2007 Washington Capitals Season Thread

[Dave B]

Great Win on the road for the Caps tonight.  I wish they would dominate like this more often.  7 goals 

Caps only had 30 shots tonight. Not out of the ordinary.  They just caught breaks they hadnt been getting. I'd like to have budgeted them better

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

The Toronto Star should be some great ROFL reading at work tomorrow 

[sportsfan882]

NOTHING positive about tonight's game.  The Caps played like absolute **** and got thoroughly owned.  The Rangers are pretty terrible but the Caps made them look like world beaters.  The Caps never even came close to scoring all game. Until this team scores 3-4 goals a night they will continue to get plastered. 

[Dave B]

NOTHING positive about tonight's game.  The Caps played like absolute **** and got thoroughly owned.  The Rangers are pretty terrible but the Caps made them look like world beaters.  The Caps never even came close to scoring all game. Until this team scores 3-4 goals a night they will continue to get plastered. 

the caps dominated the first period. they had seven shots on goal in that 4 minute power play. some of those have to start finding their way in. lundquist said the pucks just hit him and he got lucky tonight (i'm in NY and watched the MSG feed).  rangers had as BS 2 man advantage too. 

anybody notice the new thing in ovechkins repertoire? it is when he plays the point and the puck goes into the caps end and it is a foot race and ovechkin skates striaght at the puck, gets there just after the other guy and when the guy tries to stop and let ovechkin fly by ovechkin drills him in the back when he turns. did it agains the leafs and tonight

[sportsfan882]

Great game, Capitals..  There is seriously no excuse for how poor they are playing. Significant changes have to be made now.

[Dave B]

tonight was not very good. good start. but disapperared for 1.75 periods. have to wait for poti, clark, and semin before we can really evaluate

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

Totally ridiculous amount of time in the penalty box...no team can win under such circumstances. 

[El Kabong]

After last night's debacle, I think it's time to replace Hanlon.  Heck, wouldn't bother me if McPhee was replaced as well.

Nothing against Hanlon, but he seems lost out there with his line combinations, who he puts out on the power play, etc.  He's probably a good teacher coach, and knows how to get the most out of a team that has very little talent, and maybe he should be back in the AHL level.

It's probably time for some fresh eyes at both the coach and GM level.  With coach, they need more of a hardass.

[Dave B]

I'll give him till the end of november and see what happens when semin, poti, and clark come back.  I would like to see that second line broken up. You cant have two guys whole think pass before shoot 90% of the time like Nyls and Backstrom.  Although maybe that will work when Semin gets back, but definitely not when the "shooter" is fleischmann or pettinger.  In that type of situation there needs to be a sniper.

[sportsfan882]

Mods, you might as well lock this thread because unfortunately the Caps season has ended very prematurely.  Hanlon has to be fired but I really do not think that will make much of a difference.  Maybe we can get the #1 pick for the '08 draft.

[El Kabong]

I was at an evening class tonight so fortunately I didn't have to watch this stinker.

Something's got to give, whether it's replacing Hugs or McPhee or both.  Problem is, does Ted have the balls to make any changes?  Since becoming owner he hasn't had to make the hard decision.  And would he even know who to replace either one?

[Dave B]

Mods, you might as well lock this thread because unfortunately the Caps season has ended very prematurely.  Hanlon has to be fired but I really do not think that will make much of a difference.  Maybe we can get the #1 pick for the '08 draft.

man this is rough.  its hard to say they are getting outplayed. i have to admit i  see i did not see much of tonights game. but generally they arent getting dominated like in past years.  they are getting shots.  they have guys who can score, pucks just arent going in.  this is still a pretty good showing for missing three key guys. its frustrating and i hope they arent digging themselves too big of a hole.

top to bottom this team is very much improved and the shot totals compared to last year indicate they are playing better. this is really dumbfounding

the results are the same as the past two years, but the way they get to those outcomes in a complete 180.  last year giving up 30+, even 40 shots was common, and they were in a playoff spot around christmas.  all the signs point to a better team, not just on paper, but they are playing better. please turn this around. i dont want a long winter

[sportsfan882]

Ding-dong, the Caps lose another one.  Since their 3-0 start they are an impressive 2-9-1.  If they were playing anyone other than the hapless Thrashers tonight the Caps would have been clobbered.  1 goal over their last 2 games, that's sure inspiring.  I don't care how many shots they get, that is not what matters.  It's the shots that find the net that count.

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

I really like Hanlon, but I suspect he is toast by Thanksgiving.

[Dave B]

I really like Hanlon, but I suspect he is toast by Thanksgiving.

I hope not because that means things will get worse.  I'm sticking with the "theyre not this bad" line and hoping goals will come.  They didnt play any better in the Toronto game and they scored seven goals.  If three of those breaks were in other games, we could be .500 or a game below.  Get healthy and stop being unlucky. This is not the same old Caps who let up 40 shots and struggle to get 20.

I didnt see this game but Tarik made a point to say they played well.  They seem to come out of the gate strong and get 15+ shots in the first period frequently.   

And I know the score is all that matters in the standings, but when looking forward and making adjustments, it is not

[Dave B]

I smell a Caps win tonight. They will get outplayed/outshot 35-25 and win 3-2

[sportsfan882]

I smell a Caps win tonight. They will get outplayed/outshot 35-25 and win 3-2

Against Ottawa?    We'll See..

[Dave B]

Against Ottawa?    We'll See..

they'll get s couple good bounces. they'l need them

[Dave B]

hey hey looks like a win, in more dominating fashion than even i could imagine.

keep up the good work. turn the corner. pathetic teams dont beat teams like ottawa like this

disclaimer: i didnt see the game but the shots stats make it look like the caps werent outplayed and got lucky

[sportsfan882]

I smell a Caps win tonight. They will get outplayed/outshot 35-25 and win 3-2

Nice call... 

I don't know how they did it but that was a great win, reminiscent of some of their wins earlier in the season. Hopefully they can keep up this solid play.   

[Dave B]

Nice call... 

I don't know how they did it but that was a great win, reminiscent of some of their wins earlier in the season. Hopefully they can keep up this solid play.  

like i said I didnt see it, but i imagine they just got some bounces and found holes that they didnt previously. 

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

Let's see...that was the Sens' 2nd loss of the season, right?  That was a HUGE win for the Caps.  I believe that means that Washington is still ahead of Buffalo, which should make for a few slightly less miserable nights at verizon when the Sabres (and the rest of western New York) are here. 

[nospinzone1]

second GAME NOT ON TV. I GOT DIRECT TV AND COULD NOT FIND THAT CHANNEL.

[sportsfan882]

second GAME NOT ON TV. I GOT DIRECT TV AND COULD NOT FIND THAT CHANNEL.

It was on CSN+.  I have Comcast so I'm not sure which channel it is on DirecTv.

[Dave B]

It was on CSN+.  I have Comcast so I'm not sure which channel it is on DirecTv.

somewhere close to 671. i think just below it