This is just becoming an extended cut and paste exercise. Just take a handful of key phrases, e.g., "stupid penalties", "late collapse", "crappy penalty killing", "Alexander Semin is a colossal idiot", "defensive breakdowns" - throw them into a bowl and grab three or four at random and write paragraph. Pretty hard to go wrong.
The best 40 minute team in hockey actually played a solid 50 minutes tonight. It wasn't enough. I don't know how many [insert adjective here - I'm tired of thinking them up] penalties 200 feet from their own net these guys can continue to take, but if they don't stop soon Boudreau is seriously going to stroke out right on the bench.
Anyone who thinks this team is destined for a cup needs to have their medication adjusted. Issue one for 50 some games now has been bad penalties. If they haven't gotten the message yet there's no reason to think they'll figure it out by April. And Boudreau has to take his share of the blame. After tonights performance there is no earthly reason for not scratching Semin the next game - with or without Ovechkin in the lineup.
Tonights game went just as you would expect a game against the Devils - missing a couple of star players of their own - while your goal a game guys is not dressed. It was shut down hockey across the board - not exciting but it was interesting watching the Caps execute a game plan that's not exactly in their strategic wheelhouse.
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