Ovechkin 0-2 in guarantees

[Cyder]

This thread will just annoy me if I keep up with it but i'll just say that no matter what OV does, people will find a way to criticize him.

I have no issue with it. He was answering a question and as the leader of the team needs to show confidence. He buried one but they just couldn't get another by Lundqvist.

 

[Comeds]

If I was a Sharks fan, im suggesting:

THORNTON FOR BACKSTROM!!!! and then BOOKING IT!!!

I am going to try to insert Max Pacioretty's name into this discussion. I hear he is one of the Canadiens problems so this could possibly a three team deal.

 

[dash]

I am going to try to insert Max Pacioretty's name into this discussion. I hear he is one of the Canadiens problems so this could possibly a three team deal.

Habs are getting Evgeni Malkin this summer, comeds...It will be a blockbuster!

 

[BGDave]

Too many soft Euros in the leadership roles here. They got rid of one in Semin a few years back, next to go should be Backstrom. They need a Toews type here badly to go with Ovi.

"Don Cherry, you have a call waiting on Line 3"

 

[GenJac]

No one choked. No one lost it or won it. It was an evenly matched series. Just like the Caps and Islanders was. Thinds were great for the Caps for 3 games. But the rangers I think took Ovechkin and Backstrom out of the series after game 4, and said, ok, if we are going to lose, it will be to Joel ward or Chamera. It was a good strategy. It was a great seven games of hockey. The goalies were almost perfect. But Lunquist pulled it out, keeping him the best. Holtby is within inches of saving that series for the Caps.

 

[Cyder]

No one choked. No one lost it or won it. It was an evenly matched series. Just like the Caps and Islanders was. Thinds were great for the Caps for 3 games. But the rangers I think took Ovechkin and Backstrom out of the series after game 4, and said, ok, if we are going to lose, it will be to Joel ward or Chamera. It was a good strategy. It was a great seven games of hockey. The goalies were almost perfect. But Lunquist pulled it out, keeping him the best. Holtby is within inches of saving that series for the Caps.

If you're the Caps you have to be thrilled with Holtby's performance and he's still young. I'm sure they're disappointed but as far as the off season goes the goalie is a big check mark.

 

[forty_three]

Excellent point. Quick question. Backstrom is 6th in the league in scoring - who is available that Capitals should pick up to replace him?

FILIP FORSBERG

 

[MrFlyingV]

Excellent point. Quick question. Backstrom is 6th in the league in scoring - who is available that Capitals should pick up to replace him?

Yeah but it is not what you do in the regular season...but in the playoffs. And as a Sharks fan I have see that all too many times in the past 10 years with the 2 stooges.

 

[MrFlyingV]

I am going to try to insert Max Pacioretty's name into this discussion. I hear he is one of the Canadiens problems so this could possibly a three team deal.

Maybe make a deal with St Louis for Backstrom. That is a team that needs a shakeup.

 

[esls79]

That 0-2 stat can't be correct. This is the NHL so there should at least be three columns in the standings. 0-2-?

 

[postmaster]

Excellent point. Quick question. Backstrom is 6th in the league in scoring - who is available that Capitals should pick up to replace him?

He did go 182 - 129 in faceoffs during the playoffs. I mean that is just not showing up.

 

[Sgt Brutus]

The Caps fucking suck when it matters the most, but anyone blaming OV needs to have their brain donated to research

OV scored the first goal of the series for the Caps and their last goal of the series, both on the road - he might not have done much in games 4, 5, and 6 but the only reason a guy like Rick Nash(who was a top three goal scorer in the league this season) doesn't get his feet melted by the fire is because the Rangers found a way to win and he didn't do ANYTHING in this series - he is the absolute worst in the playoffs and I don't think he has the excuse of being injured this time around - OV did everything the coach wanted him to do and he still found a way to be an offensive force

People blaming OV at this point is just getting beyond old and I'm tired of hearing it - I don't know what else you want him to do? The Caps don't have the necessary offensive pieces to surround him in order to win - the two young'ins might be helpful in the future but they need more than that - they need a second line scoring center who will be a force because the options they have right now will never get them over the hump

If the Caps won, everyone who is criticizing OV for this quote would be all over his nutsack talking about how amazing of a player he is and how he is the best player ever - you guys put way too much stock into comments people make - instead, you should take more stock in the actions that a player has and OV did everything he possibly could to win - there are way more players you can look at and say "He didn't do enough" than OV

Nash has been MIA since March