Off Wing Opinion

Another game, another close win for the Caps. After quick goal off the faceoff by Semin to tie things at 4 late in the 3rd, Flash nets what might as well be an empty netter in OT for the W. Semin's goal just goes to show how important Federov has been in the faceoff circle for the Caps since his acquisition.

The general consensus is that the Caps didn't play with any sense of desperation last night. Here's what some of our favorite bloggers thought about the game.

It was a game that included stretches of the Caps outplaying their opponent intertwined with stretches where they looked either disinterested or hemmed in. Caps Chick

It didn't seem to me that the Caps were playing with a whole lot of desperation last night. The Caps certainly weren't flat but seemed content to just match the Ning's level of play. Twice in the third period, the Caps were beaten to icing touch ups in their own end. That's a sure sign that a team isn't playing hard enough.
Caps Nut

There was a curious lack of urgency in the Caps

This entry was posted on Friday, March 28th, 2008 at 6:11 pm by Joe Dumas and is filed under 2007-08 Washington Capitals. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Tonight the Caps finish off the first half of their 6 game road trip. They face off against the Atlanta Thrashers. According to Tarik, Erskine and Brashear will be out, so Eminger and Laing will be in the lineup. Corey notes the damage still seen around the city after the storm that interrupted the SEC basketball playoffs earlier in the week.

One of the buildings across the street from the park looks like someone took a knife and cut half of it off. It is some scary-looking stuff for sure.

Well it's fitting that the Thrashers are playing as bad as their city looks at the moment. The Peerless takes at look at how bad they are by the numbers. Japers' Rink notes how horrible they have been at drafting blueliners. And Bleatings from a Caps Nut just agrees that they are plain old awful.

The Caps need to win, plain and simple. The Thrash are spiraling downward, and provide a perfect team for the Caps to beat and rebound back from their loss to Chicago. They also enter their Southeast Division stretch run to end the season. The Caps need to close out with at least 5 wins, probably 6.

It doesn't look like they'll catch Carolina, who's gotten red-hot of late, so it's all about sneaking into the 8th spot in the East. And with that in mind, CapsChick breaks down the teams above and below Washington that are fighting for the last couple seeds in the East. The Caps have the easiest schedule on paper, but their previous results against their own divisional rivals this season makes it clear that its going to be harder than it looks. The Flyers, on the other hand, have the Rangers, Devils, and Penguins twice each, and Buffalo has the Senators and Canadians twice each. Florida has the Caps twice, and the Bruins have Montreal and Ottawa twice each, and New Jersey once. So while everyone will be fighting down the stretch, its clear that the Caps have a solid shot and finishing up in the final playoff spot.

This entry was posted on Friday, March 21st, 2008 at 2:35 pm by Joe Dumas and is filed under 2007-08 Washington Capitals. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.