all over the Caps board in their misery threads about the season being over you can find nearly every poster mentioning how they are a lock for getting 4 points from over these next two games.
We can't afford to let up and underestimate this team because of their record. Full throttle, boys.
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A dying wolf can still bite you. We aren't exactly that far ahead of them and could literally be in the same position as them if we lost these next two.
We need to come out hard and take it to them. They own us in Washington, but hopefully without Semin we may do alright. I know Ribeiro owns us which I am not looking forward too because I'm sure he'll put up 3 points like he usually does against us.
We need to play hard tomorrow. I will be severely disappointed with any type of loss tomorrow night. We need to keep winning to make up for that start.
my mistake, i meant to say i was reading that 95% of posters on their board were speaking of how the CAPS were guaranteed to beat the "Crappy Cats". i personally never underestimate any match but as we all know and fully understand: when you're at the bottom you gotta look up
Despite the Caps awful struggles, the odds are greatly against us when you look at how we've fared in D.C. over the past few seasons. As GR tweeted just before, we've lost the last five meetings there, been outscored 19-6, and two of the past three games have been shutouts. The win on Thursday hopefully will keep the team's morals high.
I don't see a high chance in sweeping the two-game series, but winning this one I think would be more of a challenge than at Tuesday's game at home. I wonder if the trade of Ellerby lights a fire under certain players like Kuba for example to play better defensively. I'm hoping for equal production from every line. That's how we'll get the win.
Interesting that we're better than Washington in almost every team stat. Ovechkin's last post game interview showed the state of mind for this team which is DEFLATED. Let's get the juices flowing early on and not be the end to Washington's misery.
I dislike the Capitals the most in our division. It sure looks like this year could be the tipping point for a re-build if they don't make the playoffs. They have 9 UFA's this year, only 11 players signed for next season and those 11 players total just under $44 million. I think the cap next year is $64 million.
Shut down Ovechkin and Backstrom, Holtby and Neuvirth have the worst stats for goalies in the league with minimum 5 games played. I want to see Ovi tonight. Let's keep this momentum going and finish off the road trip strong with 7 out of 8 pts and slap them around at home Tuesday.
ANY WORD ON BERGENHEIM'S RETURN OR GREIVANCE SITUATION AT ALL??
Prabably Holtby in net 1-4. 473 Gas vs Theo #flapanthers
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Steve Goldstein @goldieonice
#FlaPanthers looks like same lineup as last game. Would make Kovalev the scratch.
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Steve Goldstein @goldieonice
14-9-88 top line.
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Harvey Fialkov @hfialkov
Dineen not on ice. Took a puck off leg. yesterday. #flapanthers
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Steve Goldstein @goldieonice
Hopefully Versteeg takes this as a learning experience??
Would we be fine with:
Versteeg - Weiss - Mueller
Flash - Shore - Hubbs
as the top two lines? I think it would either work amazingly between Mueller and Steeg or it would implode very quickly. Flash is able to adapt and would be a nice fit with Hubs and Shore. Thoughts?
Its quite simple if we come to work we are going to win 60-75% of our games against our lazy opponents. Tonight is no exception. Bring the lunch pale boys.
Dineen shuffling the lines should be interesting. I want to see how Versteeg handles the move.
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Steve Goldstein @goldieonice
#FlaPanthers looks like same lineup as last game. Would make Kovalev the scratch.
Like it said, same lines as last game (thank you Jebus for the Kovalev scratch again ). Versteeg didn't seem to have a whole lot of energy out there last game, pretty disappointing game from him. I mentioned in the last GDT he looked more like Kovalev than like Mueller.
If Versteeg starts to pick it up, I think our team is in good shape. If we could role 2 lines with a productive Mueller on one an Versteeg on the other for half a game, we would be hard to stop offensively.
I hope Versteeg picks it up, because I want to see Mueller back on a line with Shore and Hubs. They seemed to click really well.
Yes, and the Flash - Weiss - Versteeg line last year really seemed to click well together. At some points of the season was statistically the best line in the NHL (first half anyways).
Thanks. You would have thought I was drunk when I made this GDT, but I was completely sober.
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Excellent job on the GDT.
Its quite simple if we come to work we are going to win 60-75% of our games against our lazy opponents. Tonight is no exception. Bring the lunch pale boys.
Thank you! I really appreciate it.
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How long does it take to make a GDT thread?
This one was pretty funny, good job.
Thanks!
It takes me about two days, but total time is about 4-7 hours. This took about 6, it's more of coming up with ideas for the threads than anything.
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Good job on the GDT Millar! Had to read the Caps lineup twice cause I thought I was reading it wrong
Should be a good test for the Cats tonight, lets see if they can keep the point streak alive and pressure Tampa.
Dineen shuffling the lines should be interesting. I want to see how Versteeg handles the move.
tonight. Let's keep this momentum going and finish off the road trip strong with 7 out of 8 pts and slap them around at home Tuesday. 
). Versteeg didn't seem to have a whole lot of energy out there last game, pretty disappointing game from him. I mentioned in the last GDT he looked more like Kovalev than like Mueller.
