They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Off Wing Opinion’s Kate McGovern captured a telling image of Alex Ovechkin on the ice after the final horn of yesterday’s loss to Florida.
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I have a feeling that all Caps fans are feeling this way. AO can’t be expected to do it all. Come on Caps players…play like you actually care. Your fans do…at least for now.
Pat Quinn is available and wants to return to the bench.
657-481-154-26 career as a coach, with 15 playoff appearances.
GMGM and Quinn have a pre-existing relationship, as he was Quinn’s assistant in Vancouver.
I’m just sayin’…
My, oh my. I really feel for my fellow countryman. He is a great player and an amazing person who gives his all no matter what. Whether on the ice, or off it. I hope everything turns out the way Ovechkin hopes it will.
I gotta agree with Smitty… I’d take Quinn over anyone esle (except for maybe Melrose cause DC could use a good mullet).
Come on GMGM what the hell are you waiting for?
I don’t question AO’s passion for the game, the way he skates you can see that he is leaving everything on the ice. I do have a problem when the Caps are down by one or two late in the third, all of the sudden they have renewed life and more jump in their skating. Where was the energy that we saw in the last 5 minutes of the game during the first 55 minutes?
We will continue to loss (new coach or not) until they start coming to the rink ready to play for 60 minutes.
Again, AO is excluded from the above comments since he and a very few others are still playing their hearts out.
THE REBUILD IS OVER.
Havent heard anything about a new contract for AO.
He’s outta here. Why play for this sorry team when he could go somewhere decent?
The real ugliness starts when he is gone.
I’m pretty sure he isn’t out of here. You don’t get unrestricted FA after 3 years in the league.
Rumor Mill predicts that AO will sign an offersheet for 3 yrs (8-9 mil)large signing bonus + incentives because he knows the caps will match. He would be crazy to sign to a longer contract now.
Its hard to watch this team. Its hard to get excited when they score because you know they will blow it. It sucks to be a Caps fan.
I’ve always been a Hanlon fan. Thought he had an extremely difficult job in leading this team out on the ice the last 2 seasons while still teaching the players and making them better pros. I think he did that as good as anyone could have.
I don’t know what the problem is this season, no seems to. The players aren’t blaming the coaches.
Everyone is lost, its a mess. As a fan that picture is painful to look at.
Send that picture to Ted. It says it all…..
Watching AO reach for the puck as the last second ticked away and then lay on the ice as everyone filed off I felt like that was a metaphor for so much more. Why is it always the same people on the ice making plays and the rest simply show up? I will never stop being a fan, but right now I feel a little hopeless.
I think I’m just going to put in park for now and wait until a coaching, or GM change, or preferably both, is made.
The only improvement this year has been the new unis, and now even they are tarnished by a growing body of work that is typical mediocre (now bordering on the ridiculously pathetic) Caps hockey.
PS. George, Glen is a Canadian, so you don’t have to wait until after American Thanksgiving to fire him, so as to not ruin his holiday. (But I know you will wait until afer Dec. 1, when you’ve got that nice long break to contemplate a 6-20-1 record and how it will all truly be lost by then.)
Seriously, Waddell took over and his club is back to .500, going 10-4. And the Stars are improving as well after their changes. If we went on a streak like Atlanta’s, we’d be 16-17-1 and back into the pack.
Guys and Gals,
I’ve been saying this since the ‘Canes whitewashing. Yeah, Quinn would be great but McPhee has to go with the bathwater. GM has had a decade for his experiments and on-the-job training but Leonsis apparently does not see that. If we don’t go after John Muckler or some other marquee GM as well, McPhee will always be pitching the draft picks, next year, etc, etc…at the expense of us fans. A new HC will be just a band-aid if he does not hold the GM title as well. It worked for Glen Sather in Edmonton, splitting coaching duties with Mucks no less!! At our pace, we will end up with 52-ish points. Just a coaching change? No way.
I’m sure you guys have seen this from TSN.
It just talks about our struggles. Nothing new. Just how frustrated we all are. Fans to Uncle Ted to the great GMGM to the players and coaches.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=223319&hubname=
I don’t see the big problem with McPhee the rest of you do. Right now, new blood behind the bench should be sufficient.
Ovie isn’t going through anything Mario didn’t. He’ll be fine.
Hey, there is an up-side. I just read the latest Dump-N-Chase. GMGM said not to panic because we are still on schedule, this is only year three of the five year rebuild.
Guess he didn’t get Ted’s Memo saying that the rebuild was over.
Capsaholic,
What has McPhee done in the decade since the Finals? The Jagr/Lang roster with Cassidy?? We had Randy Carlisle remember? When it comes to coaches, McPhee has this mentoring, nurchering type on the brain. Well, what about the post season and WINNING type? As long as McPhee keeps convincing Leonsis his “next year” pitch, we will always have high draft. As for the players, what do you think they will say, “Yeah we stink, trade us for better.”? By the way, we are on a pace to finish with around 55 pts, geez. So really, what has GM done with Ted’s 5-year plan in his ten years? I’ll probably drink myself through tonights game…again.
I’ll meet you in the lower bowl, starting the game double-fisted and refilling in between periods.
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