Pete

I don't think that's true. I think he's appropriately appreciated and rated. He will be remembered as a player that always left you wanting more, he leaves too much on the table. Even the responses from the stans to those who are critical never really directly rebut the criticism. He doesn't use his speed or size, yeah but he scores goals. He handles the puck like a hand grenade, yeah but he's statistically good at 5v5. None of those actually answer the criticisms, at least @Phil is honest and says he just doesn't care about the shortcomings. Nobody's knocking the guy as a goal scorer. But a lot of people can see he's capable of much more. So yeah, when I see that he has the most playoff goals for a Ranger, the first thing that comes to mind is that he could easily have many more if he utilized his skill set to its fullest potential.

Maybe there was some player feedback. But it's definitely a case where Scotty Bowman behind the bench wouldn't have made a difference.

I get that, but I also don't equate sports to real life. That guy clearly struggles with confidence, and after a shaky start to the game he really clamped down. It could have gone either way.

Yea that's some bullshit.

I don't care what the xGF was. I watched that game, he gutted it out and stopped some bleeding.

Looks like Georgiev stepped up last night.

Caps shot their load. Wasn't enough.

That's exactly what happened in game one though. There was some stretches of really boring hockey, not many, but you can tell that's what the Caps were trying to do. The difference between this team and previous teams is that they were comfortable being 0-0 after the first period, they didn't try to force anything, and they waited for their opportunity. They were patient, and then they immediately took what the Capitals gave them. That's why they're going to be difficult to beat. They don't get rattled.

I agree, their chemistry is much better without Chelios. They're in a good rhythm right now.

A Roslovic flame out will do it.

That's a fair point, until he does it—he hasn't done it.

I don't agree that it's "unfair", life isn't fair... I don't care how many games it took, for the first three seasons he showed very, very little compared to other 1OA.

Oh, I don't agree there. He showed even here that he can go on a heater, he did it when Shesty was hurt. He's been overused for 2 seasons then, if he played more last year. It's not just about games played, it's about how his workload was managed, too. He played almost every game for the last month.