Comments on: A Recipe for Success: Maximizing the Capitals Line Combos http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/05/02/a-recipe-for-success-maximizing-the-capitals-line-combos/ A cheerfully demented Washington Capitals site with a healthy fixation on Alex Ovechkin and his Russian bros. CRASH THE NET! Tue, 21 May 2013 01:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Teetering on the Precipice of Golf: Bolts beat Caps 4-3 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/05/02/a-recipe-for-success-maximizing-the-capitals-line-combos/#comment-19072 Teetering on the Precipice of Golf: Bolts beat Caps 4-3 Wed, 04 May 2011 02:04:33 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=17820#comment-19072 [...] expected so so so much more from the Semin-Arnott-Laich [...]

]]> By: GreenGuy http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/05/02/a-recipe-for-success-maximizing-the-capitals-line-combos/#comment-19051 GreenGuy Tue, 03 May 2011 20:10:15 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=17820#comment-19051 @Brad, disagree on Hannan – except for his piss-poor change last game that directly caused the TBL OT Winner, he’s been pretty good.

Schultz needs to step it up. Unfortunately speed is not something you can teach….

]]> By: Brad http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/05/02/a-recipe-for-success-maximizing-the-capitals-line-combos/#comment-19048 Brad Tue, 03 May 2011 19:54:35 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=17820#comment-19048 Green, Schultz, and Hannan are killing us in the D-zone

]]> By: karnoldo http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/05/02/a-recipe-for-success-maximizing-the-capitals-line-combos/#comment-19047 karnoldo Tue, 03 May 2011 19:27:45 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=17820#comment-19047 scratch green. put in wideman. enuff said.

]]> By: Brad in Arlington http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/05/02/a-recipe-for-success-maximizing-the-capitals-line-combos/#comment-19031 Brad in Arlington Tue, 03 May 2011 17:12:13 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=17820#comment-19031 Fehr is a leap, but you did say out of the box thinking. So, OK. One change I would make is swap #90 and #19. Backstrom is not doing squat, and is a liability to the top line, and to Ovie, who is trying to make up for 19′s absence.
Major fix for the power play is to get Ovie the hell off the point. First, he is lousy at it. Second, it makes no sense to have perhaps the leagues best scorer anchored 60 feet away from the goal. Or carrying the puck all the way up from his own end, then creating offside opportunities.

]]> By: Zack http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/05/02/a-recipe-for-success-maximizing-the-capitals-line-combos/#comment-19022 Zack Tue, 03 May 2011 16:12:40 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=17820#comment-19022 STOP THE MADNESS!!!
Semin Backstrom Ovie
Knuble MOJO Arnott
Fehr Laich Chimera
Hendricks or Sturm Gordon Bradley

GO CAPS GO!!!

]]> By: Esskay http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/05/02/a-recipe-for-success-maximizing-the-capitals-line-combos/#comment-19012 Esskay Tue, 03 May 2011 13:34:47 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=17820#comment-19012 Good post. I agree with most of your choices, though I wish there was a better role for Knuble. I agree that he’s one of our best net crashers and I think we need that if we’re going to break Rolo.

I think the most important thing is to stop breaking up Arnott/Semin. Arnott has shown an amazing ability to ignite 28 and I don’t understand why we would mess with that. Sasha Whisperer indeed.

]]> By: Knuble's Knights http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/05/02/a-recipe-for-success-maximizing-the-capitals-line-combos/#comment-19005 Knuble's Knights Tue, 03 May 2011 12:47:41 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=17820#comment-19005 Neil can you explain how it’s a toss-up between Knuble and Sturm for third-line. Higher scoring chance, higher conversion (compared to 0%), higher RCQ – seems like a better line with Knuble across the board, right? (Not that we’re biased.) Interesting that Mr. Crash the Net would be on the line here with the longest average shot distance and the shortest average goal distance. Stats are cool.

]]> By: K4 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/05/02/a-recipe-for-success-maximizing-the-capitals-line-combos/#comment-19001 K4 Tue, 03 May 2011 11:38:59 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=17820#comment-19001 Avtopilot, great points… My lines:
Chimera-Johanson-Ovie -Creates space with MaJo and Chim’s speed
Laich-Arnott-Semin -Skill and possession
Knuble-Backstrom-Fehr -Size and possession
Hendricks-Gordon-Sturm -Speed and grit

Sit Green and Schultz if Wideman and Poti are healthy. Force Green to a neurologist…i think the bell’s still ringing from the last puck to the head.

Only worried about a win tonight. The rest of the series will wait.

]]> By: sonja http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/05/02/a-recipe-for-success-maximizing-the-capitals-line-combos/#comment-18998 sonja Tue, 03 May 2011 11:17:14 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=17820#comment-18998 Would someone please tell me WTF Schultz is doing out on the ice during a PK? He and Hannan were out during every PK the other night except (of course) the PK in which he was in the box. He does not belong on a PK against a speedy team like Tampa … it was utterly ridiculous and why they scored twice on the PK. Love Hannan, but Schultz is becoming more and more of a liability.

I think Knubes has to sit for game 3 and put Hendy back on line 4.

BB was back to his old tricks on Sunday night of fiddling with lines and it was so confusing to everyone. He needs to dance with them that brung him and use the line combos that worked so well at the end of the season and against the Rags. He doesn’t need to change up the lines to battle the 1-3-1.

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