Not so long ago, the Capitals were in the heat of a playoff run. As February brought a deep freeze to the Washington area, so it also seems to have deep-sixed the Capitals’ playoff hopes. Doom and gloom has set in among a number of the Caps’ faithful . . . but all is not lost.
Former NHL coach and scout Pierre McGuire is currently an analyst providing colour commentary for both Canada’s TSN and The NHL on NBC. McGuire’s point of view for Sunday’s broadcast of the Caps/Pens tilt was “Inside the Glass,” between the two team benches, giving him a unique perspective.
Check out McGuire’s endorsement of the Caps on his NHL Notebook on NBCSports.com:
“The Washington Capitals are the sleeping giants of the East. They have the lowest payroll in the conference, a great young prospect in Swedish centerman Nicklas Backstrom, and a GM (George McPhee) and Coach (Glen Hanlon) who are progressive and on the same page. The Caps are one season away from being the Penguins. Exciting times in Washington are coming.”
The Pens, it pains us to say, have surged to fourth place in the Eastern Conference and are tied for sixth in the league overall. But we’ll take a little of their MoJo, sooner rather than later.
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Meks sense. The Pens hit the crapper earlier than the Caps and had more top 5 picks than anyone, so they should be getting better right about now. The Caps, even though they don’t have the same number of top picks, had a few, and lots of money under the cap. Being a year behind Pittsburgh sounds just about right.
Although McGuire can be annoying, he has a sharp hockey mind and isn’t afraid to put his out there. I appreciate his work.
You hate to say it, but it’s true.. I think Tarik’s been a little on the guys this year, but they are right on track for surging ahead next year and being real contenders.
I’ve long felt we needed five years of Top 5 picks to get where we really want to go and it is a valid point that the Penguin Scum tanked sooner and more often than we have been down.
However, McGuire was downrighy annoying. He kept harping on the faceoffs on Sunday and the Caps won exactly ONE more faceoff than the Penguin Scum did (29-28). Listening to McGuire and not checking the statsheet, you would have thought that the Caps were dominating in the faceoff circle.
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[...] Pierre McGuire, on TSN this afternoon: “We have to take the robber’s mask off of George McPhee’s face.” 2:45 update: Mike Vogel has been invited into the Caps’ “war room” this afternoon by George McPhee and is reporting that “more irons are in the fire.” Cool stuff. [...]
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