Comments on: A Hockey Team Looking Orphaned from Postseason Prosperity — As It Should

By: Curtis

Curtis — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:21:16 +0000

Is anyone awake…hello..must all be driving to philtheee dellpheaaa…Go Caps
Wow 64 post!

By: OrderedChaos (Mike Rucki)

OrderedChaos (Mike Rucki) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:07:25 +0000

@ automatic (for the people?):
Thanks for chipping in. I think a reason to consider Kolzig is that he, unlike Huet, won’t take as much abuse from the Flyers. Or if he does, he’ll pay them back in kind. I was hoping to see Kolzig come in after the first period last night — sometimes a goaltender change can invigorate a team regardless of whether he’s “better” or not.
As for Erskine, agreed — he’s not hitting or clearing the crease, and if he’s not doing those things well then he shouldn’t be on the ice.
@ radbytrade:
Opposing-team fans are always welcome to join a dialog . . . if they’re as well-reasoned as you are. Thank you for contributing.

By: automatic

automatic — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:20:56 +0000

Long time reader, first time commenter here. I got inspired by the record-breaking post count, I guess.
I know Huet hasn’t been quite up to the level of play we saw out of him in the regular season, but let’s remember that Kolzig isn’t suddenly the answer just because Huet’s suddenly vulnerable. 37′s regular season numbers were abysmal; I say stay the course with 38.
Oh, and get John Erskine out of here. Maybe not today, maybe not this season, but please. Think of the children.

By: Gustafsson

Gustafsson — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:37:26 +0000

b.orr4,
Your comment #60 was the record breaking comment. The previous high was 59 comments on the post announcing the Ovechkin contract. Other high comment totals rounding out the top 5 are 56, 51, and 48 comments.
This has been great to read and we love the participation. We hope that 50+ comments and great dialouge becomes the norm.
Thanks to all.

By: b.orr4

b.orr4 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:06:53 +0000

Forget the series, we’ve got 60 damn comments and counting. That’s got to be an OFB record, right?

By: usiel

usiel — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:53:26 +0000

@radbytrade
Nice to have some good dialog with an opposing fan that isn’t the typical flaming that can ensue, heh.
The line shuffling does seem a bit panicky at this stage but at the same time there would be complaining about BBs lack of moves if everything stayed the same.
Semin has looked good in the series he is just snake bitten or just a smidge off on his shots due to being new to playoff intensity.
Not like this series is over…but regardless of how the series goes it is still amazing what this team accomplished this season and getting their playoff cherry busted will only help the young players on the team.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:11:01 +0000

Ken – I certainly don’t feel like it’s over. Not by any stretch.
But, any objective look at the last two games… Hell, even Game 1 prior to The Mike Green Experience… We have been outplayed. Bottom line. While Shots on Goal is a shaky measure of overall performance, it sure tells you SOMETHING. And, right now, we’re being pummeled in that category. 19 shots on goal in game 3. Something’s WRONG.
And, in each of the three games, we’ve put ourselves in a 2 goal bind. That’s just not getting it done.
Can we correct? Oh, yeah, sure. But not be just putting the same lines out there. Bruce has proven to be a good COACH not just a smiling straight talker. Time to coach…

By: Bucky Katt

Bucky Katt — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:08:55 +0000

“If we are going to have any chance it is not Olie or Huet that will make the difference, it?¢‚Ç¨‚Ñ¢s going to have to be the D and Backcheckers that make the difference.”
Amen brother, amen. I’ve never been particularly happy all year with the D, particularly Shultz.

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:43:08 +0000

What is this rubbish?
We’re only down 2 game and we had plenty of chances to tie it up last night. What’s with this eulogy crap? We can easily win tomorrow’s game and have bounced back from the dumps. After losing to Toronto one weekend and losing to Boston and Pittsburgh, we came back strong. We settled in nicely the last 2 periods and I expect a really strong 1st period tomorrow. It’s 1 game tomorrow and we can win it. Seriously you people speaking like the series is over need to stop being into “feeling good” and realize that there is business to finish this series, and that there is nothign devastating about being down 2 games to 1.

By: pepper

pepper — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:03:16 +0000

Interesting. Radbytrade sounds like how many of us Caps fans felt whenever we faced the Pens in the playoffs. And we know how all (but one aberration) of those series turned out. Just sayin.’