Comments on: Brooks Laich May Be “Pissed Off,” But the Capitals Are Coasting

By: BobbyG

BobbyG — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:31:45 +0000

Well the curse is over and the Caps are back to their winning ways. I would have preferred they would have made a more dominating statement against the Thrashers, but at least they halted their skid. There are still five more games left in the regular season to work on their game fundamentals before the real season begins.

By: Caps Get Elusive Win #50. Beat Thrashers 2-1.

Caps Get Elusive Win #50. Beat Thrashers 2-1. — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:27:36 +0000

[...] spending the last few days discussing if the Capitals are coasting to the playoffs or not, one thing was certain: Washington needed a win in a bad kind of way tonight. With three [...]

By: Usually Frustrated Caps Fan

Usually Frustrated Caps Fan — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:04:59 +0000

Strategy is making sure you have a long term plan to your ultimate goal – the Caps have that and are executing it. Tactics is the here and now and that’s what you are talking about when you talk about “the geometry of a perfect pass, that predatory instinct to find a weak spot, the prescience to anticipate your opponent’s next move …”

It’s obvious that IF you Win EVERY battle you win the war. What’s not obvious is that you can win A LOT of battles BUT still loose the war. You have to win the key battles at the key times to win the war and I still think it’s the plan and that’s being executed.

I’ll never, ever have a problem with the Caps playing hard, smart hockey like the moment you show re: Semin’s shorthanded goal against the flightless birds. However, Ovechkin doiesn’t need to be flying around the ice risking his own body on hits like the one on Jagr in the Olympics in any of these last six games before the playoffs. IMHO that wouldn’t be a smart thing to do, at all.

Remember they didn’t get a league leading 110 points “coasting” or being lazy and that’s generally not a mark a team that isn’t filled with elite athletes attain. Elite athletes don’t like to loose and I’m sure these guys are playing to win every night, though they won’t, nor shoud they, be as motivated to risk injury as their opponents will when they play the Thrashers and the Bruins in four of the next six games since the Caps already have their ticket to the post-season.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:54:21 +0000

They have been lazy, that is for sure. But, in the past when they were lazy for a period or just a period of time Theo has bailed them out. Now, pucks are bouncing off his body and into the net. Hopefully the lazy play in front of him does not destroy his confidence because I think long term that is the only real damage that can be done going into the playoffs.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 03:26:44 +0000

I like hearing Books curse a bit. Then i don’t feel like a potty mouth.
Hopefully the Caps get the wins going so we can whoop everyone’s asses in the playoffs. And this losing streak won’t help anyone. We need to shape up! there’s my two cents. I have nothing else to say.