Comments on: Game Day Open Thread: Caps at Thrashers

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:59:48 +0000

The first half of the season when Theo was bad to say the least, we went 27-11-3. Since then with Theo playing well we’re 16-11-3. Have to run the table to get 108 points and match the first half.

By: MulletMan

MulletMan — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:26:10 +0000

That game reminded me of a game late last season against the Blackhawks…could this loss help ignite the fire? Can they use it as a springboard to go deeper into the playoffs this year.
Only time will tell.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:06:48 +0000

Keith Jones was partly right because Poti is a better offensive defenseman than his stats show, and sometimes he doesn’t step up to lead a disciplined defensive effort from HIS blueline (not Green’s). Plus he was on the ice for every goal against.
Maybe it’s time to change the strategy on the PK? Have they tried using fast players so they can be really aggressive on the PK like Philadelphia?
Another game where they weren’t getting to the rebounds. Come playoff time, if they don’t do that…Well there’s a limit to how far you can ride the “Young Guns.” If they can’t pick up rebounds it won’t be farther than the second round, considering 8 28 19 and 52 can’t be superhuman all at the same time for an 8-14 game stretch.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:35:46 +0000

That was painful to watch. Just an awful showing for the Caps. I really hate Keith Jones though. He was the one all over Poti saying that he hasn’t done anything at ALL season. An off game doesn’t mean he hasn’t done anything. He was having a terrible game tonight, including that turnover for number 5 for the Thrashers, but that doesn’t mean that Tom Poti’s not a good defenseman. I was so p*ssed that I had a rant blog about it, and half of it probably makes no sense.
Let’s just wait until tomorrow to bounce back. Maybe we’ll have Feds to help us out.

By: OrderedChaos (Mike Rucki)

OrderedChaos (Mike Rucki) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:24:04 +0000

Diane, three terrific points there, particularly regarding Sasha Semin. And yes, Feds’ return will make a huge difference, though that doesn’t excuse tonight’s defensive performance.
Y’know, losing a game like this 2-1 because the opposing goalie stood on his head… well, that would be fine. But 5-1? Zoinks, that’s terrible.

By: OrderedChaos (Mike Rucki)

OrderedChaos (Mike Rucki) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:12:40 +0000

Turquoise, to paraphrase Office Space, “I wouldn’t say I MISSED it, Bob.”
That, my friends, was painful.

By: turquoise_donkey

turquoise_donkey — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:57:22 +0000

i had to miss big chunks of the game (or “miss” if you’d prefer). what i did see involved the announcers jumping up and down on poti. was it just a D problem (coupled with lehtonin being on point). how else do you explain a 5-1 less with that many shots on goal? i know there’s a number of games issue with bringing up alzner too early. does that count in the playoffs too? at what point can we bring him back and not worry about the FA?

By: Diane

Diane — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:50:12 +0000

Bad game. I won’t panic about the team’s chances unless they lose tomorrow.
1) So many shots on goal and no results
2) Oh Sema, methinks you sometimes try too hard to overcompensate for your mistakes and the team’s mistakes and that’s when you take ill-advised penalties.
3) Why doesn’t Fehr get more ice time? He’s the only guy who scored tonight. Glad to see Flash back with him. Now all we need is for Fedorov to come back so they can have a better center. Bring back the F Bombers.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:45:43 +0000

Why does it seem like whenever we put up 40+ shots against a sub-par team we lose?

By: Capsaholic

Capsaholic — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:43:33 +0000

That was painful.
I’ll give Fehr the hardhat.
Too many hot goalies right now tells me we just can’t finish.
Rebound in Fla.