2017 ECQF: Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Washington Capitals

[NerveDamage 4,176]

6 minutes ago, derblaueClaus said:

Andersen says no.

 

[NerveDamage 4,176]

 

[amato 3,210]

1 hour ago, NerveDamage said:

 

I'm no rules expert but.. interference? 

[NerveDamage 4,176]

18 minutes ago, amato said:

I'm no rules expert but.. interference? 

he had a couple of plays like that. In the early minutes of the first he hugged a Washington forward. and during a scrum, I think in the 2nd, he went for the leg and try to take the player down like that. Kind of over aggressive, if you ask me... and I love this play

at least Dom was playing the puck   ...I guess

Edited April 14, 2017 by NerveDamage

[amato 3,210]

19 minutes ago, F.Michael said:

I was at that game.

Would've loved to see that crowd reaction 

[Hockeymom1960 5,107]

6 hours ago, F.Michael said:

Was sitting in the upper bowl behind the Wild net...So my wife, and I saw this sorta 'head on'...With only 2, or 3 min left in the game - Wings if I recall were winning 5-0 - Hasek bolts outta his net...Everyone sorta gasped as he charged, but went nutz when Gaborik flipped right over.

Wings were able to kill off the 2 min pen for tripping to secure Hasek the shutout.

I wonder how many left that game and didnt see it.

[amato 3,210]

Caps intense forecheck finally gets one. All tied up with 6 to go! 

[amato 3,210]

The more I watch Anderson play, the more I dislike him haha just seems like such a whiney *****  

[toby91_ca 620]

I find the WSH crowd extremely annoying.  They boo and chant "refs you suck" every little thing that goes uncalled.  There were at least a couple times tonight a WSH player committed a pretty obvious penalty...one being Oshie just running Andersen over...they go crazy because WSH doesn't get a powerplay...I think the complaint was that Andersen was punching at Oshie to get him off.

[NerveDamage 4,176]

wooo, we go to 2nd OT

 

[amato 3,210]

Going into double OT! Everyone get this game on  

[NerveDamage 4,176]

this is how I see every Caps fan

[NerveDamage 4,176]

Leafs take game 2. that oughta quiet those damn cowbells. at least for a couple of games.

[amato 3,210]

Hate to say it a little but damn nice setup by Boyle. This series is turning out better than I thought it'd be 

[GMRwings1983 8,794]

Jesus.  How many chances did Ovechkin blow in that OT?

[Hockeytown0001 7,652]

Looks like the Caps annual collapse is coming early. 

[kipwinger 8,524]

3 takeaways from this series so far.

1.  We need to forecheck as aggressively as Toronto does, Washington cannot break out the puck right now.

2.  We need to target Dmity Orlov in a trade scenario, that dude is realgud.

3.  Evgeny Kuznetsov might be the most effortlessly impressive skater I've seen since Fedorov.

[Dabura 12,207]

Well, this has been much closer than I'd expected. Babcock doing Babcock things.

[Dabura 12,207]

2 hours ago, kipwinger said:

1.  We need to forecheck as aggressively as Toronto does, Washington cannot break out the puck right now.

Granted, it helps to have Matthews, Marner, Kadri, Rielly, Nylander, Gardiner, Kapanen, and van Riemsdyk. Oh, and Babcock.

2 hours ago, kipwinger said:

2.  We need to target Dmity Orlov in a trade scenario, that dude is realgud.

Yes plz.

He does play for a powerhouse team, though. That's worth keeping in mind.

[amato 3,210]

Orlov would be awesome. They have four defensemen and around half their forwards to re-sign too. They're going to lose someone to Vegas but with kuznetsov and burakovsky being due for big raises; hopefully losing one player to Vegas and losing shattenkirk (was considered a rental from the beginning) plus maybe a depth forward or two won't be enough.  

Or who knows, maybe they like shattenkirk enough to keep him instead of orlov. 

 

https://www.capfriendly.com/teams/capitals

[NerveDamage 4,176]

 

[Hockeymom1960 5,107]

C'mon Caps don't let me down.

[frankgrimes 1,836]

Babs is making a strong case for the Jack Adams
Toronto needed 2 years to rebuild add a defender and they will be a force to recognize for a long time

[toby91_ca 620]

4 hours ago, frankgrimes said:

Babs is making a strong case for the Jack Adams
Toronto needed 2 years to rebuild add a defender and they will be a force to recognize for a long time

Voting finished last week though.

[frankgrimes 1,836]

Voting finished last week though.

Oh nice should be between Tortarella, Babs and McLellan honorable mention Bouche