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Can’t and I’m getting sick of hearing it. NMCs are why we can’t - you will lose every trade. In fact, the guys I’d trade from this team probably have them. A Complete tear down is staring this organization in the face if this team misses the playoffs. This core group cannot take the ice next year. So basically, hope they figure it out. Because the alternative is more suffering - but it will be a new GM.

We’re a collectively stupid team.

Wake me up when Mr. Glass is back.

More than Quinn and Cozens and that’s the problem.

I've been saying for weeks Byram has been playing fantastic. The problem fans have had has been the absence of Cozens from the 2024 season - but I think he’s finally showed up.

Thinking about this today I now feel like this is the kind of thing you say when you know overall you aren’t good enough - but you can’t say that. But that’s the truth. They aren’t good enough. It isn’t effort. Great teams can coast 20 percent of the time and win easily. And it happens all the time. We can’t do that. That’s a talent problem and that’s why when these guys skate at that 20 percent like every other team does in October and November, if the other team plays well - they lose.

Yea it felt to me like in his head he wanted to trash their effort without actually trashing their effort and this is what came out. I don’t know. I’d have rather him just say “we can’t play defense worth a ***t.”

See now I don’t think they played lazy tonight They just aren’t good enough. See my previous post. Patrick Kane’s existence on that team immediately makes them better than us. Players like him do all the little things right that make a different bc he’s a Hall of Famer. Our best winger is Alex Tuch. That’s all you need to know. We’re a perennial 85 point team until real legit hall of fame management, scouting, and most importantly players come here or get developed here. The Caps turned it around so quick bc not just the culture - but because of a culture that was built by OV all they need to do his watch real greatness prepare and play everyday. We just aren’t and never will be at every playoff contender’s level bc we have ZERO players that make everyone around them better. We have ZERO players that all are elite. None. Not Dahlin. Not Thompson. Not anyone. They’re just very good. And that’s 2 guys. Power ain’t that dude yet and it might take a few more YEARS.

A couple border line all stars. Maybe 3. Absolutely no one remotely on a Hall of Fame track. Zero toughness - not that it matters in 2024 everyone is built the same looking for the same type of player. We just suck at finding the elite versions of them if they aren’t top 10 picks put in our lap. Why everyone is better then us, simplified. Your Buffalo Sabres explained.

And predictable

This team is infuriating

Good start.

If the Capitals are for real (they are) and finishing in the top 3 in the Atlantic is probably not going to happen then this season is going to go south real quick if we don’t get it together by Thanksgiving. And that’s a little over 3 weeks away. Wins against teams like this are a must.

I'd probably want to take that trade back if we could. That said… Casey has 8 of his points at 5 on 5. He has 5 points on the PP. He’s playing 20 minutes a night. Colorado is 5-6 with a minus 8 goal differential. Casey is a minus 6. Cozens has 3 points at 5 on 5 and is a minus 2 playing 18 minutes a night. Make of all this what you will at the moment. But I’m not reaching any conclusions on this trade yet. And I don’t think Byram has been bad. He’s been …. Ok. We still have a lot of “figuring out” going on. It’s coming tho. They’re getting close - need the goaltending to be better.

Stunned how empty the arena is.

Skinner is on pace for 30 goals and 60 plus points. Scored again tonight. Casey has 3 goals in 4 games. Dylan Cozens has ONE point in 6 games. WTH is going on???

It can’t be both goalies. Our D commitment by everyone just sucks.

Or 3 out of 10 points to start the season 2 of which Florida was missing their 2 best players.

Soft team after the game: ”We won 5 v 5 5-2!”

Oh UPL stone………nope.

We don’t have that dude that plays defensive defenseman.

Give me Levi indefinitely please.

He has to be elite for this team to be serious.

Tage being a minus 4 to start the season is just…..picking up where he left off..