Washington Capitals 2009-2010 ongoing thread

tryfuhl · 03-25-2010, 03:54 AM

man I hated that the game came down to what it did

but our shootout guys did all and more

easily one of my fave games watched this year.. though not until it was over

JLW428 · 03-25-2010, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by tryfuhl

man I hated that the game came down to what it did

but our shootout guys did all and more

easily one of my fave games watched this year.. though not until it was over

I know what you mean. I hate it too when it has to come down to shoot outs.

3-0 on the pens this year...one more in April for a regular season sweep!

tryfuhl · 03-25-2010, 10:47 PM

fuckin hurricanes always giving us issues

tryfuhl · 03-29-2010, 07:56 PM

remember when we were cringing and waiting for Varly to get back?

JLW428 · 03-30-2010, 10:29 PM

Man, we really need this win against Ottawa. We MUST get off this losing skid before we go into the playoffs.

On another note, I was in Dupont today for a meeting and I saw a good bit of Ottawa Senators walking down the sidewalk around noon. They were getting some lunch. It was pretty cool.

JLW428 · 03-30-2010, 10:38 PM

You take a penalty in OT, its almost a 100% chance you will lose...Damnit

GMScud · 03-30-2010, 10:41 PM

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You take a penalty in OT, its almost a 100% chance you will lose...Damnit

That goal looked really easy, too. Oh well, we still get another point. Man, we play a lot of overtime games.

tryfuhl · 03-31-2010, 01:31 AM

again.. and yes, way too many OT games

our GT'ing needs to step up if we plan on winning the cup.. you can't count on scoring 3-4+ a game to win it, I'll never complain when we do score that, but come on

boston vs nj tonight was a good game

mooby · 03-31-2010, 02:09 AM

How horrible was our penalty kill tonight? What did we give up, like 3 pp goals on 4 pk's? That's atrocious. And this 3 game losing streak is happening at exactly the wrong time. We need to be playing at an acceptable level at least and it's not happening.

And we've been giving up a lot of iffy goals lately too, not really our fault but just bad bounces I guess. Still though if goaltending becomes an issue in the playoffs that doesn't bode well for us. Is it too early to get concerned or does this look like the beginning of a downhill slide for us that ends with another playoff exit?

Dirtbag59 · 03-31-2010, 02:16 AM

It's time to see if Varly should play in the Playoffs. Better yet see if Neuvy is ready for the spotlight. Jose is picking the wrong time to regress.

tryfuhl · 03-31-2010, 02:57 AM

varly hasn't exactly been the poster child

Dirtbag59 · 03-31-2010, 03:14 AM

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varly hasn't exactly been the poster child

All the more reason to find out now if he can regain his early season form, rather then crossing our fingers during the playoffs.

JLW428 · 03-31-2010, 09:18 PM

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All the more reason to find out now if he can regain his early season form, rather then crossing our fingers during the playoffs.

When we pulled Theo on Sunday, Varly didn't look very good at all. The good thing about Varly is that he'll make some amazing saves, the bad thing is that he lets in way too many easy goals.

Bottom line - we stick with the same game plan for the playoffs. Theo is the starter, if he is having a bad game, Varly comes in.

You always have to ride your hot goalie. Since we don't have a hot goalie right now, we need to ride our most experienced.

JLW428 · 03-31-2010, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by GMScud

That goal looked really easy, too. Oh well, we still get another point. Man, we play a lot of overtime games.

When there are only 3 players on the ice, all goals look easy.

Dirtbag59 · 03-31-2010, 10:29 PM

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When we pulled Theo on Sunday, Varly didn't look very good at all. The good thing about Varly is that he'll make some amazing saves, the bad thing is that he lets in way too many easy goals.

Bottom line - we stick with the same game plan for the playoffs. Theo is the starter, if he is having a bad game, Varly comes in.

You always have to ride your hot goalie. Since we don't have a hot goalie right now, we need to ride our most experienced.

I just want to find out now if he could possibly be ready to go, we'll still ride Theo and personally it would be a wonderful story if we won the cup with him but at the same time he makes me uneasy. I know not every team has amazing goaltending and even with Brodeaur you can't count on your team to not give up more then 3 goals in a given game but Varly's performance earlier in the season was to good to not at least attempt to recapture the magic when you have little to play for.

03-25-2010, 03:54 AM	#211
tryfuhl Gamebreaker Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Waldorf, MD Age: 41 Posts: 12,514	Re: Washington Capitals 2009-2010 ongoing thread man I hated that the game came down to what it did but our shootout guys did all and more easily one of my fave games watched this year.. though not until it was over

03-25-2010, 10:47 PM	#213
tryfuhl Gamebreaker Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Waldorf, MD Age: 41 Posts: 12,514	Re: Washington Capitals 2009-2010 ongoing thread fuckin hurricanes always giving us issues

03-29-2010, 07:56 PM	#214
tryfuhl Gamebreaker Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Waldorf, MD Age: 41 Posts: 12,514	Re: Washington Capitals 2009-2010 ongoing thread remember when we were cringing and waiting for Varly to get back?

03-30-2010, 10:29 PM	#215
JLW428 Special Teams Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Rockville, MD Posts: 422	Re: Washington Capitals 2009-2010 ongoing thread Man, we really need this win against Ottawa. We MUST get off this losing skid before we go into the playoffs. On another note, I was in Dupont today for a meeting and I saw a good bit of Ottawa Senators walking down the sidewalk around noon. They were getting some lunch. It was pretty cool. __________________ "The more physical the play, the better Ovechkin is - and you'd be wise not to start pushing and shoving with Alex Ovechkin" - The Locker

03-30-2010, 10:38 PM	#216
JLW428 Special Teams Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Rockville, MD Posts: 422	Re: Washington Capitals 2009-2010 ongoing thread You take a penalty in OT, its almost a 100% chance you will lose...Damnit __________________ "The more physical the play, the better Ovechkin is - and you'd be wise not to start pushing and shoving with Alex Ovechkin" - The Locker

03-31-2010, 01:31 AM	#218
tryfuhl Gamebreaker Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Waldorf, MD Age: 41 Posts: 12,514	Re: Washington Capitals 2009-2010 ongoing thread again.. and yes, way too many OT games our GT'ing needs to step up if we plan on winning the cup.. you can't count on scoring 3-4+ a game to win it, I'll never complain when we do score that, but come on boston vs nj tonight was a good game

03-31-2010, 02:09 AM	#219
mooby Hug Anne Spyder Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 20,468	Re: Washington Capitals 2009-2010 ongoing thread How horrible was our penalty kill tonight? What did we give up, like 3 pp goals on 4 pk's? That's atrocious. And this 3 game losing streak is happening at exactly the wrong time. We need to be playing at an acceptable level at least and it's not happening. And we've been giving up a lot of iffy goals lately too, not really our fault but just bad bounces I guess. Still though if goaltending becomes an issue in the playoffs that doesn't bode well for us. Is it too early to get concerned or does this look like the beginning of a downhill slide for us that ends with another playoff exit?

03-31-2010, 02:16 AM	#220
Dirtbag59 Naega jeil jal naga Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Atlanta, Georgia From: Silver Spring, Maryland Age: 39 Posts: 14,750	Re: Washington Capitals 2009-2010 ongoing thread It's time to see if Varly should play in the Playoffs. Better yet see if Neuvy is ready for the spotlight. Jose is picking the wrong time to regress. __________________ "It's nice to be important, but its more important to be nice." - Scooter "I feel like Dirtbag has been slowly and methodically trolling the board for a month or so now." - FRPLG

03-31-2010, 02:57 AM	#221
tryfuhl Gamebreaker Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Waldorf, MD Age: 41 Posts: 12,514	Re: Washington Capitals 2009-2010 ongoing thread varly hasn't exactly been the poster child

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