Pete

I felt like you were one of the folks who would defend GG. My bad if I got that wrong.

It's mind-boggling to me how you can say he's one of the worst coaches you've ever seen and yet somehow try to absolve Gallant, who not only didn't change hardly anything from Quinn's lineup, and actually coached less.

I found a couple of clips of Wilson yelling at Rempe on the bench, but no hot mic, you can't even hear what they're saying. Actually, I found it. Don't watch the clip, just listen to the audio. https://twitter.com/BR_OpenIce/status/1782943055756046408/mediaViewer?currentTweet=1782943055756046408&currentTweetUser=BR_OpenIce Honestly, saying you're going after McMichael is a big who gives a fuck. Not much of a chirp. Go after Ovechkin or Carlson.

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.