defense.

[Dirtbag59]

Imagine how great our defense would be in the playoffs if Green got his confidence back and Alzner developed. I would also say when Carlson develops but my goodness the guy is already there.

[GMScud]

Looks like Boudreau is non-commital on either goalie. Not sure how I feel about a goaltending by committee approach.

2010 NHL Playoffs: Washington Capitals' Bruce Boudreau undecided on Game 3 goalie - ESPN

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by GMScud

Looks like Boudreau is non-commital on either goalie. Not sure how I feel about a goaltending by committee approach.

2010 NHL Playoffs: Washington Capitals' Bruce Boudreau undecided on Game 3 goalie - ESPN

They're starting Varlamov

[Dirtbag59]

If they score 99 goals then we'll score 100.

[Dirtbag59]

So glad the Caps don't have a game scheduled for Thursday. Now I don't have to worry about watching the NFL draft and the Caps game at the same time.

[mredskins]

Caps are luck it is a tied series. I can't wait for tonight's game, should be a real barn burner.

[mooby]

Pretty high tempo first period. I can't believe how crazy loud it sounds in the Bell Centre, I mean I knew Montreal had a reputation for their passionate fans but it suprised even me. I was also suprised it's 0-0 at the first break, I saw some great goaltending by both sides.

[skinsfan_nn]

Varly between the pipes......gutsy call. I like it. We need to have a solid team effort from ALL and we will be fine.

Lets roll!

GO CAPS!

[Dirtbag59]

Man the Montreal Crowd is pretty rough and I thought we were pretty bad ass. I wonder how that effects the defense when they boo OV. It's like if your back is to the play the crowd is telling you who has the puck. Still I feel like they're playing much better. Varly is kicking ass and taking names and it's only a matter of time before we score.

However it was such a pain in the ass trying to get my schools internet to work. First all the ethernet jacks except two hidden in the floor didn't work so in the meantime I tried to log on to the schools wireless network which employs some shitty program named Clean Access agent that never lets you on even after you do all the spyware scanning they ask you to do, and to make matters worse it slows down your computer. Then while finding an open desktop in an empty room I randomly got hit with spyware during the Canadians power play. Either way I'm fine now but damn, sometimes people make technology to damn hard.