I can think of few things more pleasurable as a fan of that "physical brand" than seeing Lindy physically knock a player off the puck or straight on his rear and skate in with it and score, all without hesitation or missing a beat.
He's done it a few times. If you're the last guy back and Lindholm is coming at you, you'd better be strong on your feet protecting that puck.
A poor man's Peter Forsberg.
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Let’s reverse the trend of sucking in afternoon games
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Almost. Hit the pipe all alone. Is there something wrong with the clock?
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We suck in the afternoon
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Coffee first period. Beers second and third.
Pregame Prophet
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Its been such a great start that ill be fine with a loser point and Ovie goal today.
McDoofus
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Mcmichael skating up at the net and then doesn't know what to do with the puck. Nice.
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He is a bit of a triangle man. Could be a real ####house by the time he's in his mid-20's.
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Mc####house needs to stop giving people extra crosschecks or he's going to get called before too long.
Breadman on the Powerplay
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Motherpucker. Mr. Bread Eater, I do not appreciate that.
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So the refs are gonna be a bunch of ####s today
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I don't think the refs had their coffee today
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Ugh. ####!
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I will never eat bread again
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Oshie completely lost track of that one
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Bad, go play with dog
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so sloppy
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looks like we have our typical afternoon game mindset
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Calgary plays that kind of game the Caps are worst against. Lots of forecheck and disruption, but backed up by skill. Gonna be a tough one
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TVR needs to get a stick on that. Also pretty poor from the refs there
Lindholm’s quick strike
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Screened badly!!
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Ugh. Afternoon games lol down by 2
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rofl wow... how forsythe still has a job is beyond me.
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The ol’ Caps matinee club.
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I feel like I’ve been here before.
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JFC
Not a great response boys!
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Yeah, the Caps seldom pop out of the gate ready to play in day games.
I'm confident they can get it back.
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Caps lookin like hot dog poop today
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On both GA, Flames were allowed to hang out right in front of Vitek without issue. Guys need to start clearing the crease, especially on the PK (although admittedly that’s harder to do now within it taking a cross checking penalty). Until now, the Caps had been relatively good at preventing too much commotion in front of Vitek and Sammy.
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First goal was soft, second was a great shot through traffic. They need to get their #### together on defense. Look slow both on legs and at decision making. Shades of last season.
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Is that poop after eating a hot dog or poop shaped like a hot dog?
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Good question. I meant the poop of a dog on a hot summer's day, but any of those three scenarios work for this.
Lindholm’s sheer ####in will
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AW FRICK
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Hey guys what the ####
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Carlson got ####ing bodied
I’m at this game. “####ing embarrassing”
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Oh boy we’re back the whole giving up short handed goals like they’re candy thing again?
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Afternoon games, it’s a curse
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Bruh moment.
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My lord we are bad today
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Wow Carlson... nooo
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Well there was a goal on the PP, and Carlson got an assist.
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Got absolutely handled by Lindholm
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Lavi is pissed. Not even let 8 finish out rest of PP
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The positive: Only 3-0 and this Caps team can score.
The negative: That whole period.
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Uhhhh why are we down 3-0? Usual matinee Caps?
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“We’ve seen the Caps have some struggles in day games in the past.”
No, JoeB, not some struggles. We’ve sucked ass in matinee games the entire rock the red era.
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One more thing - our fans are so soft. Can we get loud? You paid $$$+ to.... be quiet? No wonder we play better away. Our fans have zero intensity it’s pathetic.
This isn’t a pathetic Redsk- Football Team. This is a team that won the Cup pretty recently. Act that way.
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The Caps of old. Calgary looks like an excellent team today. Defensive woes. Not a fun game to attend. Might go home early.
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I often feel like I'm waaaay too new to hockey to give any form of criticism, but the puck dropped midnight on my timezone and I feel like I'm way more awake than the lads.
Overtime Hatty
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Bummer. I felt that it was inevitable in OT the way we were skating. Not enough urgency
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I'm not even mad.
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Dammit. Ah, well. Caps got a point after starting down 0-3. A big old wash.
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Ovi playing man on man defense is the worst.
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And here I was excited about matinee hockey
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One other thing I like to point out, the Caps have not played well in either OT and that is why they have lost both. Seems they are lacking a killer instinct in OT so far.
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Ugh skating matters in OT
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Lindholm beats Ovie, and Sammy. Why in the world would Kuz go so deep on forecheck to challenge the goalie? Instant 3-on-2
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I don’t see OTs going our way very often this year. Trying to figure out what Wilson was thinking that one play when he had possession. Honestly I don’t think Wilson belongs out there 3 on 3. Not suited to his game at all.
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Lol Ovie man..
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Mantha played hard for a shift and then followed it up with a lazy one, lol.
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At least Ovechkin scored?
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As an Elias Lindholm fantasy owner
...that forgot him on the bench
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He played a good forechecking board game, but was addled with two guys with zero offence. He made zero defensive mistakes, despite his minus (dumb stat). 64% faceoff wins. One shot on goal sure, but his linemate Lucic had 3. Who do you think passed him the puck?
As for worse - Valimaki, Carlson, Ritchie on the Flames. Dube had a rough game. In fact that line struggled, and Sutter apparently agreed according to TOI. Tkachuk did nothing - couldn’t even get in on good plays by his mates.
On the Caps - Vanacek, Sprong, Mantha, Dowd…. In fact their whole team except the top line wasn’t great.
Carlson on the Flames?
If you have to make up players to find anyone worse than Monahan, that's not reassuring.
Holy #### Lindhold with the Hatty! Gaudreau with 500! Vladar with his 1st win. All against one of the best teams in the league. Solid win after giving up a 3 goal lead.
Baby steps at a time, but Sutter is getting us there
I want to thank this post, but I have to ask, did you author this video? If not, I don't feel right being happy about things.
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I was driving through the mountains during the game, so could neither watch nor listen....stopped at a spot with decent cell just at the time (luckily!) that the game was at the end of the 3rd period. Got to listen to the OT and the winning goal. Thank you - I'll take credit for that win.
Sounds like it got off to a roaring start, soured, then got rescued. Love that Vladar got the win and the Flames found a way.
