Author Topic: 2007 Washington Capitals Season Thread (Read 71415 times)

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #1225 on:** April 16, 2008, 12:40:56 pm »

AO has been awful but he has not been nearly as pathetic as Backstrom and Kozlov. Kozlov has been invisible and Backstrom looks totally out of sorts.

Dave B · « **Reply #1226 on:** April 16, 2008, 02:08:55 pm »

Quote from: PANatsFan on April 16, 2008, 12:33:21 pm

Ovechkin is turning into the A-Rod of hockey.

I wouldnt say that. It is not the pressure that is getting in his head. It is a Phialdelphia gameplan that focuses on eliminating him. Normally this should work to the benefit of Backstrom and Kozlov, but Backstrom can't score for crap. Hopefully now that Fedorov is on that line, he can make Philly pay for paying too much attention to Ovechkin

Ali the Baseball Cat · « **Reply #1227 on:** April 16, 2008, 03:46:36 pm »

Semin has had a lot of unlucky shots (hitting the pipe, going just wide, etc)...plus a couple of howlers (e.g. missing an empty net from point-blank range). A slight change in angle and we would have seen different scorelines.

Dave B · « **Reply #1228 on:** April 16, 2008, 04:00:47 pm »

Quote from: Ali the Baseball Cat on April 16, 2008, 03:46:36 pm

Semin has had a lot of unlucky shots (hitting the pipe, going just wide, etc)...plus a couple of howlers (e.g. missing an empty net from point-blank range). A slight change in angle and we would have seen different scorelines.

yeah. i've also noticed a lot of whiffs. just whiffing a wrist shot. its like dropping a ball while in the middle of throwing. i'm exaggerating, but not much

UMDNats · « **Reply #1229 on:** April 16, 2008, 06:01:35 pm »

Quote from: PANatsFan on April 16, 2008, 12:33:21 pm

Also, Ovechkin is turning into the A-Rod of hockey.

Please refrain from posting about hockey until you know a little about it. "The A-Rod of hockey"?????????

HE'S TWENTY-TWO AND IN THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIRST TIME...not to mention his linemates are doing zippy to help.

Dave B · « **Reply #1230 on:** April 16, 2008, 06:04:21 pm »

Quote from: UMDNats on April 16, 2008, 06:01:35 pm

Please refrain from posting about hockey until you know a little about it. "The A-Rod of hockey"?????????

HE'S TWENTY-TWO AND IN THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIRST TIME...not to mention his linemates are doing zippy to help.

relax. he is learning

Ali the Baseball Cat · « **Reply #1231 on:** April 17, 2008, 12:36:56 am »

Going to these games has reminded me what the old Patrick Division was like...playoffs were fought about as much in the stands as on the ice. Hurricanes games attended by a few thousand distracted corporate PhDs from the UK just don't have the same Clockwork Orange vibe as a Caps/Flyers playoff game in Landover where people are showing up with bicycle chains around their wrists and bricks in their pockets. Not sure I miss that, but the Flyers fans clearly do...

ronnynat · « **Reply #1232 on:** April 17, 2008, 07:18:45 pm »

Yeah, Backstrom!!!!!

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #1233 on:** April 17, 2008, 07:20:13 pm »

Awesome PP Goal. The Caps have toe keep fighting and playing physical. Crowd the net.

ronnynat · « **Reply #1234 on:** April 17, 2008, 07:22:43 pm »

Fack! These penalties have been killing us. What was huge down the final stretch of the reg. season was that we had very few penalties.

Dave B · « **Reply #1235 on:** April 17, 2008, 07:39:45 pm »

Semin buried that with authoritay

Dave B · « **Reply #1236 on:** April 17, 2008, 07:40:29 pm »

please let briere cost the flyers the game with his penalties

ronnynat · « **Reply #1237 on:** April 17, 2008, 07:46:12 pm »

Cooke seems to be one of the smartest players here. I'm starting to really like that guy.

Dave B · « **Reply #1238 on:** April 17, 2008, 07:46:59 pm »

BS Penalty

ronnynat · « **Reply #1239 on:** April 17, 2008, 07:49:38 pm »

freaking penalties!

Dave B · « **Reply #1240 on:** April 17, 2008, 07:50:22 pm »

Matt Bradley and someone else not getting the puck out along the boards led to that bullcrap

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #1241 on:** April 17, 2008, 07:51:38 pm »

3-4 Caps players including Bradley and Fed had a chance to clear the puck. That is an absolute killer.

ronnynat · « **Reply #1242 on:** April 17, 2008, 08:42:39 pm »

That was a great move by AO. Just missed. He needs to keep trying that one.

ronnynat · « **Reply #1243 on:** April 17, 2008, 09:22:11 pm »

FUUUUUCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKK!

Penalties are freaking killing us!

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #1244 on:** April 17, 2008, 09:23:20 pm »

Poti should just give up.. His lazy ass is killing us on the PK.

ronnynat · « **Reply #1245 on:** April 17, 2008, 09:37:07 pm »

What a ******* TERRIBLE call!!

Worst call I've seen all season.

ronnynat · « **Reply #1246 on:** April 17, 2008, 10:02:17 pm »

OMG! Federov was SO wide open there.

ronnynat · « **Reply #1247 on:** April 17, 2008, 10:12:55 pm »

No matter what happens here, this has been the most evenly-matched hockey game I have ever seen.

Come on, Caps!

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #1248 on:** April 17, 2008, 10:53:00 pm »

Awful.. Game over. Can't even score in 30 minutes of hockey.. freaking embarrassing.

ronnynat · « **Reply #1249 on:** April 17, 2008, 10:57:42 pm »

Great game. We just ran out of gas. This series is FAR from over.