When your margin of error is a skate blade it cuts both ways...should've been obvious for a while
Yes, although i dont think we were in a major full-on turtle mode this time after we got the lead. I thought we played well with the lead. We just gave up a miracle last-gasp goal. Thats all. If anything, my complaint is with the way we played first 2 periods.
I dont blame ward. We shoulda been able to kill that last 22 seconds.
3 mistakes that cost the game....and I'm referring to the last minute and OT cos that's when you grab your sack and man up
1. Wardo with a terrible penalty....not blaming it all on him but that was a brutal penalty
2. Holtby and the 2nd time a premature lunge costs a goal...if he stays square to Richards, that never goes in
3. Face off losses in the last minute.....also referring to Aucoin getting a sweater over Halpern
Sharks fan here since the early bad years. Really feeling for you guys. What a terrible heart breaker
You deserve better. Stupid Ward
Boyd Gordon used to be WSH's hedge against that sort of occasional stupidity. He likely would have won both the tying and winning goal faceoffs (not to mention top PK role) which were critical to both WSH GA tonight.
Boyd Gordon used to be WSH's hedge against that sort of occasional stupidity. He likely would have won both the tying and winning goal faceoffs (not to mention top PK role) which were critical to both WSH GA tonight.
I should probably expound on the reason that I wasn't nearly as devastated as some were on this board after the Ward gaffe and subsequent absurdly bad fortune. I had zero confidence that this iteration of the Caps would come out in game 6 after a win and put their foot on the Rangers' proverbial neck and end the series. I figured it was going 7 before this debacle and I still do. Obviously not air-tight from a logic perspective, but it's the way I saw the thing unfolding. They'll win game 6, they'll take it back to the Garden and rip the hearts out of the Rangers again. I honestly believe that.
Btw, is there anyone that doesn't think that RG3 is going to have to have his leg amputated after his first preseason game with our city's luck? Promising Nats' season imperiled by myriad injuries, Arenas knee injury years ago and subsequent professional meltdown, Caps' history, Dudar's wonky hamstring (for my United fans), the Noel supposed last minute change of heart etc. Rough stuff.
You are very lucky. i've been watching since '85, otoh, I'm numb to this crap by now, i just have a sense of absolute certainty year in and year out that they will rip my heart out, tie it to a rope, and attach it to a semi, and have the semi drive it down highway 5 after a freak snowstorm in which they had to salt the highway. I just have zero faith whatsoever, which is why I wanted the draft pick and us to miss the playoffs. Instead, they just found a new way to break my heart. Innovators they are.
Same for me. I was 10 years old when we lost to the Rangers. Major reason I hate that team more than the Flyers and Pens. Yes, even the Pens. The Isles were a pain, but I never hated them as much as those other teams.
All I've got is that we shouldn't have won the game anyway. The issue isn't the last 3 minutes of the game. The issue is that we came out flat and to a man, played stupidly. We could have won this series already had we not played like idiots. But here we are. Wake up. And not just the players. Wideman, Aucoin and Johansson should not play when we return to Washington. The coaching staff needs to mix up the personnel and treat the power play as more than just an opportunity to bleed two minutes off the clock.
All I've got is that we shouldn't have won the game anyway. The issue isn't the last 3 minutes of the game. The issue is that we came out flat and to a man, played stupidly. We could have won this series already had we not played like idiots. But here we are. Wake up. And not just the players. Wideman, Aucoin and Johansson should not play when we return to Washington. The coaching staff needs to mix up the personnel and treat the power play as more than just an opportunity to bleed two minutes off the clock.
