Comments on: Caps Fall to Coyotes, 3-2, on Valentine’s Day

By: Capitals Chase Continues Into Desert | Clydeorama.com

Capitals Chase Continues Into Desert | Clydeorama.com — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:08:19 +0000

[...] Ovechkin is still chasing…something. The usual suspects had a bit to say at Japer’s Rink, Russian Machine, Kings of Leonsis, and we’ve got the Capitals Outsider box score going for us, which is [...]

By: sonja

sonja — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:16:09 +0000

“As punishment I’ll re-read Mario’s hypocritical, infantile tirade against the lack of punishment for the dirty players in the league, of whom the Pens employ none. None!”

Hahahaha … best comment on the whole can of worms right there!

By: J.P.

J.P. — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:50:08 +0000

Gack! Sorry for the typos and out of sequence words in the above post. As punishment I’ll re-read Mario’s hypocritical, infantile tirade against the lack of punishment for the dirty players in the league, of whom the Pens employ none. None!

By: Our Readers’ Valentines For Their Favorite Capitals Players

Our Readers’ Valentines For Their Favorite Capitals Players — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:45:35 +0000

[...] honor of Valentine’s Day and to drown your sorrows after the latest Caps loss, we asked our readers to submit their very own cards addressed to a Capitals player. And oh, boy, [...]

By: J.P.

J.P. — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:44:28 +0000

Anyone who thinks this team has post-season run in them, needs to seek professional help. Immediately. W/out significant changes – and right effin’ now! – this team is in serious danger of boarding the short bus with the other lame-o franchises now making early vacation plans.
Change should start at the top. Boudreau has plateaued. He hasn’t made coaching moves this season as much as he’s made desperation moves. Becoming the Washington Trapitals? Hasn’t worked.
Sticking with a PP scheme that lost its balance a year ago and never recovered, in the hopes that pixies and leprechauns will suddenly show up and scatter magic dust, and rainbows that lead to pots o’ golden goals? Hasn’t worked.
Swearing like found a lost script from a Scorcese movie in hopes that it’ll motivate players? Amusing, but it hasn’t worked.
Dude’s been treading water all year and is slowly getting in over his head. Best to get him out now while there’s still some season to salvage.

Top line?
Other than occasional flashes of brilliance earlier in the season, Semin’s been a gaping maw of suck.
Backstrom’s idiotic tendency to not take shots when they’re there is only slightly more aggravating than his propensity to take inexcusable penalties at the Worst. Time. Imaginable. And will someone on the coaching staff please remove those Star Trek gravity boots disguised as skates from our dear Backy. My teevee hates me for shouting at Backstrom so much – it’s actually starting to cringe when the voices of Locker and Joe B come on.
Ovi’s refusal to try a few new moves or create some space and separation from defenders is about as galling as it gets. It’s been said countless times but once more surely can’t hurt: doing the same thing futile thing over and over again and expecting different results is a whole buncha people’s version of insanity. Stop. The. Insanity. It’s making the rest of us insane just watching it.
Oh, and note to GMGM: trade deadline is approaching, good sir. Might wanna throw a line in water while there’s still some fish left to nibble. The Trapitals need a spark so get crackin’.

By: Kirstin

Kirstin — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:47:39 +0000

I used to watch the Caps road games obsessively, even when they were down by a few goals, because I believed they could turn it around. And now, I was just watching the game to see BizNasty2point0 on the ice.

By: 28ISGREAT

28ISGREAT — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:48:29 +0000

Whether or not Semin practiced doesn’t really mean a hill of beans to me – and has absolutely no bearing on what we’re seeing on the ice from this team AS A WHOLE night in and night out.

Now trust me, I’d have loved nothing more than to have Semin come back and rack up 5+ points per game. It would have silenced all the haters. But – that hasn’t happened.

However, the sad reality is that with or without Semin, the team as a whole is performing the same way they have since the start of December. And thats a problem much bigger than whether or not Alex Semin decides to go to practice.

I will add one thing – I did think 19 and 8 played with more fire and skill last night than we’ve seen throughout this season so far. Backstrom had some magnificent front-of-the-net passes that other players failed to convert on (read: Ovechkin fanned) – and he had a number of golden opportunities himself where instead of passing he actually took the shot – but simply missed or got blocked. Thats a recipe for success if they keep that up.

I honestly felt they could have won – indeed had a legitimate shot to win – last night’s game – which for this fan is an incremental improvement over how I’ve felt after many other losses this season.

By: deann

deann — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:05:52 +0000

If it weren’t for our power play woes and other past non-efforts, this loss wouldn’t feel so bad for me. But I have to ask: why was Chimera out there for the last seconds of the game? He’s a fast skater, sure, but the guy has a hard time hitting the puck in the ocean.

By: michelle

michelle — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:55:29 +0000

Whitney’s comments were definitely the most interesting part of the game…

Scoring a kabillion goals during last year’s regular season… ended up not meaning a thing in the post season….at this point .. as long as they make the playoffs i don’t care how they get there …. (though some sort of fix for the PP would be nice…. and that means everybody that isn’t hurt needs to show up at practice… IMHO)

By: Avtopilot

Avtopilot — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:27:02 +0000

Ok, this loss was not as bad as the one to the Kings.
But hell, what’s the difference?

I predict, that the next one will be a win as they will play with some added locker-room motivation.
Then a couple of tired losses. Then probably a win in SO. I believe, this is where they are now without any management efforts.

This is a margin for the panic button. If it is better (>4 points in 4 games), then BB still controls it. If it is worse, then i see no big chance for a PO run and BB shall go…