Pimlach

Vinnie gets his first and it was really important

I now invoke the no complaints about a 2 goal lead rule.

Girgs from Okie

Skinner great effort

Nope. My nephew told me that at 11 am.

It may have been accidental, but he blocked a pass and cleared the puck out of our zone without turning it over.

UPL has rebound control issues, but on that one Joker missed the opportunity to clear the puck

Terrible defensive play by Joker. Ugh

TNT

Tons of Caps jerseys in the lower bowl. Sounds like a road game. College kids? Canadians? Or did real Washington residents flock to WNY?

Cozens. Nice. Mitts with a nice apple and for the record, I saw 71 make a good defensive zone play.

The players are not in charge. They have to improve on Bryson and Clague, no matter how popular these guys are.

Capitals are trying hard to get behind our defense. We need to read that and correct.

Power and Joker will play a lot today. So will Muel.

We shall see.

NHL Network - now we get to hear the national media praise Adams and Granato while wondering when the defensive help will arrive.

The longer you wait the more the price goes up - see Scandella affect. He has enough 2nd round picks and B level prospects to make a move to add veteran defensive help without hurting the long term plan - he needs to show the players and the fans that he is "all in" on this playoff push. Next year anything can happen. They are knocking on the door right now.

I never understood the need to apologize or put an asterisk on that playoff team - re: the Dalton play to win the game for Cinci and put us in. Every team played their schedule, the fact that the Bengals game ended after the Bills game was immaterial. We did not sneak in. We got in in accordance with the league rules. KA - do something to break this playoff drought!

You don't have to panic, but if Dahlin is out for awhile, or another injury on D happens then what?

Because VO does very little other than fire a laser beam one timer.

We are going to see. If Dahlin only misses a few games we should be ok as long as we do not lose anyone else back there. Tuch - I will bet is 3 weeks, because they are admitting to 2 right now.

Playing a rookie and a sophomore 28 minutes each is not sustainable, but they can certainly go 23-25 minutes. Joker and Boosh need to step up, they will see more minutes. Boosh is the type that just might elevate his game with the extra minutes. Clague AND Bryson in the same lineup with no Dahlin to take some of their minutes is the problem.

Clear eyes, Black Goatheads, Can’t Lose

I do not see that, I see turnovers and I am getting jumpy about team defense, it needs more priority to help this team make the playoffs. I will watch him closer.

Excellent. Still be careful with the power drill/driver, set the adjustable torque low to start and don't get greedy with he speed (from my own experience). The mounting rails should help a lot and really eases the handling aspect, which is huge. Put on the rails and square 'em up.