Comments on: Haters Gonna Hate

By: Peter Hassett

Peter Hassett — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:17:47 +0000

Thanks, Ryan, for giving voice to that nagging feeling I have.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:18:35 +0000

I’m going to point out that having an insane plus/minus with Ovi and Backstrom on the front line is not as big as a positive indicator as Schultz defenders cite. I am very angry with GMGM, we keep going to the play offs praying that our godlike offense will outscore our lackluster defense and our opponents grit, and it’s not working out for us. Every trade deadline, every UFA scramble, I watch and hope that GMGM will something (anything) to address our constant defensive end playoff woes, and watch him do nothing useful (*coughCorvo).

I am not a Schultz fan, I’m not a Schultz hater, but I don’t think he’s the best we could have done. If you Schultz fans think that I’m just hatin’ and that he is worth passing over other candidates consider this quote from On Frozen Blog: “Something for you perhaps to meditate on during our encounters with the Atlantic division this coming season: for the grand sum of $6.5 million dollars the Capitals this fall could have dressed Gill and Volchenkov in their sweater.” …and then take a hard look back the Caps defensive performance in the last three playoff runs.

By: Pat

Pat — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:18:03 +0000

That animated gif is awesome.

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:51:29 +0000

There are a lot of Shultz haters out there. I’m not one of them. Caps fans in general seem really disappointed by the lack of moves during free agency, but it makes sense to me. Caps are a pretty fantastic regular season team. Why not keep what’s working for the regular season and make adjustments at the trade deadline in the winter with playoff grit in mind? I think to some extent they tried that last year, but in my opinion getting Green-like defenseman out of Corvo was a mistake. If no changes are made in the winter, then I might get worried.