Comments on: Charmin Soft, Sabres beat Caps 4-2

By: Ovechkin Scores, Chimera Gestures in Caps 3-1 Win Over Sabres

Ovechkin Scores, Chimera Gestures in Caps 3-1 Win Over Sabres — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 04:05:36 +0000

[...] scores! It’s the quickest Caps goal of the season, and a complete role-reversal of Monday’s dreadful game against the Sabres on Monday. (Photo credit: Nick [...]

By: Mike Green Finally Returns to Practice

Mike Green Finally Returns to Practice — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 06:35:37 +0000

[...] the Washington Capitals continue to struggle under new coach Dale Hunter, Mike Green has become a beacon of hope for a Caps turnaround. For good reason. As you probably [...]

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:44:00 +0000

If Dale is the man for the job, then his system needs to be run. His system needs mobile, defensive-minded players with grit (mentioned in a tweet by @ngreenberg). When I think of the lineup, I can’t name many players that fit that description. Fact is, those players win you Cups and thus, are hard to come by. If Dale is our man, our lineup needs to change accordingly. Yes, we bicker all of the time about what we could get in a Semin trade, etc. At this point, I’d like to see ANYTHING happen. If we let a player go and they have a career year with someone else, fine. They weren’t going to do it as a Cap anyway. No regrets. Game after game of embarrassments needs to end.

By: Jenn Maxwell

Jenn Maxwell — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:37:00 +0000

The only thing I could think of…..

By: Spelling Police

Spelling Police — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 08:54:00 +0000

Too late, citizen.
You will get your grammar test via email.

By: Michael01a

Michael01a — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 08:45:00 +0000

BB’s system is still somewhere in their guts.
and is outbursting painfully in the most freaking way.

Hope, that Dale will excorcise this soon with some fire and magical asskicks

By: serpent

serpent — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 07:53:00 +0000

Bter should be” better”. Don’t want the Spelling Police on my butt.

By: serpent

serpent — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 07:51:00 +0000

Put the whole damn team on waivers and call up the Bears. Bter yet, let’s just watch the Juniors where teams play as if they care,

By: rickvb

rickvb — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 04:38:00 +0000

We need to realize that this is a much, much bigger problem than one person, or we’ll never get anywhere. Chalking it all up to Boudreau was bullshit, because Dale’s struggling too. Calling it all on Semin is ridiculous, because we were shit when he wasn’t on the ice. And Ovechkin can’t be everything all the time. This is a broader problem and the sooner we step away from the scapegoat train and accept that, the sooner we can actually stop sucking.

By: Bobby Gee

Bobby Gee — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 04:12:00 +0000

Thank you, thank you, thank you! The old hockey cliche “Will trumps skill” is so appropriate here. I’m been waiting for the Caps to show up for a full 60 minutes on a consistent basis, and continue to be disappointed. This group, for all its so-called talent, goes long stretches showing little heart, little will, little giving a crap. I’m beyond wondering how far they will get in the playoffs because, to be honest, they don’t look anything like a playoff team.

Like you, I want them to SHOW ME I’m wrong. I want them to wake up and smell the coffee. They are getting too used to being mediocre, too used to being satisfied with just showing up. On most nights their work ethic is atrocious, as in non-existent. Where is the leadership, the pride in playing for one another? They look like a collection of self-satisfied individuals with little if any resemblance to a real TEAM.