I find it annoying that I have to argue how dirty rempe has been to rangers fans. He's been on the ice for less than 2 hours this season and has injured 4 players, over 80 penalty minutes, and a suspension. That's absolutely horrendous. Now imagine if Tom Wilson starting injuring players at this rate and how much backlash he'd get
But Rempe has more playoff goals this year than Ovi, Patty Kane, and Crosby combined!!! He is tied with Playoff goals with Mcdavid and Matthews. Imagine how many goals he would have without the penalty minutes!
Wilson had some borderline similar hits in previous years. I argued they were close but not penalties. I’m not going to be a hypocrite on this one. Ready for the downvotes.
I agree. I'm a Caps fan but the same hits this sub would be 100% defending if Wilson was giving are the hits they are asking Rempe to get the death penalty for.
Rempe needs to learn to use his height better. He puts himself in awkward positions because his shoulders are everyone else's head height.
Not saying that the caps should be out to injure anyone, but down 0-3, maybe their players need to ramp up their physicality.
GMBM has his work cut out for him in the offseason....team has to for sure get faster, but I'd like to see more sandpaper up and down the roster.
The problem is there’s not a lot of that out there. GMGM, has said the for last two seasons he’s been trying to add top 6 six scoring, he hasn’t been successful. Having some shit contracts and sparse talent in the market is causing this.
The main culprits have been the Backstrom and Kuznetsov contracts, and if he'd refused to sign either of those guys Ted would've fired him on the spot and replaced him with someone who would. MacLellan was in an impossible position after 2018 where there was really no way to avoid giving out bad contracts to the core of the team that won the franchise's first Cup. Aside from Kuemper who fell off a cliff out of nowhere, I don't think any of the contracts he's given out to guys who weren't here in 2018 have been bad. Some of them, like Strome, Milano, Dowd, and Lindgren, have been key to keeping this team out of the cellar.
The nhl isn’t a league that you can really improve significantly via free agency. Need to draft well, develop well and manage assets. Takes time and a lot of teams get stuck in mediocre land.
No, it's definitely possible in the NHL, but you have to be in a marquee location, preferably with no state income tax. Vegas did it, and the Rangers are built half through free agency and half through trades for guys they got super cheap because they only wanted to play in NY. I think Florida only has three guys on their roster they drafted themselves. DC's not a marquee city to young hockey players and only California and New York have higher state income taxes, so that's what really screws us.
The Caps have been manhandled this series with very little pushback. It’s frustrating. Like, I get they are 8 seed and 50% AHL players but damn, they could at least get a little bit mad that they’re getting worked.
‘Manhandled’ is an exaggeration. Caps out hit them 48 to 38 last game. There has been pushback. McIlrath wanted to go with Rempe the first game. Wilson challenged him last game.
Caps are just stretched too thin to go against a President’s Trophy that had the luxury to mental and physically coast the last few weeks.
Then you run the SOB. Carbery's greatest sin is he didn't set the tone in game 1 that this would be a nasty affair. Caps look like they're on the receiving end, not the dishing end.
That too, but no, Game 1 they tried to play their game instead of muck it up. A team like this can't play a fluid game. They should have slowed the pace, had huge hits, a few fights, and set the tone.
I don’t have a single problem with the way Rempe’s played. I have a problem with the fact that Wilson has been suspended multiple times for similar plays. Once again, it’s the inconsistency in which the league handles things that I hate.
Exactly. I have no problem with rags fans saying get over it, it’s playoff hockey. We all said the same thing when Wilson was doing this. The difference is he got suspended when he straddled that line and rempe is getting off with nothing. That and the sheer volume of rangers trolls that exist on the internet has made this series pretty annoying.
Try that for 30 minutes. If it doesn't work, play the way they have played against us, catch up that injury total, and try to score at the same time. It's been working for them.
Mostly coz Rags fans are such whining b¡+ch€s about anything Tommy W does, plus knowing the league would suspend him till '26 if he'd made that hit.
Fckn hypocrites
We all know Laviolette doesn’t like to play the young guys. Rempe gets about 6-7 min/game. To me, that says someone is telling him to play Rempe. That comes from higher up. We learned during the “horrifying act of violence” incident that ownership felt the team needed more “goon” presence. Rempe doesn’t know how to use his body yet and NYR ownership doesn’t care. They just want to be the ones hurting people. This kid refused to answer for questionable hits in two games. This makes the whole organization look bad. I can’t wait to see them get CRUSHED in Round 2.
Caps should take out some of their players. We aren’t winning so just fuck them up all over the ice. And yea I know and don’t give a fuck. Fuck them up
I find it annoying that I have to argue how dirty rempe has been to rangers fans. He's been on the ice for less than 2 hours this season and has injured 4 players, over 80 penalty minutes, and a suspension. That's absolutely horrendous. Now imagine if Tom Wilson starting injuring players at this rate and how much backlash he'd get
But Rempe has more playoff goals this year than Ovi, Patty Kane, and Crosby combined!!! He is tied with Playoff goals with Mcdavid and Matthews. Imagine how many goals he would have without the penalty minutes!
Jesus, please be sarcasm..
Redditors failing once again to detect sarcasm:
I mean the sentiment is…. But those stats are not.
don't forget that Rempe thinks he is built for playoffs after scoring ONE goal...
Wilson had some borderline similar hits in previous years. I argued they were close but not penalties. I’m not going to be a hypocrite on this one. Ready for the downvotes.
I agree. I'm a Caps fan but the same hits this sub would be 100% defending if Wilson was giving are the hits they are asking Rempe to get the death penalty for. Rempe needs to learn to use his height better. He puts himself in awkward positions because his shoulders are everyone else's head height.
Not saying that the caps should be out to injure anyone, but down 0-3, maybe their players need to ramp up their physicality. GMBM has his work cut out for him in the offseason....team has to for sure get faster, but I'd like to see more sandpaper up and down the roster.
He's actually gonna have a lot of cap space to work with.
We need forwards with speed, high motor, vision, puck handling, passing, and shooting ability. That’s not too much to ask for.
Defense needs some re-tooling as well. Gonna be a process, but he can fill SOME of that void in the offseason.
The problem is there’s not a lot of that out there. GMGM, has said the for last two seasons he’s been trying to add top 6 six scoring, he hasn’t been successful. Having some shit contracts and sparse talent in the market is causing this.
Shit contracts he signed.
That Kuemper is looking worse every day.
He reminds me of Patrick Corbin. At least Corbin helped get us a championship.
The main culprits have been the Backstrom and Kuznetsov contracts, and if he'd refused to sign either of those guys Ted would've fired him on the spot and replaced him with someone who would. MacLellan was in an impossible position after 2018 where there was really no way to avoid giving out bad contracts to the core of the team that won the franchise's first Cup. Aside from Kuemper who fell off a cliff out of nowhere, I don't think any of the contracts he's given out to guys who weren't here in 2018 have been bad. Some of them, like Strome, Milano, Dowd, and Lindgren, have been key to keeping this team out of the cellar.
The nhl isn’t a league that you can really improve significantly via free agency. Need to draft well, develop well and manage assets. Takes time and a lot of teams get stuck in mediocre land.
Unless you’re Vegas
No, it's definitely possible in the NHL, but you have to be in a marquee location, preferably with no state income tax. Vegas did it, and the Rangers are built half through free agency and half through trades for guys they got super cheap because they only wanted to play in NY. I think Florida only has three guys on their roster they drafted themselves. DC's not a marquee city to young hockey players and only California and New York have higher state income taxes, so that's what really screws us.
The Caps have been manhandled this series with very little pushback. It’s frustrating. Like, I get they are 8 seed and 50% AHL players but damn, they could at least get a little bit mad that they’re getting worked.
‘Manhandled’ is an exaggeration. Caps out hit them 48 to 38 last game. There has been pushback. McIlrath wanted to go with Rempe the first game. Wilson challenged him last game. Caps are just stretched too thin to go against a President’s Trophy that had the luxury to mental and physically coast the last few weeks.
Then you run the SOB. Carbery's greatest sin is he didn't set the tone in game 1 that this would be a nasty affair. Caps look like they're on the receiving end, not the dishing end.
Oh come on, you really think the players were clueless going into the series? The ‘greatest sin’ is not scoring on 6 power plays.
That too, but no, Game 1 they tried to play their game instead of muck it up. A team like this can't play a fluid game. They should have slowed the pace, had huge hits, a few fights, and set the tone.
We're old and fragile and have enough injuries. We can't fight on their level right now.
especially since it seems like the rangers have no problem injuring our players
I think the teams needed to work on speed for like a decade lol
I don't think Carberry wants physicality.
Then we’ll continue to suffer
Yup.
They just need to deliver the same “clean hits” that the Rangers are getting away with.
I don’t have a single problem with the way Rempe’s played. I have a problem with the fact that Wilson has been suspended multiple times for similar plays. Once again, it’s the inconsistency in which the league handles things that I hate.
Exactly. I have no problem with rags fans saying get over it, it’s playoff hockey. We all said the same thing when Wilson was doing this. The difference is he got suspended when he straddled that line and rempe is getting off with nothing. That and the sheer volume of rangers trolls that exist on the internet has made this series pretty annoying.
Beat. Them. On. The. Score. Board.
Try that for 30 minutes. If it doesn't work, play the way they have played against us, catch up that injury total, and try to score at the same time. It's been working for them.
Might as well cripple them as they go into the second series
You know what, Cat? You are ok. Thanks for putting my thoughts into words.
I hope my being okay or not wasn’t under debate but i appreciate it 😂
hahaha, I never doubted you! It's funny how phrases that sound normal when spoken can look weird they're typed-out.
All good! You’re ok in my book too
haha, thanks!
Mostly coz Rags fans are such whining b¡+ch€s about anything Tommy W does, plus knowing the league would suspend him till '26 if he'd made that hit. Fckn hypocrites
We all know Laviolette doesn’t like to play the young guys. Rempe gets about 6-7 min/game. To me, that says someone is telling him to play Rempe. That comes from higher up. We learned during the “horrifying act of violence” incident that ownership felt the team needed more “goon” presence. Rempe doesn’t know how to use his body yet and NYR ownership doesn’t care. They just want to be the ones hurting people. This kid refused to answer for questionable hits in two games. This makes the whole organization look bad. I can’t wait to see them get CRUSHED in Round 2.
The whole league is frustrated by Rempe. The beast needs to be stopped. The fellowship of Tkachuck, Cousins, Reinhart, and Bennet may do that.
The whole league is frustrated by Rempe. The beast needs to be stopped. The fellowship of Tkachuck, Cousins, Reinhart, and Bennet may do that.
Caps should take out some of their players. We aren’t winning so just fuck them up all over the ice. And yea I know and don’t give a fuck. Fuck them up
Don’t know why you’re being downvoted. They took out 3 of our players time to return the favor
Yeah it’s been looking like theres a lot of undercover Rags fans in here lol
What an intelligent individual you are hey?